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Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 238 / Monday, December 13, 2004 / 
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Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 238 / Monday, December 13, 2004 / 
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                 F. SUBJECT INDEX TO THE UNIFIED AGENDA

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Accounting:
  Audits of State and local governments and nonprofit 
      institutions.................................................2945
  Change in method definition......................................2830
  Cost accounting standards.............................749, 3603, 3757
  Delay rental payments............................................2860
  DOI cost recovery..........................................1822, 1828
  Employee stock ownership plan costs..............................3540
  FMS claims.................................................2461, 2462
  Foreign exchange operations......................................2473
  International accounting standards...............................4248
  Local exchange carrier requirements..............................3992
  Maritime mobile radio services...................................3896
  Mark-to-market accounting............................2633, 2694, 2699
  Requirements for RUS Telecommunications borrowers.................433
  Unallowable costs................................................3755
Administrative practice and procedure:
  See also Claims
           Environmental impact statements
           Freedom of information
           Privacy
  AID..............................................................3001
  Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.........................2514
  Coast Guard......................................................1301
  DOI..............................................................1566
  DOT..............................................................2101
  FTC..............................................................4075
  FWS..............................................................1572
  Hearing and appeal procedures:
    Aviation economic proceedings..................................2092
    BLM............................................................1832
    CNCS...........................................................3013
    DHS............................................................1186
    Medicare enrollment............................................1035
    NIGC...........................................................4120
    OHA............................................................1560
    OPM............................................................3627
    Peace Corps....................................................3647
    Treasury Department............................................2585
    USDA............................................................194
  HUD..............................................................1472
  INS..............................................................1936
  IRS........................................................2581, 2733
  OPM..............................................................3570
  Peace Corps......................................................3648
  Rulemaking:
    GSA............................................................3442
    IRS............................................................2583
    USDA............................................................341
  SSA...............................................................167
  USDA.........................................................272, 275
  VA...............................................................2945
Adoption and foster care:
  Administrative costs.............................................1136
  Alien siblings...................................................1174
  Intercountry adoptions.....................................1172, 2072
Advertising:
  Alcoholic beverages..............................................2529
  Home insulation..................................................4080
  Organic claims for alcoholic beverages...........................2524
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4076
  Television.......................................................3914
  Unfair or deceptive practices....................................4077
Aged:
  See also Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  AOA rules revisions..............................................1142
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Nondiscrimination:
    GSA............................................................3447
    HUD............................................................1515
    NARA...........................................................3502
    SSA............................................................3697
  Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program............................6
Agricultural commodities:
  See also Commodity futures
           Crop insurance
           Fruits
           Grains
           Marketing quotas
           Price support programs
           Vegetables
  AID transactions...........................................2995, 3001
  Cargo preference regulations.....................................2375
  Commodity Credit Corporation:
    Debt collection and settlement regulations......................198
    Export Credit Guarantee Program.................................366
    Noninsured crop disaster assistance program for tropical 
        crops.......................................................204
    Procurement of commodities from HUBZone small businesses........210
    Quality samples program.........................................364
    Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers.........................201
    Warehouses for storage contracts................................187
  Commodity Supplemental Food Program................................10
  Cotton:
    Classification service user fees................................185
  Country of origin labeling..........................................2
  Emerging markets program..........................................365
  Exports......................................................365, 367
  Grains............................................................282
  Honey:
    Nonrecourse marketing assistance loan and loan deficiency 
        payment.....................................................203
    Research and promotion program..................................177
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt compensation..........................................215
  Mark-to-market accounting........................................2699
  National Organic Program.......................................1, 178
  Nursery crops.....................................................274
  Ocean freight claims..............................................190
  Organic producers' exemption from paying assessments..............179
  Peanuts:
    Designated marketing associations...............................205
  Pecans............................................................278
  Quality Services Verification Program.............................172
  Quarantine and inspection services user fees......................231
  Sales policies....................................................206
  Sugar:
    Marketing allotment regulations.................................209
    Program revisions...............................................211
    Reexport programs...............................................363
  Tobacco:
    Inspection.................................................175, 176
    Marketing quotas...........................................191, 199
    Price support program...........................................199
    Warehouse designation requirements..............................186
  Tomato............................................................277

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Agricultural research:
  Funding requirements..............................................251
  Matching fund requirements at Land-Grant Institutions.............254
  Non-formula grant program administration..........................252
Agriculture:
  See also Agricultural commodities
           Agricultural research
           Food assistance programs
           Foods
           Forests and forest products
           Irrigation
           Pesticides and pests
           Rural areas
  Acquisition regulations...........................................449
  Administrative regulations...................................272, 275
  Bees, beekeeping byproducts, and beekeeping equipment.............246
  Biobased products.................................................409
  Conservation contract debt write-down.............................207
  Conservation program information confidentiality...................29
  Conservation security program......................................27
  Cost-sharing for animal and plant health emergency programs.......240
  Effluent guidelines for aquaculture industry.....................3413
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Farm Bill of 2002:
    Assistance for livestock producers..............................192
    Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program.........415, 423, 426
    Energy efficiency improvements..................................417
    Renewable energy systems........................................417
    Rural Business Enterprise Grant program.........................422
  Farm Service Agency:
    Annual analysis requirements for lenders........................208
    Debt collection and settlement regulations......................198
    Disaster declaration and designation............................202
    Environmental compliance regulation.............................196
    Interest assistance program.....................................189
    Regulatory streamlining of direct farm loan programs............188
    Rescheduling guaranteed loans with balloon payments.............208
    Selection of state and county committees........................195
    Subordination requirements......................................208
    Tobacco warehouse designation requirements......................186
  Funding requirements for extension activities at Land-Grant 
      Institutions.............................................254, 255
  Guaranteed farm loan regulations..................................197
  Hatch Multistate Research Fund....................................253
  Intermediary relending program....................................424
  National security emergency loans.................................416
  Natural Resources Conservation Service:
    Equitable relief procedures.....................................448
  Nonprocurement regulations........................................408
  Participation of religious organizations in USDA programs.........410
  Pseudorabies in swine.............................................245
  Secondary market pooling by fiscal transfer agent.................418
  Secondary market sales of guaranteed loans........................425
  Technical assistance and training.................................260
  Third-party vendor assistance......................................26
  Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers...........................201
  Worker protection standards................................3277, 3295
AIDS:
  Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS......................1529
  NIH AIDS Research Loan Repayment Program.........................1016
Air carriers:
  See also Air rates and fares
  Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of 
      aircraft from foreign areas..................................1318
  Air-ground telecommunications services...........................3968
  Aircraft assembly placard requirements...........................2180
  Aviation data requirements.......................................2082
  Cargo security...................................................1363
  Civil penalties..................................................2106
  Commuter air carrier registrations...............................2089
  Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System II:
    Passenger reservation information..............................1392
  Computer reservations systems regulations........................2090
  Continuing fitness determinations................................2084
  Enhanced security rules for foreign carriers.....................1371
  Fifth-freedom charters...........................................2086
  Flight deck officer program......................................1390
  Foreign airline operators' revenues and expenses in the US........454
  Hazardous materials transportation:
    International standards........................................2363
  Income source rules..............................................2582
  Maintenance of and access to records pertaining to individuals 
                                                             2103, 2104
  Noise certification standards..............................2148, 2173
  Passengers:
    Accommodations for deaf and hard of hearing individuals........2088
    Baggage liability..............................................2107
    Baggage limitation for travelers to Cuba........................499
    Manifest information.....................................1324, 2100
    Nondiscrimination..............................................2083
    Oxygen use.....................................................2098
    Passenger and Aviation Security Screening Records..............1393
    Passenger facility charge rule.................................2166
    Passenger Name Record information........................1327, 1375
    Security service fee...........................................1376
    Transit without visa.....................................1349, 1352
    Use of portable oxygen concentrator devices onboard............2168
  Prohibition against flight takeoffs or landings in the US by 
      Syrian air carriers..........................................2181
  Pyrotechnic signaling devices....................................2156
  Seats, crashworthiness standards.................................2131
  Security compliance program for aircraft operators...............1385
  Security infrastructure fees.....................................1377
  Service difficulty reports.......................................2118
  Suspension of privilege to transport aliens to the United 
      States.......................................................1343
Air pollution control:
  See also Motor vehicle pollution
  Accidental release prevention..............................3188, 3189
  Acid Rain Program................................................3254
  Air quality modeling.............................................3131
  Air quality resources:
    Class I area designations......................................3194
  Air quality standards....................3047, 3048, 3167, 3192, 3215
  Alternative method approvals.....................................3074
  Ambient air quality monitoring..............................118, 3072
  Best available retrofit technology................................126
  Boilers..........................................................3120
  Carbon monoxide............................................3048, 3260
  Chemicals........................................................3307
  Chromium emissions...............................................3064
  Clean Air Act..................................3050, 3134, 3140, 3252
  Clean unit designation...........................................3217
  Combustion turbines........................................3119, 3245
  Continuous parameter monitoring systems..........................3075
  Delisting hazardous pollutants.................3065, 3093, 3140, 3146
  Electric arc furnace.............................................3138
  Electric utility steam generating units.....................127, 3120
  Emission control diagnostic systems..............................3084
  Emissions from animal feeding operations.........................3097
  Emissions monitoring program.........................3075, 3137, 3149
  Emissions standards:
    Aircraft engines...............................................3159
    Architectural coatings.........................................3107
    Coke ovens.........................................3052, 3122, 3142
    Heavy-duty diesel trucks.......................................3170
    Hydrochloric acid production...................................3267

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    Hydrogen fluoride production...................................3052
    Locomotive engines.............................................3088
    Marine diesel engines..........................................3088
    Municipal waste combustors.....................................3260
    Navajo generating station................................3128, 3129
    New marine engines.............................................3052
    New motor vehicles.......................................3102, 3152
    Nonroad diesel engines and fuel................................3253
    Performance criteria...........................................3139
    Permit requirements............................................3052
    Radionuclides..................................................3130
    Semiconductor facilities.......................................3052
    Spark ignition marine vessels..................................3104
    Spark-ignition nonroad engines...........................3104, 3263
    Test procedures for highway and nonroad engines................3173
    VOC standards..................................................3067
  Emissions trades.................................................3213
  Flexible air permit rule.........................................3106
  Fuels and fuel additives....3073, 3098, 3108, 3125, 3160, 3162, 3164, 
                                                 3174, 3184, 3191, 3262
  Gas turbines.....................................................3146
  Gasoline anti-dumping program........................3077, 3151, 3163
  Hazardous air pollutants....3140, 3166, 3193, 3222, 3242, 3247, 3267, 
                                                                   3328
  Indian reservations in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.............3156
  Inspection/maintenance programs............................3071, 3214
  Interstate transport of fine particulate matter............3127, 3165
  MACT standards..................................127, 3086, 3242, 3246
  Maintenance and repair activities................................3113
  Methyl bromide.............................................3085, 3257
  Mineral wool production..........................................3224
  Mobile sources.............................................3068, 3076
  Monitoring requirements..........................................3047
  NESHAP:
    Acrylic/modacrylic fiber production............................3229
    Aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities..................3196
    Asphalt processing and asphalt roofing manufacturing...........3169
    Asphalt/coal tar application...................................3249
    Cellulose products manufacturing...............................3083
    Chromium electroplating........................................3248
    Clay ceramics industry.........................................3236
    Coating manufacturing..........................................3181
    Coke ovens.....................................................3122
    Defense land systems...........................................3241
    Elastomers...............................................3193, 3205
    Electric arc furnace manufacturing.............................3115
    Ethylene oxide...........................................3058, 3230
    Ethylene processes.............................................3147
    Ferroalloys production.........................................3223
    Gasoline distribution facilities.........................3059, 3239
    General provisions.......................................3116, 3145
    Glass manufacturing industry...................................3228
    Halogenated solvent cleaning...................................3202
    Hazardous Organic NESHAP.................................3063, 3066
    Hazardous waste combustion facilities...........................131
    Hydrochloric acid production...................................3096
    Industrial inorganic chemicals manufacturing...................3232
    Industrial process cooling towers..............................3060
    Industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers and process 
        heaters..............................................3235, 3243
    Iron and steel foundries...........................3117, 3123, 3233
    Lead smelting............................................3199, 3264
    Leather finishing..............................................3081
    Magnetic tape manufacturing....................................3062
    Marine tank vessel loading operations..........................3198
    Metal pipes....................................................3249
    Municipal solid waste landfills................................3089
    Nonferrous metals........................................3237, 3238
    Off-site waste and recovery operations residual risk standard
                                                                   3187
    Oil and natural gas production...........................3092, 3231
    Organic chemical manufacturing.................................3105
    Organic liquid distribution....................................3182
    Paint stripping................................................3227
    Perchloroethylene dry cleaning facilities......................3061
    Petroleum refineries...............................3144, 3204, 3265
    Pharmaceuticals production...............................3177, 3226
    Plastic parts and products.....................................3247
    Plating and polishing..........................................3234
    Plywood and composite wood products manufacturing........3118, 3246
    Pollution prevention alternative compliance....................3145
    Polymers and resins................................3197, 3205, 3206
    Polyurethane foam production...................................3225
    Portland cement manufacturing industry.........................3057
    Predictive emission monitoring.................................3054
    Primary aluminum reduction plants..............................3143
    Printing and publishing industry.........................3056, 3203
    Printing, coating, and dyeing of fabrics and textiles..........3261
    Pulp and paper production......................................3271
    Refractory products manufacturing..............................3185
    Reinforced plastic composites..................................3171
    Secondary aluminum production..................................3183
    Shipbuilding and ship repair surface coating...................3200
    Site remediation...............................................3100
    Solvent extraction for vegetable oil production................3250
    Source categories..............................................3145
    Surface coating of metal cans..................................3099
    Synthetic organic chemicals....................................3066
    Taconite iron ore processing...................................3124
    Thermoplastics...........................................3193, 3206
    Total facility low risk determination for residual risk........3095
  New source performance standards...3051, 3119, 3120, 3121, 3138, 3240
  New source review..............119, 129, 3113, 3126, 3179, 3217, 3266
  New stationary sources...........................................3052
  Nitrogen oxides................................3103, 3148, 3254, 3391
  Opacity measurement of emissions...........................3133, 3137
  Operating permits..................3101, 3186, 3209, 3210, 3211, 3255
  Ozone and ozone precursors:
    8-hour standard......128, 3078, 3094, 3219, 3220, 3221, 3259, 3268, 
                                                                   3270
    National ambient air quality standards.......128, 3078, 3167, 3221, 
                                                       3258, 3259, 3270
    Nonattainment area reclassification............................3269
    Protection of stratospheric ozone.......57, 3069, 3082, 3085, 3090, 
           3091, 3109, 3110, 3111, 3112, 3114, 3154, 3155, 3168, 3172, 
                                     3175, 3176, 3178, 3244, 3256, 3257
    Transport..............................3127, 3148, 3195, 3207, 3251
  Particulate matter...............................................3190
  PCB manufacturing................................................3326
  Performance Track program............................3354, 3355, 3356
  Performance-based measurement system for fuels...................3216
  Plantwide Applicability Limit.....................................119
  Plywood and composite wood products manufacturing................3118
  Polymer exemption rule...........................................3301
  Prevention of significant deterioration........119, 3113, 3126, 3179, 
                                                             3217, 3266
  Project XL.................................................3032, 3037
  Reciprocating internal combustion engines............3121, 3240, 3242
  Risk management plans:
    List of substances.............................................3189
    Public access to information...................................3188
  Solid waste incinerators.........................................3051
  Source category list.............................................3222
  State implementation plans..................................128, 3080
  Sulfur oxides..............................................3070, 3192
  Synthetic organic chemicals manufacturing........................3136
  Transportation conformity..................................3078, 3252
  Volatile organic compounds.........3046, 3067, 3087, 3132, 3136, 3157
  Voluntary superior monitoring....................................3218

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  Wood furniture industry..........................................3201
Air rates and fares:
  Aviation data requirements.......................................2082
Air traffic control:
  Emergency security control........................................728
  Waiver of mandatory separation age for air traffic controllers 
                                                                   2150
Air transportation:
  See also Air carriers
           Air rates and fares
           Aircraft
           Airmen
           Airports
           Airspace
           Aviation safety
           Navigation (air)
  Aviation economics...............................................2092
  Electronic presentation of cargo data............................1330
  Excise taxes.........................................2750, 2827, 2881
  Hazardous substances.......................................2329, 2363
  Nondiscrimination................................................2083
Aircraft:
  Aging aircraft...................................................2167
  Aircraft parts...................................................2137
  Airworthiness directives and standards....105, 106, 2113, 2115, 2157, 
                                                       2158, 2159, 2172
  Anti-money laundering program for businesses engaged in 
      airplane sales...............................................2438
  Area navigation..................................................2145
  Aviation Radio Service...........................................3974
  Certification procedures for products and parts..................2108
  Child restraint systems..............................2124, 2162, 2313
  Cockpit voice recorder requirements..............................2114
  Corrosion control program........................................2171
  Electrical and electronic system standards.......................2117
  Exhaust emissions standard for engines...........................3159
  Export licensing jurisdiction.....................................481
  Extended operations of multi-engine airplanes....................2149
  Flight data recorder regulations...........................2114, 2140
  Float plane take-off and landing.................................1270
  Foreign civil aircraft...........................................2087
  Fuel tank safety.................................................2167
  Halon-1301 fire extinguishing vessels............................3175
  Hazardous material recognition training..........................2139
  Hazardous material transportation................................2330
  Helicopters......................................................2173
  Improved seats retrofit..........................................2131
  Light sport aircraft:
    Certification of pilots, repairmen and aircraft................2174
  Maintenance:
    Aging aircraft............................................104, 2133
    Bilateral agreements with Canada...............................2151
  Noise requirements...............................................2164
  Ownership transfer notification..................................2127
  Private charter security rules...................................1378
  Propeller-driven small airplane noise certification........2153, 2164
  Repair station security requirements.............................1369
  Restrictions on flights between the U.S. and Libya...............2184
  Rotorcraft.......................................................2113
  Sale of DOD aircraft to persons providing oil spill response 
      service.......................................................739
  Security programs for aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or more 
                                                                   1384
  Transponders...............................................2134, 2142
  Transport category:
    Airworthiness directives and standards......2111, 2119, 2169, 2175, 
                                           2176, 2177, 2178, 2179, 2182
    Crew discreet alerting systems.................................2120
    Emergency announcements on public address systems..............2175
    Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures..................2136
    Flight deck door monitoring....................................2120
    Flight guidance systems........................................2169
    Flight requirements............................................2177
    Flightdeck security considerations on foreign operated 
        airplanes............................................2143, 2147
    Fuel tank flammability reduction................................108
    Performance and handling qualities in icing conditions.........2119
    Powerplant controls......................................2179, 2182
    Powerplant installation requirements.....................2176, 2182
    Protective breathing equipment...........................2178, 2182
    Public address system..........................................2182
    Trim systems.............................................2178, 2182
Airmen:
  Civil penalties..................................................2170
  Counterfeit-resistant certification requirements.................2127
  Criminal history background checks...............................1387
  Drug abuse.......................................................2132
  Drug or alcohol test refusal.....................................2112
  Flight training for aliens.................................1381, 1403
  Picture identification requirements..............................2144
  Rest and duty requirements.......................................2161
  Second-in-command type rating....................................2125
  Security disqualifications.......................................2165
Airports:
  Accommodations for deaf and hard of hearing individuals..........2088
  Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of 
      aircraft from foreign areas..................................1318
  Concessions:
    Disadvantaged business enterprise participation................2094
  Criminal history background checks for escorted access...........1362
  Criminal history background checks for operators.................1387
  Customs security area access.....................................1325
  Enhanced security procedures within the Washington, DC 
      Metropolitan Area Flight Restricted Zone.....................1370
  Limitations for unscheduled operations at Chicago's O'Hare 
      International Airport........................................2130
  Noise compatibility regulations..................................2155
  Private land mobile radio services...............................3972
  Security compliance program......................................1386
Airspace:
  Flight limitation in the proximity of space flight operations 
                                                                   2183
  Grand Canyon National Park.......................................2138
  Minimum flight altitudes and restrictions in the vicinity of 
      certain sports events........................................2154
  NOAA overflight regulation........................................658
  Regulations, routine issue of....................................2160
  Restrictions on flights between the U.S. and Libya...............2184
  Use and preservation of..........................................2110
  Washington, DC metropolitan area.................................2121
Alcohol abuse:
  Airmen testing...................................................2112
  Aviation personnel...............................................2163
  Management information system reporting by transportation 
      employers....................................................2105
  Testing following marine incident..................................73
  Transportation workplace testing...........................2095, 2097
Alcohol and alcoholic beverages:
  See also Beer
           Liquors
           Wine
  Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.........................2514
  Distilled spirits plant regulations..............................2482
  Flavored malt beverages..........................................2517
  Organic claims in labeling and advertising.......................2524
  Saccharin disclosure.......................................2539, 2549
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxpaid distilled spirits used to manufacture nonbeverage 
      products.....................................................2485

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Aliens:
  See also Citizenship and naturalization
           Immigration
           Refugees
  Address notification.............................................1413
  Adjustment of status...1175, 1190, 1199, 1201, 1206, 1207, 1212, 1240
  Adoption of alien siblings.......................................1174
  Affidavit of support.............................................1189
  American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act.....1176, 1884
  Arriving aliens definition.......................................1337
  Assigning SSNs to F-1 students...................................3751
  Asylum...........................................................1200
    Claims made at land border ports-of-entry................1222, 1938
    Dismissal of application.......................................1168
    Numerical limit on grants......................................1930
  Battered and abused spouses and children...................1188, 1927
  Border crossing cards:
    Elimination of.................................................1322
  Children:
    Certificate of citizenship application.........................1203
    Child Status Protection Act..............................1223, 2061
  Civil surgeon program............................................1180
  Conditional residents:
    Termination of marriage........................................1195
  Consent to reapply for admission after removal...................1177
  Countries to which aliens may be removed.............1423, 1427, 1941
  Crew list visa elimination.......................................2080
  Criminal convictions.............................................1946
    Early release for removal of aliens in custody for nonviolent 
        offenses...................................................1407
  Custody procedures.........................................1412, 1939
  Deportability and inadmissibility on public charge grounds.......1193
  Deportation proceedings:
    Power of Attorney General......................................1408
    Suspension.........................................1192, 1927, 1932
  Detention of aliens subject to final orders of removal...........1411
  Diversity visas..................................................2073
  Documentary requirements for returning temporary residents.......1214
  Duty to surrender when ordered removed from the United States 
                                                                   1942
  Employment:
    Authorization for certificate of citizenship applicants........1251
    Correcting technical and procedural violations of paperwork 
        requirements...............................................1249
    EB-5 classification......................................1221, 1940
    Eligibility for certain scientists and engineers...............1228
    Eligibility pilot program......................................1231
    Eligibility verification.......................................1217
    Employer sanctions.............................................1429
    International broadcasters.....................................1239
    Labor certification process................................92, 1997
    Labor condition applications.............................1992, 1998
    Post-adjudication audits of H-2B petitions.....................1991
    Premium processing service for petitions and applications......1205
    Temporary employment of foreign professionals on H-1B1 visas 
                                                             1992, 1998
    Temporary nonagricultural services or labor....................1243
    Verification documents.........................................1233
  Evidence processing timeframe....................................1184
  Exchange visitors:
    Student and Exchange Visitor Information System.....75, 1416, 1420, 
                                                             1428, 2070
    Student Exchange Visitor Information System..............1417, 2068
    Waiver of two-year foreign residence requirement...............1178
  Extension of time limit on admission of Mexican nationals........1333
  Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry..............1323
  Fingerprinting.......................................1191, 1197, 2062
  Firearm purchase requirements....................................1898
  Flight training............................................1381, 1403
  Good conduct time for prisoners..................................1870
  Guam Visa Waiver Program...................................1351, 1354
  H-1B petition fees...............................................1226
  Health care workers........................................1248, 2071
  Illegal entry....................................................1179
  Inadmissability..................................................1164
    Criminal grounds.........................................1244, 1246
    Former U.S. citizens who renounced citizenship to avoid 
        taxation...................................................1170
  Inspection and expedited removal.................................1335
  International-to-International Program...........................1321
  Juveniles........................................................1166
  Legal Immigration Family Equity Act........................1207, 1209
  Medical examination requirements.................................1180
  Medical grounds of inadmissibility and waivers...................1181
  National interest waivers for physicians.........................1237
  NATO civilian employees..........................................1169
  Non-deportation agreement........................................1405
  Nonimmigrant classes:
    Academic honoraria for B visa status...........................1202
    Actuaries......................................................1198
    Admission period for B visitors................................1252
    Admission requirements.........................................1215
    Application processing fee exemption...........................2077
    Automatic voiding..............................................1179
    Border commuter students.................................1425, 2069
    Change of status prior to pursuing a course of study...........1242
    Construction work by B visitors................................1241
    Denial of applications by schools for approval to enroll 
        students...................................................1400
    Documentation of professionals.................................2075
    Duration of status limitations...........................1255, 1419
    Eliminating numerical cap on Mexican TN visas..................1245
    Fees for F, J, and M classes...................................1415
    Firearm prohibitions.....................................1901, 1904
    K classification...............................................1209
    Law enforcement initiatives....................................1395
    Nurses...................................................1238, 1999
    Petitioning requirements.......................................1229
    Plant pathologists.............................................1198
    Reduced course load for students at border communities.........1421
    Registration and monitoring policies...........................1418
    Revocation of visas............................................1402
    Spouses and children of lawful permanent residents.............1208
    Student and Exchange Visitor Information System................2070
    Student and Exchange Visitor Program school recertification 
                                                               75, 1428
    Suspension of employment authorization requirements for F-1 
        students...................................................1422
    Temporary workers..................................1230, 1243, 1988
    Victims of trafficking or criminal activity........1210, 1211, 1213
    Visa exemption for nationals of the British Virgin Islands 
        entering the U.S. through St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
                                                                   1339
  Parole authority.................................................1396
  Permanent resident status............................1187, 1204, 1946
  Powers and duties of service officers............................1937
  Public access to information.....................................2074
  Refugee status...................................................1194
    Numerical limit on admissions..................................1930
  Registration requirements..................................1217, 1227
  Religious workers................................................1167
  Removal of visa and passport waiver for residents of Canada and 
      Bermuda......................................................1338
  Removal orders...................................................1406
  Removal proceedings............................1335, 1928, 1937, 1943
  Reporting requirements for deposit interest paid to 
      nonresidents.................................................2731

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  Returning residents..............................................1344
  Social security benefits for lawfully present aliens.............1235
  Suspension of airline's privilege to transport aliens to the 
      United States................................................1343
  Syrian nationals.................................................1240
  Temporary protected status.......................................1234
  Trafficking victims........................................1409, 2079
  Transit without visa.....................1321, 1342, 1348, 1349, 1352
  United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology 
      Program..................................................74, 1360
  Unlawful presence................................................1179
  Verification of eligibility for public benefits..................1250
  Vessel crewman detention.........................................1353
  Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act................................1176
  Visa Waiver Program..............................................1334
  Waiver of fees...................................................1173
Animal diseases:
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy.......22, 44, 58, 224, 235, 238, 242
  Bovine tuberculosis..........................................236, 239
  Brucellosis.......................................................247
  Chronic wasting disease in elk and deer.............................5
  Cost-sharing for emergency programs...............................240
  Foot-and-mouth disease.........................................4, 237
  Pseudorabies in swine.............................................245
  Trichinae Certification Program...................................249
Animal drugs:
  Presubmission conferences for applicants..........................996
  Registration and listing requirements..............................43
  Use of materials derived from cattle...........................45, 46
Animal welfare:
  Biological agents and toxins list.................................222
  Definition of animal.........................................212, 250
  Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2398
  Inspection, licensing, and procurement............................243
  Marine mammals....214, 615, 617, 618, 619, 651, 652, 698, 1627, 1680, 
                                                       1705, 1719, 1791
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research 
      chimpanzees..................................................1015
  Transportation on international carriers.........................1570
Animals:
  See also Animal diseases
           Animal drugs
           Animal welfare
           Livestock
           Wildlife
  Air emissions from feeding operations............................3097
  Imports:
    Dog and Cat Protection Act.....................................2398
  Transgenic.......................................................3334
Antidumping:
  Baseline recalculation for downstream oxygenate addition.........3163
  Certification of factual information..............................463
  Sunset reviews....................................................464
Archives and records:
  See also Classified information
           Freedom of information
           Health records
           Privacy
           Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
  NARA:
    Classified national security information.......................3510
    Declassification of national security information..............3503
    Electronic mail................................................3504
    Facility locations and hours...................................3511
    Federal records management..........................143, 3506, 3508
    Freedom of information...................................3507, 3514
    National Historical Publications and Records Commission Grant 
        Program....................................................3509
    National Industrial Security Program...........................3501
    Nondiscrimination..................................3496, 3502, 3513
    Phone numbers for facilities...................................3517
    Presidential library facilities................................3512
    Presidential Records Act regulations...........................3505
    Records use restrictions.......................................3516
    Research room procedures.......................................3515
    Standards for records storage facilities.......................3498
    Testimony by employees and production of records in legal 
        proceedings................................................3499
    Use of meeting rooms and public space..........................3500
Armed forces:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
           Military personnel
           Selective Service System
  Armed services exchange regulations...............................726
  Army:
    Flood control cost-sharing requirements.........................821
    Publication of rules affecting the public.......................811
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.....................825
    Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking..................814
    Danger zones...............................................818, 819
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    ESA scope of analysis...........................................820
    Nationwide Permit Program regulations...........................815
    Natural disaster procedures.....................................823
    Protection of historic properties...............................812
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Special events rule.............................................822
  CHAMPUS........................828, 829, 830, 831, 832, 833, 834, 837
    TRICARE......835, 836, 838, 839, 840, 841, 842, 843, 844, 845, 846, 
                                                               847, 848
  Coast Guard:
    Ballast water discharge standards..................1296, 1308, 1309
    Cargo securing.................................................1292
    Chief executive officer clarification..........................2378
    Commercial diving operations...................................1290
    Deep water ports...............................................1289
    Dry cargo residue on the Great Lakes...........................1305
    Escort requirements for vessels in U.S. waters...........1280, 1283
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Maritime education and training..........................2367, 2372
    Merchant mariners......................1276, 1303, 2370, 2373, 2381
    Notifications of arrival or departure..........................1298
    Numbering of undocumented barges...............................1260
    Pollution prevention equipment.................................1267
    Propeller injury prevention....................................1295
    Regulated navigation areas.....................................1284
    Restricted areas...........................................816, 817
    Rules of practice..............................................1301
    Safety and security zone regulations...............1277, 1304, 1315
    Vessel response plans for oil......................1286, 1288, 1293
    Whistleblower protection.......................................1299
  Criminal jurisdiction over service members and civilians 
      employed by or accompanying the Armed Forces outside the US
                                                                    741
  Discharge standards for vessels............................3393, 3420
  Incidental take of migratory birds during military readiness.....1669
  Navy:
    Deferment of service obligations of midshipmen recipients of 
        scholarships or fellowships................................2371
    Incidental taking of marine mammals during military readiness 
        activities.............................................619, 651
    Maritime education and training..........................2367, 2372
    Release of official information for litigation purposes.........827
    Shipbuilding capability preservation agreements.................826
  Reemployment.....................................................3559
  Selective service regulation.....................................3664
Arms and munitions:
  Brady Bill regulations...........................................1900
  Commerce in................................................1890, 1895

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  DOD contractors' safety manual....................................725
  Explosives and small arms manufacturing safety regulations.......2041
  Explosives safety..........................................1896, 1903
  Export controls...............................470, 472, 483, 490, 514
  International Traffic in Arms Regulations........................2078
  Nonimmigrant alien prohibitions............................1901, 1904
  Pistol definition................................................1891
  Propellant actuated device definition............................1892
  Residency requirements for purchasers............................1898
  Response site prioritization protocol.............................737
  Secure gun storage...............................................1902
Asbestos:
  Environmental differential pay for exposure......................3558
  Exposure limit.....................................................97
  Model accreditation plan.........................................3322
Authority delegations:
  Banks............................................................2431
  Civil penalty issuance...........................................1944
  DHS........................................................1152, 1399
  DOD Mentor-Protege Agreements...............................772, 3763
  EPA..............................................................3038
  FCC..............................................................3954
  Forest Service....................................................394
  Immigration judges...............................................1944
  INS..............................................................1933
  IRS..............................................................2733
  Personnel and general claims settlement...........................730
  VA...............................................................2976
Aviation safety:
  Aging aircraft........................................104, 2133, 2167
  Air tour and sightseeing operations..............................2135
  Aircraft improved seats retrofit.................................2131
  Airworthiness directives and standards....105, 106, 2113, 2115, 2158, 
                                                 2172, 2176, 2177, 2178
  Antidrug and alcohol misuse prevention programs..................2163
  Aviation Security Infrastructure Fee.............................1373
  Cargo security...................................................1363
  Civil aviation security rules....................................1383
  Civil penalty assessment procedures..............................2170
  Commission on Aviation Safety and Security.......................2100
  Corrosion control program........................................2171
  Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures....................2136
  Flight guidance systems..........................................2169
  Flight rules...............................................2157, 2159
  Flight simulation device qualification............................107
  Flightdeck officer program.......................................1390
  Flightdeck security considerations on foreign operated 
      airplanes..............................................2143, 2147
  Light sport aircraft.............................................2174
  Moutainous area designation in Alaska............................2128
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................2098
  Performance and handling qualities in icing conditions...........2119
  Pilot rest and duty requirements.................................2161
  Quality control in procurement of items...........................792
  Security awareness training for flight school employees..........1381
  Security compliance program for aircraft operators...............1385
  Security programs for aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or more 
                                                                   1384
  Security threat assessment for certificate holders and 
      applicants...................................................1374
  Transponder requirement....................................2134, 2142


                                   B

Bank deposit insurance:
  Appeals process for claims.......................................4013
  Assessments................................................3998, 4007
  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act............4084
  Filing procedures for state nonmember banks......................4002
  Privacy notices..................................................4012
  Regulatory publication and review................................4011
  Risk-based guidelines................................4001, 4014, 4015
  Securities disclosure regulations................................4016
Bankruptcy:
  RCRA financial responsibility....................................3379
Banks, banking:
  See also Bank deposit insurance
           Credit
           Electronic funds transfers
           Federal home loan banks
           Federal Reserve System
           National banks
           Savings associations
  Affiliate marketing regulations..................................4006
  Automated Clearinghouse regulations..................2468, 2477, 2478
  Bank Enterprise Award program....................................2419
  Bank Secrecy Act......2431, 2435, 2436, 2437, 2438, 2439, 2440, 2441, 
           2445, 2451, 2452, 2453, 2454, 2455, 2456, 2457, 2458, 2459, 
                                                                   2460
  Basel Capital Accord..............................................113
  Broker-dealer registration requirements..........................4222
  Capital............................2569, 2902, 2912, 4058, 4064, 4072
  Capital treatment of asset-backed commercial paper programs......4063
  Checks drawn on the U.S. Treasury................................2467
  Civil money penalties............................................4017
  Community Development Financial Institutions program.............2420
  Community Reinvestment Act regulations........2551, 2564, 2909, 2910, 
                                                       4005, 4010, 4068
  Consumer regulations review......................................4071
  Cross-border transportation of negotiable instruments............2439
  Customer identification program............................2433, 2443
  Deposit definition...............................................4003
  Due diligence requirements.......................................2442
  Electronic funds transfer............................2474, 3457, 4071
  Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act............4006, 4067, 4085
    Affiliate marketing regulations................................2560
    Identity theft protection................................2553, 2904
    Proper disposal of consumer information..................2558, 2905
  Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations...2559, 2566, 2906, 2907, 2911, 
                                                 4000, 4004, 4065, 4066
  Farm credit:
    Assessment and apportionment of administrative expenses........3834
    Borrower rights................................................3842
    Capital adequacy...............................................3833
    Disclosure and reporting requirements....................3837, 3839
    Funding and fiscal affairs...................3833, 3836, 3846, 3850
    Golden parachute and indemnification payments..................3851
    Governance of institutions.....................................3839
    Investments, liquidity and divestiture requirements............3841
    Loan policies and operations.....3833, 3836, 3846, 3848, 3849, 3850
    Mission-related investments....................................3835
    Preferred stock issuance.......................................3845
    Priority of claims.............................................3832
    Receivership repudiation authorities...........................3843
    Scope of financing regulations.................................3840
  FBI authority to exchange criminal history record information 
                                                                   1947
  Financial crimes enforcement network.......................2444, 2447
  Financial institutions:
    Payment service providers......................................2410
    Reporting requirements for deposit interest paid to 
        nonresident aliens.........................................2731
  Financial subsidiaries.....................................2411, 2412
  Holding companies............4058, 4059, 4062, 4069, 4070, 4073, 4171
  Information furnished to consumer reporting agencies.............2565
  International banking regulations................................4008
  Market risk measure..............................................4009
  Money laundering deterrents.......2435, 2436, 2437, 2438, 2445, 2448, 
           2449, 2450, 2451, 2452, 2453, 2454, 2455, 2456, 2457, 2458, 
                                                                   2459

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  Privacy notices................................2563, 2913, 4012, 4079
  Privacy of financial records and information.....................1163
  Regulation W provisions..........................................4002
  Risk-based capital standards.......2569, 2902, 2912, 4009, 4064, 4072
  Securities borrowing transactions..........................2561, 4009
  Securities brokers and dealers:
    Qualifications for banks and securities representatives........3999
    Recordkeeping requirements.....................................2550
    SEC exemptions.................................................4226
  Securities disclosure regulations................................4016
  Special measures against the Commercial Bank of Syria............2448
  State banks:
    Membership in the Federal Reserve System....4057, 4058, 4061, 4062, 
                                                                   4069
  Stored value cards...............................................4003
  Thrift institutions..............................................4201
  Truth in lending.................................................4071
  Truth in savings.....................................4060, 4071, 4074
  Unauthorized access to customer information......................2562
Beer:
  Brewery regulations..............................................2538
  Flavored malt beverages..........................................2517
  Labeling and advertising regulations.............................2529
  Malt beverage labeling...........................................2549
Bees:
  Importation.......................................................246
Biologics:
  See also Blood
  Biological agents and toxins list............................222, 925
  Exports...........................................................494
  Labeling......................................................47, 938
  Registration and listing requirements..............................43
  Revocation of Group A Streptococcus...............................943
  Safety reporting requirements......................................48
  Smallpox vaccine:
    Injury compensation program....................................1008
    Injury table...................................................1007
  Standardized electronic study data................................931
  Vaccine Injury Compensation Program........................1003, 1004
Blood:
  Current good manufacturing practices...............................50
  Hepatitis C virus..................................................50
  Hospital conditions of participation.............................1068
  Labeling and storage requirements.................................976
  Regulation amendments.............................................945
Bonds:
  Continuous bond program..........................................2389
  Fidelity and forgery bonds........................................779
  Immigration surety bonds...................................1401, 1404
  Interest payments on cancelled cash bonds........................1398
  Multi-family housing bonds.......................................2604
  Private activity.................................................2696
  Qualified zone academy bonds.....................................2777
  Refunding issue..................................................2724
  SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program....................3665, 3669, 3671
  Surety bond issuance.............................................2472
  Tax exempt.......................................................2886
Bridges:
  Discretionary bridge candidate rating factor.....................2186
  Drawbridge operation.......................................1282, 1297
  National Bridge Inspection Standards.............................2187
Brokers:
  Alternative net capital computation for holding company groups 
                                                                   4239
  Annuity broker qualifications....................................1957
  Categories of permissible collateral.............................2421
  Customs broker license examination dates.........................1359
  Financial requirements for futures commission merchants and 
      introducing brokers..........................................3810
  Net capital requirements.........................................4225
  Not deemed to be investment advisers.............................4200
  Quotation requirements...........................................4237
  Registration requirements for banks..............................4222
Buildings:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
  Access for individuals with disabilities...................1888, 3004
  Asbestos.........................................................3322
Buses:
  See also Motor carriers
           Motor vehicles
  Accessibility requirements for over-the-road buses...............2102
  School:
    Operations.....................................................2326
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..............................3229
  Aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities:
    Air pollution control..........................................3196
  Airport concessions:
    Disadvantaged business enterprise participation................2094
  Asphalt processing and asphalt roofing manufacturing.............3169
  Assumption of liabilities in corporate transactions..............2595
  Cellulose products manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3083
  Cement manufacturing industry....................................3057
  Chemicals:
    Air pollution control..........................................3136
    Control of PMNs................................................3313
    Hazardous wastes listing.......................................3362
    Manufacture..................................3305, 3312, 3315, 3316
    Pollution standards............................................3326
  Clay ceramics industry...........................................3236
  Coating manufacturing............................................3181
  Commercial diving operations.....................................1290
  Construction:
    Aliens working during stay.....................................1241
    National Construction Safety Team Act...........................525
  Effluent guidelines........................................3395, 3413
  Electric arc furnace manufacturing...............................3115
  Entertainment industry...........................................2704
  EPA operating permits................................3209, 3211, 3255
  Financing cooperative stock.......................................412
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................4081
  Glass manufacturing industry.....................................3228
  Hydrochloric acid production.....................................3096
  Industrial inorganic chemicals manufacturing.....................3232
  Iron and steel foundries.............................3117, 3123, 3233
  Lead smelting....................................................3264
  Leather finishing NESHAP.........................................3081
  Motor vehicle manufacturing:
    Fuel economy credits...........................................2253
  Organic chemical manufacturing...................................3105
  Paint stripping..................................................3227
  Perchloroethylene dry cleaning facilities:
    Air pollution control..........................................3061
  Pharmaceuticals..................................................3177
    Air pollution control..........................................3226
  Plastic parts industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3247
  Plating and polishing............................................3234

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  Plywood and composite wood products manufacturing................3118
    Air pollution control..........................................3246
  Polyurethane foam production:
    Air pollution control..........................................3225
  Printing and publishing....................................3056, 3203
  Printing, coating, and dyeing of fabrics and textiles............3261
  Pulp, paper and paperboard:
    Effluent limitations...........................................3403
    Emissions reduction............................................3271
  Refractory products manufacturing................................3185
  Secondary aluminum production....................................3183
  Surface coating of metal cans....................................3099
  Taconite iron ore processing.....................................3124
  Vegetable oil production:
    Air pollution control..........................................3250
  Wood furniture industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3201


                                   C

Cable television:
  Cable Act reform.................................................3917
  Cost of service..................................................3911
  Customer service standards.......................................3912
  Digital must carry requirements..................................3922
  Home wiring rights...............................................3915
  Horizontal ownership limits......................................3923
  Pole attachments.................................................3920
  Rates............................................................3910
Cancer:
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Cargo vessels:
  See also Maritime carriers
  Barges:
    Launch barge waiver program....................................2368
    Load line requirements.........................................1269
    Numbering of undocumented barges...............................1260
  Cargo securing on vessels in U.S. waters.........................1292
  Deepwater port regulations.......................................1289
  Dry cargo residue on the Great Lakes.............................1305
  Manifest discrepancy reports.....................................1320
  Tank vessels:
    Escorts..................................................1280, 1283
    Response plans.....................................1286, 1288, 1293
    Towing vessel safety measures..................................1312
Cemeteries:
  VA burial benefits...................................2924, 2978, 2991
Census data:
  2010 Census Redistricting Data Program............................458
  Age search fees...................................................459
  Cutoff dates for recognition of boundary changes..................457
CHAMPUS:
  Appeals and hearings procedures...................................846
  Authorized providers..............................................847
  Claimcheck denials appeals process................................832
  Dental benefits under retiree dental program......................836
  Double coverage...................................................831
  Dual compensation/conflict of interest provision..................829
  Hospital payment for ambulatory care..............................828
  Individual Case Management Program................................834
  Methodology for coverage of NIH-sponsored clinical trials.........833
  Prosthetic devices coverage.......................................830
  Regulation amendments.............................................837
  TRICARE.........835, 836, 838, 839, 840, 841, 842, 843, 844, 845, 848
Chemicals:
  See also Drugs
           Hazardous substances
           Pesticides and pests
  Air pollution control......................................3087, 3136
  Aryl phosphates..................................................3336
  Assessment information rule......................................3315
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3345
  Diethanolamine...................................................3318
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1917
  Drinking water regulations................937, 3422, 3427, 3429, 3432
  Electronic application for controlled substances.................1913
  Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program.......................115, 3285
  Export control..........................................116, 494, 495
  Flame retardant substances.................................3306, 3337
  Gamma butyrolactone..............................................1908
  Glycol ethers....................................................3309
  Health and safety reporting rule.................................3316
  Helium conservation..............................................1824
  High-production-volume chemicals..................................130
  Hydrogen fluoride................................................3319
  Hydroxides in household products, packaging standard for.........3813
  Maleic anhydride.................................................3321
  New use rules for PMNs...........................................3313
  Ozone depleting:
    Albuterol........................................................57
    Essential use allowances.............................57, 3110, 3112
    Halon-1301.....................................................3175
    Methyl bromide.....................................3085, 3154, 3257
    N-propyl bromide...............................................3114
    Refrigerant recycling..................3109, 3111, 3168, 3176, 3256
    Refrigerants.......................................3090, 3091, 3178
    Substitutes........................................3155, 3172, 3244
  Perfluorooctanoic acid...........................................3317
  Phosphorus forms, red, white and hypophosphorous acid............1909
  Phthalic anhydride...............................................3320
  Polychlorinated biphenyls............................3308, 3326, 3327
  Polymers and resins........................................3193, 3301
  Registration and reregistration fees.......................1918, 1921
  Reporting requirements for imports and exports of List I and 
      List II chemicals............................................1914
  Right-to-Know initiative...................................3333, 3338
  Significant New Use Rule.........................................3307
  Sodium permanganate..............................................1912
  Test rules......................................130, 3296, 3303, 3332
  Toxic substances...........................................3305, 3312
  Toxic Substances Control Act.......3023, 3297, 3300, 3304, 3317, 3334
  Toxicity profiles................................................3302
  Toxicity testing, developmental and reproductive.................3331
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications........................3339
    Coal...........................................................3347
    Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds...............................3340
    Metal mining...................................................3349
    Pollution Prevention Act information requirements..............3348
    Reporting requirements...................................3344, 3349
    Review of chemicals on original list...........................3346
Child labor:
  Hazardous occupations........................................89, 1974
  Regulations, orders, and statements of interpretation..............89
Child support:
  Federal Tax Refund Offset........................................1141
  Safeguarding information.........................................1134
  Standards for review and adjustment..............................1140
Child welfare:
  See also Adoption and foster care
           Child labor
           Child support
  Aliens:
    Battered children........................................1188, 1927
  At-risk afterschool suppers.......................................285
  Child Care and Development Fund..................................1138
  NIH training grants..............................................1014
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1955
    Reporting requirements.........................................1954

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  Record-keeping requirements for producers of sexually explicit 
      material.....................................................1958
  Safeguards for subjects in clinical investigations of drug 
      products......................................................965
  Use of restraint and seclusion in residential psychiatric 
      treatment facilities................................64, 922, 1090
Cigars and cigarettes:
  Cigarette papers and tubes shipped from Puerto Rico..............2540
  Customs regulations..............................................2483
  Elimination of statistical classes for large cigars..............2541
  Importation of products, papers and tubes........................2542
  In-transit stops without payment of tax..........................2489
  Prohibited marks on products brought into the U.S................2537
  Regulations for papers or tubes that are not in packages.........2487
  Shipment of products without payment of tax......................2484
  Tax computation on large cigars..................................2481
Citizenship and naturalization:
  See also Aliens
           Immigration
  Application by alternative applicant if citizen parent has died
                                                                   1225
  Child Citizenship Act............................................1203
  Electronic signatures on applications and petitions for 
      benefits.....................................................1219
  Employment authorization.........................................1251
  Judicial review of INS decisions.................................1253
  Procedures for individuals with disabilities.....................1218
  Revoking grants of naturalization................................1196
Civil rights:
  See also Equal employment opportunity
           Fair housing
  Commission on Civil Rights regulations update....................3006
  FMCSA financial assistance recipients............................2213
  Food Stamp Program data collections...............................301
  Nondiscrimination:
    Age discrimination.......................................3447, 3502
    CNCS...........................................................3015
    DHS................................................1149, 1150, 1151
    DOJ............................................................1886
    DOL............................................................2056
    Federally assisted programs....................................3698
    GSA................................................3448, 3449, 3451
    HHS.............................................................912
    HIPAA..........................................96, 2712, 2713, 2714
    HUD............................................................1463
    Individuals with disabilities........86, 87, 3446, 3646, 3648, 3698
    NARA...............................................3496, 3502, 3513
    NCUA...........................................................4091
    NEA......................................................3521, 3648
    NEH......................................................3521, 3648
    OFHEO..........................................................3530
    SSA......................................................3697, 3698
  Older individuals................................................1142
  Peace Corps Volunteer Discrimination Complaint Procedure.........3648
Claims:
  CCC debt collection...............................................198
  CFTC debt collection.............................................3805
  Collection by installments.......................................2466
  DHS debt collection........................................1162, 1426
  DoD authority...........................................735, 736, 745
  DOT debt collection..................................2278, 2323, 2324
  Filing claims against SSA........................................3749
  FMS payments...............................................2461, 2462
  FSA debt collection...............................................198
  HHS..........................................................916, 917
  Oil Pollution Act procedures.....................................1258
  Presidio debt collection.........................................3657
  SBA debt collection..............................................3678
  Seized property..................................................1961
  SSA debt collection...............................................151
  Veterans:
    Debt collection................................................2992
Classified information:
  Access............................................................731
  Declassification of national security information................3503
  DHS regulations..................................................1148
  Disclosure of official information in connection with legal 
      proceedings..................................................1147
  Disclosure of records in litigation..............................2422
  National Industrial Security Program.............................3501
  National security information regulations..................2064, 3510
  NRC regulations..................................................4162
  Research involving human subjects.................................850
  Sensitive security information for land modes of transportation
                                                                   1368
  Storage...........................................................732
Coal:
  Abandoned refuse sites...........................................1809
  Coalbed methane development......................................1835
  Combustion wastes..........................................3370, 3371
  Toxics Release Inventory.........................................3347
Coastal zone:
  See also Continental shelf
           Flood plains
  Federal Consistency regulations...................................662
  Waste deposit prevention.........................................3436
  Wetlands:
    Minimal effects exemptions......................................442
Colleges and universities:
  See also Medical and dental schools
  Academic honoraria for B nonimmigrant aliens.....................1202
  Denial of applications for approval to enroll nonimmigrant 
      students.....................................................1400
  DOT grants.......................................................2101
  Funding requirements for agricultural research and extension 
      activities at Land-Grant Institutions....................254, 255
  Grants administration.................................734, 1144, 1472
  INS List of Recognized American Institutions of Research.........1254
  Reduced course load for nonimmigrant students at border 
      communities..................................................1421
Commodity futures:
  Anti-money laundering program....................................2456
  Civil monetary penalties.........................................3812
  Customer permission for futures commission merchants to take 
      the opposite side of an order................................3803
  Debt collection..................................................3805
  Designated contract market clearing services for over-the-
      counter options on exempt commodities........................3804
  Exempt commercial markets:
    Information access and price transparency......................3811
  Financial requirements for futures commission merchants and 
      introducing brokers..........................................3810
  Foreign currency haircuts........................................3800
  Foreign futures and options contracts............................3809
  Investment of customer funds and record of investments...........3802
  National Futures Association decisions...........................3801
  Off-centralized market transactions..............................3806
  Privacy notices..................................................3799
  Procedures for registration as derivatives transaction 
      execution facility or contract market........................3808
  Reporting levels.................................................3807
  Reserve requirements for margin..................................4241
  Security futures:
    Offer and sale of products traded on foreign boards............3798
    Registration requirements for banks............................4222
Common carriers:
  See also Air carriers
           Communications common carriers
           Maritime carriers
           Motor carriers
           Railroads
  Coloading practices by NVOCCs....................................4053
  Explosive materials delivery.....................................1903

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Communicable diseases:
  Correctional management..........................................1864
  Smallpox:
    Vaccine injury compensation program............................1008
Communications:
  See also Communications common carriers
           News media
           Telecommunications
  911 Act..........................................................3966
  Airport Terminal Use frequencies in the 45-470 private land 
      mobile radio pool............................................3972
  Amateur radio service............................................3887
  Auction authority................................................3954
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers............................................3988
  Aviation Radio Service...........................................3974
  Biennial review............................................3870, 3967
  Broadband grant program for rural areas...........................440
  Broadband service provided over power line systems...............3877
  Broadcast ownership rules review.................................3937
  Broadcast station construction permits...........................3919
  Bundling customer premises equipment and enhanced services.......3997
  Channelization of the 39 GHz band................................3945
  Cognitive radio technologies.....................................3876
  Commercial mobile radio services...............3943, 3946, 3960, 3962
  Competitive bidding:
    Broadband PCS..................................................3946
    Process........................................................3951
    Rules for auction of 218-219 MHz...............................3944
  Consolidating the 800 MHz industrial/land transportation and 
      business pool channels.......................................3973
  Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and 
      Marketing Act................................................3860
  Digital audio broadcasting.......................................3925
  Equal employment opportunity rule................................3934
  Excise tax...........................................2611, 2750, 2881
  Exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields................3872
  FM radio.........................................................3921
  Government transfer band.........................................3864
  Horizontal ownership limits......................................3923
  Informal complaints..............................................3858
  Installment payments for Personal Communications Services 
      licensees....................................................3958
  Interference temperature operation...............................3878
  International call-back service..................................3900
  International service regulations................................3905
  Interstate special access services...............................3995
  IP-enabled services..............................................3996
  Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz...............................3955
  Licensing low power operations in the private land mobile radio 
      450-470 MHz band.............................................3963
  Maritime...................................................3942, 3957
  Multiple address systems.........................................3950
  National Exchange Carrier Association petition...................3976
  Noncommercial educational broadcast stations.....................3935
  North American Numbering Plan administration.....................3977
  Private land mobile radio service................................3882
  Public safety communications...............................3949, 3973
  Quiet Zone application procedures................................3964
  Radio market definitions.........................................3932
  Radio spectrum usage promotion through development of secondary 
      markets......................................................3961
  Reallocation of 27 MHz spectrum..................................3886
  Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................3893
  Redesignation of the 17.7-19.7 GHz band..........................3909
  Regulatory fees..................................................3941
  Satellite:
    Application and licensing requirements.........................3890
    Broadcast Satellite Service....................................3909
    Broadcasting signal carriage requirements......................3926
    Coordination between non-geostationary and geostationary 
        orbit......................................................3874
    Digital audio radio service....................................3892
    Earth stations.....................................3898, 3904, 3907
    Fixed-satellite services...........................3865, 3899, 3909
    Global mobile personal communications..........................3897
    Licensing reform...............................................3901
    Maritime mobile services.......................................3896
    Mobile service provider flexibility............................3902
    MSS spectrum allocation............................3863, 3891, 3895
    Non-geostationary orbit..................................3899, 3908
    Non-government operations in the 36.0-51.4 GHz portion of the 
        V-band.....................................................3894
    Orbital debris mitigation......................................3903
    Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act....................3924, 3940
    Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................3893
  Securities Act reform............................................4179
  Software defined radios..........................................3867
  Spectrum allocation..............................................3873
  Spectrum-based services to rural areas...........................3970
  Terrestrial microwave fixed radio services.......................3956
  Transfer of 3650 through 3700 MHz band...........................3959
  Transfer of 4.9 GHz band from government use.....................3959
  Truthful statements to the FCC...................................3889
  TV:
    Advertising practices..........................................3914
    Broadcast Auxiliary Services rules.............................3869
    Cable Act................................................3911, 3917
    Cable television rates.........................................3910
    Children's programming...................................3930, 3931
    Competitive availability of navigation devices.................3918
    Digital must carry requirements................................3922
    Digital television service.............3927, 3928, 3930, 3938, 3975
    Direct broadcast public interest obligations...................3929
    Emergency Alert System...................................3861, 3862
    Filing of network affiliation contracts........................3913
    Joint sales agreements.........................................3939
    Predicting broadcast television field strength.................3885
    Public interest information....................................3933
    Reallocation and service rules for the 698-746 MHz spectrum 
        band.......................................................3965
    Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act....................3924, 3940
    Service rules in UHF spectrum..................................3953
    Unlicensed operation in the broadcast bands....................3881
    Video programming accessibility..........................3916, 3918
  Ultra-wideband radio transmission................................3866
  Unbundled network elements.......................................3994
  Unbundling local exchange carriers...............................3989
  Unlicensed devices in the 5 GHz band.............................3871
  Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure at 5 GHz..........3884
  Unlicensed operation of the 3650-3700 band.......................3879
  Unlicensed radiofrequency devices................................3883
  Vehicle location and monitoring systems..........................3952
  Wireless systems:
    Advanced services..............................................3868
    Regulatory review..............................................3969
    Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act..................3966
  World Radiocommunication Conference omnibus......................3880
Communications common carriers:
  Informal complaints..............................................3858
  Service disruption reporting requirements........................3875
  Toll free service access codes...................................3980
Community action programs:
  Empowerment zones..................................................79
Community development:
  See also Community action programs
           Grant programs-housing and community development
  Community development block grants:
    Brownfields activities.........................................1535
    Prohibition on use of funds for job-pirating activities........1534
    Regulation revisions...........................................1530
    Revitalization strategy........................................1532
    Slum and blight prevention.....................................1535

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  Community Development Financial Institutions program.............2420
  Economic opportunities for low- and very-low-income persons......1538
  SBA:
    HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program........................3672
Competitiveness:
  Agricultural commodities competitive markets......................367
  American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act...........1176
  American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act.................1176
  Cable television companies.......................................3915
  Communications Act.........................................3944, 3946
  DFARS requirements...........................................767, 774
  OPM regulations..................................................3606
  Television marketplace.....................................3910, 3918
Computer technology:
  Access to information on government-owned systems.................860
  Acquisition regulations..........................................3766
  Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and 
      Marketing Act................................................4083
  De minimis exclusion for technology and software..................511
  Electronic filing:
    Investment advisers......................................2014, 4202
  Electronic submission:
    Documents......................................................4050
  Exports.......................................485, 487, 496, 516, 522
  Information technology exchange program..........................3608
  Internet:
    Simplified Network Application Process (SNAP)...................477
  Reuse, recycling, and recovery of electronic equipment...........3374
  Security training................................................3642
Confidential business information:
  EPA regulations............................................3023, 3034
Conflict of interests:
  See also Political activities (Government employees)
  CHAMPUS requirements..............................................829
  DFARS.............................................................755
  DOE...............................................................904
  EPA..............................................................3022
  Ethical conduct..................................................3539
  Ethics programs..................................................3536
  Exemptions.......................................................3533
  Financial disclosure.............................................3534
  Post-government employment.................................3538, 3612
  Standards of conduct..................................742, 1143, 3537
Construction industry:
  Alien workers....................................................1241
  Confined spaces for construction.................................2036
  Effluent guidelines..............................................3412
  Electric power line worker safety................................2038
  Hearing loss prevention..........................................2053
  Hoisting equipment safety........................................2040
  National Construction Safety Team Act.............................525
Consumer protection:
  See also Labeling
           Trade practices
  All-terrain vehicle ban for children under 16....................3825
  Alternative fuel labeling requirements...........................4086
  Baby bath seats..................................................3822
  Bunk bed cornerpost standard.....................................3824
  Cable home wiring rights.........................................3915
  Candles and candle accessories...................................3826
  Child-resistant packaging..................................3814, 3823
  Contact lens.....................................................4087
  Crib safety standards............................................3818
  Disclosures......................................................4077
  Flammability standards:
    Clothing textiles..............................................3819
    Mattresses/bedding..............................................170
    Upholstered furniture...........................................169
  Household goods transportation.............................2194, 2208
  Household products containing hydroxides, packaging standard 
      for..........................................................3813
  Hunting tree stands..............................................3828
  Lighters.........................................................3821
  Nutrition health claims...........................................936
  Portable bed rails...............................................3820
  Sulfuric acid drain openers......................................3827
  Table saw blades.................................................3815
  Telephone Consumer Protection Act................................3859
  Weightlifting bench press benches................................3829
Continental shelf:
  Exploration or development and production plans..................1797
  Safety zones around petroleum and gas production facilities......1315
Cosmetics:
  Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease....................987
  Use of materials derived from cattle...............................58
    Recordkeeping requirements.......................................59
Cotton:
  Classification service user fees..................................185
Countervailing duties:
  Certification of factual information..............................463
  Sunset reviews....................................................464
Courts:
  Civil contempt commitments.......................................1871
  Courts of Indian Offenses........................................1777
  CSOSA:
    Ethical conduct for employees standards........................3020
  Equal Access to Justice Act:
    DHS proceedings................................................1161
    DOI proceedings................................................1564
Credit:
  See also Banks, banking
           Credit unions
           Mortgages
  Anti-money laundering program....................................2457
  Debt collection:
    DoD...................................................735, 736, 745
    FEMA...........................................................1435
    HHS........................................................916, 917
    Matching of Federal employee records for salary offset.........2464
    Salary offset...................................................917
    SBA......................................................3678, 3685
    SSA.............................................................151
    Treasury.................................................2463, 2470
  Delinquent debtors:
    Public dissemination of identity...............................2471
  Equal credit opportunity.........................................4071
  Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act......2553, 4006, 4067, 4085
    Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations.......2559, 2566, 2906, 2907, 
                                           2911, 4000, 4004, 4065, 4066
  Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations..........4000, 4004, 4065, 4066
  Partners and partnerships........................................2820
Credit unions:
  Bylaws...........................................................4097
  Change in official or senior executive officers..................4111
  Community Development Revolving Loan Program...............4098, 4110
  Conversion to mutual savings banks...............................4106
  Customer identification program..................................2443
  Designation of low income status.................................4098
  Disposal of consumer information.................................4107
  Exchangeable Collateralized Mortgage Obligations.................4109
  Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act:
    Address reconciliation rule....................................4094
    Affiliate marketing regulations................................2560
    Direct disputes with furnishers rule...........................4096
    Furnisher accuracy guidelines and rules........................4095
    Identity theft protection................................2553, 4093
  Fair credit reporting..........................4099, 4105, 4107, 4108
  Health Savings Accounts..........................................4114
  Information furnished to consumer reporting agencies.............2565

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  Information requests under Freedom of Information and Privacy 
      Acts.........................................................4102
  Living trust accounts............................................4113
  Loans and lines of credit regulations............................4100
  Medical information regulations..................................4105
  Member business loans............................................4112
  Mergers of federally-insured credit unions.......................4103
  Negative credit information notice...............................4099
  Newly-chartered or troubled......................................4111
  Nondeposit investment sales......................................4089
  Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs.................4091
  Privacy of consumer financial information........................4092
  Regulatory publication and review................................4090
  Share insurance rules............................................4113
  Truth in Savings rule............................................4101
  Unauthorized access to member information and member notice......4104
  Use of consumer information for marketing solicitations..........4108
Crime:
  See also Drug abuse
           Fraud
  Aliens:
    Battered and abused spouses and children.................1188, 1927
    Criminal convictions...........................................1946
    Criminal grounds of inadmissibility......................1244, 1246
    Custody procedures.......................................1412, 1939
    Early release for removal of aliens in custody for nonviolent 
        offenses...................................................1407
    Trafficking victims..........................1210, 1211, 1409, 2079
    Victims of crime.........................................1211, 1213
  Arson reporting..................................................1899
  Criminal intelligence systems operating policies.................1963
  Exports of crime control and detection instrument equipment.......507
  Jurisdiction over service members and civilians employed by or 
      accompanying the Armed Forces outside the US..................741
  National Instant Criminal Background Check System................1953
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1955
    Reporting requirements.........................................1954
  Record-keeping requirements for producers of sexually explicit 
      material.....................................................1958
  Seized property..................................................1961
  Sex offender registration programs...............................1949
  Sex offender release notification................................1858
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971
  United Nations Convention Against Torture........................1236
  Victims of Crime Act.......................................1965, 1966
Crop insurance:
  Administrative regulations...................................273, 281
  Apples............................................................279
  Blueberries.......................................................276
  Civil penalties...................................................271
  Nonstandard classification system.................................273
  Nursery crops.....................................................274
  Peanuts...........................................................280
  Pecans............................................................278
  Processing tomato crop provisions.................................277
Crystalline silica:
  Occupational exposure........................................99, 2016
Cultural exchange programs:
  Summer work/travel...............................................2060
Customs duties and inspection:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Imports
  Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of 
      aircraft from foreign areas..................................1318
  African Growth and Opportunity Act...............................2394
  Airport security area access.....................................1325
  Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act..................2402
  Bond obligations.................................................1326
  Broker license examination dates.................................1359
  Certification of factual information during antidumping and 
      countervailing duty proceedings...............................463
  Chile Free Trade Agreement.......................................2408
  Commercial information confidentiality...........................1328
  Conditional release period.......................................1326
  Continuous bond program..........................................2389
  Country of origin marking........................................2391
  Customs bonded warehouses for duty-free sales enterprises........2483
  Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2398
  Drawback.........................................................2407
  Harbor maintenance fees....................................2415, 2416
  In-transit mail shipment examination.............................1357
  Merchandise processing fees......................................2407
  North American Free Trade Agreement..................2406, 2418, 2426
  Outbound redelivery procedures and liabilities...................2388
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for officers...............1361
  Payment methods for duties, taxes, interest, and fees............2392
  Preferential treatment of brassieres.............................2400
  Prior disclosure.................................................1319
  Processing fees at express courier facilities....................2404
  Prototypes used in product development and testing...............2399
  Publication of administrative forfeiture notices.................1329
  Reconciliation...................................................2417
  Reimbursable inspectional services...............................2397
  Remote location filing...........................................2385
  Singapore Free Trade Agreement...................................2409
  Softwood lumber from Canada................................2428, 2429
  Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos...................2427
  User and navigation fees.........................................2393
  Watch and jewelry duty-exemptions under insular program...........468


                                   D

Dairy products:
  National Dairy Promotion and Research Program.....................182
Debarment and suspension:
  DHS..............................................................1153
  DOD...............................................................755
  DOJ..............................................................1970
  DOT..............................................................2091
  GSA..............................................................3461
Dietary supplements:
  Current good manufacturing practice................................51
  Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease....................987
  Use of materials derived from cattle...............................58
Disability benefits:
  Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Act.....................1106, 1112
Disaster assistance:
  9/11 Heroes Stamp Act program....................................1447
  Corps of Engineers procedures.....................................823
  Criminal and civil penalties.....................................1433
  Crisis Counseling Regular Program................................1441
  Definition of terms..............................................1455
  Economic injury disaster loans for small businesses..............3673
  Estimating eligible cost.........................................1446
  Fire Management Assistance Grant Program.........................1442
  Floods:
    Ability to pay provisions.......................................821
    Mitigation assistance program............................1432, 1450
    Mitigation of severe repetitive loss properties..........1449, 1451
    National Flood Insurance Program......1430, 1437, 1440, 1443, 1444, 
                                                             1448, 1454
  FSA disaster declaration and designation..........................202
  Hazard Mitigation Grant Program............................1434, 1452
  Hazard mitigation planning.......................................1431
  Individual assistance programs:
    Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
        Act..................................................1433, 1438
  Management costs.................................................1439

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  National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.................1436
  Noninsured crop disaster assistance program for tropical crops 
                                                                    204
  Pre-disaster mitigation program..................................1453
  Public assistance insurance requirements.........................1445
  Transfer of food commodities.....................................2995
Dispute resolution:
  Access to neutrals...............................................3441
Drug abuse:
  See also Alcohol abuse
  Aviation personnel...............................................2163
  Disincentives for inmates........................................1859
  Drug-free workplace requirements.................................1153
  Treatment programs...............................................1859
    Authority for practitioners to prescribe narcotic substances 
                                                                   1922
    Bureau of Prisons..............................................1867
Drug testing:
  Airmen...........................................................2112
  Bureau of Prisons................................................1861
  Following marine incidents.........................................73
  Management information system reporting by transportation 
      employers....................................................2105
  Transportation workplace...................................2095, 2097
  Workplace guidelines..............................................923
Drug traffic control:
  Chemical registration fees.......................................1910
  Chemical registration waivers....................................1921
  Controlled substances:
    Authority for practitioners to prescribe narcotic substances 
        for maintenance or detoxification treatment................1922
    Disposer definition and registration...........................1916
    Electronic application forms...................................1913
    Electronic ordering of Schedule I and II substances............1919
    Electronic prescriptions.......................................1906
    Exemption from import/export requirements for personal 
        medical use................................................1926
    Gamma butyrolactone............................................1908
    Phosphorus forms, red, white, and hypophosphorous acid.........1909
    Preventing accumulation at long-term care facilities...........1925
    Recordkeeping requirements for drug products containing 
        hydroxybutyric acid........................................1923
    Registration requirements for practitioners practicing in 
        more than one state........................................1911
    Reorganization and clarification of DEA regulations............1907
    Reporting requirements for imports and exports of List I and 
        List II chemicals..........................................1914
    Reports of theft or significant loss...........................1924
    Sodium permanganate............................................1912
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1917
  FAA regulations..................................................2132
  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1920
Drugs:
  See also Animal drugs
           Biologics
           Over-the-counter drugs
           Prescription drugs
  Abbreviated new drug applications.................................988
  Bioavailability and bioequivalence requirements...................988
  Institutional review boards.......................................967
  Investigational new drugs...............................940, 941, 958
  Labeling..........................................................992
  New drug applications........................................931, 962
  Positron emission tomography drugs................................934
  Providing controlled substances to ocean vessels.................1905
  Registration and reregistration fees.............................1918
  Safeguards for children in clinical investigations................965


                                   E

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.....................1202
  Credit Enhancement for Charter School Facilities Program..........857
  Direct grant programs.............................................851
  Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate 
      Fellowship Grants Program.....................................256
  Good time credit for D.C. Code offenders.........................1865
  Home-living programs.............................................1769
  Maritime education and training............................2367, 2372
  NASA Science and Technology Scholarship..........................3472
  National Security Education Program...............................729
  NIH loan repayment programs:
    AIDS research..................................................1016
    For clinical researchers.......................................1017
    For individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.................1020
    Health disparities research....................................1019
    Pediatric research.............................................1018
    Scholarships...................................................1013
  No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.................................1776
  Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs............853, 3520
  Protection of human research subjects.............................849
  Title IX of the Education Act Amendments.........................3450
  Veterans:
    Centralized certification of benefits..........................2919
    Educational Assistance Text Program............................2988
    Licensing and certification....................................2918
    Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty..........................2973, 2975
    Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve.....................2969, 2987
    Non-payment of VA educational assistance to fugitive felons 
                                                                   2971
    Survivors and dependents...........................2920, 2975, 2986
    Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act..................2965
    Veterans Programs Enhancement Act..............................2917
Education of disadvantaged:
  Academic achievement of limited English proficient students......854, 
                                                                    856
  Transportation regulations.......................................1139
Education of individuals with disabilities:
  Early intervention and special education to eligible DoD 
      dependents....................................................740
  Individuals With Disabilities Education Act........................35
Educational facilities:
  Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act............................852
  Grants administration............................................2996
Educational research:
  Human subjects protection...................................850, 1029
Eggs and egg products:
  Grading......................................................173, 181
  Imported..........................................................343
  Inspection.........................................................17
  Salmonella enteritidis prevention..................................52
Electric power:
  See also Electric utilities
           Electric power plants
  Hydroelectric licensing..........................................4033
  Worker safety....................................................2038
Electric power plants:
  Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program........................894
Electric utilities:
  Broadband service provided over power line systems...............3877
  Bulk system reliability policy statement.........................4032

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  Electronic filing of documents...................................4022
  Generator interconnection agreement and procedures.........4020, 4023
  Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for rural electrification 
      purposes......................................................436
  Indian electric power utilities..................................1758
  Market design and structure......................................4021
  Market-based rate contracts for wholesale sales..................4025
  Pricing policy...................................................4027
  Quarterly financial and Annual Report requirements...............4035
  Standards of conduct for transmission providers..................4019
  Steam generating unit regulations...........................127, 3120
Electronic funds transfers:
  Federal agency disbursements.....................................2474
  FRS regulation revision..........................................4071
  GSAR regulation..................................................3457
Employee benefit plans:
  See also Pensions
  Abandoned individual account plans.................................93
  Cafeteria plans..................................................2719
  Electronic transmission of notices, elections or consents........2674
  Limitations......................................................2667
  Participant contributions..........................................94
  Participant loan rules...........................................2001
  Prohibited transaction exemption procedures......................2000
  Stock option programs............................................1989
  Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program...........................2006
Employment:
  See also Equal employment opportunity
           Government employees
  Aliens...........................................................1988
    Authorization eligibility......................................1183
    Authorization for certificate of citizenship applicants........1251
    Correcting technical and procedural violations of paperwork 
        requirements...............................................1249
    Dismissal of asylum application................................1168
    EB-5 classification......................................1221, 1940
    Eligibility for certain scientists and engineers...............1228
    Eligibility pilot program......................................1231
    Eligibility verification.......................................1217
    Employer petitions.............................................1232
    Employer sanctions.............................................1429
    Employment creation petitions..................................1247
    Fingerprinting.................................................1197
    Labor certification process................................92, 1997
    Labor condition applications.............................1992, 1998
    Post-adjudication audits of H-2B petitions.....................1991
    Suspension of employment authorization requirements for F-1 
        students...................................................1422
    Temporary employment of foreign professionals on H-1B1 visas 
                                                             1992, 1998
    Temporary nonagricultural services.............................1243
    Verification documents.........................................1233
  Family and Medical Leave Act.......................................88
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Identification of gender, race and ethnicity of applicants for 
      employment with federal contractors..........................1987
  Individuals with disabilities:
    Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in 
        a program...................................................166
    Excepted service...............................................3544
    Self-Sufficiency Program........................................154
    Ticket to Work Program....................................154, 1112
  Jobs For Veterans Act................................1979, 2058, 2059
  Opportunities for low- and very-low-income persons...............1538
  Trade adjustment assistance for workers........................90, 91
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Welfare-to-Work Grants Program...................................1995
  Workforce investment systems.....................................2026
Endangered and threatened species:
  See also Marine mammals
  Addax......................................................1639, 1668
  Alameda whipsnake................................................1637
  American crocodile...............................................1590
  Appalachian bivalve species................................1713, 1714
  Arkansas River shiner............................................1628
  Army Corps of Engineers scope of analysis.........................820
  Arroyo toad......................................................1676
  Australian parakeets.............................................1658
  Basking shark....................................................1654
  Beluga sturgeon..................................................1681
  Boreal toad......................................................1606
  Boulder darter...................................................1585
  Broad-snouted caiman.............................................1612
  Brown pelican delisting..........................................1581
  Buena Vista Lake shrew...........................................1687
  Bull trout.................................................1675, 1711
  Butterfly species................................................1571
  Cactus ferruginous pygmy owl.....................................1699
  California gnatcatcher...........................................1666
  California red-legged frog.......................................1703
  California tiger salamander..........................1677, 1688, 1712
  Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances................1707
  Captive-bred exotic birds........................................1647
  Cassius blue butterfly...........................................1610
  Ceraunus blue butterfly..........................................1610
  Channel Islands foxes............................................1624
  CITES decisions......................................1573, 1650, 1716
  Conservation education...........................................1568
  Conservation permits.............................................1649
  Critical habitat........31, 1624, 1625, 1628, 1632, 1633, 1634, 1637, 
           1665, 1666, 1675, 1676, 1677, 1678, 1682, 1687, 1688, 1690, 
                   1694, 1698, 1699, 1703, 1710, 1711, 1713, 1714, 1718
  Cui-ui delisting.................................................1629
  Dama gazelle...............................................1639, 1668
  Dolly Varden.....................................................1696
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Evolutionarily Significant Units...............................31, 34
  Fishes, Tennessee rivers.........................................1644
  Foreign bird species.............................................1614
  Gila chub........................................................1694
  Gila trout.......................................................1586
  Gray wolf:
    Eastern Distinct Population Segment delisting..................1670
    Western Distinct Population Segment delisting..................1702
  Grizzly bears....................................................1605
  Guam bridled white-eye...........................................1710
  Guam broadbill...................................................1710
  Guam Micronesian kingfisher......................................1710
  Incidental take by commercial fishing operations.................1685
  Koster's tyronia.................................................1698
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1575
  Little Mariana fruit bat.........................................1710
  Manatees.............................................1686, 1705, 1719
  Mariana crow.....................................................1710
  Mariana fruit bat..........................................1653, 1710
  Mexican bobcat delisting.........................................1601
  Mexican gray wolf................................................1603
  Mexican spotted owl..............................................1718
  Miami blue butterfly.......................................1610, 1706
  Mussels, freshwater..............................................1644
  Nickerbean blue butterfly........................................1610
  Noel's amphipod..................................................1698
  Nonessential experimental populations..........1585, 1593, 1643, 1644
  Northern aplomado falcon.........................................1593
  Northern sea otter, southwest Alaskan distinct population 
      segment......................................................1662
  Oncorhynchus mykiss............................................31, 34
  Pacific salmon.....................................................34
  Pecos assiminea..................................................1698
  Permit exemptions.................................................613

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  Permits for foreign listed species...............................1664
  Pesticide regulation........................................697, 1717
  Picture-wing flies...............................................1695
  Plants:
    Arizona agave delisting........................................1592
    Bigleaf mahogany...............................................1657
    Black cohosh...................................................1595
    CITES listings.....................................1595, 1657, 1660
    Coachella Valley milk-vetch....................................1620
    Colorado butterfly plant.......................................1671
    Critical habitat....1597, 1620, 1621, 1630, 1635, 1636, 1667, 1671, 
                                                 1672, 1673, 1674, 1715
    Eggert's sunflower.............................................1672
    Fender's Blue Butterfly........................................1635
    Fish Slough milk vetch.........................................1673
    Johnston's frankenia removal...................................1652
    Kincaid's Lupine...............................................1635
    Lane Mountain milkvetch........................................1667
    Munz's onion...................................................1674
    Pierson's milkvetch............................................1715
    Ramin..........................................................1660
    San Jacinto Valley crownscale..................................1597
    Spanish cedar..................................................1657
    Spreading navarettia.....................................1597, 1630
    Thread-leaved Brodiaea.........................................1621
    Willamette Daisy...............................................1635
    Willowy monardella.............................................1636
  Prebles Meadow jumping mouse.....................................1721
  Riverside fairy shrimp...........................................1678
  Roswell springsnail..............................................1698
  Sacramento Mountains Checkerspot butterfly.......................1690
  Safe harbor agreements...........................................1707
  Salt Creek tiger beetle....................................1598, 1625
  San Diego Fairy shrimp...........................................1665
  Santa Ana sucker.................................................1682
  Scimitar-horned oryx.......................................1639, 1668
  Sea cucumber.....................................................1611
  Snail, freshwater................................................1644
  Southern sea otter translocation program.........................1602
  Southwestern Willow Flycatcher...................................1632
  Spotfin chub.....................................................1585
  St. Andrew Beach Mouse...........................................1634
  Stag beetle......................................................1654
  Straight-horned markhor..........................................1579
  Tibetan antelope.................................................1648
  Tinian monarch flycatcher........................................1708
  Topeka shiner..............................................1643, 1709
  Turtle species...................................................1650
  Virginia northern flying squirrel................................1604
  Western Snowy Plover.............................................1633
  Wood bison.......................................................1594
Energy:
  See also Coal
           Electric power
           Energy conservation
           Fuel economy
           Natural gas
           Nuclear energy
           Petroleum
           Pipelines
  Acquisition:
    Cooperative audit strategy......................................902
  Alternative fuels.....................................864, 3150, 4086
  Claims for damages against DOE employees..........................909
  Conduct of DOE employees..........................................908
  Critical energy infrastructure information.......................4029
  DEAR amendments:
    Biobased content products.......................................903
    Make or Buy Plans...............................................900
    Management contractor compensation for personal services........905
    Purchasing by management and operating contractors..............904
    Revisions.......................................................901
    Technical amendments............................................906
    Work for others regulations.....................................907
  Electronic notification of Commission issuances..................4031
  Electronic registration of FERC applications.....................4034
  Electronic service of documents..................................4018
  Filing fees......................................................4039
  Freedom of Information Act........................................890
  Notice format....................................................4038
  Occupational radiation protection.................................892
  Polygraph examination regulations.................................887
  Prescription of fishways for non-Federal hydropower projects.....692, 
                                                                   1584
  Protection of human research subjects.............................897
  Record request fees..............................................4037
  Renewable energy systems..........................................417
  Research misconduct...............................................891
  Review of mandatory conditions of hydropower licensing.......609, 693
  Uranium mill sites................................................898
  Worker's compensation benefits....................................899
Energy conservation:
  See also Fuel economy
  Covered products determination:
    Commercial refrigeration equipment..............................877
    Incandescent reflector lamps, torchieres, and ceiling fans......878
  Efficiency standards:
    Clothes dryers..................................................873
    Commercial air conditioning equipment........38, 879, 880, 881, 886
    Direct heating equipment........................................874
    Dishwashers.....................................................873
    Electric distribution transformers...............................37
    Electric motors.................................................875
    Fluorescent and incandescent lamps..............................876
    Furnaces and boilers........................................36, 880
    Heat pumps...................................38, 879, 880, 881, 886
    High intensity discharge lamps..................................862
    Pool heaters....................................................874
    Water heaters...................................................879
  Federal buildings............................................863, 868
  Residential energy-efficiency rating guidelines..............868, 871
  Test procedures:
    Central air conditioners........................................869
    Commercial air conditioning equipment...........................884
    Commercial heating equipment....................................883
    Commercial package boilers......................................885
    Commercial water heaters........................................882
    Electric motors, small..........................................872
    Electronic distribution transformers............................870
    Heat pumps......................................................869
    High intensity discharge lamps..................................862
Entertainment industry:
  Cost recovery....................................................2704
Environmental impact statements:
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program...............................................1969
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...........................................3024
  Background checks of contractor employees........................3042
  Biobased content products.........................................903
  CERCLA amendment.................................................3387
    Conducting ``all appropriate inquiry''.........................3392

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  Chemicals...............130, 3303, 3318, 3319, 3320, 3332, 3336, 3337
    Maleic anhydride...............................................3321
  Class deviations incorporation into EPAAR........................3026
  Coal combustion wastes.....................................3370, 3371
  Coastal waste deposit prevention.................................3436
  Confidential business information..........................3023, 3034
  Contract bundling................................................3043
  Cooling water intake structures impact......................140, 3417
  Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.............3389
  Cross-Media Electronic Reporting and Recordkeeping Rule...........141
  Designation of hazardous substances under CERCLA.................3390
  Developmental and reproductive toxicity testing..................3331
  Drinking water regulations.....................3422, 3427, 3431, 3432
  Effluent guidelines..........3395, 3396, 3403, 3411, 3413, 3414, 3415
  Emergency planning...............................................3338
  EPA acquisition regulations....................3024, 3025, 3029, 3041
  Farm Service Agency regulation....................................196
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Federal water resource development................................813
  Forest Service special uses program..........................404, 405
  HUD regulations..................................................1464
  National Environmental Policy Act....................1156, 3021, 4127
  National Forest System............................................388
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic pollutants................3036
  Pesticides...........115, 120, 121, 697, 3281, 3282, 3284, 3285, 3293
  Plant incorporated protectants.......................3287, 3288, 3289
  Privacy Act regulations..........................................3028
  Radon............................................................4146
  RCRA Burden Reduction Initiative............................134, 3373
  RCRA hazardous waste management facilities........................133
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  Reporting marine casualties......................................1268
  Research scientist appointment authority.........................3038
  Restoration of DOD facilities.....................................723
  Rural areas.......................................................264
  Sale of DOD aircraft to persons providing oil spill response 
      service.......................................................739
  Significant new use rules:
    Flame retardant chemical substances............................3306
    Glycol ethers..................................................3309
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Total Maximum Daily Load program.................................3410
  Toxic Substances Control Act.......116, 3023, 3297, 3300, 3304, 3310, 
                                                             3317, 3334
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications........................3339
    Coal...........................................................3347
    Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds...............................3340
    Metal mining...................................................3349
    Pollution Prevention Act information requirements..............3348
    Reporting requirements........................125, 3342, 3344, 3349
    Review of chemicals on original list...........................3346
Equal employment opportunity:
  Broadcast outreach...............................................3934
  Complaint processing.......................................3438, 3439
  HUD regulations..................................................1474
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Workforce Investment Act.........................................2026
Excise taxes:
  Air transportation...................................2750, 2827, 2881
  Communications services..............................2611, 2750, 2881
  Structured settlement factoring transactions.....................2874
Explosives:
  See also Hazardous materials transportation
           Hazardous substances
  Criminal misuse reporting........................................1899
  Fireworks........................................................1897
  Identification markings for imported explosive materials.........1893
  Manufacturing safety regulations.................................2041
  Pest control devices.............................................1894
  Safe Explosives Act..............................................1896
  Transportation regulations.................................1388, 1903
Exports:
  Administration regulations....473, 474, 476, 486, 489, 490, 491, 493, 
             494, 498, 501, 503, 504, 505, 506, 509, 512, 514, 515, 524
  Agricultural commodities..........................................367
    Cargo preference regulations...................................2375
    Emerging markets program........................................365
  Aircraft..........................................................481
  Automated export system...........................................456
  Bigeye tuna.......................................................629
  Cameras...........................................................487
  CCC Export Credit Guarantee Program...............................366
  Chemical manufacturing facilities, equipment and related 
      technology....................................................495
  Chemical substances...............................................116
  Chemical Weapons Convention.............................470, 501, 513
  Class I substances to Article 5 countries........................3069
  Commerce Control List...............483, 485, 487, 488, 501, 522, 524
  Communication intercepting devices................................517
  Computer technology...........................485, 487, 496, 516, 522
  Controlled chemical substances...................................1914
  Controlled substances for personal medical use...................1926
  Crime control and detection instrument equipment..................507
  Crude oil.........................................................471
  Cuba.........................................................478, 523
  De minimis exclusion for technology and software..................511
  Deemed exports....................................................503
  Dual-use items...............................................490, 495
  Encryption items..................................................497
  Energetic materials...............................................520
  Humanitarian donations............................................519
  India.............................................................493
  International Traffic in Arms Regulations........................2078
  Investigational new drugs.........................................958
  Iraq..............................................................482
  Lead-acid batteries..............................................3380
  Libya.............................................................478
  License application denial policy.................................480
  License exceptions.............469, 478, 507, 508, 510, 516, 518, 519
  Licensing...........................472, 486, 498, 500, 512, 515, 524
  Liquors..........................................................2533
  Military vehicles and components..................................521
  Missile technology controls.............................472, 483, 514
  National Forest System timber.....................................373
  Night vision equipment............................................508
  No license required provisions....................................515
  Non-space qualified amorphous silicon focal plane arrays..........487
  North Atlantic Treaty Organization...........................491, 510
  Nuclear equipment and materials..................502, 518, 4133, 4145
  Outbound redelivery procedures and liabilities...................2388
  Reexports.....................................469, 472, 503, 508, 510
  Removal of country groups.........................................474
  Replacement licenses..............................................512
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements..........................509
  Russian entities..................................................492
  Sensitive chemical or biological items............................494
  Serbia............................................................478
  Simplified Network Application Process (SNAP).....................477
  Space qualified parts, components and technology..................488
  Special Comprehensive License program.............................479
  Special intra-company license.....................................498
  Sudan.............................................................476
  Sugar reexport programs...........................................363
  Swordfish.........................................................629
  United Nations....................................................510
  United States munitions list.................................481, 520
  Wassenaar Arrangement.............................................490
  Wildlife...................................................1578, 1683

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  Yugoslavia........................................................484


                                   F

Fair housing:
  Certification and funding of state and local enforcement 
      agencies.....................................................1537
  Compliance requirements......................................257, 411
    ANSI standards.................................................1539
Federal buildings and facilities:
  Access for individuals with disabilities.........................3005
    Outdoor developed areas........................................3003
  Classified information storage....................................732
  DOD environmental restoration programs............................723
  Energy performance standards.................................863, 868
  GSA regulations..................................................3445
  Inspection/maintenance programs..................................3214
  NARA facilities:
    Locations and hours............................................3511
    Phone numbers for..............................................3517
    Use of meeting rooms and public space..........................3500
  NRC offices......................................................4144
  Presidential library facilities..................................3512
  Telecommunications management....................................3452
  Vending facility program for the blind............................746
Federal home loan banks:
  Acquired member assets...........................................4048
  Affordable Housing Program.......................................4045
  Anti-money laundering programs...................................4046
  Appointed directors..............................................4044
  Community support requirements...................................4043
  Data reporting requirements......................................4047
  Governance.......................................................4041
  New business activities..........................................4042
  Public disclosure................................................4049
Federal Reserve System:
  Capital..........................................................4064
  Capital treatment of asset-backed commercial paper programs......4063
  Community reinvestment...........................................4068
  Consumer leasing.................................................4071
  Consumer regulations review......................................4071
  Electronic funds transfers.......................................4071
  Equal credit opportunity.........................................4071
  Fair credit reporting................................4065, 4066, 4067
  Holding companies....................................4059, 4070, 4073
  Risk-based capital standards.....................................4064
  State banks..............................4057, 4058, 4061, 4062, 4069
  Truth in savings.....................................4060, 4071, 4074
Feed grains:
  Karnal bunt compensation..........................................215
Fire prevention:
  Candles and candle accessories standards.........................3826
  Electrical standards.............................................2046
  Emergency response and preparedness..............................2033
  Fire Management Assistance Grant Program.........................1442
  Forest fire assistance program....................................393
  Nuclear power plants.......................................4136, 4163
  Shipyard standards.........................................2052, 2054
Firefighters:
  Retirement.......................................................3595
Fish:
  See also Fisheries
           Seafood
  Country of origin labeling..........................................2
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1717
  Fish and Seafood Promotion Act....................................569
  Government acquisition regulations................................799
  Injurious wildlife listings......................................1583
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1575
  National Organic Program............................................1
  Prescription of fishways for non-Federal hydropower projects.....609, 
                                                                    692
Fisheries:
  Addition and revision of certain species codes....................561
  Alaska............................................................691
  Atlantic Ocean.....................................526, 630, 676, 690
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands..................................588, 672
  Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan............................617
  Bottomfish........................................................528
  Cod...............................................................603
  Critical habitat...............................................30, 31
  Crustacean........................................................529
  Demersal shelf rockfish...........................................628
  Dungeness crab....................................................587
  Essential fish habitat guidelines............................563, 596
  Fisheries Observer Program........................................685
  Fishing capacity reduction loans.............................587, 588
  Groundfish..............................................528, 587, 685
  Gulf of Alaska...............................................628, 637
  Haddock...........................................................603
  Halibut............................................548, 567, 637, 677
  Hawaiian Islands.............................................542, 582
  Highly migratory species...........................526, 630, 676, 690
  Incidental take regulations....614, 617, 618, 619, 651, 652, 672, 673
  King crab.........................................................588
  List of fisheries............................................606, 700
  Marine Mammal Protection Act.......................647, 695, 698, 700
  National standard guidelines:
    Overfishing and rebuilding schedules............................544
  North Pacific.....................................................685
  Northern California steelhead......................................30
  Pacific coast................................................587, 677
  Pelagics.....................................................582, 690
  Permits......................................................541, 542
  Pollock...........................................................672
  Puerto Rico.......................................................537
  Research set-aside program........................................641
  Sablefish.........................................................536
  Scientific research...............................................564
  Sea turtle conservation.............526, 622, 653, 676, 690, 699, 702
  Seabird protection................................................582
  Shrimp..................................................587, 653, 702
  Steller sea lion protection.......................................644
  Tanner crab.......................................................588
  U.S. Virgin Islands...............................................537
  Yellowtail flounder...............................................603
Fishery management plans:
  Alaska local time definition......................................682
  American Lobster..................................................535
  Aquaculture practices.............................................655
  Atka mackerel.....................................................681
  Atlantic......................................527, 557, 633, 639, 680
  Atlantic billfish.................................................558
  Atlantic bluefish............................................555, 669
  Atlantic herring.............................................545, 578
  Atlantic mackerel............................................538, 554
  Atlantic sea scallop.........................................635, 665
  Atlantic striped bass.............................................550
  Atlantic swordfish................................................631
  Beluga whales.....................................................648
  Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands..........32, 540, 547, 586, 636, 681, 684
  Bigeye tuna..................................................629, 633
  Black corals......................................................595
  Black sea bass................................552, 576, 577, 634, 668
  Bluefin tuna.................................................565, 633
  Bottomfish fisheries....................................530, 560, 594
  Butterfish...................................................538, 554
  Calico scallop....................................................664
  Coastal migratory fisheries..................................590, 656
  Community development quotas.................................540, 570
  Deep-sea red crab............................................556, 585
  Eastern Pacific.........................................574, 643, 701
  Electronic logbook forms..........................................581
  Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ)................535, 550, 632, 655, 691
  Fishing capacity reduction program................................645

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  Groundfish.....547, 559, 562, 586, 636, 640, 671, 675, 678, 684, 686, 
                                                               688, 689
  Gulf of Alaska...........................547, 562, 636, 671, 675, 684
  Gulf of Mexico......531, 533, 534, 571, 575, 590, 596, 597, 598, 599, 
                                                          656, 667, 674
  Halibut...........................................................605
  Hawaiian Islands........................................528, 542, 595
  Highly migratory species......................557, 558, 627, 629, 633
  King crab..........................................................32
  Monkfish.....................................................543, 601
  North Atlantic....................................................687
  North Atlantic right whales..................................649, 657
  Northeast multispecies...................584, 607, 608, 635, 642, 666
  Ocean quahog......................................................553
  Pacific Coast..................559, 605, 640, 646, 679, 686, 688, 689
  Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan...........................593, 677
  Pacific mackerel.............................................592, 638
  Pacific sardine...................................................573
  Pacific whiting...................................................689
  Pelagics................................................546, 590, 632
  Precious corals...................................................583
  Queen conch.......................................................537
  Red crab..........................................................602
  Red grouper.......................................................667
  Red snapper..................................................534, 597
  Reef fish................................531, 534, 598, 599, 667, 674
  Salmon.......................................................646, 679
  Scup..........................................552, 576, 577, 634, 668
  Sea scallop..................................................527, 665
  Seasonal Area Management program..................................649
  Sharks...................................532, 557, 639, 645, 680, 687
  Shrimp..................................................533, 571, 572
  Snapper grouper...................................................551
  South Atlantic................................551, 572, 590, 656, 664
  Spiny dogfish................................................579, 670
  Squid...................................................538, 554, 600
  Summer flounder...............................552, 576, 577, 634, 668
  Surf clam.........................................................553
  Swordfish...............................................557, 629, 633
  Tanner crab........................................................32
  Tilefish..........................................................580
  Tuna...............................................557, 574, 643, 701
  U.S. Virgin Islands...............................................591
  Vermilion snapper.................................................575
  Western Pacific...........530, 546, 560, 581, 583, 594, 600, 632, 678
  Yellowfin grouper.................................................591
Fishing:
  Bycatch reduction measures..............................533, 676, 699
  Conservation programs.............................................528
  Exempted fishing permits..........................................564
  Fixed gear........................................................536
  Longline.....................................................643, 690
  National Wildlife Refuges........................................1723
  Purse seine.............................................643, 652, 701
  Quotas:
    Adjustment of overages in the U.S./Canada area..................603
    Halibut....................................................567, 605
    North Atlantic sharks...........................................687
    Red snapper.....................................................597
    Reporting requirements..........................................683
    Swordfish.......................................................631
    Western Alaska program..........................................568
  Recreational measures..............................567, 576, 630, 668
  South Pacific Tuna Act............................................539
  Subsistence fishing.......................637, 1607, 1640, 1679, 1720
  Trawl.............................................................691
Fishing vessels:
  Catcher vessel electronic report..................................549
  Gear identification markings on buoys.............................566
  Individual fishing quota reporting requirements...................683
  Observer policy...................................................626
  Safety regulations.................................................72
  South Pacific Tuna Act............................................539
  Vessel Monitoring System.....................................539, 680
  Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program eligibility 
                                                                    568
Flammable materials:
  Flammability standards...........................................3819
  Mattresses/bedding................................................170
  Upholstered furniture.............................................169
Flood control:
  Ability to pay provisions.........................................821
  Corps of Engineers procedures.....................................823
Flood insurance:
  Mitigation assistance program..............................1432, 1450
  Mitigation of severe repetitive loss properties............1449, 1451
  National Flood Insurance Program:
    Appeal of decisions relating to coverage.......................1454
    Assistance to private sector insurers....................1443, 1444
    Coverage and rates.............................................1437
    Group Flood Insurance Policy.............................1440, 1448
    Increased Cost of Compliance provision.........................1430
    National Flood Insurance Act of 1994............................258
Flood plains:
  Wetlands:
    Minimal effects exemptions......................................442
Food assistance programs:
  See also Food stamps
           School breakfast and lunch programs
  Child and adult care:
    Afterschool snacks..............................................305
    At-risk afterschool suppers.....................................285
    For-profit center participation.................................328
    Improving management and program integrity...................9, 334
    Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas..............300
    Overpayments....................................................330
    Permanent agreements for day care home providers................331
    Reimbursements for meals served to children in homeless 
        shelters....................................................319
    Tiering status determinations for family day care homes.........329
  Commodity Supplemental Food Program................................10
  Disclosure of children's eligibility information to state 
      Medicaid and CHIP program.....................................303
  Donated foods provided under contract with food service 
      management companies..........................................294
  Food and Nutrition Service data collection........................311
  Indian reservations...............................................284
  Older individuals................................................1142
  Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program............................6
  Uniform federal assistance regulations............................304
  Women, infants, and children:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Food delivery systems...........................................297
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Food labeling:
  Allergen information..............................................991
  Beef or pork with barbeque sauce..................................360
  Country of origin marking for agricultural commodities and 
      meats...........................................................2
  Expressed nutrient content claims.................................352
  Generic approval and regulation consolidation.....................338
  Ground or chopped meat and poultry products........................21
  Nutrition labeling of meat and poultry products..............361, 362
  Prominence of calories.............................................41
  Serving size regulations...........................................42
  Single-ingredient products.........................................21
  Standardized terms................................................352
  Trans fatty acids.................................................990
  Uniform compliance date...........................................358
Food stamps:
  Alternate methods for issuing benefits............................306
  Bonding requirements for violating retailers......................293
  Civil rights data collections.....................................301
  Computer matching.................................................283

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  Electronic benefits transfer system.....................295, 299, 306
  Eligibility and certification......................................12
  Employment and training............................................14
  High performance bonuses...........................................11
  Payment adjustments...............................................333
  Quality control.................................................7, 13
  Recipient claim establishment and collection standards............286
  Resource eligibility standards....................................335
  State agencies administrative and management requirements.........299
Foods:
  See also Dairy products
           Fish
           Food assistance programs
           Food labeling
           Fruits
           Meat and meat products
           Nutrition
           Poultry and poultry products
           Seafood
           Vegetables
           Sugar
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention........................58
  FDA registration of food facilities................................55
  Food safety:
    Accredited laboratory program...................................347
    Foreign inspection system supervisory visits....................359
    Petitions for rulemaking........................................341
    School breakfast and lunch programs........................326, 327
  Food security plans...............................................346
  Health claims.....................................................936
  Imported...........................................................56
  Infant formula quality control...............................977, 978
  Institutional review boards.......................................967
  Modernization of standards....................................18, 933
  Pesticide residues...............................................3286
  Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease....................987
  Recordkeeping requirements:
    Foods containing material from cattle............................59
    Identifying immediate sources and recipients of foods............54
  Retail exemption..................................................345
  Transportation in vehicles used for nonfood products.............2328
  Vegetable oil production:
    Air pollution control..........................................3250
Foreign currencies:
  Acquisition regulations..........................................2473
Foreign relations:
  See also Citizenship and naturalization
           Cultural exchange programs
           Foreign trade
           Immigration
           International boundaries
           Passports and visas
           Treaties
  Economic Sanctions Enforcement Guidelines........................2390
  Imposition of special measures...................................2446
  International accounting standards...............................4248
  International call-back service..................................3900
  Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).....3378
Foreign trade:
  See also Competitiveness
           Customs duties and inspection
           Exports
           Imports
           Maritime carriers
           Trade agreements
  African Growth and Opportunity Act.........................2394, 2403
  Canada:
    Softwood lumber..........................................2428, 2429
  DFARS modification................................................762
  Earnings and profits.............................................2817
  Entry procedure for foreign trade zones..........................2395
  Federal employee foreign rights in inventions.....................722
  Financial services transactions between U.S. providers and 
      unaffiliated foreign persons........................450, 452, 455
  Futures and options contracts....................................3809
  Port restrictions:
    Japanese vessels...............................................4054
  Quarterly reporting requirements for international services 
      activity......................................................454
  Stock transfer rules.............................................2706
  U.S. direct investment abroad................................451, 453
  United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act..............2396
Forests and forest products:
  See also National forests
  Botanical products................................................390
  Forest fire assistance program....................................393
  Indian allotments.................................................368
  Softwood lumber from Canada................................2428, 2429
  Special products..................................................390
  Special uses authorizations..................................404, 405
  Timber sales:
    Cancellation....................................................388
    Integrated Resource Contracts...................................400
    Noncompetitive sale.............................................372
    Surplus species.................................................369
  Unmanufactured wood from Mexico...................................244
Fraud:
  Corporate and Criminal Fraud Accountability Act..................2056
  Microcap securities market.......................................4237
  OIG regulations...................................................918
  Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act...........................1154, 1456
  Tax return affiliates............................................2855
Freedom of information:
  See also Confidential business information
  Amendments.......................................................4115
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3345
  DHS........................................................1146, 1257
  DOC...............................................................462
  DOD.....................................................724, 734, 756
  DOE...............................................................890
  DOJ..............................................................1862
  DOL........................................................1972, 2027
  Electronic communication.........................................1972
  Electronic Freedom of Information Act......................3518, 3565
  FMCS.............................................................3440
  NARA.......................................................3507, 3514
  NASA regulations.................................................3480
  NEH..............................................................3525
  OPM..............................................................3565
  SSA...............................................................163
  TTB..............................................................2480
Freight:
  See also Hazardous materials transportation
  Agricultural commodities:
    Ocean freight claims............................................190
  Freight forwarding industry......................................2215
Fruits:
  Crop insurance regulations........................................279
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Import regulations.................................218, 227, 229, 233
  Mango Promotion, Research, and Information Order..................184
  Phytosanitary certificates for imports............................234
Fuel:
  See also Energy
  Air pollution control.......3076, 3098, 3125, 3160, 3164, 3174, 3184, 
                                                             3216, 3262
  California gasoline..............................................3161
  Diesel particulate matter exposure in underground mines............98
  Emission standards for nonroad diesel fuel.......................3253
  Gasoline distribution facility emission standards..........3059, 3239
  Labeling requirements for alternative fuels......................4086

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  Low-sulfur highway diesel fuel...................................3073
  Reformulated gasoline............................................3160
  Ultra low sulfur diesel fuel lubricity...........................3108
Fuel additives:
  Gasoline deposit control additives.........................3162, 3191
  Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).........................3208, 3430
  Oxygenated.................................................3163, 3330
Fuel economy:
  Corporate Average Fuel Economy Program...........................2277
  Fuel economy credits.............................................2253
  Fuel economy standards program...................................2289
Funeral industry:
  Practices rule...................................................4078


                                   G

Gases:
  See also Natural gas
  Coalbed methane development......................................1835
Goats:
  Brucellosis indemnity.............................................247
  Interstate movement regulations...................................230
Government contracts:
  See also Government procurement
  Acquisition regulations:
    Central Contractor Register.....................................760
    Commercial items...............................................3773
    Contract bundling..............................................3043
    EPA......................................................3025, 3041
    Federal Technical Data Solution................................3756
    Government property rental.....................................3782
    Labor standards for contracts involving construction...........3760
    Pre-solicitation notice elimination............................3792
    Share-in-savings contracting...................................3772
    Special tooling................................................3782
    USAID..............................................2994, 2997, 2998
  Affirmative action...............................................1985
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage contracts....................187
  Contractors:
    Access to sensitive information................................3476
    Accompanying a force deployed...................................785
    Architect-engineer qualifications.........................764, 3786
    Computer security...............................................860
    DOE contract security personnel.................................889
    DOE security requirements.......................................888
    Employee stock ownership plans.................................3540
    Hazardous material safety data.................................3768
    Identification of gender, race and ethnicity of applicants 
        for employment.............................................1987
    Immigration and Nationality Act compliance.....................3797
    Jobs For Veterans Act..........................................2058
    Safety manual...................................................725
    Security requirements for Toxic Substances Control Act 
        confidential business information..........................3023
    Use of government supply sources................................771
  Debarment and suspension.........................................2091
  Defense contracts:
    Commercial contract types......................................3753
    Contractor qualifications relating to contract placement........757
    Cost accounting standards.......................................749
    Deployment of contractor personnel..............................810
    DFARS modification.....751, 752, 760, 763, 764, 766, 769, 770, 771, 
           776, 777, 779, 782, 783, 785, 787, 788, 789, 790, 791, 796, 
                                                               803, 806
    Fidelity and forgery bond protection............................779
    Firefighting services...........................................770
    Fixed price.....................................................751
    Follow-on production contracts for prototype projects......790, 798
    Foreign acquisition.............................................809
    Freedom of information.....................................724, 756
    Government source inspection requirements.......................758
    Historically black college and minority institution set-aside
                                                                    766
    Indian incentives...............................................800
    Information assurance...........................................797
    Internal controls for purchase card use.........................754
    Leader company contracting......................................776
    Patent rights...................................................747
    Payment and billing instructions................................777
    Performance-based contracting for services................803, 3781
    Personal services contracts.....................................791
    Privacy protection..............................................756
    Production surveillance and reporting...........................802
    Radio frequency identification..................................796
    Reporting performance outside the US............................788
    Resolving tax problems..........................................763
    Service contract and task order approval........................753
    Small disadvantaged business subcontracting.....................776
    Task or delivery order contracts................................769
    Technical data conformity.......................................787
    Terrorist countries list........................................806
    Unique item identification and property valuation...............759
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act.............................1976
  Indians..........................................................1813
  Javits-Wagner-O'Day program:
    Governance standards for nonprofit agencies....................3007
  Nondiscrimination................................................1985
  Research and development.....................................782, 783
  Rights to inventions..............................................721
  Shipbuilding capability preservation agreements...................826
  Small business subcontracting assistance..........................149
  Wage Determinations OnLine system................................1980
Government employees:
  See also Conflict of interests
           Military personnel
           Political activities (Government employees)
  Antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection............3561, 3562
  Appeals..........................................................3587
  Career and career-conditional employment...................3576, 3578
  Civilian Marksmanship Program:
    Civil service benefits for former employees....................3596
  Claims for damages against DOE employees..........................909
  Classification appeals...........................................3627
  Competitive service and competitive status.......................3606
  Computer security...........................................860, 3642
  Contract employees:
    Background investigations......................................3040
  Corporation for National and Community Service:
    Discrimination complaint procedures............................3013
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Criminal investigators...........................................3628
  Defense personnel:
    Claims settlement.....................................735, 736, 745
  Detail between Executive Branch and Legislative Branch...........3579
  DHS human resources management system........................71, 3623
  District of Columbia employees:
    Benefits.......................................................3593
    Retirement, health, and life insurance coverage................3594
  DOE polygraph examination regulations.............................887
  Drug-free workplace requirements......................923, 1153, 1970
  Employee stock ownership plan costs..............................3540
  Employee surveys.................................................3644
  Employment discrimination..................................3438, 3439
  Employment of relatives..........................................3581
  Enterprise Human Resource Integration............................3564
  Ethical conduct standards:
    Attorneys......................................................1956
    CSOSA employees................................................3020
    DOD employees...................................................742
  Examining system.................................................3607
  Excepted service:
    Career and career-conditional employment.......................3576
    Individuals with disabilities..................................3544
    Operational procedures.........................................3547

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    Presidential Management Intern Program.........................3578
    Student Career Experience Program..............................3545
    Temporary organizations........................................3577
  Extended assignment incentives...................................3638
  Federal executive boards.........................................3622
  Federal mail management..........................................3454
  Financial disclosure requirements................................3534
  Foreign rights in inventions......................................722
  Freedom of Information Act regulations...........................3565
  Governmentwide nonprocurement common rule for debarment and 
      suspension.......................................1153, 1970, 2091
  Health benefits:
    Administrative simplification provisions.......................3556
    Children's equity..............................................3641
    Enrollment regulations.........................................3599
    FEHBP changes..........................3572, 3600, 3602, 3603, 3619
    Flexible spending accounts...............................3589, 3621
    Long-term care insurance regulations...........................3598
  Hiring flexibilities during national emergencies.................3543
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Indemnification request procedures for states and localities.....3573
  Information technology exchange program..........................3608
  Intermittent.....................................................3550
  Investigations...................................................3569
  Job grading reviews..............................................3587
  Leave regulations..........................................3574, 3636
  Life insurance...................................................3634
    Federal Acquisition Regulation.................................3604
  Merit promotion and internal placement...........................3625
  OPM regulations rewrite..........................................3575
  Order of release from competitive level..........................3551
  Part-time........................................................3550
  Pay rates:
    Administration.................................................3628
    Aggregate limitation on pay....................................3584
    Biweekly pay periods...........................................3590
    Locality-based comparability payments..........................3586
    Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.....1361
    Pay retention..................................................3610
    Pay-for-performance appraisal systems..........................3554
    Premium pay limitations........................................3637
    Prevailing rate systems..................................3558, 3588
    Regulation amendments....................................3574, 3636
    Superior qualifications appointments...........................3555
    Within-grade increases.........................................3557
  Performance appraisal systems....................................3584
  Personal financial interests.....................................3533
  Post-employment conflict of interests......................3538, 3612
  Posting regulations..............................................3643
  Presidential Management Intern Program...........................3578
  Presidential Rank Award eligibility..............................3585
  Privacy Act regulations..........................................3566
  Privacy procedures for personnel records.........................3578
  Probation on initial appointment to competitive position.........3630
  Public safety officers...........................................1962
  Purchases of property sold by GSA................................3463
  Reasonable accommodation language for OPM vacancy announcements
                                                                   3580
  Recruitment and selection through competitive examination........3626
  Reemployment...............................................3552, 3559
  Regulation revisions.............................................3567
  Relocation costs...........................................3443, 3775
  Repayment of student loans.................................3631, 3645
  Responsibilities and conduct:
    OPM......................................................3605, 3613
  Retention allowances.............................................3629
  Retirement:
    Court orders awarding survivor annuities.......................3570
    Coverage for non-appropriated fund instrumentalities.....3592, 3618
    Credit for military service....................................3617
    Death benefits and employee refunds............................3597
    Debt collection................................................3614
    Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act..........3633
    FERS basic annuity.......................................3616, 3640
    FERS coverage elections........................................3571
    Record retention...............................................3615
    State income tax withholding...................................3563
  Salary offset...............................................151, 2464
  Seasonal.........................................................3550
  Security standards...............................................3568
  Selective Service registration requirements......................3546
  Senior Executive Service:
    Aggregate limitation on pay....................................3609
    Pay and performance awards...............................3582, 3609
    Post-employment conflict-of-interest restrictions..............3612
  Standards of conduct...908, 1143, 3475, 3535, 3536, 3537, 3539, 3693, 
                                                                   3695
  Strategic human capital management assessment....................3549
  Submission of claims by preference eligibles to OPM..............3601
  Temporary and term employment....................................3591
  Temporary change of station................................3578, 3583
  Testifying and providing records in litigation.............2422, 3499
  Time-in-grade restrictions.......................................3624
  Training.........................................................3553
    Agency reporting requirements............................3620, 3635
  Travel regulations.........................................3466, 3467
  Veterans recruitment appointments................................3548
  Voluntary separation incentive payments..........................3611
  Withholding of State and local income taxes......................2475
Government procurement:
  See also Government contracts
  Acquisition regulations:
    Accounting for unallowable costs...............................3755
    Agricultural....................................................449
    Architect-engineer threshold for small business set-asides......765
    Aviation critical safety items..................................792
    Berry Amendment.................................................804
    Blanket Purchase Agreements....................................3788
    Buy American Act requirements............................3780, 3791
    Commercial items...............................775, 800, 3770, 3773
    Compensation for personal services.............................3758
    Competition requirements...................................767, 774
    Conflicts of interest...........................................755
    Corrosion prevention and mitigation.............................805
    Cost accounting standards administration.......................3757
    Cost principles.............780, 3758, 3759, 3769, 3778, 3789, 3790
    Debarment.................................................755, 3461
    Defense Priorities and Allocation System.......................3465
    Definitions clause.............................................3794
    Department of Homeland Security................................1159
    Department of State......................................2063, 2066
    DFARS modification.....747, 748, 750, 752, 755, 761, 762, 765, 767, 
           768, 771, 772, 773, 774, 775, 778, 780, 781, 784, 786, 789, 
                                 792, 793, 794, 795, 799, 801, 804, 805
    Disputes and appeals...........................................3462
    DOE...............................900, 901, 902, 903, 905, 906, 907
    DOT............................................................2085
    Electronic representations and certifications..................3761
    Environmental services for military installations...............801
    EPA................................................3022, 3024, 3029
    Excluded Parties List System...................................3774
    Federal Business Opportunities vendor notification service.....3458
    Federal Prison Industries.................................795, 3764
    Fish, shellfish, or seafood products............................799
    Free Trade Agreements.....................................786, 3795
    Gains and losses...............................................3778

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    Geographic use of the term United States........................750
    GSA..........................................3461, 3462, 3465, 3468
    HUD............................................................1540
    Improper business practices.....................................755
    Insurance information...........................................781
    Laws inapplicable to commercial subcontracts....................761
    Maintenance and repair costs...................................3790
    Major systems acquisition.......................................778
    Mentor-Protege Program....................................772, 3763
    Micro-purchase exemption for purchasing electronic and 
        information technology.....................................3766
    Multiyear contracting authority.................................801
    NASA....3471, 3477, 3485, 3486, 3487, 3488, 3489, 3492, 3493, 3494, 
                                                                   3495
    National Nuclear Security Administration........................861
    Notification of employee rights concerning payment of union 
        dues or fees...............................................3785
    Partnership agreement between DoD and SBA.......................794
    Payment withholding............................................3779
    Penalties for unallowable costs................................3759
    Performance-based service acquisition..........................3783
    Plain language rewrite.........................................3771
    Polyacrylonitrile carbon fiber..................................793
    Powers of attorney for bid bonds...............................3784
    Printing and duplicating through the Government Printing 
        Office.....................................................3787
    Procedures, guidance, and information...........................784
    Procurement list...............................................3793
    Protests, disputes, and appeals.................................748
    Purchasing by management and operating contractors..............904
    Reimbursement of relocation costs on a lump-sum basis..........3775
    Sealed bidding..................................................768
    Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns.........3777
    Small business specialist review................................773
    Small Disadvantaged Businesses.................................3754
    Special emergency procurement..................................3762
    Telecommuting for Federal contractors..........................3765
    Training and education.........................................3769
    Transportation industry practices..............................3776
    USAID....................................................2994, 2997
    Veterans Affairs...............................................2944
    World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement......3796
  Contracts:
    NFS contracts...................................................388
  Foreign currency use.............................................2473
  Government-unique standards......................................3542
  Historic preference..............................................3464
  HUBZone program.......................................210, 3455, 3754
  Javits-Wagner-O'Day program:
    Determining whether commodities are essentially the same as 
        items on the procurement list..............................3008
    Responsibilities of central nonprofit agencies.................3011
    Suitability criteria for commodities and services..............3010
  Level of effort..................................................3039
  Lobbying restrictions......................................1155, 3767
  Management accountability and control............................3541
  Recycled products................................................3358
  Small, minority, and women's business utilization................3033
  Voluntary consensus standards....................................3542
Government property:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
           Government property management
  Abandoned or forfeited personal property.........................3442
  Economic development transfers of real property by DOE............896
  NASA property....................................................3484
  Purchase by GSA employees........................................3463
  Rental...........................................................3782
  Use of Government aircraft for travel............................3466
  Use, handling, and disposal requirements.........................3456
Government property management:
  Mandatory review procedures......................................1561
  Motor vehicles...................................................3459
  Nondiscrimination..........................................3449, 3451
  Personal property management.....................................3444
  Space and related services:
    Rents and leases...............................................3445
  Supply and procurement...........................................3460
  Telecommunications management....................................3452
Government publications:
  Publication of Army rules affecting the public....................811
Grains:
  See also Feed grains
  Karnal bunt compensation..........................................215
  Process verification service......................................282
Grant programs:
  AmeriCorps regulations.....................................3012, 3018
  CNCS regulations.................................................3014
  DOD Grant and Agreement regulations...............................743
  Fire Management Assistance Grant Program.........................1442
  Freedom of information...........................................2027
  Hazard Mitigation Grant Program............................1434, 1452
  Hazard mitigation planning.......................................1431
  IMLS.............................................................3519
  Learn & Serve regulations........................................3012
  NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook revision....3469, 3483, 
                                                             3490, 3491
  National Historical Publications and Records Commission Grant 
      Program......................................................3509
  Participation by religious organizations in USAID programs.......2999
  Rights to inventions..............................................721
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971
  Victims of crime.................................................1966
Grant programs-agriculture:
  Administration provisions.........................................252
  Broadband program.................................................440
  Energy efficiency.................................................417
  Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate 
      Fellowship Grants Program.....................................256
  Hatch Multistate Research Fund....................................253
  High energy cost rural communities................................430
  Nonprocurement regulations........................................408
  Participation of religious organizations in USDA programs.........410
  Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program......................413, 422
  Rural business investment program.................................421
  Rural economic development........................................420
  Technical assistance and training............................260, 432
  Wastewater programs...............................................441
  Water programs...............................................428, 441
Grant programs-education:
  Administrative regulations........................................734
  Application regulations...........................................851
  Credit Enhancement for Charter School Facilities Program..........857
  Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate 
      Fellowship Grants Program.....................................256
  Freedom of Information............................................734
  National Security Education Program...............................729
Grant programs-environmental protection:
  Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.........................3419
  Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.............3389
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program review........................................1969
Grant programs-health:
  AOA rules revisions..............................................1142
  Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children.......................1006
  Limitation on administrative expenses............................1009
  NIH center grants................................................1023
  NIH training grants..............................................1014

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  Participation of religious organizations in HHS programs..........921
  Public Health Service grant appeals procedures...................1005
Grant programs-housing and community development:
  American Dream Downpayment Initiative............................1468
  Community development block grants:
    Brownfields activities.........................................1535
    Community revitalization strategy..............................1532
    Prohibition on use of funds for job-pirating activities........1534
    Regulation revisions...........................................1530
    Slum and blight prevention.....................................1535
    Small cities and insular areas programs........................1531
  Data Universal Numbering System identifier requirement...........1465
  Electronic submission of grant applications......................1457
  Empowerment zones..................................................79
  Indian Housing Block Grant Program...........................82, 1557
  OMB Circular A-110 revisions.....................................1472
  State homes for veterans.........................................2947
  Uniform requirements for HUD programs............................1460
Grant programs-Indians:
  Construction of jails............................................1967
  Indian Housing Block Grant Program...........................82, 1557
  STOP Violence Against Indian Women Discretionary Grant Program 
                                                             1959, 1971
Grant programs-natural resources:
  Carey Act grants.................................................1838
  North American Wetlands Conservation Act grants program..........1588
Grant programs-transportation:
  Uniform administrative requirements..............................2101
Grants administration:
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Drug-free workplace requirements.................................1970
  Jobs For Veterans Act............................................2059
  Nondiscrimination..............................1886, 3015, 3502, 3513
  Uniform administrative requirements............1144, 1472, 2945, 2996
Grazing lands:
  Conservation.......................................................85
  Grassland Reserve Program..........................................28
  National Forest System.......................................368, 378
  Navajo Partitioned Lands.........................................1775


                                   H

Harbors:
  Maintenance fees...........................................2415, 2416
Hawaiian Natives:
  Grants for services provided to older individuals................1142
  Mortgage eligibility.............................................1511
Hazardous materials transportation:
  See also Pipeline safety
  Aircraft carriage................................................2329
  Aluminum cylinders...............................................2333
  Cargo tank requirements....................................2331, 2357
  Civil monetary penalties.........................................2324
  Commercial driver's license endorsement..........................2219
    Security threat assessment of applicants.......................1380
  Explosive materials..............................................1388
  FAA material recognition training................................2139
  Fees for security threat assessments on drivers..................1366
  Harmonization with UN recommendations......................2336, 2363
  Hazard communication requirements................................2359
  Hazardous Materials Table........................................2365
  Hazardous waste manifest rule.....................................132
  Incident reporting...............................................2358
  Infectious substances............................................2336
  Intergovernmental relations......................................2343
  International standards..........................................2350
  Lighters and lighter refills.....................................2349
  Lithium batteries................................................2352
  Maritime carriers................................................1314
  Motor carriers.............................................2221, 2331
  Oxygen cylinders on aircraft.....................................2330
  Packaging........................................................2334
  Regulation revisions.....................2340, 2341, 2347, 2348, 2364
  Security.............................................2353, 2354, 2362
  Toxic by inhalation materials....................................2354
  UN standard cylinder requirements................................2335
  Wastewater treatment exemptions..................................3364
Hazardous substances:
  See also Explosives
           Flammable materials
           Hazardous materials transportation
           Hazardous waste
  Air pollutants.....57, 131, 3051, 3060, 3061, 3062, 3076, 3081, 3083, 
           3099, 3114, 3115, 3117, 3118, 3122, 3123, 3124, 3130, 3140, 
           3142, 3169, 3181, 3182, 3183, 3185, 3193, 3199, 3200, 3201, 
           3203, 3204, 3223, 3227, 3232, 3233, 3234, 3235, 3236, 3237, 
           3238, 3241, 3242, 3243, 3246, 3247, 3261, 3264, 3267, 3271, 
                                                                   3328
    Delisting..........................................3065, 3093, 3146
  Albuterol..........................................................57
  Asbestos...............................................97, 3322, 3558
  Beryllium........................................................2030
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  CERCLA corrections...............................................3387
  Chemicals:
    Chemical test rules......................................3296, 3328
    Import of toxic chemicals......................................3302
  Chromium....................................................100, 3064
  Crystalline silica...........................................99, 2016
  Designation under CERCLA.........................................3390
  Developmental and reproductive toxicity testing..................3331
  Drinking water regulations..........937, 3397, 3422, 3427, 3432, 3435
  Enzymes and proteins.............................................3300
  Ethylene oxide.................................2028, 3058, 3147, 3230
  Extremely hazardous substance list.........................3338, 3343
  Glycol ethers....................................................3166
  Halogenated solvents.............................................3202
  Hydrochloric acid................................................3096
  Hydrochlorofluorocarbon..........................................3082
  Isocyanates......................................................3134
  Lead..............117, 2034, 3199, 3264, 3297, 3310, 3324, 3325, 3335
  Material Safety Data Sheets......................................3768
  Metals...........................................................3329
  Metals from electroplating operations.............................123
  Method 24 amendment..............................................3049
  Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).........................3208, 3430
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................2098
  Ozone depleting substances.................................3091, 3154
  Perchloroethylene................................................3061
  Pesticides.................................................3290, 3292
    Data requirements for registering biochemical or microbial 
        products...................................................3284
    Emergency exemption regulations.................................121
    Endangered species regulation.............................697, 1717
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program.....................115, 3285
    Produced by transgenic plants..................................3290
    Registration review program....................................3282
    Rules of practice..............................................3281
    Worker protection standards..............................3277, 3295
  Pipeline safety standards................2332, 2339, 2356, 2360, 2361
  Pollution contingency plan.......................................3402
  Protection of human research subjects.............................122
  Radon............................................................3428
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  Releases on public land..........................................1840
  Semiconductors manufacture and assembly..........................3368
  Sulfur oxides..............................................3070, 3192
  Sulfuric acid drain openers......................................3827
  Surface coatings.................................................3049
  Threshold planning quantity......................................3338
  Toxicological profiles:
    Metals.........................................................3329

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  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications........................3339
    Coal...........................................................3347
    Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds...............................3340
    Metal mining...................................................3349
    Pollution Prevention Act information requirements..............3348
    Reporting requirements...................................3344, 3349
    Review of chemicals on original list...........................3346
  Water pollution control....................................3397, 3405
Hazardous waste:
  Carbamates.......................................................3388
  Cathode ray tubes.................................................135
  Cement kiln dust.................................................3369
  Disposal facilities:
    Combustion facilities...........................................131
    Radioactive waste........................................3273, 3274
  Dyes and pigments................................................3362
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Lead.............................................................3311
  Lead-acid batteries..............................................3380
  Manifest regulations........................................132, 3382
  Mercury-containing equipment......................................136
  Permit program....................................................133
  Polychlorinated biphenyls..................................3308, 3327
  Radioactive waste................................................4147
    Advance notification to Native American tribes of 
        transportation.............................................4149
    Dose methodology...............................................3272
    Licensing proceedings for receipt of high-level waste at a 
        geologic repository........................................4166
    Spent fuel storage casks.......................................4168
  Recycling.........................................................135
  Requirements revision............................................2345
  Solid waste................................................3350, 3377
  Solvents.........................................................3376
  Toxic waste site.................................................3302
  Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3375
  Transboundary shipment within Organization for Economic 
      Cooperation and Development member countries.................3378
  Uncontrolled sites on the NPL....................................3386
  Wastewater treatment sludges from automobile manufacturing........124
Health care:
  See also Medicaid
           Medicare
  Ambulance services.........................................1100, 1130
  Anti-kickback provisions.....................................911, 919
  Fraud and abuse provisions........................................918
  Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank.....................920
  Home health agencies.............................................1030
    Medicare conditions of participation...........................1088
    Nondiscrimination in post-hospital referral....................1099
    Prospective payment system...............................1057, 1117
  Human cellular and tissue-based products...........................49
  Inmate fees......................................................1869
  Nondiscrimination.................................................912
  Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network..............1002, 1011
  Participation of religious organizations in HHS programs..........921
  Performance standard for diagnostic x-ray systems.................969
  Physicians' referrals............................................1046
  Program exclusion for submitting claims containing excessive 
      charges.......................................................914
  Protection of human research subjects......................1024, 1028
  Risk-sharing arrangements.........................................911
  Underserved areas................................................1001
  Veterans:
    Additional disability or death due to care, treatment or 
        program....................................................2960
    Advanced health care planning..................................2946
    Copayments for extended care services..........................2982
    Filipino veterans..............................................2916
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Health facilities:
  See also Hospitals
           Nursing homes
  Ambulatory surgical centers:
    Conditions for coverage........................................1041
    List of covered procedures.....................................1050
  Federally qualified health centers................................919
  Fire safety requirements.........................................1082
  Long-term care:
    Federal long-term care insurance regulations...................3598
    Hospice service................................................1044
    Preventing accumulation of surplus controlled substances.......1925
  Physician referrals for health services....................1091, 1121
  Psychiatric residential treatment facilities...........64, 1070, 1090
  Rehabilitation facilities........................................1056
  Skilled nursing facilities.................................1067, 1109
  Use of restraint and seclusion.........................64, 1090, 1108
Health insurance:
  See also Medicare
  Access:
    Pre-existing condition exclusions..............................2708
    Special enrollment rules.......................................2708
    State alternative mechanisms...................................1105
  Astronaut Health Care Provision..................................3473
  Benefit-specific waiting periods.................................1071
  Calculation of average cost of a policy..........................1004
  CHAMPUS:
    Appeals and hearings procedures.................................846
    Authorized providers............................................847
    Claimcheck denials appeals process..............................832
    Double coverage.................................................831
    Dual compensation/conflict of interest provision................829
    Individual Case Management Program..............................834
    Methodology for coverage of NIH-sponsored clinical trials.......833
    Payment for ambulatory care.....................................828
    Prosthetic devices coverage.....................................830
    Regulation amendments...........................................837
    TRICARE.......835, 836, 838, 839, 840, 841, 842, 843, 844, 845, 848
  Claims attachment standard.......................................1038
  District of Columbia employees...................................3594
  Federal enforcement..............................................1103
  Government employees...............3572, 3599, 3600, 3602, 3603, 3619
    Children's equity..............................................3641
    Flexible spending accounts...............................3589, 3621
    Long-term care insurance regulations...........................3598
  Guaranteed availability and renewability to small employers......1104
  Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act..............1034
    Administrative simplification provisions.......................3556
    Church plans...................................................2713
    Civil money penalties...........................................910
    Code set revisions.............................................1051
    Electronic transactions and code set standards.................1043
    Exemption for non-Federal governmental plans...................1110
    Family and Medical Leave Act interaction.......................2666
    Health care access, portability and renewability.................95
    Nondiscrimination..............................96, 2712, 2713, 2714
    Special enrollment procedures..................................2666
    Tolling time periods...........................................2666
    Wellness programs..............................................2714
  Health plan identifiers..........................................1034
  Nondiscrimination regulations....................................1101

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  Portability....................................1042, 1069, 1105, 2708
  Reduced SSA benefits due to private insurance coverage...........3710
  Retirement benefits...............................................142
  State Children's Health Insurance Program:
    Allotments...............................................1086, 1126
    Disclosure of eligibility for food assistance programs..........303
    Extended availability of unexpended funds......................1123
    Payment error rate measurement.................................1116
Health professions:
  Alien health care workers..................................1248, 2071
  National Practitioner Data Bank............................1000, 1010
  Nurses:
    Nonimmigrant aliens......................................1238, 1999
  Physicians:
    DEA registration requirements for practitioners practicing in 
        more than one state........................................1911
    Fee schedule.............................................1076, 1120
    Health services referrals..........................1046, 1091, 1121
    National interest waivers for alien physicians.................1237
  Professional shortage areas......................................1001
Health records:
  Privacy and disclosure of SSA records and information.............150
Hepatitis B virus:
  Correctional management..........................................1864
Hepatitis C virus:
  Blood donors and recipients........................................50
  Hospital conditions of participation.............................1068
Highway safety:
  Highway-rail grade crossings.....................................2207
  Indian highway safety program....................................1767
  Mexican motor carriers...........................................2217
  Motor carrier regulations................2192, 2193, 2207, 2221, 2223
  National Bridge Inspection Standards.............................2187
  Traffic control devices:
    Manual revision................................................2185
    Signing to assist motorists in locating 24-hour pharmacy 
        services...................................................2189
  Work zone safety.................................................2191
Highways and roads:
  See also Bridges
           Highway safety
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
           Motor vehicles
  Federal lands highway program:
    Indian reservations road program...............................1779
  Highway traffic noise abatement..................................2190
  Highway vehicle definition.......................................2703
  Real property acquisition........................................2188
  Relocation assistance............................................2188
Historic preservation:
  Army Corps of Engineers regulations...............................812
  Certification of historic structures.............................1735
  National Historic Preservation Act amendments....................2993
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act...........1731
HIV:
  Correctional management..........................................1864
Hogs:
  Import restrictions...............................................217
  Pseudorabies indemnity payment....................................245
Holding companies:
  Change in bank control.............4058, 4059, 4062, 4069, 4070, 4073
  Exemption for certain acquisitions.........................4198, 4211
  Industry Guide 3 amendments......................................4171
Homeless:
  CACFP reimbursements for meals served to children in shelters 
                                                                    319
  Eligibility for free school meals.................................324
  VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program.................2984
Homesteads:
  Disposal of reserved minerals....................................1836
Honey:
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Nonrecourse marketing assistance loan and loan deficiency 
      payment.......................................................203
  Research and promotion program....................................177
Horses:
  Brucellosis indemnity.............................................247
Hospice care:
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Medicaid and Medicare conditions of participation..................62
  Medicare policies................................................1089
  Requirements for long-term care facilities.......................1044
Hospitals:
  CHAMPUS payment for ambulatory care...............................828
  Conditions of participation:
    Laboratory services......................................1068, 1095
    Organ transplantation centers....................................61
    Patients' rights...............................................1102
    Requirements of................................................1045
  DOT grants.......................................................2101
  Enhanced DSH treatment...........................................1047
  Grants administration...........................734, 1144, 1472, 2996
  Home health agency referral......................................1099
  Inpatient prospective payment system.......................1063, 1113
  Inpatient psychiatric facilities.................................1070
  Inpatient rehabilitation prospective payment system..............1115
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Medicare:
    Disproportionate share of low-income patients payment formula
                                                                   1061
    Extended care services coinsurance.............................1128
    Inpatient deductible...........................................1128
    Long-term care prospective payment system......................1053
    Outpatient prospective payment system..............1058, 1075, 1119
    Oversight and validation program.................................65
    Premium for uninsured aged and certain disabled individuals 
        who have exhausted other entitlement.......................1127
  Mortgage insurance...............................................1489
  Patients' rights.................................................1108
Household appliances:
  Energy efficiency.............................................36, 873
  Test procedures...................................................869
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...................................1484
  Affordable Housing Program.......................................4045
  American Dream Downpayment Initiative............................1468
  Civil penalties for violations:
    Distribution of tax credit proceeds............................1506
  Community development block grants:
    Brownfields activities.........................................1535
    Regulation revisions...........................................1530
    Slum and blight prevention.....................................1535
  Competitive sales procedures.....................................1483
  Data Universal Numbering System identifier requirement...........1465
  Disposition of HUD-acquired single family properties.............1494
  Disposition of HUD-owned assets in revitalization areas..........1492
  Electronic document retention....................................1473
  Energy-efficiency rating guidelines..........................868, 871
  Environmental review procedures..................................1464
  Equal employment opportunity regulations.........................1474

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  Equal protection of the laws for faith-based and community 
      organizations................................................1476
  Federal Housing Administration:
    Disciplinary actions against HUD-qualified real estate 
        brokers....................................................1503
    Electronic endorsement of mortgages............................1519
    Quality control plans..........................................1491
    TOTAL mortgage scorecard.......................................1512
  Hawaiian Natives:
    Mortgage eligibility...........................................1511
  HOME Investment Partnerships Program.......................1467, 1471
  Housing counseling program.........................................78
  Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS program:
    Regulations....................................................1529
  HUD acquisition regulations......................................1540
  Indian Housing Block Grant Program...........................82, 1557
  Lead-based paint.....................................3297, 3311, 3335
  Limitation of insured loans to nonprofit agencies................1505
  Mark-to-Market Program...........................................1487
  Multifamily:
    Accelerated loan processing quality assurance enforcement......1488
    Closing forms and documents....................................1507
    Disposition of HUD-owned projects..............................1490
    Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental projects 
                                                                   1486
    Housing bonds..................................................2604
    Multifamily Housing Reform and Affordability Act...............1525
    Nondiscrimination based on disability..........................1463
    Previous participation certification...........................1500
  NAHASDA amendments...............................................1556
  Office of Inspector General subpoenas............................1541
  One dollar home sales to local governments.......................1485
  Participation of religious organizations in HUD Native American 
      programs.....................................................1559
  Restructuring Plan:
    Release of information.........................................1525
  Rural:
    Farm labor housing..............................................267
    Loan policies...................................................261
    Loans and grants.................................265, 266, 267, 268
    Multiple-family housing.........................................267
    New and existing dwellings definition...........................262
    Planning and performing construction............................263
    Rental housing.............................................267, 269
    State nonmetropolitan median household income...................435
  Self-Help Opportunity Program....................................1528
  Specially adapted housing for disabled veterans............2921, 2989
  Streamlining regulations..........................................267
  Supplemental cost certification requirement......................1522
  Supportive Housing Programs................................1515, 1533
  Teacher Next Door Sales Program..................................1493
  Uniform standards for grants and agreements......................1460
Housing standards:
  Manufactured homes construction standards........................1498
  Manufactured housing dispute resolution program..................1497
  Manufactured housing installation program..................1495, 1496
  On-site construction.............................................1499
Human research subjects:
  Protection of....122, 461, 744, 849, 850, 897, 974, 1024, 1027, 1028, 
                               1029, 2952, 3000, 3031, 3479, 3526, 3830
  Student rights....................................................858
Hunting:
  Migratory birds........1596, 1616, 1622, 1623, 1631, 1659, 1722, 1725
  National Wildlife Refuges........................................1723
  Standards for tree stands........................................3828
Hydropower:
  Prescription of fishways for non-Federal projects.................692
  Review of mandatory conditions of licensing..................609, 693


                                   I

Immigration:
  See also Aliens
           Citizenship and naturalization
  Address notification.............................................1413
  Adoption of alien siblings.......................................1174
  Affidavit of support.............................................1189
  Appeal fees......................................................1182
  Appeals efficiency...............................................1186
  Asylum procedures:
    Frivolous applications.........................................1183
    Numerical limit on grants......................................1171
  Authority of the DHS Secretary...................................1152
  Automated inspection service.....................................1355
  Benefit application fee..........................................1256
  Cancellation of removal....................................1932, 1945
  Child Citizenship Act............................................1203
  Consent to reapply for admission after removal...................1177
  Contracts with transportation lines..............................1345
  Detention of aliens subject to final orders of removal...........1411
  Electronic signatures on applications and petitions for 
      benefits.....................................................1219
  Employment:
    Authorization eligibility......................................1183
    Employer petitions.............................................1232
    Employer sanctions.............................................1429
    Employment creation petitions..................................1247
    Verification requirements......................................1233
  Exchange visitors:
    Student Exchange Visitor Information System....................1416
    Waiver of two-year foreign residence requirement...............1178
  Executive Office for Immigration Review authorities..............1933
  Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry..............1323
  Fingerprinting certain applicants................................1197
  Genealogy Program processing fee.................................1185
  Hunger strikes by detainees......................................1397
  Immigrant Investor Pilot Program.................................1224
  Immigration proceedings..........................................1931
  Inadmissibility..................................................1164
  Increasing number of officers authorized to issue notices to 
      appear and arrest warrants for violations....................1410
  Individuals with disabilities:
    Naturalization procedures......................................1218
  Intercountry adoptions...........................................1172
  Interest payments on cancelled cash bonds........................1398
  International broadcasters.......................................1239
  International matchmaking organization requirements........1165, 1929
  Judicial review of Immigration and Naturalization Service 
      decisions....................................................1253
  Jurisdiction over appeals of INS decisions involving 
      administrative fines.........................................1936
  Law enforcement officers training during mass influx of aliens 
                                                                   1414
  Legal Immigration Family Equity Act..................1207, 1209, 1945
  List of recognized American institutions of research.............1254
  Payment of fees methods..........................................1424
  Powers and authorities of officers and employees.................1399
  Preinspected automated lane program..............................1336
  Protective orders in administration proceedings..................1934
  Representative registry..........................................1935
  Revoking grants of naturalization................................1196
  Schedule of fees for consular services, State Department and 
      embassies and consulates...............................2076, 2077
  Seizures and forfeitures.........................................1332
  Surety bonds...............................................1401, 1404
  Suspension of deportation............................1192, 1932, 1945
  United Nations Convention Against Torture........................1236
  User fee remittance..............................................1331
  Violations of the Immigration and Nationality Act................1346
  Waivers for nonimmigrants........................................1216
  Withholding of adjudication......................................1220
Imports:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Customs duties and inspection
  Apparel articles..................................................466

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  Arms-related items...............................................1890
  Bees, beekeeping byproducts, and beekeeping equipment.............246
  Beluga sturgeon..................................................1681
  Bigeye tuna..................................................629, 633
  Bluefin tuna......................................................633
  Border Release Advanced Screening and Selectivity Program........1340
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention..................224, 235
  Captive-bred exotic birds........................................1647
  Certification of factual information during antidumping and 
      countervailing duty proceedings...............................463
  Chemicals:
    Blanket certifications.............................3305, 3315, 3316
    Reporting requirements for controlled substances...............1914
  Cigarette papers and tubes.................................2540, 2542
  Control of PMN chemicals.........................................3313
  Controlled substances for personal medical use...................1926
  Dairy products....................................................182
  Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2398
  Duty-free entry...................................................466
  Eggs..............................................................343
  Endangered and threatened species..........................1612, 1681
  Explosive materials:
    Identification markings........................................1893
  Food products......................................................56
  Fruits and vegetables..............................218, 227, 229, 233
  Halon-1301 aircraft fire extinguishing vessels...................3175
  Icelandic eiderdown..............................................1663
  Marine mammal products............................................694
  Meat and meat products.......................................217, 355
  Milk and milk products............................................237
  Motor vehicles.......................................2279, 2308, 3153
    Canadian.......................................................2297
    Commercial.....................................................2268
  Nuclear equipment and materials............................4133, 4145
  Nursery stock.......................................................3
  Parrots..........................................................1656
  Phytosanitary certificates for fruits and vegetables..............234
  Pine shoot beetle host material...................................226
  Pirated audio-visual works.......................................2387
  Plants............................................................219
  Polar bear trophies..............................................1591
  Poultry products..................................................343
  Prohibited marks on tobacco and cigarette products...............2537
  Seeds.............................................................228
  Single entry for entities on multiple conveyances................2401
  Softwood lumber from Canada................................2428, 2429
  Steel products....................................................467
  Swordfish....................................................629, 633
  Textiles.........................................................2425
  Tobacco products...........................175, 176, 2516, 2540, 2542
  Tuberculosis risk classification..................................239
  Uniform rules of origin..........................................2386
  United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act:
    Preferential treatment for brassieres..........................2400
  Unmanufactured wood from Mexico...................................244
  Wheat.............................................................225
  Wild birds.................................................1600, 1656
  Wildlife...................................................1578, 1683
  Wood packing materials............................................248
  Wool:
    Worsted wool fabrics............................................465
Income taxes:
  Accelerated cost recovery system.................................2872
  Accelerated death benefits.......................................2818
  Accrual rules for creditable foreign taxes.......................2841
  Accruals and allocations reductions because of increased age.....2722
  Active trade or business requirement.............................2647
  Adjustment periods...............................................2876
  Advance rental income............................................2875
  Allocation and apportionment rules...............................2605
  Allocation of basis to distributes following a reorganization 
                                                                   2756
  Alternative minimum tax..........................................2812
  Asset ownership..................................................2821
  Authorized placement agency......................................2711
  Automated substitute for return............................2771, 2845
  Below-market loans...............................................2639
  Bonds:
    Allocation and accounting regulations..........................2629
    Multifamily housing............................................2604
    Private activity...............................................2696
    Qualified zone academy bonds...................................2777
    Tax exempt bond partnerships...................................2755
    Tax-exempt bonds issued by State and local governments...2724, 2886
  Branch remittances...............................................2572
  Brief asset holding period.................................2850, 2851
  Cancellation of indebtedness...............................2715, 2882
  Capitalized costs................................................2684
  Caribbean Basin countries........................................2811
  Carryback of consolidated net operating losses to separate 
      years........................................................2728
  Charitable contributions...................................2796, 2856
  Check the box regulations........................................2726
  Claims against decedent's estate.................................2636
  Collecting child support arrears through the Federal Tax Refund 
      Offset.......................................................1141
  Collection after assessment......................................2638
  Collection at source to statutory stock options..................2863
  Collection due process.....................................2627, 2628
  Collections:
    Installment agreements.........................................2581
    Levied property................................................2697
  Communications excise tax........................................2611
  Computation of tax attributes....................................2882
  Consolidated groups:
    Application of section 108...............................2770, 2781
    Computation of taxable income..................................2784
    Duplicate tax benefits.........................................2739
    Intercompany transactions......................................2800
    Loss limitation rules....................................2616, 2725
  Consolidated returns:
    Intercompany obligations.................................2598, 2700
    Interest income................................................2764
    Regulation amendments..........................................2836
  Constructive sales of appreciated financial positions............2829
  Contingent at closing escrows....................................2761
  Coordination of income taxes for US and certain possessions.....2635, 
                                                                   2791
  Corporations:
    Alternative minimum tax........................................2812
    Assumption of liabilities......................................2595
    Continuances.............................................2794, 2897
    Disclosure to the Bureau of Economic Analysis..................2646
    Estimated tax..................................................2590
    Gain on stock distributions....................................2717
    Indian Tribal Corporations.....................................2670
    Interest on large corporate underpayments......................2659
    LIFO recapture...........................................2793, 2887
    No net equity value transactions...............................2643
    Operating rules for successors in liquidations.................2668
    Prohibited allocation of securities............................2768
    Reorganizations....................................2662, 2844, 2854
    S corporations.............2648, 2678, 2766, 2767, 2768, 2832, 2892
    Shareholder's basis in stock...................................2678
    Stock ownership in another corporation.........................2685
    Taxable stock transactions...............................2640, 2746
    Withholding taxes..............................................2469
  Cost sharing.....................................................2612
  Cross-border transactions..................................2606, 2664
  Current liability interest rate............................2652, 2789
  Custodial account contributions..................................2618
  Debt instruments.................................................2859

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  Deductions from intangible property..............................2716
  Dependent care credit............................................2622
  Depreciation computation.........................................2762
  Depreciation of vans and light trucks............................2885
  Designated or related summons....................................2774
  Determination of residency in U.S. possessions...................2642
  Disclosure of relative value of distribution forms...............2867
  Disclosure of return information.................................2596
  Disclosures to subcontractors....................................2645
  Disqualified person..............................................2661
  Distributions of property........................................2735
  Dollar-value last-in, first-out (LIFO) inventory method..........2831
  Dual consolidated losses.........................................2651
  Earnings and profits attribution principles......................2838
  Electronic filing of business returns............................2760
  Electronic filing of duplicate Forms 5472........................2889
  Electronic filing requirements...................................2671
  Electronic tax administration....................................2609
  Electronic transmissions.........................................2698
  Elimination of forms of distribution in defined contribution 
      plans........................................................2769
  Employee benefits:
    Cafeteria plans................................................2719
    Electronic transmission of notices, elections or consents......2674
    Limitations....................................................2667
  Employer contributions for deferred compensation.................2599
  Escrow funds...............................................2656, 2693
  Estimated tax regulations........................................2654
  Excess operating fund investment.................................2469
  Exempt organizations.............................................2738
  Extension of time for filing returns.............................2740
  Federal Insurance Contributions Act..............................2863
  Federal Unemployment Tax Act.........................2747, 2748, 2863
  Filing corrections...............................................2842
  Foreign corporations.................................2573, 2688, 2813
    Definition of qualified foreign corporation....................2653
    Earnings and profits.....................................2810, 2817
    Entity classification....................................2681, 2682
    Foreign stapled corporations.............................2786, 2848
    Income rules...................................................2589
    Pro rata share determination...................................2798
    Statutory mergers..............................................2680
    Stock transfer rules...........................................2706
    Transfer of intangibles........................................2593
  Foreign governments..............................................2808
  Foreign insurance companies..........................2571, 2574, 2849
  Foreign investment companies.....................................2588
  Foreign Investment in Real Property Act..........................2689
  Foreign tax credit.................2613, 2707, 2804, 2806, 2857, 2861
  Fraud committed by return affiliate..............................2855
  Fringe benefit income allocation.................................2815
  Functional currency..............................................2810
  Gasoline tax claims..............................................2600
  General utilities repeal.........................................2816
  Generation skipping transfer tax deemed allocations..............2744
  Gift tax value determination.....................................2673
  Grantor..........................................................2821
  Guarantee fees...................................................2775
  Hand carry returns...............................................2870
  Highly compensated employee................................2586, 2692
  HIPAA portability................................................2666
  Income allocation................................................2716
  Income from labor or personal services...........................2801
  Income from ocean and space activities...........................2828
  Income from sources within specified possession..................2602
  Installment obligations..........................................2843
  Insurance companies..............................................2718
    Attained age of the insured....................................2649
  Interest.......................................2707, 2709, 2764, 2814
  Interest equivalent deduction election.....................2790, 2896
  Interest other than that of a creditor...........................2865
  Interest-free adjustments........................................2691
  International communications income..............................2828
  International organizations......................................2808
  Investigative disclosures........................................2839
  Investment adjustment rules......................................2742
  Life insurance and annuity contract guidance.........2686, 2751, 2763
  Like-kind exchanges..............................................2656
  Liquidation of an interest.......................................2619
  Losses:
    Extention of time to elect determination method..........2900, 2901
    Separate limitation............................................2809
    Waiver of carryovers.....................................2742, 2898
  Mark-to-market treatment for marketable stocks.............2623, 2633
  Mergers or consolidations qualifying as reorganizations..........2835
  Mixed use output facilities......................................2840
  Multistep transactions...........................................2880
  New market tax credit......................................2721, 2754
  NIMCRUT valuation regulations....................................2888
  Non-accrual experience method of accounting......................2743
  Non-shelter revisions............................................2607
  Nondiscrimination cross-testing rules to cash balance pension 
      plans........................................................2752
  Normalization requirements.......................................2720
  North American Industry Classification System..............2893, 2894
  Notarization requirement for statements of purchase..............2758
  Notional principal contracts.....................................2753
  Obligation to file notice of redetermination of foreign tax......2804
  Obligation-shifting transactions.................................2603
  Offset of refund payments........................................2465
  Partnerships:
    Assumption of liabilities......................................2710
    Capital account bookup.........................................2873
    Capital gains rollover.........................................2778
    Deemed dispositions of unrealized receivables and inventory 
        items......................................................2846
    Disguised sales................................................2637
    Disregarded entities...........................................2797
    Distributive share determination...............................2677
    Equity for services............................................2624
    Foreign tax credit allocation..................................2734
    Guaranteed payments to partners................................2679
    New markets tax credit allocation..............................2608
    Options........................................................2837
    Retiring or deceased partner...................................2834
    Section 1503(d) applications...................................2579
    Substantiality rules...........................................2676
    Transactions involving long-term contracts.....................2868
    Withholding reduction..........................................2803
    Withholding tax on foreign partners' share of effectively 
        connected income...........................................2591
  Passive foreign investment companies.............................2588
  Payments:
    No return of information required..............................2658
    Overpayment interest calculation...............................2687
    Source of payments.............................................2823
  Payments in the nature of workers compensation...................2644
  Payments to attorneys......................................2585, 2702
  Performance of actuarial service under ERISA.....................2847
  PFIC purging elections...............................2632, 2772, 2792
  Predeceased parent rule..........................................2776
  Previously taxed earnings and profits............................2594
  Principal accounting method......................................2683
  Principal residence seizure......................................2723
  Procedure and administration.....................................2690
  Procurement/purchasing card reporting............................2862
  Public inspection of written determinations......................2788
  Qualified contract provisions....................................2657
  Qualified interests..............................................2749
  Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits:
    Accrual for certain regular interests..........................2626
    Foreign holders..........................................2620, 2672
    Interest-only regular interests................................2655

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    Tetra rules....................................................2780
  Reconsideration of Rev. Rule 69-302..............................2822
  Redemptions treated as dividends.................................2729
  Regulations repeal...............................................2802
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................2576, 2730
  Requests for information.........................................2736
  Research credit............................................2669, 2732
  Residence sale or exchange.......................................2871
  Resident status..................................................2807
  Retirement annuity contributions.................................2618
  Retirement plans...............................2763, 2765, 2819, 2864
    Deemed IRAs..................................2787, 2877, 2878, 2890
    Exclusion of employees of 501(c)(3) organizations in 401(k) 
        and 401(m) plans...........................................2783
    Phased retirement program......................................2660
  Safe harbor leases.........................................2617, 2879
  Salary reduction agreement.......................................2665
  Section 179 elections............................................2779
  Section 59(e) elections..........................................2759
  Section 6048.....................................................2578
  Section 6159.....................................................2581
  Section 6343.....................................................2697
  Section 882......................................................2820
  Section 884......................................................2820
  Securities.................................................2577, 2694
  Settlement funds in the allocation of purchase price.............2899
  Single-sum distributions from cash balance pension plans.........2625
  Small businesses:
    Disabled access credit.........................................2675
  Solid waste disposal facility definition.........................2785
  Special depreciation allowance...................................2745
  Stewardship expenses.............................................2634
  Stock options..................................2631, 2866, 2883, 2884
  Stock transfer regulations...........................2587, 2852, 2853
    Continuity of interest.........................................2799
  Straddles:
    Carrying charges...............................................2709
    Definition of loss.............................................2641
    Miscellaneous issues...........................................2695
  Structured settlement factoring transactions.....................2874
  Student FICA guidance............................................2782
  Substitute dividend payments in securities lending...............2615
  Substitute for return......................................2771, 2845
  Summonses of third-party recordkeepers...........................2601
  Support test for children of divorced parents....................2650
  Swap transactions................................................2823
  Tax credits:
    Low-income housing.............................................2614
    Puerto Rico....................................................2805
  Tax shelter rules................................................2727
  Taxable fuel entry.........................................2757, 2895
  Taxable years for CFCs and FPHCs.................................2592
  Taxpayer Bill of Rights....................................2581, 2697
  Testimony authorizations.........................................2736
  Timely mailing treatment.........................................2610
  Toll telephone service definition................................2737
  Transactions involving related parties, pass-through entities, 
      or other intermediaries......................................2631
  Transfer of notes or stock to provide for satisfaction of 
      contested liabilities........................................2869
  Transferor or transferee as a predecessor or successor...........2621
  Travel expenses for members of Congress..........................2825
  Treatment of services............................................2741
  Trusts:
    Charitable remainder trusts....................................2701
    Financial asset securitization investment trusts (FASIT).......2824
    Foreign trusts.................................................2580
    Non-exempt employees...........................................2821
    Qualified severance regulations................................2773
    Reporting earned income........................................2656
  Underpayment...............................................2663, 2795
  Utility allowances...............................................2630
  Vested accrued vacation pay......................................2891
  Voluntary State tax withholding from retired pay of Service 
      members.......................................................727
  Widely held fixed investment trusts..............................2730
  Withholding certificates.........................................2698
  Withholding for qualified intermediaries.........................2597
  Withholding from compensation of Federal employees...............2475
Indians:
  See also Indians-arts and crafts
           Indians-business and finance
           Indians-education
           Indians-lands
           Indians-law
           Indians-tribal government
  Alaska resupply operation........................................1772
  Appeals from administrative actions..............................1768
  Certificates of degree of Indian blood...........................1771
  Electric power utilities.........................................1758
  Extending wireless telecommunications services to tribal lands 
                                                                   3971
  Food assistance programs..........................................284
  Housing:
    Indian Housing Block Grant Program.........................82, 1557
    NAHASDA amendments.............................................1556
    Participation of religious organizations in HUD programs.......1559
  Migratory bird hunting regulations...............................1623
  National Environmental Policy Act................................4127
  National Indian Gaming Commission.......4115, 4116, 4118, 4122, 4123, 
                                                 4124, 4125, 4127, 4128
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act...........1731
  Navajo generating station..................................3128, 3129
  Processing requests for reindeer by non-native Alaskans..........1774
  Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets in Wupatki 
      National Monument............................................1747
  Spent fuel shipment notification.................................4149
  STOP Violence Against Indian Women Discretionary Grant Program 
                                                             1959, 1971
  Subsistence fishing.............................637, 1607, 1640, 1679
  Subsistence hunting and fishing on Federal lands in Alaska......1589, 
                                     1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720, 1726
  Transport of eagle feathers......................................1701
  Welfare reform:
    Welfare-to-Work Program........................................1995
Indians-arts and crafts:
  Importation of marine mammal products.............................694
  Sale of handicrafts in National Park System......................1743
  Use of northern sea otter........................................1680
Indians-business and finance:
  Buy Indian Act...................................................1759
  Defense contract incentives.......................................800
  Gaming operations:
    Civil fines....................................................4128
    Debt collection................................................4119
    Facility licensing standards...................................4126
    Minimum internal control standards.............................4116
    Privacy Act procedures.........................................4117
    Revenue allocation plans.......................................1760
    Technical standards for game classifications...................4118
  Indian Tribal Corporations.......................................2670
  Loan guaranty, insurance, and interest subsidy...................1763
  Management contracts.............................................4122
  Net gaming revenue...............................................4123
Indians-education:
  No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.................................1776
Indians-lands:
  Air pollution control implementation.......................3156, 3194
  Allotments.................................................1826, 1837
  American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act.................1567

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  EPA new source reviews...........................................3052
  Grazing permits..................................................1775
  Indian highway safety program....................................1767
  Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Program loan regulations...........193
  Irrigation projects..............................................1770
  Leasing of trust and restricted lands............................1773
  Mining regulations...............................................1813
  National Forest System lands......................................368
  Oil valuation from leases..........................................84
  Reservation proclamations........................................1762
  Roads program....................................................1779
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Water quality standards..........................................3404
Indians-law:
  BIA regulations..................................................1761
  Construction of jails............................................1967
  Courts of Indian Offenses..................................1777, 1780
  Hearings and appeals.............................................4120
  NIGC enforcement regulations.....................................4121
  Probate adjudication.............................................1565
  Use or distribution of judgment funds................1764, 1765, 1766
Indians-tribal government:
  Grants for services provided to older individuals................1142
  Tribal background investigations.................................4124
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.........................................3005
    Forest Service trails...........................................374
    Outdoor developed areas........................................3003
    Outdoor recreation facilities...................................375
    Public accommodations and commercial facilities..................86
    Public rights-of-way...........................................3004
    Telecommunications equipment and customer premises equipment 
                                                                   3856
    Transportation.....................................2088, 2093, 2102
  Aggravation of a disability by active service....................2972
  Assistance to disabled veterans in acquiring specially adapted 
      housing......................................................2921
  Cardiovascular impairments.......................................3706
  Contractor and subcontractor obligations...................1979, 1984
  Determination of.................................................3706
  Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act.....1135
  Disability insurance program demonstration project...............3705
  Disability ratings:
    Cardiovascular conditions......................................2964
    Digestive system...............................................3725
    Drug addiction or alcoholism...................................3742
    Genito-urinary tract...........................................3739
    Growth impairment..............................................3744
    Hearing loss...................................................2985
    Hematological disorders........................................3746
    Hypertension...................................................2964
    Immune system...................................................153
    Individual unemployability.....................................2954
    Mental disorders...............................................3745
    Multiple body systems..........................................3726
    Multiple scars.................................................2966
    Neurological...................................................3741
    Respiratory disorders....................................2964, 3743
    Special senses.................................................3740
    Vision.........................................................2955
  Excepted appointment for employment..............................3544
  Exemption of work activity as basis for continuing disability 
      review........................................................152
  Expedited reinstatement of SSA disability benefits...............3724
  Homeownership assistance...................................1462, 1554
  Javits-Wagner-O'Day program:
    Labor hours ratio requirements.................................3009
  Malignant neoplastic diseases.....................................164
  Medical-vocational guidelines....................................3727
  Motor vehicle modifications......................................2245
  Naturalization application.......................................1218
  Nondiscrimination....................................3446, 3646, 3698
    Accessibility standards for play areas.........................1889
    Air travel.....................................................2083
    CNCS...........................................................3015
    DHS programs...................................................1149
    Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation.......................3698
    GSA............................................................3451
    Multifamily homeownership projects.............................1463
    NARA...........................................................3513
    OFHEO..........................................................3530
    Public accommodations and commercial facilities............86, 1889
    State and local government services..................87, 1888, 1889
  Passenger vessel access....................................2081, 3002
  Plans to achieve self-support.....................................156
  Self-Sufficiency Program..........................................154
  Small veteran-owned businesses.............................3683, 3777
  Specially adapted housing eligibility for veterans...............2989
  SSA disability determination process.......................3747, 3748
  SSA medical equivalence policy...................................3702
  Supportive Housing Programs......................................1515
  Telecommunications relay services..........................3852, 3857
  Ticket to Work Program......................................154, 1112
  TRICARE benefits for family members of active duty service 
      members.......................................................848
  Vending facility program for the blind on Federal property........746
  Video programming accessibility..................................3916
  Vocational rehabilitation services:
    Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in 
        a program...................................................166
    Referral for services..........................................3730
  Work Incentives Improvement Act..................................1106
Infants and children:
  See also Adoption and foster care
           Child welfare
           Youth
  Aircraft child restraints............................2124, 2162, 2313
  All-terrain vehicle ban for children under 16....................3825
  Baby bath seat ban...............................................3822
  Bunk bed cornerpost standard.....................................3824
  Child Care and Development Fund..................................1138
  Child Citizenship Act............................................1203
  Child Status Protection Act................................1223, 2061
  Child support....................................................1140
  Crib safety standards............................................3818
  Food assistance programs....9, 291, 303, 305, 319, 328, 329, 330, 331
  Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children.......................1006
  Infant formula...............................................977, 978
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Motor vehicle restraint systems....2240, 2249, 2273, 2280, 2300, 2310
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  Personal flotation device requirements...........................1313
  Poison prevention..........................................3814, 3823
  Portable bed rail safety.........................................3820
  State Children's Health Insurance Program:
    Allotments...............................................1086, 1126
    Disclosure of eligibility for food assistance programs..........303
    Extended availability of unexpended funds......................1123
    Payment error rate measurement.................................1116
  Television programming.....................................3930, 3931
Institutional review boards:
  Registration requirements...................................967, 1027

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Insurance:
  See also Bank deposit insurance
           Crop insurance
           Flood insurance
           Health insurance
           Insurance companies
           Life insurance
           Mortgage insurance
           Surety bonds
           Unemployment compensation
  Disability insurance program demonstration project...............3705
  Disaster assistance requirements.................................1445
  FCSIC regulation.................................................3851
  Terrorism Risk Insurance Program...............2383, 2384, 2423, 2424
Insurance companies:
  Anti-money laundering program....................................2452
  Asset acquisitions...............................................2718
  Attained age of the insured......................................2649
  Surety bond issuance.............................................2472
  Theft loss reporting requirements for motor vehicles.............2307
Intergovernmental relations:
  See also Grant programs
  Air pollution control implementation.............................3209
  Alternative fuels incentives program..............................864
  Asylum claims made at land border ports-of-entry...........1222, 1938
  Code of conduct for International Space Station crew.............3475
  EPA..................................................3137, 3405, 3409
  Hazardous materials transportation...............................2343
International boundaries:
  Asylum claims made at land border ports-of-entry...........1222, 1938
  Automated Permit Port programs...................................1347
  Border crossing cards:
    Elimination of.................................................1322
  Dedicated commuter lanes.............................1341, 1347, 1350
  Designated land border crossing locations........................1356
  Secure Electronic Network for Travelers' Rapid Inspection 
      Program......................................................1350
Inventions and patents:
  Application process...............................................709
  Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement Act...............710
  Deposit account payments..........................................717
  DFARS regulations.................................................747
  Electronic application exchange between intellectual property 
      offices.......................................................708
  Ex parte and inter partes reexamination practice..................711
  Fees:
    Handling applications filed without appropriate fees.......712, 715
    Refund provisions...............................................712
    Revisions.............................................705, 709, 716
  Foreign rights in inventions......................................722
  Government-owned inventions:
    Licensing.......................................................720
  Mineral patent applications......................................1823
  Nonprofit organizations...........................................721
  NSF regulation...................................................3528
  Patent interferences..............................................713
  Patent surveys...................................................1358
  Representation of others before the USPTO.........................706
  Small businesses..................................................721
  US Patent and Trademark Office 21st Century Strategic Plan........707
Investigations:
  Government personnel.............................................3569
  National Instant Criminal Background Check System................1953
Investment companies:
  Affiliate transactions...........................................4205
  Anti-money laundering program for unregistered companies.........2458
  Confirmation of transactions.....................................4227
  Disclosure requirements........................4180, 4207, 4216, 4228
  EDGAR system requirements..................................4176, 4210
  Eligible portfolio companies.....................................4194
  Enhanced fund governance standards...............................4219
  Form N-SAR.......................................................4195
  Independent transmission companies...............................4196
  Money market fund exemptions.....................................4204
  Portfolio transaction cost disclosure............................4192
  Registration form and rules................................4191, 4195
  Small business investment companies:
    Civil penalties for late submission of required reports........3689
    Maximum leverage eligibility...................................3668
  Use of brokerage commissions to finance distribution.............4218
Investments:
  See also Brokers
           Commodity futures
           Investment companies
           Securities
           United States investments abroad
  Annuity broker qualifications....................................1957
  Cash solicitation rule...........................................4213
  Exemptions regarding officers and directors of public utility 
      holding companies............................................4197
  Financial services transactions between U.S. providers and 
      unaffiliated foreign persons........................450, 452, 455
  Investment advisers:
    Anti-money laundering program..................................2453
    Broker-dealer exemptions.......................................4200
    Codes of ethics................................................4215
    Electronic filing........................................2014, 4202
    Political contributions........................................4199
    Principal transactions.........................................4214
    Proxy voting policies..........................................4180
    Registration of hedge fund advisers............................4203
    Thrift institutions............................................4201
  Mutual funds:
    Disclosure of breakpoint discounts.............................4217
    Reporting suspicious transactions..............................2445
  NCUA rules.......................................................4089
  U.S. direct investment abroad................................451, 453
Irrigation:
  Project operation and maintenance................................1770


                                   K

Kidney diseases:
  Medicare:
    Composite rate exceptions......................................1062
    Conditions for coverage..........................................60


                                   L

Labeling:
  See also Food labeling
           Packaging and containers
  Alcoholic beverages..................................2524, 2539, 2549
  Alternative fuels................................................4086
  Blood and blood components........................................976
  Drugs............................47, 53, 938, 939, 950, 985, 992, 999
  Home insulation..................................................4080
  Hydrocarbon-containing products..................................3823
  Latex condoms.....................................................944
  Malt beverages...................................................2529
  Pesticides.......................................................3290
Labor:
  See also Child labor
           Employee benefit plans
           Employment
           Equal employment opportunity
           Occupational safety and health
           Retirement
           Unemployment compensation
           Wages
  Equal treatment for faith-based and community organizations to 
      participate in DOL social service programs...................1973
  Freedom of Information Act.................................1972, 2027
  Labor organization officer and employee reports..................1982

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  Local, intermediate, national or international status of labor 
      organizations................................................1975
  Notification of employee rights concerning payment of union 
      dues or fees.................................................3785
  Small Business Job Protection Act................................1977
  Standards of conduct for federal sector unions...................1981
Laboratories:
  Accreditation of analytical chemistry laboratories................347
  Clinical laboratories regulation...........................1052, 1095
  Hospital conditions of participation.............................1068
  Using private laboratories with regard to FDA actions.............986
  Waste management.................................................3381
Law:
  See also Administrative practice and procedure
           Courts
           Indians-law
           Lawyers
  Release of official Navy information for litigation purposes......827
Law enforcement:
  See also Drug traffic control
  Armor vest purchase..............................................1968
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act...1950, 1951, 1952, 
                                                                   3948
  Exchange of criminal history record information..................1947
  Fish and Wildlife Service........................................1572
  Forest Service....................................................371
  Indian country...................................................1761
  National Indian Gaming Commission................................4121
  Police department review for pattern or practice of unlawful 
      conduct......................................................1887
  Retirement.......................................................3595
  Training of officers authorized to enforce immigration law 
      during mass influx of aliens.................................1414
  Use of aliens in critical initiatives............................1395
  Use of tobacco products without payment of tax...................2515
Lawyers:
  Ethical standards................................................1956
  Indian probate adjudication......................................1565
  Reimbursement for attorney's fees in DOI legal proceedings.......1564
  Reimbursement for fees in DHS proceedings........................1161
  Representation for aliens in immigration proceedings.............1935
  Standards of conduct:
    SEC............................................................4249
  TTB regulations..................................................2546
Lead poisoning:
  Paint.........................117, 3297, 3310, 3311, 3324, 3325, 3335
  Reducing lead consumption and use................................3323
Libraries:
  Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments.................3518
  Grant program regulations........................................3519
  Presidential library facilities..................................3512
  Title IX of the Education Act Amendments.........................3520
Life insurance:
  Accelerated death benefits.......................................2818
  Contract guidance................................................2751
  District of Columbia employees...................................3594
  Government employees.............................................3634
    Federal Acquisition Regulation.................................3604
  Group term.......................................................2686
Liquors:
  Dealers..........................................................2518
  Exports..........................................................2533
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
Livestock:
  See also Grazing lands
           Meat and meat products
           Meat inspection
           Poultry and poultry products
  Aquatic animals.....................................................1
  Assistance for producers..........................................192
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention.........44, 224, 238, 242
  Chronic wasting disease in farmed elk and deer......................5
  Ewe lamb incentive payment program................................200
  Foot-and-mouth disease..............................................4
  Indemnity programs................................................247
  Interstate movement of sheep and goats............................230
  Mandatory reporting program:
    Lamb amendment..................................................183
  National Organic Program..........................................178
Loan programs:
  Credit union loans to members....................................4100
  Fishing capacity reduction loans.............................587, 588
  Maritime loan guarantee program..................................2380
  Medical research.................................................1021
  Treasury Tax and Loan Program revision...........................2476
Loan programs-agriculture:
  Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program.....412, 414, 415, 419, 
                                                               423, 426
  Community programs...........................................259, 270
  Energy efficiency.................................................417
  Farm Credit Administration:
    Assessment and apportionment of administrative expenses........3834
    Borrower rights................................................3842
    Capital adequacy.........................................3833, 3845
    Disclosure and reporting requirements....................3837, 3839
    Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation................3838, 3844
    Funding and fiscal affairs...................3833, 3836, 3846, 3850
    Governance of institutions.....................................3839
    Investments, liquidity and divestiture requirements............3841
    Loan policies and operations...................................3833
    Mission-related investments....................................3835
    Policies and operations................3836, 3846, 3848, 3849, 3850
    Priority of claims.............................................3832
    Receivership repudiation authorities...........................3843
    Regulatory burden..............................................3831
    Scope of financing regulations.................................3840
  Farm Loan Program:
    Regulatory streamlining.........................................188
  Farm Service Agency:
    Annual analysis requirements for lenders........................208
    Debt collection and settlement regulations......................198
    Interest assistance program.....................................189
    Rescheduling guaranteed loans with balloon payments.............208
    Subordination requirements......................................208
  Guaranteed farm loan regulations..................................197
  Housing...........................................................411
  Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Program loan regulations...........193
  Intermediary relending program....................................424
  National security emergency loans.................................416
  Nonrecourse marketing assistance loan and loan deficiency 
      payment for honey.............................................203
  Regulation streamlining...........................................188
  Rural economic development........................................420
  Rural housing.....................................................261
  Rural Utilities Service:
    Household water system program..................................439
  Secondary market sales of guaranteed loans........................425
  Water programs....................................................428
  Workout agreement for delinquent borrowers........................270
Loan programs-business:
  SBA:
    Certified development company program..........................3670
    Economic injury disaster loans.................................3673
    Premier Certified Lenders Program..............................3677
    Small Business Lending Companies................................146
Loan programs-education:
  Federal Employee Student Loan Assistance Act.....................3645
  Interest.........................................................2858
  Medical research.................................................1022
  NIH loan repayment programs:
    AIDS research..................................................1016

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    For clinical researchers.......................................1017
    For individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.................1020
    Health disparities research....................................1019
    Pediatric research.............................................1018
  OPM repayment regulations........................................3631
Loan programs-housing and community development:
  Accelerated claims disposition...................................1484
  Closing forms and documents......................................1507
  Disciplinary actions against HUD-qualified real estate brokers 
                                                                   1503
  Government-sponsored enterprises:
    Conservatorship................................................3532
    Corporate governance...........................................3529
    High costs and predatory features..............................1470
    Minimum capital................................................3531
    Mortgage data..................................................1459
    Non-proprietary data...........................................1521
  HOME Investment Partnerships Program.......................1467, 1471
  Limitation of insured loans to nonprofit agencies................1505
  Multifamily accelerated processing quality assurance 
      enforcement..................................................1488
  Rural areas...................................261, 265, 266, 268, 269
Loan programs-veterans:
  Assistance to disabled veterans in acquiring specially adapted 
      housing......................................................2921
  Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages...........................2967, 2979
  Pre-purchase counseling requirements.............................2959
  Regulation amendments......................................2922, 2963
Lobbying:
  Restrictions.....................................................1155
Longshore and harbor workers:
  Safety and health regulations....................................2043
  Security of insurance obligations................................1986
Low and moderate income housing:
  See also Public housing
  Section 8:
    Disabled families assistance...................................1554
    Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental projects 
                                                                   1486
    Fair market rents..............................................1469
    Housing Choice Voucher program.................................1549
    Renewal of expiring project-based assistance contract..........1514
    Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Program............1547
  Tax credits......................................................2614


                                   M

Manufactured homes:
  Construction standards...........................................1498
  Dispute resolution program.......................................1497
  Installation program.......................................1495, 1496
  Manufactured housing program:
    Minimum payments to states.....................................1516
  On-site construction.............................................1499
  State installation requirements..................................1523
Marine mammals:
  See also Endangered and threatened species
  Animal welfare standards..........................................214
  Atlantic large whale..............................................618
  Beluga whales.....................................................648
  Captive holding and transport.....................................647
  Importation of polar bear trophies...............................1591
  Incidental taking.................................................619
    Bottlenose dolphin..............................................617
    Naval military readiness activities.............................651
    Oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico...................615
    Oil and gas industry activities in Alaska......................1627
    Rocket launch operations........................................614
    Tuna purse seine vessels........................................652
  Level B harassment...............................................1692
  List of fisheries............................................606, 700
  Manatee protection areas...................................1705, 1719
  Marine mammal products created by Alaskan natives.................694
  National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank:
    Access to tissue specimen samples...............................696
  North Atlantic whale protection....................610, 620, 649, 657
  Northern sea otters..............................................1680
  Permits for activities otherwise prohibited......................1691
  Protection regulations...........................................1791
  Steller sea lions............................................644, 695
  Swimming or recreational interaction with.........................611
  Zero mortality rate goal..........................................698
Marine resources:
  See also Fisheries
  Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act..................604
  Commercial submarine cables in national marine sanctuaries........660
  Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary.............................654
  National Marine Sanctuaries Program...........................33, 659
  NOAA overflight regulation........................................658
  Northwest Hawaiian Islands.........................................33
  Research program..................................................663
Marine safety:
  See also Vessels
  Anchorage ground, safety zone and speed limit for Tongass 
      Narrows, AK..................................................1270
  Drug and alcohol testing following casualties......................73
  Electronic Charting Display and Information System...............1294
  Escort vessels for tankers...........................1280, 1283, 1302
  Marine events....................................................1262
  Personal flotation device requirements.....................1263, 1313
  Propeller injury prevention......................................1295
  Puget Sound-area waters..........................................1291
  Reporting marine casualties......................................1268
  Restricted areas.............................................816, 817
  Safety and security zone regulations.......................1277, 1304
  Standards for marine equipment...................................1275
  Standards of training, certification and watchkeeping for 
      seafarers....................................................1261
  Towing vessels...................................................1312
Maritime carriers:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Passenger vessels
           Seamen
           Vessels
  Administrative appeals process for agricultural commodities.......190
  Cargo preference regulations for agricultural exports............2375
  Communications.............................................3942, 3957
  Electronic submission of information to MARAD....................2379
  Electronic transmissions and document submission...........1314, 4050
  Escort vessels for tankers.......................................1302
  Filing and service fees..........................................4052
  Hazardous substances.......................................1314, 2363
  Income source rules..............................................2582
  Japanese vessels.................................................4054
  Loan guarantee program...........................................2380
  Maritime Security Program........................................2374
  Maritime Transportation Security Act.............................1365
  Merchant mariners..........................................1276, 1303
  Mobile radio services............................................3896
  Non-vessel-operating common carriers.............................4053
  Notification of arrival and departure in U.S. ports........1298, 1314
  Ocean common carrier status......................................4051
  Operating agreements.............................................4056
  Pilotage rates on the Great Lakes................................1272
  Right whale ship strike reduction.................................657
  Sensitive security information...................................2096
  Worker identification credential.................................1372
Marketing quotas:
  Tobacco......................................................191, 199
Mass transportation:
  Accessibility requirements for over-the-road buses...............2102
  School bus operations............................................2326
Meat and meat products:
  See also Meat inspection

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  Advanced meat/bone separation machinery...........................356
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention.....22, 44, 58, 224, 235, 
                                                                    242
  Chronic wasting disease in elk and deer.............................5
  E. coli O157:H7 test results location requirements................349
  Effluent guidelines and standards for the Meat Products Point 
      Source Category..............................................3414
  Expressed nutrient content claims.................................352
  Foot-and-mouth disease..............................................4
  Imports......................................................217, 355
  Labeling...................................................2, 21, 360
  Lamb reporting regulations........................................183
  Meat recovery systems.............................................356
  Nutrition labeling...........................................361, 362
  Performance standards:
    Bacon............................................................16
    Ready-to-eat products............................................20
  Rabbit grading....................................................173
Meat inspection:
  Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection............................344
  Availability of distribution lists of retail consignees during 
      recalls.......................................................348
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention........................22
  Foreign inspection system supervisory visits......................359
  Mechanically separated products...................................356
  Prohibition on use of air-injection stunners......................357
  Trichinae Certification Program...................................249
Medicaid:
  See also Public assistance programs
  Ambulatory surgical centers:
    Conditions for coverage........................................1041
  Civil money penalties, assessments, and exclusions...............1097
  Disclosure of children's eligibility for food assistance 
      programs......................................................303
  Drug rebate program........................................1114, 1122
  Extended availability of unexpended SCHIP funds..................1123
  Hospice care.......................................................62
  Managed care:
    Civil penalties.................................................915
  Organ procurement organizations....................................63
  Payment error rate measurement...................................1116
  Use of restraint and seclusion in health care facilities....64, 1090, 
                                                                   1108
Medical and dental schools:
  NIH scholarships.................................................1013
Medical devices:
  CHAMPUS coverage of prosthetic devices............................830
  Competitive bidding..............................................1049
  Diagnostic x-ray systems..........................................969
  Informed consent regulations......................................989
  Medical gas containers and closures...............................932
  Medicare coverage of prosthetics and orthotics...................1066
  Power operated vehicles..........................................1074
  Pressure regulators for use with medical oxygen...................930
  Respiratory assist devices with bi-level capability and a back-
      up rate......................................................1098
  Respiratory protective devices:
    Quality assurance and administrative provision..................924
  Surgeon and patient examination gloves............................968
  Treated with antimicrobial pesticides............................3293
  Use of materials derived from cattle...........................45, 46
Medical research:
  Contraception and infertility..............................1021, 1022
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research 
      chimpanzees..................................................1015
  NIH education loan repayment programs:
    AIDS research..................................................1016
    For clinical researchers.......................................1017
    For individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.................1020
    Health disparities research....................................1019
    Pediatric research.............................................1018
Medicare:
  Actuarial and premium rates......................................1129
  Advantage Program Title II.........................................66
  Ambulatory surgical centers:
    Conditions for coverage........................................1041
    List of covered procedures.....................................1050
  Appeals process............................................1072, 1073
  Civil money penalties, assessments, and exclusions.........1059, 1097
  Clinical laboratories regulation...........................1052, 1095
  Competitive acquisition of durable medical equipment.............1049
  Continued entitlement following substantial gainful activity.....1106
  Coordination of retiree health benefits...........................142
  Cost sharing regulations.........................................1118
  Coverage decisions...............................................1131
  DMERC service areas..............................................1093
  Drugs:
    Competitive acquisition........................................1064
    Drug benefit effective calendar year 2006........................67
    Electronic prescribing.........................................1060
    Employer-sponsored drug programs...............................1125
    Manufacturers' submission of average sales price data..........1124
    Medigap policies...............................................1084
    Payment regulations......................................1120, 1133
    Premium and cost-sharing subsidies..............................157
    Recordkeeping requirements under the Drug Rebate Program.......1085
  Electronic claims submission.....................................1094
  End-stage renal disease:
    Composite rate exceptions......................................1062
    Conditions for coverage..........................................60
  Fee schedules:
    Ambulance services.......................................1100, 1130
    Physician payments.......................................1076, 1120
  Fraud and abuse provisions........................................918
  Home health agencies:
    Conditions of participation..............................1030, 1088
    Prospective payment system...............................1057, 1117
  Hospice care...........................................62, 1089, 1111
  Hospitals:
    Coinsurance....................................................1128
    Disproportionate share of low-income patients payment formula
                                                                   1061
    Inpatient deductible...........................................1128
    Inpatient prospective payment system...............1063, 1113, 1115
    Organ transplantation centers....................................61
    Outpatient prospective payment system..............1058, 1075, 1119
    Oversight and validation program.................................65
    Premium for uninsured aged and certain disabled individuals 
        who have exhausted other entitlement.......................1127
    Psychiatric hospitals prospective payment system...............1070
  Income related Part B premium subsidy reduction...................161
  Managed care regulations.........................................1083
  Medicare+Choice plans:
    Civil penalties.................................................915
  Organ procurement organizations....................................63
  Overpayment recoupment...........................................1055
  Overpayments and underpayments:
    Interest assessment............................................1107
  Power operated vehicle requirements..............................1074
  Prior determination process......................................1048
  Prospective Payment System.......................................1053
  Prosthetics and orthotics........................................1066
  Provider agreement and supplier participation:
    Billing numbers................................................1087
  Provider reimbursement regulations:
    Appeals........................................................1092
  Publication of final regulations after a proposed or interim 
      final regulation.............................................1079
  Quality improvement program contracts............................1080
  Random prepayment review.........................................1054
  Rehabilitation facilities:
    Inpatient prospective payment system...........................1056

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  Repayment plans..................................................1055
  Rural health clinics.............................................1036
  Secondary payer..................................................1081
  SELECT policy:
    Safe harbor for waivers of beneficiary coinsurance and 
        deductible amounts..........................................913
  Skilled nursing facilities:
    Prospective payment system and consolidated billing......1067, 1109
  Supplier standards for oxygen, orthotics and prosthetics.........1037
  Use of restraint and seclusion in health care facilities....64, 1090, 
                                                                   1108
Mental health programs:
  Group health plan benefit parity.................................2008
  Mental health parity.............................................1132
  Psychiatric residential treatment facilities:
    Prospective payment system.....................................1070
    Use of restraint and seclusion.............................64, 1090
Metals:
  Anti-money laundering program for dealers in precious metals, 
      stones, or jewels............................................2459
  EPA trace metal analysis.........................................3405
  Toxics Release Inventory reporting requirements..................3349
Military personnel:
  See also Armed forces
  Claims settlement.................................................730
  Courts-martial manual regulations.................................738
  Criminal jurisdiction over personnel outside the US...............741
  Deferment of service obligations of midshipmen recipients of 
      scholarships or fellowships..................................2371
  Elimination of deemed military wages.......................3709, 3734
  Filing claims against SSA........................................3749
  Military awards...................................................807
  Military Police Reports...........................................808
  Protection of human research subjects.............................744
  Reemployment.....................................................3559
  Release of official Navy information for litigation purposes......827
  Retirement regulations...........................................3617
  Security policies for granting access to classified information
                                                                    731
  Troops-to-Teachers program........................................859
  Voluntary State tax withholding from retired pay..................727
Milk:
  Imports from countries where foot-and-mouth disease exists........237
  School breakfast and lunch program regulations............8, 318, 320
Mine safety and health:
  Asbestos exposure limit............................................97
  Diesel particulate matter exposure.................................98
  Electrical products..............................................2018
  Fees for testing, evaluation and approval of mining products.....2023
  Regulation elimination and improvement...........................2019
  Respirable coal dust.......................................2024, 2025
  Respirable crystalline silica standard...........................2016
  Toxics Release Inventory reporting requirements for metal 
      mining.......................................................3349
  Training standards for shaft and slope construction workers......2022
  Underground coal mines:
    Dust control plan verification.................................2024
    High-voltage continuous mining equipment standards.............2021
Mineral resources:
  See also Coal
           Metals
           Oil and gas reserves
           Public lands-mineral resources
  Data disclosure..................................................1799
  Locatable minerals program........................................401
  Mineral patent applications......................................1823
  Mining claims..............................................1843, 1844
  Notice of intent for operations on National Forest System lands
                                                                    398
  Outer Continental Shelf operations:
    Federal consistency regulations.................................661
    Leasing regulations............................................1789
    Safety requirements............................................1287
    Safety zones...................................................1315
  Pipeline rights-of-way...........................................1587
  Proprietary terms................................................1799
  Service order appeals............................................1807
Mineral royalties:
  Interest and late payments.......................................1782
  Offsets, recoupments, and refunds................................1782
Mines:
  See also Mine safety and health
           Reclamation
           Surface mining
  Abandoned............................................1809, 1817, 1818
  Claims or sites..................................................1845
  Funding assurances for treatment of pollutant discharges from 
      surface mining operations....................................1811
  Ownership and control settlement rule......................1812, 1816
  Placement of excess soil.........................................1814
  Revegetation standards...........................................1810
  Surface management.........................................1815, 1843
Minimum wages:
  Records to be kept by employers..................................1977
Mortgage insurance:
  Damages for failure to engage in loss mitigation activities........77
  Hospitals........................................................1489
  Premium remittance period........................................1509
  Refinancing home equity conversion mortgages.........1477, 1513, 1518
  Single-family:
    Debenture interest payments....................................1504
    Default reporting..............................................1481
    Program revisions..............................................1480
    Property flipping prohibition..................................1501
  Up-front payments................................................1510
Mortgages:
  See also Mortgage insurance
  Adjustable rate mortgages........................................1502
  Cooperative housing developments.................................1518
  Credit Watch Termination Initiative..............................1508
  Disclosure of costs to consumers.................................1520
  Distribution of tax credit proceeds..............................1506
  Exchangeable Collateralized Mortgage Obligations.................4109
  Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation:
    Non-program investments and liquidity..........................3844
    Risk-based capital standards...................................3838
  Federal Housing Administration:
    Electronic endorsement of FHA-insured mortgages................1519
    Quality control plans..........................................1491
    TOTAL mortgage scorecard.......................................1512
  Government-sponsored enterprises:
    Conservatorship................................................3532
    Corporate governance...........................................3529
    Data release...................................................1459
    High costs and predatory features..............................1470
    HUD regulation.................................................1475
    Minimum capital................................................3531
    Minimum face value requirement.................................1536
    Non-proprietary data...........................................1521
  Hawaiian homeland eligibility....................................1511
  Home equity conversion mortgages.................................1518
  Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages for veterans..............2967, 2979
  Lender accountability for appraisals.............................1526
  Lender compliance and accountability.............................1478
  Loan correspondent and sponsor responsibilities..................1479
  Loan originator registry.........................................1517
  Mortgagee Review Board sanctions.................................1458

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  Nondiscrimination................................................3530
  Predatory lending practices......................................1470
  Prohibiting misleading words in names of non-federally 
      supervised entities..........................................1458
  Servicing approval agreement.....................................1517
  Supplemental cost certification requirement......................1522
Motor carriers:
  See also Buses
  Acquisition regulations..........................................3776
  Brake systems....................................................2264
  Cargo securement standards.......................................2206
  Commercial vehicles:
    Employee protections information...............................2224
    Federal motor vehicle safety standards.........................2210
  Drivers:
    Commercial Driver's License Information System.................2288
    Commercial drivers' licenses with hazardous materials 
        endorsement..........................................1380, 2219
    Disqualifications..............................................2199
    Entry-level....................................................2222
    Hours of service regulations........................110, 2195, 2220
    Learner permits................................................2196
    Licensing......................................................2214
    Penalties......................................................2199
    Physical fitness...............................................2198
    Qualification requirements.....................................2197
    Training.......................................................2222
  Electronic on-board recorders for hours-of-service compliance 
                                                                   2195
  Federal safety regulations:
    Auditor certification..........................................2218
    Bus emergency exits and window safety..........................2283
    Fuel systems...................................................2225
    Parts and accessories necessary for safe operation.............2209
    Waivers, exemptions, and pilot programs........................2223
  Freight forwarding industry......................................2215
  Hazardous materials transportation...................1388, 2221, 2353
  Highway vehicle definition.......................................2703
  Household goods transportation.............................2194, 2208
  Information, licensing and registration systems:
    Replacement system..............................................109
  Inspection, repair, and maintenance..............................2205
  Intermodal cargo containers......................................2205
  Investigative authority..........................................2199
  Mexican:
    Accelerated safety monitoring system and compliance 
        initiative.................................................2217
    Decal display requirements.....................................2211
    NAFTA..........................................................2216
  New entrant safety assurance process.............................2201
  Qualifications to self-insure operations.........................2204
  Railroad grade crossing safety...................................2207
  Registration enforcement.........................................2212
  Rules of practice................................................2199
  Safety fitness procedures..................................2193, 2203
  Stopping distance requirements for truck tractors................2230
  Tank cars:
    Manufacturing, maintenance and use requirements................2357
  Title VI regulations for FMCSA financial assistance recipients 
                                                                   2213
  Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2328
  Truck length, width, and weight..................................2192
Motor vehicle pollution:
  Alternative fuels...........................................864, 4086
  Control regulations......................3068, 3104, 3108, 3174, 3262
  Emission control diagnostic systems..............................3084
  Emission standards:
    Heavy-duty diesel trucks.......................................3170
    New motor vehicles.......................................3102, 3152
  Gasoline:
    Additives................................................3162, 3191
    Anti-dumping program...............................3077, 3151, 3163
    Reformulated.............................................3098, 3160
    Standards......................................................3164
  Imported vehicles emissions standards............................3153
  Inspection/maintenance programs............................3094, 3212
  Low emission vehicles program....................................3150
  Low-sulfur highway diesel fuel...................................3073
Motor vehicle safety:
  See also Highway safety
  All-terrain vehicle ban for children under 16....................3825
  Brake systems:
    Allowing roll-bar during testing...............................2267
    Antilock system for heavy trucks...............................2286
    Brake hoses....................................................2258
    Hydraulic parking brake........................................2264
    Motorcycle handlebar lever.....................................2269
  Buses:
    Emergency exits and windows....................................2283
  Child restraint systems......2240, 2249, 2273, 2280, 2300, 2310, 2311
  Event data recorders.............................................2270
  Frontal offset protection........................................2234
  Fuel system integrity......................................2241, 2312
  Horizontal discharge trailers....................................2239
  Imported vehicles................................................2297
  Lamps and reflective devices:
    Geometric visibility requirements for lamps....................2292
    Headlamp glare...........................................2228, 2299
    Motorcycles....................................................2301
    Signal lamps...................................................2296
  Low-speed vehicles...............................................2276
  Mirrors:
    Convex cross view mirrors......................................2231
    Convex mirrors for commercial trucks...........................2237
    Passenger-side systems.........................................2238
  Motorcycle helmets...............................................2235
  Occupant crash protection:
    5th percentile dummy belted barrier crash test requirements 
                                                                   2274
    Air bags.......................................................2226
    Designated seating position definition.........................2244
    Door retention.................................................2233
    Head/neck protection...........................................2254
    Side impact protection...................................2275, 2285
    Vehicles built in two or more stages...........................2243
  Platform lift systems............................................2305
  Power-operated windows.....................................2293, 2295
  Radiator safety cap..............................................2291
  Recalls:
    Reimbursement prior to.........................................2304
    Requirements for regional recalls..............................2290
  Reporting of information and documents about potential defects 
                                                                   2281
  Roof crashworthiness.......................................2232, 2256
  Seat belts:
    Emergency locking retractor....................................2262
    Rear seats.....................................................2272
  Seating systems:
    Performance....................................................2251
  Test dummies:
    Adult size.....................................................2227
    Child size...............................................2250, 2303
    EuroSID II.....................................................2242
    Female size....................................................2274
    Hybrid III.........................................2227, 2250, 2303
    SID-IIs side impact............................................2246
    Test procedures................................................2311
  Theft protection.................................................2248
  Tires:
    Disposition of replaced tires..................................2302
    Labeling requirements..........................................2279
    Pressure monitoring system......................................111
    Regulation revisions...........................................2309
  Trailers:
    Label placement on rear impact guards..........................2260

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    Rear impact guards.............................................2287
  Warning label for low speed vehicles.............................2271
  Windshields:
    Safety glazing.................................................2282
Motor vehicles:
  See also Buses
           Fuel economy
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
  Accelerator control systems......................................2255
  Alternatively fueled vehicles....................................3150
  Anti-money laundering program for businesses engaged in motor 
      vehicle sales................................................2438
  Brake fluids:
    Clarity test...................................................2259
  Cargo tank motor vehicles........................................2331
  Commercial:
    Importation....................................................2268
  Controls and displays............................................2261
  Corporate Average Fuel Economy Program...........................2277
  Customer identification programs for sellers of vehicles.........2434
  Dealer notification by manufacturer........................2284, 2294
  Defects....................................................2284, 2294
  Fuel economy standards program...................................2289
  Government property management...................................3459
  Hybrid electric vehicles:
    Idle stop technology...........................................2263
  Imports..........................................................3153
    Schedule of fees...............................................2308
  Insurer theft loss reporting requirements........................2307
  Light trucks.....................................................3149
  Location and monitoring systems..................................3952
  Low-speed vehicles...............................................2298
  Modifications to accommodate people with disabilities............2245
  Motorcycle regulatory definition.................................2229
  Multistage vehicles:
    Certification requirements.....................................2252
  National Driver Register.........................................2288
  National Stolen Passenger Motor Vehicle Information System.......1948
  Raised or sloped roof structure..................................2256
  Recreational vehicles:
    Cargo carrying capacity........................................2236
  Retroactive certification..................................2265, 2266
  Salvage regulations..............................................1960
  Small business size standards for new car dealers................3690
  Special purpose vehicles.........................................2257
  Theft data.......................................................2306
Music:
  Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos...................2427


                                   N

National banks:
  Capital regulations...............................................113
  Civil money penalties............................................2557
  Corporate activity rules, policies, and procedures........2552, 2556, 
                                                             2557, 2568
  Determining nature of financial activities.......................2414
  Financial subsidiaries.....................................2411, 2412
  Lending limits pilot program.....................................2570
  Maintenance of records...........................................2567
  Real estate brokerage determination..............................2413
National defense:
  See also Armed forces
           Arms and munitions
           Classified information
  Technical surveillance countermeasures............................733
National forests:
  Appeal regulations...........................................379, 387
  Climbing bolts in wilderness......................................403
  Fair market value for recreation residence use authorizations 
                                                                    391
  Free use approval.................................................394
  Grazing permits...................................................378
  Healthy Forests Reserve Program...................................382
  Healthy Forests Restoration Act:
    Predecisional administrative review and objection process.......396
  Land and resource management planning....................24, 376, 407
  Notice of intent and/or plan of operations for locatable 
      mineral operations............................................398
  Off-highway vehicle prohibitions..................................395
  Outdoor recreation accessibility guidelines.......................375
  Outfitter and guide special use authorizations...............385, 399
  Predator damage management........................................383
  Recreation event fees.............................................384
  Roadless area conservation....................................23, 402
  Sawtooth National Recreation Area:
    Increasing residential outbuilding size.........................406
  Small business land use...........................................370
  Special use authorizations........................................389
  Timber sales......................................................397
    Export and substitution restrictions............................373
    Integrated Resource Contracts...................................400
  Trails accessibility guidelines...................................374
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Unprocessed timber in southern California determined surplus to 
      domestic needs................................................386
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
National parks:
  Aircraft overflights.............................................2138
  Alaska park units................................................1742
  Apostle Islands......................................1744, 1745, 1757
  Boating and water use activities.................................1741
  Commercial filming or photography permits........................1737
  Commercial use permits...........................................1738
  Cost recovery for special uses...................................1733
  Delaware Water Gap NRA:
    Commercial vehicle fees........................................1754
  Glacier Bay National Park:
    Vessel management..............................................1736
  Golden Gate National Recreation Area:
    Pet management.................................................1748
  Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument:
    Public demonstrations..........................................1841
  Grand Teton National Park........................................1746
  Ice augers.......................................................1757
  Off-road vehicles................................................1745
  Personal watercraft use.....1728, 1729, 1730, 1734, 1739, 1740, 1749, 
                                                 1750, 1751, 1752, 1753
  Presidio:
    Debt collection procedures.....................................3657
    Management.....................................................3656
  Right-of-way regulations.........................................1732
  Sale of Native American handicrafts..............................1743
  Service animal use...............................................1756
  Snowmobile use.......................................1744, 1746, 1755
  Wupatki National Monument:
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
  Yellowstone National Park........................................1746
Natural gas:
  See also Oil and gas exploration
           Oil and gas reserves
           Pipelines
  Blanket sales certificates.......................................4036
  Creditworthiness standards for interstate pipelines..............4028
  Electronic filing of documents...................................4022
  Emergency reconstruction of interstate facilities................4026
  Negotiated rate policies and practices for pipelines.............4024
  Quarterly financial and Annual Report requirements...............4035
  Standards of conduct for transmission providers..................4019
  Valuation........................................................1804

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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
           Water resources
           Wildlife
  Conservation contract debt write-down.............................207
  Conservation program information confidentiality...................29
  Conservation security program......................................27
  Damage assessments...............................................1562
  Natural Resources Conservation Service:
    Equitable relief procedures.....................................448
  Resource management planning.....................................1831
  Wetlands:
    Conservation programs..........................................1588
    Minimal effects exemptions......................................442
Navigation (air):
  Airspace system.............................................658, 2160
  Area navigation..................................................2145
  Incorporation by reference revisions.............................2126
  Instrument flight rules..........................................2157
  Standard instrument approach procedures..........................2159
  Transponder requirement..........................................2134
  Use and preservation of navigable airspace.......................2110
Navigation (water):
  Certification requirements for NOAA Electronic Navigational 
      Chart distribution............................................623
  Danger zones.................................................818, 819
  Electronic Charting Display and Information System...............1294
  Offshore pipeline hazards........................................2356
  Puget Sound......................................................1291
  Quality assurance program for hydrographic products...............624
  Regulated navigation areas.......................................1284
  Traffic separation schemes.......................................1264
News media:
  See also Radio
           Television
  Newspapers:
    Radio cross-ownership..........................................3936
Noise control:
  Airport noise compatibility regulations..........................2155
  Highway traffic noise abatement..................................2190
  Overflights of national parks....................................2138
Nonprofit organizations:
  Audits...........................................................2945
  DOT grants.......................................................2101
  Equal treatment for faith-based and community organizations 
      participation in DOL social service programs.................1973
  Food and Nutrition Service data collection........................311
  Grants administration...........................734, 1144, 1472, 2996
  Javits-Wagner-O'Day program:
    Governance standards for participating agencies................3007
    Responsibilities of central agencies...........................3011
  Limitation of insured housing loans..............................1505
  Participation in HUD programs..............................1476, 1559
  Participation of religious organizations:
    HHS programs....................................................921
    USAID programs.................................................2999
    USDA programs...................................................410
  Rights to inventions..............................................721
Nuclear energy:
  See also Nuclear materials
           Nuclear power plants and reactors
  Civil penalties..................................................4170
  National Nuclear Security Administration:
    Acquisition regulations.........................................861
    Computer security...............................................860
  Public records...................................................4141
  Radiation protection of the public and environment.................40
Nuclear materials:
  Computer security.................................................860
  DOE security activities...........................................888
  Economic development transfers of real property at defense 
      nuclear facilities............................................896
  Export and import regulations.........................502, 4133, 4145
  Licensing and distribution of byproduct material.................4158
  Medical use of byproduct material..........................4142, 4167
  NRC office address change........................................4144
  Nuclear fuel.....................................................4146
  Security requirements for portable gauges containing byproduct 
      material.....................................................4140
  Solid material control...........................................4129
  Source material distribution.....................................4155
  Source tracking system...........................................4135
  Spent fuel:
    Licensing proceedings for receipt of high-level waste at a 
        geologic repository........................................4166
    List of approved storage casks.................................4168
    Shipment information protection requirements...................4149
  Transfers of certain exempt source materials by specific 
      licensees....................................................4152
  US-IAEA safeguards agreement...........................475, 518, 4157
Nuclear power plants and reactors:
  Access authorization and facility security clearance.............4162
  ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.............................4143
  Decommissioning:
    Funding shortfalls reduction...................................4161
    Integrated rulemaking..........................................4150
  Decoupling assumed loss of offsite power from loss-of-coolant 
      accidents....................................................4160
  Design certification:
    Changes to licensing procedures................................4137
  Emergency action levels..........................................4139
  Emergency core cooling systems...................................4156
  Entombment options...............................................4153
  Financial qualifications for renewal of operating licenses.......4131
  Fire protection............................................4136, 4163
  Industry codes and standards.....................................4165
  Information collection, reporting, and posting requirements......4132
  Inspections of reactor pressure vessel heads and head 
      penetrations.................................................4134
  Loss-of-coolant accident break size..............................4130
  Performance-based acceptance criteria for fuel cladding 
      performance..................................................4159
  Personnel:
    Criminal history check.........................................4169
    Fitness-for-Duty Program.......................................4148
  Physical protection regulations..................................4151
  Pressure-temperature limits......................................4154
  Radiological sabotage............................................4151
  Risk-informing special treatment requirements....................4138
  Safety regulations...........................................40, 4157
  Waste disposal...................................................4147
  Worker fatigue...................................................4164
  Worker safety and health at DOE facilities.........................39
Nursing homes:
  See also Health facilities
  Number of licensed and unlicensed nursing staff per shift 
      posting requirements.........................................1096
  Veterans.........................................................2947
Nutrition:
  See also Food assistance programs
           Foods
  Food labeling............................................21, 361, 362
  School breakfast and lunch programs..........................321, 325

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  Uniform federal assistance regulations............................304


                                   O

Occupational safety and health:
  See also Mine safety and health
  Asbestos exposure................................................3558
  Beryllium exposure...............................................2030
  Cargo handling...................................................2043
  Child labor regulations......................................89, 1974
  Commercial diving operations.....................................1290
  Commercial motor vehicle employees...............................2224
  Construction industry............................................2036
    Hearing loss prevention........................................2053
    Hoisting equipment safety......................................2040
  Crystalline silica exposure........................................99
  DOE facilities.....................................................39
  DOE radiation protection requirements.............................892
  Electric power...................................................2038
  Electrical standards.............................................2046
  Emergency response and preparedness..............................2033
  Ethylene oxide...................................................2028
  Excavations......................................................2031
  Explosives and small arms manufacturing..........................2041
  Fall protection..................................................2039
  Hexavalent chromium exposure......................................100
  Ionizing radiation exposure......................................2032
  Lead in Construction Standard....................................2034
  Noise exposure for railroad operating employees..................2322
  Oregon State plan................................................2049
  Personal protective equipment....................................2044
  Pesticide worker protection................................3277, 3295
  Physician panel determination in filing for state worker's 
      compensation benefits.........................................899
  Respiratory protection......................................101, 2055
  Rollover protective structures...................................2051
  Shipyard standards...................................2037, 2052, 2054
  Standards improvement.............................................102
  Steel erection standards.........................................2050
  Updating standards based on national consensus standards.........2047
  Walking working surfaces.........................................2039
Oil and gas exploration:
  Air pollutant emission.....................................3092, 3231
  Application processing...........................................1825
  Blowout prevention for well workover operations..................1802
  Incidental take of marine mammals in Alaska......................1627
  Incidental taking of marine mammals in the Gulf of Mexico.........615
  Leasing:
    Bonding........................................................1830
    Data release...................................................1786
    Definitions....................................................1786
    Leasing and operations regulations.............................1839
    Oil valuation..............................................84, 1803
  Offshore floating production facilities..........................1800
  Outer Continental Shelf:
    Administrative cost recovery...................................1795
    Document updates...............................................1801
    Federal consistency regulations.................................661
    Leasing regulations............................................1789
    Open and nondiscriminatory movement............................1796
    Safety management systems......................................1794
    Safety measures................................................1287
    Safety zone for vessels........................................1315
  Pipeline regulation revisions....................................4040
  Pipeline rights-of-way...........................................1587
  Production rates.................................................1793
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................1783
  Royalty relief or reduction....................1784, 1785, 1788, 1827
  Royalty reporting standards................................1784, 1806
  Service order appeals............................................1807
Oil and gas reserves:
  Export controls...................................................471
Oil pollution:
  Claims procedures under the Oil Pollution Act....................1258
  Discharge-removal equipment......................................1279
  Leak detection and repair of pumps and valves....................3087
  National Contingency Plan........................................3402
  Oil spill liability trust fund...................................1259
  Oil spill response.........................................1293, 2342
  Sale of DOD aircraft to persons providing oil spill response 
      service.......................................................739
  Vessel response plan.................................1286, 1288, 1293
Organization and functions:
  DOI..............................................................1566
  FAA..............................................................2146
  Farm Credit Administration.......................................3847
Over-the-counter drugs:
  Drug reviews:
    Antihistamine products..........................................979
    Antiperspirant products.........................................998
    Bismuth subsalicylate containing products for relief from 
        overindulgence..............................................954
    Bronchodilator products.........................................946
    Cough and cold products..........................946, 947, 948, 979
    Dandruff, seborrheic dermatitis, and psoriasis products.........953
    External analgesic products.....................................993
    Internal analgesic products.....................................949
    Laxative drug products..........................................994
    Nasal decongestant products.....................................948
    Ophthalmic products.............................................980
    Oral health care products.......................................995
    Skin bleaching products.........................................955
    Skin protectant products........................................981
    Sodium bicarbonate containing antacids..........................985
    Sodium content labeling for rectal drug products containing 
        sodium phosphates...........................................999
    Sunscreen products..............................................928
    Vaginal contraceptive products..................................982
    Weight control products.........................................951
  Labeling.....................................................950, 999
  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1920


                                   P

Packaging and containers:
  See also Labeling
  Child-resistant packaging..................................3814, 3823
  Dietary ingredients and supplements................................51
  Household products containing hydroxides, standards for..........3813
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4076
Passenger vessels:
  See also Maritime carriers
  Access for individuals with disabilities...................2081, 3002
  Alternate tonnage convention.....................................1307
  Coastwise trade laws.......................................2366, 2376
  Effluent standards for cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters
                                                                   3411
  Financial responsibility requirements............................4055
  Hull examination alternatives....................................1311
  Manifest requirements............................................1324
  Prohibited items.................................................1389
  Training and qualifications for personnel........................1306
  Underwater surveys...............................................1311
Passports and visas:
  Crew list visa elimination.......................................2080
  Diversity visas..................................................2073
  Electronic passports.............................................2065
  Fingerprint requirements.........................................2062
  Guam visa waiver program...................................1351, 1354
  Nonimmigrant visas:
    Application processing fee exemption...........................2077
  Removal of waiver for residents of Canada and Bermuda............1338
  Schedule of fees for consular services, State Department and 
      embassies and consulates...............................2076, 2077

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  Transit without visa.....................1321, 1342, 1348, 1349, 1352
  Visa Waiver Program..............................................1334
Peanuts:
  Country of origin labeling..........................................2
  Crop insurance....................................................280
  Designated marketing associations.................................205
Penalties:
  See also Seizures and forfeitures
  Civil................................................2012, 2170, 2431
    Aviation economic requirements.................................2106
    CFTC...........................................................3812
    DHS............................................................1426
    DOT................................................2278, 2323, 2324
    FDIC...........................................................4017
    HHS.............................................................910
    Inflation adjustment............................................825
    Medicaid and Medicare violations.........................1059, 1097
    Medicaid managed care organizations.............................915
    Medicare+Choice Organizations...................................915
    NIGC...........................................................4128
    NOAA............................................................621
    NRC............................................................4170
    OCC............................................................2557
    SSA.............................................................158
  Disaster relief and emergency assistance.........................1433
  Hazardous materials transportation...............................2324
  Immigration......................................................1944
    International matchmaking organization violations..............1929
  PBGC assessment and relief.......................................3655
Pensions:
  See also Railroad retirement
           Social security
  Abandoned individual account plans.................................93
  Cash or deferred arrangements..............................2584, 2705
  Civil penalty for failure to provide Section 302 notice..........2012
  Computing liability..............................................3652
  Deductibility of employer contributions..........................2599
  Disclosure of relative value of distribution forms...............2867
  Electronic filing................................................3651
  Elimination of forms of distribution in defined contribution 
      plans........................................................2769
  ERISA:
    Adequate consideration definition..............................2011
    Electronic filing by investment advisers.......................2014
    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act..........95, 96
    Length of hospital stay after birth of child...................2009
    Mental health benefits parity..................................2008
    Participant contributions........................................94
    Participant loan rules.........................................2001
    Regulations governing the performance of actuarial service.....2847
    Safe harbor requirements.......................................2013
    Suspension of benefit regulation...............................2015
    Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act...........................2002
  GATT provisions affecting accrued benefits.......................2819
  Income tax regulations...............................2618, 2752, 2765
  Multiemployer plans:
    Annual funding notice requirements.............................2004
  Normal retirement age............................................2833
  Payment of benefits in trusteed plans............................3654
  Penalties assessment and relief..................................3655
  Reductions of accruals and allocations because of increased age
                                                                   2722
  Required distributions from plans................................2864
  Single-employer plans.............................................144
  Single-sum distributions from cash balance plans.................2625
  Transparency of information related to plan liabilities...........145
  Valuation of benefits and assets..................................144
  Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program...........................2006
Pesticides and pests:
  Antimicrobial pesticides...................................3279, 3292
  Biochemical or microbial products................................3284
  Data requirements...........................................120, 3284
  Disposal and storage guidelines..................................3290
  Emergency exemption regulations...................................121
  Endangered species regulation...............................697, 1717
  Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program.......................115, 3285
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Groundwater protection...........................................3291
  Gypsy moth regulations............................................223
  Importation of non-indigenous organisms...........................232
  Importation of pine shoot beetle host material....................226
  Medical devices treated with antimicrobial pesticides............3293
  Methyl bromide authorization as official quarantine use...........216
  Nursery stock regulations...........................................3
  Pesticide tolerance reassessment program.........................3286
  Plant incorporated protectants.......................3287, 3288, 3289
  Registration review program......................................3282
  Rules of practice................................................3281
  Storage and disposal.............................................3290
  Tobacco testing requirements......................................176
  Tolerance fees...................................................3294
  Worker protection standards................................3277, 3295
Petroleum:
  See also Fuel additives
           Oil and gas exploration
           Oil and gas reserves
           Oil pollution
           Pipelines
  Onshore oil pipelines............................................2342
  Refineries:
    Emission standards.......................................3204, 3265
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3375
Pipeline safety:
  Complaint procedures.............................................2048
  Gas gathering lines..............................................2327
  Hazardous substances.......................................2339, 2361
  Incident reporting...............................................1798
  Inspection devices...............................................2355
  Integrity management in high consequence areas...................2360
  Material, personnel and pipe handling operations.................1781
  Operator qualification program...................................2337
  Permanent underwater inspections.................................2356
  Protecting unusually sensitive areas and commercially navigable 
      waterways....................................................2339
  Public information programs......................................2351
  Standards for direct assessment..................................2338
  Technical revisions to agency procedures.........................2346
  Updates to safety requirements.......................1792, 2332, 2344
Pipelines:
  See also Natural gas
           Pipeline safety
  Electronic filing of documents...................................4022
  Negotiated rate policies and practices for natural gas 
      pipelines....................................................4024
  Onshore oil pipelines............................................2342
  Open and nondiscriminatory movement..............................1796
  Quarterly financial and Annual Report requirements...............4035
  Regulation revisions.............................................4040
  Rights of use and easement.......................................1805
  Rights-of-way....................................................1587
Plant diseases and pests:
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
  Phytophthora ramorum regulations..................................241
Plants:
  See also Seeds
  Biological agents and toxins list.................................222
  Cost-sharing for pest or disease emergency programs...............240
  Endangered and threatened:
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Gypsy moth regulations............................................223

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  Imports...........................................................219
    Nursery stock.....................................................3
  International standards for wood packing materials................248
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III..............1575, 1595
  Methyl bromide authorization for official quarantine use..........216
  Plant incorporated protectants.......................3287, 3288, 3289
  Plant Variety Protection Services.................................174
  Transgenic.......................................................3334
Political activities (Government employees):
  Honoraria donated to charities...................................3535
Poultry and poultry products:
  Classes of........................................................353
  Expressed nutrient content claims.................................352
  Grading...........................................................173
  Imported..........................................................343
  Nutrition labeling.......................................21, 361, 362
  On-line reprocessing of pre-chill carcasses.......................340
  Performance standards:
    Chilling of ready-to-cook products...............................19
    Ready-to-eat products............................................20
Poultry inspection:
  Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection............................344
  Availability of distribution lists of retail consignees during 
      recalls.......................................................348
  Foreign inspection system supervisory visits......................359
Prescription drugs:
  Antibiotics.......................................................962
  Electronic transactions:
    Ordering Schedule I and II controlled substances...............1919
    Prescriptions for controlled substances........................1906
  Employer-sponsored drug programs.................................1125
  Labeling.............................................47, 53, 938, 939
  Medicaid drug rebate program...............................1114, 1122
  Medicare:
    Competitive acquisition........................................1064
    Drug benefit effective calendar year 2006........................67
    Electronic prescribing.........................................1060
    Manufacturers' submission of average sales price data for 
        Part B drugs...............................................1124
    Medigap policies...............................................1084
    Payment regulations......................................1120, 1133
    Premium and cost-sharing subsidies..............................157
    Recordkeeping requirements under the Drug Rebate Program.......1085
  Prescription Drug Marketing Act...................................942
  Registration and listing requirements..............................43
  Reporting adverse events...........................................53
  Safety reporting requirements......................................48
  Use of materials derived from cattle...........................45, 46
Price controls:
  FCC..............................................................3910
Price support programs:
  Tobacco...........................................................199
Prisoners:
  Admission and Orientation Program................................1880
  Autopsy regulations..............................................1849
  Central Inmate Monitoring system.................................1872
  Civil contempt of court commitments..............................1871
  Classification and program review................................1860
  Community confinement limitations................................1876
  Correspondence...................................................1863
  Drug abuse treatment:
    Disincentives and enhanced incentives..........................1859
  Educational good time credit for D.C. Code offenders.............1865
  Good conduct time..........................................1857, 1870
    Aliens.........................................................1870
  Health care service fees.........................................1869
  Literacy program.................................................1854
  Over-the-counter medication regulations..........................1877
  Psychiatric treatment and medication safeguards..................1874
  Release regulations..............................................1875
  Suicide prevention program.......................................1866
  Telephone regulations and financial responsibility...............1855
Prisons:
  Administrative measures to prevent acts of violence or 
      terrorism....................................................1868
  Classification and program review................................1852
  Commissary account deposit procedures............................1878
  Commissary privileges............................................1856
  Drug abuse treatment program.....................................1867
  Emergencies......................................................1873
  Federal Prison Industries:
    Address changes................................................1879
    Defense FAR purchases...........................................795
    Market research requirement....................................3764
  Incoming publications............................................1851
  Infectious disease management....................................1864
  Inmate discipline................................................1847
  Intensive confinement centers..............................1853, 1915
  Progress Reports.................................................1881
  Searching and detaining or arresting non-inmates.................1850
  Telephone privileges.............................................1856
  Victim/witness notifications.....................................1848
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program environmental impact review...................1969
Privacy:
  See also Confidential business information
  CFTC policies....................................................3799
  DOD...............................................................756
  FDIC policies....................................................4012
  Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program records..........1996
  Financial records and information....................1163, 4079, 4092
  Food Stamp Program................................................283
  NSF policies.....................................................3527
  Personnel records for government employees.......................3578
  Privacy Act:
    Corporation for National Service...............................3019
    DHS procedures...........................................1146, 1257
    DOJ implementation.............................................1862
    DOT exemptions...........................................2103, 2104
    EPA regulations................................................3028
    NCUA...........................................................4102
    NEH Inspector General investigative files......................3524
    NIGC procedures................................................4117
    OPM regulations................................................3566
    Passenger and Aviation Security Screening Records..............1393
    Peace Corps regulations........................................3649
    TSA regulations....................................1367, 1382, 1391
  Public access to State Department information....................2074
  SBA policies.....................................................3675
  SEC policies...............................................4193, 4209
  Social security records and information......................150, 163
  Treasury policies..........................................2480, 2913
Public assistance programs:
  See also Child welfare
           Food assistance programs
           Medicaid
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  Temporary Assistance for Needy Families:
    Administrative cost sharing....................................1137
  Welfare-to-Work Program..........................................1995
Public health:
  See also Meat inspection
           Waste treatment and disposal
  ``Serious adverse health consequences'' definition................997
  Air pollution effects............................................3328
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Grant appeals procedures.........................................1005
  Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children.......................1006
  Informed consent regulations......................................989
  Liability protection for free clinic health professionals........1012
  NIH center grants................................................1023
  NIH training grants..............................................1014

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  Public Health Service Act:
    Length of hospital stay after birth of child...................2009
    Mental health benefits parity..................................2008
    NIH AIDS Research Loan Repayment Program.......................1016
    Use of seclusion and restraint in non-medical residential 
        facilities..................................................922
    Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act...........................2002
  Research misconduct..............................................1026
  Safeguarding food during transport...............................2328
  Water contamination...............................................137
Public housing:
  See also Low and moderate income housing
  Capital Fund Program...............................................80
  Consolidated plan regulations......................................76
  Conversion of developments.......................................1553
  Demolition and disposition.......................................1548
  Disabled veterans' assistance....................................1462
  Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental projects.....1486
  Excess rental charges............................................1524
  Fair market rents for Section 8 programs.........................1469
  Homeownership program............................................1551
  Housing Choice Voucher program:
    Regulation revisions...........................................1549
  Operating fund allocation formula..................................81
  Operating funds for debt service.................................1550
  Over-income tenant treatment.....................................1552
  Project-based voucher program......................................83
  Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Program..............1547
  Section 8 homeownership program:
    Disabled families assistance...................................1554
  Section 8 Management Assessment Program..........................1544
    Lease-up indicator.............................................1558
  Streamlining mixed finance application review....................1543
Public lands:
  See also Grazing lands
           Homesteads
           National forests
           National parks
           Public lands-grants
           Public lands-mineral resources
           Public lands-rights-of-way
           Reclamation
  Alaska Native veteran allotments.................................1826
  Desert land entries..............................................1821
  Hazardous substances compliance..................................1840
  Indian allotments................................................1837
  Leases...........................................................1833
  Payment in Lieu of Taxes program.................................1846
  Permit and easements.............................................1833
  Policy and management......................................1833, 1834
  Public conduct on reclamation lands and projects.................1819
  Subsistence management......1589, 1607, 1626, 1640, 1641, 1642, 1679, 
                                                             1720, 1726
  Wilderness management......................................1842, 1844
  Woody biomass utilization........................................1563
Public lands-grants:
  Carey Act grants.................................................1838
Public lands-mineral resources:
  Coalbed methane development......................................1835
  Disposal of reserved minerals....................................1836
  Locatable minerals program........................................401
  Mining claims..............................................1843, 1844
  Oil and gas leasing:
    Performance standards..........................................1839
    Valuation of oil.................................................84
  Revegetation standards...........................................1810
  User fees........................................................1822
Public lands-rights-of-way:
  Regulations removal..............................................1828


                                   R

Radiation protection:
  DOE requirements..............................................40, 892
  Dose methodology.................................................3272
  Exposure standards...............................................2032
Radio:
  See also Communications
  Amateur radio service............................................3887
  Aviation Radio Service...........................................3974
  Channelization of the 39 GHz band................................3945
  Cognitive radio technologies.....................................3876
  Commercial mobile services:
    Automatic and manual roaming obligations.......................3962
    Resale of services.............................................3943
    Roaming obligations............................................3943
    Spectrum aggregation limits....................................3960
    Spectrum cap...................................................3946
  Competitive bidding process................................3944, 3951
  Consolidating the 800 MHz industrial/land transportation and 
      business pool channels.......................................3973
  Digital audio broadcasting system................................3925
  Digital audio radio service in the 2310-2360 MHz band............3892
  FM radio.........................................................3921
  Government transfer band.........................................3864
  Interference temperature operation...............................3878
  Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz...............................3955
  Licensing low power operations in 450-470 MHz band...............3963
  Maritime communications..........................................3957
  Maritime mobile services.........................................3896
  Market definitions...............................................3932
  Multiple access systems..........................................3950
  Newspaper cross-ownership........................................3936
  Noncommercial educational broadcast stations.....................3935
  Private land mobile services:
    Airport terminal use frequencies in the 450-470 MHz band.......3972
    Narrowbanding..................................................3882
  Public safety communications...............................3949, 3973
  Quiet zone application procedures................................3964
  Railroad standards and procedures................................2317
  Reallocation of 27 MHz spectrum..................................3886
  Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................3893
  Software defined radios..........................................3867
  Spectrum usage promotion through development of secondary 
      markets......................................................3961
  Terrestrial microwave fixed services.............................3956
  Transfer of 3650 through 3700 MHz band...........................3959
  Transfer of 4.9 GHz band from government use.....................3959
  Ultra-wideband transmission......................................3866
  Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure at 5 GHz..........3884
  Wireless services................................................3969
  World Radiocommunication Conference omnibus......................3880
Railroad retirement:
  Annuity:
    Deductions by reason of work...................................3658
  Creditability of pay.............................................3663
  Disability determination...................................3659, 3661
  Electronic filing of applications and claims.....................3662
  Employers' contributions.........................................3660
Railroad safety:
  Civil monetary penalties.........................................2323
  Event recorder crashworthiness...................................2318
  Fixed guideway systems...........................................2325
  Grade crossing and signal systems................................2207
  Life vest requirements for bridge workers........................2320
  Locomotives:
    Crashworthiness................................................2314
  Monetary threshold for reporting rail equipment accidents/
      incidents....................................................2315
  Noise exposure for railroad operating employees..................2322
  Radio communications and train control...........................2317
  Railroad car conspicuity.........................................2319
  Whistle bans at grade crossings...................................112

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Railroads:
  See also Railroad retirement
           Railroad safety
  Exemption authority citations....................................4253
  Expediting resolution of rail rate challenges....................4252
  Hazardous materials transportation.........................1388, 2354
  Inspection and maintenance standards for steam locomotives.......2321
  Rail abandonment procedures......................................4251
  Small rate guidelines............................................4250
  Stand-alone cost methodology.....................................4252
  Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2328
Real property acquisition:
  Anti-money laundering program for persons involved in real 
      estate closings and settlements..............................2437
  FHWA regulations.................................................2188
  GSAR tax adjustment provision....................................3453
  Historic preference..............................................3464
  HUBZone program..................................................3455
Reclamation:
  See also Mines
           Surface mining
  Revegetation standards...........................................1810
Recreation and recreation areas:
  See also Fishing
           Hunting
           National forests
           National parks
  Access for individuals with disabilities.........................1888
  Forest Service regulations...................................384, 403
  National parks regulations.......................................1741
  Presidio:
    Debt collection procedures.....................................3657
    Management.....................................................3656
  Water quality standards for coastal recreation waters............3401
Recycling:
  Cathode ray tubes.................................................135
  Electronic equipment.............................................3374
  Government purchase of recovered materials.......................3358
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  RCRA Burden Reduction Initiative............................134, 3373
  Refrigerant..............................3109, 3111, 3168, 3176, 3256
  Standardized permit for RCRA hazardous waste management 
      facilities....................................................133
Refugees:
  See also Aliens
  Guaranty of transportation.......................................1194
  Sponsorship agreement............................................1194
Relocation assistance:
  FHWA regulations.................................................2188
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements:
  Air carriers...............................................2100, 2133
  ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................3992
  Bank Secrecy Act implementation......................2439, 2445, 2460
  Carbamates.......................................................3388
  CFTC.............................................................3807
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3345
  DEA..................................................1916, 1917, 1923
  DFARS.............................................................788
  DOC..........................................................450, 454
  DOD...............................................................808
  DOI........................................................1783, 1784
  DOL..............................................................1982
  DOT.............................................110, 2266, 2273, 2307
  Electronic records management:
    FMC............................................................4050
  EPA..............................................................3026
    Cross-Media Electronic Reporting and Recordkeeping Rule.........141
    Electronic reporting...........................................3032
    RCRA Burden Reduction Initiative..........................134, 3373
  Exports...........................................................509
  FAA..............................................................2137
  FCC........................................................3906, 3913
  FDA............................................................54, 59
  Federal Home Loan Banks..........................................4047
  FERC.............................................................4035
  Fishing quotas....................................................683
  Hazardous materials..............................................2358
  HHS......................................................48, 49, 1085
  Honoraria donated to charities...................................3535
  Intercountry adoptions...........................................2072
  Investment advisers........................................4202, 4212
  Livestock mandatory reporting program.............................183
  Marine casualties................................................1268
  NARA:
    Electronic mail................................................3504
    Freedom of information.........................................3514
    Plain language revisions.................................3515, 3516
  National banks...................................................2567
  National Practitioner Data Bank............................1000, 1010
  NCUA.............................................................4090
  NOAA..............................................................647
  NSF..............................................................3528
  OTS..............................................................2908
  Outcome and Assessment Information Set data......................1088
  PBGC........................................................145, 3651
  Peace Corps......................................................3649
  Railroad employers' records and reports..........................3660
  Retirement record of employee transferring within same agency 
                                                                   3615
  Securities:
    Accelerated filers.......................................4174, 4185
    Broker-dealers.....................................2550, 4200, 4221
    EDGAR system.............................................4176, 4210
    Large trader reporting system..................................4181
  Tax determination on large cigars................................2481
  Tobacco market reporting system...................................191
  Toxics Release Inventory........................125, 3342, 3344, 3349
  Treasury.........................................................2730
  Uranium mill sites................................................898
  Using private laboratories with regard to FDA actions.............986
  VA education benefits............................................2919
  Voluntary consensus standards....................................3542
Research:
  See also Agricultural research
           Educational research
           Human research subjects
           Medical research
  Fisheries set-aside program.......................................641
  Marine resources..................................................663
  Misconduct.................................891, 935, 1025, 1026, 3482
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research 
      chimpanzees..................................................1015
  NIH center grants................................................1023
  Protection of human subjects.....122, 461, 744, 849, 897, 1024, 1027, 
                                     1028, 1029, 2952, 3000, 3031, 3830
  Research scientist appointment authority.........................3038
Retirement:
  See also Pensions
           Railroad retirement
           Social security
  Age for pension plans............................................2833
  Coordination of health benefits...................................142
  District of Columbia employees...................................3594
  FEHB coverage....................................................3572
  Firefighters.....................................................3595
  Government employees:
    Court orders awarding survivor annuities.......................3570
    Coverage for non-appropriated fund instrumentalities...........3618
    Credit for military service....................................3617
    Death benefits and employee refunds............................3597
    Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act..........3633
    FERS basic annuity.......................................3616, 3640
    FERS coverage elections........................................3571
  IRA tax regulations............................2787, 2877, 2878, 2890

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  Law enforcement officers.........................................3595
  Phased retirement program........................................2660
  Record of employee transferring within same agency...............3615
  Required distributions from plans................................2864
  TRICARE retiree dental program....................................836
  Voluntary State tax withholding from retired pay of Service 
      members.......................................................727
Rights-of-way:
  See also Public lands-rights-of-way
  Accessibility guidelines for individuals with disabilities.......3004
Rural areas:
  Business and industrial loan programs.........414, 416, 419, 420, 423
  Business enterprise grants........................................422
  Business investment program.......................................421
  Business secondary market pooling by fiscal transfer agent........418
  Environmental policies and procedures.............................264
  Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for electrification 
      purposes......................................................436
  High energy cost rural community grants...........................430
  Housing:
    Community Facilities Direct Loan Program...................261, 416
    Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program.........................269
    Loans, grants, and programs......................265, 266, 267, 268
    New and existing dwellings definition...........................262
    Planning and performing construction............................263
  Regulation streamlining...........................................267
  Rural Utilities Service:
    Accounting requirements for telecommunications borrowers........433
    Broadband grant program.........................................440
    Exemption of certain borrowers from controls....................434
    Homeland Security requirements..................................438
    Household water system program..................................439
    Operational controls............................................431
    Sale or transfer of capital assets..............................437
    Special equipment contract......................................429
    Technical assistance grants.....................................432
    Water and wastewater grant program..............................441
  Spectrum-based communications services...........................3970
  State nonmetropolitan median household income.....................435
  Technical assistance grants and programs..........................260
  Telecommunications system construction policies...................427


                                   S

Satellites:
  See also Space transportation and exploration
  Communications:
    Application and licensing requirements.........................3890
    Broadcast Satellite Service....................................3909
    Broadcasting signal carriage requirements......................3926
    Coordination between non-geostationary and geostationary 
        orbit......................................................3874
    Digital audio radio service....................................3892
    Earth stations.....................................3898, 3904, 3907
    Fixed-satellite services...........................3865, 3899, 3909
    Global mobile personal communications..........................3897
    Licensing reform...............................................3901
    Maritime mobile services.......................................3896
    Mobile service provider flexibility............................3902
    MSS spectrum allocation............................3863, 3891, 3895
    Non-geostationary orbit..................................3899, 3908
    Non-government operations in the 36.0-51.4 GHz portion of the 
        V-band.....................................................3894
    Orbital debris mitigation......................................3903
    Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................3893
  Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act................3924, 3926, 3940
Savings associations:
  Application and reporting requirements...........................2908
  Customer identification program..................................2443
  Securities-related activities....................................2903
Scholarships and fellowships:
  NASA Science and Technology Scholarship..........................3472
  National Institutes of Health....................................1013
School breakfast and lunch programs:
  Administrative error reduction....................................315
  Allowable costs...................................................290
  Donated foods provided under contract with food service 
      management companies..........................................294
  Eligibility determinations for free or reduced-price meals...15, 317, 
                                                               323, 324
  Fluid milk regulations....................................8, 318, 320
  Food safety programs.........................................326, 327
  Nutrition standards...............................................321
  Serving fruits and vegetables as afterschool snacks...............291
  Severe need reimbursements........................................313
  Simplification of meal counting and claiming procedures...........314
  State administrative expenses.....................................316
  Summer food service program.......................................332
  Uniform Federal assistance regulations............................304
  Weighted averages requirement.....................................325
Schools:
  See also Colleges and universities
           Educational facilities
  Approval for enrollment in Student and Exchange Visitor 
      Information System...........................................1420
  Asbestos model accreditation plan................................3322
  Closure and consolidation........................................1769
  Student and Exchange Visitor Program recertification.........75, 1428
Science and technology:
  NSF patents regulation...........................................3528
  Privacy regulations..............................................3527
  Research misconduct..............................................3482
  Rights to inventions..............................................721
Seafood:
  See also Fish
           Fisheries
  Fish and Seafood Promotion Act....................................569
Seamen:
  Licenses and certificates of registry............................1276
  Merchant marine training, certification, and watchkeeping........1261
  Merchant mariner application procedure...........................1303
  Service obligation reporting requirements........................2370
Securities:
  See also Bonds
  Affiliate transactions...........................................4205
  Beneficial ownership report filing...............................2555
  Best price rules.................................................4178
  Blank check companies............................................4186
  Borrowing transactions.....................................2561, 4009
  Broker-dealers:
    Alternative net capital computation for holding company 
        groups.....................................................4239
    Categories of permissible collateral...........................2421
    Quotation requirements.........................................4237
    Recordkeeping requirements.....................................2550
  Collection of fees...............................................4242
  Collection of income tax at source to statutory stock options 
                                                                   2863
  Communications reform............................................4179
  Confirmation of transactions.....................................4227
  Continuity of interest...........................................2799
  Critical accounting policies.....................................4182
  Custody or possession of funds or securities.....................2421
  Customer Protection Rule.........................................2421
  Debt securities registration exemption...........................4190
  Definition of terms..............................................4246
  Delisting and deregistering......................................4233
  Disclosure requirements......4181, 4182, 4207, 4216, 4228, 4229, 4230
  EDGAR system...............................................4176, 4210
  Electronic signatures......................................4173, 4232
  Employer-provided stock option programs..........................1989
  Exemption for holdings subject to fiduciary standards............2382

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  Exemptions for banks.............................................4226
  Financial reporting..............................................4186
  Form F-6 eligibility requirements................................4183
  Futures products:
    Offer and sale of products traded on foreign boards............3798
    Registration requirements for banks acting as brokers or 
        dealers....................................................4222
    Reserve requirements for margin................................4241
  Held of record securities........................................4175
  Holding companies..............................4171, 4197, 4198, 4211
  Income taxation..................................................2694
  Independent transmission companies...............................4196
  Integrated financial transactions................................2577
  International Financial Reporting Standards......................4184
  International Securities Exchange................................4244
  Investment advisers............................4203, 4212, 4214, 4215
  Investment companies:
    Disclosure requirements........................................4180
    Eligible portfolio companies...................................4194
    Enhanced fund governance standards.............................4219
    Use of brokerage commissions to finance distribution...........4218
  Lock-up agreements...............................................4177
  Mark-to-market accounting..................................2623, 2699
  Money market fund exemptions.....................................4204
  Mutual funds:
    Anti-money laundering program..................................2451
    Pricing regulations............................................4206
    Reporting suspicious transactions..............................2445
  Nasdaq-listed securities.........................................4235
  Net capital requirements.........................................4225
  Options markets..................................................4238
  Ownership by securities intermediaries...........................4234
  Ownership reports................................................4188
  Penny stocks.....................................................4232
  Privacy notices..................................................4193
  Privacy of consumer financial information........................4209
  Qualified purchaser definition...................................4189
  Redemption fees for redeemable fund securities...................4208
  Regulation NMS...................................................4231
  Reorganization events......................................2844, 4224
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................4221
    Accelerated filers.......................................4174, 4185
    Annual reports and prospectuses................................4221
  Safe harbor:
    Exceptions.....................................................2826
  Sarbanes-Oxley Act regulations:
    Disclosure requirements........................................2555
    PCAOB regulations..............................................4247
  Savings association activities...................................2903
  Self-regulatory organizations:
    Concept release on structure...................................4220
    Fair administration, governance, and disclosure................4223
    SRO filing rules...............................................4245
  Shareholder access to director nomination process................4187
  Short sales......................................................4243
  Standards of conduct for attorneys...............................4249
  Streamlining.....................................................4172
  Substitute dividend payments.....................................2615
  Supervised investment bank holding companies.....................4240
  Tender and reorganization agents.................................4224
  Trading by officers, directors, and principal security holders 
                                                                   4188
  Transactions settlement..........................................4236
Security measures:
  See also Classified information
  Acquisition regulations..........................................1159
  Airport security compliance program..............................1386
  Biological agents and toxins list............................222, 925
  Bureau of Prisons administrative measures........................1868
  Classified national security information.........................1148
  Critical infrastructure information handling.......................69
  Customer identification programs:
    Loan and finance companies.....................................2433
    Pawn brokers...................................................2430
    Sellers of vehicles............................................2434
    Travel agents..................................................2432
  DHS human resources management system........................71, 3623
  Disclosure of official information in connection with legal 
      proceedings..................................................1147
  DOE:
    Contractors.....................................................889
    Nuclear security activities.....................................888
    Polygraph examination regulations...............................887
  Emergency Security Control of Air Traffic.........................728
  FDA registration of food and animal feed facilities................55
  Federal mail.....................................................3454
  Food security plans...............................................346
  Freedom of Information.....................................1146, 1257
  Grants administration............................................1144
  Homeland Security Information sharing..............................68
  Maritime and land security directives and information circulars
                                                                   1364
  Maritime Security Program........................................2374
  National Industrial Security Program.............................3501
  National security information regulations..................2064, 3510
  Prior notice of imported food......................................56
  Privacy Act procedures.....................................1146, 1257
  Prohibition against flight takeoffs or landings in the US by 
      Syrian air carriers..........................................2181
  Protection of sensitive security information related to 
      transportation.........................................1379, 2096
  Records requirements for identifying immediate sources and 
      recipients of foods............................................54
  Rural Utilities Services infrastructure...........................438
  Security awareness training for flight school employees..........1381
  Security compliance program for aircraft operators...............1385
  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1920
  Standards of conduct for DHS employees...........................1143
  Support Antiterrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act 
                                                                     70
  Technical surveillance countermeasures............................733
  US-IAEA safeguards agreement......................................475
  Washington, DC metropolitan area special flight rules............2121
Seeds:
  Import restrictions...............................................228
  Karnal bunt compensation..........................................215
Seizures and forfeitures:
  Customs regulations..............................................2427
  Immigration and Naturalization regulations.......................1332
  NOAA regulations..................................................621
  Principal residence seizure......................................2723
  Publication of administrative notices............................1329
Selective Service System:
  Registration requirements........................................3546
Sewage disposal:
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
Sex discrimination:
  Federally assisted programs...............853, 1150, 3520, 3522, 3523
  Programs and activities receiving Federal surplus property.......3449
Sheep:
  Brucellosis indemnity.............................................247
  Ewe lamb incentive payment program................................200
  Interstate movement regulations...................................230
  Lamb reporting regulations........................................183
Shipbuilding industry:
  Safety and health regulations........................2037, 2052, 2054
Small businesses:
  Acquisition regulations...........................765, 773, 794, 3777
  Administrative offset............................................3685
  Administrative wage garnishment..................................3678
  Business Development Program:
    Electronic application.........................................3684

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    Technical amendments...........................................3687
  CCC procurement of agricultural commodities from HUBZone 
      businesses....................................................210
  Disabled access credit...........................................2675
  DOT mentor/protege program.......................................2099
  Government contracting programs.......................149, 3683, 3777
  Group health insurance availability and renewability.............1104
  HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program..........................3672
  HUBZone price evaluation factor..................................3754
  Investment companies:
    Civil penalties for late submission of required reports........3689
    Maximum leverage eligibility...................................3668
  Lending company monitoring and oversight..........................146
  Loans:
    Certified Development Company program..........................3670
    Economic injury disaster loans.................................3673
    Premier Certified Lenders Program..............................3677
  NASA contractor rights...........................................3471
  NASA subcontracting..............................................3470
  National forest land use..........................................370
  Privacy Impact Assessment Statements.............................3675
  Rights to inventions..............................................721
  Rural business investment program.................................421
  SDB Program......................................................3688
  Size standards:
    Multiple award schedule........................................3681
    New car dealers................................................3690
    Restructuring............................................3666, 3691
    Service-disabled veteran-owned businesses......................3683
    Small Business Innovation Research program...............3679, 3692
    Surety Bond Guarantee Program..................................3669
  Small Business Development Center Program revisions..............3686
  Small Business Innovation Research Program......147, 3666, 3679, 3692
  Small Business Technology Transfer Program........................148
  Small Disadvantaged Businesses:
    Acquisition regulations...................................776, 3754
    Electronic application.........................................3684
    Participation in DOT programs..................................2094
  Standards of conduct for SBA employees...........................3693
  Surety bond guarantee................................3665, 3669, 3671
  Testimony and production of records to OIG.......................3674
  Venture capital company ownership................................3666
Social security:
  See also Child welfare
           Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Unemployment compensation
  Administrative review process.....................................167
  Annual earnings test.............................................3728
  Assigning SSNs to F-1 students...................................3751
  Benefits for lawfully present aliens.............................1235
  Civil monetary penalties..........................................158
  Coverage of ministers, members of the clergy and Christian 
      Science practitioners........................................3752
  Coverage of residents in the Commonwealth of the Northern 
      Mariana Islands..............................................3752
  Debt collection...................................................151
  Denial of benefits to persons fleeing prosecution or custody, 
      or violating probation or parole..............................162
  Disability determinations:
    Digestive system...............................................3725
    Drug addiction or alcoholism...................................3742
    Exemption of work activity as basis for continuing disability 
        review......................................................152
    Genito-urinary tract...........................................3739
    Hematological disorders........................................3746
    Immune system...................................................153
    Medical equivalence policy.....................................3702
    Mental disorders...............................................3745
    Multiple body systems..........................................3726
    Neurological...................................................3741
    Optometrists as acceptable medical sources.....................3748
    Recontacting medical sources...................................3747
    Respiratory disorders..........................................3743
    Special senses.................................................3740
  Disability insurance program demonstration project...............3705
  Disability programs:
    Exclusion of representative and health care providers 
        convicted of violations....................................3732
    Self-Sufficiency Program........................................154
    Ticket to Work Program..........................................154
  Elimination of deemed military wages.............................3734
  Expedited reinstatement of disability benefits...................3724
  Federal Advisory Committee Act:
    Income consideration of persons working as committee members 
                                                                   3737
  Filing claims against SSA........................................3749
  Fraud:
    Nonpayable benefits for trial work period after fraud 
        conviction..................................................160
  HHS regulation migration to SSA..................................3697
  Liability of representative payees for overpayments to deceased 
      recipients...................................................3712
  Medical-vocational guidelines....................................3727
  Privacy and disclosure of records and information............150, 163
  Recognition, disqualification and reinstatement of 
      representatives..............................................3721
  Recovery of benefit overpayments..................................168
  Reduced medical benefits due to private insurance coverage.......3710
  Representative payment procedures...........................159, 3750
  Standards of conduct of SSA employees............................3695
  Stepchild benefits...............................................3729
  Student Earned Income Exclusion...................................160
  Vocational rehabilitation services:
    Continuation of benefit payments to individuals participating 
        in a program................................................166
    Referral for services..........................................3730
  Work report receipts issuance.....................................160
Space transportation and exploration:
  Access to sensitive information..................................3476
  Acquisition regulations.....3471, 3477, 3485, 3486, 3487, 3488, 3489, 
                                                 3492, 3493, 3494, 3495
  Astronaut Health Care Provision..................................3473
  Availability of Agency records...................................3480
  Code of conduct for International Space Station crew.............3475
  Commercial space transportation:
    Licensing and safety requirements..............................2109
    Regulation revisions...........................................2129
  Cross-waiver of liability........................................3474
  Flight restrictions in the proximity of space flight operations
                                                                   2183
  Government property reporting requirements.......................3484
  Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook revisions........3469, 3483, 
                                                             3490, 3491
  Incidental take of marine mammals during rocket launch 
      operations....................................................614
  Income source rules..............................................2582
  Protection of human research subjects............................3479
  Research misconduct..............................................3482
  Science and Technology Scholarship...............................3472
  Small business contractor rights.................................3471
  Small business subcontracting plans..............................3470
  Small self-contained payloads....................................3481
  Wind tunnel use for industry development work....................3478
Students:
  Border commuter students...................................1425, 2069
  Student and Exchange Visitor Information System.......75, 1416, 1428, 
                                                                   2070
  Student Career Experience Program................................3545
  Student Exchange Visitor Information System................1417, 2068

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  Student FICA guidance............................................2782
  Student rights in research, experimental programs, and testing 
                                                                    858
Sugar:
  Marketing allotment regulations...................................209
  Program revisions.................................................211
  Reexport programs.................................................363
Suicide:
  Prevention program...............................................1866
Superfund:
  Cooperative agreements and State contracts.......................3389
  Reportable quantity adjustments for carbamates...................3388
Supplemental Security Income (SSI):
  Disability determinations:
    Cardiovascular impairments.....................................3706
    Digestive system...............................................3725
    Endocrine system and obesity...................................3694
    Exemption of work activity as basis for continuing disability 
        review......................................................152
    Genito-urinary tract...........................................3739
    Growth impairment..............................................3744
    Hematological disorders........................................3746
    Immune system...................................................153
    Malignant neoplastic diseases...................................164
    Multiple body systems..........................................3726
    Neurological...................................................3741
    Optometrists as acceptable medical sources.....................3748
    Special senses.................................................3740
  Expedited reinstatement of disability benefits...................3724
  Income:
    Deeming from ineligible parents...........................155, 3696
    Determination of...............................................3719
    Exclusions..........................................165, 3709, 3723
  Payment of past-due benefits.....................................3738
  Plans to achieve sulf-support for blind and disabled 
      individuals...................................................156
  Social Security Protection Act...................................3719
  Transfers of resources...........................................3703
  Trusts...........................................................3703
  Vocational rehabilitation services:
    Continuation of benefit payments to individuals participating 
        in a program................................................166
Surety bonds:
  Immigration surety bonds...................................1401, 1404
  Issuance by insurance companies..................................2472
  SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program....................3665, 3669, 3671
Surface mining:
  See also Coal
           Mine safety and health
  Coal:
    Abandoned coal refuse sites....................................1809
    Abandoned mine reclamation fees..........................1817, 1818
    State programs.................................................1815
  Indian lands.....................................................1813


                                   T

Taxes:
  See also Customs duties and inspection
           Excise taxes
           Income taxes
  Availability of TTB information..................................2480
  Brewery regulations..............................................2538
  Computation on large cigars......................................2481
  Escrow funds.....................................................2693
  Excise.....................................................2750, 2881
  Foreign trade....................................................2575
  Gift tax value determination.....................................2673
  Real estate taxes................................................3453
  Treasury Tax and Loan Program....................................2476
Teachers:
  Teacher Next Door housing sales program..........................1493
  Troops-to-Teachers program........................................859
Telecommunications:
  See also Radio
           Satellites
           Telephone
           Television
  Access charge reform.............................................3991
  Accounting requirements.....................................433, 3992
  Advanced telecommunications facilities and services..............3987
  Advanced wireless services.......................................3868
  Air-ground services on commercial airplanes......................3968
  ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................3992
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers............................................3988
  Bell Operating Companies and affiliates:
    Enhanced services..............................................3985
  Broadcast ownership rules review.................................3937
  Bundling customer premises equipment and enhanced services.......3997
  Communication intercepting devices................................517
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act...1950, 1951, 1952, 
                                                                   3948
  Competition matters..............................................3888
  Detariffing of interstate exchange access services...............3986
  Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems.....................3947, 3984
  Ex parte rules...................................................3888
  Extending wireless services to tribal lands......................3971
  GSA management policy............................................3452
  Installment payments for Personal Communications Services 
      licensees....................................................3958
  International services reporting requirements....................3906
  Interstate special access services...............................3995
  N11 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.............3978
  National Exchange Carrier Association petition...................3976
  North American Numbering Plan....................................3977
  Numbering Resource Optimization..................................3993
  Pole attachments.................................................3920
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1955
    Reporting requirements.........................................1954
  Relay services.......................................3852, 3853, 3857
  Rural areas..................................................427, 433
  RUS special equipment contract....................................429
  Service quality reporting........................................3990
  Telecommunications Act:
    Access charge reform...........................................3982
    Customer proprietary network information (CPNI)................3981
    Individuals with disabilities..................................3856
    Interstate pay-per-call and other information services.........3854
    Local competition provisions...................................3983
    Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers.................3855
    Universal service..............................................3979
  Toll-free service access codes...................................3980
  Unbundled network elements.......................................3994
  Universal service reform.........................................3991
Telephone:
  900-number service...............................................4077
  Access charge reform.......................................3982, 3991
  Accessibility of equipment and services to persons with 
      disabilities.................................................3856
  Accounting requirements..........................................3992
  Advanced telecommunications facilities and services..............3987
  Advertising......................................................4077
  ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................3992
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers............................................3988
  Customer proprietary network information.........................3981
  Detariffing of interstate exchange access services...............3986
  Dial Equipment Minutes Weighting Program.........................3979
  Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems.....................3947, 3984
  Enhanced services................................................3985
  International call-back service..................................3900

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  Interstate pay-per-call and other information services...........3854
  Local competition provisions of the Telecommunications Act.......3983
  N11 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.............3978
  North American Numbering Plan....................................3977
  Relay services.............................................3852, 3857
  Telemarketing Sales Rule.........................................4088
  Telephone Consumer Protection Act................................3859
  Toll free service access codes...................................3980
  Toll telephone service definition................................2737
  Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers...................3855
  Unbundling local exchange carriers...............................3989
  Universal Service..........................................3979, 3991
Television:
  See also Cable television
  Advertising......................................................3914
  Broadcast Auxiliary Services.....................................3869
  Children's programming.....................................3930, 3931
  Competitive availability of navigation devices...................3918
  Digital television service:
    Ancillary or supplemental use by non-commercial licensees......3927
    Broadcast content protection...................................3975
    Children's programming.........................................3930
    Conversion rules for low power television and television 
        translator stations........................................3938
    Review of conversion process...................................3928
  Direct broadcast public interest obligations.....................3929
  Emergency Alert System.....................................3861, 3862
  Filing of network affiliation contracts..........................3913
  Joint sales agreements...........................................3939
  Predicting broadcast television field strength...................3885
  Public interest information......................................3933
  Reallocation and service rules for the 698-746 MHz spectrum 
      band.........................................................3965
  Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act......................3924, 3940
  Service rules in UHF spectrum....................................3953
  Unlicensed operation in the broadcast bands......................3881
  Video programming accessibility............................3916, 3918
Terrorism:
  ``Serious adverse health consequences'' definition................997
  Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act..........................222
  Bioterrorism preparedness..................................54, 55, 56
  International Terrorism Victim Compensation Program..............1964
  Support Antiterrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act 
                                                                     70
  Terrorism Risk Insurance Program...............2383, 2384, 2423, 2424
Textiles:
  African Growth and Opportunity Act...............................2403
  Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act............................2405
  Customs regulations..............................................2425
  Flammability standards...........................................3819
  Trade agreements............................................466, 2396
Tires:
  Disposition of replaced tires....................................2302
  Pressure monitoring system........................................111
Tobacco:
  See also Cigars and cigarettes
  Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.........................2514
  Customs regulations..............................................2483
  Imported tobacco products........................175, 176, 2516, 2542
  In-transit stops without payment of tax..........................2489
  Inspection...................................................175, 176
  Marketing quotas.............................................191, 199
  Pesticide residue testing.........................................176
  Price support programs............................................199
  Products shipped from Puerto Rico................................2540
  Prohibited marks on products brought into the U.S................2537
  Regulations for tobacco products that are not in packages........2487
  Removal of products without payment of tax for use in law 
      enforcement activities.......................................2515
  Shipment of products without payment of tax......................2484
  Warehouse designation requirements................................186
Trade agreements:
  African Growth and Opportunity Act.........................2394, 2403
  Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act..................2402
  Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act............................2405
  Free Trade Agreements with Chile and Singapore.......786, 1230, 2408, 
                                                             2409, 3795
  North American Free Trade Agreement............1198, 2406, 2418, 2426
  Textile trade agreements....................................466, 2425
  Trade Agreements Act.............................................3796
  U. S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act................2396, 2400
Trade practices:
  Acquisition regulations..........................................3796
  Economic Development Administration...............................460
  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act............4084
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................4081
  Funeral industry.................................................4078
  Home insulation labeling and advertising.........................4080
  Ophthalmic practice..............................................4087
  Premerger notification rules.....................................4082
  Quarterly reporting requirements for international services 
      activity......................................................454
  Regulatory review................................................4075
  Telemarketing Sales Rule.........................................4088
  Telephone service................................................4077
  Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers...........................201
  Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers........................90, 91
Trademarks:
  Deposit account payments..........................................717
  Fees.........................................................705, 716
  Madrid Protocol rules.............................................718
  Mailing addresses for correspondence submission...................718
  Preventing importation of pirated audio-visual works.............2387
  Registration amendments and corrections...........................714
  Representation of others before the USPTO.........................706
  Rules of practice in inter partes proceedings before the 
      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board..............................703
  Trademark Electronic Application System......................704, 719
  US Patent and Trademark Office 21st Century Strategic Plan........707
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...............2102
  Acquisition regulations....................................2085, 3776
  Air pollution control conformity...........................3078, 3252
  Americans With Disabilities Act accessibility standards..........2093
  Civil penalties..................................................2278
  Debarment and suspension.........................................2091
  Disadvantaged business enterprise participation..................2094
  Drug and alcohol management information system reporting by 
      employers....................................................2105
  Drug and alcohol testing...................................2095, 2097
  Environmental review.............................................3213
  Equipment cleaning point source category effluent guidelines.....3396
  Explosive materials..............................................1903
  Hazard communication requirements................................2359
  Individuals with disabilities....................................3002
  Interstate ozone transport.......................................3207
  Maritime and land security directives and information circulars
                                                                   1364

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  Mentor/protege program for small businesses......................2099
  Privacy Act provisions...............................1367, 1382, 1391
  Sensitive security information for land modes....................1368
  Wildlife.........................................................1578
Travel:
  Anti-money laundering programs for travel agencies...............2435
  Customer identification programs for travel agents...............2432
Travel and transportation expenses:
  Deductions for members of Congress...............................2825
  FTR amendment..............................................3443, 3466
  Transportation services payments.................................3467
  VA beneficiary travel regulations................................2915
Treaties:
  See also Trade agreements
  Chemical Weapons Convention.......................................470
Tuberculosis:
  Bovine tuberculosis...............................................236
  Correctional management..........................................1864


                                   U

Unemployment compensation:
  Confidentiality and disclosure of State records..................1996
United States investments abroad:
  Foreign utilities................................................4211
Uranium:
  Mill sites..................................................898, 4146
Utilities:
  See also Electric utilities
           Natural gas
           Water supply
  Electronic filing of documents...................................4022
  Exemption for certain acquisitions.........................4198, 4211
  High energy cost rural community grants...........................430
  Market-based rates...............................................4030
  Rural Utilities Service:
    Accounting requirements for telecommunications borrowers........433
    Broadband grant program.........................................440
    Exemption of certain borrowers from controls....................434
    Homeland Security requirements..................................438
    Household water system program..................................439
    Operational controls............................................431
    Sale or transfer of capital assets..............................437
    Special equipment contract......................................429
    State nonmetropolitan median household income...................435
    Technical assistance grants.....................................432
    Water and wastewater grant program..............................441
  Standards of conduct for transmission providers..................4019


                                   V

Vegetables:
  Import regulations................................................218
  Phytosanitary certificates for imports............................234
Vessels:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Fishing vessels
           Marine safety
           Maritime carriers
           Navigation (water)
           Passenger vessels
  Accident reporting...............................................1265
  Alien crewman detention..........................................1353
  Anchorage area regulations.......................................1278
  Anchorage ground, safety zone and speed limit for Tongass 
      Narrows, AK..................................................1270
  Anti-money laundering program for businesses engaged in boat 
      sales........................................................2438
  Ballast water:
    Exchange guidelines............................................1296
    Management program.............................................1309
    Penalties for non-submission of management reports.............1308
  Coast Guard escort requirements............................1280, 1283
  Commercial diving operations.....................................1290
  Controlled substances............................................1905
  Discharge standards for Armed Forces vessels...............3393, 3420
  Discharge-removal equipment......................................1279
  Documentation....................................................2369
  Electronic Charting Display and Information System...............1294
  Emission standards:
    Marine tank vessel loading operations..........................3198
    Shipbuilding and ship repair surface coating...................3200
    Spark ignition marine vessels..................................3104
  Hull identification numbers......................................1310
  Lease financing for vessels engaged in coastwise trade.....1273, 2369
  Notification of arrival and departure............................1298
  Numbering system...........................................1265, 1274
  Outer Continental Shelf activities...............................1287
  Personal flotation device requirements.....................1263, 1313
  Pollution prevention equipment...................................1267
  Polychlorinated biphenyls containing.............................3308
  Port restrictions and fees:
    Japanese vessels...............................................4054
  Regattas and marine parades......................................1281
  Restricted areas.............................................816, 817
  Safety and security zone regulations.................1277, 1304, 1315
  Satellite earth stations.........................................3904
  Trading restrictions.............................................2377
  Traffic separation schemes.......................................1264
  Unauthorized entry into Cuban territorial waters.................1316
  Underwater surveys...............................................1311
  Vessel Traffic Service...........................................1300
Veterans:
  Acquisition regulations:
    Plain language revisions.......................................2944
  Additional disability or death caused by VA care or treatment 
                                                                   2960
  Adjudication and fiduciary regulations...2923, 2925, 2927, 2962, 2968
  Advanced health care planning....................................2946
  Affirmative action and nondiscrimination obligations of 
      contractors and subcontractors.........................1979, 1984
  Aggravation of a disability by active service....................2972
  Alaska Native veteran allotments.................................1826
  Appeals regulations:
    De novo review time limit......................................2961
    Delegations of authority.......................................2976
    Notice of Disagreement clarification...........................2977
    Obtaining evidence and curing procedural defects...............2990
  Beneficiary travel regulations...................................2915
  Burial benefits............................................2924, 2978
    Eligibility for surviving spouses who remarry and New 
        Philippine Scouts..........................................2991
    Survivors of Filipino veterans.................................2958
  Claims based on aggravation of nonservice-connected disability 
                                                                   2956
  Claims based on service in the Philippine Armed Forces...........2927
  Compensation and pension regulations:
    Bars, forfeiture and renouncement of benefits..................2940
    Concurrent receipt of military retired pay and disability 
        compensation...............................................2943
    Dependents.....................................................2936
    Duties of VA...................................................2929
    Elections of improved pension............................2930, 2939
    General evidence requirements, effective dates, revision of 
        decisions, and protection of existing ratings..............2938
    General provisions.............................................2933
    Payments and adjustments to payments.....................2926, 2941
    Payments to beneficiaries who are eligible for more than one 
        benefit....................................................2937
    Rights and responsibilities of claimants and beneficiaries.....2929
    Service-connected disability compensation......................2942
    Special and ancillary benefits for veterans, dependents and 
        survivors..................................................2931

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  Coordination of benefits with TRICARE.............................843
  Debt collection..................................................2992
  Dependency and indemnity compensation:
    Regulation amendment...........................................2935
    Surviving spouse's rates.......................................2932
  Disability ratings:
    Cardiovascular conditions......................................2964
    Eye, ear, and other sense organs...............................2955
    Hearing loss...................................................2985
    Hypertension...................................................2964
    Individual unemployability.....................................2954
    Multiple scars.................................................2966
    Respiratory disorders..........................................2964
  Education:
    Centralized certification of benefits..........................2919
    Educational Assistance Text Program............................2988
    Licensing and certification....................................2918
    Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty..........................2973, 2975
    Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve.....................2969, 2987
    Non-payment of VA educational assistance to fugitive felons 
                                                                   2971
    Survivors and dependents...........................2920, 2975, 2986
    Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act..................2965
    Veterans Programs Enhancement Act..............................2917
  Enrollment information updating form.............................2914
  Filipino veterans benefit improvements.....................2916, 2958
  Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program....................2984
  Housing assistance for disabled veterans.........................1462
  Jobs For Veterans Act................................2058, 2059, 3548
  Loan guaranty:
    Assistance to disabled veterans in acquiring specially 
        adapted housing............................................2921
    Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages.........................2967, 2979
    Pre-purchase counseling requirements...........................2959
    Regulation amendments....................................2922, 2963
  Medical benefits:
    Copayments for extended care services..........................2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

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  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

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    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
  DOL regulation...................................................1976
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
  Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment:
    SBA............................................................3678
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
  Hospice wage index...............................................1111
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1977
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
  Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
  Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
  Pay retention....................................................3610
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
  Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
  Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
  Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
  Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
  Tipped employees.................................................1977
  Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
  Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
  Financial test criteria..........................................3379
  Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
  Laboratory waste.................................................3381
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission standards.............................................3260
    MACT standards.................................................3086
  Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
  Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3372
  RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................3089
    Guideline revisions............................................3350
    Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
    Solid waste definition.........................................3377
    Tax regulations................................................2785
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
    Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
  Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
  Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
  Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
    Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
    Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417

[[Page 74402]]

    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
    Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
    Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
  Effluent guidelines:
    Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
    Coal mining....................................................1814
    Construction and development industry..........................3412
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
    Meat products point source category............................3414
    Program plan...................................................3415
    Recodification of..............................................3395
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
    Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
  NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
  Radon............................................................3428
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
  Trace metals criteria............................................3405
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
  Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
    Indian country waters..........................................3404
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................813
    Special events rule.............................................822
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
  Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
  Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
    Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
    Fecal contamination.............................................137
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
    Regulation revisions...........................................3434
    RUS program.....................................................439
    State underground injection control programs...................3433
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
    Total coliform rule............................................3431
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
    Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
  Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
  RUS grant program.................................................441
  Servicing loans and grants........................................428
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
  Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
  Imports...........................................................225
  Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
  Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
  Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
  Eagles...........................................................1576
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
    Transport of feathers..........................................1701
  Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
    Conservation education.........................................1568
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1647
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
  Exportation................................................1578, 1683
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
  Gray wolf........................................................1684
  Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
  Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
    Black carp.....................................................1583
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
    List revision..................................................1645
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
    Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
    Possession for educational purposes............................1569
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
  Permit procedures................................................1646
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
  Seabirds..........................................................582
  Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
  Transportation...................................................1578
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
  Land conservation planning.......................................1724
  Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
  Mosquito management..............................................1618
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
    Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
  Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
  Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
  Dried fruit wines................................................2519
  Honey wines......................................................2519
  Labeling regulations.............................................2549
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
  Sherry...........................................................2536
  Standards of fill................................................2479
  Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
  Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 
           2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 
           2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 
           2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 
                                                                   2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971

[[Page 74403]]

  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
    Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................324
                     Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas
            .................300es
    2982
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
    Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
    Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2950
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
    Priorities for medical services................................2981
    Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
  Protection of human research subjects............................2952
  Psychosis definition.............................................2957
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 
                                                                   1984
  Special ratings..................................................2934
  Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
  State homes......................................................2947
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
  Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program.......................................................166
  Referral for services............................................3730
  Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
  Amer