[Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions]
[Subject Index to the Unified Agenda]
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Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 93 / Monday, May 16, 2005 / Subject 
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Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 93 / Monday, May 16, 2005 / Subject 
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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.................................................2842
  Change in method definition......................................2445
  Cost accounting standards.............................617, 3465, 3635
  DOI cost recovery..........................................1720, 1733
  Employee stock ownership plan costs..............................3379
  FMS claims.................................................2331, 2332
  International accounting standards...............................4081
  Local exchange carrier requirements..............................3838
  Maritime mobile radio services...................................3741
  Mark-to-market accounting............................2487, 2582, 2587
  Requirements for RUS Telecommunications borrowers.................277
  Unallowable costs................................................3626
Acquisition regulations:
  See Government procurement
Additives:
  See Fuel additives
Administrative practice and procedure:
  See also Claims
           Environmental impact statements
           Freedom of information
           Privacy
  AID..............................................................2853
  Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau...................2381, 2382
  Coast Guard......................................................1210
  CSREES.............................................................86
  DFARS.............................................................626
  DOI..............................................................1448
  FTC..............................................................3917
  FWS..............................................................1458
  Hearing and appeal procedures:
    Aviation economic proceedings..................................1990
    BLM............................................................1731
    CNCS...........................................................2873
    DHS............................................................1095
    Medicare enrollment.............................................947
    NIGC...........................................................3960
    OHA............................................................1445
    OPM............................................................3423
    Peace Corps....................................................3491
    Treasury Department............................................2447
    USDA.............................................................25
  HUD..............................................................1355
  INS..............................................................1824
  IRS........................................................2441, 2618
  OPM..............................................................3403
  Peace Corps......................................................3492
  Rulemaking:
    GSA............................................................3298
    IRS............................................................2446
    USDA............................................................177
  SSA..............................................................3585
  USDA.........................................................107, 111
  VA...............................................................2842
Adoption and foster care:
  Administrative costs.............................................1045
  Alien siblings...................................................1158
  Intercountry adoptions.....................................1080, 1964
Advertising:
  Air travel.......................................................2003
  Alcoholic beverages........................................2345, 2392
  Home insulation..................................................3923
  Organic claims for alcoholic beverages...........................2389
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................3918
  Television.......................................................3759
    Screen size measurement........................................3922
  Unfair or deceptive practices....................................3930
Affirmative action plans:
  See Equal employment opportunity
Aged:
  See also Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  AOA rules revisions..............................................1049
  National Senior Service Corps....................................2877
  Nondiscrimination:
    GSA............................................................3303
    HUD............................................................1394
    NARA...........................................................3342
    SSA............................................................3590
  Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly...................1018
  Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program..........................121
Agricultural commodities:
  See also Commodity futures
           Crop insurance
           Fruits
           Grains
           Marketing quotas
           Price support programs
           Vegetables
  AID transactions...........................................2853, 2854
  California clingstone peach diversion program......................14
  Cargo preference regulations.....................................2257
  Commodity Credit Corporation:
    Debt collection and settlement regulations.......................28
    Export Credit Guarantee Program.................................203
    Noninsured crop disaster assistance program for tropical 
        crops........................................................31
    Quality samples program.........................................201
    Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers..........................29
    Warehouses for storage contracts.................................20
  Commodity Supplemental Food Program...............................137
  Cottonseed assistance program......................................37
  Country of origin labeling..........................................9
  Crop cotton classification services fees............................8
  Emerging markets program..........................................205
  Exports.................................................113, 204, 205
  Grains..................................................113, 114, 115
  Honey:
    Nonrecourse marketing assistance loan and loan deficiency 
        payment......................................................46
    Research and promotion program....................................5
  Imports............................................................81
  Karnal bunt compensation...........................................53
  Mark-to-market accounting........................................2587
  National Organic Program.........................................1, 6
  Nursery crops.....................................................110
  Ocean freight claims...............................................23
  Organic producers' exemption from paying assessments...............15
  Peanuts:
    Designated marketing associations................................32
  Plants genetically engineered to produce industrial compounds 
                                                                     65
  Quality Services Verification Program..............................12
  Quarantine and inspection services user fees.......................64
  Sales policies.....................................................33
  Standards.........................................................116
  State assessment collection........................................40
  Sugar:
    Reexport programs...............................................202

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  Tobacco:
    Inspection....................................................4, 17
    Marketing quotas.............................................41, 44
    Price support program............................................44
    Tobacco Quota Buyout Program.................................49, 50
    Warehouse designation requirements...............................43
Agricultural research:
  Funding requirements...............................................88
  Matching fund requirements at Land-Grant Institutions..............85
  Non-formula grant program administration...........................89
Agriculture:
  See also Agricultural commodities
           Agricultural research
           Food assistance programs
           Foods
           Forests and forest products
           Irrigation
           Pesticides and pests
           Rural areas
  Acquisition regulations...........................................293
  Administrative regulations...................................107, 111
  Biobased products..................................251, 252, 254, 292
  Conservation contract debt write-down..............................34
  Conservation program information confidentiality..............38, 287
  Conservation security program.....................................285
  Cost-sharing for animal and plant health emergency programs........73
  Disclosure of income tax return information to USDA..............2729
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program............................289
  Farm Bill of 2002:
    Assistance for livestock producers...............................24
    Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program.........257, 265, 268
    Energy efficiency improvements..................................269
    Renewable energy systems........................................269
    Rural Business Enterprise Grant program.........................271
  Farm income averaging regulations..........................2553, 2566
  Farm Service Agency:
    Appraisal updates for loan programs..............................19
    Debt collection and settlement regulations.......................28
    Disaster declaration and designation.............................30
    Environmental compliance regulation..............................26
    Interest assistance program......................................22
    Regulatory streamlining of direct farm loan programs.............21
    Selection of state and county committees.........................18
    Tobacco warehouse designation requirements.......................43
    Unauthorized assistance on guaranteed loans......................39
  Funding requirements for extension activities at Land-Grant 
      Institutions...............................................85, 87
  Guaranteed farm loan regulations...................................27
  Hatch Multistate Research Fund.....................................84
  Intermediary relending program....................................266
  National security emergency loans.................................258
  Nonprocurement regulations........................................253
  Secondary market pooling by fiscal transfer agent.................259
  Secondary market sales of guaranteed loans........................267
  Small Business Innovation Research Grants Program..................86
  Technical assistance and training..................................93
  Third-party vendor assistance.....................................290
  Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers............................29
  USDA Farmers Market................................................10
  Worker protection standards......................................3143
Aid to Families with Dependent Children:
  See Public assistance programs
AIDS:
  Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS......................1410
  NIH AIDS Research Loan Repayment Program..........................929
Air carriers:
  See also Air rates and fares
  Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of 
      aircraft from foreign areas..................................1220
  Advanced Qualification Program...................................2060
  Advertisement disclosure.........................................2003
  Air-ground telecommunications services...........................3814
  Animal transport incident reporting..............................2005
  Automatic external defibrillator power sources...................2080
  Aviation data requirements.......................................1984
  Cargo security...................................................1253
  Commuter air carrier registrations...............................1994
  Computer reservations systems regulations........................1995
  Continuing fitness determinations................................1985
  Crew manifest information........................................1226
  Enhanced security rules for foreign carriers.....................1246
  Fifth-freedom charters...........................................1993
  Flight deck officer program......................................1274
  Income source rules..............................................2444
  Lithium batteries transport prohibition..........................2239
  Noise certification standards....................................2045
  Passengers:
    Accommodations for deaf and hard of hearing individuals........1986
    Air transit program............................................1960
    Baggage limitation for travelers to Cuba........................327
    Manifest information.....................................1226, 1244
    Nondiscrimination..............................................1997
    Oxygen use.....................................................1983
    Passenger facility charge rule.................................2074
    Passenger Name Record information........................1232, 1256
    Security service fee...........................................1258
    Use of portable oxygen concentrator devices onboard............2051
  Pyrotechnic signaling devices....................................2076
  Seats, crashworthiness standards.................................2030
  Security compliance program for aircraft operators...............1265
  Security infrastructure fees.....................................1259
  Service difficulty reports.......................................2012
Air fares:
  See Air rates and fares
Air pollution control:
  See also Motor vehicle pollution
  Accidental release prevention..............................3051, 3052
  Acid Rain Program................................................2986
  Air quality modeling.............................................2991
  Air quality resources:
    Class I area designations......................................3056
  Air quality standards....................3017, 3053, 3054, 3075, 3093
  Alternative method approvals.....................................3112
  Ambient air quality monitoring.............................2908, 2927
  Best available retrofit technology...............................3008
  Boilers..........................................................3036
  Carbon monoxide..................................................3053
  Chemicals........................................................3159
  Chromium emissions...............................................3064
  Clean Air Act........................................2906, 2994, 2999
  Clean Air Interstate rule........................................2975
  Clean unit designation...........................................3113
  Combustion turbines..............................................3035
  Continuous parameter monitoring systems..........................2929
  Delisting hazardous pollutants.................2920, 2999, 3065, 3088
  Electric arc furnace.............................................3101
  Electric utility steam generating units..............3000, 3036, 3122
  Emission control diagnostic systems..............................2937
  Emission reporting requirements..................................2989
  Emissions from animal feeding operations.........................2948
  Emissions monitoring program...................2929, 2986, 2997, 3005
  Emissions standards:
    Aircraft engines...............................................3010
    Architectural coatings.........................................2956
    Coke ovens.........................................2907, 3037, 3102
    Component durability procedures................................2979
    Diesel engines and fuels.......................................2988
    Heavy-duty diesel trucks.......................................3019
    Hydrogen fluoride production...................................2907
    Locomotive engines.............................................2941

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    Marine diesel engines..........................................2941
    Navajo generating station................................3049, 3050
    New marine engines.............................................2907
    New motor vehicles.......................................2952, 3007
    Performance criteria...........................................2998
    Permit requirements............................................2907
    Radionuclides..................................................2990
    Semiconductor facilities.......................................2907
    Spark ignition marine vessels..................................2953
    Spark-ignition nonroad engines.................................2953
    Test procedures for highway and nonroad engines................3025
    VOC standards..................................................2922
  Emissions trades.................................................3073
  Flexible air permit rule.........................................2955
  Fuels and fuel additives....2904, 2928, 2931, 2949, 2957, 2971, 3012, 
                                                       3014, 3026, 3038
  Gas turbines.....................................................3065
  Gasoline anti-dumping program........................3006, 3011, 3015
  Hazardous air pollutants...........2999, 3046, 3055, 3078, 3116, 3175
  Indian reservations in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.............3110
  Inspection/maintenance programs............................3072, 3074
  Interstate transport of fine particulate matter......2973, 2977, 3016
  MACT standards.............................................2939, 3000
  Maintenance and repair activities................................2961
  Methyl bromide.............................................2938, 3047
  Mineral wool production..........................................3080
  Mobile sources.............................................2923, 3009
  Monitoring requirements..........................................3093
  NESHAP:
    Acrylic/modacrylic fiber production............................3084
    Aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities..................3057
    Asphalt processing and asphalt roofing manufacturing...........3018
    Autobody refinishing...........................................3098
    Brick and structural clay products manufacturing...............2974
    Cellulose products manufacturing...............................2936
    Clay ceramics industry.........................................3092
    Coating manufacturing..........................................3033
    Coke ovens.....................................................3037
    Defense land systems...........................................2968
    Elastomers...............................................3055, 3066
    Electric arc furnace manufacturing.............................2963
    Ethylene oxide...........................................2913, 2944
    Ethylene processes.............................................3003
    Ferroalloys production.........................................3079
    Gasoline distribution facilities.........................2914, 3095
    General provisions.......................................2964, 3002
    Glass manufacturing industry...................................3083
    Halogenated solvent cleaning...................................2918
    Hazardous Organic NESHAP.................................2921, 3103
    Hazardous waste combustion facilities..........................3218
    Hydrochloric acid production...................................2947
    Industrial inorganic chemicals manufacturing...................3087
    Industrial process cooling towers..............................2915
    Industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers and process 
        heaters..............................................2976, 3091
    Iron and steel foundries...........................2965, 2969, 3089
    Lead smelting..................................................3060
    Leather finishing..............................................3117
    Magnetic tape manufacturing....................................2919
    Marine tank vessel loading operations..........................3059
    Municipal solid waste landfills................................2943
    Nonferrous metals........................................2962, 3094
    Off-site waste and recovery operations residual risk standard
                                                                   2902
    Oil and natural gas production...........................2945, 3086
    Organic chemical manufacturing.................................2954
    Organic chemicals manufacturing................................3046
    Organic liquid distribution....................................3034
    Paint stripping................................................2942
    Perchloroethylene dry cleaning facilities......................2916
    Petroleum refineries.....................................3063, 3104
    Pharmaceuticals production...............................2959, 3082
    Plastic parts and products.....................................3097
    Plating and polishing..........................................3090
    Plywood and composite wood products manufacturing........2966, 2981
    Pollution prevention alternative compliance....................3002
    Polymers and resins................................3058, 3066, 3067
    Polyurethane foam production...................................3081
    Portland cement manufacturing industry.........................2912
    Predictive emission monitoring.................................2909
    Primary aluminum reduction plants..............................3001
    Printing and publishing industry.........................2911, 3062
    Refractory products manufacturing..............................3039
    Reinforced plastic composites..................................3021
    Secondary aluminum production..................................3121
    Shipbuilding and ship repair surface coating...................2917
    Site remediation...............................................2951
    Source categories..............................................3002
    Surface coating of automobiles and light-duty trucks...........2982
    Surface coating of metal cans..................................2950
    Synthetic organic chemicals....................................2921
    Taconite iron ore processing...................................2970
    Thermoplastics...........................................3055, 3067
    Total facility low risk determination for residual risk........2946
  New source performance standards...2967, 2992, 3035, 3036, 3096, 3101
  New source review..................2932, 2961, 2972, 3031, 3032, 3113
  New stationary sources...........................................2907
  Nitrogen oxides................................2986, 3004, 3024, 3242
  Opacity measurement of emissions...........................2993, 2997
  Operating permits..................2978, 3023, 3040, 3070, 3107, 3108
  Ozone and ozone precursors:
    8-hour standard............2934, 2980, 2995, 3020, 3077, 3114, 3115
    National ambient air quality standards......2980, 2995, 3017, 3077, 
                                                                   3114
    Protection of stratospheric ozone......913, 2901, 2924, 2925, 2935, 
           2938, 2958, 2960, 2983, 2987, 3022, 3027, 3028, 3029, 3030, 
                                     3047, 3085, 3109, 3118, 3119, 3120
    Transport..................2973, 2977, 2984, 3004, 3044, 3068, 3100
  Particulate matter...............................................2903
  PCB manufacturing................................................3170
  Performance Track program..................................3236, 3238
  Performance-based measurement system for fuels...................2930
  Plantwide Applicability Limit....................................2932
  Plywood and composite wood products manufacturing................2966
  Polymer exemption rule...........................................3146
  Prevention of significant deterioration.......2932, 2961, 2972, 3031, 
                                                                   3113
  Project XL.................................................2888, 2895
  Reciprocating internal combustion engines..................2967, 3096
  Risk management plans:
    List of substances.............................................3052
    Public access to information...................................3051
  Solid waste incinerators.........................................2992
  Source category list.............................................3078
  State implementation plans...........................2933, 2995, 3045
  Sulfur oxides..............................................2926, 3054
  Synthetic organic chemicals manufacturing........................2996
  Transportation conformity............................3042, 3043, 3114
  Volatile organic compounds...2900, 2922, 2940, 2996, 3041, 3099, 3111
  Voluntary superior monitoring....................................3076
  Wood furniture industry..........................................3061
Air rates and fares:
  Aviation data requirements.......................................1984
Air safety:
  See Aviation safety
Air tariffs:
  See Air rates and fares

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Air traffic control:
  Emergency security control........................................592
  Retirement coverage of air traffic controllers...................3450
  Waiver of mandatory separation age for air traffic controllers 
                                                                   2047
Air transportation:
  See also Air carriers
           Air rates and fares
           Aircraft
           Airmen
           Airports
           Airspace
           Aviation safety
           Navigation (air)
  Aviation economics...............................................1990
  Electronic presentation of cargo data............................1234
  Excise taxes...............................................2443, 2633
  Hazardous substances.............................................2229
  Nondiscrimination................................................1997
  Small business size standards....................................3529
Aircraft:
  Aging aircraft...................................................2049
  Aircraft parts...................................................2033
  Airworthiness directives and standards........2009, 2017, 2018, 2026, 
                                                       2027, 2028, 2065
  Anti-money laundering program for businesses engaged in 
      airplane sales...............................................2308
  Area navigation..................................................2041
  Aviation Radio Service...........................................3820
  Certification procedures for products and parts..................2006
  Child restraint systems....................................2019, 2063
  Cockpit voice recorder requirements..............................2064
  Electrical and electronic system standards.......................2011
  Exhaust emissions standard for engines...........................3010
  Export licensing jurisdiction.....................................352
  Extended operations of multi-engine airplanes....................2046
  Flight data recorder regulations...........................2036, 2064
  Float plane take-off and landing.................................1177
  Foreign civil aircraft...........................................2001
  Fuel tank safety.................................................2049
  Halon-1301 fire extinguishing vessels............................3027
  Hazardous material recognition training..........................2035
  Hazardous material transportation................................2241
  Improved seats retrofit..........................................2030
  Maintenance:
    Aging aircraft...........................................2010, 2067
    Bilateral agreements with Canada...............................2048
  Noise requirements...............................................2039
  Ownership transfer notification..................................2066
  Private charter security rules...................................1262
  Propeller-driven small airplane noise certification........2039, 2050
  Registration regulations.........................................2078
  Repair stations:
    Employee training programs.....................................2081
    Ratings and quality system.....................................2022
    Security requirements..........................................1271
  Rotorcraft.......................................................2009
  Sale of DOD aircraft to persons providing oil spill response 
      service.......................................................609
  Security programs for aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or more 
                                                                   1261
  Special flight operations:
    Carriage of candidates in Federal elections....................2073
  Transponders...............................................2031, 2040
  Transport category:
    Airworthiness directives and standards.......2008, 2013, 2025, 2055
    Crew discreet alerting systems.................................2014
    Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures..................2068
    Flight deck door monitoring....................................2014
    Flight guidance systems........................................2055
    Flightdeck design..............................................2079
    Flightdeck security considerations on foreign operated 
        airplanes............................................2070, 2072
    Fuel tank flammability reduction...............................2016
    Performance and handling qualities in icing conditions.........2013
Aircraft pilots:
  See Airmen
Airlines:
  See Air carriers
Airmen:
  Counterfeit-resistant certification requirements.................2066
  Criminal history background checks...............................1267
  Drug abuse.......................................................2061
  Drug or alcohol test refusal.....................................2043
  Flight training for aliens.................................1270, 1280
  Picture identification requirements..............................2071
  Rest and duty requirements.......................................2062
  Second-in-command type rating....................................2053
  Security disqualifications.......................................2044
Airplanes:
  See Aircraft
Airports:
  Accommodations for deaf and hard of hearing individuals..........1986
  Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of 
      aircraft from foreign areas..................................1220
  Chicago O'Hare International Airport:
    Congestion and delay reduction.................................2057
    Limitations for unscheduled operations.........................2056
  Concessions:
    Disadvantaged business enterprise participation..........1989, 2004
  Criminal history background checks for escorted access...........1263
  Criminal history background checks for operators.................1267
  Customs security area access.....................................1230
  Effluent limitations for deicing operations......................3267
  Enhanced security procedures within the Washington, DC 
      Metropolitan Area Flight Restricted Zone.....................1272
  Noise compatibility regulations..................................2052
  Private land mobile radio services...............................3818
  Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:
    Commuter aircraft definition...................................2059
  Security compliance program......................................1266
  Small business size standards....................................3529
Airspace:
  Grand Canyon National Park.......................................2069
  Minimum flight altitudes and restrictions in the vicinity of 
      certain sports events........................................2075
  NOAA overflight regulation........................................562
  Regulations, routine issue of....................................2029
  Use and preservation of..........................................2007
  Washington, DC metropolitan area.................................2015
Airways:
  See Airspace
Airworthiness directives and standards:
  See Aircraft
Alaska Natives:
  See Indians
Alcohol abuse:
  Airmen testing...................................................2043
  Aviation personnel...............................................2038
  Testing following marine incident................................1178
  Transportation workplace testing...........................1992, 2002
Alcohol and alcoholic beverages:
  See also Beer
           Liquors
           Wine
  Advertising regulations..........................................2345
  Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.........................2381
  Distilled spirits plant regulations..............................2356
  Flavored malt beverages..........................................2406
  Import and export regulations....................................2351
  Labeling regulations.......................................2345, 2346
  Organic claims in labeling and advertising.......................2389

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  Specially denatured alcohol regulations..........................2351
  Standards of fill................................................2348
  Taxpaid distilled spirits used to manufacture nonbeverage 
      products.....................................................2359
  TTB Bulletin regulations.........................................2382
Aliens:
  See also Citizenship and naturalization
           Immigration
           Refugees
  Address notification.............................................1287
  Adjustment of status...1082, 1102, 1113, 1115, 1121, 1122, 1125, 1128
  Adoption of alien siblings.......................................1158
  Affidavit of support.......................................1101, 1831
  Air transit program..............................................1960
  American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act.....1083, 1772
  Arriving aliens definition.......................................1240
  Asylum...........................................................1114
    Claims made at land border ports-of-entry................1159, 1833
    Dismissal of application.......................................1076
    Numerical limit on grants......................................1817
  Battered and abused spouses and children...................1099, 1815
  Border crossing cards:
    Elimination of.................................................1228
    Identification documents.......................................1972
  Children:
    Care and placement of unaccompanied children...................1042
    Certificate of citizenship application.........................1117
    Child Status Protection Act..............................1140, 1956
  Civil surgeon program............................................1088
  Conditional residents:
    Termination of marriage........................................1108
  Consent to reapply for admission after removal...................1085
  Countries to which aliens may be removed.............1314, 1315, 1834
  Criminal convictions:
    Early release for removal of aliens in custody for nonviolent 
        offenses...................................................1283
  Custody procedures.........................................1286, 1827
  Deportability and inadmissibility on public charge grounds.......1106
  Deportation proceedings:
    Power of Attorney General......................................1284
    Suspension.........................................1104, 1815, 1819
  Detention of aliens subject to final orders of removal...........1285
  Diversity visas..................................................1965
  Documentary requirements for returning temporary residents.......1130
  Duty to surrender when ordered removed from the United States 
                                                                   1829
  Employment:
    EB-5 classification......................................1139, 1828
    Eligibility for certain scientists and engineers...............1146
    Eligibility pilot program......................................1149
    Eligibility verification.................................1134, 1973
    Employer sanctions.............................................1303
    International broadcasters.....................................1119
    Labor certification process..................1097, 1886, 1891, 1893
    Labor condition applications.............................1883, 1892
    Post-adjudication audits of H-2B petitions.....................1890
    Premium processing service for petitions and applications......1120
    Temporary employment of foreign professionals on H-1B1 visas 
                                                             1883, 1892
    Temporary nonagricultural services or labor..............1156, 1161
    Verification documents.........................................1154
  Evidence processing timeframe....................................1145
  Exchange visitors:
    Duration of program participation for professors and research 
        scholars...................................................1970
    Student and Exchange Visitor Information System...1289, 1292, 1299, 
                                                 1300, 1313, 1962, 1978
    Waiver of two-year foreign residence requirement...............1086
  Extension of time limit on admission of Mexican nationals........1236
  Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry..............1229
  Fingerprinting.......................................1103, 1110, 1957
  Firearm purchase requirements....................................1782
  Flight training............................................1270, 1280
  Good conduct time for prisoners..................................1760
  H-1B petition fees.........................................1153, 1160
  Health care workers........................................1151, 1963
  Illegal entry....................................................1087
  Inadmissability..................................................1072
    Criminal grounds.........................................1091, 1092
    Former U.S. citizens who renounced citizenship to avoid 
        taxation...................................................1078
    Unlawful voters................................................1971
  Inspection and expedited removal.................................1238
  International-to-International Program...........................1223
  Juveniles........................................................1074
  Legal Immigration Family Equity Act........................1122, 1124
  Medical examination requirements.................................1088
  Medical grounds of inadmissibility and waivers...................1089
  National interest waivers for physicians.........................1111
  NATO civilian employees..........................................1077
  Non-deportation agreement........................................1304
  Nonimmigrant classes:
    Academic honoraria for B visa status...........................1116
    Actuaries......................................................1157
    Admission requirements.........................................1132
    Application processing fee exemption...........................1981
    Automatic voiding..............................................1087
    Border commuter students.................................1297, 1977
    Change of status prior to pursuing a course of study...........1131
    Construction work by B visitors................................1084
    Denial of applications by schools for approval to enroll 
        students...................................................1294
    Documentation of professionals.................................1966
    Duration of status limitations.................................1291
    Eliminating numerical cap on Mexican TN visas..................1141
    Fees for F, J, and M classes...................................1312
    Firearm prohibitions.....................................1784, 1790
    K classification...............................................1124
    Law enforcement initiatives....................................1309
    Nurses...................................................1112, 1889
    Petitioning requirements.......................................1147
    Plant pathologists.............................................1157
    Reduced course load for students at border communities.........1293
    Registration and monitoring policies...........................1290
    Revocation of visas............................................1308
    Spouses and children of lawful permanent residents.............1123
    Student and Exchange Visitor Information System................1978
    Student and Exchange Visitor Program school recertification 
                                                             1299, 1300
    Suspension of employment authorization requirements for F-1 
        students...................................................1295
    Temporary visitor for business (B-1) classification............1096
    Temporary workers............................1148, 1156, 1161, 1878
    Victims of trafficking or criminal activity........1126, 1127, 1129
    Visa exemption for nationals of the British Virgin Islands 
        entering the U.S. through St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
                                                                   1242
  Parole authority.................................................1310
  Permanent resident status..................................1098, 1118
  Powers and duties of service officers............................1825
  Public access to information.....................................1979
  Refugee status...................................................1107
    Numerical limit on admissions..................................1817
  Registration requirements..................................1134, 1144
  Religious workers................................................1075
  Removal of visa and passport waiver for residents of Canada and 
      Bermuda......................................................1241

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  Removal orders.............................................1282, 1301
  Removal proceedings............................1238, 1825, 1826, 1830
  Reporting requirements for deposit interest paid to 
      nonresidents.................................................2616
  Social security regulations:
    Additional insured status requirements for workers.............3571
    Benefits for lawfully present aliens...........................1100
    Nonpayment of benefits upon notification of deportation or 
        removal from US............................................3604
  Syrian nationals.................................................1125
  Temporary protected status.................................1152, 1155
  Trafficking victims........................................1305, 1974
  Transit without visa.............................................1223
  United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology 
      Program................................................1217, 1218
  Unlawful presence................................................1087
  Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act................................1083
  Visa Waiver Program..............................................1237
  Waiver of fees...................................................1081
Alimony:
  See Child support
Amateur radio service:
  See Radio
American Indians:
  See Indians
Ammunition:
  See Arms and munitions
Anchorage grounds:
  See Harbors
Animal diseases:
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy........69, 72, 76, 79, 191, 866, 894
  Bovine tuberculosis............................................52, 70
  Chronic wasting disease in elk and deer............................58
  Cost-sharing for emergency programs................................73
  Foot-and-mouth disease.........................................57, 71
Animal drugs:
  Designation for minor use and minor species.......................870
  Registration and listing requirements.............................843
  Supplements regulations...........................................897
  Use of materials derived from cattle.........................908, 914
Animal feeds:
  See Animal drugs
Animal welfare:
  Air transport incident reporting.................................2005
  Biological agents and toxins list..................................80
  Definition of animal...............................................75
  Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2277
  Marine mammals.....51, 456, 457, 460, 498, 500, 556, 557, 1495, 1513, 
                                                 1543, 1558, 1578, 1686
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research 
      chimpanzees...................................................937
  Transportation on international carriers.........................1452
Animals:
  See also Animal diseases
           Animal drugs
           Animal welfare
           Livestock
           Wildlife
  Air emissions from feeding operations............................2948
  Imports:
    Dog and Cat Protection Act.....................................2277
  Transgenic.......................................................3181
Annuities:
  See Pensions
Antidumping:
  Baseline recalculation for downstream oxygenate addition.........3015
  Certification of factual information..............................311
  Sunset reviews....................................................306
Antiquities:
  See Historic preservation
Appeal procedures:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Appliances:
  See Household appliances
Archaeology:
  See Historic preservation
Architectural barriers:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Archives and records:
  See also Classified information
           Freedom of information
           Health records
           Privacy
           Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
  NARA:
    Classified national security information.......................3346
    Declassification of national security information..............3343
    Electronic mail................................................3348
    Facility locations and hours...................................3350
    Federal records management.........................3337, 3349, 3354
    Freedom of information...................................3344, 3352
    National Historical Publications and Records Commission Grant 
        Program....................................................3345
    National Industrial Security Program...........................3341
    Nondiscrimination..................................3336, 3338, 3342
    Presidential library facilities................................3351
    Presidential Records Act regulations...........................3353
    Standards for records storage facilities.......................3347
    Testimony by employees and production of records in legal 
        proceedings................................................3339
    Use of meeting rooms and public space..........................3340
  TTB Bulletin regulations.........................................2382
Armed forces:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
           Military personnel
           Selective Service System
  Armed services exchange regulations...............................590
  Army:
    Flood control cost-sharing requirements.........................733
    Freedom of Information Act provisions...........................721
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking..................729
    Danger zones...............................................737, 738
    Environmental quality requirements..............................731
    ESA scope of analysis...........................................732
    Nationwide Permit Program regulations...........................730
    Protection of historic properties...............................728
    Special events rule.............................................734
  CHAMPUS........................743, 744, 745, 746, 747, 748, 749, 752
    TRICARE......741, 742, 750, 751, 753, 754, 755, 756, 757, 758, 759, 
                                                                    761
  Coast Guard:
    Acquisition regulations........................................3631
    Ballast water discharge standards..............................1206
    Cargo securing.................................................1203
    Commercial diving operations...................................1201
    Deep water ports...............................................1200
    Dry cargo residue on the Great Lakes...........................1213
    Escort requirements for vessels in U.S. waters...........1189, 1193
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1195, 1204
    Maritime education and training..........................2252, 2254
    Merchant mariners............................1183, 1211, 2255, 2259
    Notifications of arrival or departure..........................1208
    Numbering of undocumented barges...............................1197
    Pollution prevention equipment.................................1169
    Propeller injury prevention....................................1205
    Regulated navigation areas.....................................1194
    Restricted areas...........................................735, 736
    Rules of practice..............................................1210
    Safety and security zone regulations.....................1186, 1212
    Vessel response plans for oil......................1196, 1199, 1204
    Whistleblower protection.......................................1209
  Criminal jurisdiction over service members and civilians 
      employed by or accompanying the Armed Forces outside the US
                                                                    611
  Discharge standards for vessels..................................3250

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  Incidental take of migratory birds during military readiness.....1536
  Navy:
    Deferment of service obligations of midshipmen recipients of 
        scholarships or fellowships................................2260
    Incidental taking of marine mammals during military readiness 
        activities.............................................500, 556
    Maritime education and training..........................2252, 2254
    Release of official information for litigation purposes and 
        testimony by personnel......................................739
    Shipbuilding capability preservation agreements.................740
  Reemployment.....................................................3397
  Selected Reserve:
    TRICARE.........................................................760
  Selective service regulation.....................................3510
Arms and munitions:
  Brady Bill regulations...........................................1789
  Carriage of concealed weapons by law enforcement officers........1840
  Commerce in................................................1779, 1787
  DOD contractors' safety manual....................................589
  Explosives and small arms manufacturing safety regulations.......1937
  Explosives safety..........................................1780, 1786
  Export controls.....................316, 320, 334, 355, 358, 360, 376
  International Traffic in Arms Regulations........................1969
  Nonimmigrant alien prohibitions............................1784, 1790
  Pistol definition................................................1788
  Propellant actuated device definition............................1776
  Residency requirements for purchasers............................1782
  Response site prioritization protocol.............................607
  Secure gun storage...............................................1785
Arts and crafts:
  See Indians-arts and crafts
Asbestos:
  Environmental differential pay for exposure......................3428
  Exposure limit...................................................1912
  Model accreditation plan.........................................3166
Asylum:
  See Immigration
Atomic energy:
  See Nuclear energy
Attorneys:
  See Lawyers
Auditing:
  See Accounting
Authority delegations:
  Banks............................................................2301
  CFTC.............................................................3662
  Civil penalty issuance...........................................1832
  DHS........................................................1066, 1306
  DOD Mentor-Protege Agreements...............................704, 3641
  FCC..............................................................3800
  FERC.............................................................3885
  Forest Service....................................................240
  Immigration judges...............................................1832
  INS..............................................................1820
  IRS..............................................................2618
  Personnel and general claims settlement...........................600
  VA...............................................................2850
Automatic data processing:
  See Computer technology
Automobiles:
  See Motor vehicles
Aviation safety:
  Aging aircraft.......................................2010, 2049, 2067
  Air tour and sightseeing operations..............................2032
  Aircraft improved seats retrofit.................................2030
  Airworthiness directives and standards...2009, 2017, 2018, 2027, 2065
  Antidrug and alcohol misuse prevention programs..................2038
  Aviation Security Infrastructure Fee.............................1248
  Cargo security...................................................1253
  Civil aviation security rules....................................1260
  Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures....................2068
  Flight guidance systems..........................................2055
  Flight rules...............................................2026, 2028
  Flight simulation device qualification...........................2037
  Flightdeck officer program.......................................1274
  Flightdeck security considerations on foreign operated 
      airplanes..............................................2070, 2072
  Moutainous area designation in Alaska............................2077
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................1983
  Performance and handling qualities in icing conditions...........2013
  Pilot rest and duty requirements.................................2062
  Quality control in procurement of items...........................667
  Secure Flight Program............................................1251
  Security awareness training for flight school employees..........1270
  Security compliance program for aircraft operators...............1265
  Security programs for aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or more 
                                                                   1261
  Security threat assessment for certificate holders and 
      applicants...................................................1249
  Transponder requirement....................................2031, 2040


                                   B

Baggage:
  See Freight
Balloons:
  See Aircraft
Bank deposit insurance:
  Assessments................................................3844, 3859
  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act............3929
  Filing procedures for state nonmember banks......................3847
  Privacy notices..................................................3857
  Regulatory publication and review................................3855
  Risk-based guidelines............................................3846
  Securities disclosure regulations for State nonmember banks......3851
Bankruptcy:
  RCRA financial responsibility....................................3232
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..................................3850
  Automated Clearinghouse regulations..............................2335
  Bank Secrecy Act......2301, 2305, 2306, 2307, 2308, 2309, 2310, 2311, 
           2315, 2321, 2322, 2323, 2324, 2325, 2326, 2327, 2328, 2329, 
                                                                   2330
  Basel Capital Accord.............................................2417
  Broker-dealer registration requirements..........................4061
  Capital........................................2769, 2770, 3902, 3909
  Capital treatment of asset-backed commercial paper programs......3916
  Checks drawn on the U.S. Treasury................................2343
  Civil money penalties............................................2780
  Community Reinvestment Act regulations........2419, 2430, 2777, 2779, 
                                                 3854, 3856, 3858, 3915
  Cross-border transportation of negotiable instruments............2309
  Customer identification program............................2303, 2313
  Deposit definition...............................................3848
  Due diligence requirements.......................................2312
  Electronic funds transfer..................................3314, 3906
  Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act............3850, 3912, 3926
    Affiliate marketing regulations................................2422
    Identity theft protection................................2416, 2772
    Proper disposal of consumer information..................2429, 2778
  Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations...2421, 2773, 2774, 3845, 3849, 
                                                             3910, 3911

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  Farm credit:
    Assessment and apportionment of administrative expenses........3697
    Borrower rights................................................3693
    Capital adequacy...............................................3696
    Disclosure and reporting requirements....................3681, 3689
    Funding and fiscal affairs.........................3687, 3692, 3696
    Golden parachute and indemnification payments..................3699
    Governance of institutions.....................................3689
    Investments, liquidity and divestiture requirements............3691
    Loan policies and operations.......................3687, 3692, 3696
    Mission-related investments....................................3695
    Preferred stock issuance.......................................3690
    Priority of claims.............................................3680
    Receivership repudiation authorities...........................3685
    Scope of financing regulations.................................3684
    Termination regulations........................................3686
  FBI authority to exchange criminal history record information 
                                                                   1835
  Financial crimes enforcement network.......................2314, 2317
  Financial institutions:
    Payment service providers......................................2287
    Reporting requirements for deposit interest paid to 
        nonresident aliens.........................................2616
  Financial record information furnished to DOD................594, 595
  Financial subsidiaries.....................................2288, 2289
  Holding companies..................3902, 3903, 3904, 3908, 3913, 4017
  Information furnished to consumer reporting agencies.............2426
  International banking regulations................................3860
  Market risk measure..............................................3853
  Money laundering deterrents.......2305, 2306, 2307, 2308, 2315, 2318, 
           2319, 2320, 2321, 2322, 2323, 2324, 2325, 2326, 2327, 2328, 
                                                                   2329
  Privacy notices......................................2425, 3857, 3920
  Privacy of financial records and information.....................1069
  Regulation W provisions..........................................3847
  Risk-based capital standards...................2769, 2770, 3853, 3909
  Securities borrowing transactions..........................2423, 3853
  Securities brokers and dealers:
    Qualifications for banks and securities representatives........3852
    Recordkeeping requirements.....................................2424
    SEC exemptions.................................................4066
  Special measures against the Commercial Bank of Syria............2318
  State banks:
    Membership in the Federal Reserve System....3901, 3902, 3904, 3907, 
                                                                   3908
  Stored value cards...............................................3848
  Thrift institutions..............................................4047
  Truth in lending.................................................3914
  Truth in savings.................................................3905
  Unauthorized access to customer information..........2431, 2781, 3861
Barges:
  See Cargo vessels
Barrels:
  See Packaging and containers
Beef:
  See Livestock
      Meat and meat products
Beer:
  Alternating brewery proprietorship...............................2352
  Flavored malt beverages..........................................2406
  Labeling and advertising regulations.............................2392
  TTB brewery regulations revisions................................2344
Beverages:
  See Alcohol and alcoholic beverages
Biologics:
  See also Blood
  Adverse event reporting............................................56
  Bacterial vaccines and toxoids....................................898
  Biological agents and toxins list.............................80, 838
  Exports...........................................................326
  Labeling.....................................................851, 871
  Registration and listing requirements.............................843
  Revocation of Group A Streptococcus...............................856
  Safety reporting requirements.....................................872
  Smallpox vaccine:
    Injury compensation program.....................................922
    Injury table....................................................921
  Standardized electronic study data................................845
  User fees for influenza vaccine services..........................839
  Vaccination clinic establishment..................................839
  Vaccine Injury Compensation Program..........................918, 926
Birds:
  See Wildlife
Blind:
  See Medicaid
      Public assistance programs
      Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Blood:
  Current good manufacturing practices..............................874
  Hepatitis C virus.................................................874
  Hospital conditions of participation..............................977
  Labeling and storage requirements.................................888
  Regulation amendments.............................................858
Boats and boating safety:
  See Marine safety
      Navigation (water)
Bonding:
  See Surety bonds
Bonds:
  Continuous bond program..........................................2265
  Fidelity and forgery bonds........................................708
  Immigration surety bonds...................................1281, 1307
  Interest payments on cancelled cash bonds........................1279
  Multi-family housing bonds.......................................2739
  Municipal........................................................2690
  Private activity.................................................2585
  Qualified zone academy bonds.....................................2655
  Refunding issue..................................................2719
  SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program....................3511, 3518, 3520
  Surety bond issuance.............................................2342
Borders:
  See International boundaries
Bridges:
  Discretionary bridge candidate rating factor.....................2085
  Drawbridge operation.......................................1180, 1192
  National Bridge Inspection Standards.............................2086
Broadcasting:
  See Radio
      Television
Brokers:
  Annuity broker qualifications....................................1846
  Net capital requirements.........................................4065
  Not deemed to be investment advisers.............................4056
  Quotation requirements...........................................4077
  Registration requirements for banks..............................4061
Buildings:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
  Access for individuals with disabilities.........................2864
  Asbestos.........................................................3166
Buses:
  See also Motor carriers
           Motor vehicles
  School:
    Operations.....................................................2216

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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..............................3084
  Aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities:
    Air pollution control..........................................3057
  Airport concessions:
    Disadvantaged business enterprise participation................2004
  Asphalt processing and asphalt roofing manufacturing.............3018
  Assumption of liabilities in corporate transactions..............2458
  Autobody refinishing.............................................3098
  Brick and structural clay products manufacturing.................2974
  Cellulose products manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................2936
  Cement manufacturing industry....................................2912
  Chemicals:
    Air pollution control..........................................2996
    Control of PMNs................................................3173
    Hazardous wastes listing.......................................3237
    Manufacture..................................3156, 3157, 3172, 3178
    Pollution standards............................................3170
  Clay ceramics industry...........................................3092
  Coating manufacturing............................................3033
  Commercial diving operations.....................................1201
  Construction:
    Aliens working during stay.....................................1084
  Effluent guidelines..............................................3266
  Electric arc furnace manufacturing...............................2963
  Entertainment industry...........................................2593
  EPA operating permits......................................3070, 3107
  Financing cooperative stock.......................................256
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................3924
  Glass manufacturing industry.....................................3083
  Hydrochloric acid production.....................................2947
  Industrial inorganic chemicals manufacturing.....................3087
  Iron and steel foundries.......................2965, 2969, 3089, 3253
  Leather finishing NESHAP.........................................3117
  Motor vehicle manufacturing:
    Fuel economy credits...........................................2176
  Organic chemical manufacturing...................................2954
  Organic chemicals manufacturing..................................3046
  Paint stripping..................................................2942
  Perchloroethylene dry cleaning facilities:
    Air pollution control..........................................2916
  Pharmaceuticals..................................................2959
    Air pollution control..........................................3082
  Plastic parts and products.......................................3097
  Plating and polishing............................................3090
  Plywood and composite wood products manufacturing..........2966, 2981
  Polyurethane foam production:
    Air pollution control..........................................3081
  Printing and publishing....................................2911, 3062
  Pulp, paper and paperboard:
    Effluent limitations...........................................3257
  Refractory products manufacturing................................3039
  Secondary aluminum production....................................3121
  Surface coating of metal cans....................................2950
  Taconite iron ore processing.....................................2970
  Wood furniture industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3061


                                   C

Cable television:
  Cable Act reform.................................................3762
  Cost of service..................................................3756
  Customer service standards.......................................3757
  Digital must carry requirements..................................3766
  Home wiring rights...............................................3760
  Horizontal ownership limits......................................3767
  Pole attachments.................................................3765
  Rates............................................................3755
Cancer:
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................2893
  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................1896
Cargo:
  See Freight
Cargo vessels:
  See also Maritime carriers
  Barges:
    Launch barge waiver program....................................2253
    Load line requirements.........................................1175
    Numbering of undocumented barges...............................1197
  Cargo securing on vessels in U.S. waters.........................1203
  Dangerous cargo notification of arrival....................1184, 1214
  Deepwater port regulations.......................................1200
  Dry cargo residue on the Great Lakes.............................1213
  Manifest discrepancy reports.....................................1222
  Pressure monitoring devices......................................1185
  Tank level devices...............................................1185
  Tank vessels:
    Escorts..................................................1189, 1193
    Response plans.....................................1196, 1199, 1204
Cemeteries:
  VA burial benefits.........................................2789, 2851
Census data:
  2010 Census Redistricting Data Program............................303
  Cutoff dates for recognition of boundary changes..................300
  Disclosure of income tax return information................2728, 2767
Cereals (commodity):
  See Grains
CHAMPUS:
  Claimcheck denials appeals process................................747
  Dental benefits under retiree dental program......................751
  Double coverage...................................................746
  Dual compensation/conflict of interest provision..................744
  Hospital payment for ambulatory care..............................743
  Individual Case Management Program................................749
  Methodology for coverage of NIH-sponsored clinical trials.........748
  Prosthetic devices coverage.......................................745
  Regulation amendments.............................................752
  TRICARE...741, 742, 750, 751, 753, 754, 755, 756, 757, 758, 759, 760, 
                                                                    761
Charter buses:
  See Buses
      Motor carriers
      Motor vehicles
Checks:
  See Banks, banking
Chemicals:
  See also Drugs
           Hazardous substances
           Pesticides and pests
  Air pollution control......................................2940, 2996
  Aryl phosphates..................................................3183
  Assessment information rule......................................3156
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3197
  Diethanolamine...................................................3161
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1802
  Drinking water regulations................886, 3275, 3280, 3283, 3286
  Electronic application for controlled substances.................1796
  Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program......................3130, 3136
  Export control....................................326, 334, 368, 3145
  Flame retardant substances.................................3149, 3184
  Gamma butyrolactone..............................................1794

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  Glycol ethers....................................................3164
  Health and safety reporting rule.................................3157
  Helium conservation..............................................1722
  High-production-volume chemicals.................................3155
  Hydrogen fluoride................................................3162
  Hydroxides in household products, packaging standard for.........3664
  Maleic anhydride.................................................3165
  New use rules for PMNs...........................................3173
  Ozone depleting..................................................3047
    Albuterol.......................................................913
    Essential use allowances............................913, 3028, 3030
    Halon-1301.....................................................3027
    Methyl bromide.....................................2938, 2987, 3109
    N-propyl bromide...............................................3120
    Refrigerant recycling........................2958, 2960, 3118, 3119
    Refrigerants.......................................2901, 3029, 3085
    Substitutes..............................................2924, 3022
  Perfluoroalkyl sulfonates........................................3154
  Perfluorooctanoic acid...........................................3160
  Phosphorus forms, red, white and hypophosphorous acid............1795
  Phthalic anhydride...............................................3163
  Polychlorinated biphenyls............................3151, 3170, 3171
  Polymers and resins........................................3055, 3146
  Registration and reregistration fees.......................1803, 1811
  Reporting requirements for imports and exports of List I and 
      List II chemicals............................................1797
  Right-to-Know initiative...................................3180, 3189
  Significant New Use Rule...................................3154, 3159
  Sodium permanganate..............................................1808
  Test rules.....................................3144, 3155, 3174, 3179
  Toxic substances...........................................3172, 3178
  Toxic Substances Control Act......2884, 3150, 3153, 3154, 3158, 3160, 
                                                       3181, 3186, 3188
  Toxicity profiles................................................3147
  Toxicity testing, developmental and reproductive.................3177
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications............3193, 3194, 3201
    Coal...........................................................3202
    Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds...............................3190
    Metal mining...................................................3198
    Pollution Prevention Act information requirements..............3203
    Reporting requirements...................................3195, 3198
    Review of chemicals on original list...........................3200
  Transferring manufacture rights..................................3153
Child abuse:
  See Child welfare
Child labor:
  Hazardous occupations......................................1865, 1880
  Regulations, orders, and statements of interpretation............1880
Child support:
  Safeguarding information.........................................1039
  Standards for review and adjustment..............................1048
Child welfare:
  See also Adoption and foster care
           Child labor
           Child support
  Aliens:
    Battered children........................................1099, 1815
    Care and placement of unaccompanied children...................1042
  At-risk afterschool suppers.......................................119
  Chafee National Youth in Transition Database.....................1043
  Child Care and Development Fund..................................1047
  Health insurance accessibility...................................1044
  Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent 
      Offender Registration Act....................................1849
  NIH training grants...............................................936
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1844
    Reporting requirements.........................................1843
  Recordkeeping requirements for producers of sexually explicit 
      material.....................................................1847
  Safeguards for subjects in clinical investigations of drug 
      products......................................................877
  Use of restraint and seclusion in residential psychiatric 
      treatment facilities................................833, 951, 994
Children:
  See Infants and children
Cigars and cigarettes:
  Customs regulations..............................................2357
  In-transit stops without payment of tax..........................2363
  Prohibited marks on products brought into the U.S................2405
  Regulations for papers or tubes that are not in packages.........2361
  Shipment of products without payment of tax......................2358
  Tax computation on large cigars............................2354, 2355
Citizens band radio service:
  See Radio
Citizenship and naturalization:
  See also Aliens
           Immigration
  Application by alternative applicant if citizen parent has died
                                                                   1143
  Child Citizenship Act............................................1117
  Electronic signatures on applications and petitions for 
      benefits.....................................................1136
  Procedures for individuals with disabilities.....................1135
  Revoking grants of naturalization................................1109
Civil defense:
  See Disaster assistance
Civil rights:
  See also Equal employment opportunity
           Fair housing
  Commission on Civil Rights regulations update....................2865
  FMCSA financial assistance recipients............................2109
  Food Stamp Program data collections...............................136
  Nondiscrimination:
    Age discrimination.......................................3303, 3342
    CNCS...........................................................2875
    DHS................................................1056, 1064, 1065
    DOJ............................................................1774
    Federally assisted programs....................................3591
    GSA................................................3304, 3305, 3307
    HHS.............................................................823
    HIPAA........................................1907, 2600, 2601, 2602
    HUD............................................................1358
    Individuals with disabilities....1770, 1771, 3302, 3490, 3492, 3591
    NARA...............................................3336, 3338, 3342
    NCUA...........................................................3933
    NEA......................................................3359, 3492
    NEH......................................................3359, 3492
    OFHEO..........................................................3368
    SSA......................................................3590, 3591
  Older individuals................................................1049
  Peace Corps Volunteer Discrimination Complaint Procedure.........3492
Civil service system:
  See Government employees
Claims:
  CCC debt collection................................................28
  CFTC debt collection.............................................3657
  Collection by installments.......................................2334
  DHS debt collection........................................1068, 1298
  DoD authority................................................605, 606
  DOT debt collection..............................................2196
  FMS payments...............................................2331, 2332
  FSA debt collection................................................28
  HHS..........................................................828, 829
  Oil Pollution Act procedures.....................................1162
  Presidio debt collection.........................................3504
  SBA debt collection..............................................3539
  Seized property..................................................1853
  SSA debt collection..............................................3548
Classified information:
  Access............................................................601

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  Declassification of national security information................3343
  DHS regulations..................................................1055
  Disclosure of official information in connection with legal 
      proceedings..................................................1054
  National Industrial Security Program.............................3341
  National security information regulations..................1958, 3346
  NRC regulations..................................................3978
  Research involving human subjects.................................763
  Sensitive security information for land modes of transportation
                                                                   1277
  Storage...........................................................602
Clean Air Act:
  See Air pollution control
Clean Water Act:
  See Water pollution control
Coal:
  Abandoned refuse sites...........................................1706
  Combustion wastes..........................................3223, 3224
  Toxics Release Inventory.........................................3202
Coal mines:
  See Mine safety and health
      Mines
      Surface mining
Coastal zone:
  See also Continental shelf
           Flood plains
  Federal Consistency regulations...................................516
  Waste deposit prevention.........................................3287
  Wetlands:
    Minimal effects exemptions......................................288
Colleges and universities:
  See also Medical and dental schools
  Academic honoraria for B nonimmigrant aliens.....................1116
  Denial of applications for approval to enroll nonimmigrant 
      students.....................................................1294
  Duration of exchange visitor program participation for 
      professors and research scholars.............................1970
  Funding requirements for agricultural research and extension 
      activities at Land-Grant Institutions......................85, 87
  Grants administration.................................604, 1051, 1355
  Reduced course load for nonimmigrant students at border 
      communities..................................................1293
Commercial fisheries:
  See Fisheries
Commodities:
  See Agricultural commodities
Commodity futures:
  Anti-money laundering program....................................2326
  Authority delegation.............................................3662
  Commodity trading advisor regulations............................3650
  Contract market reporting rules..................................3652
  Customer permission for futures commission merchants to take 
      the opposite side of an order................................3661
  Debt collection..................................................3657
  Derivatives transaction execution facilities rules...............3653
  Designated contract market clearing services for over-the-
      counter options on exempt commodities........................3649
  Designated contract markets rules................................3653
  Eligible commercial entities authorized to trade on exempt 
      commercial markets...........................................3651
  Exempt market rules..............................................3653
  Federal speculative limit revision...............................3656
  Foreign currency haircuts........................................3648
  Investment of customer funds and record of investments...........3655
  Large trader rules...............................................3652
  National Futures Association decisions...........................3659
  Off-centralized market transactions..............................3654
  Privacy notices..................................................3647
  Procedures for registration as derivatives transaction 
      execution facility or contract market........................3660
  Reporting levels.................................................3658
  Security futures:
    Offer and sale of products traded on foreign boards............3646
    Registration requirements for banks............................4061
Common carriers:
  See also Air carriers
           Communications common carriers
           Maritime carriers
           Motor carriers
           Railroads
  Coloading practices by NVOCCs....................................3898
  Exemption from tariff publication requirements...................3900
  Explosive materials delivery.....................................1786
Communicable diseases:
  Correctional management..........................................1754
  Influenza vaccination clinic establishment........................839
  Quarantine authority..............................................837
  Smallpox:
    Vaccine injury compensation program.............................922
Communications:
  See also Communications common carriers
           News media
           Telecommunications
  911 Act..........................................................3812
  Airport Terminal Use frequencies in the 45-470 private land 
      mobile radio pool............................................3818
  Auction authority................................................3800
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers............................................3834
  Aviation Radio Service...........................................3820
  Biennial review............................................3718, 3813
  Broadband service provided over power line systems...............3725
  Broadcast ownership rules review.................................3785
  Broadcast station construction permits...........................3764
  Channelization of the 39 GHz band................................3791
  Cognitive radio technologies.....................................3724
  Commercial mobile radio services...............3789, 3792, 3806, 3808
  Competitive bidding:
    Broadband PCS..................................................3792
    Process........................................................3797
    Rules for auction of 218-219 MHz...............................3790
  Consolidating the 800 MHz industrial/land transportation and 
      business pool channels.......................................3819
  Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and 
      Marketing Act................................................3708
  Digital audio broadcasting.......................................3768
  Equal employment opportunity rule................................3775
  Excise tax.................................................2469, 2633
  Exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields................3720
  FM radio.........................................................3780
  Government transfer band.........................................3713
  Horizontal ownership limits......................................3767
  Informal complaints..............................................3705
  Installment payments for Personal Communications Services 
      licensees....................................................3804
  Interference temperature operation...............................3726
  International call-back service..................................3745
  International service regulations................................3750
  Interstate special access services...............................3841
  IP-enabled services..............................................3843
  Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz...............................3801
  Licensing low power operations in the private land mobile radio 
      450-470 MHz band.............................................3809
  Maritime...................................................3788, 3803
  Multiple address systems.........................................3796
  National Exchange Carrier Association petition...................3842
  Noncommercial educational broadcast stations.....................3784
  North American Numbering Plan administration.....................3823
  Private land mobile radio service................................3730
  Public safety communications...............................3795, 3819
  Quiet Zone application procedures................................3810
  Radio market definitions.........................................3773
  Radio spectrum usage promotion through development of secondary 
      markets......................................................3807

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  Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................3738
  Redesignation of the 17.7-19.7 GHz band..........................3754
  Regulatory fees............................................3786, 3787
  Reimbursement rules for reallocation of frequency spectrum........566
  Satellite:
    Application and licensing requirements.........................3735
    Broadcast Satellite Service....................................3754
    Broadcasting signal carriage requirements......................3782
    Coordination between non-geostationary and geostationary 
        orbit......................................................3722
    Digital audio radio service....................................3737
    Earth stations.....................................3743, 3749, 3752
    Fixed-satellite services...........................3714, 3744, 3754
    Global mobile personal communications..........................3742
    Licensing reform...............................................3746
    Maritime mobile services.......................................3741
    Mobile service provider flexibility............................3747
    MSS spectrum allocation............................3712, 3736, 3740
    Non-geostationary orbit..................................3744, 3753
    Non-government operations in the 36.0-51.4 GHz portion of the 
        V-band.....................................................3739
    Orbital debris mitigation......................................3748
    Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act..........................3781
    Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................3738
  Securities Act reform............................................4029
  Software defined radios..........................................3716
  Spectrum allocation..............................................3721
  Spectrum-based services to rural areas...........................3816
  Terrestrial microwave fixed radio services.......................3802
  Transfer of 3650 through 3700 MHz band...........................3805
  Transfer of 4.9 GHz band from government use.....................3805
  Truthful statements to the FCC...................................3734
  TV:
    Advertising practices..........................................3759
    Broadcast Auxiliary Services rules.............................3732
    Cable Act................................................3756, 3762
    Cable television rates.........................................3755
    Children's programming...................................3771, 3772
    Competitive availability of navigation devices.................3763
    Digital must carry requirements................................3766
    Digital television service.............3769, 3771, 3777, 3783, 3821
    Direct broadcast public interest obligations...................3770
    Emergency Alert System...................................3710, 3711
    Filing of network affiliation contracts........................3758
    Joint sales agreements.........................................3778
    Public interest information....................................3774
    Reallocation and service rules for the 698-746 MHz spectrum 
        band.......................................................3811
    Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act..........................3781
    Service rules in UHF spectrum..................................3799
    Significantly viewed out-of-market broadcast stations..........3779
    Unlicensed operation in the broadcast bands....................3729
    Video programming accessibility..........................3761, 3763
  Ultra-wideband radio transmission................................3715
  Unbundled network elements.......................................3840
  Unbundling local exchange carriers...............................3835
  Unlicensed devices in the 5 GHz band.............................3719
  Unlicensed operation of the 3650-3700 band.......................3727
  Unlicensed radiofrequency devices................................3731
  Vehicle location and monitoring systems..........................3798
  Wireless systems:
    Advanced services..............................................3717
    Hearing aid compatibility......................................3822
    Regulatory review..............................................3815
    Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act..................3812
  World Radiocommunication Conference omnibus......................3728
Communications common carriers:
  Informal complaints..............................................3705
  Service disruption reporting requirements........................3723
  Toll free service access codes...................................3826
Community action programs:
  Empowerment zones................................................1411
Community antenna television systems:
  See Cable television
Community colleges:
  See Colleges and universities
Community development:
  See also Community action programs
           Grant programs-housing and community development
  Community development block grants:
    Brownfields activities.........................................1414
    Prohibition on use of funds for job-pirating activities........1413
    Regulation revisions...........................................1416
    Revitalization strategy........................................1412
    Slum and blight prevention.....................................1414
  Economic opportunities for low- and very-low-income persons......1423
  SBA:
    HUBZone Program....................................3515, 3521, 3534
Community facilities:
  See Health facilities
Compensation:
  See Unemployment compensation
      Wages
Competitiveness:
  Agricultural commodities competitive markets......................204
  American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act...........1083
  American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act.................1083
  Cable television companies.......................................3760
  Communications Act.........................................3790, 3792
  DFARS requirements...........................................700, 705
  OPM regulations..................................................3471
  Television marketplace.....................................3755, 3763
Computer technology:
  Access to information on government-owned systems.................771
  Acquisition regulations...........................621, 642, 678, 3644
  Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and 
      Marketing Act................................................3927
  De minimis exclusion for technology and software..................317
  Electronic filing:
    Investment advisers............................................4048
  Electronic submission:
    Documents......................................................3894
  Exports.......................................323, 351, 362, 369, 375
  Information technology exchange program..........................3420
  Internet:
    Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule......................3921
    Simplified Network Application Process (SNAP)...................346
  Reuse, recycling, and recovery of electronic equipment...........3228
Conduct standards:
  See Conflict of interests
Confidential business information:
  EPA regulations............................................2884, 2897
Conflict of interests:
  See also Political activities (Government employees)
  CHAMPUS requirements..............................................744
  DFARS.............................................................690
  DOE...............................................................814
  EPA..............................................................2883
  Ethical conduct..................................................3373
  Ethics programs..................................................3377
  Exemptions.......................................................3374
  Financial disclosure.............................................3372
  Post-government employment.................................3378, 3437
  Standards of conduct..................................612, 1050, 3375
Conservation:
  See Energy conservation
      Natural resources
Construction industry:
  Acquisition regulations...........................................635
  Alien workers....................................................1084
  Confined spaces for construction.................................1932
  Electric power line worker safety................................1934

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  Hearing loss prevention..........................................1948
  Hoisting equipment safety........................................1925
Consumer protection:
  See also Labeling
           Trade practices
  All-terrain vehicle ban for children under 16....................3663
  Baby bath seats..................................................3673
  Bunk bed cornerpost standard.....................................3676
  Cable home wiring rights.........................................3760
  Candles and candle accessories...................................3666
  Child-resistant packaging..................................3675, 3679
  Crib safety standards............................................3674
  Disclosures......................................................3930
  Flammability standards:
    Bedclothes.....................................................3677
    Clothing textiles..............................................3670
    Mattresses/bedding.............................................3672
    Upholstered furniture..........................................3669
  Household goods transportation.............................2102, 2117
  Household products containing hydroxides, packaging standard 
      for..........................................................3664
  Lighters...................................................3668, 3678
  Nutrition health claims...........................................850
  Portable bed rails...............................................3671
  Sulfuric acid drain openers......................................3667
  Table saw blades.................................................3665
  Telemarketing sales rule.........................................3928
  Telephone Consumer Protection Act................................3706
Contagious diseases:
  See Communicable diseases
Containers:
  See Packaging and containers
Continental shelf:
  Cost recovery for oil and gas operations services................1677
  Exploration or development and production plans..................1696
Contracts:
  See Government contracts
Controlled substances:
  See Drug abuse
      Drug traffic control
Cooperative agreements:
  See Grant programs
Corporations:
  See Business and industry
Cosmetics:
  Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease....................900
  Use of materials derived from cattle..............................894
    Recordkeeping requirements......................................895
Countervailing duties:
  Certification of factual information..............................311
  Sunset reviews....................................................306
Courts:
  Administrative Law Judge Program.................................3407
  Civil contempt commitments.......................................1761
  Courts of Indian Offenses........................................1669
  CSOSA:
    Ethical conduct for employees standards........................2881
  Equal Access to Justice Act:
    DHS proceedings................................................1067
    DOI proceedings................................................1446
Crafts:
  See Indians-arts and crafts
Credit:
  See also Banks, banking
           Credit unions
           Mortgages
  Anti-money laundering program....................................2327
  Debt collection:
    Administrative wage garnishment..........................1443, 2337
    DoD........................................................605, 606
    DOI......................................................1443, 1694
    FEMA...........................................................1323
    HHS........................................................828, 829
    Matching of Federal employee records for salary offset.........2333
    Salary offset...................................................829
    SBA......................................................3536, 3539
    SSA............................................................3548
    Treasury.................................................2338, 2339
  Delinquent debtors:
    Public dissemination of identity...............................2340
  Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act......2416, 3850, 3912, 3926
    Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations.......2421, 2773, 2774, 3845, 
                                                       3849, 3910, 3911
  Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations..........3845, 3849, 3910, 3911
  Partners and partnerships........................................2709
  Truth in Lending Act.............................................3914
Credit unions:
  Bylaws...........................................................3939
  Capital requirements for corporate credit unions.................3949
  Community Development Revolving Loan Program.....................3940
  Conversion to mutual savings banks...............................3952
  Credit union service organizations...............................3943
  Customer identification program..................................2313
  Designation of low income status.................................3940
  Disposal of consumer information.................................3953
  Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act:
    Address reconciliation rule....................................3936
    Affiliate marketing regulations................................2422
    Direct disputes with furnishers rule...........................3938
    Furnisher accuracy guidelines and rules........................3937
    Identity theft protection................................2416, 3935
  Fair credit reporting..........................3932, 3947, 3948, 3953
  Information furnished to consumer reporting agencies.............2426
  Information requests under Freedom of Information and Privacy 
      Acts.........................................................3945
  Loans and lines of credit regulations............................3954
  Medical information regulations..................................3947
  Member business loans............................................3942
  Mergers of federally insured credit unions.......................3951
  Negative credit information notice...............................3932
  Nondeposit investment sales......................................3950
  Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs.................3933
  Privacy of consumer financial information........................3934
  Regulatory flexibility program...................................3949
  Regulatory publication and review................................3931
  Supervisory committee audits and verifications...................3941
  Truth in Savings rule............................................3944
  Unauthorized access to member information and member notice......3946
  Use of consumer information for marketing solicitations..........3948
Crime:
  See also Drug abuse
           Fraud
  Aliens:
    Battered and abused spouses and children.................1099, 1815
    Criminal grounds of inadmissibility......................1091, 1092
    Custody procedures.......................................1286, 1827
    Early release for removal of aliens in custody for nonviolent 
        offenses...................................................1283
    Trafficking victims..........................1126, 1127, 1305, 1974
    Victims of crime.........................................1127, 1129
  Arson reporting..................................................1783
  Criminal intelligence systems operating policies.................1855
  DNA sample collection from Federal offenders.....................1850
  Exports of crime control and detection instrument equipment......332, 
                                                                    340
  Jurisdiction over service members and civilians employed by or 
      accompanying the Armed Forces outside the US..................611
  Preservation of biological evidence..............................1851
  Private Security Officer Employment Authorization Act............1839

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  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1844
    Reporting requirements.........................................1843
  Recordkeeping requirements for producers of sexually explicit 
      material.....................................................1847
  Seized property..................................................1853
  Sex offender registration programs.........................1837, 1849
  Sex offender release notification................................1750
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.......................1848
  United Nations Convention Against Torture........................1105
  Victims of Crime Act.......................................1857, 1858
Critical habitat:
  See Endangered and threatened species
Crop insurance:
  Administrative regulations...................................109, 112
  Civil penalties...................................................106
  Common crop insurance regulations.................................108
  Nonstandard classification system.................................109
  Nursery crops.....................................................110
  Premium reduction plans...........................................112
Crops:
  See also Agricultural commodities
  Crop disaster program..............................................47
Crude oil:
  See Petroleum
Crystalline silica:
  Occupational exposure......................................1921, 1935
Cultural exchange programs:
  Summer work/travel...............................................1976
Customs duties and inspection:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Imports
  Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of 
      aircraft from foreign areas..................................1220
  African Growth and Opportunity Act...............................2273
  Airport security area access.....................................1230
  Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act..................2279
  Bond obligations.................................................1231
  Certification of factual information during antidumping and 
      countervailing duty proceedings...............................311
  Chile Free Trade Agreement.......................................2284
  Commercial information confidentiality...........................1233
  Conditional release period.......................................1231
  Continuous bond program..........................................2265
  Country of origin marking........................................2270
  Customs bonded warehouses for duty-free sales enterprises........2357
  Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2277
  Drawback.........................................................2298
  Harbor maintenance fees....................................2292, 2293
  Merchandise processing fees......................................2298
  North American Free Trade Agreement........................2283, 2295
  Outbound redelivery procedures and liabilities...................2264
  Payment methods for duties, taxes, interest, and fees............2271
  Preferential treatment of brassieres.............................2297
  Prior disclosure.................................................1221
  Processing fees at express courier facilities....................2281
  Prototypes used in product development and testing...............2296
  Publication of administrative forfeiture notices.................1245
  Reconciliation...................................................2294
  Reimbursable inspectional services...............................2276
  Remote location filing...........................................2262
  Sampling methods in CBP audits...................................1227
  Singapore Free Trade Agreement...................................2285
  User and navigation fees.........................................2272


                                   D

Dairy products:
  Disaster assistance program........................................36
  Mandatory reporting regulation....................................291
  National Dairy Promotion and Research Program......................13
Dangerous cargo:
  See Hazardous materials transportation
Data processing:
  See Computer technology
Deaf:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Debarment and suspension:
  DHS..............................................................1057
  DOD...............................................................690
  DOJ..............................................................1863
  DOT..............................................................1987
  GSA..............................................................3301
Debts:
  See Credit
Declassification:
  See Classified information
Deepwater ports:
  See Harbors
Defense:
  See National defense
Defense acquisition regulations:
  See Government procurement
Defense contracts:
  See Government contracts
      Government procurement
Dental schools:
  See Medical and dental schools
Deportation:
  See Aliens
Deposit insurance:
  See Bank deposit insurance
Dietary supplements:
  Current good manufacturing practice...............................875
  Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease....................900
  Use of materials derived from cattle..............................894
Disabled:
  See Individuals with disabilities
      Medicaid
      Medicare
      Public assistance programs
      Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Disaster assistance:
  9/11 Heroes Stamp Act program....................................1318
  Conduct at operations, support and training centers..............1319
  Cottonseed assistance program......................................37
  Criminal and civil penalties.....................................1321
  Crisis Counseling Regular Program................................1330
  Crop disaster program..............................................47
  Dairy assistance program...........................................36
  Economic injury disaster loans for small businesses..............3522
  Estimating eligible cost.........................................1334
  Fire Management Assistance Grant Program.........................1316
  Floods:
    Ability to pay provisions.......................................733
    Mitigation assistance program............................1320, 1337
    Mitigation of severe repetitive loss properties..........1336, 1338
    National Flood Insurance Program......1317, 1325, 1329, 1331, 1332, 
                                                             1335, 1341
  FSA disaster declaration and designation...........................30
  Hazard Mitigation Grant Program......................1322, 1339, 1342
  Hazard mitigation planning.......................................1326
  Individual assistance programs:
    Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
        Act..................................................1321, 1327
  Livestock assistance program...................................35, 48
  Management costs.................................................1328
  National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.................1324
  Noninsured crop disaster assistance program for tropical crops 
                                                                     31
  Pre-disaster mitigation program..................................1340
  Public assistance insurance requirements.........................1333
  Transfer of food commodities.....................................2854
Discrimination:
  See Civil rights

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Discrimination against aged:
  See Aged
Discrimination against handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Discrimination in employment:
  See Equal employment opportunity
Discrimination in housing:
  See Fair housing
Diseases:
  See Animal diseases
      Communicable diseases
Distilled spirits:
  See Liquors
Doctors:
  See Health professions
Domestic animals:
  See Livestock
Draft:
  See Selective Service System
Drawbridges:
  See Bridges
Drinking water:
  See Water supply
Drought assistance:
  See Disaster assistance
Drug abuse:
  See also Alcohol abuse
  Aviation personnel...............................................2038
  Disincentives for inmates........................................1767
  Drug-free workplace requirements............................634, 1057
  Treatment programs...............................................1767
    Authority for practitioners to prescribe narcotic substances 
                                                                   1804
    Bureau of Prisons..............................................1757
Drug testing:
  Airmen...........................................................2043
  Bureau of Prisons................................................1752
  Following marine incidents.......................................1178
  Transportation workplace...................................1992, 2002
  Workplace guidelines..............................................834
Drug traffic control:
  Chemical registration fees.......................................1814
  Chemical registration waivers....................................1803
  Controlled substances:
    Anabolic Steroid Control Act...................................1809
    Authority for practitioners to prescribe narcotic substances 
        for maintenance or detoxification treatment................1804
    Disposer definition and registration...........................1801
    Electronic application forms...................................1796
    Electronic ordering of Schedule I and II substances............1812
    Electronic prescriptions.......................................1792
    Gamma butyrolactone............................................1794
    Phosphorus forms, red, white, and hypophosphorous acid.........1795
    Positional isomer definition...................................1799
    Preventing accumulation at long-term care facilities...........1806
    Recordkeeping requirements for drug products containing 
        hydroxybutyric acid........................................1813
    Registration and reregistration application fees...............1800
    Registration requirements for practitioners practicing in 
        more than one state........................................1807
    Reorganization and clarification of DEA regulations............1793
    Reporting requirements for imports and exports of List I and 
        List II chemicals..........................................1797
    Reports of theft or significant loss...........................1805
    Sodium permanganate............................................1808
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1802
  FAA regulations..................................................2061
  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1810
Drugs:
  See also Animal drugs
           Biologics
           Over-the-counter drugs
           Prescription drugs
  Abbreviated new drug applications.................................901
  Bioavailability and bioequivalence requirements...................901
  Institutional review boards.......................................879
  Investigational new drugs...............................853, 854, 899
  Labeling..........................................................903
  New drug applications........................................845, 873
  Positron emission tomography drugs................................848
  Providing controlled substances to ocean vessels.................1791
  Registration and reregistration fees.............................1811
  Safeguards for children in clinical investigations................877


                                   E

Earthquakes:
  See Disaster assistance
Ecology:
  See Environmental protection
Economic development:
  See Community development
Economics:
  See Price controls
Education:
  See also Colleges and universities
           Education of disadvantaged
           Educational facilities
           Educational research
           Indians-education
           Libraries
           School breakfast and lunch programs
           Schools
           Students
           Teachers
           Education of individuals with disabilities
  Academic honoraria for B nonimmigrant aliens.....................1116
  Credit Enhancement for Charter School Facilities Program..........769
  Good time credit for D.C. Code offenders.........................1755
  Home-living programs.............................................1668
  Maritime education and training............................2252, 2254
  NASA Science and Technology Scholarship..........................3323
  National Security Education Program...............................598
  NIH loan repayment programs:
    AIDS research...................................................929
    For clinical researchers........................................930
    For individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds..................933
    Health disparities research.....................................932
    Pediatric research..............................................931
    Scholarships....................................................928
  No Child Left Behind Act of 2001...........................1673, 1674
  Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs............764, 3358
  Protection of human research subjects.............................762
  Title IX of the Education Act Amendments.........................3306
  Veterans:
    Centralized certification of benefits..........................2786
    Licensing and certification....................................2785
    Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty..........................2841, 2848
    Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve...........................2833
    Non-payment of VA educational assistance to fugitive felons 
                                                                   2836
    Survivors and dependents.................................2787, 2841
    Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act..................2828
    Veterans Programs Enhancement Act..............................2784
Education of disadvantaged:
  Academic achievement of limited English proficient students.......766
  Transportation regulations.......................................1046
Education of individuals with disabilities:
  Early intervention and special education to eligible DoD 
      dependents....................................................610
  Individuals With Disabilities Education Act.......................767

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Educational facilities:
  Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act............................765
  Grants administration............................................2856
Educational research:
  Human subjects protection....................................763, 943
Eggs and egg products:
  Grading.....................................................2, 11, 16
  Imported..........................................................179
  Inspection...................................................174, 184
  Salmonella enteritidis prevention.................................878
Elderly:
  See Aged
Elections:
  See Political activities (Government employees)
      Voting rights
Electric power:
  See also Electric utilities
           Electric power plants
  Worker safety....................................................1934
Electric power plants:
  Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program........................803
Electric utilities:
  Broadband service provided over power line systems...............3725
  Bulk system reliability policy statement.........................3874
  Electronic filing of documents...................................3865
  Generator interconnection agreement and procedures.........3863, 3866
  Indian electric power utilities..................................1635
  Market design and structure......................................3864
  Market-based rate contracts for wholesale sales............3868, 3878
  Pricing policy...................................................3869
  Standards of conduct for transmission providers..................3862
  Steam generating unit regulations....................3000, 3036, 3122
Electronic data processing:
  See Computer technology
Electronic funds transfers:
  Electronic Fund Transfer Act.....................................3906
  GSAR regulation..................................................3314
Employee benefit plans:
  See also Pensions
  Abandoned individual account plans...............................1908
  Cafeteria plans..................................................2606
  Electronic filing of annual reports........................1900, 1902
  Electronic transmission of notices, elections or consents........2526
  Limitations......................................................2522
  Participant contributions........................................1898
  Participant loan rules...........................................1895
  Prohibited transaction exemption procedures......................1894
  Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program...........................1899
Employee Retirement Income Security Act:
  See Pensions
Employment:
  See also Equal employment opportunity
           Government employees
  Aliens...........................................................1878
    Authorization eligibility......................................1090
    Dismissal of asylum application................................1076
    EB-5 classification......................................1139, 1828
    Eligibility for certain scientists and engineers...............1146
    Eligibility pilot program......................................1149
    Eligibility verification.................................1134, 1973
    Employer petitions.............................................1150
    Employer sanctions.............................................1303
    Employment creation petitions..................................1094
    Fingerprinting.................................................1110
    Labor certification process..................1097, 1886, 1891, 1893
    Labor condition applications.............................1883, 1892
    Post-adjudication audits of H-2B petitions.....................1890
    Suspension of employment authorization requirements for F-1 
        students...................................................1295
    Temporary employment of foreign professionals on H-1B1 visas 
                                                             1883, 1892
    Temporary nonagricultural services.......................1156, 1161
    Temporary visitor for business (B-1) classification............1096
    Verification documents.........................................1154
  Employment eligibility verification:
    Electronic signature and retention.............................1302
  Family and Medical Leave Act.....................................1868
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1881
  Identification of gender, race and ethnicity of applicants for 
      employment with federal contractors..........................1874
  Individuals with disabilities:
    Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in 
        a program..................................................3583
    Excepted service...............................................3412
    Self-Sufficiency Program.......................................3556
    Ticket to Work Program.........................................3556
  Jobs For Veterans Act................................1869, 1952, 1954
  Occupational tax.................................................2401
  Opportunities for low- and very-low-income persons...............1423
  Trade adjustment assistance for workers....................1882, 1884
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.......1953, 
                                                                   1955
  Welfare-to-Work Grants Program...................................1887
  Workforce investment systems.....................................1922
Endangered and threatened species:
  See also Marine mammals
  Addax......................................................1535, 1555
  Alameda whipsnake................................................1502
  American crocodile...............................................1472
  Arkansas River shiner............................................1552
  Army Corps of Engineers scope of analysis.........................732
  Arroyo toad......................................................1595
  Australian parakeets.............................................1527
  Basking shark....................................................1524
  Beluga sturgeon............................................1600, 1611
  Boreal toad......................................................1579
  Boulder darter...................................................1588
  Broad-snouted caiman.............................................1487
  Brown pelican delisting..........................................1465
  Buena Vista Lake shrew...........................................1607
  Bull trout.......................................................1541
  Butterfly species................................................1581
  Cactus ferruginous pygmy owl...............................1514, 1569
  California gnatcatcher...........................................1571
  California red-legged frog.......................................1477
  California tiger salamander..........................1515, 1545, 1596
  Captive-bred exotic birds........................................1517
  Cassius blue butterfly...........................................1580
  Ceraunus blue butterfly..........................................1580
  Channel Islands foxes............................................1550
  CITES decisions............................................1459, 1519
  Conservation education...........................................1450
  Conservation permits.............................................1587
  Critical habitat.......497, 1477, 1494, 1498, 1499, 1502, 1515, 1521, 
           1529, 1533, 1541, 1545, 1550, 1552, 1554, 1557, 1569, 1571, 
                                     1595, 1596, 1597, 1602, 1607, 1609
  Cui-ui delisting.................................................1496
  Dama gazelle...............................................1535, 1555
  Dolly Varden.....................................................1567
  Eagles...........................................................1461
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1630
    Transport of feathers..........................................1574
  Evolutionarily Significant Units.............................497, 499
  Fishes, Tennessee rivers.........................................1506
  Foreign bird species.............................................1489
  Gila chub........................................................1521
  Gila trout.......................................................1469
  Gray bat.........................................................1512
  Gray wolf:
    Eastern Distinct Population Segment delisting..................1575
    Western Distinct Population Segment delisting..................1576
  Green sturgeon, southern distinct population segment..............461
  Grizzly bears..............................................1484, 1511
  Incidental take by commercial fishing operations.................1605
  Koster's tyronia.................................................1529

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  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1460
  Manatees...................................................1578, 1606
  Mariana fruit bat................................................1589
  Mexican bobcat delisting.........................................1480
  Mexican gray wolf................................................1482
  Miami blue butterfly.............................................1580
  Mussels, freshwater..............................................1506
  Nickerbean blue butterfly........................................1580
  Noel's amphipod..................................................1529
  Nonessential experimental populations..........1506, 1534, 1582, 1588
  Northern aplomado falcon.........................................1534
  Northern sea otter, southwest Alaskan distinct population 
      segment......................................................1531
  Oncorhynchus mykiss..........................................497, 499
  Pacific salmon....................................................499
  Pecos assiminea..................................................1529
  Permit exemptions...........................................553, 1563
  Permits for foreign listed species...............................1532
  Picture-wing flies...............................................1566
  Plants:
    Arizona agave delisting........................................1474
    Bigleaf mahogany...............................................1526
    Black cohosh...................................................1476
    CITES listings.....................................1476, 1526, 1591
    Coachella Valley milk-vetch....................................1547
    Colorado butterfly plant.......................................1594
    Critical habitat....1500, 1501, 1537, 1538, 1539, 1540, 1547, 1548, 
                                                 1553, 1557, 1593, 1594
    Eggert's sunflower.............................................1537
    Fender's Blue Butterfly........................................1500
    Fish Slough milk vetch.........................................1538
    Johnston's frankenia removal...................................1523
    Kincaid's Lupine...............................................1500
    Lane Mountain milkvetch........................................1593
    Munz's onion...................................................1539
    Ramin..........................................................1591
    San Jacinto Valley crownscale..................................1540
    Spanish cedar..................................................1526
    Spreading navarettia.....................................1540, 1553
    Thread-leaved Brodiaea.........................................1548
    Vernal pool plants.............................................1557
    Willamette Daisy...............................................1500
    Willowy monardella.............................................1501
  Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse delisting..........................1559
  Right whale.......................................................561
  Riverside fairy shrimp...........................................1597
  Roswell springsnail..............................................1529
  Sacramento Mountains Checkerspot butterfly.......................1609
  Salt Creek tiger beetle....................................1494, 1542
  San Diego Fairy shrimp...........................................1533
  Santa Ana sucker.................................................1602
  Scimitar-horned oryx.......................................1535, 1555
  Sea cucumber.....................................................1601
  Snail, freshwater................................................1506
  Southern Resident killer whales...................................501
  Southern sea otter translocation program.........................1481
  Southwestern Willow Flycatcher...................................1498
  Spotfin chub.....................................................1588
  St. Andrew Beach Mouse...........................................1499
  Stag beetle......................................................1524
  Straight-horned markhor..........................................1464
  Tibetan antelope.................................................1518
  Topeka shiner....................................................1582
  Turtle species...................................................1519
  Vernal pool crustaceans..........................................1557
  Virginia northern flying squirrel................................1483
  Western Snowy Plover.......................................1454, 1554
  Wood bison.......................................................1475
Energy:
  See also Coal
           Electric power
           Energy conservation
           Fuel economy
           Natural gas
           Nuclear energy
           Petroleum
           Pipelines
  Acquisition:
    Cooperative audit strategy......................................809
  Alternative fuels...........................................776, 3105
  Authority delegation.............................................3885
  Claims for damages against DOE employees..........................820
  Conduct of DOE employees..........................................819
  Critical energy infrastructure information.......................3871
  DEAR amendments:
    Background checks of employees..................................813
    Biobased content products.......................................810
    Intellectual property provisions................................812
    Make or Buy Plans...............................................817
    Management contractor compensation for personal services........815
    Purchasing by management and operating contractors..............814
    Revisions.......................................................808
    Technical amendments............................................816
    Work for others regulations.....................................818
  Electronic notification of Commission issuances..................3873
  Electronic service of documents..................................3882
  Freedom of Information Act........................................797
  Occupational radiation protection.................................799
  Polygraph examination regulations.................................795
  Prescription of fishways for non-Federal hydropower projects.....1468
  Priorities and allocations of domestic energy supplies............811
  Protection of human research subjects.............................804
  Renewable energy systems..........................................269
  Research misconduct...............................................798
  Review of mandatory conditions of hydropower licensing............492
  Uranium mill sites................................................806
  Wind energy......................................................3879
  Worker's compensation benefits..............................807, 1877
Energy conservation:
  See also Fuel economy
  Covered products determination:
    Commercial refrigeration equipment..............................791
    Incandescent reflector lamps, torchieres, and ceiling fans......792
  Efficiency standards:
    Clothes dryers..................................................787
    Commercial air conditioning equipment............779, 783, 784, 785
    Direct heating equipment........................................788
    Dishwashers.....................................................787
    Electric distribution transformers..............................778
    Electric motors.................................................789
    Fluorescent and incandescent lamps..............................790
    Furnaces and boilers.......................................777, 784
    Heat pumps.......................................779, 783, 784, 785
    High intensity discharge lamps..................................773
    Pool heaters....................................................788
    Water heaters...................................................783
  Federal buildings............................................775, 780
  Residential energy-efficiency rating guidelines..............780, 786
  Test procedures:
    Central air conditioners........................................781
    Electric motors, small..........................................774
    Electronic distribution transformers............................782
    Heat pumps......................................................781
    High intensity discharge lamps..................................773
Entertainment industry:
  Cost recovery....................................................2593

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Environmental impact statements:
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program...............................................1861
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
  Acquisition regulations...........................................634
  Award term contracting...........................................2885
  Biobased content products.........................................810
  CERCLA amendment.................................................3243
    Conducting ``all appropriate inquiry''.........................3246
  Chemicals..............3155, 3161, 3162, 3163, 3174, 3179, 3183, 3184
    Maleic anhydride...............................................3165
    Transferring manufacture rights................................3153
  Class deviations incorporation into EPAAR........................2889
  Coal combustion wastes.....................................3223, 3224
  Coastal waste deposit prevention.................................3287
  Comparable fuels exclusion under RCRA............................3235
  Confidential business information..........................2884, 2897
  Cooling water intake structures impact...........................3262
  Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.............3247
  Cross-Media Electronic Reporting and Recordkeeping Rule..........2890
  Designation of hazardous substances under CERCLA.................3248
  Developmental and reproductive toxicity testing..................3177
  Drinking water regulations.....................3275, 3282, 3283, 3286
  Effluent guidelines............................3257, 3265, 3266, 3273
  Emergency planning...............................................3189
  EPA acquisition regulations..........................2885, 2886, 2892
  Farm Service Agency regulation.....................................26
  Federal water resource development................................731
  HUD regulations..................................................1353
  National Environmental Policy Act....................1060, 2882, 3969
  National Forest System............................................232
    Oil and gas lease compliance documentation......................228
    Sporicide use...................................................226
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3220
  Persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic pollutants................2899
  Pesticides.............3126, 3128, 3129, 3130, 3133, 3134, 3136, 3142
  Plant incorporated protectants.......................3138, 3139, 3140
  Privacy Act regulations..........................................2891
  Radon............................................................3997
  RCRA Burden Reduction Initiative...........................3215, 3227
  RCRA hazardous waste management facilities.......................3211
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3226
  Reporting marine casualties......................................1174
  Restoration of DOD facilities.....................................599
  Rural areas...................................................97, 100
  Sale of DOD aircraft to persons providing oil spill response 
      service.......................................................609
  Significant new use rules:
    Flame retardant chemical substances............................3149
    Glycol ethers..................................................3164
    Perfluoroalkyl sulfonates......................................3154
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3240
  Total Maximum Daily Load program.................................3271
  Toxic Substances Control Act......2884, 3145, 3150, 3152, 3153, 3154, 
                                           3158, 3160, 3181, 3186, 3188
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications......3192, 3193, 3194, 3201
    Coal...........................................................3202
    Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds...............................3190
    Metal mining...................................................3198
    Pollution Prevention Act information requirements..............3203
    Reporting requirements.................3191, 3195, 3196, 3198, 3204
    Review of chemicals on original list...........................3200
Equal credit opportunity:
  See Credit
Equal employment opportunity:
  Broadcast outreach...............................................3775
  Complaint processing.......................................3289, 3291
  Fee schedule for Freedom of Information Act requests.............3288
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1869, 
                                                                   1871
  Workforce Investment Act.........................................1922
Eskimos:
  See Indians
Estuaries:
  See Coastal zone
Ethical conduct:
  See Conflict of interests
Ex parte communications:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Exchange visitor program:
  See Cultural exchange programs
Excise taxes:
  Air transportation.........................................2443, 2633
  Communications services....................................2469, 2633
Explosives:
  See also Hazardous materials transportation
           Hazardous substances
  Criminal misuse reporting........................................1783
  Fireworks........................................................1781
  Identification markings for imported explosive materials.........1777
  Manufacturing safety regulations.................................1937
  Pest control devices.............................................1778
  Safe Explosives Act..............................................1780
  Transportation regulations.................................1268, 1786
Exports:
  Administration regulations....312, 322, 326, 331, 335, 336, 339, 341, 
           342, 343, 344, 347, 349, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 363, 364, 
                                           365, 367, 371, 372, 373, 377
  Agricultural commodities..........................................204
    Cargo preference regulations...................................2257
    Emerging markets program........................................205
  Aircraft..........................................................352
  Automated export system...........................................301
  Bigeye tuna.......................................................520
  Cameras...........................................................323
  CCC Export Credit Guarantee Program...............................203
  Chemical manufacturing facilities, equipment and related 
      technology....................................................368
  Chemical substances..............................................3145
  Chemical Weapons Convention.............................316, 348, 371
  China.............................................................357
  Class I substances to Article 5 countries........................2925
  Commerce Control List...............323, 324, 334, 335, 360, 362, 371
  Communication intercepting devices................................353
  Computer technology................................323, 351, 362, 369
  Controlled chemical substances...................................1797
  Crime control and detection instrument equipment.............332, 340
  Crude oil.........................................................313
  Cuba..............................................................318
  De minimis exclusion for technology and software..................317
  Deemed exports....................................................312
  Dual-use items..........................................334, 355, 368
  Encryption items..................................................370
  Grains............................................................113
  Import certificate requirements...................................342
  India...................................................338, 342, 367
  International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards.....................338
  International Traffic in Arms Regulations........................1969
  Investigational new drugs.........................................899
  Iraq..............................................................321
  Lead-acid batteries..............................................3233
  Libya........................................................318, 325
  License application denial policy.................................359
  License exceptions........318, 329, 332, 333, 340, 345, 350, 351, 375

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  Licensing................................320, 328, 347, 349, 356, 363
  Liquors..........................................................2347
  Microwave monolithic integrated circuit power amplifiers..........315
  Military end-use items............................................357
  Missile technology controls........................320, 358, 360, 376
  National Forest System timber.....................................211
  Night vision equipment............................................333
  No license required provisions....................................349
  Non-space qualified amorphous silicon focal plane arrays..........323
  North Atlantic Treaty Organization...........................345, 365
  Nuclear equipment and materials............329, 330, 3987, 3989, 3996
  Outbound redelivery procedures and liabilities...................2264
  Reexports.....................................312, 320, 333, 345, 350
  Removal of country groups.........................................354
  Replacement licenses..............................................347
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements..........................343
  Rough diamonds....................................................302
  Russian entities..................................................366
  Sensitive chemical or biological items............................326
  Serbia............................................................318
  Simplified Network Application Process (SNAP).....................346
  Space qualified parts, components and technology..................324
  Special Comprehensive License program.............................319
  Special intra-company license.....................................356
  Specially denatured alcohol......................................2351
  Sudan........................................................344, 375
  Sugar reexport programs...........................................202
  Swordfish.........................................................520
  United Nations....................................................345
  United States munitions list......................................352
  Wassenaar Arrangement........................................337, 355
  Wildlife...................................................1463, 1603
  Yugoslavia........................................................361


                                   F

Fabrics:
  See Textiles
Fair housing:
  Certification and funding of State and local enforcement 
      agencies.....................................................1420
  Compliance requirements.......................................90, 255
    ANSI standards.................................................1422
FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulation):
  See Government procurement
Farmers:
  See Agriculture
Federal acquisition regulations:
  See Government procurement
Federal aid programs:
  See Grant programs
      Loan programs
      Price support programs
Federal buildings and facilities:
  Access for individuals with disabilities:
    Outdoor developed areas........................................2863
  Classified information storage....................................602
  DOD environmental restoration programs............................599
  Energy performance standards.................................775, 780
  GSA regulations..................................................3313
  Inspection/maintenance programs..................................3074
  Motor vehicle traffic supervision on military installations.......719
  NARA facilities:
    Locations and hours............................................3350
    Use of meeting rooms and public space..........................3340
  NRC offices......................................................3988
  Presidential library facilities..................................3351
  Telecommunications management....................................3308
Federal employees:
  See Government employees
Federal home loan banks:
  Affordable Housing Program.......................................3886
  Anti-money laundering programs...................................3892
  Appointed directors..............................................3891
  Community support requirements...................................3890
  Contractor outreach program for businesses owned by minorities, 
      women, or individuals with disabilities......................3893
  Data reporting requirements......................................3887
  Governance.......................................................3888
  New business activities..........................................3889
Federal property management regulations:
  See Government property management
Federal Reserve System:
  Capital..........................................................3909
  Capital treatment of asset-backed commercial paper programs......3916
  Community reinvestment...........................................3915
  Electronic fund transfers........................................3906
  Fair credit reporting................................3910, 3911, 3912
  Holding companies..........................................3903, 3913
  Risk-based capital standards.....................................3909
  State banks..............................3901, 3902, 3904, 3907, 3908
  Truth in lending.................................................3914
  Truth in savings.................................................3905
Federal-State relations:
  See Intergovernmental relations
Feed grains:
  Karnal bunt compensation...........................................53
Fellowships:
  See Scholarships and fellowships
Finance:
  See Banks, banking
      Credit
      Indians-business and finance
      Investments
      Loan programs
      Mortgages
Fines and penalties:
  See Penalties
Fire prevention:
  Candles and candle accessories standards.........................3666
  Electrical standards.............................................1942
  Emergency response and preparedness..............................1928
  Fire Management Assistance Grant Program.........................1316
  Forest fire assistance program....................................239
  Nuclear power plants.............................................3979
  Shipyard standards...............................................1947
  Sprinkler system requirements in long-term care facilities.......1017
Firearms:
  See Arms and munitions
Firefighters:
  Retirement.......................................................3443
Fish:
  See also Fisheries
           Seafood
  Country of origin labeling..........................................9
  Endangered Species Act...........................................1486
  Fish and Seafood Promotion Act....................................407
  Import restrictions...............................................502
  Injurious wildlife listings......................................1467
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1460
  National Organic Program............................................1
  Piscicide applications on National Forest System lands............227
  Prescription of fishways for non-Federal hydropower projects......492
Fisheries:
  Addition and revision of certain species codes....................403
  Atlantic Ocean...............................................419, 472
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1590
  Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands.......................................418
  Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan............................498
  Bottomfish........................................................518

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  Cod...............................................................485
  Critical habitat.............................................494, 497
  Crustacean........................................................380
  Demersal shelf rockfish...........................................519
  Dungeness crab....................................................417
  Essential fish habitat guidelines............................424, 531
  Fishing capacity reduction loans.............................417, 418
  Groundfish...................................................417, 518
  Gulf of Alaska...............................................519, 534
  Haddock...........................................................485
  Halibut.................................................396, 509, 534
  Hawaiian Islands.............................................391, 414
  Highly migratory species.....................................419, 472
  Incidental take regulations.........457, 496, 498, 500, 555, 556, 557
  King crab.........................................................418
  List of fisheries.................................................486
  Marine Mammal Protection Act......................................493
  National standard guidelines:
    Overfishing and rebuilding schedules............................392
  Northern California steelhead.....................................494
  Pacific coast.....................................................417
  Pelagics..........................................................414
  Permits......................................................391, 508
  Puerto Rico.......................................................387
  Research set-aside program........................................539
  Sablefish.........................................................386
  Scallop...........................................................459
  Scientific research...............................................405
  Sea turtle conservation.......................419, 459, 504, 559, 560
  Seabird protection................................................414
  Shrimp..................................................417, 559, 560
  Steller sea lion protection.......................................543
  Tanner crab.......................................................418
  Tuna..............................................................555
  U.S. Virgin Islands...............................................387
  Yellowtail flounder...............................................485
Fishery management plans:
  American Lobster.............................................379, 385
  Aquaculture practices.............................................423
  Atlantic............................400, 442, 489, 490, 522, 536, 549
  Atlantic billfish.................................................530
  Atlantic bluefish............................................444, 528
  Atlantic herring........................................393, 445, 478
  Atlantic mackerel.......................................388, 443, 527
  Atlantic sea scallop....................................439, 448, 526
  Atlantic striped bass.............................................398
  Atlantic swordfish................................................521
  Beluga whales.....................................................495
  Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands..............390, 395, 436, 481, 532, 541
  Bigeye tuna.............................................502, 520, 522
  Black corals......................................................422
  Black sea bass......................411, 449, 450, 451, 477, 523, 524
  Bluefin tuna.......................................489, 502, 522, 533
  Bottomfish fisheries....................................381, 402, 421
  Butterfish..............................................388, 443, 527
  Coastal migratory fisheries..................................427, 482
  Community development quotas.................................390, 408
  Deep-sea red crab............................................416, 529
  Eastern Pacific.........................................454, 537, 542
  Electronic logbook forms..........................................413
  Essential fish habitats...........................................438
  Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ).....................385, 398, 423, 473
  Fishing capacity reduction program................................544
  Groundfish..........................395, 401, 404, 436, 532, 538, 541
  Grouper.................................................441, 511, 550
  Gulf of Alaska................................395, 404, 433, 438, 532
  Gulf of Mexico......382, 384, 409, 424, 425, 426, 427, 476, 482, 507, 
                                                          510, 511, 550
  Habitat areas of particular concern...............................438
  Halibut......................................................430, 552
  Hawaiian Islands........................................391, 422, 518
  Highly migratory species............400, 453, 470, 488, 520, 522, 530
  King crab.........................................................481
  Monkfish................................................446, 471, 484
  North Atlantic right whales..................................458, 554
  Northeast multispecies..............431, 437, 447, 480, 526, 540, 548
  Ocean quahog......................................................525
  Pacific Coast.............401, 430, 434, 440, 483, 488, 491, 538, 552
  Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan................................546
  Pacific mackerel.............................................420, 535
  Pacific sardine...................................................475
  Pelagics...........................................394, 440, 473, 482
  Precious corals...................................................415
  Queen conch.......................................................387
  Red crab..........................................................547
  Red drum..........................................................442
  Red snapper..................................................507, 510
  Reef fish.....................................382, 425, 426, 441, 507
  Salmon..................................................434, 483, 491
  Scallop...........................................................433
  Scup................................411, 449, 450, 451, 477, 523, 524
  Sea scallop.......................................................549
  Seasonal Area Management program..................................554
  Sharks........................................383, 400, 490, 536, 544
  Shrimp..................................................384, 409, 410
  Snapper grouper...................................................399
  South Atlantic.....................................399, 410, 427, 482
  Spiny dogfish................................................452, 479
  Squid..............................................388, 428, 443, 527
  Summer flounder.....................411, 449, 450, 451, 477, 523, 524
  Surf clam.........................................................525
  Swordfish..........................................400, 502, 520, 522
  Tanner crab.......................................................481
  Tilefish..........................................................412
  Tuna...............................................400, 454, 537, 542
  U.S. Virgin Islands...............................................545
  Vermilion snapper.................................................476
  Western Pacific................381, 394, 402, 413, 415, 421, 428, 473
  Yellowfin grouper.................................................545
Fishing:
  Bycatch reduction measures........................................384
  Conservation programs.............................................518
  Drift gillnet.....................................................455
  Exempted fishing permits..........................................405
  Fixed gear........................................................386
  Longline................................................454, 455, 542
  Purse seine........................................454, 542, 555, 557
  Quotas:
    Adjustment of overages in the U.S./Canada area..................485
    Atlantic bluefin tuna...........................................489
    Halibut..........................................430, 432, 435, 509
    Red snapper.....................................................510
    Sablefish.......................................................432
    Swordfish.......................................................521
    Western Alaska program..........................................474
  Recreational measures.........................449, 451, 472, 477, 509
  Refuge-specific regulations................................1509, 1561
  South Pacific Tuna Act............................................389
  Subsistence fishing.......................534, 1556, 1598, 1599, 1610
  Tribal annual funding agreements.................................1510
Fishing vessels:
  Catcher vessel electronic report..................................397
  Gear identification markings on buoys.............................406
  Limited entry program.............................................455
  Observer Communications System regulations........................512
  Observer policy...................................................469
  Safety regulations...............................................1168
  South Pacific Tuna Act............................................389
  Vessel Monitoring System..........................................389
  Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program eligibility 
                                                                    474
Flammable materials:
  Bedclothes.......................................................3677
  Flammability standards...........................................3670
  Mattresses/bedding...............................................3672
  Upholstered furniture............................................3669

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Flood control:
  Ability to pay provisions.........................................733
Flood insurance:
  Mitigation assistance program..............................1320, 1337
  Mitigation of severe repetitive loss properties............1336, 1338
  National Flood Insurance Program:
    Appeal of decisions relating to coverage.......................1341
    Assistance to private sector insurers....................1331, 1332
    Coverage and rates.............................................1325
    Group Flood Insurance Policy.............................1329, 1335
    Increased Cost of Compliance provision.........................1317
    National Flood Insurance Act of 1994.............................91
Flood plains:
  Wetlands:
    Minimal effects exemptions......................................288
Floods:
  See Disaster assistance
Follow Through Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Food assistance programs:
  See also Food stamps
           School breakfast and lunch programs
  Child and adult care:
    Afterschool snacks..............................................140
    At-risk afterschool suppers.....................................119
    For-profit center participation.................................159
    Improving management and program integrity.................133, 165
    Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas..............135
    Overpayments....................................................160
    Permanent agreements for day care home providers................161
    Reimbursements for meals served to children in homeless 
        shelters....................................................151
    Tiering status determinations for family day care homes.........172
  Commodity Supplemental Food Program...............................137
  Disclosure of children's eligibility information to state 
      Medicaid and CHIP program.....................................138
  Donated foods provided under contract with food service 
      management companies..........................................127
  Evaluations and cost comparisons of warehousing and 
      distribution systems..........................................130
  Food and Nutrition Service data collection........................125
  Indian reservations...............................................118
  Older individuals................................................1049
  Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program..........................121
  Uniform federal assistance regulations............................139
  Women, infants, and children:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program..........................131, 169
    Food delivery systems...........................................132
    Program administration and operation............................164
    Vendor-related provisions.............................122, 145, 163
Food grades and standards:
  See Meat inspection
      Poultry and poultry products
      Seafood
Food labeling:
  Allergen information..............................................912
  Country of origin marking for agricultural commodities and 
      meats...........................................................9
  Expressed nutrient content claims.................................189
  Generic approval and regulation consolidation.....................175
  Ground or chopped meat and poultry products.......................187
  Prominence of calories............................................840
  Requirement for food that has been refused admission into the 
      US............................................................909
  Serving size regulations..........................................841
  Single-ingredient products........................................187
  Standardized terms................................................189
  Trans fatty acids.................................................902
  Uniform compliance date...........................................199
Food stamps:
  Alternate methods for issuing benefits............................141
  Bonding requirements for violating retailers......................126
  Civil rights data collections.....................................136
  Computer matching.................................................117
  Electronic benefits transfer system.....................128, 134, 141
  Eligibility and certification.....................................142
  Employment and training...........................................143
  High performance bonuses..........................................168
  Payment adjustments...............................................167
  Quality control..............................................123, 166
  Recipient claim establishment and collection standards............120
  State agencies administrative and management requirements.........134
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.......................894
  FDA registration of food facilities...............................884
  Food safety:
    Accredited laboratory program...................................181
    Foreign inspection system supervisory visits....................195
    Petitions for rulemaking........................................177
    School breakfast and lunch programs........................157, 158
  Food security plans...............................................180
  Health claims.....................................................850
  Imported..........................................................885
  Infant formula quality control...............................889, 890
  Institutional review boards.......................................879
  Modernization of standards...................................176, 847
  Pesticide residues...............................................3137
  Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease....................900
  Recordkeeping requirements:
    Acceptance of electronic signatures by FSIS.....................185
    Foods containing material from cattle...........................895
    Identifying immediate sources and recipients of foods...........911
  Retail exemption..................................................198
  Transportation in vehicles used for nonfood products.............2228
Foreign air carriers:
  See Air carriers
Foreign persons:
  See Aliens
Foreign relations:
  See also Citizenship and naturalization
           Cultural exchange programs
           Foreign trade
           Immigration
           International boundaries
           Passports and visas
           Treaties
  Economic Sanctions Enforcement Guidelines........................2267
  Imposition of special measures...................................2316
  International accounting standards...............................4081
  International call-back service..................................3745
  Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).....3208
Foreign trade:
  See also Competitiveness
           Customs duties and inspection
           Exports
           Imports
           Maritime carriers
           Trade agreements
  African Growth and Opportunity Act.........................2273, 2280
  DFARS modification................................................695

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  Earnings and profits.............................................2705
  Entry procedure for foreign trade zones..........................2274
  Federal employee foreign rights in inventions.....................586
  Financial services transactions between U.S. providers and 
      unaffiliated foreign persons.............................295, 298
  International services surveys....................................297
  Port restrictions:
    Japanese vessels...............................................3896
  Stock transfer rules.............................................2595
  U.S. direct investment abroad................................296, 299
  United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act..............2275
Forests and forest products:
  See also National forests
  Botanical products................................................234
  Forest fire assistance program....................................239
  Indian allotments.................................................206
  Special products..................................................234
  Timber sales:
    Cancellation....................................................232
    Integrated Resource Contracts...................................248
    Market-related contract term additions..........................223
    Noncompetitive sale.............................................210
    Preparation for sale...........................................1729
    Surplus species.................................................207
Forfeitures:
  See Seizures and forfeitures
Foster care:
  See Adoption and foster care
Fraud:
  CNCS regulations.................................................2879
  HHS regulations...................................................826
  Microcap securities market.......................................4077
  OIG regulations...................................................831
  Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act...........................1058, 2879
  Tax return affiliates............................................2531
Freedom of information:
  See also Confidential business information
  Amendments.......................................................3955
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3197
  DHS..............................................................1053
  DOD................................................588, 604, 691, 721
  DOE...............................................................797
  DOJ..............................................................1768
  DOL........................................................1864, 1923
  EEOC fee schedule for requests...................................3288
  Electronic communication.........................................1864
  Electronic Freedom of Information Act......................3355, 3385
  FMCS.............................................................3292
  NARA.......................................................3344, 3352
  NASA regulations.................................................3322
  NEH..............................................................3363
  OPM..............................................................3385
  SSA..............................................................3568
  TTB..............................................................2353
Freight:
  See also Hazardous materials transportation
  Agricultural commodities:
    Ocean freight claims.............................................23
  Freight forwarding industry......................................2113
Fruits:
  California clingstone peach diversion program......................14
  Dried fruit wines................................................2407
  Import regulations.....................................55, 67, 82, 83
  Phytosanitary certificates for imports.............................68
Fuel:
  See also Energy
  Air pollution control.......2930, 2931, 2949, 2971, 2988, 3009, 3012, 
                                                             3026, 3038
  California gasoline..............................................3013
  Diesel particulate matter exposure in underground mines..........1915
  Dye injection..............................................2545, 2568
  Excise tax regulations...............................2544, 2545, 2568
  Gasoline distribution facility emission standards..........2914, 3095
  Low-sulfur highway diesel fuel...................................2928
  Reformulated gasoline............................................3012
  Ultra low sulfur diesel fuel lubricity...........................2957
Fuel additives:
  Gasoline deposit control additives.........................2904, 3014
  Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).........................3106, 3281
  Oxygenated.................................................3015, 3148
Fuel economy:
  Corporate Average Fuel Economy Program...........................2120
  Fuel economy credits.............................................2176
  Fuel economy labeling............................................2985
  Fuel economy standards program...................................2195
    Light trucks...................................................2133
Funeral industry:
  Practices rule...................................................3919


                                   G

Garnishment of wages:
  See Wages
Gas exploration:
  See Oil and gas exploration
Gas reserves:
  See Oil and gas reserves
Gas utilities:
  See Natural gas
Gases:
  See Natural gas
Gasoline:
  See Fuel economy
Gasoline additives:
  See Natural gas
Gifts to Government:
  See Government property
Goats:
  Interstate movement regulations....................................63
Government buildings:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Government contracts:
  See also Government procurement
  Acquisition regulations:
    Advance notification requirements..............................3630
    Central Contractor Register.....................................656
    Commercial items...............................................3636
    EPA............................................................2886
    Federal Technical Data Solution................................3628
    Government property rental.....................................3620
    Labor standards for contracts involving construction.....3614, 3632
    Share-in-savings contracting...................................3613
    Special tooling................................................3620
    USAID........................................2852, 2855, 2857, 2858
  Affirmative action...............................................1872
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage contracts.....................20
  Contractors:
    Access to sensitive information................................3327
    Accompanying a force deployed...................................662
    Architect-engineer qualifications...............................697
    Computer security...............................................771
    DOE contract security personnel.................................793
    DOE security requirements.......................................796
    Employee stock ownership plans.................................3379
    Hazardous material safety data.................................3608
    Identification of gender, race and ethnicity of applicants 
        for employment.............................................1874
    Insurance and pension reviews...................................641
    Jobs For Veterans Act..........................................1952
    Performance of acquisition functions closely associated with 
        inherently governmental functions...........................686
    Safety manual...................................................589
    Security requirements for Toxic Substances Control Act 
        confidential business information..........................2884
    Use of government supply sources................................703

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  Debarment and suspension.........................................1987
  Defense contracts:
    Administrative regulations......................................626
    Commercial contract types......................................3627
    Competition requirements........................................651
    Construction contracts..........................................635
    Continued contracts authorization...............................639
    Contract administration...............................640, 649, 685
    Contract modifications..........................................631
    Contract types..................................................647
    Contractor qualifications relating to contract placement........692
    Cost accounting standards.......................................617
    Deployment of contractor personnel..............................723
    DFARS modification.....618, 626, 627, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635, 
           638, 639, 640, 641, 643, 646, 647, 648, 649, 650, 651, 652, 
           656, 658, 660, 662, 663, 664, 665, 666, 668, 676, 685, 686, 
             687, 688, 696, 697, 699, 702, 703, 707, 708, 711, 712, 715
    Drug-free workplace requirements................................634
    Environmental regulations.......................................634
    Extraordinary contract adjustments..............................676
    Fidelity and forgery bond protection............................708
    Financing and payment...........................................627
    Firefighting services...........................................702
    Fixed price.....................................................652
    Follow-on production contracts for prototype projects...........665
    Foreign acquisition.............................................722
    Freedom of information.....................................588, 691
    Government source inspection requirements.......................693
    Historically black college and minority institution set-aside
                                                                    699
    Internal controls for purchase card use.........................655
    Labor laws application..........................................650
    Leader company contracting......................................707
    Multiyear contracting...........................................687
    Negotiated acquisitions.........................................648
    Occupational safety regulations.................................634
    Patent rights...................................................653
    Payment and billing instructions................................660
    Performance-based contracting for services.....................3619
    Personal services contracts.....................................666
    Privacy protection..............................................691
    Provision of information to cooperative agreement holders.......668
    Radio frequency identification..................................618
    Reporting performance outside the US............................663
    Requirements documents..........................................643
    Resolving tax problems..........................................696
    Service contract and task order approval........................654
    Small disadvantaged business subcontracting.....................707
    Socioeconomic programs..........................................632
    Sole source awards to Native Hawaiian-owned small businesses 
                                                                    682
    Special contracting methods.....................................646
    Subcontracting policies and procedures..........................630
    Task or delivery order contracts................................658
    Technical data conformity.......................................715
    Termination of contracts........................................638
    Transportation requirements.....................................633
    Unique item identification and property valuation...............689
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act.............................1881
  Indians..........................................................1709
  Javits-Wagner-O'Day program:
    Governance standards for nonprofit agencies....................2871
  Nondiscrimination................................................1872
  Research and development.....................................711, 712
  Rights to inventions..............................................585
  Shipbuilding capability preservation agreements...................740
  Small business subcontracting assistance...................3514, 3541
  Wage Determinations OnLine system................................1875
Government employees:
  See also Conflict of interests
           Military personnel
           Political activities (Government employees)
  Administrative Law Judge Program.................................3407
  Antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection............3399, 3436
  Antiterrorism certification......................................3459
  Appeals..........................................................3426
  Career and career-conditional employment...................3409, 3411
  Civilian Marksmanship Program:
    Civil service benefits for former employees....................3444
  Claims for damages against DOE employees..........................820
  Classification appeals...........................................3423
  Combined Federal Campaign..................................3459, 3460
  Competitive service and competitive status.......................3471
  Computer security.................................................771
  Corporation for National and Community Service:
    Discrimination complaint procedures............................2873
  Cost-of-living allowances........................................3398
  Creditable service...............................................3434
  Criminal investigators...........................................3469
  Defense personnel:
    Claims settlement..........................................605, 606
    Privacy policies................................................593
  Detail between Executive Branch and Legislative Branch...........3473
  DHS human resources management system......................1070, 3489
  District of Columbia employees:
    Benefits.......................................................3441
    Retirement plan benefits.......................................2266
    Retirement, health, and life insurance coverage................3442
  DOE polygraph examination regulations.............................795
  Drug-free workplace requirements......................834, 1057, 1863
  Employee stock ownership plan costs..............................3379
  Employee surveys.................................................3383
  Employment discrimination..................................3289, 3291
  Employment of relatives..........................................3474
  Enterprise Human Resource Integration............................3384
  Ethical conduct standards:
    Attorneys......................................................1845
    CSOSA employees................................................2881
    DOD employees...................................................612
  Examining system...........................................3417, 3418
  Excepted service:
    Career and career-conditional employment.......................3409
    Individuals with disabilities..................................3412
    Operational procedures.........................................3388
    Presidential Management Intern Program.........................3411
    Student Career Experience Program..............................3382
    Temporary organizations........................................3410
  Federal executive boards.........................................3461
  Federal mail management..........................................3294
  Financial disclosure requirements................................3372
  Foreign gift reporting requirements..............................3319
  Foreign rights in inventions......................................586
  Freedom of Information Act regulations...........................3385
  Governmentwide nonprocurement common rule for debarment and 
      suspension.......................................1057, 1863, 1987
  Health benefits:
    Administrative simplification provisions.......................3481
    Enrollment regulations.........................................3456
    FEHBP changes..........................3405, 3455, 3464, 3465, 3488
    Flexible spending accounts...............................3430, 3458
    Long-term care insurance regulations...........................3454
  Hiring flexibilities during national emergencies.................3381
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3484
  Indemnification request procedures for states and localities.....3406
  Information technology exchange program..........................3420
  Interagency Reports Management Program...........................3318
  Intermittent.....................................................3390
  Investigations...................................................3402
  IRS........................................................2569, 2570
  Job grading reviews..............................................3426

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  Leave regulations................................................3419
  Life insurance...................................................3404
    Federal Acquisition Regulation.................................3466
  Merit promotion and internal placement...........................3414
  National Security Personnel System..........................615, 3463
  OPM regulations rewrite..........................................3470
  Order of release from competitive level..........................3477
  Part-time........................................................3390
  Pay rates:
    Administration.................................................3469
    Aggregate limitation on pay....................................3468
    Biweekly pay periods...........................................3431
    Critical position pay authority................................3429
    Locality pay areas.......................................3394, 3425
    Pay retention..................................................3483
    Pay-for-performance appraisal systems..........................3478
    Prevailing rate systems............................3395, 3427, 3428
    Regulation amendments..........................................3419
    Regulation standardization.....................................3422
    Superior qualifications appointments...........................3480
    Within-grade increases.........................................3482
  Performance appraisal systems........................2569, 2570, 3468
  Personal financial interests.....................................3374
  Personal identification verification..............................378
  Post-employment conflict of interests......................3378, 3437
  Presidential Management Intern Program...........................3411
  Presidential Rank Award eligibility..............................3421
  Privacy Act regulations..........................................3386
  Privacy procedures for personnel records.........................3411
  Probation on initial appointment to competitive position.........3475
  Public safety officers...........................................1854
  Reasonable accommodation language for OPM vacancy announcements
                                                                   3413
  Recruitment and selection through competitive examination........3415
  Recruitment, relocation, and retention bonuses...................3424
  Reemployment...............................................3391, 3397
  Regulation revisions.............................................3400
  Relocation costs.....................................3312, 3321, 3615
  Repayment of student loans.......................................3396
  Responsibilities and conduct:
    OPM......................................................3408, 3438
    State..........................................................1982
  Retention allowances.............................................3485
  Retirement:
    Air traffic controllers........................................3450
    Court orders awarding survivor annuities.......................3403
    Coverage for non-appropriated fund instrumentalities.....3439, 3453
    Credit for government service performed abroad.................3451
    Credit for military service....................................3449
    Death benefits and employee refunds............................3446
    Debt collection................................................3487
    Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act..........3445
    FERS basic annuity.............................................3448
    FERS coverage elections........................................3452
    Record retention...............................................3447
    State income tax withholding...................................3440
  Salary offset..............................................2333, 3548
  Seasonal.........................................................3390
  Security standards...............................................3401
  Selective Service registration requirements......................3387
  Senior Executive Service:
    Aggregate limitation on pay....................................3479
    Annual leave...................................................3433
    Pay and performance awards...............................3476, 3479
    Post-employment conflict-of-interest restrictions..............3437
  Standards of conduct....819, 1050, 3326, 3373, 3375, 3376, 3377, 3572
  Strategic human capital management assessment....................3389
  Submission of claims by preference eligibles to OPM..............3462
  Temporary and term employment....................................3435
  Temporary change of station................................3411, 3416
  Testifying and providing records in litigation..............739, 3339
  Time-in-grade restrictions.......................................3472
  Training and development...................................3392, 3393
    Agency reporting requirements..................................3457
  Travel regulations...............................................3320
    Compensatory time..............................................3432
  Veterans recruitment appointments................................3467
  Voluntary separation incentive payments..........................3486
Government procurement:
  See also Government contracts
  Acquisition regulations:
    Access to Federal Procurement Data System database.............3297
    Accounting for unallowable costs...............................3626
    Acquisition planning............................................636
    Advisory and assistance services................................671
    Agricultural...............................................292, 293
    Architect-engineer services...............................698, 3634
    Aviation critical safety items..................................667
    Ball and roller bearings........................................670
    Berry Amendment memoranda.......................................684
    Business restructuring costs....................................680
    Buy American Act requirements..................................3643
    Coast Guard....................................................3631
    Commercial items..............................706, 3610, 3636, 3645
    Compensation for personal services.............................3612
    Competition requirements...................................700, 705
    Component breakout..............................................645
    Conflicts of interest...........................................690
    Contract pricing................................................620
    Cost accounting standards administration.......................3635
    Cost principles.........................709, 3609, 3612, 3617, 3637
    Debarment.................................................690, 3301
    Department of Homeland Security................................1063
    Department of State......................................1959, 1967
    DFARS modification.....616, 619, 620, 621, 622, 623, 624, 625, 628, 
           629, 636, 637, 642, 644, 645, 653, 657, 659, 661, 664, 667, 
           669, 670, 671, 672, 673, 674, 675, 677, 678, 679, 680, 681, 
           682, 683, 684, 688, 690, 694, 695, 698, 700, 701, 703, 704, 
                      705, 706, 709, 710, 713, 714, 716, 717, 718, 3631
    Disputes and appeals...........................................3316
    DOE.....................808, 809, 810, 812, 813, 815, 816, 817, 818
    DOT............................................................1999
    Earned value management system.................................3605
    Electronic representations and certifications..................3639
    EPA................................................2883, 2885, 2892
    Excluded Parties List System...................................3638
    Federal Agency Retail Pharmacy Program.........................3293
    Federal Business Opportunities vendor notification service.....3315
    Federal Prison Industries.................................718, 3606
    Foreign acquisitions............................................619
    Free Trade Agreements................................669, 714, 3629
    Gains and losses...............................................3617
    Geographic use of the term United States........................657
    Government-owned information technology.........................621
    Governmentwide purchase card use for micro-purchases............623
    GSA..........................................3297, 3301, 3316, 3317
    HUD............................................................1424
    Improper business practices.....................................690
    Incentives for purchase of domestic capital assets..............683
    Information technology..........................................642
    Information technology equipment................................678
    Insurance information...........................................710
    Landscaping and pest control services..........................3633
    Laws inapplicable to commercial subcontracts....................694
    Major systems acquisition.......................................661
    Material inspection and receiving reports.......................622
    Mentor-Protege Program...............................681, 704, 3641

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    Micro-purchase exemption for purchasing electronic and 
        information technology.....................................3644
    NASA.........................................3328, 3333, 3334, 3631
    National Nuclear Security Administration........................772
    Notification of employee rights concerning payment of union 
        dues or fees...............................................3625
    Partnership agreement between DoD and SBA.......................717
    Payment withholding............................................3618
    Penalties for unallowable costs................................3637
    Performance-based service acquisition..........................3621
    Plain language rewrite.........................................3611
    Polyacrylonitrile carbon fiber..................................716
    Powers of attorney for bid bonds...............................3622
    Procedures, guidance, and information...........................713
    Protests, disputes, and appeals.................................616
    Purchasing by management and operating contractors..............814
    Quality assurance...............................................629
    Reimbursement of relocation costs on a lump-sum basis..........3615
    Required sources of supplies and services.......................644
    Sealed bidding..................................................701
    Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns.........3642
    Simplified acquisition procedures...............................624
    Small business programs.........................................637
    Small business specialist review................................659
    Small Disadvantaged Businesses.................................3623
    Special emergency procurement..................................3640
    Specialized service contracting.................................672
    Telecommunications services...........................673, 677, 679
    Telecommuting for Federal contractors..........................3624
    Totally enclosed lifeboat survival systems......................628
    Training and education.........................................3609
    Transportation industry practices..............................3616
    Uniform contract line item numbering............................625
    USAID....................................................2852, 2857
    Utility services...........................................674, 675
    Veterans Affairs...............................................2810
  Biobased products.......................................251, 252, 292
  Contracts:
    NFS contracts...................................................232
  HUBZone program............................................3300, 3623
  Javits-Wagner-O'Day program:
    Determining whether commodities are essentially the same as 
        items on the procurement list..............................2866
    Responsibilities of central nonprofit agencies.................2869
    Suitability criteria for commodities and services..............2868
  Lobbying restrictions......................................1059, 3607
  Management accountability and control............................3380
  Rated order rejection.............................................374
  Recycled products................................................3212
  Small, minority, and women's business utilization................2896
Government property:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
           Government property management
  Abandoned or forfeited personal property.........................3298
  Economic development transfers of real property by DOE............801
  Personal commercial solicitation on DoD installations.............597
  Rental...........................................................3620
  Sale or rental of sexually explicit material on DoD property......596
  Use, handling, and disposal requirements.........................3309
Government property management:
  Mandatory review procedures......................................1442
  Motor vehicles...................................................3310
  Nondiscrimination..........................................3305, 3307
  Personal property management...............................3295, 3299
  Space and related services:
    Rents and leases...............................................3313
  Supply and procurement...........................................3311
  Telecommunications management....................................3308
Government securities:
  See Bonds
Grains:
  See also Feed grains
  Exports...........................................................113
  Inspection and weighing service fees..............................115
  Karnal bunt compensation...........................................53
  Process verification service......................................114
Grant programs:
  AmeriCorps regulations.....................................2872, 2878
  CNCS regulations.................................................2874
  DOD Grant and Agreement regulations...............................613
  Fire Management Assistance Grant Program.........................1316
  Freedom of information...........................................1923
  Hazard Mitigation Grant Program......................1322, 1339, 1342
  Hazard mitigation planning.......................................1326
  IMLS.............................................................3356
  Learn & Serve regulations........................................2872
  NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook revision...........3330
  National Historical Publications and Records Commission Grant 
      Program......................................................3345
  Participation by religious organizations in USAID programs.......2861
  Rights to inventions..............................................585
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.......................1848
  Victims of crime.................................................1858
Grant programs-agriculture:
  Administration provisions..........................................89
  Energy efficiency.................................................269
  Equal opportunity for religious organizations.....................261
  Hatch Multistate Research Fund.....................................84
  High energy cost rural communities................................283
  Nonprocurement regulations........................................253
  Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program......................270, 271
  Rural business investment program.................................264
  Rural economic development........................................262
  Small Business Innovation Research Grants Program..................86
  Technical assistance and training.............................93, 282
  Water programs....................................................276
    Household Water Well System Grant Program.......................279
Grant programs-education:
  Administrative regulations........................................604
  Credit Enhancement for Charter School Facilities Program..........769
  Freedom of Information............................................604
  National Security Education Program...............................598
Grant programs-environmental protection:
  Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.............3247
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program review........................................1861
Grant programs-health:
  AOA rules revisions..............................................1049
  Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children........................920
  Limitation on administrative expenses.............................923
  NIH training grants...............................................936
  Public Health Service grant appeals procedures....................919
Grant programs-housing and community development:
  American Dream Downpayment Initiative............................1349
  Community development block grants:
    Brownfields activities.........................................1414
    Community revitalization strategy..............................1412
    Prohibition on use of funds for job-pirating activities........1413
    Regulation revisions...........................................1416
    Slum and blight prevention.....................................1414
    Small cities and insular areas programs........................1417
  Data Universal Numbering System identifier requirement...........1356
  Electronic submission of grant applications......................1346
  Empowerment zones................................................1411
  Indian Housing Block Grant Program.........................1433, 1438

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  OMB Circular A-110 revisions.....................................1355
  State homes for veterans.........................................2814
  Uniform requirements for HUD programs............................1344
Grant programs-Indians:
  Construction of jails............................................1859
  Indian Housing Block Grant Program.........................1433, 1438
  STOP Violence Against Indian Women Discretionary Grant Program 
                                                                   1848
Grant programs-natural resources:
  North American Wetlands Conservation Act grants program..........1471
Grants administration:
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1590
  Drug-free workplace requirements.................................1863
  Jobs For Veterans Act............................................1954
  Nondiscrimination..............................1774, 2875, 3338, 3342
  Uniform administrative requirements............1051, 1355, 2842, 2856
  USAID-funded assistance..........................................2860
Grazing lands:
  Conservation.....................................................1730
  Grassland Reserve Program.........................................286
  National Forest System.......................................206, 214
  Navajo Partitioned Lands.........................................1667
  Permit regulations...............................................1646
Guaranteed loans:
  See Loan programs
Guns:
  See Arms and munitions


                                   H

Handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Harbors:
  Maintenance fees...........................................2292, 2293
Hatch Act:
  See Political activities (Government employees)
Hawaiian Natives:
  Defense acquisition contract awards to Native-owned small 
      businesses....................................................682
  Grants for services provided to older individuals................1049
  Mortgage eligibility.............................................1408
Hazardous materials transportation:
  See also Pipeline safety
  Aircraft carriage................................................2229
  Aluminum cylinders...............................................2222
  Cargo tank requirements..........................................2230
  Commercial driver's license endorsement..........................2116
    Security threat assessment of applicants.......................1252
  Explosive materials........................................1268, 2219
  FAA material recognition training................................2035
  Fees for security threat assessments on drivers..................1276
  Harmonization with UN recommendations............................2224
  Hazardous waste manifest rule....................................3214
  Infectious substances............................................2224
  Intergovernmental relations......................................2245
  International standards..........................................2235
  Lighters and lighter refills.....................................2233
  Lithium batteries..........................................2231, 2239
  Motor carriers...................................................2230
  Oxygen cylinders on aircraft.....................................2241
  Packaging........................................................2223
  Regulation revisions.....................2226, 2232, 2238, 2240, 2249
  Security...................................................2242, 2243
  Toxic by inhalation materials....................................2243
  UN standard cylinder requirements................................2234
  Wastewater treatment exemptions..................................3217
Hazardous substances:
  See also Explosives
           Flammable materials
           Hazardous materials transportation
           Hazardous waste
  Air pollutants...913, 2915, 2916, 2917, 2919, 2936, 2942, 2950, 2962, 
           2963, 2965, 2966, 2968, 2969, 2970, 2976, 2981, 2982, 2990, 
           2992, 2999, 3009, 3018, 3033, 3034, 3037, 3039, 3047, 3055, 
           3060, 3061, 3062, 3063, 3079, 3087, 3089, 3090, 3091, 3092, 
                   3094, 3097, 3098, 3102, 3117, 3120, 3121, 3175, 3218
    Delisting..........................................2920, 3065, 3088
  Albuterol.........................................................913
  Asbestos.............................................1912, 3166, 3428
  Beryllium........................................................1924
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................2893
  CERCLA corrections...............................................3243
  Chemicals:
    Chemical test rules......................................3144, 3175
    Import of toxic chemicals......................................3147
  Chromium...................................................1940, 3064
  Crystalline silica.........................................1921, 1935
  Designation under CERCLA.........................................3248
  Developmental and reproductive toxicity testing..................3177
  Drinking water regulations................886, 3254, 3275, 3283, 3286
  Enzymes and proteins.............................................3150
  Ethylene oxide.................................1949, 2913, 2944, 3003
  Extremely hazardous substance list.........................3189, 3199
  Glycol ethers....................................................3116
  Halogenated solvents.............................................2918
  Hazard Communication Standard....................................1931
  Hydrochloric acid................................................2947
  Hydrochlorofluorocarbon..........................................2935
  Isocyanates......................................................2994
  Lead...................1929, 3060, 3152, 3168, 3169, 3182, 3186, 3187
  Material Safety Data Sheets......................................3608
  Metals...........................................................3176
  Metals from electroplating operations............................3207
  Method 24 amendment..............................................2905
  Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).........................3106, 3281
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................1983
  Ozone depleting substances.....................2983, 2987, 3085, 3109
  Perchloroethylene................................................2916
  Pesticides.................................................3131, 3141
    Data requirements for registering biochemical or microbial 
        products...................................................3126
    Emergency exemption regulations................................3133
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program....................3130, 3136
    Produced by transgenic plants..................................3131
    Registration review program....................................3129
    Rules of practice..............................................3128
    Worker protection standards....................................3143
  Pipeline safety standards..................................2221, 2225
  Pollution contingency plan.................................3244, 3249
  Protection of human research subjects............................3127
  Radon............................................................3279
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3226
  Semiconductors manufacture and assembly..........................3221
  Sulfur oxides..............................................2926, 3054
  Sulfuric acid drain openers......................................3667
  Surface coatings.................................................2905
  Threshold planning quantity......................................3189
  Toxicological profiles:
    Metals.........................................................3176
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications............3192, 3194, 3201
    Coal...........................................................3202
    Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds...............................3190
    Metal mining...................................................3198
    Pollution Prevention Act information requirements..............3203
    Reporting requirements.............................3195, 3198, 3204
    Review of chemicals on original list...........................3200
  Water pollution control....................................3254, 3258
Hazardous waste:
  Carbamates.......................................................3245
  Cathode ray tubes................................................3216
  Cement kiln dust.................................................3222

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  Comparable fuels exclusion under RCRA............................3235
  Disposal facilities:
    Combustion facilities..........................................3218
    Radioactive waste........................................3123, 3125
  Dyes and pigments................................................3237
  Generator regulatory program.....................................3205
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions...................................................3206
  Lead.............................................................3185
  Lead-acid batteries..............................................3233
  Manifest regulations.......................................3214, 3234
  Mercury-containing equipment.....................................3219
  Permit program...................................................3211
  Polychlorinated biphenyls..................................3151, 3171
  Radioactive waste....................................2887, 3984, 3998
    Advance notification to Native American tribes of 
        transportation.............................................3999
    Dose methodology...............................................3124
  Recycling........................................................3216
  Requirements revision............................................2247
  Solid waste................................................3225, 3231
  Solvents.........................................................3230
  Toxic waste site.................................................3147
  Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3229
  Transboundary shipment within Organization for Economic 
      Cooperation and Development member countries.................3208
  Uncontrolled sites on the NPL....................................3241
  Wastewater treatment sludges from automobile manufacturing.......3209
Head Start Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Health:
  See Alcohol abuse
      Drug abuse
      Drugs
      Health care
      Health facilities
      Health insurance
      Health professions
      Health records
      Individuals with disabilities
      Medical and dental schools
      Medical devices
      Medical research
      Mental health programs
      Nutrition
      Occupational safety and health
      Public health
      Radiation protection
Health care:
  See also Medicaid
           Medicare
  Ambulance services...............................................1006
  Anti-kickback provisions..........................................822
  Fraud and abuse provisions........................................831
  Home health agencies..............................................944
    Medicare conditions of participation............................993
    Nondiscrimination in post-hospital referral.....................980
    Prospective payment system.................................963, 973
  Human cellular and tissue-based products..........................910
  Inmate fees......................................................1759
  Nondiscrimination.................................................823
  Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network................917, 925
  Performance standard for diagnostic x-ray systems.................882
  Physicians' referrals.......................................969, 1027
  Program exclusion for submitting claims containing excessive 
      charges.......................................................825
  Protection of human research subjects........................938, 941
  Risk-sharing arrangements.........................................822
  Underserved areas.................................................916
  Veterans:
    Additional disability or death due to care, treatment or 
        program....................................................2845
    Advanced health care planning..................................2813
    Filipino veterans..............................................2819
    Non-VA service and care..................................2817, 2843
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2816
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2834, 2840
  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................1896
Health facilities:
  See also Hospitals
           Nursing homes
  Ambulatory surgical centers:
    Conditions for coverage.........................................952
    List of covered procedures......................................981
  Anti-kickback safe harbor statute.................................826
  Electronic submission of cost reports.............................990
  Fire safety requirements...................................1010, 1017
  Long-term care:
    Federal long-term care insurance regulations...................3454
    Hospice service.................................................954
    Preventing accumulation of surplus controlled substances.......1806
  Physician referrals for health services...........................995
  Psychiatric residential treatment facilities......951, 974, 994, 1020
  Rehabilitation facilities.........................................962
  Skilled nursing facilities........................................968
  Use of restraint and seclusion...............................951, 994
Health insurance:
  See also Medicare
  Access:
    Pre-existing condition exclusions..............................2734
    Special enrollment rules.......................................2734
    State alternative mechanisms...................................1014
    Support orders in the IV-D program.............................1044
  Astronaut Health Care Provision..................................3324
  Benefit-specific waiting periods.................................1021
  Calculation of average cost of a policy...........................918
  CHAMPUS:
    Claimcheck denials appeals process..............................747
    Double coverage.................................................746
    Dual compensation/conflict of interest provision................744
    Individual Case Management Program..............................749
    Methodology for coverage of NIH-sponsored clinical trials.......748
    Payment for ambulatory care.....................................743
    Prosthetic devices coverage.....................................745
    Regulation amendments...........................................752
    TRICARE......741, 742, 750, 751, 753, 754, 755, 756, 757, 758, 759, 
                                                               760, 761
  Claims attachment standard........................................950
  District of Columbia employees...................................3442
  Federal enforcement..............................................1009
  Government employees...............3405, 3455, 3456, 3464, 3465, 3488
    Flexible spending accounts...............................3430, 3458
    Long-term care insurance regulations...........................3454
  Group plans integrated with Medicare programs....................1901
  Guaranteed availability and renewability to small employers......1013
  Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...............946
    Administrative simplification provisions.......................3481
    Church plans...................................................2601
    Civil money penalties...........................................830
    Code set revisions..............................................958
    Complaint of noncompliance submission..........................1037
    Electronic transactions and code set standards..................953
    Family and Medical Leave Act interaction.......................2675
    Health care access, portability and renewability...............1905
    Nondiscrimination............................1907, 2600, 2601, 2602
    Special enrollment procedures..................................2675
    Tolling time periods...........................................2675
    Wellness programs..............................................2602
  Health plan identifiers...........................................946
  Medical savings accounts tax regulations.........................2560

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  Nondiscrimination regulations....................................1007
  Portability.....................................998, 1014, 1019, 2734
  Quality improvement organizations contracts......................1036
  Reduced SSA benefits due to private insurance coverage...........3558
  Retirement benefits..............................................3290
  State Children's Health Insurance Program:
    Allotments......................................................985
    Disclosure of eligibility for food assistance programs..........138
    Payment error rate measurement program.........................1016
    Redistribution of unexpended funds..............................987
Health insurance for aged:
  See Medicare
Health professions:
  Alien health care workers..................................1151, 1963
  National Practitioner Data Bank..............................915, 924
  Nurses:
    Nonimmigrant aliens......................................1112, 1889
  Physicians:
    DEA registration requirements for practitioners practicing in 
        more than one state........................................1807
    Fee schedule..............................................975, 1026
    Health services referrals............................969, 995, 1027
    National interest waivers for alien physicians.................1111
  Professional shortage areas.......................................916
Health records:
  Privacy and disclosure of SSA records and information............3547
Hearing and appeal procedures:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Helicopters:
  See Aircraft
Heliports:
  See Airports
Hepatitis B virus:
  Correctional management..........................................1754
Hepatitis C virus:
  Blood donors and recipients.......................................874
  Hospital conditions of participation..............................977
Herbicides:
  See Pesticides and pests
Higher education:
  See Colleges and universities
Highway safety:
  Highway-rail grade crossings.....................................2112
  Indian highway safety program....................................1672
  Mexican motor carriers...........................................2115
  Motor carrier regulations..................................2103, 2112
  National Bridge Inspection Standards.............................2086
  Traffic control devices:
    Manual revision................................................2084
    Signing to assist motorists in locating 24-hour pharmacy 
        services...................................................2088
Highways and roads:
  See also Bridges
           Highway safety
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
           Motor vehicles
  Environmental impact regulations...........................2083, 2215
  Highway traffic noise abatement..................................2089
  Highway vehicle definition.......................................2592
  Project authorization and agreement..............................2082
  Real property acquisition........................................2087
  Relocation assistance............................................2087
Historic preservation:
  Army Corps of Engineers regulations...............................728
  Certification of historic structures.............................1616
  Import restrictions on archaeological material from Prehispanic 
      cultures of the Republic of El Salvador......................2299
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act...........1625
Historical records:
  See Archives and records
HIV:
  Correctional management..........................................1754
Hogs:
  Import restrictions................................................54
Holding companies:
  Adjudicatory proceedings.........................................2776
  Change in bank control...................3902, 3903, 3904, 3908, 3913
  Exemption for certain acquisitions.........................4045, 4055
  Industry Guide 3 amendments......................................4017
Homeless:
  CACFP reimbursements for meals served to children in shelters 
                                                                    151
  Eligibility for free school meals.................................156
Honey:
  Honey wines......................................................2407
  Nonrecourse marketing assistance loan and loan deficiency 
      payment........................................................46
  Research and promotion program......................................5
Hospice care:
  Medicaid and Medicare conditions of participation.................945
  Medicare policies.................................................978
  Requirements for long-term care facilities........................954
Hospitals:
  CHAMPUS payment for ambulatory care...............................743
  Conditions of participation:
    Laboratory services.......................................977, 1024
    Organ transplantation centers...................................992
    Patients' rights...............................................1008
    Requirements of................................................1002
  Enhanced DSH treatment............................................955
  Grants administration...........................604, 1051, 1355, 2856
  Home health agency referral.......................................980
  Inpatient prospective payment system..............................966
  Inpatient psychiatric facilities............................974, 1020
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................1906
  Medicare:
    Disproportionate share of low-income patients payment formula
                                                                   1032
    Limitation on charges for services furnished to Indians.........927
    Long-term care prospective payment system.......................983
    Outpatient prospective payment system.....................964, 1025
    Oversight and validation program...............................1015
  Mortgage insurance...............................................1381
Hours of work:
  See Wages
Household appliances:
  Energy efficiency............................................777, 787
  Test procedures...................................................781
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...................................1366
  Affordable Housing Program.......................................3886
  American Dream Downpayment Initiative............................1349
  Civil penalties for violations:
    Distribution of tax credit proceeds............................1401
  Community development block grants:
    Brownfields activities.........................................1414
    Regulation revisions...........................................1416
    Slum and blight prevention.....................................1414
  Competitive sales procedures.....................................1406
  Data Universal Numbering System identifier requirement...........1356
  Disposition of HUD-acquired single-family properties.............1373

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  Disposition of HUD-owned assets in revitalization areas..........1371
  Electronic document retention....................................1351
  Energy-efficiency rating guidelines..........................780, 786
  Environmental review procedures..................................1353
  Federal Housing Administration:
    Disciplinary actions against HUD-qualified real estate 
        brokers....................................................1392
    Electronic endorsement of mortgages............................1398
    Quality control plans..........................................1384
    TOTAL mortgage scorecard.......................................1404
  Hawaiian Natives:
    Mortgage eligibility...........................................1408
  HOME Investment Partnerships Program.......................1345, 1359
  Housing counseling program.......................................1391
  Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS program:
    Regulations....................................................1410
  HUD acquisition regulations......................................1424
  Indian Housing Block Grant Program.........................1433, 1438
  Lead-based paint.....................................3182, 3185, 3186
  Limitation of insured loans to nonprofit agencies................1378
  Mark-to-Market Program...........................................1362
  Multifamily:
    Accelerated loan processing quality assurance enforcement......1379
    Closing forms and documents....................................1380
    Disposition of HUD-owned projects..............................1363
    Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental projects 
                                                                   1407
    Housing bonds..................................................2739
    Nondiscrimination based on disability..........................1358
    Previous participation certification...........................1402
  NAHASDA amendments...............................................1439
  Office of Inspector General subpoenas............................1425
  One dollar home sales to local governments.......................1367
  Rural:
    Farm labor housing..............................................101
    Loan policies....................................................94
    Loans and grants...................................98, 99, 101, 102
    Multiple-family housing.........................................101
    New and existing dwellings definition............................95
    Planning and performing construction.............................96
    Rental housing.............................................101, 103
    State nonmetropolitan median household income...................284
    Surety requirement..............................................105
  Self-Help Opportunity Program....................................1409
  Specially adapted housing for disabled veterans..................2788
  Streamlining regulations..........................................101
  Supportive Housing Programs................................1394, 1415
  Teacher Next Door Sales Program..................................1372
  Uniform standards for grants and agreements......................1344
Housing assistance payments:
  See Housing
Housing standards:
  Manufactured homes construction standards........................1395
  Manufactured housing dispute resolution program..................1377
  Manufactured housing installation program..................1374, 1376
  On-site construction.............................................1375
Human research subjects:
  Protection of.......305, 614, 762, 763, 804, 887, 938, 940, 941, 943, 
                               1862, 2818, 2859, 2894, 3127, 3331, 3364
  Student rights....................................................768
Humane treatment of animals:
  See Animal welfare
Hunting:
  Migratory birds.......1453, 1455, 1457, 1490, 1497, 1507, 1528, 1549, 
                                                             1573, 1608
  Refuge-specific regulations................................1509, 1561
Hydroelectric power:
  See Electric power
Hydropower:
  Review of mandatory conditions of licensing.......................492


                                   I

Immigration:
  See also Aliens
           Citizenship and naturalization
  Address notification.............................................1287
  Adoption of alien siblings.......................................1158
  Affidavit of support.......................................1101, 1831
  Appeal fees......................................................1138
  Appeals efficiency...............................................1095
  Asylum procedures:
    Frivolous applications.........................................1090
    Numerical limit on grants......................................1079
  Authority of the DHS Secretary...................................1066
  Border crossing identification documents.........................1972
  Cancellation of removal....................................1819, 1821
  Child Citizenship Act............................................1117
  Consent to reapply for admission after removal...................1085
  Detention of aliens subject to final orders of removal...........1285
  Electronic signatures on applications and petitions for 
      benefits.....................................................1136
  Employment:
    Authorization eligibility......................................1090
    Eligibility verification.......................................1973
    Employer petitions.............................................1150
    Employer sanctions.............................................1303
    Employment creation petitions..................................1094
    Verification requirements......................................1154
  Exchange visitors:
    Student Exchange Visitor Information System....................1313
    Waiver of two-year foreign residence requirement...............1086
  Executive Office for Immigration Review authorities..............1820
  Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry..............1229
  Fingerprinting certain applicants................................1110
  Genealogy Program processing fee.................................1093
  Hunger strikes by detainees......................................1278
  Immigrant Investor Pilot Program.................................1142
  Immigration proceedings..........................................1818
  Inadmissibility..................................................1072
  Increasing number of officers authorized to issue notices to 
      appear and arrest warrants for violations....................1311
  Individuals with disabilities:
    Naturalization procedures......................................1135
  Intercountry adoptions...........................................1080
  Interest payments on cancelled cash bonds........................1279
  International broadcasters.......................................1119
  International matchmaking organization requirements........1073, 1816
  Jurisdiction over appeals of INS decisions involving 
      administrative fines.........................................1824
  Law enforcement officers training during mass influx of aliens 
                                                                   1288
  Legal Immigration Family Equity Act..................1122, 1124, 1821
  Payment of fees methods..........................................1296
  Powers and authorities of officers and employees.................1306
  Preinspected automated lane program..............................1239
  Protective orders in administration proceedings..................1822
  Representative registry..........................................1823
  Revoking grants of naturalization................................1109
  Schedule of fees for consular services, State Department and 
      embassies and consulates...............................1980, 1981
  Seizures and forfeitures.........................................1224
  Surety bonds...............................................1281, 1307
  Suspension of deportation............................1104, 1819, 1821
  United Nations Convention Against Torture........................1105
  User fee remittance..............................................1235
  Waivers for nonimmigrants........................................1133
  Withholding of adjudication......................................1137
Imports:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Customs duties and inspection
  Alcohol and alcoholic products...................................2351
  Apparel articles..................................................310
  Archaeological material from Prehispanic cultures of the 
      Republic of El Salvador......................................2299

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  Arms-related items...............................................1787
  Beluga sturgeon..................................................1600
  Bigeye tuna.............................................502, 520, 522
  Bluefin tuna.................................................502, 522
  Border Release Advanced Screening and Selectivity Program........1243
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention....................69, 76
  Captive-bred exotic birds........................................1517
  Certification of factual information during antidumping and 
      countervailing duty proceedings...............................311
  Chemicals:
    Blanket certifications.............................3156, 3157, 3178
    Reporting requirements for controlled substances...............1797
  Control of PMN chemicals.........................................3173
  Dairy products.....................................................13
  Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2277
  Duty-free entry...................................................310
  Eggs..............................................................179
  Endangered and threatened species..........................1487, 1600
  Explosive materials:
    Identification markings........................................1777
  Food products................................................885, 909
  Fruits and vegetables..................................55, 67, 82, 83
  Halon-1301 aircraft fire extinguishing vessels...................3027
  Icelandic eiderdown..............................................1570
  Meat and meat products...................................54, 192, 200
  Milk and milk products.............................................71
  Motor vehicles.......................................2164, 2198, 3069
    Commercial.....................................................2173
  Nuclear equipment and materials......................3987, 3989, 3996
  Nursery stock......................................................78
  Parrots..........................................................1525
  Phytosanitary certificates for fruits and vegetables...............68
  Pine shoot beetle host material....................................60
  Pirated audio-visual works.......................................2286
  Plants.............................................................77
  Polar bear trophies..............................................1473
  Poultry products..................................................179
  Prohibited marks on tobacco and cigarette products...............2405
  Seeds..............................................................61
  Single entry for entities on multiple conveyances................2278
  Steel products....................................................307
  Swordfish...............................................502, 520, 522
  Tobacco products..........................................4, 17, 2384
  Tuberculosis risk classification...................................52
  Uniform rules of origin..........................................2263
  United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act:
    Preferential treatment for brassieres..........................2297
  Wheat..............................................................81
  Wild birds.................................................1479, 1525
  Wildlife...................................................1463, 1603
  Wine.............................................................2380
  Wool:
    Worsted wool fabrics.......................................308, 309
Income taxes:
  Accelerated death benefits.......................................2706
  Accrual rules for creditable foreign taxes.......................2723
  Accruals and allocations reductions because of increased age.....2610
  Active trade or business requirement.............................2501
  Allocation and apportionment rules...............................2720
  Allocation of basis to distributes following a reorganization 
                                                                   2640
  Alternative minimum tax..........................................2702
  Asset ownership..................................................2710
  Authorized placement agency......................................2599
  Automated substitute for return............................2485, 2486
  Below-market loans...............................................2494
  Bonds:
    Allocation and accounting regulations..........................2482
    Multifamily housing............................................2739
    Municipal......................................................2690
    Private activity...............................................2585
    Qualified zone academy bonds...................................2655
    Tax exempt bond partnerships...................................2753
    Tax-exempt bonds issued by State and local governments.........2719
  Branch remittances...............................................2434
  Brief asset holding period.................................2760, 2761
  Cancellation of indebtedness.....................................2735
  Capitalization of expenditures to repair or improve tangible 
      property.....................................................2550
  Capitalized costs................................................2535
  Caribbean Basin countries........................................2701
  Carryback of consolidated net operating losses to separate 
      years........................................................2613
  Charitable contributions.........................................2672
  Check the box regulations........................................2741
  Claims against decedent's estate.................................2491
  Collection after assessment......................................2493
  Collection due process.....................................2480, 2481
  Collections:
    Installment agreements.........................................2441
    Levied property................................................2586
  Communications excise tax........................................2469
  Consolidated groups:
    Application of section 108...............................2650, 2660
    Computation of taxable income..................................2663
    Duplicate tax benefits.........................................2624
    Intercompany transactions......................................2678
    Loss limitation rules....................................2474, 2740
  Consolidated returns:
    Intercompany obligations.................................2461, 2589
    Interest income................................................2646
    Regulation amendments..........................................2609
  Constructive sales of appreciated financial positions............2715
  Contingent at closing escrows....................................2643
  Coordination of income taxes for US and certain possessions.....2489, 
                                                                   2517
  Corporations:
    Alternative minimum tax........................................2702
    Assumption of liabilities......................................2458
    Continuances...................................................2670
    Disclosure to the Bureau of Economic Analysis............2500, 2543
    Estimated tax..................................................2452
    Gain on stock distributions....................................2604
    Gains on assets held by a corporation converted from C to S 
                                                             2685, 2766
    Indian Tribal Corporations.....................................2524
    Interest on large corporate underpayments......................2759
    LIFO recapture.................................................2669
    No net equity value transactions...............................2498
    Operating rules for successors in liquidations.................2677
    Prohibited allocation of securities............................2649
    Reorganizations....................................2635, 2668, 2679
    S corporations...................2502, 2530, 2648, 2649, 2716, 2755
    Shareholder's basis in stock...................................2530
    Stock ownership in another corporation.........................2536
    Taxable stock transactions...............................2746, 2757
    Withholding taxes..............................................2336
  Cost sharing.....................................................2470
  Cross-border transactions..................................2465, 2521
  Current liability interest rate............................2508, 2509
  Custodial account contributions..................................2631
  Deductions from intangible property..............................2603
  Dependent care credit............................................2477
  Dependent definition.............................................2730
  Deposit requirements for employment taxes..................2572, 2573
  Depreciation computation.........................................2644
  Designated or related summons....................................2490
  Determination of residency in U.S. possessions...................2497
  Discharge of property............................................2565
  Disclosure of return information...............2459, 2728, 2729, 2767
  Disclosure regulations for reportable transactions........2554, 2555, 
                                                             2556, 2557

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  Disclosures to subcontractors....................................2662
  Disqualified person..............................................2516
  Disregarded entities and collections.............................2567
  Distributions of property........................................2621
  Dollar-value last-in, first-out (LIFO) inventory method..........2455
  Domestic workers.................................................2562
  Dual consolidated losses.........................................2507
  Earnings and profits attribution principles......................2721
  Electronic filing of business returns............................2642
  Electronic filing requirements.............................2681, 2768
  Electronic tax administration....................................2468
  Electronic transmissions.........................................2713
  Elimination of forms of distribution in defined contribution 
      plans........................................................2756
  Employee benefits:
    Cafeteria plans................................................2606
    Electronic transmission of notices, elections or consents......2526
    Limitations....................................................2522
  Employer contributions for deferred compensation.................2462
  Employer contributions to medical savings accounts...............2560
  Employer's annual Federal employment tax return............2540, 2542
  Escrow funds...............................................2513, 2581
  Estimated tax regulations........................................2511
  Excess operating fund investment.................................2336
  Exempt organizations.............................................2744
  Extension of time for filing returns.............................2745
  Farm income averaging regulations..........................2553, 2566
  Federal Insurance Contributions Act..............................2562
  Federal Unemployment Tax Act...............................2748, 2749
  Filing corrections...............................................2627
  Foreign corporations.................................2435, 2575, 2703
    Definition of qualified foreign corporation....................2510
    Earnings and profits.....................................2700, 2705
    Entity classification....................................2533, 2683
    Exclusions from gross income...................................2691
    Foreign stapled corporations.............................2505, 2727
    Income rules...................................................2451
    Information returns requirements...............................2571
    Pro rata share determination...................................2674
    Statutory mergers..............................................2682
    Stock transfer rules...........................................2595
    Transfer of intangibles........................................2456
  Foreign governments..............................................2698
  Foreign insurance companies..........................2433, 2436, 2667
  Foreign investment companies.....................................2450
  Foreign Investment in Real Property Act..........................2576
  Foreign tax credit.............................2471, 2596, 2694, 2696
  Fraud committed by return affiliate..............................2531
  Fringe benefit income allocation.................................2578
  Fuel excise tax regulations..........................2544, 2545, 2568
  Functional currency..............................................2700
  Gasoline tax claims..............................................2737
  General utilities repeal.........................................2439
  Generation skipping transfer tax deemed allocations..............2629
  Gift tax value determination.....................................2525
  Grantor..........................................................2710
  Guarantee fees...................................................2653
  Highly compensated employee................................2448, 2580
  HIPAA portability................................................2675
  Income allocation................................................2603
  Income attributable to domestic production activities............2563
  Income from labor or personal services...........................2680
  Income from ocean and space activities...........................2714
  Income from sources within specified possession..................2464
  Installment obligations..........................................2632
  Insurance companies..............................................2605
    Attained age of the insured....................................2503
  Interest.......................................2577, 2596, 2597, 2646
  Interest equivalent deduction election...........................2665
  Interest-free adjustments........................................2579
  International communications income..............................2714
  International organizations......................................2698
  Investigative disclosures........................................2622
  Investment adjustment rules......................................2626
  Life insurance and annuity contract guidance...2537, 2574, 2645, 2751
  Like-kind exchanges..............................................2513
  Liquidation of an interest.......................................2475
  Losses:
    Separate limitation............................................2699
    Waiver of carryovers...........................................2626
  Mark-to-market treatment for marketable stocks.............2487, 2638
  Mergers or consolidations qualifying as reorganizations..........2608
  Mixed use output facilities......................................2722
  New market tax credit......................................2736, 2752
  Non-accrual experience method of accounting......................2628
  Non-shelter revisions............................................2466
  Nondiscrimination cross-testing rules to cash balance pension 
      plans........................................................2634
  Normalization requirements.......................................2607
  Notarization requirement for statements of purchase..............2724
  Notional principal contracts.....................................2636
  Obligation to file notice of redetermination of foreign tax......2694
  Obligation-shifting transactions.................................2738
  Offset of refund payments........................................2341
  Partnerships:
    Assumption of liabilities......................................2598
    Capital gains rollover.........................................2657
    Deemed dispositions of unrealized receivables and inventory 
        items......................................................2492
    Disguised sales................................................2656
    Disregarded entities...........................................2673
    Distributive share determination...............................2529
    Equity for services............................................2478
    Exception qualification guidance...............................2564
    Foreign tax credit allocation..................................2620
    Guaranteed payments to partners................................2532
    New markets tax credit allocation..............................2467
    Options........................................................2612
    Retiring or deceased partner...................................2718
    Section 1503(d) applications...................................2707
    Substantiality rules...........................................2528
    Withholding reduction..........................................2684
    Withholding tax on foreign partners' share of effectively 
        connected income...........................................2453
  Passive foreign investment companies.............................2450
  Payments:
    No return of information required..............................2515
    Overpayment interest calculation...............................2538
    Source of payments.............................................2732
  Payments in the nature of workers compensation...................2499
  Payments to attorneys......................................2447, 2591
  Performance of actuarial service under ERISA.....................2495
  PFIC purging elections...............................2484, 2518, 2651
  Predeceased parent rule..........................................2654
  Previously taxed earnings and profits............................2457
  Principal accounting method......................................2534
  Principal residence seizure......................................2611
  Procedure and administration.....................................2704
  Public inspection of written determinations......................2506
  Qualified contract provisions....................................2514
  Qualified intellectual property contributions..............2548, 2689
  Qualified interests..............................................2750
  Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits:
    Accrual for certain regular interests..........................2639
    Foreign holders..........................................2476, 2764
    Interest-only regular interests................................2512
    Tetra rules....................................................2659
  Reconsideration of Rev. Rule 69-302..............................2584
  Redemptions treated as dividends.................................2614
  Regulated investment companies:
    Reporting of foreign taxes paid................................2547
  Regulations repeal...............................................2765

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  Release of lien..................................................2565
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................2438, 2615
  Requests for information.........................................2743
  Research credit................................2523, 2549, 2617, 2692
  Resident status............................................2693, 2697
  Retirement annuity contributions.................................2631
  Retirement plans.....................................2645, 2647, 2708
    Deemed IRAs....................................................2664
    Designated Roth contributions under cash or deferred 
        arrangements...............................................2688
    Disclosure of relative values of optional forms of benefit.....2687
    Exclusion of employees of 501(c)(3) organizations in 401(k) 
        and 401(m) plans...........................................2661
    Phased retirement program......................................2666
  Safe harbor leases...............................................2747
  Salary reduction agreement.......................................2763
  Section 179 elections............................................2658
  Section 59(e) elections..........................................2754
  Section 6048.....................................................2731
  Section 6159.....................................................2441
  Section 6343.....................................................2586
  Section 882......................................................2709
  Section 884......................................................2709
  Securities.................................................2440, 2582
  Single-sum distributions from cash balance pension plans.........2479
  Small businesses:
    Disabled access credit.........................................2527
  Solid waste disposal facility definition.........................2726
  Source rules involving U.S. possessions..........................2693
  Special depreciation allowance...................................2630
  Stewardship expenses.............................................2488
  Stock options....................................................2725
  Stock transfer regulations...........................2449, 2519, 2520
    Continuity of interest.........................................2676
  Straddles:
    Carrying charges...............................................2597
    Definition of loss.............................................2496
    Miscellaneous issues...........................................2583
  Student FICA guidance............................................2758
  Subchapter T cooperatives..................................2539, 2541
  Substitute dividend payments in securities lending...............2473
  Substitute for return......................................2485, 2486
  Summonses of third-party recordkeepers...........................2463
  Supplemental wage withholding....................................2686
  Support test for children of divorced parents....................2504
  Suspension of interest and penalties.............................2546
  Swap transactions................................................2732
  Tax credits:
    Low-income housing.............................................2472
    Puerto Rico....................................................2695
  Tax shelter rules....................................2558, 2559, 2742
  Taxable fuel entry...............................................2641
  Taxable years for CFCs and FPHCs.................................2454
  Taxpayer Bill of Rights....................................2441, 2586
  Testimony authorizations.........................................2743
  Timely mailing treatment.........................................2619
  Toll telephone service definition................................2623
  Tractors, trailers, trucks, and tires............................2561
  Transactions involving related parties, pass-through entities, 
      or other intermediaries......................................2725
  Transferor or transferee as a predecessor or successor...........2637
  Travel expenses for members of Congress..........................2442
  Treatment of services............................................2625
  Trusts:
    Charitable remainder trusts....................................2590
    Financial asset securitization investment trusts (FASIT).......2712
    Foreign trusts.................................................2711
    Non-exempt employees...........................................2710
    Qualified severance regulations................................2652
    Reporting earned income........................................2513
  Underpayment...............................................2671, 2762
  Utility allowances...............................................2483
  Voluntary State tax withholding from retired pay of Service 
      members.......................................................591
  Widely held fixed investment trusts..............................2615
  Withholding certificates.............................2551, 2552, 2713
  Withholding for qualified intermediaries.........................2460
Indians:
  See also Indians-arts and crafts
           Indians-business and finance
           Indians-education
           Indians-lands
           Indians-law
           Indians-tribal government
  Alaska resupply operation........................................1664
  Appeals from administrative actions..............................1643
  Certificates of degree of Indian blood...........................1670
  Electric power utilities.........................................1635
  Extending wireless telecommunications services to tribal lands 
                                                                   3817
  Food assistance programs..........................................118
  Housing:
    Indian Housing Block Grant Program.......................1433, 1438
    NAHASDA amendments.............................................1439
  Limitation on charges by Medicare participating inpatient 
      hospitals.....................................................927
  Livestock assistance program.......................................35
  Migratory bird hunting regulations...............................1608
  National Environmental Policy Act................................3969
  National Indian Gaming Commission.......3955, 3957, 3959, 3962, 3963, 
                                                 3964, 3965, 3968, 3969
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act...........1625
  Navajo generating station..................................3049, 3050
  Processing requests for reindeer by non-native Alaskans..........1666
  Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets in Wupatki 
      National Monument............................................1630
  Spent fuel shipment notification.................................3999
  STOP Violence Against Indian Women Discretionary Grant Program 
                                                                   1848
  Subsistence fishing.......................534, 1556, 1598, 1599, 1610
  Subsistence hunting and fishing on Federal lands in Alaska......1504, 
                                           1505, 1546, 1551, 1583, 1592
  Transport of eagle feathers......................................1574
  Welfare reform:
    Welfare-to-Work Program........................................1887
Indians-arts and crafts:
  Sale of handicrafts in National Park System......................1627
  Use of northern sea otter..................................1513, 1543
Indians-business and finance:
  Buy Indian Act...................................................1671
  Gaming operations:
    Civil fines....................................................3968
    Classification standards.......................................3958
    Debt collection................................................3967
    Facility licensing standards...................................3966
    Minimum internal control standards.............................3959
    Privacy Act procedures.........................................3956
    Revenue allocation plans.......................................1636
    Technical standards for game classifications...................3957
  Indian Tribal Corporations.......................................2524
  Loan guaranty, insurance, and interest subsidy...................1639
  Management contracts.............................................3962
  Net gaming revenue...............................................3963
  Trust funds......................................................1645
  Unclaimed Individual Indian Moneys funds.........................1644
Indians-education:
  No Child Left Behind Act of 2001...........................1673, 1674
Indians-lands:
  Air pollution control implementation.......................3056, 3110
  Allotments.......................................................1724
  American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act.................1449

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  Annual funding agreements........................................1510
  Business lease procedures........................................1662
  Environmental quality enhancement................................1649
  EPA new source reviews...........................................2907
  Forestry regulations.............................................1661
  Grazing permits............................................1646, 1667
  Indian highway safety program....................................1672
  Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Program loan regulations............42
  Irrigation projects..............................................1663
  Leasing for mineral development............................1656, 1657
  Leasing of trust and restricted lands............................1665
  Mining regulations...................................1654, 1655, 1709
  National Forest System lands......................................206
  Oil and gas leases.........................................1650, 1651
  Oil valuation from leases........................................1683
  Probate of trust estates...................................1648, 1660
  Reservation proclamations........................................1638
  Rights-of-way....................................................1647
  Title documents requirements.....................................1659
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................216
  Water quality standards..........................................3270
Indians-law:
  BIA regulations..................................................1637
  Construction of jails............................................1859
  Courts of Indian Offenses........................................1669
  Hearings and appeals.............................................3960
  NIGC enforcement regulations.....................................3961
  Probate adjudication.............................................1447
  Use or distribution of judgment funds................1640, 1641, 1642
Indians-tribal government:
  Grants for services provided to older individuals................1049
  Tribal background investigations.................................3964
Individuals with disabilities:
  See also Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
           Vocational rehabilitation
           Education of individuals with disabilities
  Accessibility guidelines:
    Forest Service trails...........................................237
    Outdoor developed areas........................................2863
    Outdoor recreation facilities...................................238
    Public accommodations and commercial facilities................1770
    Public rights-of-way...........................................2864
    Telecommunications equipment and customer premises equipment 
                                                                   3702
    Transportation...........................................1986, 1991
  Aggravation of a disability by active service....................2839
  Assistance to disabled veterans in acquiring specially adapted 
      housing......................................................2788
  Cardiovascular impairments.......................................3580
  Contractor and subcontractor obligations...................1869, 1871
  Determination of.................................................3580
  Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act.....1040
  Disability insurance program demonstration project...............3601
  Disability ratings:
    Cardiovascular conditions......................................2827
    Digestive system...............................................3576
    Drug addiction or alcoholism...................................3592
    Genito-urinary tract...........................................3577
    Growth impairment..............................................3593
    Hearing impairments............................................3545
    Hematological disorders........................................3555
    Hypertension...................................................2827
    Immune system..................................................3552
    Individual unemployability.....................................2821
    Labyrinthine-vestibular function disturbance...................3545
    Language and speech disorders..................................3546
    Mental disorders...............................................3554
    Multiple body systems..........................................3578
    Multiple scars.................................................2829
    Neurological...................................................3543
    Respiratory disorders....................................2827, 3544
    Special senses.................................................3553
    Vision.........................................................2822
  Excepted appointment for employment..............................3412
  Exemption of work activity as basis for continuing disability 
      review.......................................................3549
  Expedited reinstatement of SSA disability benefits...............3575
  FHFB contractor outreach program.................................3893
  Homeownership assistance...................................1357, 1441
  Javits-Wagner-O'Day program:
    Labor hours ratio requirements.................................2867
  Malignant neoplastic diseases....................................3599
  Medical-vocational guidelines....................................3579
  Motor vehicle modifications......................................2152
  Naturalization application.......................................1135
  Nondiscrimination....................................3302, 3490, 3591
    Air travel.....................................................1997
    CNCS...........................................................2875
    DHS programs...................................................1056
    Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation.......................3591
    GSA............................................................3307
    Multifamily homeownership projects.............................1358
    NARA...........................................................3338
    OFHEO..........................................................3368
    Public accommodations and commercial facilities................1770
    State and local government services............................1771
  Passenger vessel access....................................1996, 2862
  Plans to achieve self-support....................................3559
  Self-Sufficiency Program.........................................3556
  Small veteran-owned businesses.............................3542, 3642
  SSA disability determination process.......................3560, 3561
    Continuing disability review failure to cooperate procedures 
                                                                   3570
  SSA medical equivalence policy...................................3550
  Supportive Housing Programs......................................1394
  Telecommunications relay services..........................3703, 3704
  Ticket to Work Program...........................................3556
  Video programming accessibility..................................3761
  Vocational rehabilitation services:
    Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in 
        a program..................................................3583
    Referral for services..........................................3595
Industrial safety:
  See Occupational safety and health
Industry:
  See Business and industry
Infants and children:
  See also Adoption and foster care
           Child welfare
           Youth
  Aircraft child restraints..................................2019, 2063
  All-terrain vehicle ban for children under 16....................3663
  Baby bath seat ban...............................................3673
  Bunk bed cornerpost standard.....................................3676
  Child Care and Development Fund..................................1047
  Child Citizenship Act............................................1117
  Child Status Protection Act................................1140, 1956
  Child support....................................................1048
  Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule........................3921
  Crib safety standards............................................3674
  Food assistance programs......124, 133, 138, 140, 151, 159, 160, 161, 
                                                                    172
  Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children........................920
  Infant formula...............................................889, 890
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................1906
  Motor vehicle restraint systems..........2123, 2128, 2132, 2149, 2199
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................132
  Poison prevention..........................................3675, 3679
  Portable bed rail safety.........................................3671
  State Children's Health Insurance Program:
    Allotments......................................................985

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    Disclosure of eligibility for food assistance programs..........138
    Redistribution of unexpended funds..............................987
  Television programming.....................................3771, 3772
Information:
  See Archives and records
      Classified information
      Confidential business information
      Freedom of information
      Privacy
      Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Insecticides:
  See Pesticides and pests
Institutional review boards:
  Registration requirements....................................879, 940
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...............3601
  Disaster assistance requirements.................................1333
  FCSIC regulation.................................................3699
  Terrorism Risk Insurance Program...........................2261, 2269
Insurance companies:
  Anti-money laundering program....................................2322
  Asset acquisitions...............................................2605
  Attained age of the insured......................................2503
  Surety bond issuance.............................................2342
Insured loans:
  See Loan programs
Intelligence:
  See Classified information
Intergovernmental relations:
  See also Grant programs
  Air pollution control implementation.............................3107
  Alternative fuels incentives program..............................776
  Asylum claims made at land border ports-of-entry...........1159, 1833
  Code of conduct for International Space Station crew.............3326
  EPA..................................................2997, 3258, 3263
  Hazardous materials transportation...............................2245
International agreements:
  See Treaties
International boundaries:
  Asylum claims made at land border ports-of-entry...........1159, 1833
  Border crossing cards:
    Elimination of.................................................1228
International trade:
  See Foreign trade
Inventions and patents:
  Application process...............................................580
  Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement Act...............578
  DFARS regulations.................................................653
  Electronic application exchange between intellectual property 
      offices.......................................................577
  Ex parte and inter partes reexamination practice..................569
  Fees.........................................................576, 579
    Handling applications filed without appropriate fees............570
    Refund provisions...............................................570
    Revisions..................................................571, 580
  Foreign rights in inventions......................................586
  Government-owned inventions:
    Licensing.......................................................587
  Mineral patent applications......................................1721
  Nonprofit organizations...........................................585
  NSF regulation...................................................3366
  Power of attorney provisions......................................572
  Representation of others before the USPTO.........................567
  Signature provisions..............................................572
  Small businesses..................................................585
  US Patent and Trademark Office 21st Century Strategic Plan........582
  US Patent and Trademark Office correspondence.....................584
Investigations:
  Government personnel.............................................3402
Investment advisers:
  See Securities
Investment companies:
  Affiliate transactions...........................................4050
  Anti-money laundering program for unregistered companies.........2328
  Confirmation of transactions.....................................4067
  Disclosure requirements..............................4024, 4058, 4068
  EDGAR system requirements..................................4036, 4054
  Eligible portfolio companies.....................................4053
  Form N-SAR.......................................................4041
  Income tax regulations...........................................2547
  Independent transmission companies...............................4043
  Money market fund exemptions.....................................4049
  Portfolio transaction cost disclosure............................4039
  Registration form and rules................................4038, 4041
  Small business investment companies:
    Maximum leverage eligibility...................................3535
Investments:
  See also Brokers
           Commodity futures
           Investment companies
           Securities
           United States investments abroad
  Annuity broker qualifications....................................1846
  Cash solicitation rule...........................................4042
  Exemptions regarding officers and directors of public utility 
      holding companies............................................4044
  Financial services transactions between U.S. providers and 
      unaffiliated foreign persons.............................295, 298
  Investment advisers:
    Anti-money laundering program..................................2323
    Broker-dealer exemptions.......................................4056
    Electronic filing..............................................4048
    Political contributions........................................4046
    Proxy voting policies..........................................4024
    Registration of hedge fund advisers............................4057
    Thrift institutions............................................4047
  Mutual funds:
    Reporting suspicious transactions..............................2315
  NCUA rules.......................................................3950
  U.S. direct investment abroad................................296, 299
Irrigation:
  Project operation and maintenance................................1663


                                   K

Kidney diseases:
  Medicare:
    Composite rate exceptions......................................1033
    Conditions for coverage.........................................991


                                   L

Labeling:
  See also Food labeling
           Packaging and containers
  Alcoholic beverages..................................2345, 2346, 2389
  Biobased products.................................................251
  Blood and blood components........................................888
  Drugs...............................851, 852, 863, 871, 883, 896, 903
  Fuel economy of motor vehicles...................................2985
  Home insulation..................................................3923
  Hydrocarbon-containing products..................................3675
  Latex condoms.....................................................857
  Malt beverages...................................................2392

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  Pesticides.......................................................3131
Labor:
  See also Child labor
           Employee benefit plans
           Employment
           Equal employment opportunity
           Occupational safety and health
           Retirement
           Unemployment compensation
           Wages
  Fiduciary responsibilities of union officials....................1866
  Freedom of Information Act.................................1864, 1923
  Labor laws application to government acquisitions.................650
  Labor organization officer and employee reports..................1870
  Local, intermediate, national or international status of labor 
      organizations................................................1879
  Notification of employee rights concerning payment of union 
      dues or fees.................................................3625
  Small Business Job Protection Act................................1867
  Standards for contracts involving construction.............3614, 3632
  Standards of conduct for federal sector unions...................1876
Laboratories:
  Accreditation of analytical chemistry laboratories................181
  Clinical laboratories regulation......................959, 1024, 1038
  Hospital conditions of participation..............................977
  Using private laboratories with regard to FDA actions.............876
  Waste management.................................................3210
Land:
  See Grazing lands
      Indians-lands
      Public lands
      Rights-of-way
Law:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
      Courts
      Indians-law
      Lawyers
Law enforcement:
  See also Drug traffic control
  Armor vest purchase..............................................1860
  Carriage of concealed weapons....................................1840
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act...1838, 1841, 1842, 
                                                                   3794
  Exchange of criminal history record information..................1835
  Fish and Wildlife Service........................................1458
  Forest Service....................................................209
  Indian country...................................................1637
  Military police investigations....................................720
  National Indian Gaming Commission................................3961
  Police department review for pattern or practice of unlawful 
      conduct......................................................1775
  Private Security Officer Employment Authorization Act............1839
  Public lands.....................................................1726
  Retirement.......................................................3443
  Training of officers authorized to enforce immigration law 
      during mass influx of aliens.................................1288
  Use of aliens in critical initiatives............................1309
  Use of tobacco products without payment of tax...................2383
Lawyers:
  Ethical standards................................................1845
  Indian probate adjudication......................................1447
  Reimbursement for attorney's fees in DOI legal proceedings.......1446
  Reimbursement for fees in DHS proceedings........................1067
  Representation for aliens in immigration proceedings.............1823
  Standards of conduct:
    SEC............................................................4082
Lead poisoning:
  Paint........................3152, 3168, 3169, 3182, 3185, 3186, 3187
  Reducing lead consumption and use................................3167
Libraries:
  Disposition of culturally identifiable human remains in 
      possession of museums........................................1619
  Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments.................3355
  Grant program regulations........................................3356
  Presidential library facilities..................................3351
  Privacy Act implementation.......................................3357
  Title IX of the Education Act Amendments.........................3358
Life insurance:
  Accelerated death benefits.......................................2706
  Attained age of insured..........................................2574
  Contract guidance................................................2751
  District of Columbia employees...................................3442
  Government employees.............................................3404
    Federal Acquisition Regulation.................................3466
  Group term.......................................................2537
  Solicitation on DoD installations.................................597
Liquors:
  Dealers..........................................................2385
  Exports..........................................................2347
Livestock:
  See also Grazing lands
           Meat and meat products
           Meat inspection
           Poultry and poultry products
  Aquatic animals.....................................................1
  Assistance for producers...........................................24
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention...........72, 76, 79, 866
  Chronic wasting disease in farmed elk and deer.....................58
  Disaster assistance program....................................35, 48
  Ewe lamb incentive payment program.................................45
  Foot-and-mouth disease.............................................57
  Interstate movement of sheep and goats.............................63
  National Forest System restrictions...............................225
  National Organic Program............................................6
Loan programs:
  Credit union loans to members....................................3954
  Fishing capacity reduction loans.............................417, 418
  Medical research..................................................934
Loan programs-agriculture:
  Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program.....256, 257, 260, 263, 
                                                               265, 268
  Community programs............................................92, 104
  Energy efficiency.................................................269
  Farm Credit Administration:
    Assessment and apportionment of administrative expenses........3697
    Borrower rights................................................3693
    Capital adequacy.........................................3690, 3696
    Civil money penalty adjustments................................3698
    Disclosure and reporting requirements....................3681, 3689
    Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation................3683, 3688
    Funding and fiscal affairs.........................3687, 3692, 3696
    Governance of institutions.....................................3689
    Investments, liquidity and divestiture requirements............3691
    Loan policies and operations...................................3696
    Mission-related investments....................................3695
    Policies and operations..................................3687, 3692
    Priority of claims.............................................3680
    Receivership repudiation authorities...........................3685
    Regulatory burden..............................................3682
    Scope of financing regulations.................................3684
    Termination regulations........................................3686
  Farm Loan Program:
    Regulatory streamlining..........................................21
  Farm Service Agency:
    Appraisal updates................................................19
    Debt collection and settlement regulations.......................28
    Interest assistance program......................................22
    Unauthorized assistance on guaranteed loans......................39
  Guaranteed farm loan regulations...................................27
  Housing...........................................................255
  Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Program loan regulations............42
  Intermediary relending program....................................266
  National security emergency loans.................................258

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  Nonrecourse marketing assistance loan and loan deficiency 
      payment for honey..............................................46
  Regulation streamlining............................................21
  Rural economic development........................................262
  Rural housing......................................................94
  Secondary market sales of guaranteed loans........................267
  Water programs....................................................276
  Workout agreement for delinquent borrowers........................104
Loan programs-business:
  Credit union member business loans...............................3942
  SBA:
    Certified development company program..........................3519
    Economic injury disaster loans.................................3522
    Premier Certified Lenders Program..............................3526
    Small Business Lending Companies...............................3517
Loan programs-education:
  Medical research..................................................935
  NIH loan repayment programs:
    AIDS research...................................................929
    For clinical researchers........................................930
    For individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds..................933
    Health disparities research.....................................932
    Pediatric research..............................................931
  OPM repayment regulations........................................3396
Loan programs-housing and community development:
  Accelerated claims disposition...................................1366
  Closing forms and documents......................................1380
  Disciplinary actions against HUD-qualified real estate brokers 
                                                                   1392
  Government-sponsored enterprises:
    Conservatorship................................................3370
    Corporate governance...........................................3371
    High costs and predatory features..............................1354
    Minimum capital................................................3369
    Mortgage data..................................................1348
    Mortgage fraud reporting.......................................3367
  HOME Investment Partnerships Program.......................1345, 1359
  Limitation of insured loans to nonprofit agencies................1378
  Multifamily accelerated processing quality assurance 
      enforcement..................................................1379
  Rural areas......................................94, 98, 99, 102, 103
    Surety requirement..............................................105
Loan programs-veterans:
  Assistance to disabled veterans in acquiring specially adapted 
      housing......................................................2788
  Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages...........................2799, 2830
  Pre-purchase counseling requirements.............................2844
  Regulation amendments......................................2831, 2847
Lobbying:
  Restrictions.....................................................1059
Longshore and harbor workers:
  Safety and health regulations....................................1939
  Security of insurance obligations................................1873
Low and moderate income housing:
  See also Public housing
  Housing and Community Development Act regulations................1421
  Section 8:
    Disabled families assistance...................................1441
    Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental projects 
                                                                   1407
    Fair market rents..............................................1360
    Housing Choice Voucher program.................................1426
    Renewal of expiring project-based assistance contract..........1393
    Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Program............1427
  Tax credits......................................................2472
Lumber:
  See Forests and forest products
Lung diseases:
  See Tuberculosis


                                   M

Manufactured homes:
  Construction standards...........................................1395
  Dispute resolution program.......................................1377
  Installation program.......................................1374, 1376
  Manufactured housing program:
    Minimum payments to states.....................................1396
  On-site construction.............................................1375
Marine engineering:
  See Vessels
Marine mammals:
  See also Endangered and threatened species
  Animal welfare standards...........................................51
  Atlantic large whale..............................................457
  Beluga whales.....................................................495
  Captive holding and transport.....................................493
  Importation of polar bear trophies...............................1473
  Incidental taking.................................................556
    Bottlenose dolphin..............................................498
    Naval military readiness activities.............................500
    Oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico...................456
    Oil and gas industry activities in Alaska.................460, 1495
    Rocket launch operations........................................496
    Tuna purse seine vessels........................................557
  Level B harassment...............................................1565
  List of fisheries.................................................486
  Manatee protection areas...................................1558, 1578
  North Atlantic whale protection....................458, 513, 554, 558
  Northern sea otters........................................1513, 1543
  Permits for activities otherwise prohibited......................1564
  Protection regulations...........................................1686
  Right whale.......................................................561
  Southern Resident killer whales...................................501
  Steller sea lions.................................................543
  Swimming or recreational interaction with.........................514
Marine pollution:
  See Water pollution control
Marine resources:
  See also Fisheries
  Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act..................429
  Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary....................465, 466
  Commercial submarine cables in national marine sanctuaries........564
  Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary............................468
  Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary.............................505
  Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary..................463
  Monetary Bay National Marine Sanctuary............................464
  National Marine Sanctuaries Program..........................462, 563
  NOAA overflight regulation........................................562
  Northwest Hawaiian Islands........................................462
  Research program..................................................517
Marine safety:
  See also Vessels
  Anchorage ground, safety zone and speed limit for Tongass 
      Narrows, AK..................................................1177
  Drug and alcohol testing following casualties....................1178
  Electronic Charting Display and Information System...............1179
  Escort vessels for tankers...........................1166, 1189, 1193
  Marine events....................................................1207
  Personal flotation device requirements...........................1163
  Propeller injury prevention......................................1205
  Puget Sound-area waters..........................................1202
  Reporting marine casualties......................................1174
  Restricted areas.............................................735, 736
  Safety and security zone regulations.......................1186, 1212
  Standards for marine equipment...................................1182
  Standards of training, certification and watchkeeping for 
      seafarers....................................................1198
Maritime carriers:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Passenger vessels
           Seamen
           Vessels
  Administrative appeals process for agricultural commodities........23
  Cargo preference regulations for agricultural exports............2257

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  Communications.............................................3788, 3803
  Electronic transmissions and document submission.................3894
  Escort vessels for tankers.......................................1166
  Filing and service fees..........................................3899
  Income source rules..............................................2444
  Japanese vessels.................................................3896
  Maritime Security Program........................................2256
  Maritime Transportation Security Act.............................1275
  Merchant mariners..........................................1183, 1211
  Mobile radio services............................................3741
  Non-vessel-operating common carriers.......................3898, 3900
  Notification of arrival and departure in U.S. ports..............1208
  Ocean common carrier status......................................3895
  Pilotage rates on the Great Lakes................................1181
  Right whale ship strike reduction.................................458
  Seaway regulations and rules.....................................2218
  Sensitive security information...................................2000
  Worker identification credential.................................1247
Marketing quotas:
  Tobacco........................................................41, 44
    Tobacco Quota Buyout Program.................................49, 50
Mass transportation:
  Environmental impact regulations...........................2083, 2215
  School bus operations............................................2216
Meat and meat products:
  See also Meat inspection
  Advanced meat/bone separation machinery...........................193
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention.....69, 76, 79, 191, 866, 
                                                                    894
  Chronic wasting disease in elk and deer............................58
  E. coli O157:H7 test results location requirements................183
  Expressed nutrient content claims.................................189
  Foot-and-mouth disease.............................................57
  Imports..................................................54, 192, 200
  Labeling.......................................................9, 187
  Meat recovery systems.............................................193
  Performance standards:
    Bacon...........................................................173
    Ready-to-eat products...........................................186
  Rabbit grading..................................................2, 11
Meat inspection:
  Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection............................197
  Availability of distribution lists of retail consignees during 
      recalls.......................................................182
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention.......................191
  Fees..............................................................184
  Foreign inspection system supervisory visits......................195
  Mechanically separated products...................................193
  Prohibition on use of air-injection stunners......................194
Medicaid:
  See also Public assistance programs
  Ambulatory surgical centers:
    Conditions for coverage.........................................952
  Civil money penalties, assessments, and exclusions...............1003
  Disclosure of children's eligibility for food assistance 
      programs......................................................138
  Hospice care......................................................945
  Managed care:
    Civil penalties.................................................827
  Organ procurement organizations...................................996
  Payment error rate measurement program...........................1016
  Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly...................1018
  Use of restraint and seclusion in health care facilities.....951, 994
Medical and dental schools:
  NIH scholarships..................................................928
Medical assistance program:
  See Medicaid
Medical care:
  See Health care
Medical devices:
  CHAMPUS coverage of prosthetic devices............................745
  Competitive bidding...............................................957
  Diagnostic x-ray systems..........................................882
  Informed consent regulations......................................880
  Medical gas containers and closures...............................846
  Medicare coverage of prosthetics and orthotics....................967
  Power operated vehicles...........................................979
  Pressure regulators for use with medical oxygen...................844
  Respiratory assist devices with bi-level capability and a back-
      up rate......................................................1004
  Respiratory protective devices:
    Quality assurance and administrative provision..................835
  Surgeon and patient examination gloves............................881
  Treated with antimicrobial pesticides............................3142
  Use of materials derived from cattle.........................908, 914
Medical facilities:
  See Health facilities
Medical personnel:
  See Health professions
Medical records:
  See Health records
Medical research:
  Contraception and infertility................................934, 935
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research 
      chimpanzees...................................................937
  NIH education loan repayment programs:
    AIDS research...................................................929
    For clinical researchers........................................930
    For individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds..................933
    Health disparities research.....................................932
    Pediatric research..............................................931
Medicare:
  Advantage Program Title II.......................................1028
  Ambulatory surgical centers:
    Conditions for coverage.........................................952
    List of covered procedures......................................981
  Appeals process............................................1001, 1022
  Bad debt reimbursement............................................986
  Civil money penalties, assessments, and exclusions..........965, 1003
  Clinical laboratories regulation......................959, 1024, 1038
  Competitive acquisition of durable medical equipment..............957
  Coordination of retiree health benefits..........................3290
  DMERC service areas..............................................1023
  Drugs:
    Competitive acquisition........................................1012
    Drug benefit effective calendar year 2006......................1029
    Electronic prescribing.........................................1011
    Medigap policies................................................984
    Premium and cost-sharing subsidies.............................3586
    Prescription drug discount card program.........................832
    Recordkeeping requirements under the Drug Rebate Program.......1034
  Electronic claims submission.................................990, 999
  End-stage renal disease:
    Composite rate exceptions......................................1033
    Conditions for coverage.........................................991
  Fee schedules:
    Ambulance services.............................................1006
    Physician payments........................................975, 1026
  Fraud and abuse provisions...................................826, 831
  Home health agencies:
    Conditions of participation................................944, 993
    Prospective payment system.................................963, 973
  Hospice care.................................................945, 978
  Hospitals:
    Disproportionate share of low-income patients payment formula
                                                                   1032
    Inpatient prospective payment system............................966
    Limitation on charges for services furnished to Indians.........927
    Organ transplantation centers...................................992
    Outpatient prospective payment system.....................964, 1025
    Oversight and validation program...............................1015
    Psychiatric hospitals prospective payment system..........974, 1020
  Income related Part B premium subsidy reduction..................3565

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  Inherent reasonableness to payment amounts for services...........989
  Integrated plans:
    Claims procedures..............................................1901
  Managed care regulations.........................................1031
  Medicare Integrity Program........................................971
  Medicare+Choice plans:
    Civil penalties.................................................827
  Mental Health Parity Act..........................................988
  NAIC Model standards recognition.................................1035
  National Plan and Provider Enumeration System.....................970
  Organ procurement organizations...................................996
  Overpayment recoupment............................................961
  Power operated vehicle requirements...............................979
  Prior determination process.......................................956
  Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly...................1018
  Prospective Payment System........................................983
  Prosthetics and orthotics.........................................967
  Provider agreement and supplier participation:
    Billing numbers.................................................976
  Provider reimbursement regulations:
    Appeals.........................................................997
  Publication of final regulations after a proposed or interim 
      final regulation.............................................1030
  Quality improvement organizations...........................972, 1005
  Random prepayment review..........................................960
  Rehabilitation facilities:
    Inpatient prospective payment system............................962
  Repayment plans...................................................961
  Rural health clinics..............................................948
  Secondary payer...................................................982
  SELECT policy:
    Safe harbor for waivers of beneficiary coinsurance and 
        deductible amounts..........................................824
  Skilled nursing facilities:
    Prospective payment system and consolidated billing.............968
  Supplier standards for oxygen, orthotics and prosthetics..........949
  Use of restraint and seclusion in health care facilities.....951, 994
Mental health programs:
  Group health plan benefit parity.................................1911
  Mental Health Parity Act..........................................988
  Psychiatric residential treatment facilities:
    Prospective payment system................................974, 1020
    Use of restraint and seclusion.............................951, 994
Merchant marine:
  See Maritime carriers
      Seamen
Metals:
  Anti-money laundering program for dealers in precious metals, 
      stones, or jewels............................................2329
  EPA trace metal analysis.........................................3258
  Toxics Release Inventory reporting requirements..................3198
Migratory birds:
  See Wildlife
Military arms sales:
  See Arms and munitions
Military installations:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Military personnel:
  See also Armed forces
  Absentee deserter apprehension program............................727
  Apprehension and restraint regulations............................726
  Claims settlement.................................................600
  Courts-martial manual regulations.................................608
  Criminal jurisdiction over personnel outside the US...............611
  Deferment of service obligations of midshipmen recipients of 
      scholarships or fellowships..................................2260
  Elimination of deemed military wages.......................3584, 3596
  Military awards...................................................724
  Military police reports and investigations...................720, 725
  Protection of human research subjects.............................614
  Reemployment.....................................................3397
  Retirement regulations...........................................3449
  Security policies for granting access to classified information
                                                                    601
  Troops-to-Teachers program........................................770
  Voluntary State tax withholding from retired pay..................591
Milk:
  Imports from countries where foot-and-mouth disease exists.........71
  School breakfast and lunch program regulations..........129, 152, 170
Mine safety and health:
  Asbestos exposure limit..........................................1912
  Diesel particulate matter exposure...............................1915
  Electrical products..............................................1913
  Fees for testing, evaluation and approval of mining products.....1918
  Regulation elimination and improvement...........................1914
  Respirable coal dust.......................................1919, 1920
  Respirable crystalline silica standard...........................1921
  Toxics Release Inventory reporting requirements for metal 
      mining.......................................................3198
  Training standards for shaft and slope construction workers......1917
  Underground coal mines:
    Dust control plan verification.................................1919
    High-voltage continuous mining equipment standards.............1916
Mineral resources:
  See also Coal
           Metals
           Oil and gas reserves
           Public lands-mineral resources
  Data disclosure..................................................1698
  Lead mining......................................................1653
  Leasing Indian lands.......................................1656, 1657
  Locatable minerals program........................................212
  Mineral patent applications......................................1721
  MMS contact information..........................................1703
  Notice of intent for operations on National Forest System lands
                                                                    246
  Outer Continental Shelf operations:
    Federal consistency regulations.................................515
    Leasing regulations............................................1685
    Safety requirements............................................1176
  Pipeline rights-of-way...........................................1470
  Proprietary terms................................................1698
  Unauthorized mining operations on National Forest System lands 
                                                                    231
  Valuation of sodium and potassium................................1695
  Zinc mining......................................................1653
Mineral royalties:
  Interest and late payments.......................................1678
  Offsets, recoupments, and refunds................................1678
Miners:
  See Mine safety and health
Mines:
  See also Mine safety and health
           Reclamation
           Surface mining
  Abandoned..................................................1706, 1712
  Funding assurances for treatment of pollutant discharges from 
      surface mining operations....................................1708
  Lead mining operations...........................................1653
  Leasing Indian lands.......................................1654, 1655
  Ownership and control settlement rule......................1711, 1713
  Placement of excess soil.........................................1715
  Revegetation standards...........................................1707
  Surface management...............................................1710
  Transfer, assignment, or sale of permit rights...................1714
  Unauthorized operations on National Forest System lands...........231
  Zinc mining operations...........................................1653

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Minimum wages:
  Records to be kept by employers..................................1867
Minority groups:
  See also Civil rights
  FHFB contractor outreach program.................................3893
Mobile homes:
  See Manufactured homes
Mobile offshore drilling units:
  See Vessels
Mortgage insurance:
  Damages for failure to engage in loss mitigation activities......1347
  Downpayment assistance programs..................................1368
  Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Insurance........................1369
  Hospitals........................................................1381
  Premium remittance period........................................1403
  Refinancing home equity conversion mortgages.........1397, 1399, 1405
  Single-family:
    Debenture interest payments....................................1389
    Default reporting..............................................1387
    Program revisions..............................................1385
    Property flipping prohibition..................................1386
  Time limitation for filing supplemental claims...................1370
  Up-front payments................................................1383
Mortgages:
  See also Mortgage insurance
  Adjustable rate mortgages........................................1388
  Cooperative housing developments.................................1397
  Credit Watch Termination Initiative..............................1382
  Disclosure of costs to consumers.................................1400
  Distribution of tax credit proceeds..............................1401
  Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation:
    Non-program investments and liquidity..........................3688
    Risk-based capital standards...................................3683
  Federal Housing Administration:
    Electronic endorsement of FHA-insured mortgages................1398
    Quality control plans..........................................1384
    TOTAL mortgage scorecard.......................................1404
  Government-sponsored enterprises:
    Conservatorship................................................3370
    Corporate governance...........................................3371
    Data release...................................................1348
    Excess yield securities........................................1419
    High costs and predatory features..............................1354
    Housing goals..................................................1343
    Minimum capital................................................3369
    Minimum face value requirement.................................1418
    Mortgage fraud reporting.......................................3367
  Guidelines for national banks....................................2432
  Hawaiian homeland eligibility....................................1408
  Home equity conversion mortgages.................................1397
  Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages:
    Index addition.................................................1390
    Loan guaranty for veterans...............................2799, 2830
  Lender compliance and accountability.............................1361
  Loan correspondent and sponsor responsibilities..................1365
  Loan originator registry.........................................1364
  Mortgagee Review Board sanctions.................................1352
  Nondiscrimination................................................3368
  Predatory lending practices......................................1354
  Prohibiting misleading words in names of non-federally 
      supervised entities..........................................1352
  Servicing approval agreement.....................................1364
Motor carriers:
  See also Buses
  Acquisition regulations..........................................3616
  Brake systems..............................................2097, 2142
  Cargo securement standards.......................................2096
  Commercial vehicles:
    Federal motor vehicle safety standards.........................2105
  Drivers:
    Commercial Driver's License Information System.................2141
    Commercial drivers' licenses with hazardous materials 
        endorsement..........................................1252, 2116
    Disqualifications..............................................2101
    Hours of service regulations.................2107, 2111, 2118, 2119
    Learner permits................................................2099
    Licensing......................................................2098
    Penalties......................................................2101
    Physical fitness...............................................2090
    Qualification requirements.....................................2100
  Electronic on-board recorders for hours-of-service compliance 
                                                                   2118
  Federal safety regulations:
    Auditor certification..........................................2093
    Bus emergency exits and window safety..........................2157
    Parts and accessories necessary for safe operation.............2104
  Freight forwarding industry......................................2113
  Hazardous materials transportation.........................1268, 2242
  Highway vehicle definition.......................................2592
  Household goods transportation.............................2102, 2117
  Information, licensing and registration systems:
    Replacement system.............................................2091
  Inspection, repair, and maintenance..............................2095
  Intermodal cargo containers......................................2095
  Investigative authority..........................................2101
  Mexican:
    Accelerated safety monitoring system and compliance 
        initiative.................................................2115
    Decal display requirements.....................................2106
    NAFTA..........................................................2114
  New entrant safety assurance process.............................2092
  Qualifications to self-insure operations.........................2110
  Railroad grade crossing safety...................................2112
  Registration enforcement.........................................2108
  Rules of practice................................................2101
  Safety fitness procedures..................................2094, 2103
  Stopping distance requirements for truck tractors................2127
  Title VI regulations for FMCSA financial assistance recipients 
                                                                   2109
  Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2228
Motor vehicle pollution:
  Alternative fuels.................................................776
  Component durability procedures..................................2979
  Control regulations............................2923, 2953, 2957, 3026
  Emission control diagnostic systems..............................2937
  Emission standards:
    Diesel engines and fuels.......................................2988
    Heavy-duty diesel trucks.......................................3019
    New motor vehicles.......................................2952, 3007
  Gasoline:
    Additives................................................2904, 3014
    Anti-dumping program...............................3006, 3011, 3015
    Reformulated.............................................2949, 3012
    Standards......................................................2931
  Imported vehicles emissions standards............................3069
  Inspection/maintenance programs............................3020, 3071
  Low emission vehicles program....................................3105
  Low-sulfur highway diesel fuel...................................2928
Motor vehicle safety:
  See also Highway safety
  All-terrain vehicle ban for children under 16....................3663
  Brake systems:
    Allowing roll-bar during testing...............................2189
    Antilock system for heavy trucks...............................2185
    Brake hoses....................................................2181
    Hydraulic parking brake........................................2142
    Motorcycle handlebar lever.....................................2146
  Buses:
    Certification of buses manufactured in more than one stage.....2130
    Emergency exits and windows....................................2157
  Child restraint systems..................2123, 2128, 2132, 2149, 2199
  Event data recorders.............................................2147
  Frontal offset protection........................................2170
  Fuel system integrity......................................2165, 2190

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  Horizontal discharge trailers....................................2188
  Lamps and reflective devices:
    Headlamp glare.................................................2150
    Requirements for...............................................2135
  Low-speed vehicles...............................................2154
  Mirrors:
    Convex cross view mirrors......................................2121
    Convex mirrors for commercial trucks...........................2143
    Passenger-side systems.........................................2144
  Motor homes:
    Cargo carrying capacity........................................2131
  Motorcycle helmets...............................................2183
  Occupant crash protection:
    5th percentile dummy belted barrier crash test requirements 
                                                                   2151
    Air bags.......................................................2169
    Designated seating position definition.........................2125
    Door retention.................................................2137
    Head/neck protection...........................................2177
    Side impact protection...................................2153, 2168
    Vehicles built in two or more stages...........................2124
  Platform lifts.............................................2162, 2201
  Recalls:
    Notices........................................................2136
    Requirements for regional recalls..............................2197
  Reporting of information and documents about potential defects 
                                                                   2200
  Roof crashworthiness.......................................2122, 2179
  Seat belts:
    Emergency locking retractor....................................2139
    Mounting structure definition..................................2163
    Rear seats.....................................................2192
  Seating systems:
    Performance....................................................2174
  Test dummies:
    Adult size.....................................................2171
    Child size.....................................................2129
    EuroSID II.....................................................2148
    Female size....................................................2151
    Hybrid III...............................................2129, 2171
    SID-IIs side impact............................................2155
  Theft protection.................................................2126
  Tires:
    Labeling requirements..........................................2198
    Performance requirements.......................................2166
    Pressure monitoring system.....................................2194
  Trailers:
    Cargo carrying capacity........................................2131
    Label placement on rear impact guards..........................2184
    Rear impact guards.............................................2186
  Warning label for low speed vehicles.............................2191
  Windshields:
    Safety glazing.................................................2156
Motor vehicles:
  See also Buses
           Fuel economy
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
  Accelerator control systems......................................2178
  Alternatively fueled vehicles....................................3105
  Anti-money laundering program for businesses engaged in motor 
      vehicle sales................................................2308
  Brake fluids:
    Clarity test...................................................2182
  Cargo tank motor vehicles........................................2230
  Commercial:
    Importation....................................................2173
  Controls and displays............................................2138
  Corporate Average Fuel Economy Program...........................2120
  Customer identification programs for sellers of vehicles.........2304
  Dealer notification by manufacturer..............................2158
  Defects..........................................................2158
  Fuel economy labeling............................................2985
  Fuel economy standards program.............................2133, 2195
  Government property management...................................3310
  Hybrid electric vehicles:
    Idle stop technology...........................................2140
  Imports....................................................2164, 3069
  Light trucks...............................................2133, 3005
  Location and monitoring systems..................................3798
  Modifications to accommodate people with disabilities............2152
  Motorcycle regulatory definition.................................2193
  Multistage vehicles:
    Certification requirements.....................................2175
  National Driver Register...................................2141, 2167
  National Stolen Passenger Motor Vehicle Information System.......1836
  Parts marking requirements.......................................2159
  Raised or sloped roof structure..................................2179
  Recreational vehicles:
    Cargo carrying capacity........................................2187
  Retroactive certification..................................2145, 2172
  Salvage regulations..............................................1852
  Special purpose vehicles.........................................2180
  Theft data...........................................2160, 2161, 2202
  Traffic supervision on military installations.....................719
Motorcycles:
  See Motor vehicles
Munitions:
  See Arms and munitions
Museums:
  See Libraries


                                   N

Narcotics:
  See Drug traffic control
National banks:
  Capital regulations........................................2414, 2417
  Civil money penalties............................................2428
  Corporate activity rules, policies, and procedures...2415, 2427, 2428
  Determining nature of financial activities.......................2291
  Financial subsidiaries.....................................2288, 2289
  Post-employment restriction on senior examiners..................2418
  Real estate brokerage determination..............................2290
  Residential mortgage lending practices...........................2432
National cemeteries:
  See Cemeteries
National defense:
  See also Armed forces
           Arms and munitions
           Classified information
  Technical surveillance countermeasures............................603
National defense contracts:
  See Government contracts
      Government procurement
National forests:
  Appeal regulations...........................................222, 243
  Climbing bolts in wilderness......................................250
  Criminal citations for unauthorized mining operations.............231
  Escaped fire damage regulations...................................224
  Fair market value for recreation residence use authorizations 
                                                                    235
  Free use approval.................................................240
  Grazing permits...................................................214
  Healthy Forests Reserve Program...................................217
  Healthy Forests Restoration Act:
    Predecisional administrative review and objection process.......244
  Land and resource management planning........................213, 236
  Livestock and wild horse restrictions.............................225
  Notice of intent and/or plan of operations for locatable 
      mineral operations............................................246
  Off-highway vehicle prohibitions..................................242

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  Oil and gas lease compliance documentation........................228
  Outdoor recreation accessibility guidelines.......................238
  Outfitter and guide special use authorizations...............220, 247
  Piscicide applications............................................227
  Predator damage management........................................218
  Recreation event fees.............................................219
  Roadless area conservation...................................241, 249
  Small business land use...........................................208
  Special use authorizations........................................233
  Sporicide use.....................................................226
  Timber sales......................................................245
    Export and substitution restrictions............................211
    Integrated Resource Contracts...................................248
  Trails accessibility guidelines...................................237
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................216
  Unprocessed timber in southern California determined surplus to 
      domestic needs................................................221
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................215
  Wilderness management.............................................230
National parks:
  Aircraft overflights.............................................2069
  Alaska park units................................................1632
  Apostle Islands............................................1629, 1633
  Boating and water use activities.................................1626
  Commercial filming or photography permits........................1618
  Commercial use permits...........................................1621
  Cost recovery for special uses...................................1615
  Dry Tortugas Park................................................1620
  Glacier Bay National Park:
    Vessel management..............................................1617
  Golden Gate National Recreation Area:
    Pet management.................................................1631
  Grand Teton National Park........................................1634
  Off-road vehicles................................................1633
  Personal watercraft use............1612, 1613, 1622, 1623, 1624, 1628
  Presidio:
    Debt collection procedures.....................................3504
    Management.....................................................3503
  Right-of-way regulations.........................................1614
  Sale of Native American handicrafts..............................1627
  Snowmobile use.............................................1629, 1634
  Wupatki National Monument:
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1630
  Yellowstone National Park........................................1634
National Register of Historic Places:
  See Historic preservation
National security information:
  See Classified information
National Wildlife Refuge System:
  See Wildlife refuges
Nationality:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Native Americans:
  See Hawaiian Natives
      Indians
Natural gas:
  See also Oil and gas exploration
           Oil and gas reserves
           Pipelines
  Creditworthiness standards for interstate pipelines..............3870
  Electronic filing of documents...................................3865
  Emergency reconstruction of interstate facilities................3881
  Negotiated rate policies and practices for pipelines.............3867
  Open seasons for proposals to construct Alaska gas 
      transportation projects......................................3875
  Project cost and annual limits for pipeline blanket 
      construction certificates....................................3883
  Selective discounting by natural gas pipeline companies..........3876
  Standards for business practices with interstate pipelines.......3877
  Standards of conduct for transmission providers..................3862
  Valuation........................................................1701
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..............................34
  Conservation program information confidentiality..............38, 287
  Conservation security program.....................................285
  Damage assessments...............................................1444
  Resource management planning.....................................1735
  Wetlands:
    Conservation programs..........................................1471
    Minimal effects exemptions......................................288
Naturalization:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Naval stores:
  See Forests and forest products
Navigation (air):
  Airspace system.............................................562, 2029
  Area navigation..................................................2041
  Incorporation by reference revisions.............................2054
  Instrument flight rules..........................................2026
  Standard instrument approach procedures..........................2028
  Transponder requirement..........................................2031
  Use and preservation of navigable airspace.......................2007
Navigation (water):
  Certification requirements for NOAA Electronic Navigational 
      Chart distribution............................................506
  Danger zones.................................................737, 738
  Electronic Charting Display and Information System...............1179
  Puget Sound......................................................1202
  Quality assurance program for hydrographic products...............565
  Regulated navigation areas.......................................1194
  SOLAS Chapter V navigation safety regulations....................1170
  Traffic separation schemes.......................................1164
News media:
  See also Radio
           Television
  Newspapers:
    Radio cross-ownership..........................................3776
Noise control:
  Airport noise compatibility regulations..........................2052
  Highway traffic noise abatement..................................2089
  Overflights of national parks....................................2069
Nondiscrimination:
  See Civil rights
Nonprofit organizations:
  Audits...........................................................2842
  Food and Nutrition Service data collection........................125
  Grants administration...........................604, 1051, 1355, 2856
  Javits-Wagner-O'Day program:
    Governance standards for participating agencies................2871
    Initial qualification criteria.................................2870
    Responsibilities of central agencies...........................2869
  Limitation of insured housing loans..............................1378
  Participation of religious organizations:
    USAID programs.................................................2861
    USDA programs...................................................261
  Rights to inventions..............................................585
Nuclear energy:
  See also Nuclear materials
           Nuclear power plants and reactors
  Conforming administrative changes................................3992
  National Nuclear Security Administration:
    Acquisition regulations.........................................772

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    Computer security...............................................771
  NRC regulation amendments........................................4016
  Public records...................................................3985
  Radiation protection of the public and environment................800
Nuclear materials:
  Computer security.................................................771
  DOE security activities...........................................796
  Economic development transfers of real property at defense 
      nuclear facilities............................................801
  Export and import regulations..............330, 338, 3987, 3989, 3996
  Licensing and distribution of byproduct material.................4006
  Medical use of byproduct material................................4013
  NRC office address change........................................3988
  Nuclear fuel.....................................................3997
  Radioactive waste disposal.......................................3984
  Security requirements for portable gauges containing byproduct 
      material.....................................................4012
  Solid material control...........................................3973
  Source material distribution.....................................4004
  Source tracking system...........................................3977
  Spent fuel:
    Shipment information protection requirements...................3999
    Storage casks............................................3993, 3994
  Transfers of certain exempt source materials by specific 
      licensees....................................................4001
  Unclassified controlled nuclear information regulation............794
  US-IAEA safeguards agreement...........................314, 329, 4005
Nuclear power plants and reactors:
  Access authorization and facility security clearance.............3978
  ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.......................3983, 3986
  Charges for duplicating records..................................3995
  Civil penalty authority over non-licensees.......................3981
  Decommissioning:
    Funding shortfalls reduction...................................4009
    Integrated rulemaking..........................................4000
  Decoupling assumed loss of offsite power from loss-of-coolant 
      accidents....................................................4008
  Design basis threat requirements.................................3982
  Design certification:
    AP1000.........................................................3980
    Changes to licensing procedures................................3971
  Emergency action levels..........................................4011
  Emergency core cooling systems...................................4014
  Entombment options...............................................4002
  Fee schedules....................................................3991
  Financial qualifications for renewal of operating licenses.......3975
  Fire protection..................................................3979
  Information collection, reporting, and posting requirements......3976
  Inspections of reactor pressure vessel heads and head 
      penetrations.................................................4015
  Loss-of-coolant accident break size..............................3974
  Performance-based acceptance criteria for fuel cladding 
      performance..................................................4007
  Personnel:
    Fitness-for-Duty Program.......................................3970
  Physical protection regulations..................................3972
  Pressure-temperature limits......................................4003
  Protection of Safeguards Information.............................3990
  Radiological sabotage............................................3972
  Risk-informing special treatment requirements....................4010
  Safety regulations..........................................800, 4005
  Waste disposal.............................................2887, 3998
  Worker safety and health at DOE facilities........................802
Nuclear safety:
  See Radiation protection
Nursery stock:
  See Plants
Nursing homes:
  See also Health facilities
  Number of licensed and unlicensed nursing staff per shift 
      posting requirements.........................................1000
  Veterans.........................................................2814
Nursing schools:
  See Medical and dental schools
Nutrition:
  See also Food assistance programs
           Foods
  Food labeling.....................................................187
  School breakfast and lunch programs..........................153, 171
  Uniform federal assistance regulations............................139


                                   O

Occupational safety and health:
  See also Mine safety and health
  Acquisition regulations...........................................634
  Asbestos exposure................................................3428
  Beryllium exposure...............................................1924
  Cargo handling...................................................1939
  Child labor regulations....................................1865, 1880
  Commercial diving operations.....................................1201
  Construction industry............................................1932
    Hearing loss prevention........................................1948
    Hoisting equipment safety......................................1925
  Crystalline silica exposure......................................1935
  DOE facilities....................................................802
  DOE radiation protection requirements.............................799
  Electric power...................................................1934
  Electrical standards.............................................1942
  Emergency response and preparedness..............................1928
  Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act 
                                                                   1877
  Ethylene oxide...................................................1949
  Excavations......................................................1926
  Explosives and small arms manufacturing..........................1937
  Fall protection..................................................1936
  Hazard Communication Standard....................................1931
  Hexavalent chromium exposure.....................................1940
  Ionizing radiation exposure......................................1927
  Lead in Construction Standard....................................1929
  Noise exposure for railroad operating employees..................2208
  Oregon State plan................................................1944
  Personal protective equipment....................................1941
  Pesticide worker protection......................................3143
  Physician panel determination in filing for state worker's 
      compensation benefits.........................................807
  Respiratory protection......................................836, 1938
  Rollover protective structures...................................1946
  Shipyard standards.........................................1933, 1947
  Standards improvement......................................1930, 1950
  Steel erection standards.........................................1945
  Updating standards based on national consensus standards.........1943
  Walking working surfaces.........................................1936
Ocean dumping:
  See Water pollution control
Ocean resources:
  See Marine resources
Offshore structures:
  See Continental shelf
Oil and gas exploration:
  Air pollutant emission.....................................2945, 3086
  Application processing...........................................1723
  Blowout prevention for well workover operations..................1700
  Cost recovery for plans, permits, and inspections................1677
  Forest Service regulations........................................228
  Incidental take of marine mammals in Alaska.................460, 1495
  Incidental taking of marine mammals in the Gulf of Mexico.........456
  Leasing:
    Bonding........................................................1734
    Data release...................................................1682
    Definitions....................................................1682
    Indian lands.............................................1650, 1651
    Oil valuation............................................1683, 1705

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  Offshore floating production facilities..........................1699
  Outer Continental Shelf:
    Administrative cost recovery...................................1690
    Document updates...............................................1704
    Federal consistency regulations.................................515
    Leasing regulations............................................1685
    Open and nondiscriminatory movement............................1691
    Safety management systems......................................1676
    Safety measures................................................1176
    Structural integrity of platforms..............................1692
  Pipeline rights-of-way...........................................1470
  Production rates.................................................1688
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................1679
  Royalty relief or reduction..............1680, 1681, 1684, 1725, 1727
  Royalty reporting standards......................................1680
  Well cementing requirements......................................1693
Oil and gas reserves:
  Export controls...................................................313
Oil pollution:
  Claims procedures under the Oil Pollution Act....................1162
  Discharge-removal equipment......................................1188
  Leak detection and repair of pumps and valves....................2940
  National Contingency Plan..................................3244, 3249
  Oil spill liability trust fund...................................1190
  Oil spill response.........................................1204, 2244
  Sale of DOD aircraft to persons providing oil spill response 
      service.......................................................609
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3239
  Vessel response plan.................................1196, 1199, 1204
Organization and functions:
  DOI..............................................................1448
  FAA..............................................................2042
  Farm Credit Administration.......................................3694
Outer continental shelf:
  See Continental shelf
Over-the-counter drugs:
  Drug reviews:
    Antihistamine products..........................................891
    Bismuth subsalicylate containing products for relief from 
        overindulgence..............................................907
    Bronchodilator products.........................................859
    Cough and cold products..........................859, 860, 861, 891
    Dandruff, seborrheic dermatitis, and psoriasis products.........867
    External analgesic products.....................................904
    Internal analgesic products.....................................862
    Laxative drug products..........................................905
    Nasal decongestant products.....................................861
    Ophthalmic products.............................................864
    Oral health care products.......................................906
    Skin bleaching products.........................................868
    Skin protectant products........................................892
    Sodium bicarbonate containing antacids..........................896
    Stimulant drug products.........................................869
    Sunscreen products..............................................842
    Vaginal contraceptive products..................................893
    Weight control products.........................................865
  Labeling..........................................................863
  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1810
Overseas private investment:
  See United States investments abroad
Overtime pay:
  See Wages


                                   P

Packaging and containers:
  See also Labeling
  Child-resistant packaging..................................3675, 3679
  Dietary ingredients and supplements...............................875
  Household products containing hydroxides, standards for..........3664
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................3918
Paint:
  See Lead poisoning
Paperwork requirements:
  See Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Parachutes:
  See Aircraft
Parks:
  See National parks
Passenger vessels:
  See also Maritime carriers
  Access for individuals with disabilities...................1996, 2862
  Coastwise trade laws.............................................2251
  Effluent standards for cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters
                                                                   3265
  Financial responsibility requirements............................3897
  Inspection alternatives..........................................1171
  Manifest requirements............................................1244
  Prohibited items.................................................1273
Passports and visas:
  Diversity visas..................................................1965
  Document requirements for entering the US..................1219, 1975
  Electronic passports.............................................1968
  Employment eligibility verification program......................1973
  Fingerprint requirements.........................................1957
  Nonimmigrant visas:
    Application processing fee exemption...........................1981
  Removal of waiver for residents of Canada and Bermuda............1241
  Schedule of fees for consular services, State Department and 
      embassies and consulates...............................1980, 1981
  Transit without visa.............................................1223
  Visa Waiver Program..............................................1237
Patents:
  See Inventions and patents
Pay:
  See Wages
Peanuts:
  Country of origin labeling..........................................9
  Designated marketing associations..................................32
Penalties:
  See also Seizures and forfeitures
  CBP audits.......................................................1227
  Civil......................................................1897, 2301
    DHS............................................................1298
    DOC.............................................................294
    DOT................................................2058, 2134, 2196
    FCA............................................................3698
    FRA............................................................2212
    HHS.............................................................830
    Medicaid and Medicare violations.....................832, 965, 1003
    Medicaid managed care organizations.............................827
    Medicare+Choice Organizations...................................827
    NIGC...........................................................3968
    NOAA............................................................503
    NRC............................................................3981
    OCC............................................................2428
    OTS............................................................2780
    SSA............................................................3587
  Disaster relief and emergency assistance.........................1321
  Immigration......................................................1832
    International matchmaking organization violations..............1816
  PBGC assessment and relief.................................3499, 3501
Pensions:
  See also Railroad retirement
           Social security
  Abandoned individual account plans...............................1908
  Cash or deferred arrangements..............................2594, 2733
  Civil penalty for failure to provide Section 302 notice..........1897
  Computing liability..............................................3500
  Deductibility of employer contributions..........................2462
  Electronic filing..........................................1900, 3494
  Elimination of forms of distribution in defined contribution 
      plans........................................................2756

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  ERISA:
    Adequate consideration definition..............................1910
    Disclosure regulations.........................................1903
    Exemption for services.........................................1904
    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act......1905, 1907
    Length of hospital stay after birth of child...................1906
    Mental health benefits parity..................................1911
    Participant contributions......................................1898
    Participant loan rules.........................................1895
    Regulations governing the performance of actuarial service.....2495
    Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act...........................1896
  GATT provisions affecting accrued benefits.......................2708
  Income tax regulations...................2631, 2634, 2647, 2687, 2688
  Multiemployer plans:
    Annual funding notice requirements.............................1909
  Normal retirement age............................................2717
  Participant notices..............................................3495
  Payment of benefits in trusteed plans............................3498
  Penalties assessment and relief............................3499, 3501
  Reductions of accruals and allocations because of increased age
                                                                   2610
  Reportable events................................................3496
  Single-employer plans............................................3497
  Single-sum distributions from cash balance plans.................2479
  Transparency of information related to plan liabilities..........3502
  Valuation of benefits and assets.................................3497
  Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program...........................1899
Pesticides and pests:
  Antimicrobial pesticides...................................3135, 3141
  Biochemical or microbial products................................3126
  Data requirements..........................................3126, 3134
  Disposal and storage guidelines..................................3131
  Emergency exemption regulations..................................3133
  Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program......................3130, 3136
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1778
  Groundwater protection...........................................3132
  Gypsy moth regulations.............................................59
  Importation of non-indigenous organisms............................66
  Importation of pine shoot beetle host material.....................60
  Medical devices treated with antimicrobial pesticides............3142
  Methyl bromide authorization as official quarantine use............74
  Nursery stock regulations..........................................78
  Pesticide tolerance reassessment program.........................3137
  Piscicide applications on National Forest System lands............227
  Plant incorporated protectants.......................3138, 3139, 3140
  Registration review program......................................3129
  Rules of practice................................................3128
  Sporicide use on National Forest System lands.....................226
  Storage and disposal.............................................3131
  Tobacco testing requirements.......................................17
  Worker protection standards......................................3143
Petroleum:
  See also Fuel additives
           Oil and gas exploration
           Oil and gas reserves
           Oil pollution
           Pipelines
  Onshore oil pipelines............................................2244
  Refineries:
    Emission standards.............................................3063
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3226
  Standard sales provisions for sales from Strategic Petroleum 
      Reserve.......................................................805
  Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3229
Physically handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Physicians:
  See Health professions
Pilots:
  See Airmen
Pipeline safety:
  Complaint procedures.............................................1951
  Gas gathering lines..............................................2220
  Hazardous substances.......................................2219, 2225
  Incident reporting...............................................1697
  Integrity management pipeline repair permitting..................2227
  Material, personnel and pipe handling operations.................1675
  Operator qualification program...................................2250
  Protecting unusually sensitive areas and commercially navigable 
      waterways....................................................2225
  Public information programs......................................2236
  Standards for direct assessment..................................2237
  Structural integrity regulations.................................1692
  Technical revisions to agency procedures.........................2248
  Updates to safety requirements.......................1687, 2221, 2246
Pipelines:
  See also Natural gas
           Pipeline safety
  Electronic filing of documents...................................3865
  Negotiated rate policies and practices for natural gas 
      pipelines....................................................3867
  Onshore oil pipelines............................................2244
  Open and nondiscriminatory movement..............................1691
  Open seasons for proposals to construct Alaska natural gas 
      projects.....................................................3875
  Project cost and annual limits for blanket construction 
      certificates.................................................3883
  Rights of use and easement.......................................1689
  Rights-of-way....................................................1470
  Selective discounting by natural gas pipeline companies..........3876
  Standards for business practices with interstate natural gas 
      pipelines....................................................3877
Plant diseases and pests:
  Karnal bunt........................................................81
  Phytophthora ramorum regulations...................................62
Plants:
  See also Seeds
  Biological agents and toxins list..................................80
  Cost-sharing for pest or disease emergency programs................73
  Endangered and threatened:
    Conservation education.........................................1450
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1532
  Gypsy moth regulations.............................................59
  Imports............................................................77
    Nursery stock....................................................78
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III..............1460, 1476
  Methyl bromide authorization for official quarantine use...........74
  Plant incorporated protectants.......................3138, 3139, 3140
  Plant Variety Protection Services...................................3
    Certificate issuance fees.........................................7
  Transgenic.......................................................3181
Poison prevention:
  See Lead poisoning
Political activities (Government employees):
  Honoraria donated to charities...................................3376
Pollution:
  See Environmental protection
Population census:
  See Census data
Ports:
  See Harbors
Poultry and poultry products:
  Classes of........................................................190
  Expressed nutrient content claims.................................189
  Grading.........................................................2, 11
  Imported..........................................................179
  Nutrition labeling................................................187
  On-line reprocessing of pre-chill carcasses.......................188
  Performance standards:
    Chilling of ready-to-cook products..............................178

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    Ready-to-eat products...........................................186
Poultry inspection:
  Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection............................197
  Availability of distribution lists of retail consignees during 
      recalls.......................................................182
  Designation termination for the State of North Dakota.............196
  Fees..............................................................184
  Foreign inspection system supervisory visits......................195
Poverty:
  See Community action programs
      Food assistance programs
      Public assistance programs
Power resources:
  See Energy
Practice and procedure:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Prescription drugs:
  Antibiotics.......................................................873
  Electronic transactions:
    Nonmonetary remuneration for electronic prescribing 
        information technology......................................821
    Ordering Schedule I and II controlled substances...............1812
    Prescriptions for controlled substances........................1792
  Federal Agency Retail Pharmacy Program...........................3293
  Labeling...........................................851, 852, 871, 883
  Medicare:
    Competitive acquisition........................................1012
    Drug benefit effective calendar year 2006......................1029
    Electronic prescribing.........................................1011
    Medigap policies................................................984
    Premium and cost-sharing subsidies.............................3586
    Prescription drug discount card program.........................832
    Recordkeeping requirements under the Drug Rebate Program.......1034
  Prescription Drug Marketing Act...................................855
  Registration and listing requirements.............................843
  Reporting adverse events..........................................883
  Safety reporting requirements.....................................872
  Use of materials derived from cattle.........................908, 914
Presidential records:
  See Archives and records
Price controls:
  FCC..............................................................3755
Price support programs:
  Tobacco............................................................44
Prisoners:
  Autopsy regulations..............................................1739
  Central Inmate Monitoring system.................................1762
  Civil contempt of court commitments..............................1761
  Classification and program review................................1751
  Community confinement limitations................................1769
  Correspondence...................................................1753
  Drug abuse treatment:
    Disincentives and enhanced incentives..........................1767
  Educational good time credit for D.C. Code offenders.............1755
  Good conduct time..........................................1749, 1760
    Aliens.........................................................1760
  Health care service fees.........................................1759
  Inmate work and performance pay program:
    Reduction in pay for drug- and alcohol-related offenses........1743
  Literacy program.................................................1746
  Over-the-counter medication regulations..........................1766
  Psychiatric treatment and medication safeguards..................1764
  Release regulations..............................................1765
  Suicide prevention program.......................................1756
  Telephone regulations and financial responsibility...............1747
Prisons:
  Administrative measures to prevent acts of violence or 
      terrorism....................................................1758
  Administrative Remedy Program....................................1744
  Classification and program review................................1742
  Commissary privileges............................................1748
  Drug abuse treatment program.....................................1757
  Emergencies......................................................1763
  Federal Prison Industries:
    Defense FAR purchases...........................................718
    Market research requirement....................................3606
  Incoming publications............................................1741
  Infectious disease management....................................1754
  Inmate discipline................................................1737
  Intensive confinement centers..............................1745, 1798
  Searching and detaining or arresting non-inmates.................1740
  Telephone privileges.............................................1748
  Victim/witness notifications.....................................1738
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program environmental impact review...................1861
Privacy:
  See also Confidential business information
  CFTC policies....................................................3647
  Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule........................3921
  DOD policies.................................................593, 691
  FDIC policies....................................................3857
  Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program records..........1888
  Financial records and information....................1069, 3920, 3934
  Food Stamp Program................................................117
  NSF policies.....................................................3365
  Personnel records for government employees.......................3411
  Privacy Act:
    DHS procedures...........................................1053, 1071
    DOI regulations................................................1694
    DOJ implementation.............................................1768
    EPA regulations................................................2891
    IMLS implementation............................................3357
    NCUA...........................................................3945
    NEH Inspector General investigative files......................3362
    NIGC procedures................................................3956
    OPM regulations................................................3386
    Peace Corps regulations........................................3493
    TSA regulations....................................1251, 1254, 1255
  Public access to State Department information....................1979
  SBA policies.....................................................3524
  SEC policies...............................................4040, 4052
  Social security records and information....................3547, 3568
  Treasury policies................................................2353
Procurement:
  See Government procurement
Prosthetic devices:
  See Medical devices
Public assistance programs:
  See also Child welfare
           Food assistance programs
           Medicaid
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  Temporary Assistance for Needy Families:
    Administrative cost sharing....................................1041
  Welfare-to-Work Program..........................................1887
Public buildings:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Public health:
  See also Meat inspection
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Air pollution effects............................................3175
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................2893
  Grant appeals procedures..........................................919
  Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children........................920
  Informed consent regulations......................................880
  NIH training grants...............................................936
  Public Health Service Act:
    Length of hospital stay after birth of child...................1906
    Mental health benefits parity..................................1911
    NIH AIDS Research Loan Repayment Program........................929
    Use of seclusion and restraint in non-medical residential 
        facilities..................................................833

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    Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act...........................1896
  Research misconduct...............................................939
  Safeguarding food during transport...............................2228
  Water contamination..............................................3276
Public housing:
  See also Low and moderate income housing
  Capital Fund Program.............................................1428
  Consolidated plan regulations....................................1350
  Conversion of developments.......................................1436
  Demolition and disposition.......................................1435
  Disabled veterans' assistance....................................1357
  Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental projects.....1407
  Fair market rents for Section 8 programs.........................1360
  Homeownership program............................................1434
  Housing Choice Voucher program:
    Regulation revisions...........................................1426
  Operating fund allocation formula................................1432
  Operating funds for debt service.................................1431
  Over-income tenant treatment.....................................1440
  Project-based voucher program....................................1437
  Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Program..............1427
  Section 8 homeownership program:
    Disabled families assistance...................................1441
  Section 8 Management Assessment Program..........................1430
  Streamlining mixed finance application review....................1429
Public lands:
  See also Grazing lands
           National forests
           National parks
           Public lands-mineral resources
           Public lands-rights-of-way
           Reclamation
  Alaska Native veteran allotments.................................1724
  Business lease procedures........................................1662
  Desert land entries..............................................1732
  Grazing permits..................................................1646
  Law enforcement..................................................1726
  Payment in Lieu of Taxes program.................................1736
  Public conduct on reclamation lands and projects...........1716, 1718
  Recreation enhancement............................................229
  Recreation permits...............................................1728
  Subsistence management......1504, 1505, 1551, 1556, 1583, 1592, 1598, 
                                                             1599, 1610
Public lands-mineral resources:
  Locatable minerals program........................................212
  Oil and gas leasing:
    Valuation of oil...............................................1683
  Revegetation standards...........................................1707
  User fees........................................................1720
Public lands-rights-of-way:
  FERC fees........................................................3884
  Regulations revision.......................................1647, 1733
Public utilities:
  See Electric utilities
      Natural gas
      Utilities
      Water supply


                                   R

Radiation protection:
  DOE requirements.............................................799, 800
  Dose methodology.................................................3124
  Exposure standards...............................................1927
Radio:
  See also Communications
  Aviation Radio Service...........................................3820
  Channelization of the 39 GHz band................................3791
  Cognitive radio technologies.....................................3724
  Commercial mobile services:
    Automatic and manual roaming obligations.......................3808
    Resale of services.............................................3789
    Roaming obligations............................................3789
    Spectrum aggregation limits....................................3806
    Spectrum cap...................................................3792
  Competitive bidding process................................3790, 3797
  Consolidating the 800 MHz industrial/land transportation and 
      business pool channels.......................................3819
  Digital audio broadcasting system................................3768
  Digital audio radio service in the 2310-2360 MHz band............3737
  FM radio.........................................................3780
  Government transfer band.........................................3713
  Interference temperature operation...............................3726
  Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz...............................3801
  Licensing low power operations in 450-470 MHz band...............3809
  Maritime communications..........................................3803
  Maritime mobile services.........................................3741
  Market definitions...............................................3773
  Multiple access systems..........................................3796
  Newspaper cross-ownership........................................3776
  Noncommercial educational broadcast stations.....................3784
  Private land mobile services:
    Airport terminal use frequencies in the 450-470 MHz band.......3818
    Narrowbanding..................................................3730
  Public safety communications...............................3795, 3819
  Quiet zone application procedures................................3810
  Railroad standards and procedures................................2205
  Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................3738
  Reimbursement rules for reallocation of frequency spectrum........566
  Software defined radios..........................................3716
  Spectrum usage promotion through development of secondary 
      markets......................................................3807
  Terrestrial microwave fixed services.............................3802
  Transfer of 3650 through 3700 MHz band...........................3805
  Transfer of 4.9 GHz band from government use.....................3805
  Ultra-wideband transmission......................................3715
  Wireless services................................................3815
  World Radiocommunication Conference omnibus......................3728
Radioactive materials:
  See Nuclear materials
      Radiation protection
Radioactive waste:
  See Hazardous waste
Railroad employees:
  See Railroad retirement
Railroad retirement:
  Annuity:
    Deductions by reason of work...................................3505
  Disability determination...................................3506, 3507
  Electronic filing of applications and claims.....................3509
  Employers' contributions.........................................3508
Railroad safety:
  Civil monetary penalties.........................................2212
  Event recorder crashworthiness...................................2207
  Fixed guideway systems...........................................2217
  Grade crossing and signal systems................................2112
  Life vest requirements for bridge workers........................2210
  Locomotives:
    Crashworthiness................................................2206
  Monetary threshold for reporting rail equipment accidents/
      incidents..............................................2203, 2209
  Noise exposure for railroad operating employees..................2208
  Passenger equipment safety standards.............................2204
  Radio communications and train control...........................2205
  Railroad car conspicuity.........................................2214
  Whistle bans at grade crossings..................................2213
Railroads:
  See also Railroad retirement
           Railroad safety
  Exemption authority citations....................................4087

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  Hazardous materials transportation.........................1268, 2243
  Inspection and maintenance standards for steam locomotives.......2211
  Rail abandonment procedures......................................4084
  Rail rate challenges.......................................4085, 4086
  Small rate guidelines............................................4083
  Stand-alone cost methodology...............................4085, 4086
  Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2228
Rates and fares:
  See Air rates and fares
      Communications common carriers
      Maritime carriers
      Motor carriers
      Natural gas
      Railroads
Real property acquisition:
  Anti-money laundering program for persons involved in real 
      estate closings and settlements..............................2307
  FHWA regulations.................................................2087
  GSAR tax adjustment provision....................................3296
  HUBZone program..................................................3300
Reclamation:
  See also Mines
           Surface mining
  Revegetation standards...........................................1707
Record retention:
  See Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Records:
  See Archives and records
      Freedom of information
      Health records
      Privacy
      Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Recreation and recreation areas:
  See also Fishing
           Hunting
           National forests
           National parks
  Federal lands regulations.........................................229
  Forest Service regulations...................................219, 250
  Law enforcement..................................................1726
  National parks regulations.......................................1626
  Presidio:
    Debt collection procedures.....................................3504
    Management.....................................................3503
  Public land permits..............................................1728
  Water quality standards for coastal recreation waters......3269, 3272
  Wildlife-dependent recreation....................................1561
Recreational fishing:
  See Fishing
Recycling:
  Cathode ray tubes................................................3216
  Comparable fuels exclusion under RCRA............................3235
  Electronic equipment.............................................3228
  Government purchase of recovered materials.......................3212
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations................3207
  RCRA Burden Reduction Initiative...........................3215, 3227
  Refrigerant....................................2958, 2960, 3118, 3119
  Standardized permit for RCRA hazardous waste management 
      facilities...................................................3211
Refugees:
  See also Aliens
  Guaranty of transportation.......................................1107
  Sponsorship agreement............................................1107
Relocation assistance:
  FHWA regulations.................................................2087
Renal diseases:
  See Kidney diseases
Repatriation:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements:
  Air carriers.....................................................2067
  APHIS..............................................................56
  ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................3838
  Bank Secrecy Act implementation......................2309, 2315, 2330
  Carbamates.......................................................3245
  CFTC.............................................................3658
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3197
  DEA..................................................1801, 1802, 1813
  DFARS.............................................................663
  DOC...............................................................295
  DOD...............................................................725
  DOI..................................................1679, 1680, 1694
  DOL..............................................................1870
  DOT............................................2005, 2107, 2145, 2149
  EBSA.......................................................1900, 1902
  Electronic records management:
    FMC............................................................3894
  EPA..............................................................2889
    Air emissions requirements.....................................2989
    Cross-Media Electronic Reporting and Recordkeeping Rule........2890
    Electronic reporting...........................................2895
    RCRA Burden Reduction Initiative.........................3215, 3227
  Exports...........................................................343
  FAA..............................................................2033
  FCC........................................................3751, 3758
  FDA..........................................................895, 911
  Federal Home Loan Banks..........................................3887
  FERC.............................................................3880
  FSIS..............................................................185
  HHS....................................................872, 910, 1034
  Honoraria donated to charities...................................3376
  Intercountry adoptions...........................................1964
  Investment advisers........................................4037, 4048
  Marine casualties................................................1174
  Mortgage fraud...................................................3367
  NARA:
    Electronic mail................................................3348
    Freedom of information.........................................3352
  National Practitioner Data Bank..............................915, 924
  NCUA.............................................................3931
  NOAA..............................................................493
  NSF..............................................................3366
  OTS..............................................................2775
  Outcome and Assessment Information Set data.......................993
  PBGC.......................................................3494, 3502
  Peace Corps......................................................3493
  Railroad employers' records and reports..........................3508
  Retirement record of employee transferring within same agency 
                                                                   3447
  Seafood dealers...................................................487
  Securities:
    Accelerated filers.......................................4019, 4035
    Broker-dealers.....................................2424, 4056, 4060
    EDGAR system.............................................4036, 4054
    Large trader reporting system..................................4031
  Tax determination on large cigars................................2355
  Tobacco market reporting system....................................41
  Toxics Release Inventory.......................3191, 3195, 3196, 3198
  Treasury.........................................................2615
  Uranium mill sites................................................806
  Using private laboratories with regard to FDA actions.............876
  VA education benefits............................................2786
Research:
  See also Agricultural research
           Educational research
           Human research subjects
           Medical research
  Fisheries set-aside program.......................................539
  Marine resources..................................................517
  Misconduct.........................................798, 849, 939, 942
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research 
      chimpanzees...................................................937
  Protection of human subjects.......305, 614, 762, 804, 938, 940, 941, 
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Retirement:
  See also Pensions
           Railroad retirement
           Social security
  Age for pension plans............................................2717
  Air traffic controllers..........................................3450
  Coordination of health benefits..................................3290
  District of Columbia employees.............................2266, 3442
  FEHB coverage....................................................3405
  Firefighters.....................................................3443
  Government employees:
    Court orders awarding survivor annuities.......................3403
    Coverage for non-appropriated fund instrumentalities...........3453
    Credit for government service performed abroad.................3451
    Credit for military service....................................3449
    Death benefits and employee refunds............................3446
    Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act..........3445
    FERS basic annuity.............................................3448
    FERS coverage elections........................................3452
  IRA tax regulations..............................................2664
  Law enforcement officers.........................................3443
  Phased retirement program........................................2666
  Record of employee transferring within same agency...............3447
  TRICARE retiree dental program....................................751
  Voluntary State tax withholding from retired pay of Service 
      members.......................................................591
Rights-of-way:
  See also Public lands-rights-of-way
  Accessibility guidelines for individuals with disabilities.......2864
Roads:
  See Highways and roads
Rockets:
  See Aircraft
Rodenticides:
  See Pesticides and pests
Rotorcraft:
  See Aircraft
Royalties:
  See Mineral royalties
Rubber and rubber products:
  See Tires
Rural areas:
  Business and industrial loan programs.........258, 260, 262, 263, 265
  Business enterprise grants........................................271
  Business investment program.......................................264
  Business secondary market pooling by fiscal transfer agent........259
  Environmental policies and procedures.........................97, 100
  High energy cost rural community grants...........................283
  Housing:
    Community Facilities Direct Loan Program....................94, 258
    Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program.........................103
    Loans, grants, and programs........................98, 99, 101, 102
    New and existing dwellings definition............................95
    Planning and performing construction.............................96
    Surety requirement..............................................105
  Regulation streamlining...........................................101
  Rural Utilities Service:
    Accounting requirements for telecommunications borrowers........277
    Exemption of certain borrowers from controls....................281
    Household Water Well System Grant Program.......................279
    Lien accommodations and subordinations..........................275
    Operational controls............................................278
    Seismic safety requirements.....................................280
    Special equipment contract......................................273
    Technical assistance grants.....................................282
  Spectrum-based communications services...........................3816
  State nonmetropolitan median household income.....................284
  Technical assistance grants and programs...........................93
  Telecommunications system construction policies..............272, 274


                                   S

Safety:
  See Aviation safety
      Consumer protection
      Fire prevention
      Hazardous substances
      Highway safety
      Marine safety
      Mine safety and health
      Motor vehicle safety
      Occupational safety and health
      Pipeline safety
      Radiation protection
      Railroad safety
Salaries:
  See Wages
Sanitation:
  See Public health
      Waste treatment and disposal
Satellites:
  See also Space transportation and exploration
  Communications:
    Application and licensing requirements.........................3735
    Broadcast Satellite Service....................................3754
    Broadcasting signal carriage requirements......................3782
    Coordination between non-geostationary and geostationary 
        orbit......................................................3722
    Digital audio radio service....................................3737
    Earth stations.....................................3743, 3749, 3752
    Fixed-satellite services...........................3714, 3744, 3754
    Global mobile personal communications..........................3742
    Licensing reform...............................................3746
    Maritime mobile services.......................................3741
    Mobile service provider flexibility............................3747
    MSS spectrum allocation............................3712, 3736, 3740
    Non-geostationary orbit..................................3744, 3753
    Non-government operations in the 36.0-51.4 GHz portion of the 
        V-band.....................................................3739
    Orbital debris mitigation......................................3748
    Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................3738
  Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act......................3781, 3782
Savings associations:
  Adjudicatory proceedings for holding companies...................2776
  Application and reporting requirements...........................2775
  Civil money penalties............................................2780
  Customer identification program..................................2313
  Securities-related activities....................................2771
Savings bonds:
  See Bonds
Scholarships and fellowships:
  NASA Science and Technology Scholarship..........................3323
  National Institutes of Health.....................................928
School breakfast and lunch programs:
  Administrative error reduction....................................148
  Allowable costs...................................................144
  Donated foods provided under contract with food service 
      management companies..........................................127
  Eligibility determinations for free or reduced-price meals.......150, 
                                                          154, 155, 156
  Fluid milk regulations..................................129, 152, 170
  Food safety programs.........................................157, 158
  Nutrition standards...............................................153
  Serving fruits and vegetables as afterschool snacks...............124
  Severe need reimbursements........................................146
  Simplification of meal counting and claiming procedures...........147
  State administrative expenses.....................................149
  Summer food service program.......................................162
  Uniform Federal assistance regulations............................139
  Weighted averages requirement.....................................171
Schools:
  See also Colleges and universities
           Educational facilities
  Approval for enrollment in Student and Exchange Visitor 
      Information System...........................................1292

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  Asbestos model accreditation plan................................3166
  Closure and consolidation........................................1668
  Student and Exchange Visitor Program recertification.......1299, 1300
Science and technology:
  NSF patents regulation...........................................3366
  Privacy regulations..............................................3365
  Rights to inventions..............................................585
Scientific equipment:
  See Medical devices
Seafood:
  See also Fish
           Fisheries
  Fish and Seafood Promotion Act....................................407
  Seafood dealer reporting and recordkeeping requirements...........487
Seals:
  See Marine mammals
Seamen:
  Licenses and certificates of registry............................1183
  Merchant marine training, certification, and watchkeeping........1198
  Merchant mariner application procedure...........................1211
  Service obligation reporting requirements........................2259
Seaplanes:
  See Aircraft
Seashores:
  See Coastal zone
Securities:
  See also Bonds
  Affiliate transactions...........................................4050
  Anti-manipulation rules..........................................4075
  Beneficial ownership report filing...............................2420
  Best price rules.................................................4023
  Blank check companies............................................4026
  Borrowing transactions.....................................2423, 3853
  Broker-dealers:
    Quotation requirements.........................................4077
    Recordkeeping requirements.....................................2424
  Communications reform............................................4029
  Confirmation of transactions.....................................4067
  Continuity of interest...........................................2676
  Critical accounting policies.....................................4025
  Delisting and deregistering......................................4074
  Disclosure requirements......3851, 4025, 4031, 4058, 4068, 4069, 4070
  EDGAR system...............................................4036, 4054
  Electronic signatures......................................4032, 4073
  Exemption for holdings subject to fiduciary standards............2268
  Exemptions for banks.............................................4066
  Financial reporting..............................................4026
  Form F-6 eligibility requirements................................4033
  Futures products:
    Offer and sale of products traded on foreign boards............3646
    Registration requirements for banks acting as brokers or 
        dealers....................................................4061
  Held of record securities........................................4020
  Holding companies..............................4017, 4044, 4045, 4055
  Income taxation..................................................2582
  Independent transmission companies...............................4043
  Integrated financial transactions................................2440
  International Financial Reporting Standards......................4034
  Investment advisers........................................4037, 4057
  Investment companies:
    Disclosure requirements........................................4024
    Eligible portfolio companies...................................4053
  Lock-up agreements...............................................4022
  Mark-to-market accounting..................................2587, 2638
  Money market fund exemptions.....................................4049
  Mutual funds:
    Anti-money laundering program..................................2321
    Pricing regulations............................................4051
    Reporting suspicious transactions..............................2315
  Nasdaq-listed securities.........................................4076
  Net capital requirements.........................................4065
  Options markets..................................................4078
  Ownership by securities intermediaries...........................4079
  Ownership reports................................................4028
  Penny stocks.....................................................4073
  Privacy notices..................................................4040
  Privacy of consumer financial information........................4052
  Qualified purchaser definition...................................4030
  Redemption fees for redeemable fund securities...................4059
  Regulation NMS...................................................4071
  Reorganization events......................................2635, 4064
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................4060
    Accelerated filers.......................................4019, 4035
    Annual reports and prospectuses................................4060
  Safe harbor:
    Exceptions.....................................................2588
  Sarbanes-Oxley Act regulations:
    Disclosure requirements........................................2420
    PCAOB regulations..............................................4080
  Savings association activities...................................2771
  Self-regulatory organizations:
    Concept release on structure...................................4063
    Fair administration, governance, and disclosure................4072
  Shareholder access to director nomination process................4027
  Standards of conduct for attorneys...............................4082
  Streamlining.....................................................4018
  Substitute dividend payments.....................................2473
  Tender and reorganization agents.................................4064
  Termination of reporting obligations by foreign private issuers
                                                                   4021
  Trading by officers, directors, and principal security holders 
                                                                   4028
  Transactions settlement..........................................4062
Security information:
  See Classified information
Security measures:
  See also Classified information
  Acquisition regulations..........................................1063
  Airport security compliance program..............................1266
  Biological agents and toxins list.............................80, 838
  Bureau of Prisons administrative measures........................1758
  Classified national security information.........................1055
  Critical infrastructure information handling.....................1061
  Customer identification programs:
    Loan and finance companies.....................................2303
    Pawn brokers...................................................2300
    Sellers of vehicles............................................2304
    Travel agents..................................................2302
  DHS human resources management system......................1070, 3489
  Disclosure of official information in connection with legal 
      proceedings..................................................1054
  DOE:
    Background checks of employees..................................813
    Contractors.....................................................793
    Nuclear security activities.....................................796
    Polygraph examination regulations...............................795
  Emergency Security Control of Air Traffic.........................592
  FDA registration of food and animal feed facilities...............884
  Federal mail.....................................................3294
  Financial record information provided to DOD by financial 
      institutions.............................................594, 595
  Food security plans...............................................180
  Freedom of Information...........................................1053
  Grants administration............................................1051
  Homeland Security Information sharing............................1052
  Licensing of private land remote-sensing space systems............467
  Maritime and land security directives and information circulars
                                                                   1269
  Maritime Security Program........................................2256

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  National Industrial Security Program.............................3341
  National security information regulations..................1958, 3346
  National Security Personnel System..........................615, 3463
  Personal identification verification for Federal employees and 
      contractors...................................................378
  Prior notice of imported food.....................................885
  Privacy Act procedures.....................................1053, 1071
  Protection of sensitive security information related to 
      transportation.........................................1264, 2000
  Records requirements for identifying immediate sources and 
      recipients of foods...........................................911
  Registered Traveler program......................................1250
  Security awareness training for flight school employees..........1270
  Security compliance program for aircraft operators...............1265
  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1810
  Standards of conduct for DHS employees...........................1050
  Support Antiterrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act 
                                                                   1062
  Technical surveillance countermeasures............................603
  US-IAEA safeguards agreement......................................314
  Washington, DC metropolitan area special flight rules............2015
Seeds:
  Import restrictions................................................61
  Karnal bunt compensation...........................................53
Seizures and forfeitures:
  Immigration and Naturalization regulations.......................1224
  NOAA regulations..................................................503
  Principal residence seizure......................................2611
  Publication of administrative notices............................1245
Selective Service System:
  Registration requirements........................................3387
Senior citizens:
  See Aged
Serums:
  See Biologics
Sewage disposal:
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3264
Sex discrimination:
  Federally assisted programs...............764, 1064, 3358, 3360, 3361
  Programs and activities receiving Federal surplus property.......3305
Sheep:
  Ewe lamb incentive payment program.................................45
  Interstate movement regulations....................................63
Shipbuilding industry:
  Safety and health regulations..............................1933, 1947
Shipping:
  See Air carriers
      Maritime carriers
      Motor carriers
      Railroads
Ships:
  See Vessels
Signs and symbols:
  See Trademarks
Sirup:
  See Sugar
Small businesses:
  Acquisition regulations...........637, 659, 682, 698, 717, 3633, 3642
  Administrative offset............................................3536
  Administrative wage garnishment..................................3539
  Business Development Program:
    Electronic application.........................................3533
  Disabled access credit...........................................2527
  Government contracting programs................3514, 3541, 3542, 3642
  Group health insurance availability and renewability.............1013
  HUBZone Program:
    Agricultural commodities purchase from subcontractors..........3521
    Amendments.....................................................3534
    Price evaluation factor........................................3623
    Small entity impact............................................3515
  Investment companies:
    Maximum leverage eligibility...................................3535
  Lending company monitoring and oversight.........................3517
  Loans:
    Certified Development Company program..........................3519
    Economic injury disaster loans.................................3522
    Premier Certified Lenders Program..............................3526
  Mentor-protege programs:
    DOD.............................................................681
    DOT............................................................1998
  NASA contractor rights...........................................3334
  NASA subcontracting..............................................3332
  National forest land use..........................................208
  Privacy Impact Assessment Statements.............................3524
  Rights to inventions..............................................585
  Rural business investment program.................................264
  Service-disabled veteran-owned...................................3538
  Size standards:
    Air transportation support activities..........................3529
    Mapping services...............................................3530
    Multiple award schedule........................................3532
    Nonmanufacturers supplying products to the Federal Government
                                                                   3527
    Restructuring..................................................3537
    Security guards and patrol services industry...................3528
    Service-disabled veteran-owned businesses......................3542
    Small Business Innovation Research program.....................3540
    Small entity impact............................................3512
    Surety Bond Guarantee Program..................................3518
  Small Business Development Center Program revisions..............3516
  Small Business Innovation Research Program.......86, 3525, 3537, 3540
  Small Business Technology Transfer Program.......................3531
  Small Disadvantaged Businesses:
    Acquisition regulations...................................707, 3623
    Electronic application.........................................3533
    Participation in DOT programs......................1988, 1989, 2004
    Status determinations..........................................3513
  Surety bond guarantee................................3511, 3518, 3520
  Testimony and production of records to OIG.......................3523
  Venture capital company ownership................................3537
Social security:
  See also Child welfare
           Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Unemployment compensation
  Administrative review process....................................3585
  Aliens:
    Additional insured status requirements for noncitizen workers
                                                                   3571
    Benefits for lawfully present aliens...........................1100
    Nonpayment of benefits upon notification of deportation or 
        removal from US............................................3604
  Annual earnings test.............................................3581
  Benefits to children of military parents overseas................3598
  Civil monetary penalties.........................................3587
  Debt collection..................................................3548
  Denial of benefits to persons fleeing prosecution or custody, 
      or violating probation or parole.............................3566
  Disability determinations:
    Digestive system...............................................3576
    Drug addiction or alcoholism...................................3592
    Exemption of work activity as basis for continuing disability 
        review.....................................................3549
    Genito-urinary tract...........................................3577
    Hearing impairments............................................3545
    Hematological disorders........................................3555
    Immune system..................................................3552
    Labyrinthine-vestibular function disturbance...................3545
    Language and speech disorders..................................3546

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    Medical equivalence policy.....................................3550
    Mental disorders...............................................3554
    Multiple body systems..........................................3578
    Neurological...................................................3543
    Optometrists as acceptable medical sources.....................3561
    Recontacting medical sources...................................3560
    Respiratory disorders..........................................3544
    Special senses.................................................3553
  Disability insurance program demonstration project...............3601
  Disability programs:
    Continuing disability review failure to cooperate procedures 
                                                                   3570
    Exclusion of representative and health care providers 
        convicted of violations....................................3582
    Self-Sufficiency Program.......................................3556
    Ticket to Work Program.........................................3556
  Divided state retirement systems coverage group..................3588
  Duration of marriage requirement for surviving spouses...........3598
  Elimination of deemed military wages.............................3584
  Expedited reinstatement of disability benefits...................3575
  Federal Advisory Committee Act:
    Income consideration of persons working as committee members 
                                                                   3562
  Fraud:
    Nonpayable benefits for trial work period after fraud 
        conviction.................................................3564
  HHS regulation migration to SSA..................................3590
  Liability of representative payees for overpayments to deceased 
      recipients...................................................3597
  Medical-vocational guidelines....................................3579
  Privacy and disclosure of records and information..........3547, 3568
  Recognition, disqualification and reinstatement of 
      representatives..............................................3569
  Recovery of benefit overpayments.................................3603
  Reduced medical benefits due to private insurance coverage.......3558
  Representative payment procedures................................3563
  Social Security Protection Act regulations.......................3588
  Standards of conduct of SSA employees............................3572
  Stepchild benefits...............................................3594
  Student Earned Income Exclusion..................................3564
  Vocational rehabilitation services:
    Continuation of benefit payments to individuals participating 
        in a program...............................................3583
    Referral for services..........................................3595
  Work report receipts issuance....................................3564
Solid waste disposal:
  See Waste treatment and disposal
Space transportation and exploration:
  Access to sensitive information..................................3327
  Acquisition regulations..............................3328, 3334, 3631
    Head of contracting activity revision..........................3333
  Astronaut Health Care Provision..................................3324
  Availability of Agency records...................................3322
  Code of conduct for International Space Station crew.............3326
  Commercial space transportation:
    Crew safety regulations........................................2024
    Licensing and safety requirements..............................2034
    Regulation revisions...........................................2020
    Safety approvals...............................................2021
  Cross-waiver of liability........................................3325
  Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook revisions...............3330
  Incidental take of marine mammals during rocket launch 
      operations....................................................496
  Income source rules..............................................2444
  Protection of human research subjects............................3331
  Science and Technology Scholarship...............................3323
  Small business contractor rights.................................3334
  Small business subcontracting plans..............................3332
  Small self-contained payloads....................................3335
  Suborbital reusable launch vehicles..............................2023
  Wind tunnel use for industry development work....................3329
Sport fishing:
  See Fishing
Stamp taxes:
  See Excise taxes
State-Federal relations:
  See Intergovernmental relations
Statistics:
  See Census data
Stocks:
  See Securities
Strip mining:
  See Surface mining
Student aid:
  See Scholarships and fellowships
Students:
  Border commuter students...................................1297, 1977
  Student and Exchange Visitor Information System.....1289, 1299, 1300, 
                                                       1313, 1962, 1978
  Student Career Experience Program................................3382
  Student FICA guidance............................................2758
  Student rights in research, experimental programs, and testing 
                                                                    768
Subsidies:
  See Grant programs
Sugar:
  Reexport programs.................................................202
Suicide:
  Prevention program...............................................1756
Superfund:
  Cooperative agreements and State contracts.......................3247
  Reportable quantity adjustments for carbamates...................3245
Supplemental Security Income (SSI):
  Disability determinations:
    Cardiovascular impairments.....................................3580
    Digestive system...............................................3576
    Endocrine system and obesity...................................3589
    Exemption of work activity as basis for continuing disability 
        review.....................................................3549
    Genito-urinary tract...........................................3577
    Growth impairment..............................................3593
    Hematological disorders........................................3555
    Immune system..................................................3552
    Malignant neoplastic diseases..................................3599
    Multiple body systems..........................................3578
    Neurological...................................................3543
    Optometrists as acceptable medical sources.....................3561
    Special senses.................................................3553
  Expedited reinstatement of disability benefits...................3575
  Income:
    Deeming from ineligible parents..........................3557, 3600
    Determination of...............................................3567
    Exclusions.........................................3574, 3596, 3602
  Payment of past-due benefits.....................................3573
  Plans to achieve sulf-support for blind and disabled 
      individuals..................................................3559
  Social Security Protection Act...................................3567
  Transfers of resources...........................................3551
  Trusts...........................................................3551
  Vocational rehabilitation services:
    Continuation of benefit payments to individuals participating 
        in a program...............................................3583
Surety bonds:
  Immigration surety bonds...................................1281, 1307
  Issuance by insurance companies..................................2342
  SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program....................3511, 3518, 3520
Surface mining:
  See also Coal
           Mine safety and health
  Claims under general Mining Law..................................1719
  Coal:
    Abandoned coal refuse sites....................................1706
    Abandoned mine reclamation fees................................1712

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    Lease terms and conditions.....................................1658
    State programs.................................................1710
  Indian lands...............................................1654, 1709
  Reclamation regulations..........................................1652
Swine:
  See Hogs
Syrup:
  See Sugar


                                   T

Tank vessels:
  See Cargo vessels
Tariffs:
  See Customs duties and inspection
Taxes:
  See also Customs duties and inspection
           Excise taxes
           Income taxes
  Availability of TTB information..................................2353
  Brewery regulations revisions....................................2344
  Computation on large cigars................................2354, 2355
  Escrow funds.....................................................2581
  Excise...........................................................2633
  Foreign trade....................................................2437
  Gift tax value determination.....................................2525
  Occupational tax.................................................2401
  Real estate taxes................................................3296
  TTB Bulletin regulations.........................................2382
Teachers:
  Teacher Next Door housing sales program..........................1372
  Troops-to-Teachers program........................................770
Technology:
  See Science and technology
Telecommunications:
  See also Radio
           Satellites
           Telephone
           Television
  Access charge reform.............................................3837
  Accounting requirements.....................................277, 3838
  Acquisition regulations.................................673, 677, 679
  Advanced telecommunications facilities and services..............3833
  Advanced wireless services.......................................3717
  Air-ground services on commercial airplanes......................3814
  ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................3838
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers............................................3834
  Bell Operating Companies and affiliates:
    Enhanced services..............................................3831
  Broadcast ownership rules review.................................3785
  Communication intercepting devices................................353
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act...1838, 1841, 1842, 
                                                                   3794
  Competition matters..............................................3733
  Detariffing of interstate exchange access services...............3832
  Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems.....................3793, 3830
  Ex parte rules...................................................3733
  Export controls...................................................337
  Extending wireless services to tribal lands......................3817
  GSA management policy............................................3308
  Installment payments for Personal Communications Services 
      licensees....................................................3804
  International services reporting requirements....................3751
  Interstate special access services...............................3841
  N11 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.............3824
  National Exchange Carrier Association petition...................3842
  North American Numbering Plan....................................3823
  Numbering Resource Optimization..................................3839
  Pole attachments.................................................3765
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1844
    Reporting requirements.........................................1843
  Relay services.......................................3703, 3704, 3707
  Rural areas.............................................272, 274, 277
  RUS special equipment contract....................................273
  Service quality reporting........................................3836
  Telecommunications Act:
    Access charge reform...........................................3828
    Customer proprietary network information (CPNI)................3827
    Individuals with disabilities..................................3702
    Interstate pay-per-call and other information services.........3700
    Local competition provisions...................................3829
    Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers.................3701
    Universal service..............................................3825
  Toll-free service access codes...................................3826
  Unbundled network elements.......................................3840
  Universal service reform.........................................3837
Telephone:
  900-number service...............................................3930
  Access charge reform.......................................3828, 3837
  Accessibility of equipment and services to persons with 
      disabilities.................................................3702
  Accounting requirements..........................................3838
  Advanced telecommunications facilities and services..............3833
  Advertising......................................................3930
  ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................3838
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers............................................3834
  Customer account record exchange obligations.....................3709
  Customer proprietary network information.........................3827
  Detariffing of interstate exchange access services...............3832
  Dial Equipment Minutes Weighting Program.........................3825
  Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems.....................3793, 3830
  Enhanced services................................................3831
  Hearing aid compatibility for wireless phones....................3822
  International call-back service..................................3745
  Interstate pay-per-call and other information services...........3700
  Local competition provisions of the Telecommunications Act.......3829
  N11 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.............3824
  North American Numbering Plan....................................3823
  Relay services.............................................3703, 3704
  Telemarketing sales rule.........................................3928
  Telephone Consumer Protection Act................................3706
  Toll free service access codes...................................3826
  Toll telephone service definition................................2623
  Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers...................3701
  Unbundling local exchange carriers...............................3835
  Universal Service..........................................3825, 3837
Television:
  See also Cable television
  Advertising......................................................3759
  Broadcast Auxiliary Services.....................................3732
  Children's programming.....................................3771, 3772
  Competitive availability of navigation devices...................3763
  Deceptive advertising concerning screen size.....................3922
  Digital television service:
    Ancillary or supplemental use by non-commercial licensees......3783
    Broadcast content protection...................................3821
    Children's programming.........................................3771
    Conversion rules for low power television and television 
        translator stations........................................3777
    Review of conversion process...................................3769
  Direct broadcast public interest obligations.....................3770
  Emergency Alert System.....................................3710, 3711
  Filing of network affiliation contracts..........................3758
  Joint sales agreements...........................................3778
  Public interest information......................................3774
  Reallocation and service rules for the 698-746 MHz spectrum 
      band.........................................................3811

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  Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act............................3781
  Service rules in UHF spectrum....................................3799
  Significantly viewed out-of-market broadcast stations............3779
  Unlicensed operation in the broadcast bands......................3729
  Video programming accessibility............................3761, 3763
Terrorism:
  Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act...........................80
  Bioterrorism preparedness...............................884, 885, 911
  International Terrorism Victim Compensation Program..............1856
  Support Antiterrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act 
                                                                   1062
  Terrorism Risk Insurance Program...........................2261, 2269
Textiles:
  African Growth and Opportunity Act...............................2280
  Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act............................2282
  Flammability standards...........................................3670
  Trade agreements............................................310, 2275
Timber:
  See Forests and forest products
Tires:
  Labeling requirements............................................2198
  Pressure monitoring system.......................................2194
Tobacco:
  See also Cigars and cigarettes
  Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.........................2381
  Customs regulations..............................................2357
  Imported tobacco products.................................4, 17, 2384
  In-transit stops without payment of tax..........................2363
  Inspection......................................................4, 17
  Marketing quotas...............................................41, 44
  Pesticide residue testing..........................................17
  Price support programs.............................................44
  Prohibited marks on products brought into the U.S................2405
  Regulations for tobacco products that are not in packages........2361
  Removal of products without payment of tax for use in law 
      enforcement activities.......................................2383
  Shipment of products without payment of tax......................2358
  Tobacco Quota Buyout Program...................................49, 50
  TTB Bulletin regulations.........................................2382
  Warehouse designation requirements.................................43
Tort claims:
  See Claims
Tourist trade:
  See Travel
Toxic substances:
  See Hazardous substances
Toxins:
  See Biologics
Trade agreements:
  African Growth and Opportunity Act.........................2273, 2280
  Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act..................2279
  Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act............................2282
  Free Trade Agreements with Australia and Morocco............669, 3629
  Free Trade Agreements with Chile and Singapore.......714, 1148, 2284, 
                                                                   2285
  North American Free Trade Agreement..................1157, 2283, 2295
  Textile trade agreements..........................................310
  U. S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act................2275, 2297
Trade practices:
  Economic Development Administration...............................304
  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act............3929
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................3924
  Funeral industry.................................................3919
  Home insulation labeling and advertising.........................3923
  Premerger notification rules.....................................3925
  Regulatory review................................................3917
  Telemarketing sales rule.........................................3928
  Telephone service................................................3930
  Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers............................29
  Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers....................1882, 1884
Trademarks:
  Fees....................................................571, 573, 583
  Intent-to-use documents filing requirements.......................575
  Preventing importation of pirated audio-visual works.............2286
  Representation of others before the USPTO.........................567
  Rules of practice amendments......................................574
  Rules of practice in inter partes proceedings before the 
      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board..............................568
  Statement of use filing deadline..................................575
  Trademark Electronic Application System...........................581
  US Patent and Trademark Office 21st Century Strategic Plan........582
  US Patent and Trademark Office correspondence.....................584
Transportation:
  See also Air transportation
           Bridges
           Common carriers
           Freight
           Highways and roads
           Mass transportation
           Noise control
           Pipelines
           Railroads
           Space transportation and exploration
           Vessels
  Acquisition regulations...............................633, 1999, 3616
  Air pollution control conformity.....................3042, 3043, 3114
  Americans With Disabilities Act accessibility standards..........1991
  Civil penalties......................................2058, 2134, 2196
  Debarment and suspension.........................................1987
  Disadvantaged business enterprise participation......1988, 1989, 2004
  Drug and alcohol testing...................................1992, 2002
  Environmental review.............................................3073
  Equipment cleaning point source category effluent guidelines.....3273
  Explosive materials..............................................1786
  Individuals with disabilities....................................2862
  Interstate ozone transport.......................................3068
  Maritime and land security directives and information circulars
                                                                   1269
  Mentor/protege program for small businesses......................1998
  Official title of the head of TSA................................1257
  Privacy Act provisions...............................1251, 1254, 1255
  Registered Traveler program......................................1250
  Sensitive security information for land modes....................1277
  Wildlife.........................................................1463
Travel:
  Anti-money laundering programs for travel agencies...............2305
  Customer identification programs for travel agents...............2302
Travel and transportation expenses:
  Deductions for members of Congress...............................2442
  Mileage reimbursement rates......................................3320
  Relocation allowances............................................3312
  Relocation income tax............................................3321
  VA beneficiary travel regulations................................2783
Treaties:
  See also Trade agreements
  Chemical Weapons Convention.......................................316
Trucks:
  See Motor carriers
      Motor vehicles
Tuberculosis:
  Bovine tuberculosis................................................70
  Correctional management..........................................1754
Turpentine:
  See Forests and forest products


                                   U

Underground mining:
  See Mine safety and health
Unemployment:
  See Community development
      Unemployment compensation

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Unemployment compensation:
  Confidentiality and disclosure of State records..................1888
  Eligibility regulations..........................................1885
United States investments abroad:
  Foreign utilities................................................4055
Universities:
  See Colleges and universities
Upward Bound Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Uranium:
  Mill sites..................................................806, 3997
Urban renewal:
  See Community development
Utilities:
  See also Electric utilities
           Natural gas
           Water supply
  Accounting and financial reporting requirements..................3880
  Acquisition regulations......................................674, 675
  Electronic filing of documents...................................3865
  Exemption for certain acquisitions.........................4045, 4055
  Fees for use of government lands.................................3884
  High energy cost rural community grants...........................283
  Market-based rates...............................................3872
  Oversight of regional transmission organizations and 
      independent system operators.................................3880
  Rural Utilities Service:
    Accounting requirements for telecommunications borrowers........277
    Exemption of certain borrowers from controls....................281
    Household Water Well System Grant Program.......................279
    Lien accommodations and subordinations..........................275
    Operational controls............................................278
    Seismic safety requirements.....................................280
    Special equipment contract......................................273
    State nonmetropolitan median household income...................284
    Technical assistance grants.....................................282
  Standards of conduct for transmission providers..................3862
  Wind energy interconnection agreement............................3879


                                   V

Vaccines:
  See Biologics
Vegetables:
  Import regulations.................................................55
  Phytosanitary certificates for imports.............................68
Vessels:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Fishing vessels
           Marine safety
           Maritime carriers
           Navigation (water)
           Passenger vessels
  Accident reporting...............................................1167
  Anchorage area regulations.......................................1187
  Anchorage ground, safety zone and speed limit for Tongass 
      Narrows, AK..................................................1177
  Anti-money laundering program for businesses engaged in boat 
      sales........................................................2308
  Ballast water:
    Exchange guidelines............................................1206
  Coast Guard escort requirements............................1189, 1193
  Commercial diving operations.....................................1201
  Container seals..................................................1225
  Controlled substances............................................1791
  Discharge standards for Armed Forces vessels.....................3250
  Discharge-removal equipment......................................1188
  Documentation..............................................1172, 2258
  Electronic Charting Display and Information System...............1179
  Emission standards:
    Marine tank vessel loading operations..........................3059
    Shipbuilding and ship repair surface coating...................2917
    Spark ignition marine vessels..................................2953
  Lease financing for vessels engaged in coastwise trade....1172, 1215, 
                                                                   2258
  Marking sunken vessels waiver....................................1173
  Notification of arrival and departure............................1208
  Numbering system...........................................1167, 1216
  Outer Continental Shelf activities...............................1176
  Permit moratorium applications for charter vessels and 
      headboats in Gulf of Mexico...................................551
  Personal flotation device requirements...........................1163
  Pollution prevention equipment...................................1169
  Polychlorinated biphenyls containing.............................3151
  Port restrictions and fees:
    Japanese vessels...............................................3896
  Regattas and marine parades......................................1191
  Restricted areas.............................................735, 736
  Safety and security zone regulations.......................1186, 1212
  Satellite earth stations.........................................3749
  Traffic separation schemes.......................................1164
  Vessel Traffic Service...........................................1165
Veterans:
  Acquisition regulations:
    Plain language revisions.......................................2810
  Additional disability or death caused by VA care or treatment 
                                                                   2845
  Adjudication and fiduciary regulations...2790, 2792, 2826, 2832, 2835
  Advanced health care planning....................................2813
  Affirmative action and nondiscrimination obligations of 
      contractors and subcontractors.........................1869, 1871
  Aggravation of a disability by active service....................2839
  Alaska Native veteran allotments.................................1724
  Appeals regulations:
    De novo review time limit......................................2846
    Delegations of authority.......................................2850
    Notice of Disagreement clarification...........................2811
  Beneficiary travel regulations...................................2783
  Benefits claims..................................................2809
  Burial benefits............................................2789, 2851
    Survivors of Filipino veterans.................................2825
  Claim substantiation regulations.................................2812
  Claims based on aggravation of nonservice-connected disability 
                                                                   2823
  Claims based on service in the Philippine Armed Forces...........2792
  Compensation and pension regulations:
    Bars, forfeiture and renouncement of benefits..................2804
    Concurrent receipt of military retired pay and disability 
        compensation...............................................2807
    Dependents.....................................................2800
    Duties of VA...................................................2794
    Elections of improved pension............................2803, 2837
    General evidence requirements, effective dates, revision of 
        decisions, and protection of existing ratings..............2802
    General provisions.............................................2796
    Payments and adjustments to payments.....................2791, 2805
    Payments to beneficiaries who are eligible for more than one 
        benefit....................................................2801
    Rights and responsibilities of claimants and beneficiaries.....2794
    Service-connected disability compensation......................2806
    Special and ancillary benefits for veterans, dependents and 
        survivors..................................................2795
  Coordination of benefits with TRICARE.............................757
  Dependency and indemnity compensation:
    Regulation amendment...........................................2798
    Surviving spouse's rates.......................................2838
  Disability ratings:
    Cardiovascular conditions......................................2827
    Eye, ear, and other sense organs...............................2822
    Hypertension...................................................2827
    Individual unemployability.....................................2821
    Multiple scars.................................................2829
    Respiratory disorders..........................................2827
  Education:
    Centralized certification of benefits..........................2786

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    Licensing and certification....................................2785
    Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty..........................2841, 2848
    Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve...........................2833
    Non-payment of VA educational assistance to fugitive felons 
                                                                   2836
    Survivors and dependents.................................2787, 2841
    Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act..................2828
    Veterans Programs Enhancement Act..............................2784
  Enrollment information updating form.............................2782
  Exclusions from income and net worth computations................2849
  Federal Agency Retail Pharmacy Program...........................3293
  Filipino veterans benefit improvements.....................2819, 2825
  Housing assistance for disabled veterans.........................1357
  Jobs For Veterans Act................................1952, 1954, 3467
  Loan guaranty:
    Assistance to disabled veterans in acquiring specially 
        adapted housing............................................2788
    Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages.........................2799, 2830
    Pre-purchase counseling requirements...........................2844
    Regulation amendments....................................2831, 2847
  Medical benefits:
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2820
    Hospital and outpatient care...................................2815
    Non-VA service and care..................................2817, 2843
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2816
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2834, 2840
  Notice requirements..............................................2812
  Protection of human research subjects............................2818
  Psychosis definition.............................................2824
  Reconsideration of decisions on claims for benefits..............2808
  Small businesses:
    Government contracting programs..........................3542, 3642
    Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern Program
                                                                   3538
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1869, 
                                                                   1871
  Special ratings..................................................2797
  State homes......................................................2814
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.......1953, 
                                                                   1955
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2793
Viruses:
  See Biologics
Visas:
  See Passports and visas
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program......................................................3583
  Referral for services............................................3595
  Veterans.........................................................2793
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps:
    *VISTA program.................................................2876
    National Civilian Community Corps..............................2880
  DOL regulation...................................................1881
  National Senior Service Corps....................................2877
  Peace Corps................................................3491, 3492
Voting rights:
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1773


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment............................1443, 2337
    SBA............................................................3539
  Cost-of-living allowances........................................3398
  Critical position pay authority..................................3429
  Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1881
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1867
  Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3484
  Locality pay areas.........................................3394, 3425
  Pay retention....................................................3483
  Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3478
  Prevailing rate systems..............................3395, 3427, 3428
  Regulation amendments......................................3419, 3431
  Regulation standardization.......................................3422
  Senior Executive Service...................................3476, 3479
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................1875
  Tipped employees.................................................1867
  Within-grade increases...........................................3482
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage...............................20
  Tobacco warehouse designation requirements.........................43
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3223, 3224
  Effluent guidelines............................3253, 3257, 3265, 3273
  Financial test criteria..........................................3232
  Hazardous waste management...........................2247, 3219, 3234
  Laboratory waste.................................................3210
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions...................................................3206
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations................3207
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission guidelines............................................3048
    MACT standards.................................................2939
    New source performance standards...............................3048
  Nuclear waste disposal...............................2887, 3984, 3998
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3220
  Project XL.....................................2888, 2895, 3220, 3221
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3226
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3287
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards........................................2943
    Guideline revisions............................................3225
    Landfill criteria........................................2910, 3225
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................2992
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3213
    Solid waste definition.........................................3231
    Tax regulations................................................2726
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3229
  Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
    Report to Congress.............................................2898
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3217
  Wastewater treatment sludges...............................3209, 3221
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3256
Water carriers:
  See Maritime carriers
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Clean Water Act..................................................3258
    Cooling water intake structures................................3262
    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3249
    Test procedures........................3251, 3254, 3258, 3259, 3260
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................729
  Effluent guidelines:
    Airport deicing operations.....................................3267
    Coal mining....................................................1715
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3265
    Drinking water treatment plants................................3268
    Iron and steel manufacturing...................................3253
    Program plan...................................................3252
    Recodification of..............................................3266
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management.......................................1206
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1195, 1204

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    Response plans for oil.............................1196, 1199, 1204
  NPDES permits..............................................3263, 3264
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3255
  Radon............................................................3279
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3264
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3240
  Storm water discharges from oil and gas construction activity 
                                                                   3274
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3261
  Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3271
  Trace metals criteria............................................3258
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards..................3250
  Water quality standards....................................3259, 3260
    Ambient water quality criteria for recreational waters.........3269
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3259, 3260
    Indian country waters..........................................3270
    Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3272
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................731
    Special events rule.............................................734
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1206
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1717
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................2893
  Drinking water:
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3280
    Arsenic in bottled water........................................886
    Contaminants.................................3279, 3283, 3285, 3286
    Disinfection byproducts........................................3278
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3136
    Enhanced surface water treatment...............................3277
    Fecal contamination............................................3276
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3106, 3281
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3148
    State underground injection control programs...................3284
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3254
    Total coliform rule............................................3282
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3275
  Groundwater protection.....................................3132, 3276
  Household Water Well System Grant Program.........................279
  Servicing loans and grants........................................276
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1702
Water transportation:
  See Harbors
      Marine safety
      Maritime carriers
      Navigation (water)
      Vessels
Waterfowl:
  See Wildlife
Waterfront facilities:
  See Harbors
Watershed:
  Emergency Watershed Protection Program............................289
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................216
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................215
Waterways:
  See Bridges
      Harbors
Weapons:
  See Arms and munitions
Welfare programs:
  See Public assistance programs
Wetlands:
  See Coastal zone
      Flood plains
Whales:
  See Marine mammals
Wheat:
  Imports............................................................81
  Karnal bunt........................................................81
  Standards.........................................................116
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1209
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3399, 3436
  Research misconduct...............................................942
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Audit resolution policy..........................................1590
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1491
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1555
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1568
  Eagles...........................................................1461
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1503
    Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1630
    Transport of feathers..........................................1574
  Endangered and threatened..................................1518, 1555
    Conservation education.........................................1450
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1532
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1486, 1555
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1517
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1778
  Exportation................................................1463, 1603
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1520, 1544
  Gray wolf........................................................1604
  Importation..........................................1463, 1479, 1603
  Injurious......................................1478, 1485, 1577, 1586
    Black carp.....................................................1467
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations.......1453, 1455, 1457, 1490, 1507, 1528, 1549, 
                                                                   1573
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1570
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1536
    List revision..................................................1516
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1530
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval......................1453, 1497, 1507
    Permits................................1456, 1488, 1544, 1572, 1585
    Possession for educational purposes............................1451
    Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1608
  Permit procedures................................................1584
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1473
  Seabirds..........................................................414
  Subsistence management.............1504, 1505, 1546, 1551, 1583, 1592
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1462
  Transportation...................................................1463
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1466, 1479, 1525
Wildlife refuges:
  Hunting and fishing regulations............................1509, 1561
  Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge Permit requirement...............1508
  Mission, goals, and purposes...............................1522, 1560
  Mosquito management..............................................1492
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1522
  Strategic growth.................................................1493
  Tribal annual funding agreements.................................1510
  Wilderness stewardship...........................................1562
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2399
  Dried fruit wines................................................2407
  Honey wines......................................................2407
  Imported.........................................................2380
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2360
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2386
  Sherry...........................................................2404
  Standards of fill................................................2348
  Taxes......................................................2402, 2403
  Viticultural areas....2349, 2350, 2362, 2364, 2365, 2366, 2367, 2368, 
           2369, 2370, 2371, 2372, 2373, 2374, 2375, 2376, 2377, 2378, 
           2379, 2387, 2388, 2390, 2391, 2393, 2394, 2395, 2396, 2397, 
                         2398, 2400, 2408, 2409, 2410, 2411, 2412, 2413

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Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  FHFB contractor outreach program.................................3893
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................1906
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................132
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.......................1848
  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................1896
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program..........................131, 169
    Program administration and operation............................164
    Vendor-related provisions.............................122, 145, 163
Wood:
  See Forests and forest products
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics.......................308, 309


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Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Chafee National Youth in Transition Database.....................1043
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................156
  Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas................135
    
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