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[Subject Index to the Unified Agenda]
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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.................................................2979
  Change in method definition......................................2566
  Cost accounting standards...................................857, 3609
  DOI cost recovery................................................1914
  EBSA accountant independence requirements........................2075
  Employee stock ownership plan costs..............................3515
  FDIC annual independent audits...................................3979
  FMS claims.................................................2460, 2461
  International accounting standards...............................4220
  Local exchange carrier requirements..............................3964
  Maritime mobile radio services...................................3868
  Mark-to-market accounting............................2599, 2683, 2789
  Requirements for RUS Telecommunications borrowers.................449
  Unallowable costs................................................3773
Acquisition regulations:
  See Government procurement
Additives:
  See Fuel additives
Administrative practice and procedure:
  See also Claims
           Environmental impact statements
           Freedom of information
           Privacy
  AID..............................................................2982
  Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau...................2503, 2533
  Coast Guard......................................................1357
  CSREES............................................................249
  DFARS.............................................................821
  DOI..............................................................1628
  FTC..............................................................4053
  FWS..............................................................1634
  Hearing and appeal procedures:
    Arbitration policies, functions, and procedures................3419
    Aviation economic proceedings..................................2164
    BLM............................................................1920
    CNCS...........................................................3001
    DHS............................................................1274
    Medicare enrollment............................................1116
    NIGC...........................................................4100
    OHA............................................................1621
    OPM............................................................3556
    Peace Corps....................................................3612
    Treasury Department............................................2568
    USDA.......................................................199, 278
  INS..............................................................2005
  IRS........................................................2561, 2865
  OPM..............................................................3538
  Peace Corps......................................................3613
  Rulemaking:
    GSA............................................................3427
    IRS............................................................2567
    USDA............................................................345
  SBA:
    Offices change of address......................................3665
  SSA........................................................3705, 3713
  USDA.........................................................267, 281
  VA...............................................................2979
Adoption and foster care:
  Administrative costs.............................................1230
  Analysis and reporting system....................................1229
  Intercountry adoptions.....................................1263, 2149
Advertising:
  Air travel.......................................................2186
  Alcoholic beverages..................................2472, 2474, 2513
  Home insulation..................................................4067
  Organic claims for alcoholic beverages...........................2509
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4054
  Television.......................................................3889
    Screen size measurement........................................4057
  Unfair or deceptive practices....................................4065
Affirmative action plans:
  See Equal employment opportunity
Aged:
  See also Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3009
  Nondiscrimination:
    Coverage under ADEA............................................3413
    Disparate impact...............................................3412
    GSA............................................................3437
    HUD......................................................1529, 1586
    NARA...........................................................3478
    SSA............................................................3714
  Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly...................1195
  Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program..........................318
Agricultural commodities:
  See also Commodity futures
           Crop insurance
           Fruits
           Grains
           Vegetables
  Agricultural inspection along the U.S./Canada border..............234
  AID transactions...........................................2982, 2983
  California clingstone peach diversion program.......................3
  Commodity Credit Corporation:
    Debt collection and settlement regulations......................202
    Noninsured crop disaster assistance program for tropical 
        crops.......................................................189
    Quality samples program.........................................369
    Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers.........................203
    Warehouses for storage contracts................................194
  Commodity Supplemental Food Program...............................337
  Cotton:
    Boll weevil quarantine and regulations..........................221
    Cottonseed assistance program...................................206
    Crop cotton classification services fees........................185
    Extra long staple cotton prices.................................209
  Country of origin labeling..........................................2
  Exports...........................................................284
  Grains........................................190, 283, 284, 285, 288
  Honey:
    Research and promotion program..................................168
  Karnal bunt compensation..........................................216
  Mark-to-market accounting........................................2683
  National Organic Program.............................1, 164, 169, 174
  Nursery crops.....................................................280
  Ocean freight claims..............................................197
  Peanuts:
    Designated marketing associations...............................210
  Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act...........................165
  Plants genetically engineered to produce industrial compounds 
                                                                    246
  Quality Services Verification Program.............................177
  Quarantine and inspection services user fees......................233
  Review inspection requirements....................................285
  Sales policies....................................................191
  Sorghum standards.................................................287
  Soybean standards.................................................286
  State assessment collection.......................................213

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  Sugar:
    Marketing allocations...........................................193
    Reexport programs...............................................370
  Tobacco:
    Inspection......................................................167
Agricultural research:
  Funding requirements..............................................251
  Matching fund requirements at Land-Grant Institutions.............247
  Non-formula grant program administration..........................252
Agriculture:
  See also Agricultural commodities
           Agricultural research
           Food assistance programs
           Foods
           Forests and forest products
           Irrigation
           Pesticides and pests
           Rural areas
  Administrative regulations...................................267, 281
  Biobased products.......................................420, 422, 455
  Conservation contract debt write-down.............................205
  Conservation program information confidentiality.............207, 453
  Conservation security program.....................................451
  Cost-sharing for animal and plant health emergency programs.......243
  Disclosure of income tax return information to USDA..............2768
  Farm Bill of 2002:
    Assistance for livestock producers..............................198
    Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program.........424, 430, 432
    Energy efficiency improvements..................................437
    Renewable energy systems........................................437
  Farm income averaging regulations..........................2637, 2643
  Farm Service Agency:
    Appraisal updates for loan programs.............................192
    Debt collection and settlement regulations......................202
    Disaster declaration and designation............................204
    Environmental compliance regulation.............................201
    Interest assistance program.....................................196
    Regulatory streamlining of direct farm loan programs............195
    Selection of state and county committees........................200
    Unauthorized assistance on guaranteed loans.....................208
  Fee rates for science and technology laboratory services..........172
  Funding requirements for extension activities at Land-Grant 
      Institutions.............................................247, 250
  Guaranteed farm loan regulations..................................188
  Hatch Multistate Research Fund....................................248
  Intermediary relending program....................................436
  National security emergency loans.................................425
  Nonprocurement regulations........................................421
  Pesticides exposure protection...................................3275
  Secondary market pooling by fiscal transfer agent.................426
  Secondary market sales of guaranteed loans........................431
  Small Business Innovation Research Grants Program.................249
  Technical assistance and training.................................256
  Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers...........................203
  USDA civil monetary penalties.....................................419
  USDA Farmers Market...............................................179
Aid to Families with Dependent Children:
  See Public assistance programs
AIDS:
  Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program................64
  NIH AIDS Research Loan Repayment Program.........................1101
Air carriers:
  See also Air rates and fares
  Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of 
      aircraft from foreign areas..................................1414
  Advanced Qualification Program...................................2249
  Advertisement disclosure.........................................2186
  Air-ground telecommunications services...........................3941
  Aviation data requirements.......................................2180
  Cargo security...................................................1449
  Commuter air carrier registrations...............................2187
  Computer reservations systems regulations........................2177
  Continuing fitness determinations................................2165
  Crew manifest information........................................1420
  Enhanced security rules for foreign carriers.....................1442
  Fifth-freedom charters...........................................2175
  Income source rules..............................................2565
  Lithium batteries transport prohibition..........................2374
  Noise certification standards....................................2238
  Passengers:
    Accommodations for deaf and hard of hearing individuals........2166
    Air transit program............................................2143
    Baggage limitation for travelers to Cuba........................491
    Manifest information...........................................1420
    Nondiscrimination..............................................2181
    Oxygen use.....................................................2163
    Passenger Name Record information........................1426, 1452
    Security service fee...........................................1447
    Use of portable oxygen concentrator devices onboard............2242
  Seats, crashworthiness standards.................................2230
  Security compliance program for aircraft operators...............1460
  Security infrastructure fees.....................................1448
  Service difficulty reports.......................................2196
Air fares:
  See Air rates and fares
Air pollution control:
  See also Motor vehicle pollution
  Accidental release prevention........................3028, 3170, 3171
  Acid Rain Program...........................................120, 3099
  Air quality data affected by exceptional, natural, and 
      international events.........................................3114
  Air quality modeling.............................................3118
  Air quality resources:
    Class I area designations......................................3175
  Air quality standards....................3172, 3173, 3218, 3232, 3237
  Ambient air quality monitoring.........................100, 102, 3054
  Best available retrofit technology..........................121, 3233
  Boilers..........................................................3149
  Carbon monoxide..................................................3172
  Chemicals........................................................3297
  Chromium emissions...............................................3184
  Clean Air Act........................................3036, 3121, 3126
  Clean Air Interstate rule.........................................119
  Clean Air Visibility Rule.........................................121
  Combustion turbines..............................................3148
  Continuous parameter monitoring systems..........................3056
  Delisting hazardous pollutants.................3068, 3126, 3185, 3186
  Electric generating units.........................................110
  Electric utility steam generating units....................3149, 3230
  Emission control diagnostic systems..............................3062
  Emission reporting requirements..................................3101
  Emissions from animal feeding operations.........................3213
  Emissions monitoring program...................3056, 3099, 3123, 3130
  Emissions standards:
    Aircraft engines...............................................3133
    Architectural coatings...................................3031, 3078
    Coke ovens...............................................3037, 3245
    Component durability procedures................................3093
    Diesel engines and fuels.................................3113, 3253
    Diesel fuel sulfur transition..................................3165
    Heavy-duty diesel trucks.......................................3239
    Hydrogen fluoride production...................................3037
    Locomotive engines..............................................104
    Marine diesel engines...........................................104
    Navajo generating station................................3167, 3168
    New marine engines.............................................3037
    New motor vehicles.......................................3074, 3132
    Performance criteria...........................................3124

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    Permit requirements............................................3037
    Radionuclides..................................................3117
    Semiconductor facilities.......................................3037
    Spark-ignition engines..........................................105
    Test procedures for highway and nonroad engines................3241
    VOC standards..................................................3049
  Emissions trades.................................................3194
  Fine particulate matter...........................................102
  Flexible air permit rule.........................................3077
  Fuels and fuel additives....3034, 3055, 3058, 3071, 3079, 3135, 3136, 
                                                       3142, 3151, 3152
  Gas turbines.....................................................3185
  Gasoline anti-dumping program........................3131, 3134, 3137
  Hazardous air pollutants.....3032, 3126, 3174, 3200, 3225, 3251, 3310
  Inspection/maintenance programs............................3193, 3195
  Interstate transport of fine particulate matter.......120, 3235, 3246
  MACT standards.............................................3063, 3230
  Maintenance and repair activities................................3083
  Methyl bromide.............................................3202, 3252
  Mineral wool production..........................................3203
  Mobile sources..............................................101, 3234
  Monitoring requirements..........................................3218
  NESHAP:
    Acrylic/modacrylic fiber production............................3208
    Aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities..................3176
    Asphalt processing and asphalt roofing manufacturing...........3238
    Autobody refinishing...........................................3102
    Brick and structural clay products manufacturing...............3154
    Cellulose products manufacturing...............................3236
    Chemical preparations industry.................................3227
    Clay ceramics industry.........................................3217
    Coating manufacturing..........................................3146
    Coke ovens.....................................................3245
    Copper smelters................................................3226
    Defense land systems...........................................3088
    Elastomers...............................................3174, 3187
    Electric arc furnace manufacturing.............................3221
    Ethylene oxide...........................................3042, 3067
    Ethylene processes.............................................3231
    Ferroalloys production.........................................3201
    Gasoline distribution facilities.........................3043, 3222
    General provisions.......................................3084, 3128
    Glass manufacturing industry...................................3207
    Halogenated solvent cleaning...................................3046
    Hazardous Organic NESHAP.......................................3048
    Hazardous waste combustion facilities..........................3360
    Hydrochloric acid production...................................3070
    Industrial inorganic chemicals manufacturing...................3212
    Industrial process cooling towers..............................3044
    Industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers and process 
        heaters........................................3108, 3156, 3216
    Iron and steel foundries...........................3085, 3089, 3214
    Lead acid battery manufacturing................................3225
    Lead smelting..................................................3179
    Magnetic tape manufacturing....................................3047
    Marine tank vessel loading operations..........................3178
    Municipal solid waste landfills................................3066
    Nonferrous metals........................................3219, 3220
    Off-site waste and recovery operations residual risk standard
                                                                   3169
    Oil and natural gas production...........................3210, 3211
    Organic chemical manufacturing...........................3076, 3251
    Organic liquid distribution..............................3086, 3111
    Paint and allied products industry.............................3228
    Paint stripping................................................3206
    Perchloroethylene dry cleaning facilities......................3045
    Petroleum refineries...........................................3183
    Pharmaceuticals production...............................3205, 3243
    Plastic parts and products.....................................3094
    Plating and polishing..........................................3215
    Plywood and composite wood products manufacturing........3147, 3160
    Pollution prevention alternative compliance....................3128
    Polymers and resins................................3177, 3187, 3188
    Polyurethane foam production...................................3204
    Polyvinyl chloride and copolymers production...................3109
    Portland cement manufacturing industry.........................3041
    Predictive emission monitoring.................................3039
    Primary aluminum reduction plants..............................3127
    Printing and publishing industry.........................3125, 3182
    Refractory products manufacturing..............................3153
    Reinforced plastic composites..................................3240
    Secondary aluminum production..................................3112
    Shipbuilding and ship repair surface coating...................3180
    Site remediation.........................................3073, 3224
    Source categories..............................................3128
    Surface coating of automobiles and light-duty trucks...........3095
    Surface coating of metal cans..................................3072
    Synthetic organic chemicals....................................3048
    Taconite iron ore processing...................................3223
    Thermoplastics...........................................3174, 3188
    Total facility low risk determination for residual risk........3069
  New source performance standards.........3087, 3119, 3148, 3149, 3150
  New source review..............103, 110, 3083, 3090, 3145, 3244, 3254
  New stationary sources...........................................3037
  Nitrogen oxides.................................114, 3099, 3129, 3141
  Opacity measurement of emissions...........................3120, 3123
  Operating permits...............................106, 3091, 3140, 3191
  Ozone and ozone precursors:
    8-hour standard......122, 3104, 3138, 3198, 3199, 3229, 3248, 3254, 
                                                                   3255
    National ambient air quality standards........109, 122, 3104, 3199, 
                                           3229, 3237, 3248, 3254, 3255
    Protection of stratospheric ozone.....3030, 3051, 3052, 3061, 3080, 
           3081, 3082, 3096, 3100, 3106, 3107, 3139, 3143, 3144, 3166, 
                                                 3202, 3209, 3242, 3252
    Transport.........................120, 3097, 3129, 3189, 3246, 3249
  Particulate matter................................................100
  PCB manufacturing................................................3279
  Performance Track program........................................3338
  Performance-based measurement system for fuels...................3057
  Plantwide Applicability Limit.....................................103
  Plywood and composite wood products manufacturing................3147
  Polymer exemption rule...........................................3280
  Prevention of significant deterioration....103, 110, 3083, 3090, 3244
  Project XL.................................................3018, 3025
  Reciprocating internal combustion engines..................3087, 3150
  Risk management plans............................................3028
    List of substances.............................................3171
    Public access to information...................................3170
  Solid waste incinerators.............................3115, 3119, 3164
  Source category list.............................................3200
  State implementation plans.....102, 122, 3060, 3104, 3229, 3250, 3254
  Sulfur oxides..............................................3053, 3173
  Synthetic organic chemicals manufacturing........................3122
  Transportation conformity..................................3159, 3247
  Tribal implementation plans...........................122, 3104, 3254
  Volatile organic compounds.........3029, 3049, 3064, 3110, 3122, 3157
  Voluntary superior monitoring....................................3197
  Wood furniture industry..........................................3181
Air rates and fares:
  Aviation data requirements.......................................2180
Air safety:
  See Aviation safety
Air tariffs:
  See Air rates and fares
Air traffic control:
  Emergency security control........................................755

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  Retirement coverage of air traffic controllers...................3595
  Waiver of mandatory separation age for air traffic controllers 
                                                                   2217
Air transportation:
  See also Air carriers
           Air rates and fares
           Aircraft
           Airmen
           Airports
           Airspace
           Aviation safety
           Navigation (air)
  Aviation economics...............................................2164
  Electronic presentation of cargo data............................1428
  Excise taxes...............................................2563, 2716
  Hazardous substances.............................................2367
  Nondiscrimination................................................2181
  Small business size standards....................................3649
Aircraft:
  Aging aircraft...................................................2240
    Type certificate and supplemental type certificate holder 
        data.........................................................91
  Aircraft parts...................................................2232
  Airworthiness directives and standards....90, 2192, 2193, 2223, 2224, 
                                                                   2225
  Anti-money laundering program for businesses engaged in 
      airplane sales...............................................2437
  Area navigation..................................................2214
  Aviation Radio Service...........................................3947
  Certification procedures for products and parts..................2188
  Child restraint systems....................................2233, 2243
  Cockpit voice recorder requirements..............................2227
  Electrical and electronic system standards.......................2195
  Exhaust emissions standard for engines...........................3133
  Export licensing jurisdiction.....................................517
  Extended operations of multi-engine airplanes....................2216
  Flight data recorder regulations...........................2190, 2227
  Float plane take-off and landing.................................1404
  Foreign civil aircraft...........................................2176
  Fuel tank safety.................................................2240
  Halon-1301 fire extinguishing vessels............................3143
  Hazardous material recognition training..........................2234
  Hazardous material transportation................................2375
  Improved seats retrofit..........................................2230
  Maintenance:
    Aging aircraft...................................................88
    Bilateral agreements with Canada...............................2239
  Noise requirements...............................................2212
  Ownership transfer notification..................................2228
  Private charter security rules...................................1457
  Propeller-driven small airplane noise certification........2212, 2241
  Public water system regulations..................................3410
  Repair stations:
    Ratings and quality system.....................................2203
    Security requirements..........................................1441
  Rotorcraft.......................................................2192
  Sale of DOD aircraft to persons providing oil spill response 
      service.......................................................773
  Security programs for aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or more 
                                                                   1456
  Transponders...............................................2189, 2213
  Transport category:
    Airworthiness directives and standards.......2197, 2206, 2218, 2235
    Crew discreet alerting systems.................................2198
    Flight deck door monitoring....................................2198
    Flight guidance systems........................................2218
    Fuel tank flammability reduction.................................89
    Fuel tank system safety..........................................90
    Performance and handling qualities in icing conditions.........2197
    Wiring system safety.............................................90
Aircraft pilots:
  See Airmen
Airlines:
  See Air carriers
Airmen:
  Counterfeit-resistant certification requirements.................2228
  Criminal history background checks...............................1462
  Drug abuse.......................................................2226
  Drug or alcohol test refusal.....................................2215
  Extension of expired flight instructor certificates and 
      inspection authorizations for personnel assigned outside 
      the US in support of the Armed Forces........................2250
  Flight training for aliens.................................1451, 1473
  Rest and duty requirements.......................................2231
  Second-in-command type rating....................................2245
  Security disqualifications.......................................2237
  Training requirements for flight under visual flight rules in 
      the Washington, DC zone......................................2222
Airplanes:
  See Aircraft
Airports:
  Accommodations for deaf and hard of hearing individuals..........2166
  Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of 
      aircraft from foreign areas..................................1414
  Chicago O'Hare International Airport:
    Congestion and delay reduction.................................2220
    Limitations for unscheduled operations.........................2247
  Concessions:
    Disadvantaged business enterprise participation................2178
  Criminal history background checks for escorted access...........1458
  Criminal history background checks for operators.................1462
  Customs security area access.....................................1425
  Effluent limitations for deicing operations......................3393
  Enhanced security procedures within the Washington, DC 
      Metropolitan Area Flight Restricted Zone.....................1466
  Noise compatibility regulations..................................2244
  Private land mobile radio services...............................3945
  Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:
    Commuter aircraft definition...................................2248
    Enhanced security procedures for certain operations............1467
  Security compliance program......................................1461
  Small business size standards....................................3649
Airspace:
  Regulations, routine issue of....................................2207
  Use and preservation of..........................................2191
  Washington, DC metropolitan area...........................2199, 2222
Airways:
  See Airspace
Airworthiness directives and standards:
  See Aircraft
Alaska Natives:
  See Indians
Alcohol abuse:
  Airmen testing...................................................2215
  Aviation personnel...............................................2211
  Mine personnel...................................................2094
  Testing following marine incident..................................59
  Transportation workplace testing.....................2172, 2174, 2185
Alcohol and alcoholic beverages:
  See also Beer
           Liquors
           Wine
  Advertising regulations....................................2472, 2474
  Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.........................2503
  Distilled spirits plant regulations..............................2484
  Import and export regulations....................................2473
  Labeling regulations.................................2472, 2474, 2475
  Organic claims in labeling and advertising.......................2509
  Specially denatured alcohol regulations..........................2473
  Standards of fill................................................2526
  Taxpaid distilled spirits used to manufacture nonbeverage 
      products.....................................................2487
  TTB Bulletin regulations.........................................2533

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Aliens:
  See also Citizenship and naturalization
           Immigration
           Refugees
  Address notification.............................................1496
  Adjustment of status...1265, 1294, 1296, 1301, 1304, 1307, 1336, 1339
  Affidavit of support.......................................1284, 2012
  Air transit program..............................................2143
  American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act.....1266, 1958
  Arriving aliens definition.......................................1435
  Asylum...........................................................1295
    Dismissal of application.......................................1345
    Interpreter services during interviews.........................1330
    Numerical limit on grants......................................2014
  Battered and abused spouses and children...................1282, 2013
  Border crossing cards:
    Elimination of.................................................1423
    Identification documents.......................................2158
  Children:
    Care and placement of unaccompanied children...................1226
    Certificate of citizenship application.........................1298
    Child Status Protection Act..............................1317, 2139
  Civil surgeon program............................................1348
  Conditional residents:
    Termination of marriage........................................1289
  Consent to reapply for admission after removal...................1268
  Criminal convictions:
    Early release for removal of aliens in custody for nonviolent 
        offenses...................................................1477
  Custody procedures.........................................1481, 2008
  Deportability and inadmissibility on public charge grounds.......1287
  Deportation proceedings:
    Power of Attorney General......................................1478
    Suspension.........................................1337, 2000, 2013
  Detention of aliens subject to final orders of removal...........1480
  Diversity visas..................................................2150
  Documentary requirements for returning temporary residents.......1309
  Duty to surrender when ordered removed from the United States 
                                                                   2010
  Employment:
    Australian nonimmigrants in specialty occupations..............2072
    EB-5 classification......................................1316, 2009
    Eligibility for certain scientists and engineers...............1323
    Eligibility pilot program......................................1352
    Eligibility verification.................................1313, 2159
    Employer sanctions.............................................1494
    International broadcasters.....................................1300
    Labor certification process........................1276, 2064, 2068
    Labor condition applications.............................2069, 2070
    Post-adjudication audits of H-2B petitions.....................2067
    Premium processing service for petitions and applications.....1332, 
                                                                   1338
    Temporary employment of foreign professionals on H-1B1 visas 
                                                             2069, 2070
    Temporary nonagricultural services or labor....................1340
    Verification documents.........................................1335
  Evidence processing timeframe....................................1322
  Exchange visitors:
    Duration of program participation for professors and research 
        scholars...................................................2156
    Secondary students.............................................2145
    Student and Exchange Visitor Information System...1471, 1485, 1490, 
                                                             1491, 2147
    Waiver of two-year foreign residence requirement...............1269
  Extension of time limit on admission of Mexican nationals........1430
  Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry..............1424
  Fingerprinting.......................................1285, 1291, 2140
  Firearm purchase requirements....................................1968
  Flight training............................................1451, 1473
  Good conduct time for prisoners..................................1940
  H-1B petition fees...............................................1329
  Health care workers........................................1327, 2148
  Illegal entry....................................................1347
  Inadmissability..................................................1258
    Criminal grounds.........................................1271, 1351
    Former U.S. citizens who renounced citizenship to avoid 
        taxation...................................................1262
    Unlawful voters................................................2157
  Inspection and expedited removal.................................1433
  International-to-International Program...........................1417
  Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program..........1280, 1334
  Juveniles........................................................1344
  Legal Immigration Family Equity Act........................1301, 1303
  Medical examination requirements.................................1348
  Medical grounds of inadmissibility and waivers...................1270
  National interest waivers for physicians.........................1292
  NATO civilian employees..........................................1261
  Naturalization of aliens serving in the Armed Forces and their 
      dependents....................................................760
  Non-deportation agreement........................................1495
  Nonimmigrant classes:
    Academic honoraria for B visa status...........................1297
    Admission requirements.........................................1311
    Automatic voiding..............................................1347
    Border commuter students.......................................1488
    Change of status prior to pursuing a course of study...........1310
    Construction work by B visitors................................1267
    Denial of applications by schools for approval to enroll 
        students...................................................1486
    Documentation of professionals.................................2151
    Duration of status limitations.................................1484
    Eliminating numerical cap on Mexican TN visas..................1318
    Essential support personnel in the O and P classifications.....1279
    Firearm prohibitions...........................................1970
    K classification...............................................1303
    Nurses...................................................1293, 2066
    Petitioning requirements.......................................1324
    Reduced course load for students at border communities.........1498
    Registration and monitoring policies...........................1483
    Revocation of visas............................................1500
    Spouses and children of lawful permanent residents.............1302
    Student and Exchange Visitor Program school recertification 
                                                             1490, 1491
    Suspension of employment authorization requirements for F-1 
        students.............................................1342, 1499
    Temporary visitor for business (B-1) classification............1275
    Temporary workers..................................1325, 1340, 2055
    Victims of trafficking or criminal activity........1305, 1306, 1308
    Visa exemption for nationals of the British Virgin Islands 
        entering the U.S. through St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
                                                                   1437
    Visas for treaty aliens in specialty occupations...............2161
  Permanent residence cards replacement............................1277
  Powers and duties of service officers............................2006
  Refugee status...................................................1288
    Numerical limit on admissions..................................2014
  Registration requirements..................................1313, 1321
  Rejection of petitions or applications...........................1333
  Religious workers................................................1260
  Removal of visa and passport waiver for residents of Canada and 
      Bermuda......................................................1436
  Removal orders.............................................1476, 1492
  Removal proceedings............................1433, 2006, 2007, 2011
  Reporting requirements for deposit interest paid to 
      nonresidents.................................................2707
  Social security regulations:
    Additional insured status requirements for workers..............149
    Benefits for lawfully present aliens...........................1283

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  Syrian nationals.................................................1304
  Temporary protected status.................................1328, 1343
  Trafficking victims..................................1479, 2155, 2985
  Transit without visa.............................................1417
  United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology 
      Program....................................1409, 1410, 1411, 1412
  Unlawful presence................................................1347
  Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act................................1266
  Visa Waiver Program..............................................1432
  Waiver of fees...................................................1264
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...26, 238, 241, 244, 245, 1023, 1054
  Bovine tuberculosis............................................4, 239
  Chronic wasting disease in elk and deer...........................225
  Cost-sharing for emergency programs...............................243
  Foot-and-mouth disease.......................................224, 240
  Trichinae.........................................................222
Animal drugs:
  Designation for minor use and minor species................1027, 1029
  Registration and listing requirements..............................43
  Supplements regulations..........................................1057
  Use of materials derived from cattle.............................1071
Animal feeds:
  See Animal drugs
Animal welfare:
  Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2402
  Marine mammals......214, 628, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635, 636, 637, 
           638, 673, 674, 675, 678, 680, 1670, 1685, 1696, 1755, 1772, 
                                                             1783, 1866
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research 
      chimpanzees..................................................1098
  Standards for birds, rats, and mice.................................5
  Transportation on international carriers.........................1631
Animals:
  See also Animal diseases
           Animal drugs
           Animal welfare
           Livestock
           Wildlife
  Air emissions from feeding operations............................3213
  Imports:
    Dog and Cat Protection Act.....................................2402
  Transgenic.......................................................3316
Annuities:
  See Pensions
Antidumping:
  Baseline recalculation for downstream oxygenate addition.........3137
  Certification of factual information..............................475
  Sunset reviews...............................................469, 473
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.......................3482
    Declassification of national security information..............3479
    Electronic mail................................................3483
    Facility locations and hours...................................3489
    Federal records management................................133, 3484
    Freedom of information...................................3480, 3486
    National Historical Publications and Records Commission Grant 
        Program....................................................3481
    National Industrial Security Program...........................3477
    Nondiscrimination..................................3474, 3478, 3487
    Presidential library facilities................................3485
    Standards for records storage facilities.......................3488
    Testimony by employees and production of records in legal 
        proceedings................................................3475
    Use of meeting rooms and public space..........................3476
  TTB Bulletin regulations.........................................2533
Armed forces:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
           Military personnel
           Selective Service System
  Air Force:
    Incidental taking of marine mammals........................630, 637
  Armed Forces Disciplinary Control Boards..........................875
  Armed services exchange regulations...............................753
  Army:
    Check-cashing privileges........................................882
    Flood control cost-sharing requirements.........................890
    Freedom of Information Act provisions...........................873
    Obtaining customer information from financial institutions......874
    Personnel review board..........................................876
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking..................884
    Environmental quality requirements..............................888
    ESA scope of analysis...........................................889
    Nationwide Permit Program regulations...........................886
    Protection of historic properties...............................883
    Special events rule.............................................891
  CHAMPUS........................896, 897, 898, 899, 900, 901, 902, 912
    TRICARE......894, 895, 903, 904, 905, 906, 907, 908, 909, 911, 913, 
                                                                    914
  Coast Guard:
    Acquisition regulations........................................3774
    Ballast water discharge standards..............................1394
    Cargo securing.................................................1392
    Commercial diving operations...................................1390
    Deep water ports...............................................1368
    Dry cargo residue on the Great Lakes...........................1360
    Escort requirements for vessels in U.S. waters...........1383, 1403
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1369, 1385
    Maritime education and training..........................2386, 2389
    Merchant mariners....................................60, 1398, 2387
    Notifications of arrival or departure..........................1396
    Numbering of undocumented barges...............................1387
    Pollution prevention equipment.................................1361
    Propeller injury prevention....................................1393
    Regulated navigation areas.....................................1384
    Rules of practice..............................................1357
    Safety and security zone regulations.....................1377, 1399
    Vessel response plans for oil......................1369, 1386, 1389
    Whistleblower protection.......................................1372
  Criminal jurisdiction over service members and civilians 
      employed by or accompanying the Armed Forces outside the US
                                                                    775
  Discharge standards for vessels..................................3374
  Incidental take of migratory birds during military readiness.....1725

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  Naturalization of aliens serving in the Armed Forces and their 
      dependents....................................................760
  Navy:
    Incidental taking of marine mammals....632, 633, 635, 636, 638, 674
    Maritime education and training..........................2386, 2389
    Release of official information for litigation purposes and 
        testimony by personnel......................................893
    Shipbuilding capability preservation agreements.................892
  Off-installation liaison and operations...........................875
  Reemployment.....................................................3532
  Selected Reserve:
    TRICARE.........................................................910
  Selective service regulation.....................................3632
Arms and munitions:
  Carriage of concealed weapons by law enforcement officers........2021
  Commerce in................................................1965, 1973
  DOD contractors' safety manual....................................777
  Excise taxes.....................................................2481
  Explosives and small arms manufacturing safety regulations.......2122
  Explosives safety..........................................1966, 1972
  Export controls....................................483, 487, 520, 527
  Imports..........................................................2481
  International Traffic in Arms Regulations........................2154
  Nonimmigrant alien prohibitions..................................1970
  Pistol definition................................................1974
  Propellant actuated device definition............................1963
  Residency requirements for purchasers............................1968
  Response site prioritization protocol.............................781
  Secure gun storage...............................................1971
Arts and crafts:
  See Indians-arts and crafts
Asbestos:
  Environmental differential pay for exposure......................3560
  Exposure limit.....................................................82
  Model accreditation plan.........................................3304
Asylum:
  See Immigration
Atomic energy:
  See Nuclear energy
Attorneys:
  See Lawyers
Auditing:
  See Accounting
Authority delegations:
  Banks............................................................2430
  Civil penalty issuance...........................................1997
  DHS........................................................1243, 1482
  FCC..............................................................3927
  FERC.............................................................4022
  Forest Service....................................................402
  HHS................................................................42
  Immigration judges...............................................1997
  INS..............................................................2001
  IRS..............................................................2865
  Personnel and general claims settlement...........................765
  VA.........................................................2908, 2970
Automatic data processing:
  See Computer technology
Automobiles:
  See Motor vehicles
Aviation safety:
  Aging aircraft...............................................88, 2240
    Type certificate and supplemental type certificate holder 
        data.........................................................91
  Air tour and sightseeing operations..............................2208
  Aircraft improved seats retrofit.................................2230
  Airworthiness directives and standards...........90, 2192, 2193, 2224
  Antidrug and alcohol misuse prevention programs..................2211
  Aviation Security Infrastructure Fee.............................1444
  Cargo security...................................................1449
  Civil aviation security rules....................................1455
  Flight guidance systems..........................................2218
  Flight rules...............................................2223, 2225
  Flight simulation device qualification...........................2210
  Fuel tank flammability reduction...................................89
  Fuel tank system regulations.......................................90
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................2163
  Performance and handling qualities in icing conditions...........2197
  Pilot rest and duty requirements.................................2231
  Quality control in procurement of items...........................865
  Secure Flight Program............................................1454
  Security awareness training for flight school employees..........1451
  Security compliance program for aircraft operators...............1460
  Security programs for aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or more 
                                                                   1456
  Security threat assessment for certificate holders and 
      applicants...................................................1445
  Transponder requirement....................................2189, 2213
  Wiring system regulations..........................................90


                                   B

Baggage:
  See Freight
Balloons:
  See Aircraft
Bank deposit insurance:
  Annual independent audits........................................3979
  Assessments......................................................3980
  District of Columbia chartered banks.............................2549
  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act............4063
  Filing procedures for state nonmember banks......................3975
  Post-employment restriction on senior examiners..................3974
  Qualified tuition savings programs...............................3978
  Regulatory publication and review................................3972
  Reporting requirements...........................................3979
  Risk-based guidelines............................................3984
  Securities disclosure regulations for State nonmember banks......3986
Bankruptcy:
  RCRA financial responsibility....................................3353
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..................................3977
  Automated Clearinghouse regulations........................2465, 2467
  Bank Secrecy Act......2430, 2434, 2435, 2436, 2437, 2438, 2439, 2440, 
           2444, 2450, 2451, 2452, 2453, 2454, 2455, 2456, 2457, 2458, 
                                                                   2459
  Broker-dealer registration requirements..........................4199
  Capital........................................2894, 2895, 4039, 4050
  Community Reinvestment Act regulations........2553, 2901, 3985, 3987, 
                                                             4047, 4051
  Conversion of insured credit unions to mutual savings banks......4091
  Cross-border transportation of negotiable instruments............2438
  Customer identification program............................2432, 2442
  Deposit definition...............................................3973
  Due diligence requirements.......................................2441
  Electronic funds transfer........................................4040
  Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act............3977, 4045, 4060
    Affiliate marketing regulations................................2546
    Identity theft protection................................2541, 2897
  Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations...2545, 2899, 2900, 3976, 3982, 
                                                             4044, 4048

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  Farm credit:
    Assessment and apportionment of administrative expenses........3808
    Borrower rights..........................................3810, 3827
    Capital adequacy...............................................3824
    Disclosure and reporting requirements....................3811, 3817
    Financially related services...................................3809
    Funding and fiscal affairs.........................3823, 3824, 3825
    Golden parachute and indemnification payments..................3828
    Governance of institutions.....................................3817
    Investments, liquidity and divestiture requirements............3822
    Loan policies and operations.......................3823, 3824, 3825
    Mission-related investments....................................3820
    Preferred stock issuance.......................................3818
    Priority of claims.............................................3821
    Receivership repudiation authorities...........................3819
    Scope of financing regulations.................................3814
    Termination regulations........................................3815
  FBI authority to exchange criminal history record information 
                                                                   2015
  Financial crimes enforcement network.......................2443, 2446
  Financial institutions:
    Payment service providers......................................2414
    Reporting requirements for deposit interest paid to 
        nonresident aliens.........................................2707
  Financial record information furnished to DOD................757, 758
  Financial subsidiaries.....................................2415, 2416
  Foreign exchange operations......................................2462
  Holding companies..................4037, 4038, 4039, 4042, 4046, 4159
  Information furnished to consumer reporting agencies.............2552
  Market risk measure..............................................3983
  Money laundering deterrents.......2434, 2435, 2436, 2437, 2444, 2447, 
           2448, 2449, 2450, 2451, 2452, 2453, 2454, 2455, 2456, 2457, 
                                                                   2458
  Post-employment restrictions for senior examiners................2898
  Privacy notices............................................2551, 4066
  Privacy of financial records and information.....................1256
  Regulation W provisions..........................................3975
  Remotely created check fraud.....................................4043
  Risk-based capital standards...................2894, 2895, 3983, 4050
  Securities borrowing transactions..........................2547, 3983
  Securities brokers and dealers:
    Qualifications for banks and securities representatives........3981
    Recordkeeping requirements.....................................2550
    SEC exemptions.................................................4205
  Special measures against the Commercial Bank of Syria............2447
  State banks:
    Membership in the Federal Reserve System....4036, 4038, 4039, 4041, 
                                                                   4042
  Stored value cards...............................................3973
  Thrift institutions..............................................4186
  Truth in lending.................................................4049
  Truth in savings.................................................4052
Barges:
  See Cargo vessels
Barrels:
  See Packaging and containers
Beef:
  See Livestock
      Meat and meat products
Beer:
  Alternating brewery proprietorship...............................2476
  Labeling and advertising regulations.............................2513
  TTB brewery regulations revisions................................2471
Beverages:
  See Alcohol and alcoholic beverages
Biologics:
  See also Blood
  Adverse event reporting...........................................220
  Bacterial vaccines and toxoids...................................1058
  Exports......................................................507, 524
  Immunization standard for long term care facilities..............1217
  Labeling.......................................................45, 47
  Registration and listing requirements..............................43
  Revocation of Group A Streptococcus..............................1015
  Safety reporting requirements....................................1034
  Smallpox vaccine:
    Injury compensation program....................................1086
    Injury table...................................................1085
  Standardized electronic study data.................................44
  Vaccine Injury Compensation Program..............................1083
Birds:
  See Wildlife
Blind:
  See Medicaid
      Public assistance programs
      Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Blood:
  Current good manufacturing practices.............................1036
  Hepatitis C virus................................................1036
  Hospital conditions of participation.............................1146
  Labeling and storage requirements................................1046
  Regulation amendments............................................1017
Boats and boating safety:
  See Marine safety
      Navigation (water)
Bonding:
  See Surety bonds
Bonds:
  Continuous bond program..........................................2393
  Immigration surety bonds...................................1472, 1474
  Interest payments on cancelled cash bonds........................1470
  Municipal........................................................2767
  Private activity.................................................2682
  Qualified zone academy bonds.....................................2736
  Refunding issue..................................................2703
  SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program..............3640, 3651, 3663, 3664
Borders:
  See International boundaries
Bridges:
  Drawbridge operation.......................................1371, 1382
Broadcasting:
  See Radio
      Television
Brokers:
  Annuity broker qualifications....................................2027
  Financial responsibility rules...................................4201
  Net capital requirements.........................................4211
  Quotation requirements...........................................4204
  Registration requirements for banks..............................4199
Buildings:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
  Access for individuals with disabilities.........................2990
  Asbestos.........................................................3304
Buses:
  See Motor carriers
      Motor vehicles
Business and industry:
  See also Accounting
           Advertising
           Bankruptcy
           Competitiveness
           Confidential business information
           Holding companies
           Indians-business and finance
           Labeling
           Labor
           Packaging and containers
           Small businesses
           Taxes
           Trade practices
           Trademarks
  Acrylic/modacrylic fiber production..............................3208
  Aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities:
    Air pollution control..........................................3176

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  Asphalt processing and asphalt roofing manufacturing.............3238
  Assumption of liabilities in corporate transactions..............2577
  Autobody refinishing.............................................3102
  Brick and structural clay products manufacturing.................3154
  Cellulose products manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3236
  Cement manufacturing industry....................................3041
    Safe and environmentally protective use of granular mine 
        tailings...................................................3337
  Chemical preparations industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3227
  Chemicals:
    Air pollution control..........................................3122
    Control of PMNs................................................3308
    Manufacture..................................3293, 3294, 3307, 3314
    Pollution standards............................................3279
  Chlor-alkali manufacturing:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3396
  Clay ceramics industry...........................................3217
  Coating manufacturing............................................3146
  Commercial diving operations.....................................1390
  Construction:
    Aliens working during stay.....................................1267
  Effluent guidelines..............................................3392
  Electric arc furnace manufacturing...............................3221
  Entertainment industry...........................................2688
  EPA operating permits............................................3191
  Financing cooperative stock.......................................423
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................4058
  Glass manufacturing industry.....................................3207
  Hydrochloric acid production.....................................3070
  Industrial inorganic chemicals manufacturing.....................3212
  Iron and steel foundries.......................3085, 3089, 3214, 3382
  Lead acid battery manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3225
  Organic chemical manufacturing.............................3076, 3251
  Paint and allied products industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3228
  Paint stripping..................................................3206
  Perchloroethylene dry cleaning facilities:
    Air pollution control..........................................3045
  Pharmaceuticals..................................................3243
    Air pollution control..........................................3205
  Plastic parts and products.......................................3094
  Plating and polishing............................................3215
  Plywood and composite wood products manufacturing..........3147, 3160
  Polyurethane foam production:
    Air pollution control..........................................3204
  Polyvinyl chloride and copolymers production:
    Air pollution control..........................................3109
  Printing and publishing....................................3125, 3182
  Pulp, paper and paperboard:
    Effluent limitations...........................................3384
  Refractory products manufacturing................................3153
  Surface coating of metal cans....................................3072
  Taconite iron ore processing.....................................3223
  Vinyl chloride manufacturing:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3396
  Wood furniture industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3181


                                   C

Cable television:
  Cable Act reform.................................................3891
  Cost of service..................................................3886
  Customer service standards.......................................3887
  Digital must carry requirements..................................3895
  Home wiring rights...............................................3890
  Horizontal ownership limits......................................3896
  Pole attachments.................................................3894
  Rates............................................................3885
Cancer:
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3024
  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2091
Cargo:
  See Freight
Cargo vessels:
  See also Maritime carriers
  Barges:
    Launch barge waiver program....................................2384
    Load line requirements.........................................1367
    Numbering of undocumented barges...............................1387
  Cargo securing on vessels in U.S. waters.........................1392
  Dangerous cargo notification of arrival....................1375, 1401
  Deepwater port regulations.......................................1368
  Dry cargo residue on the Great Lakes.............................1360
  Manifest discrepancy reports.....................................1416
  Pressure monitoring devices......................................1408
  Tank level devices...............................................1408
  Tank vessels:
    Escorts..................................................1383, 1403
    Response plans.....................................1369, 1386, 1389
Cemeteries:
  Delegation of authority to accept donations for national 
      cemeteries...................................................2970
  VA burial benefits...............................................2914
Census data:
  2010 Census Redistricting Data Program............................463
  Annual Trade Survey...............................................460
  Cutoff dates for recognition of boundary changes..................461
  Disclosure of income tax return information......................2829
  Disclosure of information.........................................468
Cereals (commodity):
  See Grains
CHAMPUS:
  Claimcheck denials appeals process................................900
  Dental benefits under retiree dental program......................904
  Double coverage...................................................899
  Dual compensation/conflict of interest provision..................897
  Hospital payment for ambulatory care..............................896
  Individual Case Management Program................................902
  Methodology for coverage of NIH-sponsored clinical trials.........901
  Prosthetic devices coverage.......................................898
  Regulation amendments.............................................912
  TRICARE....894, 895, 903, 904, 905, 906, 907, 908, 909, 910, 913, 914
    Dental program..................................................911
Charter buses:
  See Motor carriers
      Motor vehicles
Checks:
  See Banks, banking
Chemicals:
  See also Drugs
           Hazardous substances
           Pesticides and pests
  Activated phosphors..............................................3290
  Air pollution control......................................3064, 3122
  Aryl phosphates..................................................3318
  Assessment information rule......................................3293
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3326
  Diethanolamine...................................................3299
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1987
  Drinking water regulations.....................1079, 3398, 3405, 3408
  Electronic application for controlled substances.................1981
  Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program......................3268, 3276
  Export control................................113, 481, 507, 524, 527
  Flame retardant substances.................................3283, 3319
  Gamma butyrolactone..............................................1979
  Glycol ethers....................................................3302
  Health and safety reporting rule.................................3294
  Helium conservation..............................................1921
  High production volume chemicals..................................123
  Hydrogen fluoride................................................3300
  Hydroxides in household products, packaging standard for.........3802

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  Maleic anhydride.................................................3303
  New use rules for PMNs...........................................3308
  Ozone depleting..................................................3252
    Essential use allowances...........................3106, 3144, 3242
    Halon-1301.....................................................3143
    Methyl bromide...........................................3100, 3202
    Refrigerant recycling....................................3080, 3082
    Refrigerants.......................................3030, 3081, 3209
    Substitutes........................................3051, 3107, 3139
  Perfluoroalkyl sulfonates........................................3289
  Perfluorooctanoic acid...........................................3298
  Phosphorus forms, red, white and hypophosphorous acid............1980
  Phthalic anhydride...............................................3301
  Polychlorinated biphenyls............................3279, 3286, 3306
  Polymers and resins........................................3174, 3280
  Registration and reregistration fees.............................1988
  Reporting requirements for imports and exports of List I and 
      List II chemicals............................................1982
  Right-to-Know initiative...................................3296, 3320
  Significant New Use Rule...................................3289, 3297
  Sodium permanganate..............................................1990
  Test rules......................................123, 3277, 3309, 3315
  Toxic substances...........................................3307, 3314
  Toxic Substances Control Act......3014, 3285, 3288, 3289, 3290, 3295, 
                                                             3298, 3316
  Toxicity profiles................................................3281
  Toxicity testing, developmental and reproductive.................3313
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications..................3323, 3328
    Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds...............................3325
    Metal mining...................................................3327
    Reporting requirements...................................3324, 3327
  Transferring manufacture rights..................................3288
Child abuse:
  See Child welfare
Child labor:
  Hazardous occupations............................................2047
Child support:
  Safeguarding information.........................................1223
  Standards for review and adjustment..............................1233
Child welfare:
  See also Adoption and foster care
           Child labor
           Child support
  Aliens:
    Battered children........................................1282, 2013
    Care and placement of unaccompanied children...................1226
  At-risk afterschool suppers.......................................291
  Chafee National Youth in Transition Database.....................1227
  Child Care and Development Fund..................................1232
  Health insurance accessibility...................................1228
  Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent 
      Offender Registration Act....................................2029
  NIH training grants..............................................1097
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....2025
    Reporting requirements.........................................2024
  Recordkeeping requirements for producers of sexually explicit 
      material.....................................................2036
  Safeguards for subjects in clinical investigations of drug 
      products.....................................................1038
  Use of restraint and seclusion in residential psychiatric 
      treatment facilities..............................996, 1118, 1148
Children:
  See Infants and children
Cigars and cigarettes:
  Customs regulations..............................................2485
  In-transit stops without payment of tax..........................2490
  Prohibited marks on products brought into the U.S................2530
  Regulations for papers or tubes that are not in packages.........2489
  Shipment of products without payment of tax......................2486
  Tax computation on large cigars............................2483, 2534
Citizens band radio service:
  See Radio
Citizenship and naturalization:
  See also Aliens
           Immigration
  Application by alternative applicant if citizen parent has died
                                                                   1320
  Child Citizenship Act............................................1298
  Electronic signatures on applications and petitions for 
      benefits.....................................................1341
  Procedures for individuals with disabilities.....................1314
  Revoking grants of naturalization................................1290
Civil defense:
  See Disaster assistance
Civil rights:
  See also Equal employment opportunity
           Fair housing
  Commission on Civil Rights regulations update....................2993
  FMCSA financial assistance recipients............................2283
  Food Stamp Program data collections...............................310
  Nondiscrimination:
    Age discrimination.......................................3437, 3478
    CNCS...........................................................3003
    DHS................................................1240, 1241, 1242
    DOJ............................................................1960
    Federally assisted programs....................................3715
    GSA................................................3438, 3439, 3441
    HHS.............................................................995
    HIPAA..........................................80, 2693, 2694, 2695
    HUD programs...................................................1529
    Individuals with disabilities........72, 73, 3436, 3611, 3613, 3715
    NARA...............................................3474, 3478, 3487
    NCUA...........................................................4069
    NEA......................................................3494, 3613
    NEH......................................................3494, 3613
    OFHEO..........................................................3502
    SSA......................................................3714, 3715
  Peace Corps Volunteer Discrimination Complaint Procedure.........3613
Civil service system:
  See Government employees
Claims:
  CCC debt collection...............................................202
  Collection by installments.......................................2464
  DHS debt collection........................................1255, 1489
  DoD authority................................................770, 771
  FMS payments...............................................2460, 2461
  FSA debt collection...............................................202
  HHS..........................................................992, 993
  Oil Pollution Act procedures.....................................1353
  Presidio debt collection.........................................3626
  Seized property..................................................2034
  SSA debt collection...............................................138
Classified information:
  Access............................................................766
  Declassification of national security information................3479
  DHS regulations..................................................1239
  Disclosure of official information in connection with legal 
      proceedings..................................................1252
  National Industrial Security Program.............................3477
  National security information regulations..................2141, 3482
  NRC regulations..................................................4147
  Research involving human subjects.................................915
  Storage...........................................................767
Clean Air Act:
  See Air pollution control
Clean Water Act:
  See Water pollution control
Coal:
  Abandoned refuse sites...........................................1892
  Combustion wastes..........................................3331, 3347

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Coal mines:
  See Mine safety and health
      Mines
      Surface mining
Coastal zone:
  See also Continental shelf
  Federal Consistency regulations...................................687
  Waste deposit prevention.........................................3411
Colleges and universities:
  See also Medical and dental schools
  Academic honoraria for B nonimmigrant aliens.....................1297
  Administration and support of basic research by the DOD...........784
  Denial of applications for approval to enroll nonimmigrant 
      students.....................................................1486
  Duration of exchange visitor program participation for 
      professors and research scholars.............................2156
  Funding requirements for agricultural research and extension 
      activities at Land-Grant Institutions....................247, 250
  Grants administration.......................................769, 1235
  Reduced course load for nonimmigrant students at border 
      communities..................................................1498
Commercial fisheries:
  See Fisheries
Commodities:
  See Agricultural commodities
Commodity futures:
  Anti-money laundering program....................................2455
  Commodity trading advisor regulations............................3782
  Contract market reporting rules..................................3784
  Derivatives transaction execution facilities rules...............3786
  Designated contract market clearing services for over-the-
      counter options on exempt commodities........................3788
  Designated contract markets rules................................3786
  Eligible commercial entities authorized to trade on exempt 
      commercial markets...........................................3783
  Exempt market rules..............................................3786
  Federal speculative limit revision...............................3789
  Foreign currency haircuts........................................3781
  Investment of customer funds and record of investments...........3787
  Large trader rules...............................................3784
  Off-centralized market transactions..............................3785
  Privacy notices..................................................3780
  Security futures:
    Offer and sale of products traded on foreign boards............3779
    Registration requirements for banks............................4199
Common carriers:
  See also Air carriers
           Communications common carriers
           Maritime carriers
           Motor carriers
           Railroads
  Explosive materials delivery.....................................1972
Communicable diseases:
  Correctional management..........................................1951
  Interstate and foreign quarantine..................................42
  Smallpox:
    Vaccine injury compensation program............................1086
Communications:
  See also Communications common carriers
           News media
           Telecommunications
  911 Act..........................................................3939
  Airport Terminal Use frequencies in the 45-470 private land 
      mobile radio pool............................................3945
  Auction authority................................................3927
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers............................................3960
  Aviation Radio Service...........................................3947
  Biennial review............................................3845, 3940
  Broadband service provided over power line systems...............3851
  Broadcast station construction permits...........................3893
  Channelization of the 39 GHz band................................3917
  Cognitive radio technologies.....................................3850
  Commercial mobile radio services...............3915, 3918, 3933, 3935
  Competitive bidding:
    Broadband PCS..................................................3918
    Process........................................................3923
    Rules for auction of 218-219 MHz...............................3916
  Consolidating the 800 MHz industrial/land transportation and 
      business pool channels.......................................3946
  Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and 
      Marketing Act................................................3837
  Digital audio broadcasting.......................................3897
  Equal employment opportunity rule................................3904
  Excise tax.................................................2586, 2716
  Exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields................3847
  FM radio allotment procedures....................................3884
  Government transfer band.........................................3860
  Horizontal ownership limits......................................3896
  Informal complaints..............................................3834
  Installment payments for Personal Communications Services 
      licensees....................................................3931
  Interference temperature operation...............................3852
  International call-back service..................................3882
  International service regulations................................3874
  Interstate special access services...............................3967
  IP-enabled services..............................................3969
  Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz...............................3928
  Licensing low power operations in the private land mobile radio 
      450-470 MHz band.............................................3936
  Maritime...................................................3914, 3930
  Multiple address systems.........................................3922
  National Exchange Carrier Association petition...................3968
  North American Numbering Plan administration.....................3950
  Private land mobile radio service................................3856
  Public safety communications...............................3921, 3946
  Quiet Zone application procedures................................3937
  Radio market definitions.........................................3902
  Radio spectrum usage promotion through development of secondary 
      markets......................................................3934
  Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................3879
  Redesignation of the 17.7-19.7 GHz band..........................3877
  Regulatory fees..................................................3913
  Satellite:
    Aeronautical Mobile Satellite Service systems..................3878
    Application and licensing requirements.........................3864
    Broadcast Satellite Service....................................3877
    Coordination between non-geostationary and geostationary 
        orbit......................................................3848
    Digital audio radio service....................................3866
    Earth stations.....................................3863, 3873, 3883
    Fixed-satellite services.....................3869, 3877, 3878, 3925
    Global mobile personal communications..........................3881
    Licensing reform...............................................3870
    Maritime mobile services.......................................3868
    Mobile service provider flexibility............................3871
    MSS spectrum allocation............................3859, 3865, 3880
    Non-geostationary orbit..................................3869, 3876
    Non-government operations in the 36.0-51.4 GHz portion of the 
        V-band.....................................................3867
    Orbital debris mitigation......................................3872
    Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act.......3909, 
                                                             3910, 3911
    Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................3879
  Securities Act reform............................................4174
  Software defined radios..........................................3843
  Spectrum allocation..............................................3861
  Spectrum-based services to rural areas...........................3943
  Terrestrial microwave fixed radio services.......................3929
  Transfer of 3650 through 3700 MHz band...........................3932
  Transfer of 4.9 GHz band from government use.....................3932
  TV:
    Advertising practices..........................................3889
    Cable Act................................................3886, 3891

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    Cable television rates.........................................3885
    Children's programming...................................3900, 3901
    Competitive availability of navigation devices.................3892
    Digital must carry requirements................................3895
    Digital television service...................3898, 3900, 3906, 3948
    Direct broadcast public interest obligations...................3899
    DTV tuner requirements.........................................3858
    Emergency Alert System...................................3840, 3841
    Filing of network affiliation contracts........................3888
    Joint sales agreements.........................................3907
    Public interest information....................................3903
    Public television station digital transition grant program......442
    Reallocation and service rules for the 698-746 MHz spectrum 
        band.......................................................3938
    Service rules in UHF spectrum..................................3926
    Significantly viewed out-of-market broadcast stations..........3908
    Unlicensed operation in the broadcast bands....................3855
    Video programming accessibility..........................3892, 3912
  Ultra-wideband radio transmission................................3842
  Unbundled network elements.......................................3966
  Unbundling local exchange carriers...............................3961
  Unlicensed devices in the 5 GHz band.............................3846
  Unlicensed operation of the 3650-3700 band.......................3853
  Unlicensed radiofrequency devices................................3857
  Vehicle location and monitoring systems..........................3924
  Wireless systems:
    Advanced services..............................................3844
    Hearing aid compatibility......................................3949
    Regulatory review..............................................3942
    Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act..................3939
  World Radiocommunication Conference omnibus......................3854
Communications common carriers:
  Informal complaints..............................................3834
  Service disruption reporting requirements........................3849
  Toll free service access codes...................................3953
Community action programs:
  Empowerment zones................................................1593
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.........................................1591
    Insular Areas Program..........................................1534
    Prohibition on use of funds for job-pirating activities........1590
    Revitalization strategy........................................1594
    Slum and blight prevention.....................................1591
    Small cities program...........................................1588
  SBA:
    HUBZone Program....................................3636, 3642, 3660
Community facilities:
  See Health facilities
Compensation:
  See Unemployment compensation
      Wages
Competitiveness:
  American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act...........1266
  American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act.................1266
  Cable television companies.......................................3890
  Communications Act.........................................3916, 3918
  Television marketplace.....................................3885, 3892
Computer technology:
  Access to information on government-owned systems.................924
  Acquisition regulations.....................786, 790, 814, 3749, 3756
  Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and 
      Marketing Act................................................4061
  De minimis exclusion for technology and software..................484
  Electronic filing:
    Investment advisers............................................4187
  Electronic submission:
    Documents......................................................4034
  Exports......................................................516, 522
  Information technology exchange program..........................3600
  Internet:
    Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule......................4056
    Simplified Network Application Process (SNAP)...................511
  Reuse, recycling, and recovery of electronic equipment...........3350
Conduct standards:
  See Conflict of interests
Confidential business information:
  EPA regulations............................................3014, 3026
Conflict of interests:
  See also Political activities (Government employees)
  CHAMPUS requirements..............................................897
  DOE...............................................................977
  EPA..............................................................3013
  Ethical conduct..................................................3514
  Ethics programs..................................................3511
  Exemptions.......................................................3512
  Financial disclosure.............................................3508
  Post-government employment.................................3513, 3569
  Standards of conduct..................................776, 1234, 3509
Conservation:
  See Energy conservation
      Natural resources
Construction industry:
  Acquisition regulations...........................................833
  Alien workers....................................................1267
  Confined spaces for construction.................................2119
  Electric power line worker safety................................2121
  Hearing loss prevention..........................................2133
  Hoisting equipment safety........................................2111
Consumer protection:
  See also Labeling
           Trade practices
  All terrain vehicles.............................................3791
  All-terrain vehicle ban for children under 16....................3807
  Baby bath seats..................................................3797
  Bunk bed cornerpost standard.....................................3801
  Cable home wiring rights.........................................3890
  Candles and candle accessories...................................3790
  Child-resistant packaging........................................3806
  Crib safety standards............................................3794
  Disclosures......................................................4065
  Flammability standards:
    Bedclothes.....................................................3804
    Clothing textiles..............................................3795
    Mattresses/bedding........................................160, 3805
    Upholstered furniture...........................................159
  Household goods transportation.............................2275, 2279
  Household products containing hydroxides, packaging standard 
      for..........................................................3802
  Lighters.........................................................3798
  Nutrition health claims..........................................1063
  Portable bed rails...............................................3796
  Sulfuric acid drain openers......................................3800
  Table saw blades.................................................3803
  Telemarketing sales rule.........................................4062
  Telephone Consumer Protection Act................................3835
Contagious diseases:
  See Communicable diseases
Containers:
  See Packaging and containers
Continental shelf:
  Alternate energy-related uses....................................1858
  Cost recovery for oil and gas operations services................1875
  Exploration or development and production plans..................1879
Contracts:
  See Government contracts

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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...................1004
  Use of materials derived from cattle.............................1054
    Recordkeeping requirements.....................................1055
Countervailing duties:
  Certification of factual information..............................475
  Sunset reviews...............................................469, 473
Courts:
  Administrative Law Judge Program.................................3597
  Civil contempt commitments.......................................1941
  Courts of Indian Offenses........................................1849
  CSOSA:
    Ethical conduct for employees standards........................3011
  Equal Access to Justice Act:
    DHS proceedings................................................1254
    DOI proceedings................................................1623
Crafts:
  See Indians-arts and crafts
Credit:
  See also Banks, banking
           Credit unions
           Mortgages
  Anti-money laundering program....................................2456
  Debt collection:
    Administrative wage garnishment..........................1622, 2470
    DoD........................................................770, 771
    DOI......................................................1622, 1873
    FEMA...........................................................1508
    HHS........................................................992, 993
    Matching of Federal employee records for salary offset.........2469
    Offset of Federal payments.....................................2468
    Salary offset...................................................993
    SBA............................................................3657
    SSA.............................................................138
  Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act......2541, 3977, 4045, 4060
  Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations...2545, 2899, 2900, 3976, 3982, 
                                                             4044, 4048
  Partners and partnerships........................................2791
  Truth in Lending Act.............................................4049
Credit unions:
  Asset transfer approval..........................................4089
  Bylaws...........................................................4075
  Capital requirements for corporate credit unions.................4086
  Community Development Revolving Loan Program.....................4076
  Conversion to mutual savings banks...............................4091
  Credit union service organizations...............................4093
  Customer identification program..................................2442
  Designation of low income status.................................4076
  Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act:
    Address reconciliation rule....................................4072
    Affiliate marketing regulations................................2546
    Direct disputes with furnishers rule...........................4074
    Furnisher accuracy guidelines and rules........................4073
    Identity theft protection................................2541, 4071
  Fair credit reporting................................4068, 4083, 4084
  Fidelity bond coverage...........................................4087
  Incidental powers rule...........................................4079
  Information furnished to consumer reporting agencies.............2552
  Information requests under Freedom of Information and Privacy 
      Acts.........................................................4082
  Medical information regulations..................................4083
  Member business loans............................................4085
  Negative credit information notice...............................4068
  Nonconforming investments........................................4089
  Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs.................4069
  Office titles....................................................4094
  Post-employment restrictions for NCUA examiners..................4088
  Privacy of consumer financial information........................4070
  Regulatory flexibility program...................................4086
  Regulatory publication and review................................4081
  Supervisory committee audits and verifications...................4077
  Truth in Savings rule......................................4078, 4080
  Unauthorized access to member information and member notice......4092
  Uninsured secondary capital accounts.............................4090
  Use of consumer information for marketing solicitations..........4084
Crime:
  See also Drug abuse
           Fraud
  Aliens:
    Battered and abused spouses and children.................1282, 2013
    Criminal grounds of inadmissibility......................1271, 1351
    Custody procedures.......................................1481, 2008
    Early release for removal of aliens in custody for nonviolent 
        offenses...................................................1477
    Trafficking victims....................1305, 1306, 1479, 2155, 2985
    Victims of crime.........................................1306, 1308
  Arson reporting..................................................1969
  Criminal background checks for CNCS program employees............3007
  Criminal intelligence systems operating policies.................2037
  DNA sample collection from Federal offenders.....................2030
  Exports of crime control and detection instrument equipment......494, 
                                                                    496
  Inclusion of nonserious offense identification records in FBI 
      information systems..........................................2016
  Jurisdiction over service members and civilians employed by or 
      accompanying the Armed Forces outside the US..................775
  Preservation of biological evidence..............................2031
  Private Security Officer Employment Authorization Act............2020
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....2025
    Reporting requirements.........................................2024
  Recordkeeping requirements for producers of sexually explicit 
      material.....................................................2036
  Seized property..................................................2034
  Sex offender registration programs.........................2018, 2029
  Sex offender release notification................................1934
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.......................2028
  Suspension and removal of panel or standing trustees.............2035
  Trafficking in persons............................................844
  United Nations Convention Against Torture........................1286
  Victims of Crime Act.......................................2039, 2040
  Victims' rights..................................................2032
Critical habitat:
  See Endangered and threatened species
Crop insurance:
  Administrative regulations...................................279, 282
  Cabbage...........................................................271
  Civil penalties...................................................266
  Common crop insurance regulations.................................268
  Cultivated wild rice..............................................272
  Florida citrus fruit..............................................273
  Mint..............................................................275
  Mustard...........................................................276
  Nonstandard classification system.................................279
  Northern potato...................................................277
  Nursery crops.....................................................280
  Peanuts...........................................................269
  Premium reduction plans...........................................282
  Sweet corn........................................................274
  Tobacco...........................................................270

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Crops:
  See Agricultural commodities
Crude oil:
  See Petroleum
Crystalline silica:
  Occupational exposure........................................84, 2106
Customs duties and inspection:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Imports
  Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of 
      aircraft from foreign areas..................................1414
  African Growth and Opportunity Act...............................2399
  Airport security area access.....................................1425
  Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act..................2404
  Bond obligations...........................................1439, 2411
  Certification of factual information during antidumping and 
      countervailing duty proceedings...............................475
  Chile Free Trade Agreement.......................................2408
  Commercial information confidentiality...........................1427
  Conditional release period.................................1439, 2411
  Consolidation of collections for reimbursable services...........1422
  Continuous bond program..........................................2393
  Country of origin marking........................................2396
  Country of origin of textile and apparel products................2412
  Customs bonded warehouses for duty-free sales enterprises........2485
  Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2402
  Harbor maintenance fees....................................2420, 2421
  Household goods..................................................3446
  Merchandise processing fee exemption.............................2394
  North American Free Trade Agreement..................2394, 2423, 2427
  Outbound redelivery procedures and liabilities...................2392
  Payment methods for duties, taxes, interest, and fees............2397
  Post-entry claims................................................2394
  Prior disclosure.................................................1415
  Processing fees at express courier facilities....................2406
  Reconciliation...................................................2422
  Reimbursable inspectional services...............................2401
  Remote location filing...........................................2390
  Sampling methods in CBP audits...................................1421
  Singapore Free Trade Agreement...................................2409
  User and navigation fees.........................................2398


                                   D

Dairy products:
  Disaster assistance program.......................................212
  Mandatory reporting regulation....................................454
  National Dairy Promotion and Research Program.....................183
  Standards of identity............................................1074
Dangerous cargo:
  See Hazardous materials transportation
Data processing:
  See Computer technology
Deaf:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Debarment and suspension:
  DHS..............................................................1253
  DOT..............................................................2167
  GSA..............................................................3425
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................................48
  Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease...................1004
  Use of materials derived from cattle.............................1054
Disabled:
  See Individuals with disabilities
      Medicaid
      Medicare
      Public assistance programs
      Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Disaster assistance:
  9/11 Heroes Stamp Act program....................................1520
  Conduct at operations, support and training centers..............1527
  Cottonseed assistance program.....................................206
  Criminal and civil penalties.....................................1506
  Crisis Counseling Regular Program................................1515
  Dairy assistance program..........................................212
  Economic injury disaster loans for small businesses..............3643
  Estimating eligible cost.........................................1519
  Fire Management Assistance Grant Program.........................1501
  Floods:
    Ability to pay provisions.......................................890
    Mitigation assistance program............................1505, 1523
    Mitigation of severe repetitive loss properties..........1522, 1524
    National Flood Insurance Program......1502, 1503, 1510, 1514, 1516, 
                                                             1517, 1521
  FSA disaster declaration and designation..........................204
  Hazard Mitigation Grant Program......................1507, 1525, 1528
  Hazard mitigation planning.......................................1511
  Hurricane-related royalty relief from MMS........................1891
  Individual assistance programs:
    Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
        Act..................................................1506, 1512
  Livestock assistance program......................................211
  Management costs.................................................1513
  National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.................1509
  Noninsured crop disaster assistance program for tropical crops 
                                                                    189
  Pre-disaster mitigation program..................................1526
  Public assistance insurance requirements.........................1518
  Special Community Disaster Loans Program.........................1504
  Transfer of food commodities.....................................2983
Discrimination:
  See Civil rights
Discrimination against aged:
  See Aged
Discrimination against handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Discrimination in employment:
  See Equal employment opportunity
Discrimination in housing:
  See Fair housing
Diseases:
  See Animal diseases
      Communicable diseases
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

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  Aviation personnel...............................................2211
  Drug-free workplace requirements............................832, 1253
  Mine personnel...................................................2094
  Treatment programs:
    Authority for practitioners to prescribe narcotic substances 
                                                                   1994
    Bureau of Prisons..............................................1939
Drug testing:
  Airmen...........................................................2215
  Bureau of Prisons................................................1936
  Following marine incidents.........................................59
  Transportation workplace.............................2172, 2174, 2185
  Workplace guidelines..............................................997
Drug traffic control:
  Chemical registration waivers....................................1988
  Controlled substances:
    Anabolic Steroid Control Act...................................1991
    Authority for practitioners to prescribe narcotic substances 
        for maintenance or detoxification treatment................1994
    Disposer definition and registration...........................1993
    Electronic application forms...................................1981
    Electronic prescriptions.......................................1977
    Gamma butyrolactone............................................1979
    Peyote use in traditional Indian religion ceremonies...........1986
    Phosphorus forms, red, white, and hypophosphorous acid.........1980
    Positional isomer definition...................................1984
    Preventing accumulation at long-term care facilities...........1996
    Registration and reregistration application fees...............1985
    Registration requirements for practitioners practicing in 
        more than one state........................................1989
    Reorganization and clarification of DEA regulations............1978
    Reporting requirements for imports and exports of List I and 
        List II chemicals..........................................1982
    Reports of theft or significant loss...........................1995
    Sodium permanganate............................................1990
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1987
  FAA regulations..................................................2226
  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1992
Drugs:
  See also Animal drugs
           Biologics
           Over-the-counter drugs
           Prescription drugs
  Abbreviated new drug applications................................1059
  Bioavailability and bioequivalence requirements..................1059
  Institutional review boards......................................1040
  Investigational new drugs..............................46, 1012, 1032
  Labeling.........................................................1062
  New drug applications........................................44, 1035
  Positron emission tomography drugs...............................1008
  Providing controlled substances to ocean vessels.................1976
  Safeguards for children in clinical investigations...............1038


                                   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
           Libraries
           School breakfast and lunch programs
           Schools
           Students
           Teachers
           Education of individuals with disabilities
  Academic honoraria for B nonimmigrant aliens.....................1297
  Good time credit for D.C. Code offenders.........................1938
  Home-living programs.............................................1844
  Maritime education and training............................2386, 2389
  NASA Science and Technology Scholarship..........................3454
  National Security Education Program...............................763
  NIH loan repayment programs:
    AIDS research..................................................1101
    For clinical researchers.......................................1102
    For individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.................1105
    Health disparities research....................................1104
    Pediatric research.............................................1103
    Scholarships...................................................1099
  Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs............917, 3493
  Protection of human research subjects.............................916
  Title IX of the Education Act Amendments.........................3440
  Veterans:
    Centralized certification of benefits..........................2912
    Licensing and certification....................................2911
    Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty................................2931
    Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve...........................2957
    Non-payment of VA educational assistance to fugitive felons 
                                                                   2975
    Survivors and dependents.................................2913, 2931
    Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act..................2953
    Veterans Programs Enhancement Act..............................2910
Education of disadvantaged:
  Academic achievement of limited English proficient students.......919
  Transportation regulations.......................................1231
Education of individuals with disabilities:
  Assistance to states for the education of children with 
      disabilities...................................................30
  Early intervention and special education to eligible DoD 
      dependents....................................................774
  Individuals With Disabilities Education Act.......................922
    National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard.........920
  Preschool grants for children with disabilities....................30
  Special education personnel development service obligations........30
Educational facilities:
  Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act............................918
  Grants administration............................................2988
Educational research:
  Human subjects protection...................................915, 1111
Eggs and egg products:
  Grading............................................166, 171, 181, 186
  Imported..........................................................347
  Inspection....................................................20, 363
  Salmonella enteritidis prevention................................1039
Elderly:
  See Aged
Elections:
  See Political activities (Government employees)
      Voting rights
Electric power:
  See also Electric utilities
           Electric power plants
  Electronic reporting of shortages................................4000
  Worker safety....................................................2121
Electric power plants:
  Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program........................966

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Electric utilities:
  Broadband service provided over power line systems...............3851
  Bulk system reliability policy statement.........................4017
  Clean Air Interstate Rule.........................................110
  Coordination of Federal authorization of electric transmission 
                                                                    958
  Electronic filing of documents...................................3992
  Generator interconnection agreement and procedures.........3993, 4012
  Indian electric power utilities..................................1813
  Market design and structure......................................4013
  Market-based rate contracts for wholesale sales............3995, 4020
  Pricing policy...................................................3996
  Standards of conduct for transmission providers..................3991
  Steam generating unit regulations..........................3149, 3230
Electronic data processing:
  See Computer technology
Electronic funds transfers:
  Electronic Fund Transfer Act.....................................4040
Employee benefit plans:
  See also Pensions
  Abandoned individual account plans.................................81
  Accountant independence requirements.............................2075
  Automatic enrollment and failure to direct investment..............78
  Cafeteria plans......................................2674, 2698, 2773
  Electronic filing of annual reports........................2079, 2080
  Electronic transmission of notices, elections or consents........2622
  Limitations......................................................2817
  Participant contributions....................................77, 2076
  Participant loan rules...........................................2092
  Prohibited transaction exemption procedures......................2074
  Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program...........................2089
Employee Retirement Income Security Act:
  See Pensions
Employment:
  See also Equal employment opportunity
           Government employees
  Aliens...........................................................2055
    Australian nonimmigrants in specialty occupations..............2072
    Authorization eligibility......................................1350
    Dismissal of asylum application................................1345
    EB-5 classification......................................1316, 2009
    Eligibility for certain scientists and engineers...............1323
    Eligibility pilot program......................................1352
    Eligibility verification.................................1313, 2159
    Employer petitions.............................................1326
    Employer sanctions.............................................1494
    Employment creation petitions..................................1273
    Essential support personnel in the O and P classifications.....1279
    Fingerprinting.................................................1291
    Labor certification process........................1276, 2064, 2068
    Labor condition applications.............................2069, 2070
    Post-adjudication audits of H-2B petitions.....................2067
    Premium processing service for petitions and applications.....1332, 
                                                                   1338
    Suspension of employment authorization requirements for F-1 
        students.............................................1342, 1499
    Temporary employment of foreign professionals on H-1B1 visas 
                                                             2069, 2070
    Temporary nonagricultural services.............................1340
    Temporary visitor for business (B-1) classification............1275
    Verification documents.........................................1335
    Visas for treaty aliens in specialty occupations...............2161
  Employment eligibility verification:
    Electronic signature and retention.............................1493
  Family and Medical Leave Act.......................................74
  Identification of gender, race and ethnicity of applicants for 
      employment with federal contractors..........................2060
  Indian preference................................................1835
  Individuals with disabilities:
    Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in 
        a program..................................................3730
    Excepted service...............................................3545
    Self-Sufficiency Program........................................142
    Ticket to Work Program..........................................142
    Work report receipts issuance...................................144
  Jobs For Veterans Act................................2051, 2135, 2138
  Occupational tax.................................................2525
  Trade adjustment assistance for workers........................75, 76
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act....87, 2137
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program...........2918, 2933
  Welfare-to-Work Grants Program...................................2073
  Workforce investment systems.....................................2107
Endangered and threatened species:
  See also Marine mammals
  Addax......................................................1766, 1780
  Alabama Beach Mouse..............................................1701
  Alameda whipsnake................................................1675
  American crocodile...............................................1721
  Arkansas River shiner............................................1731
  Army Corps of Engineers scope of analysis.........................889
  Australian parakeets.............................................1718
  Basking shark....................................................1761
  Boreal toad......................................................1771
  Broad-snouted caiman.............................................1660
  Brown pelican delisting..........................................1744
  Bull trout.................................................1770, 1787
  Butterfly species................................................1778
  Cactus ferruginous pygmy owl...............................1747, 1758
  California gnatcatcher...........................................1724
  California red-legged frog.......................................1652
  California tiger salamander................................1686, 1775
  Canada Lynx......................................................1707
  Captive-bred exotic birds........................................1639
  Cassius blue butterfly...........................................1773
  Ceraunus blue butterfly..........................................1773
  Channel Islands foxes............................................1729
  CITES decisions......................................1635, 1695, 1712
  Civil procedures.................................................1693
  Conservation education...........................................1629
  Critical habitat........621, 726, 1652, 1669, 1672, 1675, 1686, 1687, 
           1688, 1689, 1692, 1701, 1702, 1703, 1705, 1707, 1713, 1723, 
           1724, 1729, 1731, 1733, 1734, 1747, 1763, 1770, 1775, 1781, 
                                                                   1787
  Cui-ui delisting.................................................1671
  Dama gazelle...............................................1766, 1780
  Dolly Varden.....................................................1745
  Eagles...........................................................1637
    Transport of feathers..........................................1750
  Evolutionarily Significant Units.............................726, 727
  Fishes, Tennessee rivers.........................................1679
  Five-year review of foreign species..............................1710
  Foreign bird species.............................................1662
  Gila chub........................................................1713
  Gila trout.......................................................1716
  Gray bat.........................................................1757
  Gray wolf:
    Eastern Distinct Population Segment delisting..................1751
    Great Lakes distinct population segment delisting..............1709
    Western distinct population segment delisting............1708, 1752
  Green sturgeon, southern distinct population segment..............679
  Grizzly bears..............................................1657, 1684
  Gunnison's sage grouse...........................................1691
  Kootenai River White Sturgeon....................................1702
  Koster's tyronia.................................................1763
  Laguna Mountains Skipper.........................................1705
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1636
  Loachminnow......................................................1689
  Manatees.........................................................1755
  Mexican bobcat delisting.........................................1728
  Mexican gray wolf................................................1754
  Miami blue butterfly.............................................1773
  Mountain yellow-legged frog......................................1687

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  Mussels, freshwater..............................................1679
  Nickerbean blue butterfly........................................1773
  Noel's amphipod..................................................1763
  Nonessential experimental populations................1649, 1679, 1756
  Northern aplomado falcon.........................................1649
  Northern right whale..............................................621
  Northern sea otter, southwest Alaskan distinct population 
      segment......................................................1764
  Northern spotted owl.............................................1692
  Oncorhynchus mykiss..........................................726, 727
  Pacific salmon....................................................727
  Pecos assiminea..................................................1763
  Permit exemptions................................................1759
  Permits for foreign listed species...............................1722
  Picture-wing flies...............................................1642
  Plants:
    Arizona agave delisting........................................1648
    Bigleaf mahogany...............................................1762
    Black cohosh...................................................1651
    Braunton's milk-vetch..........................................1706
    CITES listings...........................................1651, 1762
    Coachella Valley milk-vetch....................................1667
    Critical habitat....1667, 1668, 1673, 1674, 1690, 1699, 1700, 1704, 
                               1706, 1726, 1732, 1767, 1768, 1769, 1781
    Eggert's sunflower.............................................1767
    Fender's Blue Butterfly........................................1673
    Fish Slough milk vetch.........................................1768
    Galax..........................................................1695
    Graham's Penstemon.............................................1704
    Holmgren milk vetch............................................1700
    Johnston's frankenia removal...................................1715
    Kincaid's Lupine...............................................1673
    Lyon's penchaeta...............................................1706
    Munz's onion...................................................1769
    San Jacinto Valley crownscale..................................1726
    Shivwits milk vetch............................................1700
    Soft birds beak................................................1699
    Spanish cedar..................................................1762
    Spreading navarettia.....................................1726, 1732
    Suisun thistle.................................................1699
    Thread-leaved Brodiaea.........................................1668
    Vernal pool plants.............................................1781
    Willamette Daisy...............................................1673
    Willowy monardella.............................................1674
    Yadeon's piperia...............................................1690
  Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse delisting..........................1737
  Queen Charlotte Goshawk..........................................1698
  Roswell springsnail..............................................1763
  Rota bridled white-eye...........................................1688
  Salt Creek tiger beetle....................................1669, 1727
  San Diego Fairy shrimp...........................................1723
  Scimitar-horned oryx.......................................1766, 1780
  Snail, freshwater................................................1679
  Southern Resident killer whales...................................677
  Southern sea otter translocation program.........................1655
  Southwestern Willow Flycatcher...................................1733
  Spikedace........................................................1689
  St. Andrew Beach Mouse...........................................1672
  Stag beetle......................................................1761
  Straight-horned markhor..........................................1641
  Tibetan antelope.................................................1711
  Topeka shiner....................................................1756
  Turtle species...................................................1712
  Vernal pool crustaceans..........................................1781
  Virginia northern flying squirrel................................1656
  Western Snowy Plover.......................................1681, 1734
  Wintering Piping Plover..........................................1703
  Wood bison.......................................................1650
Energy:
  See also Coal
           Electric power
           Energy conservation
           Fuel economy
           Natural gas
           Nuclear energy
           Petroleum
           Pipelines
  Acquisition:
    Cooperative audit strategy......................................972
  Alternate energy-related uses on the OCS.........................1858
  Alternative fuels.................................................933
  Assistance regulations............................................982
  Claims for damages against DOE employees..........................984
  Conduct of DOE employees..........................................983
  Critical energy infrastructure information.......................4015
  DEAR amendments:
    Background checks of employees..................................976
    Biobased content products.......................................973
    Intellectual property provisions................................975
    Make or Buy Plans...............................................980
    Management contractor compensation for personal services........978
    Purchasing by management and operating contractors..............977
    Revisions.......................................................971
    Technical amendments............................................979
    Work for others regulations.....................................981
  Electronic notification of Commission issuances..................4016
  Energy Policy Act................................................4064
  Freedom of Information Act........................................959
  Hydropower licensing hearings process............................1626
  Hydropower regulation amendments.................................4010
  Occupational radiation protection.................................960
  Polygraph examination regulations.................................957
  Prescription of fishways for non-Federal hydropower projects.....1760
  Priorities and allocations of domestic energy supplies............974
  Protection of human research subjects.............................969
  Renewable energy systems..........................................437
  Research misconduct...............................................964
  Review of mandatory conditions of hydropower licensing............670
  Uranium mill sites................................................968
  Wind energy................................................3988, 4002
  Worker safety and health at DOE facilities.........................40
  Worker's compensation benefits.............................1001, 2057
Energy conservation:
  See also Fuel economy
  Covered products determination:
    Commercial refrigeration equipment..............................951
    Incandescent reflector lamps, torchieres, and ceiling fans......947
  Efficiency standards:
    Clothes dryers..................................................942
    Commercial air conditioning equipment............927, 950, 952, 953
    Direct heating equipment........................................943
    Dishwashers.....................................................942
    Electric distribution transformers...............................37
    Electric motors.................................................944
    Electric ranges and ovens........................................33
    EPACT 2005 standards............................................954
    Fluorescent and incandescent lamps..............................945
    Fluorescent lamp ballasts........................................34
    Furnaces and boilers........................................36, 953
    Gas ranges and ovens.............................................33
    Heat pumps...................................31, 927, 950, 952, 953
    High intensity discharge lamps..................................941
    Microwave ovens..................................................33
    Pool heaters....................................................943
    Residential central air conditioners.............................31
    Room air conditioners............................................35
    Water heaters...............................................32, 952

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  EPACT 2005 test procedures........................................948
  Federal buildings............................................939, 946
  Household definition..............................................936
  Residential energy-efficiency rating guidelines..............940, 946
  Test procedures:
    Central air conditioners...................................937, 949
    Electric motors, small..........................................926
    Electronic distribution transformers............................938
    Heat pumps.................................................937, 949
    High intensity discharge lamps..................................941
Entertainment industry:
  Cost recovery....................................................2688
Environmental impact statements:
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program...............................................2043
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...........................................832
  Award term contracting...........................................3015
  Biobased content products.........................................973
  CERCLA amendment.................................................3371
    Conducting ``all appropriate inquiry''.........................3369
  Chemicals...............123, 3299, 3300, 3301, 3309, 3315, 3318, 3319
    Maleic anhydride...............................................3303
    Transferring manufacture rights................................3288
  Class deviations incorporation into EPAAR........................3019
  Coal combustion wastes.....................................3331, 3347
  Coastal waste deposit prevention.................................3411
  Comparable fuels exclusion under RCRA.............................117
  Confidential business information..........................3014, 3026
  Cooling water intake structures impact...........................3380
  Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.............3372
  Cross-Media Electronic Reporting and Recordkeeping Rule..........3021
  Designation of hazardous substances under CERCLA.................3370
  Developmental and reproductive toxicity testing..................3313
  Drinking water regulations...........................3398, 3407, 3408
  Effluent guidelines............................3375, 3384, 3392, 3396
  Emergency planning...............................................3320
  EPA acquisition regulations..........................3015, 3016, 3023
  Farm Service Agency regulation....................................201
  Federal water resource development................................888
  HUD regulations....................................................62
  National Environmental Policy Act..........................1246, 3012
  National Forest System............................................393
    Oil and gas lease compliance documentation......................388
    Sporicide use...................................................386
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3362
  Pesticides.........124, 125, 3258, 3266, 3268, 3269, 3272, 3274, 3276
  Plant incorporated protectants.......................3259, 3270, 3271
  Privacy Act regulations..........................................3022
  Radon............................................................4130
  RCRA Burden Reduction Initiative............................127, 3349
  RCRA hazardous waste management facilities.......................3356
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3341
  Reporting marine casualties......................................1366
  Restoration of DOD facilities.....................................764
  Rural areas..................................................260, 265
  Sale of DOD aircraft to persons providing oil spill response 
      service.......................................................773
  Significant new use rules:
    Flame retardant chemical substances............................3283
    Glycol ethers..................................................3302
    Mercury switches in motor vehicles.............................3282
    Perfluoroalkyl sulfonates......................................3289
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..........115, 116
  Toxic Substances Control Act.......113, 3014, 3285, 3287, 3288, 3289, 
                                                 3290, 3295, 3298, 3316
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications............3322, 3323, 3328
    Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds...............................3325
    Metal mining...................................................3327
    Reporting requirements........................118, 3324, 3327, 3329
Equal credit opportunity:
  See Credit
Equal employment opportunity:
  Broadcast outreach...............................................3904
  Complaint processing.......................................3415, 3416
  Coverage under ADEA..............................................3413
  Disparate impact and reasonable factors other than age...........3412
  Fee schedule for Freedom of Information Act requests.............3417
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......2051, 
                                                                   2053
  Workforce Investment Act.........................................2107
Eskimos:
  See Indians
Estuaries:
  See Coastal zone
Ethical conduct:
  See Conflict of interests
Ex parte communications:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Excise taxes:
  Air transportation.........................................2563, 2716
  Communications services....................................2586, 2716
  Firearms and ammunition..........................................2481
Explosives:
  See also Hazardous materials transportation
           Hazardous substances
  Criminal misuse reporting........................................1969
  Fireworks........................................................1967
  Identification markings for imported explosive materials.........1975
  Manufacturing safety regulations.................................2122
  Pest control devices.............................................1964
  Safe Explosives Act..............................................1966
  Transportation regulations.................................1463, 1972
Exports:
  Administration regulations....479, 482, 489, 493, 497, 498, 499, 500, 
           502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 512, 514, 519, 520, 
                                 521, 524, 528, 529, 532, 533, 534, 535
  Aircraft..........................................................517
  Automated export system...........................................462
  Biological agents and toxins......................................507
  Cameras...........................................................522
  Chemical substances..........................................113, 507
  Chemical Weapons Convention.............................481, 483, 513
  China.............................................................534
  Class I substances to Article 5 countries........................3052
  Commerce Control List..........490, 500, 501, 502, 522, 527, 528, 535
  Communication intercepting devices................................518
  Computer technology..........................................516, 522
  Controlled chemical substances...................................1982
  Crime control and detection instrument equipment.............494, 496
  Crime control commodities.........................................501
  Crude oil.........................................................477
  Cuba..............................................................485
  De minimis exclusion for technology and software..................484
  Deemed exports....................................................479
  Denial orders.....................................................505
  Dual-use items..........................................520, 527, 535
  End-user certificates........................................498, 504
  Grains............................................................284
  Import certificate requirements...................................497
  India........................................................497, 531
  International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards.....................531

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  International Traffic in Arms Regulations........................2154
  Investigational new drugs........................................1032
  Iraq..............................................................488
  Lead-acid batteries..............................................3354
  Libya...................................................485, 502, 523
  License exceptions........485, 492, 494, 495, 496, 502, 510, 515, 516
  Licensing...........................487, 503, 506, 512, 514, 521, 525
  Liquors..........................................................2482
  Medical products..................................................507
  Microwave monolithic integrated circuit power amplifiers..........480
  Military end-use items............................................534
  Missile technology controls.......................................487
  National Forest System timber.....................................376
  Night vision equipment............................................495
  No license required provisions....................................514
  Non-space qualified amorphous silicon focal plane arrays..........522
  North Atlantic Treaty Organization................................510
  Nuclear equipment and materials............492, 526, 4145, 4146, 4152
  Nuclear Supplier Group............................................503
  Outbound redelivery procedures and liabilities...................2392
  Reexports.....................................479, 487, 495, 510, 515
  Removal of country groups.........................................519
  Replacement licenses..............................................512
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements..........................508
  Rough diamonds....................................................464
  Sensitive chemical or biological items............................524
  Serbia............................................................485
  Simplified Network Application Process (SNAP).....................511
  Space qualified parts, components and technology..................490
  Special Comprehensive License program.............................486
  Special intra-company license.....................................521
  Specially denatured alcohol......................................2473
  Sudan.............................................................509
  Sugar reexport programs...........................................370
  United Nations....................................................510
  United States munitions list......................................517
  Wassenaar Arrangement........................................520, 530
  Wildlife.........................................................1640


                                   F

Fabrics:
  See Textiles
Fair housing:
  Certification and funding of State and local enforcement 
      agencies.....................................................1598
  Compliance requirements......................................253, 434
FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulation):
  See Government procurement
Farmers:
  See Agriculture
Federal acquisition regulations:
  See Government procurement
Federal aid programs:
  See Grant programs
      Loan programs
Federal buildings and facilities:
  Access for individuals with disabilities:
    Outdoor developed areas........................................2991
  Classified information storage....................................767
  DOD environmental restoration programs............................764
  Energy performance standards.................................939, 946
  GSA regulations..................................................3447
  Inspection/maintenance programs..................................3195
  Motor vehicle traffic supervision on military installations.......880
  NARA facilities:
    Locations and hours............................................3489
    Use of meeting rooms and public space..........................3476
  NRC offices......................................................4124
  Presidential library facilities..................................3485
  Revitalizing base closure communities.............................762
  Telecommunications management....................................3442
  United States National Arboretum:
    Rules of conduct................................................187
Federal employees:
  See Government employees
Federal home loan banks:
  Affordable Housing Program.......................................4023
  Anti-money laundering programs...................................4029
  Appointed directors..............................................4030
  Community support requirements...................................4028
  Data reporting requirements......................................4025
  Governance.......................................................4026
  Limitations on excess stock......................................4024
  Minimum retained earnings requirement............................4024
  New business activities..........................................4027
Federal property management regulations:
  See Government property management
Federal Reserve System:
  Capital..........................................................4050
  Community reinvestment.....................................4047, 4051
  Electronic fund transfers........................................4040
  Fair credit reporting................................4044, 4045, 4048
  Holding companies..........................................4037, 4046
  Remotely created check fraud.....................................4043
  Risk-based capital standards.....................................4050
  State banks..............................4036, 4038, 4039, 4041, 4042
  Truth in lending.................................................4049
  Truth in savings.................................................4052
Federal-State relations:
  See Intergovernmental relations
Feed grains:
  Karnal bunt compensation..........................................216
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.........................3790
  Electrical standards.............................................2127
  Emergency response and preparedness..............................2114
  Fire Management Assistance Grant Program.........................1501
  Forest fire assistance program....................................400
  Nuclear power plants.............................................4125
  Requirements for religious non-medical health care institutions
                                                                   1162
  Shipyard standards...............................................2131
  Sprinkler system requirements in long-term care facilities.......1132
  Underground mines................................................2103
Firearms:
  See Arms and munitions
Firefighters:
  Assistance to firefighters grant program.........................1238
  Retirement.......................................................3606
Fish:
  See also Fisheries
           Seafood
  Country of origin labeling..........................................2
  Endangered Species Act...........................................1659
  Fish and Seafood Promotion Act....................................564
  Import restrictions...............................................713
  Injurious wildlife listings......................................1644
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1636
  National Organic Program..........................................164
  Paralytic shellfish poisoning toxin..........................665, 721
  Piscicide applications on National Forest System lands............387

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  Prescription of fishways for non-Federal hydropower projects......670
Fisheries:
  Addition and revision of certain species codes....................560
  Atlantic Ocean...............................................551, 571
  Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands.......................................652
  Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan............................673
  Cod...............................................................707
  Critical habitat.............................................725, 726
  Crustacean........................................................539
  Dungeness crab....................................................651
  Essential fish habitat guidelines.................................575
  Fishing capacity reduction loans.............................651, 652
  Groundfish........................................................651
  Haddock......................................................663, 707
  Halibut.................................................554, 563, 719
  Hawaiian Islands.............................................550, 650
  Herring...........................................................663
  Highly migratory species.....................................551, 571
  Incidental take regulations...................663, 672, 673, 674, 675
  King crab.........................................................652
  List of fisheries.................................................655
  Marine Mammal Protection Act......................................685
  National standard guidelines:
    Overfishing and rebuilding schedules.............................29
  Northeastern U.S. closures due to presence of paralytic 
      shellfish poisoning toxin................................665, 721
  Northern California steelhead.....................................725
  Pacific coast.....................................................651
  Pacific whiting...................................................724
  Pelagics..........................................................650
  Permits......................................................549, 550
  Puerto Rico.......................................................545
  Sablefish.........................................................544
  Scallop...........................................................676
  Scientific research...............................................562
  Sea turtle conservation.................................571, 676, 728
  Seabird protection................................................650
  Shrimp............................................................651
  Tanner crab.......................................................652
  U.S. Virgin Islands...............................................545
  Yellowtail flounder...............................................707
Fishery management plans:
  American Lobster.............................................543, 598
  Aquaculture practices.............................................574
  Atlantic.............587, 600, 605, 616, 617, 618, 622, 693, 711, 714
  Atlantic bluefish.......................................589, 614, 666
  Atlantic herring...................................552, 590, 613, 699
  Atlantic mackerel..................................546, 588, 606, 612
  Atlantic sea scallop....................................593, 668, 715
  Atlantic striped bass.............................................556
  Beluga whales.....................................................671
  Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands...................548, 553, 602, 653, 659
  Bigeye tuna.............................................603, 669, 713
  Black corals......................................................573
  Black sea bass......................567, 594, 595, 596, 608, 666, 698
  Bluefin tuna............................................616, 711, 713
  Bottomfish fisheries...............................540, 559, 572, 720
  Butterfish.........................................546, 588, 606, 612
  Coastal migratory fisheries..................................578, 703
  Community development quotas.................................548, 565
  Crab..............................................................601
  Deep-sea red crab.................................................702
  Eastern Pacific..............................................661, 669
  Electronic logbook forms..........................................569
  Essential fish habitats......................................584, 605
  Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ)......543, 556, 574, 667, 692, 722, 723
  Groundfish...............................553, 558, 561, 602, 659, 717
  Grouper..................................557, 586, 619, 625, 664, 709
  Gulf of Alaska................................553, 561, 584, 615, 710
  Gulf of Mexico......541, 566, 575, 576, 577, 578, 623, 624, 664, 689, 
                                                690, 697, 703, 705, 709
  Habitat areas of particular concern...............................584
  Halibut.................................................581, 601, 604
  Hawaiian Islands...................................550, 573, 720, 722
  Highly migratory species.......599, 600, 616, 617, 618, 646, 657, 693
  King crab.........................................................653
  Monkfish................................................591, 691, 706
  North Atlantic right whales.......................................629
  Northeast multispecies.............................592, 656, 660, 701
  Ocean quahog............................................609, 610, 622
  Pacific Coast.......558, 581, 583, 585, 603, 604, 657, 662, 704, 717, 
                                                               718, 720
  Pacific mackerel..................................................654
  Pacific sardine..............................................620, 696
  Pelagics.................................585, 648, 692, 703, 722, 723
  Precious corals...................................................570
  Queen conch.......................................................545
  Red drum..........................................................587
  Red snapper........................................576, 623, 624, 690
  Reef fish...........................541, 577, 586, 624, 664, 690, 705
  Rockfish..........................................................615
  Sablefish.........................................................601
  Salmon.............................................583, 662, 704, 724
  Scallop...........................................................710
  Scup................................567, 594, 595, 596, 608, 666, 698
  Sharks........................................542, 600, 618, 693, 714
  Shrimp........................................566, 623, 624, 649, 689
  Snapper.................................................557, 619, 625
  South Atlantic............557, 578, 617, 619, 625, 649, 664, 667, 703
  Spanish mackerel..................................................667
  Spiny dogfish......................................597, 607, 700, 718
  Squid.........................................546, 579, 588, 606, 612
  Summer flounder.....................567, 594, 595, 596, 608, 666, 698
  Surfclam................................................609, 610, 622
  Swordfish...............................................617, 693, 713
  Tanner crab.......................................................653
  Tilefish.....................................................568, 611
  Tuna.........................................................661, 693
  Vermilion snapper.................................................697
  Western Pacific.....540, 559, 569, 570, 572, 579, 603, 648, 692, 717, 
                                                               720, 723
Fishing:
  Bycatch reduction measures..............................623, 689, 724
  Drift gillnet.....................................................716
  Exempted fishing permits..........................................562
  Fixed gear........................................................544
  Longline................................................661, 716, 723
  Purse seine..................................................661, 723
  Quotas:
    Adjustment of overages in the U.S./Canada area..................707
    Atlantic bluefin tuna...........................................711
    Crab............................................................601
    Halibut.....................................563, 581, 582, 601, 712
    Red snapper.....................................................576
    Sablefish..................................................582, 601
    Western Alaska program..........................................695
  Recreational measures....................551, 563, 594, 596, 664, 698
  Refuge-specific regulations................................1739, 1785
  South Pacific Tuna Act............................................547
  Subsistence fishing....................................680, 719, 1736
  Tribal annual funding agreements.................................1683
Fishing vessels:
  Catcher vessel electronic report..................................555
  Gear identification markings on buoys.............................694
  Limited entry program.............................................716
  Observer Communications System regulations........................658
  Observer policy...................................................645
  Safety regulations...............................................1359
  South Pacific Tuna Act............................................547
  Vessel Monitoring System.....................................547, 610
  Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program eligibility 
                                                                    695
Flammable materials:
  Bedclothes.......................................................3804

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  Flammability standards...........................................3795
  Mattresses/bedding..........................................160, 3805
  Upholstered furniture.............................................159
Flood control:
  Ability to pay provisions.........................................890
Flood insurance:
  Mitigation assistance program..............................1505, 1523
  Mitigation of severe repetitive loss properties............1522, 1524
  National Flood Insurance Program:
    Appeal of decisions relating to coverage.......................1503
    Assistance to private sector insurers....................1516, 1517
    Coverage and rates.............................................1510
    Group Flood Insurance Policy.............................1514, 1521
    Increased Cost of Compliance provision.........................1502
    National Flood Insurance Act of 1994............................254
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..............................................313
    At-risk afterschool suppers.....................................291
    For-profit center participation.................................340
    Improving management and program integrity.................334, 335
    Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas..............309
    Overpayments....................................................330
    Permanent agreements for day care home providers................341
    Reimbursements for meals served to children in homeless 
        shelters....................................................324
  Commodity Supplemental Food Program...............................337
  Disclosure of children's eligibility information to state 
      Medicaid and CHIP program.....................................311
  Donated foods provided under contract with food service 
      management companies..........................................298
  Evaluations and cost comparisons of warehousing and 
      distribution systems..........................................302
  Food and Nutrition Service data collection........................296
  Indian reservations...............................................290
  Processing of donated foods.......................................305
  Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program..........................318
  Uniform federal assistance regulations............................312
  Women, infants, and children:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................303
    Food delivery systems...........................................307
    Food package revision............................................13
    Program administration and operation............................333
    Vendor-related provisions..............................18, 293, 299
Food grades and standards:
  See Meat inspection
      Poultry and poultry products
      Seafood
Food labeling:
  Country of origin marking for agricultural commodities and 
      meats...........................................................2
  Expressed nutrient content claims.................................365
  Generic approval and regulation consolidation.....................344
  Ground or chopped meat and poultry products........................24
  Prominence of calories...........................................1064
  Requirement for food that has been refused admission into the 
      US...........................................................1072
  Serving size regulations.........................................1065
  Single-ingredient products.........................................24
  Standardized terms................................................365
  Trans fatty acids................................................1060
Food stamps:
  Alternate methods for issuing benefits............................314
  Bonding requirements for violating retailers......................297
  Civil rights data collections.....................................310
  Computer matching.................................................289
  Electronic benefits transfer system.....................300, 308, 314
  Eligibility and certification......................................14
  Employment and training............................................16
  Expiration of residual paper coupons..............................304
  Quality control................................................11, 15
  Recipient claim establishment and collection standards............292
  State agencies administrative and management requirements.........308
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......................1054
  Container standards...............................................175
  FDA registration of food facilities..............................1078
  Food safety:
    Accredited laboratory program...................................349
    Foreign inspection system supervisory visits....................362
    Petitions for rulemaking........................................345
    School breakfast and lunch programs........................329, 339
  Food security plans...............................................348
  Health claims....................................................1063
  Imported.........................................................1044
  Infant formula quality control.............................1047, 1048
  Institutional review boards......................................1040
  Modernization of standards...................................25, 1061
  Pesticide residues...............................................3260
  Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease...................1004
  Recordkeeping requirements:
    Acceptance of electronic signatures by FSIS.....................351
    Foods containing material from cattle..........................1055
  Transportation in vehicles used for nonfood products.............2366
Foreign air carriers:
  See Air carriers
Foreign persons:
  See Aliens
Foreign relations:
  See also Citizenship and naturalization
           Foreign trade
           Immigration
           International boundaries
           Passports and visas
           Treaties
  Economic Sanctions Enforcement Guidelines........................2395
  Imposition of special measures...................................2445
  International accounting standards...............................4220
  International call-back service..................................3882
  Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).....3333
Foreign trade:
  See also Competitiveness
           Customs duties and inspection
           Exports
           Imports
           Maritime carriers
           Trade agreements
  African Growth and Opportunity Act.........................2399, 2405
  Benchmark survey of transactions between U.S. and foreign 
      persons.......................................................458
  Earnings and profits.............................................2785
  Entry procedure for foreign trade zones..........................2426
  Federal employee foreign rights in inventions.....................751
  Financial services transactions between U.S. providers and 
      unaffiliated foreign persons..................................456

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  International services surveys....................................459
  Port restrictions:
    Japanese vessels...............................................4032
  Stock transfer rules.............................................2689
  U.S. direct investment abroad.....................................457
  United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act..............2400
Forests and forest products:
  See also National forests
  Botanical products................................................395
  Forest fire assistance program....................................400
  Indian allotments.................................................371
  Special products..................................................395
  Timber sales:
    Cancellation....................................................393
    Integrated Resource Contracts...................................407
    Market-related contract term additions..........................408
    Noncompetitive sale.............................................375
    Preparation for sale...........................................1913
    Surplus species.................................................372
Forfeitures:
  See Seizures and forfeitures
Foster care:
  See Adoption and foster care
Fraud:
  CNCS regulations.................................................3005
  HHS regulations...................................................991
  Microcap securities market.......................................4204
  OIG regulations...................................................994
  Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act...........................1244, 3005
  Tax return affiliates............................................2627
Freedom of information:
  See also Confidential business information
  Amendments.......................................................4095
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3326
  DHS........................................................1251, 1331
  DOC...............................................................468
  DOD.....................................................752, 769, 873
  DOE...............................................................959
  DOL........................................................2046, 2108
  EEOC fee schedule for requests...................................3417
  Electronic communication.........................................2046
  Electronic Freedom of Information Act......................3490, 3520
  FMCS.............................................................3418
  NARA.......................................................3480, 3486
  NASA regulations.................................................3466
  NEH..............................................................3498
  OPM..............................................................3520
  SBA:
    Office change of address.......................................3665
  SSA..............................................................3721
  TTB..............................................................2480
Freight:
  See also Hazardous materials transportation
  Agricultural commodities:
    Ocean freight claims............................................197
  Freight forwarding industry......................................2269
Fruits:
  Agricultural inspection along the U.S./Canada border..............234
  California clingstone peach diversion program.......................3
  Florida citrus fruit crop insurance provisions....................273
  Import regulations.............................................6, 236
  Inspection service fees...........................................170
  Phytosanitary certificates for imports............................237
Fuel:
  See also Energy
  Air pollution control.......3057, 3058, 3071, 3135, 3142, 3151, 3152, 
                                                             3234, 3253
  California gasoline..............................................3196
  Diesel fuel sulfur transition....................................3165
  Diesel particulate matter exposure in underground mines............83
  Dye injection..............................................2765, 2890
  Excise tax regulations...............................2633, 2765, 2890
  Gasoline distribution facility emission standards..........3043, 3222
  Low-sulfur highway diesel fuel...................................3055
  Reformulated gasoline............................................3135
  Renewable Fuel Standards..........................................111
  Ultra low sulfur diesel fuel lubricity...........................3079
Fuel additives:
  Gasoline deposit control additives.........................3034, 3136
  Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE)...............................3406
  Oxygenated.................................................3137, 3312
Fuel economy:
  Corporate Average Fuel Economy Program...........................2325
  Fuel economy labeling.............................................107
  Fuel economy standards program:
    Light trucks...............................................95, 2341
Funeral industry:
  Practices rule...................................................4055


                                   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...................................232
Government buildings:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Government contracts:
  See also Government procurement
  Acquisition regulations:
    Advance notification requirements..............................3743
    Central Contractor Register.....................................858
    EPA............................................................3016
    Federal Technical Data Solution................................3742
    Government property rental.....................................3768
    Labor standards for contracts involving construction.....3744, 3763
    NASA...........................................................3472
    Share-in-savings contracting...................................3739
    Special tooling................................................3768
    USAID........................................2980, 2981, 2984, 2986
  Affirmative action...............................................2058
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage contracts....................194
  Contractors:
    Access to sensitive information................................3465
    Accompanying a force deployed...................................862
    Computer security...............................................924
    DOE contract security personnel.................................955
    Employee stock ownership plans.................................3515
    Hazardous material safety data.................................3750
    Identification of gender, race and ethnicity of applicants 
        for employment.............................................2060
    Insurance and pension reviews...................................836
    Jobs For Veterans Act..........................................2135
    Past performance evaluation....................................3755
    Performance of acquisition functions closely associated with 
        inherently governmental functions...........................843
    Program compliance recertification.............................3456
    Safety manual...................................................777
    Security requirements for Toxic Substances Control Act 
        confidential business information..........................3014
  Debarment and suspension.........................................2167

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  Defense contracts:
    Administrative regulations......................................821
    Commercial contract types......................................3735
    Competition requirements........................................842
    Construction contracts..........................................833
    Continued contracts authorization...............................835
    Contract administration...............................789, 840, 871
    Contract modifications..........................................829
    Contract types..................................................793
    Cost accounting standards.......................................857
    Deployment of contractor personnel..............................878
    DFARS modification.....789, 792, 793, 800, 803, 805, 806, 812, 821, 
           822, 828, 829, 830, 831, 832, 833, 834, 835, 836, 837, 839, 
           840, 841, 842, 843, 849, 850, 852, 858, 860, 862, 863, 864, 
                                                     866, 867, 871, 872
    Drug-free workplace requirements................................832
    Environmental regulations.......................................832
    Extraordinary contract adjustments..............................812
    Financing and payment...........................................822
    Fixed price.....................................................800
    Follow-on production contracts for prototype projects...........806
    Foreign acquisition.............................................877
    Freedom of information..........................................752
    Internal controls for purchase card use.........................853
    Labor laws application..........................................841
    Multiyear contracting...........................................872
    Negotiated acquisitions.........................................839
    Occupational safety regulations.................................832
    Patent rights...................................................801
    Payment and billing instructions................................860
    Performance-based contracting for services.....................3767
    Personal services contracts.....................................864
    Provision of information to cooperative agreement holders.......867
    Radio frequency identification..................................866
    Reporting performance outside the US............................863
    Reporting requirements..........................................849
    Reporting requirements for property in contractors' 
        possession..................................................799
    Requirements documents..........................................837
    Service contract and task order approval........................802
    Socioeconomic programs..........................................830
    Sole source awards to Native Hawaiian-owned small businesses 
                                                                    825
    Special contracting methods.....................................792
    Subcontracting policies and procedures..........................828
    Task or delivery order contracts................................803
    Termination of contracts........................................834
    Training for contractor personnel interacting with detainees 
                                                                    850
    Transportation requirements.....................................831
    Unique item identification and property valuation...............856
  Indians..........................................................1897
  Javits-Wagner-O'Day program:
    Governance standards for nonprofit agencies....................2998
  Nondiscrimination................................................2058
  Rights to inventions..............................................750
  Shipbuilding capability preservation agreements...................892
  Small business programs..........................................3635
    Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Assistance 
        Program....................................................3652
  Wage Determinations OnLine system................................2061
Government employees:
  See also Conflict of interests
           Military personnel
           Political activities (Government employees)
  Administrative Law Judge Program.................................3597
  Antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection............3534, 3568
  Antiterrorism certification......................................3587
  Appeals..........................................................3559
  Career and career-conditional employment...................3598, 3599
  Civilian Marksmanship Program:
    Civil service benefits for former employees....................3575
  Claims for damages against DOE employees..........................984
  Classification appeals...........................................3556
  Combined Federal Campaign..................................3587, 3588
  Computer security.................................................924
  Corporation for National and Community Service:
    Discrimination complaint procedures............................3001
  Cost-of-living allowances........................................3533
  Creditable service...............................................3566
  Criminal investigators...........................................3594
  Defense personnel:
    Claims settlement..........................................770, 771
    Privacy policies................................................756
  District of Columbia employees:
    Benefits.......................................................3573
    Retirement plan benefits.......................................2428
    Retirement, health, and life insurance coverage................3574
  DOE polygraph examination regulations.............................957
  Drug-free workplace requirements............................997, 1253
  Employee stock ownership plan costs..............................3515
  Employee surveys.................................................3518
  Employment discrimination..................................3415, 3416
  Employment requirement for application of government pension 
      offset exemption.............................................3723
  Enterprise Human Resource Integration............................3519
  Ethical conduct standards:
    Attorneys......................................................2026
    CSOSA employees................................................3011
    DOD employees...................................................776
  Examining system...........................................3552, 3553
  Excepted service:
    Career and career-conditional employment.......................3598
    Individuals with disabilities..................................3545
    Operational procedures.........................................3523
    Presidential Management Intern Program.........................3599
    Student Career Experience Program..............................3546
    Temporary organizations........................................3544
  Federal executive boards.........................................3589
  Federal mail management..........................................3420
  Financial disclosure requirements................................3508
  Foreign rights in inventions......................................751
  Freedom of Information Act regulations...........................3520
  Governmentwide nonprocurement common rule for debarment and 
      suspension.............................................1253, 2167
  Health benefits:
    Discontinuance in a national emergency.........................3541
    Enrollment regulations.........................................3608
    FEHBP changes....................3540, 3541, 3584, 3592, 3596, 3609
    Flexible spending accounts...............................3563, 3586
    Long-term care insurance regulations...........................3583
  Hiring flexibilities during national emergencies.................3517
  Indemnification request procedures for states and localities.....3542
  Information technology exchange program..........................3600
  Intermittent.....................................................3525
  Investigations...................................................3537
  IRS........................................................2646, 2647
  Job grading reviews..............................................3559
  Leave regulations................................................3554
  Life insurance...................................................3539
    Federal Acquisition Regulation.................................3610
  Merit promotion and internal placement...........................3549
  National Security Personnel System..........................778, 3591
  Part-time........................................................3525
  Pay rates:
    Administration.....................................3531, 3547, 3594
    Aggregate limitation on pay....................................3601
    Biweekly pay periods...........................................3605
    Critical position pay authority................................3562
    Locality pay areas.......................................3558, 3603
    Prevailing rate systems......................3529, 3560, 3561, 3604
    Regulation amendments..........................................3554
    Regulation standardization.....................................3602
  Performance appraisal systems........................2646, 2647, 3601

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  Personal financial interests.....................................3512
  Personal identification verification.........................536, 537
  Post-employment conflict of interests......................3513, 3569
  Presidential Management Intern Program...........................3599
  Presidential Rank Award eligibility..............................3555
  Privacy Act regulations..........................................3521
  Privacy procedures for personnel records.........................3599
  Public safety officers...........................................2044
  Reasonable accommodation language for OPM vacancy announcements
                                                                   3548
  Recruitment and selection through competitive examination........3550
  Recruitment, relocation, and retention bonuses...................3557
  Reemployment...............................................3526, 3532
  Regulation revisions.............................................3535
  Relocation costs...........................................3428, 3764
  Repayment of student loans.......................................3530
  Responsibilities and conduct:
    OPM......................................................3543, 3570
  Retirement:
    Air traffic controllers........................................3595
    Court orders awarding survivor annuities.......................3538
    Coverage for non-appropriated fund instrumentalities.....3571, 3582
    Credit for government service performed abroad.................3580
    Credit for military service....................................3579
    Death benefits and employee refunds............................3607
    Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act..........3576
    FERS basic annuity.............................................3578
    FERS coverage elections........................................3581
    Record retention...............................................3577
    State income tax withholding...................................3572
  Salary offset...............................................138, 2469
  Seasonal.........................................................3525
  Security standards...............................................3536
  Selective Service registration requirements......................3522
  Senior Executive Service:
    Annual leave...................................................3565
    Post-employment conflict-of-interest restrictions..............3569
  Standards of conduct....983, 1234, 3458, 3509, 3510, 3511, 3514, 3697
  Strategic human capital management assessment....................3524
  Submission of claims by preference eligibles to OPM..............3590
  Temporary and term employment....................................3567
  Temporary change of station................................3551, 3599
  Testifying and providing records in litigation..............893, 3475
  Training and development...................................3527, 3528
    Agency reporting requirements..................................3585
  Travel regulations:
    Compensatory time..............................................3564
    Government-furnished automobiles...............................3450
    Per diem expenses..............................................3451
    Privately owned vehicle mileage reimbursement..................3452
    Public vouchers for transportation charges.....................3445
    Temporary duty travel..........................................3449
  Veterans recruitment appointments................................3593
Government procurement:
  See also Government contracts
  Acquisition regulations:
    Access to Federal Procurement Data System database.............3426
    Accounting for unallowable costs...............................3773
    Acquisition planning............................................787
    Advisory and assistance services................................868
    Agricultural....................................................455
    Architect-engineer services....................................3776
    Aviation critical safety items..................................865
    Ball and roller bearings........................................855
    Berry Amendment memoranda.......................................870
    Business restructuring costs....................................823
    Buy American Act exemption for commercial information 
        technology..................................................851
    Coast Guard....................................................3774
    Combating trafficking in persons................................844
    Commercial items...............................................3737
    Compensation for personal services.............................3762
    Component breakout..............................................838
    Confirmation of HUBZone certification..........................3757
    Contract pricing................................................785
    Cost principles....................................3761, 3762, 3765
    Debarment......................................................3425
    Department of State......................................2142, 2152
    Depreciation costs of re-acquired assets.......................3746
    DFARS modification.....785, 786, 787, 788, 790, 791, 794, 795, 796, 
           797, 798, 801, 804, 805, 807, 808, 809, 810, 811, 813, 814, 
           815, 816, 817, 818, 819, 820, 823, 824, 825, 826, 827, 838, 
           844, 845, 846, 847, 848, 851, 852, 854, 855, 859, 861, 865, 
                                                    868, 869, 870, 3774
    Documentation requirement for limited sources under Federal 
        supply schedules...........................................3777
    DOE.....................971, 972, 973, 975, 976, 978, 979, 980, 981
    DOT............................................................2183
    Earned value management system............................796, 3745
    EPA................................................3013, 3015, 3023
    Export-controlled information and technology....................846
    Fast payment procedures........................................3747
    Federal Agency Retail Pharmacy Program.........................3435
    Federal Prison Industries......................................3751
    Foreign acquisitions..................................797, 798, 816
    Free Trade Agreements.....................................807, 3752
    Gains and losses...............................................3765
    Geographic use of the term United States........................859
    Government property in the possession of contractors...........3736
    Government-owned information technology.........................786
    Governmentwide purchase card use for micro-purchases............818
    GSA......................................................3425, 3426
    Homeland Security........................................1237, 1249
    HUD......................................................1599, 1600
    Incentives for purchase of domestic capital assets..............826
    Inflation adjustment of acquisition-related thresholds....794, 3759
    Information technology....................................790, 3756
    Information technology equipment................................814
    Information technology security................................3749
    Landscaping and pest control services..........................3775
    Levy on payments to contractors.................................847
    Major systems acquisition.......................................861
    Material inspection and receiving reports.......................817
    Mentor-Protege Program..........................................824
    NASA.......................3456, 3459, 3464, 3467, 3469, 3471, 3774
    National Nuclear Security Administration........................925
    Noncommercial modifications of commercial items................3753
    Notification of employee rights concerning payment of union 
        dues or fees...............................................3772
    Notification requirements for critical safety items.............845
    Past performance evaluation....................................3755
    Payment withholding............................................3766
    Performance of commercial activities...........................3758
    Performance-based service acquisition..........................3741
    Plain language rewrite.........................................3738
    Powers of attorney for bid bonds...............................3769
    Price evaluation adjustment expiration.........................3748
    Prohibition of foreign taxation on U.S. assistance programs 
                                                                    848
    Protests, disputes, and appeals.................................854
    Purchasing by management and operating contractors..............977
    Quality assurance...............................................827
    Reimbursement of relocation costs on a lump-sum basis..........3764
    Required sources of supplies and services.......................791
    Restriction on carbon, alloy, and armor steel plate from 
        foreign sources.............................................795

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    Simplified acquisition procedures...............................819
    Small business credit for Alaskan Native Corporations and 
        Indian tribes..............................................3754
    Small business programs...................................788, 3456
    Small business specialist review................................804
    Small Disadvantaged Businesses.................................3770
    Specialized service contracting.................................808
    Telecommunications services...........................809, 813, 815
    Telecommuting for Federal contractors..........................3771
    Title 40 of the US Code reference corrections..................3778
    Totally enclosed lifeboat survival systems......................869
    Training and education.........................................3761
    Transportation industry practices..............................3740
    Uniform contract line item numbering............................820
    USAID....................................................2981, 2986
    Utility services...........................................810, 811
    Veteran-owned small businesses.................................3448
    Veterans Affairs...............................................2935
  Biobased products.......................................420, 422, 455
  Contracts:
    NFS contracts...................................................393
  HUBZone program............................................3434, 3770
  Javits-Wagner-O'Day program:
    Determining whether commodities are essentially the same as 
        items on the procurement list..............................2994
    Responsibilities of central nonprofit agencies.................2999
    Suitability criteria for commodities and services..............2996
  Lobbying restrictions......................................1245, 3760
  Management accountability and control............................3516
  Recycled products................................................3339
  Small, minority, and women's business utilization................3020
  Transportation management:
    Data collection standards......................................3431
    Electronic systems use.........................................3424
    Manager authorization..........................................3444
    Reporting requirements.........................................3431
Government property:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
           Government property management
  Abandoned or forfeited personal property.........................3427
  Economic development transfers of real property by DOE............963
  Personal commercial solicitation on DoD installations.............779
  Rental...........................................................3768
  Reporting requirements for property in contractors' possession 
                                                                    799
  Sale or rental of sexually explicit material on DoD property......759
  Use, handling, and disposal requirements.........................3421
Government property management:
  Acquisition regulations..........................................3736
  Household goods..................................................3446
  Mandatory review procedures......................................1619
  Motor vehicles...................................................3443
  Nondiscrimination..........................................3439, 3441
  Personal property management.........................3423, 3429, 3430
  Real property....................................................3432
  Space and related services:
    Rents and leases...............................................3447
  Supply and procurement...........................................3422
  Telecommunications management....................................3442
Government securities:
  See Bonds
Grains:
  See also Feed grains
  Cultivated wild rice crop insurance provisions....................272
  Exports...........................................................284
  Inspection and weighing service fees..............................288
  Karnal bunt compensation..........................................216
  Loan deficiency payments..........................................190
  Marketing assistance loans........................................190
  Process verification service......................................283
  Review inspection requirements....................................285
Grant programs:
  AmeriCorps regulations...............................3000, 3007, 3010
  Assistance to firefighters grant program.........................1238
  CNCS regulations.................................................3002
    Equal treatment for faith-based organizations..................3008
  DOD Grant and Agreement regulations...............................782
  Fire Management Assistance Grant Program.........................1501
  Freedom of information...........................................2108
  Hazard Mitigation Grant Program......................1507, 1525, 1528
  Hazard mitigation planning.......................................1511
  IMLS.............................................................3491
  Learn & Serve regulations..................................3000, 3007
  NASA:
    Research misconduct............................................3468
  NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook revision...........3461
    Intellectual property provisions...............................3470
    Report requirements............................................3470
  National Historical Publications and Records Commission Grant 
      Program......................................................3481
  Public television station digital transition grant program........442
  Rights to inventions..............................................750
  Senior Corps regulations.........................................3007
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.......................2028
  Victims of crime.................................................2040
Grant programs-agriculture:
  Administration provisions.........................................252
  Energy efficiency.................................................437
  Equal opportunity for religious organizations.....................427
  Hatch Multistate Research Fund....................................248
  Nonprocurement regulations........................................421
  Rural business investment program.................................429
  Rural economic development........................................428
  Small Business Innovation Research Grants Program.................249
  Technical assistance and training.................................256
  Water and waste disposal.....................................439, 443
  Water programs....................................................440
    Household Water Well System Grant Program.......................450
Grant programs-education:
  Administrative regulations........................................769
  Freedom of Information............................................769
  National Security Education Program...............................763
Grant programs-environmental protection:
  Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.............3372
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program review........................................2043
Grant programs-health:
  Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children.......................1084
  Limitation on administrative expenses............................1087
  Minority Biomedical Research Support Program.....................1095
  NIH grants.......................................................1092
  NIH training grants..................................1094, 1096, 1097
  Public Health Service grant appeals procedures...................1088
  VA assistance to State home program for the hiring and 
      retention of nurses..........................................2946
Grant programs-housing and community development:
  American Dream Downpayment Initiative............................1538
  Community development block grants:
    Brownfields activities.........................................1591
    Community revitalization strategy..............................1594
    Insular Areas Program..........................................1534
    Prohibition on use of funds for job-pirating activities........1590
    Slum and blight prevention.....................................1591
    Small cities program...........................................1588
  Electronic submission of grant applications......................1536
  Empowerment zones................................................1593
  Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS program................64
  Indian Housing Block Grant Program.........................1608, 1618
    Self-insurance plans...........................................1607

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  State homes for veterans.........................................2940
  Uniform requirements for HUD programs............................1533
Grant programs-Indians:
  Construction of jails............................................2041
  Indian Housing Block Grant Program.........................1608, 1618
    Self-insurance plans...........................................1607
  STOP Violence Against Indian Women Discretionary Grant Program 
                                                                   2028
Grant programs-natural resources:
  North American Wetlands Conservation Act grants program..........1646
Grants administration:
  Jobs For Veterans Act............................................2138
  Nondiscrimination..............................1960, 3003, 3474, 3478
  Uniform administrative requirements..................1235, 2979, 2988
  USAID-funded assistance..........................................2987
Grazing lands:
  Administrative regulations.........................................71
  Grassland Reserve Program.........................................452
  National Forest System.......................................371, 378
  Navajo Partitioned Lands.........................................1848
  Permit regulations...............................................1821
Guaranteed loans:
  See Loan programs
Guns:
  See Arms and munitions


                                   H

Handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Harbors:
  Maintenance fees...........................................2420, 2421
Hatch Act:
  See Political activities (Government employees)
Hawaiian Natives:
  Defense acquisition contract awards to Native-owned small 
      businesses....................................................825
Hazardous materials transportation:
  See also Pipeline safety
  Aircraft carriage................................................2367
  Aluminum cylinders...............................................2359
  Cargo tank requirements..........................................2368
  Commercial driver's license endorsement..........................2273
    Security threat assessment of applicants.......................1464
  Explosive materials........................................1463, 2357
  FAA material recognition training................................2234
  Harmonization with UN recommendations............................2372
  Hazardous waste manifest rule....................................3358
  Infectious substances............................................2372
  International standards..........................................2380
  Lighters and lighter refills.....................................2370
  Lithium batteries..........................................2374, 2376
  Motor carriers...................................................2368
  Oxygen cylinders on aircraft.....................................2375
  Packaging........................................................2360
  Regulation revisions.....................2362, 2365, 2379, 2382, 2383
  Security...................................................2377, 2378
  Toxic by inhalation materials....................................2378
  UN standard cylinder requirements................................2371
  Wastewater treatment exemptions..................................3359
Hazardous substances:
  See also Explosives
           Flammable materials
           Hazardous materials transportation
           Hazardous waste
  Air pollutants........3044, 3045, 3047, 3072, 3085, 3086, 3088, 3089, 
           3094, 3095, 3102, 3108, 3111, 3117, 3119, 3126, 3146, 3147, 
           3153, 3156, 3160, 3174, 3179, 3180, 3181, 3182, 3183, 3201, 
           3206, 3212, 3214, 3215, 3216, 3217, 3219, 3220, 3221, 3223, 
           3225, 3226, 3227, 3228, 3234, 3236, 3238, 3245, 3252, 3310, 
                                                                   3360
    Delisting..........................................3068, 3185, 3186
  Asbestos...............................................82, 3304, 3560
  Beryllium........................................................2110
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3024
  CERCLA corrections...............................................3371
  Chemicals:
    Chemical test rules......................................3277, 3310
    Import of toxic chemicals......................................3281
  Chromium.....................................................86, 3184
  Crystalline silica...........................................84, 2106
  Designation under CERCLA.........................................3370
  Developmental and reproductive toxicity testing..................3313
  Diesel exhaust...................................................3032
  Diesel particulate matter..........................................83
  Drinking water regulations...............1079, 3379, 3398, 3400, 3408
  Enzymes and proteins.............................................3285
  Ethylene oxide.......................................3042, 3067, 3231
  Extremely hazardous substance list...............................3320
  Flame retardant chemicals.........................................159
  Halogenated solvents.............................................3046
  Hazard Communication Standard....................................2117
  Hydrochloric acid................................................3070
  Hydrochlorofluorocarbon..........................................3061
  Isocyanates......................................................3121
  Lead................................112, 2115, 3179, 3287, 3305, 3317
  Material Safety Data Sheets......................................3750
  Mercury..........................................................3282
  Metals...........................................................3311
  Metals from electroplating operations............................3332
  Method 24 amendment..............................................3035
  Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE)...............................3406
  NIH basic research and training grants...........................1096
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................2163
  Ozone depleting substances...........................3096, 3100, 3209
  Perchloroethylene................................................3045
  Pesticides.................................................3262, 3273
    Data requirements for registering biochemical or microbial 
        products...................................................3258
    Emergency exemption regulations.................................125
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program....................3268, 3276
    Produced by transgenic plants..................................3262
    Registration review program.....................................124
    Rules of practice..............................................3272
  Pipeline safety standards..................................2361, 2369
  Pollution contingency plan.................................3367, 3373
  Protection of human research subjects.............................126
  Radon............................................................3404
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3341
  Semiconductors manufacture and assembly..........................3345
  Sulfur oxides..............................................3053, 3173
  Sulfuric acid drain openers......................................3800
  Surface coatings.................................................3035
  Threshold planning quantity......................................3320
  Toxicological profiles:
    Metals.........................................................3311
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications..................3322, 3323
    Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds...............................3325
    Metal mining...................................................3327
    Reporting requirements...................................3324, 3327
  Water pollution control....................................3379, 3385
Hazardous waste:
  Carbamates.......................................................3368
  Cathode ray tubes................................................3343
  Cement kiln dust.................................................3346
  Comparable fuels exclusion under RCRA.............................117
  Disposal facilities:
    Combustion facilities..........................................3360
    Radioactive waste..............................................3256
  Generator regulatory program.....................................3352
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions...................................................3330
  Lead-acid batteries..............................................3354
  Manifest regulations.......................................3355, 3358

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  Mercury-containing equipment.....................................3361
  Permit program...................................................3356
  Polychlorinated biphenyls..................................3286, 3306
  Radioactive waste.....................................108, 4119, 4131
    Advance notification to Native American tribes of 
        transportation.............................................4132
    Dose methodology...............................................3257
  Recycling........................................................3343
  Solid waste.................................................128, 3348
  Solvents.........................................................3342
  Toxic waste site.................................................3281
  Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3351
  Transboundary shipment within Organization for Economic 
      Cooperation and Development member countries.................3333
  Uncontrolled sites on the NPL....................................3365
  Wastewater treatment sludges from automobile manufacturing.......3334
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.............................1136, 1159, 1203, 1216
  Anti-kickback provisions..........................................987
  Fraud and abuse provisions........................................994
  Home health agencies.............................................1114
    Medicare conditions of participation...........................1172
    Nondiscrimination in post-hospital referral....................1202
    Prospective payment system...............................1131, 1154
  Inmate fees......................................................1952
  Messaging and vocabulary standards adopted by Federal health 
      information technology systems...............................1161
  Nondiscrimination.................................................995
  Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network..............1082, 1090
  Organ transplantation:
    Blood vessels recovered with organs............................1028
  Performance standard for diagnostic x-ray systems................1077
  Physicians' referrals............................................1128
  Program exclusion for submitting claims containing excessive 
      charges.......................................................989
  Protection of human research subjects......................1107, 1110
  Risk-sharing arrangements.........................................987
  Underserved areas................................................1080
  Veterans:
    Advanced health care planning..................................2939
    Filipino veterans..............................................2944
    Hospital and outpatient care enrollment..........................99
    Non-VA service and care........................................2943
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2942
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2958, 2977
  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2091
Health facilities:
  See also Hospitals
           Nursing homes
  Ambulatory surgical centers:
    Conditions for coverage........................................1119
    List of covered procedures.....................................1152
    Payment rates..................................................1138
  Anti-kickback safe harbor statute.................................991
  Electronic submission of cost reports............................1196
  Fire safety requirements.............................1132, 1162, 1187
  Long-term care:
    Federal long-term care insurance regulations...................3583
    Hospice service................................................1121
    Immunization standard..........................................1217
    Preventing accumulation of surplus controlled substances.......1996
  Physician referrals for health services..........................1174
  Psychiatric residential treatment facilities.........1118, 1133, 1148
    Disproportionate share payments..........................1213, 1218
  Rehabilitation facilities:
    Inpatient facility classification..............................1215
    Inpatient prospective payment system.....................1140, 1205
  Rural health clinic services.....................................1141
  Skilled nursing facilities:
    Prospective payment system and consolidated billing......1167, 1210
  Use of restraint and seclusion.............................1118, 1148
Health insurance:
  See also Medicare
  Access:
    State alternative mechanisms...................................1192
    Support orders in the IV-D program.............................1228
  Astronaut Health Care Provision..................................3455
  Calculation of average cost of a policy..........................1083
  CHAMPUS:
    Claimcheck denials appeals process..............................900
    Double coverage.................................................899
    Dual compensation/conflict of interest provision................897
    Individual Case Management Program..............................902
    Methodology for coverage of NIH-sponsored clinical trials.......901
    Payment for ambulatory care.....................................896
    Prosthetic devices coverage.....................................898
    Regulation amendments...........................................912
    TRICARE......894, 895, 903, 904, 905, 906, 907, 908, 909, 910, 911, 
                                                               913, 914
  Claims attachment standard.......................................1173
  District of Columbia employees...................................3574
  Federal enforcement..............................................1186
  Government employees.....................3540, 3584, 3592, 3608, 3609
    Discontinuance in a national emergency.........................3541
    Flexible spending accounts...............................3563, 3586
    Long-term care insurance regulations...........................3583
    Suspension of Peace Corps eligibles' enrollment in FEHB 
        program....................................................3596
  Group plans integrated with Medicare programs....................2093
  Guaranteed availability and renewability to small employers......1191
  Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act..............1115
    Church plans...................................................2694
    Civil money penalties...........................................990
    Code set revisions.............................................1123
    Electronic transactions and code set standards.................1120
    Family and Medical Leave Act interaction.......................2756
    Health care access, portability and renewability.................79
    Nondiscrimination..............................80, 2693, 2694, 2695
    Special enrollment procedures..................................2756
    Tolling time periods...........................................2756
    Wellness programs..............................................2695
  Health plan identifiers..........................................1115
  Medical savings accounts tax regulations.........................2638
  Nondiscrimination regulations....................................1184
  Portability................................................1176, 1192
  Reduced SSA benefits due to private insurance coverage...........3720
  Retirement benefits...............................................132

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  State Children's Health Insurance Program:
    Allotments...............................................1165, 1207
    Disclosure of eligibility for food assistance programs..........311
    Payment error rate measurement program.........................1157
    Redistribution of unexpended funds.............................1211
  Veterans:
    Coverage for devices and prostheses............................2908
    Delegations of authority.......................................2908
    Preventive services............................................2909
Health insurance for aged:
  See Medicare
Health professions:
  Alien health care workers..................................1327, 2148
  National Practitioner Data Bank............................1081, 1089
  Nurses:
    Nonimmigrant aliens......................................1293, 2066
    VA assistance to State home program for the hiring and 
        retention of nurses........................................2946
  Physicians:
    DEA registration requirements for practitioners practicing in 
        more than one state........................................1989
    Fee schedule.........................................55, 1142, 1143
    Health services referrals................................1128, 1174
    National interest waivers for alien physicians.................1292
  Professional shortage areas......................................1080
Health records:
  Privacy and disclosure of SSA records and information............3669
Hearing and appeal procedures:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Helicopters:
  See Aircraft
Heliports:
  See Airports
Hepatitis B virus:
  Correctional management..........................................1951
Hepatitis C virus:
  Blood donors and recipients......................................1036
  Hospital conditions of participation.............................1146
Herbicides:
  See Pesticides and pests
Higher education:
  See Colleges and universities
Highway safety:
  Highway-rail grade crossings.....................................2268
  Mexican motor carriers...........................................2271
  Motor carrier regulations..................................2254, 2268
  Traffic control devices:
    Manual revision................................................2251
Highways and roads:
  See also Bridges
           Highway safety
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
           Motor vehicles
  Environmental impact regulations...........................2253, 2355
  Highway vehicle definition.......................................2687
  Project authorization and agreement..............................2252
Historic preservation:
  Army Corps of Engineers regulations...............................883
  Certification of historic structures.............................1792
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act...........1805
Historical records:
  See Archives and records
HIV:
  Correctional management..........................................1951
Hogs:
  Import restrictions...............................................229
Holding companies:
  Adjudicatory proceedings.........................................2902
  Change in bank control...................4037, 4038, 4039, 4042, 4046
  Exemption for certain acquisitions.........................4194, 4197
  Industry Guide 3 amendments......................................4159
Homeless:
  CACFP reimbursements for meals served to children in shelters 
                                                                    324
  Eligibility for free school meals.................................338
Honey:
  Research and promotion program....................................168
Hospice care:
  Medicaid and Medicare conditions of participation................1171
  Medicare policies................................................1147
  Requirements for long-term care facilities.......................1121
  Wage index.................................................1168, 1214
Hospitals:
  CHAMPUS payment for ambulatory care...............................896
  Conditions of participation:
    Laboratory services............................................1146
    Organ transplantation centers..................................1170
    Patients' rights...............................................1185
    Requirements of................................................1181
  Enhanced DSH treatment...........................................1151
  Grants administration.................................769, 1235, 2988
  Health Care Infrastructure Improvement Program.............1197, 1198
  Home health agency referral......................................1202
  Inpatient prospective payment system.........................52, 1208
  Inpatient psychiatric facilities.................................1133
    Disproportionate share payments..........................1213, 1218
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2085
  Medicaid:
    Outpatient services............................................1141
  Medicare:
    Coinsurance..............................................1164, 1220
    Extended care services coinsurance.......................1164, 1220
    Inpatient deductible.....................................1164, 1220
    Limitation on charges for services furnished to Indians........1091
    Long-term care prospective payment system................1134, 1204
    Outpatient prospective payment system......................54, 1139
    Oversight and validation program...............................1127
  Mortgage insurance...............................................1559
Hours of work:
  See Wages
Household appliances:
  Energy efficiency.............................31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 942
  Test procedures..............................................937, 949
Housing:
  See also Fair housing
           Homeless
           Housing standards
           Low and moderate income housing
           Manufactured homes
           Mortgage insurance
           Mortgages
           Public housing
  Accelerated claims disposition...................................1579
  Affordable Housing Program.......................................4023
  American Dream Downpayment Initiative............................1538
  Community development block grants:
    Brownfields activities.........................................1591
    Slum and blight prevention.....................................1591
    Small cities program...........................................1588
  Disposition of HUD-acquired single-family properties...............63
  Disposition of HUD-owned assets in revitalization areas..........1551
  Electronic document retention....................................1540
  Energy-efficiency rating guidelines..........................940, 946
  Environmental regulations..........................................62
  Federal Housing Administration:
    Disciplinary actions against HUD-qualified real estate 
        brokers....................................................1571
    Electronic endorsement of mortgages............................1584
    Quality control plans..........................................1562
  HOME Investment Partnerships Program.............................1535

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  Housing counseling program.......................................1570
  Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS program................64
  HUD acquisition regulations................................1599, 1600
  Indian Housing Block Grant Program.........................1608, 1618
    Self-insurance plans...........................................1607
  Insular Areas Program............................................1534
  Lead-based paint.................................................3317
  Limitation of insured loans to nonprofit agencies................1558
  Mark-to-Market Program...........................................1546
  Multifamily:
    Accelerated loan processing quality assurance enforcement......1582
    Closing forms and documents....................................1576
    Disposition of HUD-owned projects..............................1560
  NAHASDA amendments...............................................1613
  Nondiscrimination in programs and activities receiving Federal 
      financial assistance.........................................1529
  Office of Inspector General subpoenas............................1601
  One dollar home sales to local governments.......................1548
  Rural:
    Farm labor housing..............................................263
    Loan policies...................................................257
    Loans and grants.................................261, 262, 263, 264
    Multiple-family housing.........................................263
    New and existing dwellings definition...........................258
    Planning and performing construction............................259
    Rental housing..................................................263
  Self-Help Opportunity Program....................................1587
  Specially adapted housing for disabled veterans..................2971
  Streamlining regulations..........................................263
  Supportive Housing Programs................................1586, 1592
  Teacher Next Door Sales Program..................................1552
  Uniform standards for grants and agreements......................1533
Housing assistance payments:
  See Housing
Housing standards:
  Manufactured homes construction standards........................1573
  Manufactured housing dispute resolution program..................1557
  Manufactured housing installation program..................1556, 1574
  On-site construction.............................................1555
Human research subjects:
  Protection of.....58, 126, 467, 783, 915, 916, 969, 1045, 1107, 1109, 
                         1110, 1111, 2045, 2972, 2989, 3027, 3462, 3499
  Student rights....................................................923
Humane treatment of animals:
  See Animal welfare
Hunting:
  Migratory birds.......1663, 1694, 1697, 1719, 1735, 1749, 1777, 1779, 
                                                       1782, 1784, 1786
  Refuge-specific regulations................................1739, 1785
Hydroelectric power:
  See Electric power
Hydropower:
  Licensing hearings process.......................................1626
  Regulation amendments............................................4010
  Review of mandatory conditions of licensing.......................670


                                   I

Immigration:
  See also Aliens
           Citizenship and naturalization
  Address notification.............................................1496
  Affidavit of support.......................................1284, 2012
  Appeal fees......................................................1349
  Appeals efficiency...............................................1274
  Asylum procedures:
    Frivolous applications.........................................1350
    Numerical limit on grants......................................1346
  Authority of the DHS Secretary...................................1243
  Benefit application fee..........................................1278
  Biometric data collection........................................1277
  Border crossing identification documents.........................2158
  Cancellation of removal....................................2000, 2002
  Centralized filing of bond appeals...............................1475
  Child Citizenship Act............................................1298
  Consent to reapply for admission after removal...................1268
  Detention of aliens subject to final orders of removal...........1480
  Disclosure of records............................................1331
  Electronic signatures on applications and petitions for 
      benefits.....................................................1341
  Employment:
    Authorization eligibility......................................1350
    Eligibility verification.......................................2159
    Employer petitions.............................................1326
    Employer sanctions.............................................1494
    Employment creation petitions..................................1273
    Verification requirements......................................1335
  Exchange visitors:
    Waiver of two-year foreign residence requirement...............1269
  Executive Office for Immigration Review authorities..............2001
  Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry..............1424
  Fingerprinting certain applicants................................1291
  Genealogy Program processing fee.................................1272
  Hunger strikes by detainees......................................1469
  Immigrant Investor Pilot Program.................................1319
  Immigration proceedings..........................................1999
  Inadmissibility..................................................1258
  Individuals with disabilities:
    Naturalization procedures......................................1314
  Intercountry adoptions...........................................1263
  Interest payments on cancelled cash bonds........................1470
  International broadcasters.......................................1300
  International matchmaking organization requirements........1259, 1998
  Jurisdiction over appeals of INS decisions involving 
      administrative fines.........................................2005
  Law enforcement officers training during mass influx of aliens 
                                                             1431, 1497
  Legal Immigration Family Equity Act..................1301, 1303, 2002
  Payment of fees methods..........................................1487
  Permanent resident status..................................1281, 1299
  Powers and authorities of officers and employees.................1482
  Preinspected automated lane program..............................1434
  Protective orders in administration proceedings..................2003
  Representative registry..........................................2004
  Revoking grants of naturalization................................1290
  Seizures and forfeitures.........................................1418
  Surety bonds...............................................1472, 1474
  Suspension of deportation............................1337, 2000, 2002
  United Nations Convention Against Torture........................1286
  User fee remittance..............................................1429
  Waivers for nonimmigrants........................................1312
  Withholding of adjudication......................................1315
Imports:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Customs duties and inspection
  Agricultural inspection along the U.S./Canada border..............234
  Alcohol and alcoholic products...................................2473
  Apparel articles..................................................474
  Arms-related items...............................................1973
  Bigeye tuna.......................................................713
  Bluefin tuna......................................................713
  Border Release Advanced Screening and Selectivity Program........1438
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention..................238, 244
  Captive-bred exotic birds........................................1639
  Cattle..............................................................4
  Certification of factual information during antidumping and 
      countervailing duty proceedings...............................475
  Chemicals:
    Blanket certifications.............................3293, 3294, 3314
    Reporting requirements for controlled substances...............1982
  Control of PMN chemicals.........................................3308
  Dairy products....................................................183

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  Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2402
  Duty-free entry...................................................474
  Eggs..............................................................347
  Endangered and threatened species................................1660
  Explosive materials:
    Identification markings........................................1975
  Firearms and ammunition..........................................2481
  Food products..............................................1044, 1072
  Fruits.........................................................6, 236
  Halon-1301 aircraft fire extinguishing vessels...................3143
  Icelandic eiderdown..............................................1765
  Meat and meat products...............................8, 229, 364, 366
  Milk and milk products............................................240
  Motor vehicles.............................................2335, 3190
    Commercial.....................................................2319
  Nuclear equipment and materials......................4145, 4146, 4152
  Nursery stock.......................................................7
  Parrots..........................................................1717
  Phytosanitary certificates for fruits and vegetables..............237
  Pine shoot beetle host material...................................227
  Pirated audio-visual works.......................................2410
  Plants............................................................231
  Polar bear trophies..............................................1647
  Poultry products..................................................347
  Prohibited marks on tobacco and cigarette products...............2530
  Restrictions on archaeological and ethnological materials........2413
  Seeds...............................................................9
  Single entry for entities on multiple conveyances................2403
  Steel products....................................................470
  Swordfish.........................................................713
  Tobacco products............................................167, 2505
  Tuberculosis risk classification....................................4
  Uniform rules of origin..........................................2391
  Used ozone-depleting substances for destruction..................3166
  Vegetables..........................................................6
  Wild birds.................................................1654, 1717
  Wildlife.........................................................1640
  Wine.............................................................2499
  Wool:
    Worsted wool fabrics.......................................471, 476
Income taxes:
  Accelerated death benefits.......................................2787
  Accrual rules for creditable foreign taxes.......................2588
  Accruals and allocations reductions because of increased age.....2702
  Active trade or business requirement.............................2608
  Allocation and apportionment rules...............................2582
  Allocation of basis in connection with adjustments and 
      determinations...............................................2848
  Allocation of basis to distributes following a reorganization 
                                                                   2724
  Alternative minimum tax..........................................2781
  Asset ownership..................................................2792
  Assumption of liabilities........................................2657
  Authorized placement agency......................................2692
  Automated substitute for return............................2733, 2874
  Below-market loans...............................................2603
  Bonds:
    Allocation and accounting regulations..........................2596
    Municipal......................................................2767
    Private activity...............................................2682
    Qualified zone academy bonds...................................2736
    Tax-exempt bonds issued by State and local governments.........2703
  Branch remittances...............................................2556
  Capitalization of expenditures to repair or improve tangible 
      property.....................................................2636
  Capitalized costs................................................2630
  Caribbean Basin countries........................................2780
  Carryback of consolidated net operating losses to separate 
      years........................................................2863
  Charitable contributions.........................................2883
  Claims against decedent's estate.................................2602
  Collection after assessment......................................2739
  Collection due process.....................................2722, 2723
  Collections:
    Collection of income tax at source to statutory stock options
                                                                   2841
    Installment agreements.........................................2561
    Levied property................................................2855
  Communications excise tax........................................2586
  Consolidated groups:
    Application of section 108...............................2740, 2873
    Computation of taxable income..................................2743
    Duplicate tax benefits.........................................2867
    Intercompany transactions......................................2759
    Loss limitation rules..........................................2591
  Consolidated returns:
    Intercompany obligations.................................2579, 2685
    Interest income................................................2729
    Regulation amendments..........................................2800
  Constructive sales of appreciated financial positions............2795
  Contingent at closing escrows....................................2808
  Converting an IRA annuity to a Roth IRA....................2655, 2656
  Coordination of income taxes for US and certain possessions.....2809, 
                                                                   2815
  Corporations:
    Alternative minimum tax........................................2781
    Assumption of liabilities......................................2577
    Continuances...................................................2751
    Disclosure to the Bureau of Economic Analysis............2607, 2632
    Estimated tax..................................................2572
    Gain on stock distributions....................................2860
    Gains on assets held by a corporation converted from C to S 
                                                                   2762
    Indian Tribal Corporations.....................................2818
    LIFO recapture...........................................2816, 2893
    No net equity value transactions...............................2810
    Operating rules for successors in liquidations.................2758
    Organizational expenditures....................................2663
    Prohibited allocation of securities............................2732
    Reorganizations....................................2749, 2760, 2871
    S corporations.............2626, 2670, 2732, 2797, 2812, 2872, 2893
    Shareholder's basis in stock...................................2626
    Start-up expenditures..........................................2663
    Stock ownership in another corporation.........................2631
    Withholding taxes..............................................2466
  Cost sharing.....................................................2587
  Cross-border transactions..................................2583, 2619
  Current liability interest rate............................2611, 2814
  Custodial account contributions..................................2715
  Deductions from intangible property..............................2696
  Deferred compensation............................................2844
  Dependent care credit............................................2594
  Dependent definition.............................................2644
  Deposit requirements for employment taxes..................2838, 2839
  Depreciation computation.........................................2727
  Designated or related summons....................................2601
  Determination of residency in U.S. possessions...................2741
  Discharge of property............................................2642
  Disclosure of return information.....................2578, 2768, 2829
  Disclosure regulations for reportable transactions........2831, 2832, 
                                                             2833, 2834
  Disclosures to subcontractors....................................2811
  Disqualified person..............................................2617
  Disregarded entities and collections.............................2645
  Distributions of property........................................2866
  Dollar-value last-in, first-out (LIFO) inventory method..........2574
  Domestic workers.................................................2837
  Dual consolidated losses.........................................2746
  Earnings and profits attribution principles......................2801
  Electronic filing of business returns............................2726
  Electronic filing requirements...................................2819
  Electronic tax administration....................................2802
  Electronic transmissions.........................................2794

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  Employee benefits:
    Cafeteria plans....................................2674, 2698, 2773
    Electronic transmission of notices, elections or consents......2622
    Limitations....................................................2817
  Employee stock ownership plans:
    Dividends paid deduction.......................................2662
  Employer contributions for deferred compensation.................2580
  Employer contributions to medical savings accounts...............2638
  Employer's annual Federal employment tax return............2825, 2827
  Environmental protection:
    Capital costs incurred to comply with sulfur regulations......2671, 
                                                                   2772
  Escrow funds...............................................2614, 2679
  Estimated tax regulations........................................2882
  Excess operating fund investment.................................2466
  Farm income averaging regulations..........................2637, 2643
  Federal Insurance Contributions Act........................2837, 2841
  Federal Unemployment Tax Act.....................................2841
  Filing corrections...............................................2805
  Filing extensions..........................................2842, 2843
  Foreign corporations.................................2557, 2676, 2782
    Definition of qualified foreign corporation....................2612
    Earnings and profits.....................................2779, 2785
    Entity classification....................................2820, 2821
    Exclusions from gross income...................................2769
    Foreign stapled corporations.............................2879, 2880
    Income rules...................................................2571
    Information returns requirements...............................2648
    Ownership by former shareholders or partners of domestic 
        entities.............................................2669, 2771
    Pro rata share determination.............................2660, 2755
    Statutory mergers..............................................2761
    Stock transfer rules...........................................2689
    Transfer of intangibles........................................2575
  Foreign currency contract..................................2846, 2847
  Foreign governments..............................................2777
  Foreign insurance companies..........................2558, 2748, 2850
  Foreign investment companies.....................................2570
  Foreign Investment in Real Property Act..........................2677
  Foreign tax credit.............................2589, 2690, 2774, 2776
  Fraud committed by return affiliate..............................2627
  Fringe benefit income allocation.................................2851
  Fuel excise tax regulations..........................2633, 2765, 2890
  Functional currency..............................................2779
  General utilities repeal.........................................2852
  Generation skipping transfer tax:
    Deemed allocations.............................................2869
    Qualified severance of a trust.................................2659
  Gift tax value determination.....................................2621
  Grantor..........................................................2792
  Guarantee fees...................................................2875
  Highly compensated employee................................2788, 2796
  HIPAA portability................................................2756
  Income allocation................................................2696
  Income attributable to domestic production activities............2640
  Income from labor or personal services...........................2884
  Income from ocean and space activities...........................2564
  Income from sources within specified possession..................2862
  Installment obligations..........................................2870
  Insurance companies........................................2697, 2849
    Attained age of the insured....................................2813
  Interest.......................................2678, 2690, 2691, 2729
  Interest equivalent deduction election...........................2881
  Interest-free adjustments........................................2786
  International communications income..............................2564
  International organizations......................................2777
  Investigative disclosures........................................2709
  Investment adjustment rules......................................2868
  Life insurance and annuity contract guidance.........2728, 2885, 2891
  Like-kind exchanges..............................................2614
  Liquidation of an interest.......................................2592
  Losses:
    Limitation on transfer of built-in losses................2652, 2653
    Separate limitation............................................2778
    Waiver of carryovers...........................................2868
  Low-income housing credit allocation and certification...........2649
  Mark-to-market treatment for marketable stocks.............2599, 2719
  Mergers or consolidations qualifying as reorganizations..........2701
  Mixed use output facilities......................................2711
  Non-accrual experience method of accounting......................2713
  Non-shelter revisions............................................2584
  Nondiscrimination cross-testing rules to cash balance pension 
      plans........................................................2806
  Nondiscrimination requirement with respect to benefits or 
      contributions................................................2658
  Normalization requirements.......................................2699
  Notarization requirement for statements of purchase..............2807
  Notional principal contracts.....................................2717
  Obligation to file notice of redetermination of foreign tax......2774
  Partnerships:
    Assumption of liabilities......................................2858
    Basis reduction in stock of a corporate partner................2672
    Capital gains rollover.........................................2738
    Deemed dispositions of unrealized receivables and inventory 
        items......................................................2555
    Disallowance of loss transfers.................................2672
    Disguised sales................................................2737
    Disregarded entities...........................................2754
    Distributive share determination...............................2625
    Equity for services............................................2720
    Exception qualification guidance...............................2641
    Foreign tax credit allocation..................................2708
    Guaranteed payments to partners................................2628
    New markets tax credit allocation..............................2585
    Options........................................................2704
    Retiring or deceased partner...................................2799
    Section 1503(d) applications...................................2853
    Substantiality rules...........................................2624
    Withholding reduction..........................................2822
    Withholding tax on foreign partners' share of effectively 
        connected income...........................................2859
  Passive foreign investment companies.............................2570
  Payments:
    No return of information required..............................2616
    Overpayment interest calculation...............................2823
  Payments in the nature of workers compensation...................2606
  Payments to attorneys......................................2568, 2686
  Performance of actuarial service under ERISA.....................2604
  PFIC purging elections...............................2598, 2734, 2750
  Predeceased parent rule..........................................2876
  Previously taxed earnings and profits............................2576
  Principal accounting method......................................2629
  Principal residence seizure......................................2861
  Procedure and administration.....................................2784
  Public inspection of written determinations......................2610
  Qualified contract provisions....................................2615
  Qualified intellectual property contributions..............2830, 2886
  Railroad track maintenance credit..........................2667, 2668
  Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits:
    Accrual for certain regular interests..........................2721
    Foreign holders..........................................2593, 2664
    Interest-only regular interests................................2613
    Tetra rules....................................................2878
  Real estate transactions:
    Timber sales information reporting.............................2661
  Reconsideration of Rev. Rule 69-302..............................2681
  Redemptions treated as dividends.................................2705
  Regulated investment companies:
    Reporting of foreign taxes paid................................2634
  Regulation amendments............................................2673
  Release of lien..................................................2642
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................2706, 2783

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  Research credit................................2620, 2635, 2864, 2887
  Research expenditures resulting in inventory property............2654
  Resident status............................................2675, 2889
  Retirement annuity contributions.................................2715
  Retirement plans.....................................2728, 2731, 2790
    Deemed IRAs....................................................2745
    Designated Roth contributions under cash or deferred 
        arrangements...............................................2766
    Disclosure of relative values of optional forms of benefit.....2764
    Exclusion of employees of 501(c)(3) organizations in 401(k) 
        and 401(m) plans...........................................2742
    Phased retirement program......................................2747
  Section 179 elections............................................2877
  Section 6159.....................................................2561
  Section 6343.....................................................2855
  Section 882......................................................2791
  Section 884......................................................2791
  Securities.................................................2560, 2789
    Abandonment of.................................................2845
  Simplified service cost and simplified production methods to 
      self-constructed assets................................2840, 2892
  Single-sum distributions from cash balance pension plans.........2595
  Small businesses:
    Disabled access credit.........................................2623
  Solid waste disposal facility definition.........................2744
  Source rules involving U.S. possessions..........................2889
  Special depreciation allowance.......................2650, 2651, 2714
  Stewardship expenses.............................................2600
  Stock options....................................................2730
  Stock transfer regulations...........................2569, 2618, 2753
    Continuity of interest.........................................2757
  Straddles:
    Carrying charges...............................................2691
    Definition of loss.............................................2605
    Miscellaneous issues...........................................2680
  Subchapter T cooperatives..................................2824, 2826
  Substitute dividend payments in securities lending...............2590
  Substitute for return......................................2733, 2874
  Summonses of third-party recordkeepers...........................2581
  Supplemental wage withholding....................................2763
  Support test for children of divorced parents....................2609
  Suspension of interest and penalties.............................2828
  Tacking rule requirement.........................................2665
  Targeted populations.............................................2666
  Tax credits:
    Low-income housing.............................................2804
    Puerto Rico....................................................2775
  Tax shelter rules..........................................2835, 2836
  Taxable fuel entry...............................................2725
  Taxable years for CFCs and FPHCs.................................2573
  Taxpayer Bill of Rights....................................2561, 2855
  Timely mailing treatment.........................................2803
  Toll telephone service definition................................2710
  Tractors, trailers, trucks, and tires............................2639
  Transactions involving related parties, pass-through entities, 
      or other intermediaries......................................2730
  Transferor or transferee as a predecessor or successor...........2718
  Travel expenses for members of Congress..........................2562
  Treatment of services............................................2712
  Trusts:
    Charitable remainder trusts....................................2856
    Financial asset securitization investment trusts (FASIT).......2854
    Foreign trusts.................................................2793
    Non-exempt employees...........................................2792
    Qualified severance regulations................................2735
    Reporting earned income........................................2614
  Underpayment.....................................................2752
  Utility allowances...............................................2597
  Voluntary State tax withholding from retired pay of Service 
      members.......................................................754
  Widely held fixed investment trusts..............................2706
  Withholding by Federal agencies..................................2463
  Withholding certificates.............................2770, 2794, 2888
  Withholding for qualified intermediaries.........................2700
Indians:
  See also Indians-arts and crafts
           Indians-business and finance
           Indians-lands
           Indians-law
           Indians-tribal government
  Alaska resupply operation........................................1840
  Appeals from administrative actions..............................1819
  Certificates of degree of Indian blood...........................1846
  Electric power utilities.........................................1813
  Extending wireless telecommunications services to tribal lands 
                                                                   3944
  Food assistance programs..........................................290
  Housing:
    Indian Housing Block Grant Program.................1607, 1608, 1618
    NAHASDA amendments.............................................1613
  Limitation on charges by Medicare participating inpatient 
      hospitals....................................................1091
  Livestock assistance program......................................211
  National Indian Gaming Commission.......4095, 4102, 4103, 4104, 4105, 
                                                                   4108
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act...........1805
  Navajo generating station..................................3167, 3168
  Peyote use in traditional religion ceremonies....................1986
  Preference in employment.........................................1835
  Processing requests for reindeer by non-native Alaskans..........1842
  Revision of the membership roll of the Eastern Band of Cherokee 
      of North Carolina............................................1836
  Spent fuel shipment notification.................................4132
  STOP Violence Against Indian Women Discretionary Grant Program 
                                                                   2028
  Subsistence fishing.........................................719, 1736
  Subsistence hunting and fishing on Federal lands in Alaska......1677, 
                                           1678, 1682, 1694, 1730, 1776
  Subsistence taking of northern fur seals..........................680
  Transport of eagle feathers......................................1750
  Welfare reform:
    Welfare-to-Work Program........................................2073
Indians-arts and crafts:
  Sale of handicrafts in National Park System......................1807
  Use of northern sea otter..................................1685, 1772
Indians-business and finance:
  Acquisition regulations..........................................3754
  Gaming operations:
    Civil fines....................................................4108
    Classification standards........................................163
    Debt collection................................................4107
    Facility licensing standards...................................4106
    Minimum internal control standards..............................161
    Privacy Act procedures.........................................4097
    Revenue allocation plans.......................................1814
    Sole proprietary interest......................................4109
    Technical standards for gaming machines and gaming systems......162
  Indian Tribal Corporations.......................................2818
  Loan guaranty, insurance, and interest subsidy...................1847
  Management contracts.............................................4102
  Net gaming revenue...............................................4103
  Trust funds......................................................1850
  Unclaimed Individual Indian Moneys funds.........................1820
Indians-lands:
  Air pollution control implementation.............................3175
  Allotments.......................................................1908
  American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act.................1627
  Annual funding agreements........................................1683
  Business lease procedures........................................1833

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  Deposit of proceeds from lands withdrawn for Native selection 
                                                                   1845
  Environmental quality enhancement................................1852
  EPA new source reviews...........................................3037
  Forestry regulations.............................................1854
  Grazing permits............................................1821, 1848
  Irrigation projects..............................................1839
  Leasing for mineral development......................1829, 1830, 1838
  Leasing of trust and restricted lands............................1841
  Management of tribal assets of the Ute Indian Tribe..............1837
  Mining regulations...................................1827, 1828, 1897
  National Forest System lands......................................371
  Oil and gas leases.........................................1823, 1824
  Oil valuation from leases..........................................68
  Probate of trust estates...................................1822, 1832
  Reservation proclamations........................................1816
  Rights-of-way....................................................1851
  Title documents requirements.....................................1853
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................412
Indians-law:
  BIA regulations..................................................1815
  Construction of jails............................................2041
  Courts of Indian Offenses........................................1849
  Detention facilities and programs................................1834
  Hearings and appeals.............................................4100
  NIGC enforcement regulations.....................................4101
  Use or distribution of judgment funds................1817, 1818, 1843
Indians-tribal government:
  Tribal background investigations.................................4104
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...........................................398
    Outdoor developed areas........................................2991
    Outdoor recreation facilities...................................399
    Public accommodations and commercial facilities..................72
    Public rights-of-way...........................................2990
    State and local government services..............................73
    Telecommunications equipment and customer premises equipment 
                                                                   3831
    Transportation...........................................2166, 2173
  Aggravation of a disability by active service....................2976
  Assistance to disabled veterans in acquiring specially adapted 
      housing......................................................2971
  Contractor and subcontractor obligations...................2051, 2053
  Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act.....1224
  Disability ratings:
    Age categories..................................................151
    Cardiovascular conditions......................................2952
    Cardiovascular impairments......................................155
    Convulsive disorders...........................................2967
    Digestive system................................................154
    Drug addiction or alcoholism...................................3675
    Expiration date extension......................................3734
    Genito-urinary tract...........................................3726
    Growth impairment........................................3668, 3729
    Hearing impairments............................................3690
    Hematological disorders........................................3678
    Hypertension...................................................2952
    Immune system...................................................140
    Individual unemployability.....................................2947
    Labyrinthine-vestibular function disturbance...................3690
    Language and speech disorders..................................3691
    Mental disorders................................................141
    Multiple body systems..........................................3727
    Multiple scars.................................................2954
    Neurological conditions..................................2967, 3674
    Respiratory disorders....................................2952, 3676
    Special senses.................................................3673
    Vision.........................................................2948
  Excepted appointment for employment..............................3545
  Exemption of work activity as basis for continuing disability 
      review........................................................139
  Expedited reinstatement of SSA disability benefits...............3700
  Javits-Wagner-O'Day program:
    Labor hours ratio requirements.................................2995
  Medical improvement eligibility group............................1199
  Medical-vocational guidelines....................................3702
  Motor vehicle modifications......................................2323
  Naturalization application.......................................1314
  Nondiscrimination....................................3436, 3611, 3715
    Air travel.....................................................2181
    CNCS...........................................................3003
    DHS programs...................................................1240
    Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation.......................3715
    GSA............................................................3441
    HUD programs...................................................1529
    NARA...........................................................3474
    OFHEO..........................................................3502
  Passenger vessel access....................................2179, 2992
  Plans to achieve self-support.....................................156
  Self-Sufficiency Program..........................................142
  SSA disability determination process.......................3682, 3683
    Administrative review process...................................152
    Continuing disability review failure to cooperate procedures 
                                                                    148
    Medical equivalence policy......................................153
    Review of state agency determinations..........................3722
  Supportive Housing Programs......................................1586
  Telecommunications relay services..........................3832, 3833
  Ticket to Work Program............................................142
  Transportation regulations.......................................2171
  Video programming accessibility..................................3912
  Vocational rehabilitation services:
    Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in 
        a program..................................................3730
    Referral for services..........................................3717
  Work report receipts issuance.....................................144
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..................................2233, 2243
  All-terrain vehicle ban for children under 16....................3807
  Baby bath seat ban...............................................3797
  Bunk bed cornerpost standard.....................................3801
  Child Care and Development Fund..................................1232
  Child Citizenship Act............................................1298
  Child Status Protection Act................................1317, 2139
  Child support....................................................1233
  Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule........................4056
  Crib safety standards............................................3794
  Food assistance programs.......295, 311, 313, 324, 330, 334, 340, 341
  Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children.......................1084
  Infant formula.............................................1047, 1048
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2085
  Motor vehicle restraint systems................2291, 2296, 2304, 2321
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................307
  Poison prevention................................................3806
  Portable bed rail safety.........................................3796
  State Children's Health Insurance Program:
    Allotments...............................................1165, 1207
    Disclosure of eligibility for food assistance programs..........311

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    Payment error rate measurement program.........................1157
    Redistribution of unexpended funds.............................1211
  Television programming.....................................3900, 3901
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..................................1040, 1109
Insurance:
  See also Bank deposit insurance
           Crop insurance
           Flood insurance
           Health insurance
           Insurance companies
           Life insurance
           Mortgage insurance
           Surety bonds
           Unemployment compensation
  Disaster assistance requirements.................................1518
  FCSIC regulation.................................................3828
  Terrorism Risk Insurance Program...........................2419, 2425
Insurance companies:
  Anti-money laundering program....................................2451
  Asset acquisitions...............................................2697
  Attained age of the insured......................................2813
  Income tax regulations...........................................2849
Insured loans:
  See Loan programs
Intelligence:
  See Classified information
Intergovernmental relations:
  See also Grant programs
  Alternative fuels incentives program..............................933
  Code of conduct for International Space Station crew.............3458
  EPA..................................................3123, 3385, 3389
International agreements:
  See Treaties
International boundaries:
  Border crossing cards:
    Elimination of.................................................1423
International trade:
  See Foreign trade
Inventions and patents:
  Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement Act...............733
  DFARS regulations.................................................801
  Electronic application exchange between intellectual property 
      offices.......................................................734
  Electronic submission of documents................................740
  Ex parte and inter partes reexamination practice..................735
  Examination of claims in applications.............................742
  Examination of multiple continuation applications.................741
  Fees.........................................................746, 747
    Handling applications filed without appropriate fees............736
    Refund provisions...............................................736
    Revisions.......................................................731
  Foreign rights in inventions......................................751
  Government-owned inventions:
    Licensing.......................................................749
  Information disclosure statement requirements.....................743
  Means- or step- plus-function claim elements in applications......745
  Mineral patent applications......................................1906
  Nonprofit organizations...........................................750
  NSF regulation...................................................3501
  Power of attorney provisions......................................737
  Pre-brief appeal conference for applications under appeal.........744
  Representation of others before the USPTO.........................729
  Signature provisions..............................................737
  Small businesses..................................................750
  Submission of chemical and 3-D biological structural data in 
      electronic format.............................................739
Investigations:
  Government personnel.............................................3537
Investment advisers:
  See Securities
Investment companies:
  Affiliate transactions...........................................4189
  Anti-money laundering program for unregistered companies.........2457
  Confirmation of transactions.....................................4206
  Disclosure requirements....................................4169, 4207
    Mutual fund information........................................4183
    Privacy protection.............................................4180
  EDGAR system requirements........................................4193
  Eligible portfolio companies.....................................4192
  Form N-SAR.......................................................4184
  Income tax regulations...........................................2634
  Independent transmission companies...............................4195
  Issued ratably definition........................................4182
  Money market fund exemptions.....................................4188
  Portfolio transaction cost disclosure............................4179
  Registration form and rules................................4178, 4184
  Small business investment companies:
    Maximum leverage eligibility...................................3639
Investments:
  See also Brokers
           Commodity futures
           Investment companies
           Securities
           United States investments abroad
  Annuity broker qualifications....................................2027
  Cash solicitation rule...........................................4185
  Exemptions regarding officers and directors of public utility 
      holding companies............................................4196
  Financial services transactions between U.S. providers and 
      unaffiliated foreign persons..................................456
  Investment advisers:
    Anti-money laundering program..................................2452
    Electronic filing..............................................4187
    Political contributions........................................4176
    Proxy voting policies..........................................4169
    Thrift institutions............................................4186
  Mutual funds:
    Reporting suspicious transactions..............................2444
  U.S. direct investment abroad.....................................457
Irrigation:
  Project operation and maintenance................................1839


                                   K

Kidney diseases:
  Medicare:
    Conditions for coverage........................................1169


                                   L

Labeling:
  See also Food labeling
           Packaging and containers
  Alcoholic beverages............................2472, 2474, 2475, 2509
  Biobased products.................................................420
  Blood and blood components.......................................1046
  Drugs..............................45, 47, 49, 1011, 1019, 1056, 1062
  Fuel economy of motor vehicles....................................107
  Home insulation..................................................4067
  Hydrocarbon-containing products..................................3806
  Latex condoms....................................................1016
  Malt beverages...................................................2513
  Pesticides.......................................................3262

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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....................2048
  Freedom of Information Act.................................2046, 2108
  Homeland Security Labor Relations Board..........................1257
  Labor laws application to government acquisitions.................841
  Labor organization officer and employee reports..................2052
  Local, intermediate, national or international status of labor 
      organizations................................................2056
  Notification of employee rights concerning payment of union 
      dues or fees.................................................3772
  Small Business Job Protection Act................................2049
  Standards for contracts involving construction.............3744, 3763
  Standards of conduct for federal sector unions...................2054
Laboratories:
  Accreditation of analytical chemistry laboratories................349
  Clinical laboratories regulation.................................1124
  Fee rates for agricultural industry testing.......................172
  Hospital conditions of participation.............................1146
  Using private laboratories with regard to FDA actions............1076
  Waste management.................................................3335
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..............................................2042
  Carriage of concealed weapons....................................2021
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act...2019, 2022, 2023, 
                                                                   3920
  Exchange of criminal history record information..................2015
  Fish and Wildlife Service........................................1634
  Forest Service....................................................374
  Indian country...................................................1815
  Military police investigations....................................881
  National Indian Gaming Commission................................4101
  Police department review for pattern or practice of unlawful 
      conduct......................................................1961
  Private Security Officer Employment Authorization Act............2020
  Public lands.....................................................1910
  Retirement.......................................................3606
  Training of officers authorized to enforce immigration law 
      during mass influx of aliens...........................1431, 1497
  Use of tobacco products without payment of tax...................2504
Lawyers:
  Ethical standards................................................2026
  Reimbursement for attorney's fees in DOI legal proceedings.......1623
  Reimbursement for fees in DHS proceedings........................1254
  Representation for aliens in immigration proceedings.............2004
  Standards of conduct:
    SEC............................................................4221
Lead poisoning:
  Paint...........................................112, 3287, 3305, 3317
  Reducing lead consumption and use................................3291
Libraries:
  Disposition of culturally identifiable human remains in 
      possession of museums........................................1795
  Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments.................3490
  Grant program regulations........................................3491
  Presidential library facilities..................................3485
  Privacy Act implementation.......................................3492
  Title IX of the Education Act Amendments.........................3493
Life insurance:
  Accelerated death benefits.......................................2787
  Attained age of insured..........................................2891
  District of Columbia employees...................................3574
  Government employees.............................................3539
    Federal Acquisition Regulation.................................3610
  Group term.......................................................2885
  Solicitation on DoD installations.................................779
Liquors:
  Dealers..........................................................2535
  Exports..........................................................2482
Livestock:
  See also Grazing lands
           Meat and meat products
           Meat inspection
           Poultry and poultry products
  Aquatic animals...................................................164
  Assistance for producers..........................................198
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention.......241, 244, 245, 1023
  Cattle importation..................................................4
  Chronic wasting disease in farmed elk and deer....................225
  Disaster assistance program.......................................211
  Foot-and-mouth disease............................................224
  Interstate movement of sheep and goats............................232
  National Forest System restrictions...............................385
  National Organic Program..................................1, 169, 174
Loan programs:
  Fishing capacity reduction loans.............................651, 652
  Health Care Infrastructure Improvement Program.............1197, 1198
  Medical research.................................................1106
  NIH loan repayment programs......................................1093
  Special Community Disaster Loans Program.........................1504
Loan programs-agriculture:
  Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program.....423, 424, 430, 432, 
                                                               433, 435
  Community programs................................................255
  Energy efficiency.................................................437
  Farm Credit Administration:
    Assessment and apportionment of administrative expenses........3808
    Borrower rights..........................................3810, 3827
    Capital adequacy.........................................3818, 3824
    Disclosure and reporting requirements....................3811, 3817
    Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation................3813, 3826
    Financially related services...................................3809
    Funding and fiscal affairs.........................3823, 3824, 3825
    Governance of institutions.....................................3817
    Investments, liquidity and divestiture requirements............3822
    Loan policies and operations...................................3824
    Mission-related investments....................................3820
    Policies and operations..................................3823, 3825
    Priority of claims.............................................3821
    Receivership repudiation authorities...........................3819
    Regulatory burden..............................................3812
    Scope of financing regulations.................................3814
    Termination regulations........................................3815
  Farm Loan Program:
    Regulatory streamlining.........................................195
  Farm Service Agency:
    Appraisal updates...............................................192
    Debt collection and settlement regulations......................202
    Interest assistance program.....................................196
    Unauthorized assistance on guaranteed loans.....................208
  Guaranteed farm loan regulations..................................188
  Housing...........................................................434
  Intermediary relending program....................................436
  National security emergency loans.................................425
  Regulation streamlining...........................................195

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  Rural economic development........................................428
  Rural housing.....................................................257
  Secondary market sales of guaranteed loans........................431
  Water and waste disposal..........................................443
  Water programs....................................................440
Loan programs-business:
  Credit union member business loans...............................4085
  SBA:
    Certified development company program..........................3641
    Economic injury disaster loans.................................3643
    Premier Certified Lenders Program..............................3646
    Small Business Lending Companies................................135
Loan programs-education:
  Medical research.................................................1100
  NIH loan repayment programs:
    AIDS research..................................................1101
    For clinical researchers.......................................1102
    For individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.................1105
    Health disparities research....................................1104
    Pediatric research.............................................1103
  OPM repayment regulations........................................3530
Loan programs-housing and community development:
  Accelerated claims disposition...................................1579
  Closing forms and documents......................................1576
  Disciplinary actions against HUD-qualified real estate brokers 
                                                                   1571
  Government-sponsored enterprises:
    Conservatorship................................................3504
    High costs and predatory features..............................1544
    Minimum capital................................................3503
    Mortgage data..................................................1537
    Mortgage fraud reporting.......................................3506
    Prohibition on indemnification payments........................3505
  HOME Investment Partnerships Program.............................1535
  Limitation of insured loans to nonprofit agencies................1558
  Multifamily accelerated processing quality assurance 
      enforcement..................................................1582
  Rural areas........................................257, 261, 262, 264
Loan programs-veterans:
  Assistance to disabled veterans in acquiring specially adapted 
      housing......................................................2971
  Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages...........................2923, 2974
  Regulation amendments............................................2955
Lobbying:
  Restrictions.....................................................1245
Longshore and harbor workers:
  Safety and health regulations....................................2124
  Security of insurance obligations................................2059
Low and moderate income housing:
  See also Public housing
  Housing and Community Development Act regulations................1597
  Income tax credit allocation and certification...................2649
  Section 8:
    Housing Choice Voucher program.................................1614
    Renewal of expiring project-based assistance contract....1554, 1572
    Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Program............1602
  Tax credits......................................................2804
Lumber:
  See Forests and forest products
Lung diseases:
  See Tuberculosis


                                   M

Manufactured homes:
  Construction standards...........................................1573
  Dispute resolution program.......................................1557
  Installation program.......................................1556, 1574
  Manufactured housing program:
    Minimum payments to states.....................................1575
  On-site construction.............................................1555
Marine engineering:
  See Vessels
Marine mammals:
  See also Endangered and threatened species
  Animal welfare standards..........................................214
  Atlantic large whale..............................................675
  Beluga whales.....................................................671
  Captive holding and transport.....................................685
  Importation of polar bear trophies...............................1647
  Incidental taking:
    Air-to-surface gunnery exercises in the northern Gulf of 
        Mexico......................................................637
    Assessment of Naval ship survivability..........................632
    Bottlenose dolphin..............................................673
    Coastal commercial fireworks displays...........................631
    Deployment of Naval at-sea gunnery scoring system...............633
    Explosive removal of offshore structures in the Gulf of 
        Mexico......................................................634
    Naval explosives ordnance testing and training exercises in 
        the northern Gulf of Mexico.................................638
    Naval military readiness activities.............................674
    Naval training operations at the East Coast shallow water 
        training range..............................................636
    Oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico...................628
    Oil and gas industry activities in Alaska...........678, 1670, 1696
    Precision strike weapons exercises in the northern Gulf of 
        Mexico......................................................630
    Rocket launch operations........................................672
    Testing and training of the Navy's Surveillance Towed Array 
        Sensor System-Low Frequency Active Sonar....................635
  Level B harassment...............................................1742
  List of fisheries.................................................655
  Manatee protection areas...................................1755, 1783
  North Atlantic whale protection..............................626, 629
  Northern right whale..............................................621
  Northern sea otters........................................1685, 1772
  Permits for activities otherwise prohibited......................1741
  Protection regulations...........................................1866
  Southern Resident killer whales...................................677
  Subsistence taking of northern fur seals..........................680
  Swimming or recreational interaction with.........................627
Marine pollution:
  See Water pollution control
Marine resources:
  See also Fisheries
  Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act..................580
  Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary....................642, 643
  Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary............................644
  Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary.............................682
  Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary..................640
  Monetary Bay National Marine Sanctuary............................641
  National Marine Sanctuaries Program................................28
  Northwest Hawaiian Islands.........................................28
  Research program..................................................688
Marine safety:
  See also Vessels
  Anchorage ground, safety zone and speed limit for Tongass 
      Narrows, AK..................................................1404
  Drug and alcohol testing following casualties......................59
  Electronic Charting Display and Information System...............1405
  Escort vessels for tankers...........................1383, 1403, 1407
  Marine events....................................................1406
  Personal flotation device requirements...........................1355
  Propeller injury prevention......................................1393
  Puget Sound-area waters..........................................1391
  Reporting marine casualties......................................1366
  Safety and security zone regulations.......................1377, 1399
  Standards for marine equipment...................................1373
  Standards of training, certification and watchkeeping for 
      seafarers....................................................1354
Maritime carriers:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Passenger vessels
           Seamen
           Vessels

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  Administrative appeals process for agricultural commodities.......197
  Communications.............................................3914, 3930
  Electronic transmissions and document submission.................4034
  Escort vessels for tankers.......................................1407
  Income source rules..............................................2565
  Japanese vessels.................................................4032
  Maritime Security Program........................................2388
  Merchant mariners............................................60, 1398
  Mobile radio services............................................3868
  Non-vessel-operating common carrier service arrangements.........4035
  Notification of arrival and departure in U.S. ports..............1396
  Ocean common carrier status......................................4031
  Pilotage rates on the Great Lakes................................1395
  Right whale ship strike reduction.................................629
  Sensitive security information...................................2184
  U.S./Canadian Tariff of Tolls....................................2356
  Worker identification credential.................................1443
Mass transportation:
  Environmental impact regulations...........................2253, 2355
Meat and meat products:
  See also Meat inspection
  Advanced meat/bone separation machinery...........................360
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention........26, 238, 244, 245, 
                                                             1023, 1054
  Chronic wasting disease in elk and deer...........................225
  E. coli O157:H7 test results location requirements................367
  Expressed nutrient content claims.................................365
  Foot-and-mouth disease............................................224
  Imports..............................................8, 229, 364, 366
  Labeling........................................................2, 24
  Meat recovery systems.............................................360
  Performance standards:
    Bacon............................................................19
    Ready-to-eat products............................................23
  Rabbit grading...............................................166, 186
  Trichinae Certification Program...................................222
Meat inspection:
  Availability of distribution lists of retail consignees during 
      recalls........................................................22
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention........................26
  Determining net weight compliance.................................352
  Fees.........................................................173, 363
  Foreign inspection system supervisory visits......................362
  Mechanically separated products...................................360
  Prohibition on use of air-injection stunners......................361
Medicaid:
  See also Public assistance programs
  Ambulatory surgical centers:
    Conditions for coverage........................................1119
  Civil money penalties, assessments, and exclusions...............1182
  Disclosure of children's eligibility for food assistance 
      programs......................................................311
  Hospice care.....................................................1171
  Managed care:
    Civil penalties.................................................985
  Medical improvement eligibility group............................1199
  Organ procurement organizations....................................53
  Outpatient hospital services.....................................1141
  Payment error rate measurement program...........................1157
  Payments for service provided without charge.....................1135
  Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly...................1195
  Rural health clinic services.....................................1141
  Use of restraint and seclusion in health care facilities...1118, 1148
Medical and dental schools:
  NIH scholarships.................................................1099
Medical assistance program:
  See Medicaid
Medical care:
  See Health care
Medical devices:
  CHAMPUS coverage of prosthetic devices............................898
  CHAMPVA coverage of devices and prostheses.......................2908
  Competitive bidding................................................51
  Current Good Manufacturing Practice final rule...................1002
  Diagnostic x-ray systems.........................................1077
  Informed consent regulations.....................................1041
  Medical gas containers and closures..............................1007
  Medicare coverage of prosthetics and orthotics...................1209
  Power operated vehicles..........................................1180
  Pressure regulators for use with medical oxygen..................1005
  Respiratory assist devices with bi-level capability and a back-
      up rate......................................................1150
  Respiratory protective devices:
    Quality assurance and administrative provision..................998
  Surgeon and patient examination gloves...........................1042
  Use of materials derived from cattle.............................1071
Medical facilities:
  See Health facilities
Medical personnel:
  See Health professions
Medical records:
  See Health records
Medical research:
  Contraception and infertility..............................1100, 1106
  Minority Biomedical Research Support Program.....................1095
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research 
      chimpanzees..................................................1098
  NIH education loan repayment programs:
    AIDS research..................................................1101
    For clinical researchers.......................................1102
    For individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.................1105
    Health disparities research....................................1104
    Pediatric research.............................................1103
  NIH grants.................................................1092, 1094
  NIH loan repayment programs......................................1093
Medicare:
  Ambulatory surgical centers:
    Conditions for coverage........................................1119
    List of covered procedures.....................................1152
    Payment rates..................................................1138
  Appeals process..................................................1179
  Bad debt reimbursement...........................................1156
  Civil money penalties, assessments, and exclusions.........1182, 1188
  Clinical laboratories regulation.................................1124
  Competitive acquisition of durable medical equipment...............51
  Coordination of retiree health benefits...........................132
  Drugs:
    Competitive acquisition........................................1190
    Electronic prescribing.........................................1189
    Medigap policies...............................................1206
    Premium and cost-sharing subsidies..............................157
    Prescription Drug Discount Card................................1219
  Electronic claims submission...............................1177, 1196
  End-stage renal disease:
    Conditions for coverage........................................1169
  Fee schedules:
    Ambulance services...........................1136, 1159, 1203, 1216
    Physician payments...................................55, 1142, 1143
  Fee-for-service payment systems....................................50
  Fraud and abuse provisions...................................991, 994
  Home health agencies:
    Conditions of participation..............................1114, 1172
    Prospective payment system...............................1131, 1154
  Hospice care...............................................1147, 1171
  Hospitals:
    Coinsurance..............................................1164, 1220
    Extended care services coinsurance.......................1164, 1220
    Inpatient deductible.....................................1164, 1220
    Inpatient prospective payment system.......................52, 1208
    Limitation on charges for services furnished to Indians........1091
    Organ transplantation centers..................................1170
    Outpatient prospective payment system......................54, 1139
    Oversight and validation program...............................1127

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    Psychiatric hospitals prospective payment system...............1133
  Income related Part B premium subsidy reduction...................145
  Inherent reasonableness to payment amounts for services..........1194
  Institutions for mental disease:
    Disproportionate share payments..........................1213, 1218
  Integrated plans:
    Claims procedures..............................................2093
  Medicare Integrity Program.......................................1193
  Medicare+Choice plans:
    Civil penalties.................................................985
  Mental Health Parity Act.........................................1212
  Monthly actuarial rates....................................1166, 1222
  National Plan and Provider Enumeration System....................1129
  Organ procurement organizations....................................53
  Overpayment recoupment...........................................1126
  Power operated vehicle requirements..............................1180
  Premium rate...............................................1166, 1222
  Premiums for uninsured aged and disabled individuals who have 
      exhausted other entitlement............................1163, 1221
  Prior determination process......................................1183
  Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly...................1195
  Prospective Payment System:
    Long-term care hospitals.................................1134, 1204
  Prosthetics and orthotics........................................1209
  Provider agreement and supplier participation:
    Billing numbers................................................1145
  Provider reimbursement regulations:
    Appeals........................................................1175
  Quality improvement organizations..........................1130, 1201
  Random prepayment review.........................................1125
  Rehabilitation facilities:
    Inpatient facility classification..............................1215
    Inpatient prospective payment system.....................1140, 1205
  Repayment plans............................................1126, 1144
  Rural health clinics.............................................1117
  Secondary payer..................................................1153
  SELECT policy:
    Safe harbor for waivers of beneficiary coinsurance and 
        deductible amounts..........................................988
  Skilled nursing facilities:
    Prospective payment system and consolidated billing......1167, 1210
  State allotments for payment of premiums.........................1160
  Supplier standards for oxygen, orthotics and prosthetics.........1200
  Use of restraint and seclusion in health care facilities...1118, 1148
Mental health programs:
  Disproportionate share hospital payments...................1213, 1218
  Mental Health Parity Act.........................................1212
  Psychiatric residential treatment facilities:
    Prospective payment system.....................................1133
    Use of restraint and seclusion...........................1118, 1148
Merchant marine:
  See Maritime carriers
      Seamen
Metals:
  Anti-money laundering program for dealers in precious metals, 
      stones, or jewels............................................2458
  EPA trace metal analysis.........................................3385
  Toxics Release Inventory reporting requirements..................3327
Migratory birds:
  See Wildlife
Military arms sales:
  See Arms and munitions
Military installations:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Military personnel:
  See also Armed forces
  Claims settlement.................................................765
  Courts-martial manual regulations.................................772
  Criminal jurisdiction over personnel outside the US...............775
  Elimination of deemed military wages.......................3719, 3731
  Management and mobilization of regular and reserve retired 
      military members..............................................780
  Military awards...................................................879
  Military police reports and investigations........................881
  Naturalization of aliens serving in the Armed Forces and their 
      dependents....................................................760
  Protection of human research subjects.............................783
  Reemployment.....................................................3532
  Retirement regulations...........................................3579
  Revitalizing base closure communities.............................762
  Security policies for granting access to classified information
                                                                    766
  Transition assistance.............................................761
  Voluntary State tax withholding from retired pay..................754
Milk:
  Imports from countries where foot-and-mouth disease exists........240
  School breakfast and lunch program regulations................12, 325
  Standards of identity............................................1074
Mine safety and health:
  Alcohol and drug use prevention..................................2094
  Asbestos exposure limit............................................82
  Diesel particulate matter exposure.................................83
  Electrical products..............................................2096
  Fees for testing, evaluation and approval of mining products.....2097
  Field modifications of permissible mobile diesel-powered 
      equipment....................................................2098
  Regulation elimination and improvement...........................2099
  Respirable coal dust.......................................2104, 2105
  Respirable crystalline silica standard...........................2106
  Toxics Release Inventory reporting requirements for metal 
      mining.......................................................3327
  Training standards for shaft and slope construction workers......2102
  Underground coal mines:
    Dust control plan verification.................................2104
    Fire protection requirements...................................2103
    High-voltage continuous mining equipment standards.............2095
Mineral resources:
  See also Coal
           Metals
           Oil and gas reserves
           Public lands-mineral resources
  Data disclosure..................................................1881
  Lead mining......................................................1826
  Leasing Indian lands...........................1829, 1830, 1837, 1838
  Locatable minerals program........................................377
  Mineral patent applications......................................1906
  MMS contact information..........................................1886
  Notice of intent for operations on National Forest System lands
                                                                    417
  Outer Continental Shelf operations:
    Documents incorporated by reference............................1876
    Federal consistency regulations.................................686
    Leasing regulations............................................1865
    Safety requirements............................................1388
  Pipeline rights-of-way...........................................1645
  Proprietary terms................................................1881
  Unauthorized mining operations on National Forest System lands 
                                                                    390
  Valuation of sodium and potassium................................1874
  Zinc mining......................................................1826
Mineral royalties:
  Interest and late payments.......................................1859
  Offsets, recoupments, and refunds................................1859
Miners:
  See Mine safety and health

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Mines:
  See also Mine safety and health
           Reclamation
           Surface mining
  Abandoned..................................................1892, 1900
  Fees for claims and site maintenance.............................1918
  Funding assurances for treatment of pollutant discharges from 
      surface mining operations....................................1894
  Lead mining operations...........................................1826
  Leasing Indian lands.......................................1827, 1828
  Ownership and control settlement rule......................1895, 1901
  Revegetation standards...........................................1898
  Safe and environmentally protective use of granular mine 
      tailings.....................................................3337
  Surface management...............................................1899
  Transfer, assignment, or sale of permit rights...................1896
  Unauthorized operations on National Forest System lands...........390
  Zinc mining operations...........................................1826
Minimum wages:
  Records to be kept by employers..................................2049
Minority groups:
  See Civil rights
Mobile homes:
  See Manufactured homes
Mobile offshore drilling units:
  See Vessels
Mortgage insurance:
  Damages for failure to engage in loss mitigation activities......1543
  Downpayment assistance programs..................................1549
  Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Insurance........................1568
  Hospitals........................................................1559
  Refinancing home equity conversion mortgages...............1578, 1580
  Single-family:
    Debenture interest payments....................................1585
    Default reporting..............................................1565
    Program revisions..............................................1563
    Property flipping prohibition..................................1564
  Time limitation for filing supplemental claims...................1569
  Up-front payments................................................1583
Mortgages:
  See also Mortgage insurance
  Adjustable rate mortgages........................................1566
  Cooperative housing developments.................................1578
  Credit Watch Termination Initiative..............................1561
  Disclosure of costs to consumers.................................1581
  Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation:
    Non-program investments and liquidity..........................3826
    Risk-based capital standards...................................3813
  Federal Housing Administration:
    Electronic endorsement of FHA-insured mortgages................1584
    Quality control plans..........................................1562
  Government-sponsored enterprises:
    Compliance with Fair Housing Act...............................1532
    Conservatorship................................................3504
    Data release...................................................1537
    Excess yield securities..........................................65
    High costs and predatory features..............................1544
    Housing goals..................................................1542
    Minimum capital................................................3503
    Minimum face value requirement.................................1596
    Mortgage fraud reporting.......................................3506
    Prohibiting the purchase of loans arising from unacceptable 
        lending practices..........................................1532
    Prohibition on indemnification payments........................3505
  Home equity conversion mortgages.................................1578
    Counseling quality control and standardization.................1550
  Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages:
    Index addition.................................................1567
    Loan guaranty for veterans...............................2923, 2974
  Lender compliance and accountability.............................1545
  Loan correspondent and sponsor responsibilities..................1547
  Loan originator registry.........................................1577
  Mortgagee Review Board sanctions.................................1541
  Nondiscrimination................................................3502
  Predatory lending practices......................................1544
  Prohibiting misleading words in names of non-federally 
      supervised entities..........................................1541
  Servicing approval agreement.....................................1577
Motor carriers:
  Acquisition regulations..........................................3740
  Brake systems..............................................2261, 2314
  Cargo securement standards.......................................2266
  Commercial vehicles:
    Federal motor vehicle safety standards.........................2281
  Drivers:
    Commercial Driver's License Information System.................2313
    Commercial drivers' licenses with hazardous materials 
        endorsement..........................................1464, 2273
    Disqualifications..............................................2278
    Hours of service regulations.......................2260, 2264, 2284
    Learner permits................................................2255
    Licensing......................................................2276
    Medical certification requirements as part of CDL program........92
    Penalties......................................................2278
    Qualification requirements.....................................2277
  Electronic on-board recorders for hours-of-service compliance 
                                                                   2260
  Exemption from financial reporting requirements..................2262
  Federal safety regulations:
    Auditor certification..........................................2272
    Bus emergency exits and window safety..........................2327
    Parts and accessories necessary for safe operation.............2280
  Freight forwarding industry......................................2269
  Hazardous materials transportation.........................1463, 2377
  Highway vehicle definition.......................................2687
  Household goods transportation.............................2275, 2279
  Inspection, repair, and maintenance..............................2259
  Intermodal cargo containers......................................2259
  Investigative authority..........................................2278
  Mexican:
    Accelerated safety monitoring system and compliance 
        initiative.................................................2271
    Decal display requirements.....................................2258
    NAFTA..........................................................2270
  New entrant safety assurance process.............................2257
  Qualifications to self-insure operations.........................2265
  Railroad grade crossing safety...................................2268
  Registration enforcement.........................................2274
  Reports..........................................................2267
  Rules of practice................................................2278
  Safety fitness procedures..................................2254, 2282
  Stopping distance requirements for truck tractors..................94
  Title VI regulations for FMCSA financial assistance recipients 
                                                                   2283
  Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2366
  Unified registration system........................................93
Motor vehicle pollution:
  Alternative fuels.................................................933
  Component durability procedures..................................3093
  Control regulations..............................101, 105, 3079, 3142
  Diesel exhaust...................................................3032
  Diesel fuel sulfur transition....................................3165
  Emission control diagnostic systems..............................3062
  Emission standards:
    Diesel engines and fuels.................................3113, 3253
    Heavy-duty diesel trucks.......................................3239
    New motor vehicles.......................................3074, 3132
  Gasoline:
    Additives................................................3034, 3136
    Anti-dumping program...............................3131, 3134, 3137
    Reformulated.............................................3071, 3135
    Standards......................................................3058
  Imported vehicles emissions standards............................3190
  Inspection/maintenance programs............................3138, 3192

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  Low-sulfur highway diesel fuel...................................3055
  Renewable Fuel Standards..........................................111
Motor vehicle safety:
  See also Highway safety
  All terrain vehicles.............................................3791
  All-terrain vehicle ban for children under 16....................3807
  Brake systems:
    Hydraulic parking brake........................................2314
    Motorcycle handlebar lever.....................................2320
  Buses:
    Certification of buses manufactured in more than one stage.....2292
    Emergency exits and windows....................................2327
  Child restraint systems........................2291, 2296, 2304, 2321
  Event data recorders.............................................2297
  Frontal offset protection........................................2308
  Fuel system integrity............................................2336
  Lamps and reflective devices:
    Headlamp glare.................................................2322
    Requirements for...............................................2337
  Low-speed vehicles...............................................2324
  Mirrors:
    Convex cross view mirrors......................................2286
    Convex mirrors for commercial trucks...........................2315
    Passenger-side systems.........................................2316
  Motor homes:
    Cargo carrying capacity........................................2293
  Occupant crash protection:
    5th percentile dummy belted barrier crash test requirements 
                                                                     96
    Air bags.......................................................2307
    Designated seating position definition.........................2299
    Door retention.................................................2295
    Side impact protection.....................................97, 2285
    Vehicles built in two or more stages...........................2288
  Platform lifts...................................................2332
  Recalls:
    Notices........................................................2338
  Roof crashworthiness.............................................2287
  Seat belts:
    Emergency locking retractor....................................2310
    Mounting structure definition..................................2333
  Test dummies:
    Adult size.....................................................2311
    Child size.....................................................2303
    EuroSID II.....................................................2298
    Female size......................................................96
    Hybrid III...............................................2303, 2311
    SID-IIs side impact............................................2302
  Theft protection.................................................2289
  Tires:
    Performance requirements.......................................2305
    Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems...............................2340
  Trailers:
    Cargo carrying capacity........................................2293
  Windshields:
    Safety glazing.................................................2326
Motor vehicles:
  See also Fuel economy
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
  Anti-money laundering program for businesses engaged in motor 
      vehicle sales................................................2437
  Cargo tank motor vehicles........................................2368
  Commercial:
    Importation....................................................2319
  Controls and displays............................................2309
  Corporate Average Fuel Economy Program...........................2325
  Customer identification programs for sellers of vehicles.........2433
  Dealer notification by manufacturer..............................2328
  Defects..........................................................2328
  Foreign manufacturers:
    Designation of agent for service of process....................2339
  Fuel economy labeling.............................................107
  Fuel economy standards program...............................95, 2341
  Government property management...................................3443
  Hybrid electric vehicles:
    Idle stop technology...........................................2312
  Imports....................................................2335, 3190
  Light trucks...........................................95, 2341, 3130
  Location and monitoring systems..................................3924
  Mercury switches.................................................3282
  Modifications to accommodate people with disabilities............2323
  National Driver Register...................................2306, 2313
  National Stolen Passenger Motor Vehicle Information System.......2017
  Parts marking requirements.......................................2329
  Retroactive certification..................................2317, 2318
  Salvage regulations..............................................2033
  Theft data.................................................2330, 2331
  Traffic supervision on military installations.....................880
Motorcycles:
  See Motor vehicles
Munitions:
  See Arms and munitions
Museums:
  See Libraries


                                   N

Narcotics:
  See Drug traffic control
National banks:
  Basel Capital Accord...............................................98
  Capital regulations..............................................2539
  Corporate activity rules, policies, and procedures...............2540
  Determining nature of financial activities.......................2418
  Fees assessment..................................................2548
  Financial subsidiaries.....................................2415, 2416
  Post-employment restriction on senior examiners..................2543
  Real estate brokerage determination..............................2417
  Securities offering disclosure rules.............................2544
National cemeteries:
  See Cemeteries
National defense:
  See also Armed forces
           Arms and munitions
           Classified information
  Administration and support of basic research by the DOD...........784
  Technical surveillance countermeasures............................768
National defense contracts:
  See Government contracts
      Government procurement
National forests:
  Advertising and sponsorship in concessions with privately 
      developed facilities..........................................392
  Appeal regulations...........................................383, 416
  Climbing bolts in wilderness......................................379
  Criminal citations for unauthorized mining operations.............390
  Escaped fire damage regulations...................................384
  Fair market value for recreation residence use authorizations 
                                                                    396
  Free use approval.................................................402
  Grazing permits...................................................378
  Healthy Forests Reserve Program...................................406
  Healthy Forests Restoration Act:
    Predecisional administrative review and objection process.......404
  Land and resource management planning........................397, 401
  Livestock and wild horse restrictions.............................385
  Notice of intent and/or plan of operations for locatable 
      mineral operations............................................417
  Off-highway vehicle prohibitions..................................403
  Oil and gas lease compliance documentation........................388
  Outdoor recreation accessibility guidelines.......................399

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  Outfitter and guide special use authorizations...............381, 418
  Piscicide applications............................................387
  Predator damage management........................................413
  Recreation event fees.............................................380
  Road construction advertisement and bids..........................410
  Roadless area conservation...................................414, 415
  Small business land use...........................................373
  Special use authorizations........................................394
  Sporicide use.....................................................386
  Timber sales......................................................405
    Export and substitution restrictions............................376
    Integrated Resource Contracts...................................407
  Trails accessibility guidelines...................................398
  Travel management..................................................27
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................412
  Unprocessed timber in southern California determined surplus to 
      domestic needs................................................382
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................411
  Wilderness management.............................................389
National parks:
  Alaskan parks....................................................1802
  Apostle Islands..................................................1812
  Boating and water use activities.................................1806
  Commercial filming or photography permits........................1794
  Commercial use permits...........................................1809
  Cost recovery for special uses...................................1791
  Dry Tortugas Park................................................1796
  Glacier Bay National Park:
    Vessel management..............................................1793
  National Capitol Region:
    Parking violations.............................................1803
  Olympic National Park:
    Special regulations............................................1799
  Personal watercraft use............1788, 1789, 1804, 1808, 1810, 1811
  Presidio:
    Debt collection procedures.....................................3626
    Management.....................................................3625
  Right-of-way regulations.........................................1790
  Sale of Native American handicrafts..............................1807
  Snowmobile use...................................................1812
  St. Croix National Scenic River:
    Vessel speed limits......................................1798, 1800
  Voyageurs National Park:
    Special regulations............................................1801
  Wupatki National Monument:
    Backcountry use restrictions...................................1797
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
  Authority delegation.............................................4022
  Creditworthiness standards for interstate pipelines..............4014
  Electronic filing of documents...................................3992
  Negotiated rate policies and practices for pipelines.............3994
  Open seasons for proposals to construct Alaska gas 
      transportation projects......................................4018
  Pre-filing procedures for review of LNG terminals and other 
      facilities...................................................3990
  Reporting regulations............................................4009
  Selective discounting by natural gas pipeline companies..........4019
  Standards for business practices with interstate pipelines.......3998
  Standards of conduct for transmission providers..................3991
  Valuation........................................................1889
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.............................205
  Conservation program information confidentiality.............207, 453
  Conservation security program.....................................451
  Damage assessments...............................................1620
  Wetlands:
    Conservation programs..........................................1646
Naturalization:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Naval stores:
  See Forests and forest products
Navigation (air):
  Airspace system..................................................2207
  Area navigation..................................................2214
  Incorporation by reference revisions.............................2246
  Instrument flight rules..........................................2223
  Standard instrument approach procedures..........................2225
  Transponder requirement..........................................2189
  Use and preservation of navigable airspace.......................2191
Navigation (water):
  Bonneville Lock and Dam...........................................885
  Certification requirements for NOAA Electronic Navigational 
      Chart distribution............................................683
  Electronic Charting Display and Information System...............1405
  Lake Washington Ship Canal........................................887
  Puget Sound......................................................1391
  Regulated navigation areas.......................................1384
  SOLAS Chapter V navigation safety regulations....................1400
  Traffic separation schemes.......................................1356
News media:
  See also Radio
           Television
  Newspapers:
    Radio cross-ownership..........................................3905
Noise control:
  Airport noise compatibility regulations..........................2244
Nondiscrimination:
  See Civil rights
Nonprofit organizations:
  Audits...........................................................2979
  Food and Nutrition Service data collection........................296
  Grants administration.................................769, 1235, 2988
  Javits-Wagner-O'Day program:
    Governance standards for participating agencies................2998
    Initial qualification criteria.................................2997
    Responsibilities of central agencies...........................2999
  Limitation of insured housing loans..............................1558
  Participation of religious organizations:
    CNCS programs..................................................3008
    USDA programs...................................................427
  Rights to inventions..............................................750
Nuclear energy:
  See also Nuclear materials
           Nuclear power plants and reactors
  Conforming administrative changes................................4128
  Delegation changes...............................................4153
  Electronic submissions in NRC hearings...........................4120

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  National Nuclear Security Administration:
    Acquisition regulations.........................................925
    Computer security...............................................924
  NRC adjudicatory proceedings.....................................4155
  Public records...................................................4143
  Radiation protection of the public and environment.................39
Nuclear materials:
  Computer security.................................................924
  Economic development transfers of real property at defense 
      nuclear facilities............................................963
  Export and import regulations..............526, 531, 4145, 4146, 4152
  Licensing and distribution of byproduct material.................4115
  NRC office address change........................................4124
  Nuclear fuel.....................................................4130
  Radioactive waste disposal.......................................4119
  Solid material control...........................................4138
  Source material distribution.....................................4137
  Source tracking system...........................................4116
  Spent fuel:
    Shipment information protection requirements...................4132
    Storage casks..............4122, 4149, 4150, 4154, 4156, 4157, 4158
  Transfers of certain exempt source materials by specific 
      licensees....................................................4134
  Unclassified controlled nuclear information regulation............956
  US-IAEA safeguards agreement...........................478, 492, 4139
Nuclear power plants and reactors:
  Access authorization and facility security clearance.............4147
  ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.................4121, 4144, 4151
  Charges for duplicating records..................................4129
  Civil penalty authority over non-licensees.......................4117
  Decommissioning:
    Funding shortfalls reduction...................................4142
    Integrated rulemaking..........................................4133
    Trust fund guidelines..........................................4004
  Decoupling assumed loss of offsite power from loss-of-coolant 
      accidents....................................................4141
  Design basis threat requirements.................................4118
  Design certification:
    AP1000.........................................................4126
    Changes to licensing procedures................................4111
  Entombment options...............................................4135
  Fee schedules....................................................4148
  Financial qualifications for renewal of operating licenses.......4123
  Fire protection..................................................4125
  Information collection, reporting, and posting requirements......4114
  Loss-of-coolant accident break size..............................4113
  Performance-based acceptance criteria for fuel cladding 
      performance..................................................4140
  Personnel:
    Fitness-for-Duty Program.......................................4110
  Physical protection regulations..................................4112
  Pressure-temperature limits......................................4136
  Protection of Safeguards Information.............................4127
  Radiological sabotage............................................4112
  Safety regulations...........................................39, 4139
  Standby support....................................................41
  Waste disposal..............................................108, 4131
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.........................................1178
  Veterans.........................................................2940
Nursing schools:
  See Medical and dental schools
Nutrition:
  See also Food assistance programs
           Foods
  Food labeling......................................................24
  School breakfast and lunch programs...............................326
  Uniform federal assistance regulations............................312


                                   O

Occupational safety and health:
  See also Mine safety and health
  Acquisition regulations...........................................832
  Asbestos exposure................................................3560
  Beryllium exposure...............................................2110
  Cargo handling...................................................2124
  Child labor regulations..........................................2047
  Commercial diving operations.....................................1390
  Construction industry............................................2119
    Hearing loss prevention........................................2133
    Hoisting equipment safety......................................2111
  Crystalline silica exposure........................................84
  DOE facilities.....................................................40
  DOE radiation protection requirements.............................960
  Electric power...................................................2121
  Electrical standards.............................................2127
  Emergency response and preparedness..............................2114
  Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act 
                                                             1001, 2057
  Excavations......................................................2112
  Explosives and small arms manufacturing..........................2122
  Fall protection..................................................2132
  Hazard Communication Standard....................................2117
  Hexavalent chromium exposure.......................................86
  Ionizing radiation exposure......................................2113
  Lead in Construction Standard....................................2115
  Noise exposure for railroad operating employees..................2346
  Oregon State plan................................................2134
  Personal protective equipment....................................2126
  Pesticides exposure..............................................3275
  Respiratory protection........................................85, 999
  Rollover protective structures...................................2130
  Shipyard standards.........................................2120, 2131
  Standards improvement............................................2116
  Steel erection standards.........................................2129
  Supplier's Declaration of Conformity.............................2118
  Updating standards based on national consensus standards.........2128
  Walking working surfaces.........................................2132
Ocean dumping:
  See Water pollution control
Ocean resources:
  See Marine resources
Offshore structures:
  See Continental shelf
Oil and gas exploration:
  Air pollutant emission.....................................3210, 3211
  Application processing...........................................1907
  Blowout prevention for well workover operations..................1882
  Cost recovery for plans, permits, and inspections................1875
  Five year review of Oil Pipeline Pricing Index...................4008
  Forest Service regulations........................................388
  Incidental take of marine mammals in Alaska...........678, 1670, 1696
  Incidental taking of marine mammals in the Gulf of Mexico....628, 634
  Leasing:
    Data release...................................................1883
    Definitions....................................................1883
    Indian lands.........................................68, 1823, 1824
    Tar sand areas.................................................1919
  Offshore floating production facilities..........................1888
  Oil pipeline data filing instructions............................4011
  Outer Continental Shelf:
    Administrative cost recovery...................................1885
    Alternate energy-related uses..................................1858
    Documents incorporated by reference............................1876
    Federal consistency regulations.................................686
    Leasing regulations............................................1865

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    Open and nondiscriminatory movement............................1870
    Safety management systems......................................1856
    Safety measures................................................1388
    Structural integrity of platforms..............................1871
    Temporary waiver of fees.......................................1887
  Pipeline rights-of-way...........................................1645
  Production rates.................................................1868
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................1860
  Royalty relief or reduction...69, 1857, 1861, 1862, 1864, 1877, 1890, 
                                                 1891, 1909, 1911, 1916
  Royalty reporting standards......................................1861
  Storm water permit requirements..................................3378
  Well cementing requirements......................................1872
Oil and gas reserves:
  Export controls...................................................477
Oil pollution:
  Claims procedures under the Oil Pollution Act....................1353
  Discharge-removal equipment......................................1379
  Leak detection and repair of pumps and valves....................3064
  National Contingency Plan..................................3367, 3373
  Oil spill liability trust fund.............................1365, 1380
  Oil spill response...............................................1369
  Sale of DOD aircraft to persons providing oil spill response 
      service.......................................................773
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule...............116
  Vessel response plan.................................1369, 1386, 1389
Organization and functions:
  DOI..............................................................1628
  FAA..............................................................2236
  Farm Credit Administration.......................................3816
  FTA..............................................................2354
  NRC..............................................................4153
  OFHEO............................................................3507
Outer continental shelf:
  See Continental shelf
Over-the-counter drugs:
  Drug reviews:
    Antidiarrheal drug products....................................1073
    Antihistamine products.........................................1049
    Bismuth subsalicylate containing products for relief from 
        overindulgence.............................................1070
    Bronchodilator products........................................1066
    Cough and cold products......................1049, 1050, 1066, 1067
    Dandruff, seborrheic dermatitis, and psoriasis products........1024
    External analgesic products....................................1068
    Internal analgesic products....................................1018
    Laxative drug products.........................................1051
    Nasal decongestant products....................................1050
    Ophthalmic products............................................1020
    Oral health care products......................................1069
    Poison treatment drug products.................................1030
    Skin bleaching products........................................1025
    Skin protectant products.......................................1052
    Sodium bicarbonate containing antacids.........................1056
    Stimulant drug products........................................1026
    Sunscreen products.............................................1021
    Topical antimicrobial drug products............................1031
    Urinary analgesic drug products................................1075
    Vaginal contraceptive products.................................1053
    Weight control products........................................1022
  Labeling.........................................................1019
  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1992
Overseas private investment:
  See United States investments abroad
Overtime pay:
  See Wages


                                   P

Packaging and containers:
  See also Labeling
  Child-resistant packaging........................................3806
  Dietary ingredients and supplements................................48
  Food containers...................................................175
  Household products containing hydroxides, standards for..........3802
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4054
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...................2179, 2992
  Coastwise trade laws.............................................2385
  Effluent standards for cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters
                                                                   3375
  Financial responsibility requirements............................4033
  Inspection alternatives..........................................1362
Passports and visas:
  Diversity visas..................................................2150
  Document requirements for entering the US......1413, 1440, 2144, 2162
  Electronic passports.............................................2153
  Employment eligibility verification program......................2159
  Fingerprint requirements.........................................2140
  Nonimmigrant visas:
    Treaty aliens in specialty occupations...................2072, 2161
  Regulation amendments............................................2160
  Removal of waiver for residents of Canada and Bermuda............1436
  Transit without visa.............................................1417
  Visa Waiver Program..............................................1432
Patents:
  See Inventions and patents
Pay:
  See Wages
Peanuts:
  Country of origin labeling..........................................2
  Crop insurance provisions.........................................269
  Designated marketing associations.................................210
Penalties:
  See also Seizures and forfeitures
  CBP audits.......................................................1421
  Civil......................................................2077, 2430
    DHS............................................................1489
    DOT......................................................2221, 2334
    FRA............................................................2353
    HHS.............................................................990
    Medicaid and Medicare violations.........................1182, 1188
    Medicaid managed care organizations.............................985
    Medicare+Choice Organizations...................................985
    NIGC...........................................................4108
    NOAA............................................................681
    NRC............................................................4117
    SSA.............................................................158
    USDA............................................................419
  Disaster relief and emergency assistance.........................1506
  Immigration......................................................1997
    International matchmaking organization violations..............1998
  PBGC assessment and relief.................................3620, 3623
Pensions:
  See also Railroad retirement
           Social security
  Abandoned individual account plans.................................81
  Cash or deferred arrangements....................................2857
  Civil penalty for failure to provide Section 302 notice..........2077
  Computing liability..............................................3622
  Deductibility of employer contributions..........................2580

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  Electronic filing..........................................2079, 3621
  Employment requirement for application of government pension 
      offset exemption.............................................3723
  ERISA:
    Adequate consideration definition..............................2090
    Automatic enrollment and failure to direct investment............78
    Disclosure regulations.........................................2081
    Exemption for services.........................................2082
    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act..........79, 80
    Length of hospital stay after birth of child...................2085
    Participant contributions........................................77
    Participant loan rules.........................................2092
    Regulations governing the performance of actuarial service.....2604
    Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act...........................2091
  GATT provisions affecting accrued benefits.......................2790
  Income tax regulations...................2715, 2731, 2764, 2766, 2806
  Multiemployer plans:
    Annual funding notice requirements.............................2088
    Reporting requirements.........................................3618
  Normal retirement age............................................2798
  Participant notices..............................................3616
  Payment of benefits in trusteed plans............................3619
  Penalties assessment and relief............................3620, 3623
  Reductions of accruals and allocations because of increased age
                                                                   2702
  Reportable events................................................3617
  Single-sum distributions from cash balance plans.................2595
  Valuation of benefits and assets..................................134
  Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program...........................2089
Pesticides and pests:
  Agricultural worker protection...................................3275
  Antimicrobial pesticides...................................3267, 3273
  Biochemical or microbial products................................3258
  Boll weevil quarantine and regulations............................221
  Certified pesticide applicator program...........................3274
  Data requirements..........................................3258, 3266
  Direct application of pesticides to waters in compliance with 
      FIFRA........................................................3383
  Disposal and storage guidelines..................................3262
  Emergency exemption regulations...................................125
  Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program......................3268, 3276
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1964
  Groundwater protection...........................................3263
  Gypsy moth regulations............................................226
  Importation of non-indigenous organisms...........................235
  Importation of pine shoot beetle host material....................227
  Methyl bromide authorization as official quarantine use...........242
  Nursery stock regulations...........................................7
  Pesticide tolerance reassessment program.........................3260
  Piscicide applications on National Forest System lands............387
  Plant incorporated protectants.......................3259, 3270, 3271
  Protection of human research subjects.............................126
  Registration review program.......................................124
  Rules of practice................................................3272
  Sporicide use on National Forest System lands.....................386
  Storage and disposal.............................................3262
  Tolerance processing fees........................................3269
Petroleum:
  See also Fuel additives
           Oil and gas exploration
           Oil and gas reserves
           Oil pollution
           Pipelines
  Acquisition of petroleum to fill Strategic Petroleum Reserve.......38
  Refineries:
    Emission standards.............................................3183
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3341
  Standard sales provisions for sales from Strategic Petroleum 
      Reserve.......................................................970
  Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3351
Physically handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Physicians:
  See Health professions
Pilots:
  See Airmen
Pipeline safety:
  Gas gathering lines..............................................2358
  Hazardous substances.......................................2357, 2361
  Incident reporting...............................................1880
  Integrity management pipeline repair permitting..................2363
  Internal corrosion reduction.....................................2364
  Material, personnel and pipe handling operations.................1855
  Protecting unusually sensitive areas and commercially navigable 
      waterways....................................................2361
  Public information programs......................................2381
  Standards for direct assessment..................................2373
  Structural integrity regulations.................................1871
  Updates to safety requirements.............................1867, 2369
Pipelines:
  See also Natural gas
           Pipeline safety
  Electronic filing of documents...................................3992
  Five year review of Oil Pipeline Pricing Index...................4008
  Negotiated rate policies and practices for natural gas 
      pipelines....................................................3994
  Oil pipeline data filing instructions............................4011
  Open and nondiscriminatory movement..............................1870
  Open seasons for proposals to construct Alaska natural gas 
      projects.....................................................4018
  Rights of use and easement.......................................1869
  Rights-of-way....................................................1645
    Temporary waiver of fees.......................................1887
  Selective discounting by natural gas pipeline companies..........4019
  Standards for business practices with interstate natural gas 
      pipelines....................................................3998
Plant diseases and pests:
  Phytophthora ramorum regulations...................................10
Plants:
  See also Seeds
  Cost-sharing for pest or disease emergency programs...............243
  Endangered and threatened:
    Conservation education.........................................1629
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1722
  Gypsy moth regulations............................................226
  Imports...........................................................231
    Nursery stock.....................................................7
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III..............1636, 1651
  Methyl bromide authorization for official quarantine use..........242
  Mint crop insurance provisions....................................275
  Plant incorporated protectants.......................3259, 3270, 3271
  Plant Variety Protection Services.................................184
    Certificate issuance fees.......................................182
  Transgenic.......................................................3316
  United States National Arboretum:
    Rules of conduct................................................187
Poison prevention:
  See Lead poisoning
Political activities (Government employees):
  Honoraria donated to charities...................................3510
Pollution:
  See Environmental protection
Population census:
  See Census data
Ports:
  See Harbors
Poultry and poultry products:
  Classes of........................................................358

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  Expressed nutrient content claims.................................365
  Grading......................................................166, 186
  Imported..........................................................347
  Nutrition labeling.................................................24
  On-line reprocessing of pre-chill carcasses.......................357
  Performance standards:
    Chilling of ready-to-cook products...............................21
    Ready-to-eat products............................................23
Poultry inspection:
  Availability of distribution lists of retail consignees during 
      recalls........................................................22
  Designation termination for the State of North Dakota.............368
  Determining net weight compliance.................................352
  Fees..............................................................363
  Foreign inspection system supervisory visits......................362
  Turkey operations using bar-type cuts may operate at J-type cut 
      line speeds...................................................353
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......................................................1035
  Electronic transactions:
    Nonmonetary remuneration for electronic prescribing 
        information technology......................................986
    Prescriptions for controlled substances........................1977
  Federal Agency Retail Pharmacy Program...........................3435
  Labeling.............................................45, 47, 49, 1011
  Medicare:
    Competitive acquisition........................................1190
    Electronic prescribing.........................................1189
    Medigap policies...............................................1206
    Premium and cost-sharing subsidies..............................157
    Prescription Drug Discount Card................................1219
  Prescription Drug Marketing Act..................................1014
  Registration and listing requirements..............................43
  Reporting adverse events...........................................49
  Safety reporting requirements....................................1034
  Use of materials derived from cattle.............................1071
Presidential records:
  See Archives and records
Price controls:
  FCC..............................................................3885
Prisoners:
  Autopsy regulations..............................................1923
  Central Inmate Monitoring system.................................1942
  Civil contempt of court commitments..............................1941
  Classification and program review................................1935
  Correspondence...................................................1937
  Educational good time credit for D.C. Code offenders.............1938
  Good conduct time..........................................1933, 1940
    Aliens.........................................................1940
  Health care service fees.........................................1952
  Inmate electronic message program................................1931
  Inmate work and performance pay program:
    Reduction in pay for drug- and alcohol-related offenses........1927
  Limited communication opportunities for inmates linked to 
      terrorist-related activities.................................1929
  Literacy program.................................................1946
  Over-the-counter medication regulations..........................1955
  Psychiatric treatment and medication safeguards..................1944
  Release regulations..............................................1954
  Suicide prevention program.......................................1948
  Telephone regulations and financial responsibility...............1947
Prisons:
  Administrative measures to prevent acts of violence or 
      terrorism....................................................1949
  Administrative Remedy Program....................................1928
  Classification and program review................................1926
  Commissary privileges............................................1950
  Drug abuse treatment program.....................................1939
  Emergencies......................................................1953
  Federal Prison Industries:
    Market research requirement....................................3751
  Incoming publications............................................1925
  Infectious disease management....................................1951
  Inmate discipline................................................1943
  Intensive confinement centers..............................1932, 1983
  Possession of personal firearms..................................1930
  Removal of Bureau facility addresses from rules..................1945
  Searching and detaining or arresting non-inmates.................1924
  Telephone privileges.............................................1950
  Victim/witness notifications.....................................1922
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program environmental impact review...................2043
Privacy:
  See also Confidential business information
  CFTC policies....................................................3780
  Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule........................4056
  DOD policies......................................................756
  Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program records..........2065
  Financial records and information....................1256, 4066, 4070
  Food Stamp Program................................................289
  NSF policies.....................................................3500
  Personnel records for government employees.......................3599
  Privacy Act:
    DHS procedures...........................................1251, 1331
    DOC regulations............................................466, 468
    DOI regulations................................................1873
    EPA regulations................................................3022
    IMLS implementation............................................3492
    NCUA...........................................................4082
    NEH Inspector General investigative files......................3497
    NIGC procedures................................................4097
    OPM regulations................................................3521
    Peace Corps regulations........................................3614
    TSA regulations....................................1450, 1454, 1468
  SBA..............................................................3645
    Office change of address.......................................3665
  SEC policies...............................................4181, 4191
  Social security records and information....................3669, 3721
  Treasury policies................................................2480
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....................................1225
  Welfare-to-Work Program..........................................2073
Public buildings:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Public health:
  See also Meat inspection
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Air pollution effects............................................3310
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3024
  Grant appeals procedures.........................................1088
  Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children.......................1084
  Informed consent regulations.....................................1041
  NIH grants.......................................................1092
  NIH training grants..............................................1097
  Public Health Service Act:
    Length of hospital stay after birth of child...................2085

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    NIH AIDS Research Loan Repayment Program.......................1101
    Use of seclusion and restraint in non-medical residential 
        facilities..................................................996
    Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act...........................2091
  Research misconduct..............................................1112
  Safeguarding food during transport...............................2366
  Water contamination.....................................129, 130, 131
Public housing:
  See also Low and moderate income housing
  Capital Fund Program.............................................1604
  Consolidated plan regulations....................................1539
  Conversion of developments.......................................1612
  Demolition and disposition.......................................1611
  Homeownership program............................................1609
  Housing Choice Voucher program:
    Eligibility of units not yet under construction..................67
    Regulation revisions...........................................1614
  Income determination.............................................1530
  Operating fund allocation formula................................1617
  Operating funds for debt service.................................1606
  Project-based voucher program....................................1615
  Rental Housing Integrity Improvement Project.....................1530
  Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Program..............1602
  Section 8 Management Assessment Program..........................1616
  Streamlining mixed finance application review....................1610
  Streamlining programs..............................................66
Public lands:
  See also Grazing lands
           National forests
           National parks
           Public lands-mineral resources
           Public lands-rights-of-way
           Reclamation
  Alaska Native veteran allotments.................................1908
  Business lease procedures........................................1833
  Deposit of proceeds from lands withdrawn for Native selection 
                                                                   1845
  Grazing permits..................................................1821
  Law enforcement..................................................1910
  Public conduct on reclamation lands and projects...........1902, 1904
  Public hearings and appeals................................1624, 1625
  Recreation enhancement............................................409
  Recreation permits...............................................1912
  Segregation of lands proposed for sale...........................1917
  Subsistence management...................1677, 1678, 1682, 1730, 1736
Public lands-mineral resources:
  Locatable minerals program........................................377
  Revegetation standards...........................................1898
  User fees........................................................1914
Public lands-rights-of-way:
  Regulations revision.............................................1851
Public utilities:
  See Electric utilities
      Natural gas
      Utilities
      Water supply


                                   R

Radiation protection:
  DOE requirements..............................................39, 960
  Dose methodology.................................................3257
  Exposure standards...............................................2113
Radio:
  See also Communications
  Aviation Radio Service...........................................3947
  Channelization of the 39 GHz band................................3917
  Cognitive radio technologies.....................................3850
  Commercial mobile services:
    Automatic and manual roaming obligations.......................3935
    Resale of services.............................................3915
    Roaming obligations............................................3915
    Spectrum aggregation limits....................................3933
    Spectrum cap...................................................3918
  Competitive bidding process................................3916, 3923
  Consolidating the 800 MHz industrial/land transportation and 
      business pool channels.......................................3946
  Digital audio broadcasting system................................3897
  Digital audio radio service in the 2310-2360 MHz band............3866
  FM allotment procedures..........................................3884
  Government transfer band.........................................3860
  Interference temperature operation...............................3852
  Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz...............................3928
  Licensing low power operations in 450-470 MHz band...............3936
  Maritime communications..........................................3930
  Maritime mobile services.........................................3868
  Market definitions...............................................3902
  Multiple access systems..........................................3922
  Newspaper cross-ownership........................................3905
  Private land mobile services:
    Airport terminal use frequencies in the 450-470 MHz band.......3945
    Narrowbanding..................................................3856
  Public safety communications...............................3921, 3946
  Quiet zone application procedures................................3937
  Railroad standards and procedures................................2344
  Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................3879
  Software defined radios..........................................3843
  Spectrum usage promotion through development of secondary 
      markets......................................................3934
  Terrestrial microwave fixed services.............................3929
  Transfer of 3650 through 3700 MHz band...........................3932
  Transfer of 4.9 GHz band from government use.....................3932
  Ultra-wideband transmission......................................3842
  Wireless services................................................3942
  World Radiocommunication Conference omnibus......................3854
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...................................3628
  Disability determination...................................3629, 3630
  Electronic filing of requests for reconsideration................3627
  Employers' contributions.........................................3631
Railroad safety:
  Civil monetary penalties.........................................2353
  Design standards for pressurized tank cars.......................2343
  Event recorder crashworthiness...................................2350
  Grade crossing and signal systems................................2268
  Life vest requirements for bridge workers........................2351
  Locomotives:
    Crashworthiness................................................2345
  Monetary threshold for reporting rail equipment accidents/
      incidents..............................................2347, 2348
  Noise exposure for railroad operating employees..................2346
  Passenger equipment safety standards.............................2342
  Radio communications and train control...........................2344
  Reflectorization of rail freight rolling stock...................2349
Railroads:
  See also Railroad retirement
           Railroad safety
  Hazardous materials transportation.........................1463, 2378
  Inspection and maintenance standards for steam locomotives.......2352
  Rail abandonment procedures......................................4224
  Rail rate challenges.............................................4225
  Railroad track maintenance credit..........................2667, 2668
  Small rate guidelines............................................4223

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  Stand-alone cost methodology.....................................4225
  Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2366
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..............................2436
  GSAR tax adjustment provision....................................3433
  HUBZone program..................................................3434
Reclamation:
  See also Mines
           Surface mining
  Revegetation standards...........................................1898
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.........................................409
  Forest Service regulations...................................379, 380
  Law enforcement..................................................1910
  National parks regulations.......................................1806
  Presidio:
    Debt collection procedures.....................................3626
    Management.....................................................3625
  Public land permits..............................................1912
  Water quality standards for coastal recreation waters............3395
  Wildlife-dependent recreation....................................1739
Recreational fishing:
  See Fishing
Recycling:
  Cathode ray tubes................................................3343
  Comparable fuels exclusion under RCRA.............................117
  Electronic equipment.............................................3350
  Government purchase of recovered materials.......................3339
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations................3332
  RCRA Burden Reduction Initiative............................127, 3349
  Refrigerant................................................3080, 3082
  Solid waste.......................................................128
  Standardized permit for RCRA hazardous waste management 
      facilities...................................................3356
Refugees:
  See also Aliens
  Guaranty of transportation.......................................1288
  Sponsorship agreement............................................1288
Renal diseases:
  See Kidney diseases
Repatriation:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements:
  APHIS.............................................................220
  ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................3964
  Bank Secrecy Act implementation......................2438, 2444, 2459
  Carbamates.......................................................3368
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3326
  DEA........................................................1987, 1993
  DFARS...................................................799, 849, 863
  DOC...............................................................456
  DOI..................................................1860, 1861, 1873
  DOL..............................................................2052
  DOT..................................................2264, 2318, 2321
  EBSA.......................................................2079, 2080
  Electronic records management:
    FMC............................................................4034
  EPA..............................................................3019
    Air emissions requirements.....................................3101
    Air releases of nitrogen oxides.................................114
    Cross-Media Electronic Reporting and Recordkeeping Rule........3021
    Electronic reporting...........................................3025
    RCRA Burden Reduction Initiative..........................127, 3349
  Exports...........................................................508
  FAA..............................................................2232
  FAR..............................................................3777
  FCC........................................................3875, 3888
  FDA..............................................................1055
  FDIC.............................................................3979
  Federal Home Loan Banks..........................................4025
  FERC.......................................................3999, 4009
  FSIS..............................................................351
  GSA..............................................................3431
  HHS........................................................1034, 1229
  Honoraria donated to charities...................................3510
  Intercountry adoptions...........................................2149
  Investment advisers..................................4175, 4177, 4187
  Marine casualties................................................1366
  Mortgage fraud...................................................3506
  NARA:
    Electronic mail................................................3483
    Freedom of information.........................................3486
  NASA.............................................................3470
  National Practitioner Data Bank............................1081, 1089
  NCUA.............................................................4081
  NOAA..............................................................685
  NSF..............................................................3501
  OTS..............................................................2903
  Outcome and Assessment Information Set data......................1172
  PBGC.......................................................3618, 3621
  Peace Corps......................................................3614
  Railroad employers' records and reports..........................3631
  Retirement record of employee transferring within same agency 
                                                                   3577
  Seafood dealers...................................................708
  Securities:
    Accelerated filers.............................................4162
    Broker-dealers...........................................2550, 4198
    EDGAR system...................................................4193
  Tax determination on large cigars................................2483
  Toxics Release Inventory........................118, 3324, 3327, 3329
  Treasury.........................................................2706
  Uranium mill sites................................................968
  Using private laboratories with regard to FDA actions............1076
  VA education benefits............................................2912
Research:
  See also Agricultural research
           Educational research
           Human research subjects
           Medical research
  DOD programs......................................................784
  Marine resources..................................................688
  Misconduct......................................964, 1009, 1108, 1112
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research 
      chimpanzees..................................................1098
  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Hazardous 
      Substances Basic Research and Training Grants................1096
  Protection of human subjects.......58, 126, 467, 783, 916, 969, 1107, 
                               1109, 1110, 1111, 2045, 2972, 2989, 3027
Retirement:
  See also Pensions
           Railroad retirement
           Social security
  Age for pension plans............................................2798

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  Air traffic controllers..........................................3595
  Coordination of health benefits...................................132
  District of Columbia employees.............................2428, 3574
  FEHB coverage....................................................3540
  Firefighters.....................................................3606
  Government employees:
    Court orders awarding survivor annuities.......................3538
    Coverage for non-appropriated fund instrumentalities...........3582
    Credit for government service performed abroad.................3580
    Credit for military service....................................3579
    Death benefits and employee refunds............................3607
    Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act..........3576
    FERS basic annuity.............................................3578
    FERS coverage elections........................................3581
  IRA tax regulations..............................................2745
  Law enforcement officers.........................................3606
  Phased retirement program........................................2747
  Record of employee transferring within same agency...............3577
  TRICARE retiree dental program....................................904
  Voluntary State tax withholding from retired pay of Service 
      members.......................................................754
Rights-of-way:
  See also Public lands-rights-of-way
  Accessibility guidelines for individuals with disabilities.......2990
Roads:
  See Highways and roads
Rockets:
  See Aircraft
Rodenticides:
  See Pesticides and pests
Rotorcraft:
  See Aircraft
Royalties:
  See Mineral royalties
Rural areas:
  Business and industrial loan programs.........425, 428, 430, 433, 435
  Business investment program.......................................429
  Business secondary market pooling by fiscal transfer agent........426
  Environmental policies and procedures........................260, 265
  Housing:
    Community Facilities Direct Loan Program...................257, 425
    Loans, grants, and programs......................261, 262, 263, 264
    New and existing dwellings definition...........................258
    Planning and performing construction............................259
  Public television station digital transition grant program........442
  Regulation streamlining...........................................263
  Rural Utilities Service:
    Accounting requirements for telecommunications borrowers........449
    Exemption of certain borrowers from controls....................445
    Household Water Well System Grant Program.......................450
    Lien accommodations and subordinations..........................447
    Operational controls............................................441
    Seismic safety requirements.....................................448
    Special equipment contract......................................444
    Water and waste disposal loans and grants..................439, 443
  Spectrum-based communications services...........................3943
  Technical assistance grants and programs..........................256
  Telecommunications system construction policies..............438, 446


                                   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:
    Aeronautical Mobile Satellite Service systems..................3878
    Application and licensing requirements.........................3864
    Broadcast Satellite Service....................................3877
    Coordination between non-geostationary and geostationary 
        orbit......................................................3848
    Digital audio radio service....................................3866
    Earth stations.....................................3863, 3873, 3883
    Fixed-satellite services.....................3869, 3877, 3878, 3925
    Global mobile personal communications..........................3881
    Licensing reform...............................................3870
    Maritime mobile services.......................................3868
    Mobile service provider flexibility............................3871
    MSS spectrum allocation............................3859, 3865, 3880
    Non-geostationary orbit..................................3869, 3876
    Non-government operations in the 36.0-51.4 GHz portion of the 
        V-band.....................................................3867
    Orbital debris mitigation......................................3872
    Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act.......3909, 
                                                             3910, 3911
    Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................3879
Savings associations:
  Adjudicatory proceedings for holding companies...................2902
  Application and reporting requirements...........................2903
  Customer identification program..................................2442
  Securities-related activities....................................2896
Savings bonds:
  See Bonds
Scholarships and fellowships:
  NASA Science and Technology Scholarship..........................3454
  National Institutes of Health....................................1099
School breakfast and lunch programs:
  Administrative error reduction....................................336
  Allowable costs...................................................319
  Donated foods provided under contract with food service 
      management companies..........................................298
  Eligibility determinations for free or reduced-price meals...17, 323, 
                                                               328, 338
  Fluid milk regulations........................................12, 325
  Food safety programs.........................................329, 339
  Nutrition standards...............................................326
  Processing of donated foods.......................................305
  Serving fruits and vegetables as afterschool snacks...............295
  Severe need reimbursements........................................320
  Simplification of meal counting and claiming procedures...........321
  State administrative expenses.....................................322
  Summer food service program.......................................331
  Uniform Federal assistance regulations............................312
Schools:
  See also Colleges and universities
           Educational facilities
  Approval for enrollment in Student and Exchange Visitor 
      Information System...........................................1485

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  Asbestos model accreditation plan................................3304
  Closure and consolidation........................................1844
  Student and Exchange Visitor Program recertification.......1490, 1491
Science and technology:
  NSF patents regulation...........................................3501
  Privacy regulations..............................................3500
  Rights to inventions..............................................750
Scientific equipment:
  See Medical devices
Seafood:
  See also Fish
           Fisheries
  Fish and Seafood Promotion Act....................................564
  Seafood dealer reporting and recordkeeping requirements...........708
Seals:
  See Marine mammals
Seamen:
  Licenses and certificates of registry..............................60
  Merchant marine training, certification, and watchkeeping........1354
  Merchant mariner application procedure...........................1398
Seaplanes:
  See Aircraft
Seashores:
  See Coastal zone
Securities:
  See also Bonds
  Abandonment of...................................................2845
  Affiliate transactions...........................................4189
  Anti-manipulation rules..........................................4212
  Beneficial ownership report filing...............................2554
  Best price rules.................................................4168
  Blank check companies............................................4172
  Borrowing transactions.....................................2547, 3983
  Broker-dealers:
    Financial responsibility rules.................................4201
    Quotation requirements.........................................4204
    Recordkeeping requirements.....................................2550
  Communications reform............................................4174
  Confirmation of transactions.....................................4206
  Continuity of interest...........................................2757
  Critical accounting policies.....................................4161
  Delisting and deregistering......................................4218
  Disclosure requirements..................3986, 4161, 4207, 4208, 4209
  EDGAR system.....................................................4193
  Electronic delivery of proxy materials...........................4163
  Electronic form submissions......................................4166
  Electronic signatures............................................4217
  Exemption for holdings subject to fiduciary standards............2424
  Exemptions for banks.............................................4205
  Financial reporting..............................................4172
    Share-based payment............................................4222
  Futures products:
    Offer and sale of products traded on foreign boards............3779
    Registration requirements for banks acting as brokers or 
        dealers....................................................4199
  GNMA excess yield securities.......................................65
  Held of record securities........................................4164
  Holding companies..............................4159, 4194, 4196, 4197
  Income taxation..................................................2789
  Independent transmission companies...............................4195
  Integrated financial transactions................................2560
  Investment advisers..............................................4175
    Disclosure and recordkeeping requirements......................4177
  Investment companies:
    Disclosure requirements............................4169, 4180, 4183
    Eligible portfolio companies...................................4192
    Issued ratably definition......................................4182
  Lock-up agreements...............................................4167
  Mark-to-market accounting..................................2683, 2719
  Money market fund exemptions.....................................4188
  Municipal securities disclosure..................................4200
  Mutual funds:
    Anti-money laundering program..................................2450
    Pricing regulations............................................4190
    Reporting suspicious transactions..............................2444
  Nasdaq-listed securities.........................................4213
  Net capital requirements.........................................4211
  Offering disclosure rules........................................2544
  Options markets..................................................4214
  Ownership reports................................................4173
  Penny stocks.....................................................4217
  Privacy notices..................................................4181
  Privacy of consumer financial information........................4191
  Qualified purchaser definition...................................4171
  Regulation NMS...................................................4215
  Reorganization events......................................2871, 4203
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................4198
    Accelerated filers.............................................4162
    Annual reports and prospectuses................................4198
  Safe harbor:
    Exceptions.....................................................2684
  Sarbanes-Oxley Act regulations:
    Disclosure requirements........................................2554
    PCAOB regulations..............................................4219
  Savings association activities...................................2896
  Self-regulatory organizations:
    Concept release on structure...................................4202
    Fair administration, governance, and disclosure................4210
  Shareholder access to director nomination process................4170
  Standards of conduct for attorneys...............................4221
  Streamlining.....................................................4160
  Substitute dividend payments.....................................2590
  Tender and reorganization agents.................................4203
  Termination of reporting obligations by foreign private issuers
                                                                   4165
  Trading by officers, directors, and principal security holders 
                                                                   4173
  Transactions settlement..........................................4216
Security information:
  See Classified information
Security measures:
  See also Classified information
  Acquisition regulations....................................1237, 1249
  Airport security compliance program..............................1461
  Bureau of Prisons administrative measures........................1949
  Classified national security information.........................1239
  Critical infrastructure information handling.......................56
  Customer identification programs:
    Loan and finance companies.....................................2432
    Pawn brokers...................................................2429
    Sellers of vehicles............................................2433
    Travel agents..................................................2431
  Disclosure of official information in connection with legal 
      proceedings..................................................1252
  DOE:
    Background checks of employees..................................976
    Contractors.....................................................955
    Polygraph examination regulations...............................957
  Emergency Security Control of Air Traffic.........................755
  Fastener Quality Act..............................................538
  FDA registration of food and animal feed facilities..............1078
  Federal mail.....................................................3420
  Financial record information provided to DOD by financial 
      institutions.............................................757, 758
  Food security plans...............................................348
  Freedom of Information...........................................1251
  Grants administration............................................1235
  Homeland Security Information sharing............................1236
  Homeland Security Labor Relations Board..........................1257
  Information technology security..................................3749
  Licensing of private land remote-sensing space systems............684

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  Maritime and land security directives and information circulars
                                                                   1465
  Maritime Security Program........................................2388
  National Industrial Security Program.............................3477
  National security information regulations..................2141, 3482
  National Security Personnel System..........................778, 3591
  Personal identification verification for Federal employees and 
      contractors..............................................536, 537
  Prior notice of imported food....................................1044
  Privacy Act procedures...........................................1251
  Protection of sensitive security information related to 
      transportation.........................................1459, 2184
  Registered Traveler program......................................1446
  Security awareness training for flight school employees..........1451
  Security compliance program for aircraft operators...............1460
  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1992
  Standards of conduct for DHS employees...........................1234
  Support Antiterrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act 
                                                                     57
  Technical surveillance countermeasures............................768
  US-IAEA safeguards agreement......................................478
  Washington, DC metropolitan area special flight rules............2199
Seeds:
  Imports.............................................................9
  Karnal bunt compensation..........................................216
Seizures and forfeitures:
  Immigration and Naturalization regulations.......................1418
  NOAA regulations..................................................681
  Principal residence seizure......................................2861
Selective Service System:
  Registration requirements........................................3522
Senior citizens:
  See Aged
Serums:
  See Biologics
Sewage disposal:
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3390
Sex discrimination:
  Federally assisted programs...............917, 1241, 3493, 3495, 3496
  Programs and activities receiving Federal surplus property.......3439
Sheep:
  Interstate movement regulations...................................232
Shipbuilding industry:
  Safety and health regulations..............................2120, 2131
Shipping:
  See Air carriers
      Maritime carriers
      Motor carriers
      Railroads
Ships:
  See Vessels
Signs and symbols:
  See Trademarks
Sirup:
  See Sugar
Small businesses:
  Acquisition regulations...............788, 804, 825, 3754, 3757, 3775
  Administrative offset............................................3657
  Business Development Program:
    Electronic application.........................................3656
  Cosponsorships...................................................3661
  Disabled access credit...........................................2623
  Government contracting programs..................................3635
    Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Assistance 
        Program....................................................3652
  Group health insurance availability and renewability.............1191
  HUBZone Program:
    Acquisition regulations........................................3757
    Agricultural commodities purchase from subcontractors..........3642
    Amendments.....................................................3660
    Price evaluation factor........................................3770
    Small entity impact............................................3636
  Investment companies:
    Maximum leverage eligibility...................................3639
  Lending company oversight.........................................135
  Loans:
    Certified Development Company program..........................3641
    Economic injury disaster loans.................................3643
    Premier Certified Lenders Program..............................3646
  Mentor-protege programs:
    DOD.............................................................824
    DOT............................................................2182
  NASA programs:
    Contractor recertification of program compliance...............3456
  NASA subcontracting..............................................3463
  National forest land use..........................................373
  Privacy Impact Assessment Statements.............................3645
  Rights to inventions..............................................750
  Rural business investment program.................................429
  SBA-sponsored activities and gifts...............................3661
  Service-disabled veteran-owned...................................3659
    Subcontracting plans...........................................3448
  Size standards:
    Air transportation support activities..........................3649
    Inflation adjustment...........................................3653
    Mapping services...............................................3650
    Multiple award schedule........................................3655
    Nonmanufacturers supplying products to the Federal Government
                                                                   3647
    Restructuring..................................................3662
    Security guards and patrol services industry...................3648
    Small entity impact............................................3633
    Surety Bond Guarantee Program..................................3640
  Small Business Development Center Program revisions..............3637
  Small Business Innovation Research Program.......137, 249, 3456, 3662
  Small Business Technology Transfer Program..................136, 3456
  Small Disadvantaged Businesses:
    Acquisition regulations........................................3770
    Electronic application.........................................3656
    Participation in DOT programs......................2168, 2169, 2178
    Status determinations..........................................3634
  Surety bond guarantee..........................3640, 3651, 3663, 3664
  Testimony and production of records to OIG.......................3644
  Venture capital company ownership................................3662
  Very Small Business program......................................3666
  Veteran-owned:
    Subcontracting plans...........................................3448
Social security:
  See also Child welfare
           Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Unemployment compensation
  Administrative review process..............................3705, 3713
  Aliens:
    Additional insured status requirements for noncitizen workers
                                                                    149
    Benefits for lawfully present aliens...........................1283
  Annual earnings test.............................................3728
  Benefits to children of military parents overseas................3711
  Civil monetary penalties..........................................158
  Debt collection...................................................138
  Disability determinations:
    Administrative review process...................................152
    Age categories..................................................151
    Digestive system................................................154
    Drug addiction or alcoholism...................................3675
    Exemption of work activity as basis for continuing disability 
        review......................................................139
    Expiration date extension......................................3734

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    Genito-urinary tract...........................................3726
    Growth impairments.............................................3668
    Hearing impairments............................................3690
    Hematological disorders........................................3678
    Immune system...................................................140
    Labyrinthine-vestibular function disturbance...................3690
    Language and speech disorders..................................3691
    Medical equivalence policy......................................153
    Mental disorders................................................141
    Multiple body systems..........................................3727
    Neurological...................................................3674
    Optometrists as acceptable medical sources.....................3683
    Recontacting medical sources...................................3682
    Respiratory disorders..........................................3676
    Review of state agency determinations..........................3722
    Special senses.................................................3673
  Disability programs:
    Continuing disability review failure to cooperate procedures 
                                                                    148
    Exclusion of representative and health care providers 
        convicted of violations....................................3718
    Self-Sufficiency Program........................................142
    Ticket to Work Program..........................................142
  Divided state retirement systems coverage group..................3732
  Duration of marriage requirement for surviving spouses...........3711
  Elimination of deemed military wages.............................3731
  Employment requirement for application of government pension 
      offset exemption.............................................3723
  Expedited reinstatement of disability benefits...................3700
  Federal Advisory Committee Act:
    Income consideration of persons working as committee members 
                                                                   3708
  Fee withholding and payment procedures to non-attorney 
      representatives..............................................3713
  Fraud:
    Nonpayable benefits for trial work period after fraud 
        conviction..................................................144
    Penalties for withholding of information........................143
  HHS regulation migration to SSA..................................3714
  Liability of representative payees for overpayments to deceased 
      recipients...................................................3681
  Medical-vocational guidelines....................................3702
  Nonpayment of benefits to fugitive felons and probation or 
      parole violators..............................................146
  Overpayment collection priority over underpayment reimbursement
                                                                   3694
  Plans to achieve sulf-support for blind and disabled 
      individuals...................................................156
  Privacy and disclosure of records and information..........3669, 3721
  Protective application filing date...............................3712
  Recognition, disqualification and reinstatement of 
      representatives..............................................3710
  Reduced medical benefits due to private insurance coverage.......3720
  Reentitlement period expansion for childhood disability 
      benefits......................................................144
  Regulation amendments............................................3733
  Replacement card limits...........................................150
  Representative payment procedures.................................143
  Service of legal process.........................................3724
  Social Security Protection Act regulations.......................3732
  Standards of conduct of SSA employees............................3697
  Stepchild benefits...............................................3704
  Student earned income exclusion eligibility.......................144
  Vocational rehabilitation services:
    Continuation of benefit payments to individuals participating 
        in a program...............................................3730
    Referral for services..........................................3717
  Work report receipts issuance.....................................144
Solid waste disposal:
  See Waste treatment and disposal
Space transportation and exploration:
  Access to sensitive information..................................3465
  Acquisition regulations....................................3459, 3774
    Announcement of contract awards................................3472
    Contractor recertification of program compliance...............3456
    Head of contracting activity revision....................3467, 3469
    Major breach of safety or security clause......................3464
    Packaging, handling, and transportation clause.................3471
    Small business programs........................................3456
  Astronaut Health Care Provision..................................3455
  Availability of Agency records...................................3466
  Code of conduct for International Space Station crew.............3458
  Commercial space transportation:
    Crew safety regulations........................................2205
    Licensing and safety requirements..............................2209
    Regulation revisions...........................................2219
    Safety approvals...............................................2229
  Cross-waiver of liability........................................3457
  Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook revisions...............3461
    Intellectual property provisions...............................3470
    Report requirements............................................3470
  Incidental take of marine mammals during rocket launch 
      operations....................................................672
  Income source rules..............................................2565
  Protection of human research subjects............................3462
  Research misconduct in grants and cooperative agreements.........3468
  Science and Technology Scholarship...............................3454
  Small business subcontracting plans..............................3463
  Suborbital reusable launch vehicles..............................2204
  Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System.........................3453
  Wind tunnel use for industry development work....................3460
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.........................................1488
  Exchange visitor program.........................................2145
  Student and Exchange Visitor Information System.....1471, 1490, 1491, 
                                                                   2147
  Student Career Experience Program................................3546
  Student earned income exclusion eligibility.......................144
  Student rights in research, experimental programs, and testing 
                                                                    923
Subsidies:
  See Grant programs
Sugar:
  Marketing allocations.............................................193
  Reexport programs.................................................370
Suicide:
  Prevention program...............................................1948
Superfund:
  Cooperative agreements and State contracts.......................3372
  Reportable quantity adjustments for carbamates...................3368
Supplemental Security Income (SSI):
  Disability determinations:
    Cardiovascular impairments......................................155
    Digestive system................................................154
    Endocrine system and obesity...................................3667
    Exemption of work activity as basis for continuing disability 
        review......................................................139
    Genito-urinary tract...........................................3726
    Growth impairment..............................................3729

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    Hematological disorders........................................3678
    Immune system...................................................140
    Mental disorders................................................141
    Multiple body systems..........................................3727
    Neurological...................................................3674
    Optometrists as acceptable medical sources.....................3683
    Special senses.................................................3673
  Expedited reinstatement of disability benefits...................3700
  Income:
    Deeming from ineligible parents................................3680
    Determination of................................................147
    Exclusions...............................................3719, 3725
  Payment of past-due benefits.....................................3698
  Social Security Protection Act....................................147
  Student earned income exclusion determination.....................144
  Transfers of resources...........................................3716
  Trusts...........................................................3716
  Vocational rehabilitation services:
    Continuation of benefit payments to individuals participating 
        in a program...............................................3730
Surety bonds:
  Immigration surety bonds...................................1472, 1474
  SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program..............3640, 3651, 3663, 3664
Surface mining:
  See also Coal
           Mine safety and health
  Claims under general Mining Law..................................1905
  Coal:
    Abandoned coal refuse sites....................................1892
    Abandoned mine reclamation fees................................1900
    Lease terms and conditions.....................................1831
    Placement of excess spoil........................................70
    State programs.................................................1899
  Indian lands...............................................1827, 1897
  Public hearings and appeals......................................1625
  Reclamation regulations..........................................1825
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..................................2480
  Brewery regulations revisions....................................2471
  Computation on large cigars................................2483, 2534
  Escrow funds.....................................................2679
  Excise...........................................................2716
  Foreign trade....................................................2559
  Gift tax value determination.....................................2621
  Occupational tax.................................................2525
  Real estate taxes................................................3433
  TTB Bulletin regulations.........................................2533
  Withholding by Federal agencies..................................2463
Teachers:
  Teacher Next Door housing sales program..........................1552
Technology:
  See Science and technology
Telecommunications:
  See also Radio
           Satellites
           Telephone
           Television
  Access charge reform.............................................3963
  Accounting requirements.....................................449, 3964
  Acquisition regulations.................................809, 813, 815
  Advanced telecommunications facilities and services..............3971
  Advanced wireless services.......................................3844
  Air-ground services on commercial airplanes......................3941
  ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................3964
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers............................................3960
  Bell Operating Companies and affiliates:
    Enhanced services..............................................3958
  Communication intercepting devices................................518
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act...2019, 2022, 2023, 
                                                                   3920
  Competition matters..............................................3862
  Detariffing of interstate exchange access services...............3959
  Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems.....................3919, 3957
    For IP-enabled service providers...............................3970
  Ex parte rules...................................................3862
  Export controls...................................................530
  Extending wireless services to tribal lands......................3944
  GSA management policy............................................3442
  Installment payments for Personal Communications Services 
      licensees....................................................3931
  International services reporting requirements....................3875
  Interstate special access services...............................3967
  N11 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.............3951
  National Exchange Carrier Association petition...................3968
  North American Numbering Plan....................................3950
  Numbering Resource Optimization..................................3965
  Pole attachments.................................................3894
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....2025
    Reporting requirements.........................................2024
  Relay services.......................................3832, 3833, 3836
  Rural areas.............................................438, 446, 449
  RUS special equipment contract....................................444
  Service quality reporting........................................3962
  Telecommunications Act:
    Access charge reform...........................................3955
    Customer proprietary network information (CPNI)................3954
    Individuals with disabilities..................................3831
    Interstate pay-per-call and other information services.........3829
    Local competition provisions...................................3956
    Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers.................3830
    Universal service..............................................3952
  Toll-free service access codes...................................3953
  Truth in billing.................................................3839
  Unbundled network elements.......................................3966
  Universal service reform.........................................3963
Telephone:
  900-number service...............................................4065
  Access charge reform.......................................3955, 3963
  Accessibility of equipment and services to persons with 
      disabilities.................................................3831
  Accounting requirements..........................................3964
  Advanced telecommunications facilities and services..............3971
  Advertising......................................................4065
  ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................3964
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers............................................3960
  Customer account record exchange obligations.....................3838
  Customer proprietary network information.........................3954
  Detariffing of interstate exchange access services...............3959
  Dial Equipment Minutes Weighting Program.........................3952
  Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems.....................3919, 3957
    For IP-enabled service providers...............................3970
  Enhanced services................................................3958
  Hearing aid compatibility for wireless phones....................3949
  International call-back service..................................3882
  Interstate pay-per-call and other information services...........3829
  Local competition provisions of the Telecommunications Act.......3956

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  N11 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.............3951
  North American Numbering Plan....................................3950
  Relay services.............................................3832, 3833
  Telemarketing sales rule.........................................4062
  Telephone Consumer Protection Act................................3835
  Toll free service access codes...................................3953
  Toll telephone service definition................................2710
  Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers...................3830
  Unbundling local exchange carriers...............................3961
  Universal Service..........................................3952, 3963
Television:
  See also Cable television
  Advertising......................................................3889
  Children's programming.....................................3900, 3901
  Competitive availability of navigation devices...................3892
  Deceptive advertising concerning screen size.....................4057
  Digital television service:
    Broadcast content protection...................................3948
    Children's programming.........................................3900
    Conversion rules for low power television and television 
        translator stations........................................3906
    Review of conversion process...................................3898
    Tuner requirements.............................................3858
  Direct broadcast public interest obligations.....................3899
  Emergency Alert System.....................................3840, 3841
  Filing of network affiliation contracts..........................3888
  Joint sales agreements...........................................3907
  Public interest information......................................3903
  Public television station digital transition grant program........442
  Reallocation and service rules for the 698-746 MHz spectrum 
      band.........................................................3938
  Service rules in UHF spectrum....................................3926
  Significantly viewed out-of-market broadcast stations............3908
  Unlicensed operation in the broadcast bands......................3855
  Video programming accessibility............................3892, 3912
Terrorism:
  Bioterrorism preparedness..................................1044, 1078
  International Terrorism Victim Compensation Program..............2038
  Limited communication opportunities for inmates linked to 
      terrorist-related activities.................................1929
  Support Antiterrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act 
                                                                     57
  Terrorism Risk Insurance Program...........................2419, 2425
Textiles:
  African Growth and Opportunity Act...............................2405
  Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act............................2407
  Flammability standards...........................................3795
  Trade agreements............................................474, 2400
Timber:
  See Forests and forest products
Tobacco:
  See also Cigars and cigarettes
  Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.........................2503
  Crop insurance provisions.........................................270
  Customs regulations..............................................2485
  Imported tobacco products...................................167, 2505
  In-transit stops without payment of tax..........................2490
  Inspection........................................................167
  Prohibited marks on products brought into the U.S................2530
  Regulations for tobacco products that are not in packages........2489
  Removal of products without payment of tax for use in law 
      enforcement activities.......................................2504
  Shipment of products without payment of tax......................2486
  TTB Bulletin regulations.........................................2533
Tort claims:
  See Claims
Tourist trade:
  See Travel
Toxic substances:
  See Hazardous substances
Toxins:
  See Biologics
Trade agreements:
  African Growth and Opportunity Act.........................2399, 2405
  Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act..................2404
  Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act............................2407
  Free Trade Agreements with Australia and Morocco............807, 3752
  Free Trade Agreements with Chile and Singapore.......1325, 2408, 2409
  North American Free Trade Agreement..................2394, 2423, 2427
  Textile trade agreements..........................................474
  U. S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act......................2400
Trade practices:
  Annual Trade Survey...............................................460
  Economic Development Administration...............................465
  Fastener Quality Act..............................................538
  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act............4063
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................4058
  Funeral industry.................................................4055
  Home insulation labeling and advertising.........................4067
  Insular possessions watch, watch movement, and jewelry program 
      revisions.....................................................472
  Premerger notification rules.....................................4059
  Regulatory review................................................4053
  Reviews of antidumping and countervailing duty orders.............473
  Telemarketing sales rule.........................................4062
  Telephone service................................................4065
  Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers...........................203
  Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers........................75, 76
  Voluntary disclosure provisions related to restrictive 
      practices or boycotts.........................................482
Trademarks:
  Fees.........................................................731, 748
  Intent-to-use documents filing requirements.......................732
  Preventing importation of pirated audio-visual works.............2410
  Representation of others before the USPTO.........................729
  Rules of practice amendments......................................738
  Rules of practice in inter partes proceedings before the 
      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board..............................730
  Statement of use filing deadline..................................732
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...............................831, 2183, 3740
  Air pollution control conformity...........................3159, 3247
  Americans With Disabilities Act accessibility standards..........2173
  Civil penalties............................................2221, 2334
  Debarment and suspension.........................................2167
  Disadvantaged business enterprise participation......2168, 2169, 2178
  Drug and alcohol testing.............................2172, 2174, 2185
  Environmental review.............................................3194
  Explosive materials..............................................1972
  FTA organization and function....................................2354
  Individuals with disabilities..............................2171, 2992
  Interstate ozone transport.......................................3189
  Management and Technical Assistance Program......................2169
  Management regulations:
    Data collection standards......................................3431
    Electronic systems use.........................................3424
    Manager authorization..........................................3444
    Reporting requirements.........................................3431

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  Maritime and land security directives and information circulars
                                                                   1465
  Mentor/protege program for small businesses......................2182
  Official title of the head of TSA................................1453
  Privacy Act provisions...............................1450, 1454, 1468
  Registered Traveler program......................................1446
  Safe and environmentally protective use of granular mine 
      tailings in construction projects............................3337
  Time zone boundaries in the state of Indiana.....................2170
  Wildlife.........................................................1640
Travel:
  Anti-money laundering programs for travel agencies...............2434
  Customer identification programs for travel agents...............2431
Travel and transportation expenses:
  Deductions for members of Congress...............................2562
  Government-furnished automobiles.................................3450
  Per diem expenses................................................3451
  Privately owned vehicle mileage reimbursement....................3452
  Public vouchers..................................................3445
  Relocation allowances............................................3428
  Temporary duty travel............................................3449
  VA beneficiary travel regulations................................2905
Treaties:
  See also Trade agreements
  Chemical Weapons Convention.......................................483
Trucks:
  See Motor carriers
      Motor vehicles
Tuberculosis:
  Bovine tuberculosis...............................................239
  Correctional management..........................................1951
Turpentine:
  See Forests and forest products


                                   U

Underground mining:
  See Mine safety and health
Unemployment:
  See Community development
      Unemployment compensation
Unemployment compensation:
  Confidentiality and disclosure of State records..................2065
  Eligibility regulations..........................................2071
United States investments abroad:
  Foreign utilities................................................4194
Universities:
  See Colleges and universities
Upward Bound Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Uranium:
  Mill sites..................................................968, 4130
Urban renewal:
  See Community development
Utilities:
  See also Electric utilities
           Natural gas
           Water supply
  Accounting and financial reporting requirements..................3999
  Acquisition regulations......................................810, 811
  Commission authorization to hold interlocking directorates.......4006
  Communication protocols..........................................4001
  Electronic filing by persons holding interlocking positions......4003
  Electronic filing of documents.............................3989, 3992
  Electronic filing of twenty largest purchasers information.......4003
  Electronic reporting of electric energy shortages................4000
  Exemption for certain acquisitions.........................4194, 4197
  Financial reporting guidelines...................................4004
  Generator-run status information.................................4005
  Independent ownership and operation..............................4021
  Information requirements for available transfer capability.......4007
  Intermittent generator imbalance service schedule................4002
  Market-based rates...............................................3997
  Oversight of regional transmission organizations and 
      independent system operators.................................3999
  Rural Utilities Service:
    Accounting requirements for telecommunications borrowers........449
    Exemption of certain borrowers from controls....................445
    Household Water Well System Grant Program.......................450
    Lien accommodations and subordinations..........................447
    Operational controls............................................441
    Seismic safety requirements.....................................448
    Special equipment contract......................................444
    Water and waste disposal loans and grants..................439, 443
  Standards for business practices.................................4001
  Standards of conduct for transmission providers..................3991
  Wind energy interconnection agreement............................3988


                                   V

Vaccines:
  See Biologics
Vegetables:
  Agricultural inspection along the U.S./Canada border..............234
  Crop insurance provisions:
    Cabbage.........................................................271
    Mustard.........................................................276
    Northern potato.................................................277
    Sweet corn......................................................274
  Import regulations..................................................6
  Inspection service fees...........................................170
  Phytosanitary certificates for imports............................237
Vessels:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Fishing vessels
           Marine safety
           Maritime carriers
           Navigation (water)
           Passenger vessels
  Accident reporting...............................................1358
  Anchorage area regulations.......................................1378
  Anchorage ground, safety zone and speed limit for Tongass 
      Narrows, AK..................................................1404
  Anti-money laundering program for businesses engaged in boat 
      sales........................................................2437
  Automatic Identification System....................................61
  Ballast water:
    Exchange guidelines............................................1394
  Coast Guard escort requirements............................1383, 1403
  Commercial diving operations.....................................1390
  Container seals..................................................1419
  Controlled substances............................................1976
  Discharge standards for Armed Forces vessels.....................3374
  Discharge-removal equipment......................................1379
  Documentation....................................................1363
  Electronic Charting Display and Information System...............1405
  Emission standards:
    Marine tank vessel loading operations..........................3178
    Shipbuilding and ship repair surface coating...................3180
    Spark ignition marine vessels...................................105
  Lease financing for vessels engaged in coastwise trade...........1363
  Long range identification and tracking data......................1402
  Marking sunken vessels waiver....................................1364
  Notification of arrival and departure........................61, 1396
  Numbering system.................................................1358
  Oil spill liability trust fund:
    Vessel limits of liability.....................................1365
  Outer Continental Shelf activities...............................1388
  Personal flotation device requirements...........................1355
  Pollution prevention equipment...................................1361
  Polychlorinated biphenyls containing.............................3286
  Port restrictions and fees:
    Japanese vessels...............................................4032

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  Regattas and marine parades......................................1381
  Safety and security zone regulations.......................1377, 1399
  Satellite earth stations.........................................3873
  Traffic separation schemes.......................................1356
  Vessel Traffic Service...........................................1397
Veterans:
  Accrued benefits.................................................2934
  Acquisition regulations:
    Plain language revisions.......................................2935
  Adjudication and fiduciary regulations...2915, 2917, 2956, 2959, 2973
  Advanced health care planning....................................2939
  Affirmative action and nondiscrimination obligations of 
      contractors and subcontractors.........................2051, 2053
  Aggravation of a disability by active service....................2976
  Alaska Native veteran allotments.................................1908
  Appeals regulations:
    Notice of Disagreement clarification...........................2968
    Public availability of Board decisions.........................2969
    Remand or referral to the Agency of Original Jurisdiction......2936
  Beneficiary travel regulations...................................2905
  Benefits claims..................................................2932
  Burial benefits..................................................2914
    Survivors of Filipino veterans.................................2951
  CHAMPVA Program:
    Coverage for devices and prostheses............................2908
    Delegations of authority.......................................2908
    Preventive services............................................2909
  Claim substantiation regulations.................................2937
  Claims based on aggravation of nonservice-connected disability 
                                                                   2949
  Claims based on service in the Philippine Armed Forces...........2917
  Compensation and pension regulations:
    Bars, forfeiture and renouncement of benefits..................2928
    Concurrent receipt of military retired pay and disability 
        compensation...............................................2963
    Dependents.....................................................2924
    Duties of VA...................................................2960
    Elections of improved pension............................2927, 2961
    General evidence requirements, effective dates, revision of 
        decisions, and protection of existing ratings..............2926
    General provisions.............................................2920
    Payments and adjustments to payments.....................2916, 2929
    Payments to beneficiaries who are eligible for more than one 
        benefit....................................................2925
    Rights and responsibilities of claimants and beneficiaries.....2960
    Service-connected disability compensation......................2930
    Special and ancillary benefits for veterans, dependents and 
        survivors..................................................2919
  Coordination of benefits with TRICARE.............................908
  Dependency and indemnity compensation:
    Regulation amendment...........................................2922
    Surviving spouse's rates.......................................2962
  Disability ratings:
    Cardiovascular conditions......................................2952
    Convulsive disorders...........................................2967
    Eye, ear, and other sense organs...............................2948
    Hypertension...................................................2952
    Individual unemployability.....................................2947
    Multiple scars.................................................2954
    Neurological conditions........................................2967
    Respiratory disorders..........................................2952
  Education:
    Centralized certification of benefits..........................2912
    Licensing and certification....................................2911
    Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty................................2931
    Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve...........................2957
    Non-payment of VA educational assistance to fugitive felons 
                                                                   2975
    Survivors and dependents.................................2913, 2931
    Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act..................2953
    Veterans Programs Enhancement Act..............................2910
  Enrollment information updating form.............................2904
  Federal Agency Retail Pharmacy Program...........................3435
  Filipino veterans benefit improvements.....................2944, 2951
  Jobs For Veterans Act................................2135, 2138, 3593
  Loan guaranty:
    Assistance to disabled veterans in acquiring specially 
        adapted housing............................................2971
    Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages.........................2923, 2974
    Regulation amendments..........................................2955
  Medical benefits:
    Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2945
    Hospital and outpatient care enrollment..........................99
    Informed consent regulations.............................2906, 2907
    Non-VA service and care........................................2943
    Patients' rights regarding medication prescription 
        authorization..............................................2942
    Presumptions of service connection.......................2958, 2977
  Notice requirements..............................................2937
  Protection of human research subjects............................2972
  Psychosis definition.............................................2950
  Reconsideration of decisions on claims for benefits..............2964
  Regional Counsels' jurisdictions and addresses...................2978
  Service organization representatives:
    Accreditation of...............................................2938
  Small businesses:
    Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern Program
                                                                   3659
    Subcontracting plans...........................................3448
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......2051, 
                                                                   2053
  Special ratings..................................................2921
  State homes......................................................2940
    Grants for the hiring and retention of nurses..................2946
  Surviving spouses:
    Remarriage of..................................................2965
  Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act....87, 2137
  Veterans Benefits Act............................................2966
  Veterans Benefits Improvement Act................................2966
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program...........2918, 2933
Viruses:
  See Biologics
Visas:
  See Passports and visas
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a 
      program......................................................3730
  Referral for services............................................3717
  Veterans...................................................2918, 2933
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps:
    *VISTA program.................................................3004
    National Civilian Community Corps..............................3006
  National Senior Service Corps....................................3009
  Peace Corps................................................3612, 3613
    Suspension of eligible enrollments in FEHB program.............3596
    Use of name and logo...........................................3615
Voting rights:
  Language minority provisions.....................................1962
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1959


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative wage garnishment............................1622, 2470
  Cost-of-living allowances........................................3533
  Critical position pay authority..................................3562

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  Hospice wage index.........................................1168, 1214
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................2049
  Locality pay areas.........................................3558, 3603
  Prevailing rate systems........................3529, 3560, 3561, 3604
  Regulation amendments..........................3531, 3547, 3554, 3605
  Regulation standardization.......................................3602
  Service Contract Act regulations.................................2061
  Tipped employees.................................................2049
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................194
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................3331, 3347
  Effluent guidelines............................3375, 3382, 3384, 3396
  Financial test criteria..........................................3353
  Hazardous waste management.................................3355, 3361
  Laboratory waste.................................................3335
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions...................................................3330
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations................3332
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission guidelines............................................3161
    MACT standards.................................................3063
    New source performance standards...............................3161
  Nuclear waste disposal................................108, 4119, 4131
  On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3362
  Project XL.....................................3018, 3025, 3345, 3362
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3341
  RUS loans and grants.........................................439, 443
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3411
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards............................3066, 3115, 3164
    Guideline revisions............................................3348
    Landfill criteria........................................3040, 3348
    Landfills and incinerators.....................................3119
    Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3357
    Solid waste definition..........................................128
    Tax regulations................................................2744
  Underground storage tanks:
    Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3351
  Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3359
  Wastewater treatment sludges...............................3334, 3345
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3391
Water carriers:
  See Maritime carriers
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Clean Water Act..................................................3385
    Cooling water intake structures................................3380
    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3373
    Test procedures........................3379, 3381, 3385, 3386, 3387
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................884
  Concentrated animal feeding operation rule.......................3377
  Direct application of pesticides to waters in compliance with 
      FIFRA........................................................3383
  Effluent guidelines:
    Airport deicing operations.....................................3393
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3375
    Drinking water treatment plants................................3394
    Iron and steel manufacturing...................................3382
    Program plan...................................................3376
    Recodification of..............................................3392
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management.......................................1394
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1369, 1385
    Response plans for oil.............................1369, 1386, 1389
  Mining operations..................................................70
  NPDES permits..............................................3389, 3390
  Pretreatment regulations.........................................3397
  Radon............................................................3404
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3390
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..........115, 116
  Storm water permit requirements for oil and gas activities.......3378
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3388
  Trace metals criteria............................................3385
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards..................3374
  Water quality standards....................................3386, 3387
    Ambient water quality criteria for recreational waters.........3395
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3386, 3387
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................888
    Special events rule.............................................891
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1394
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1903
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3024
  Drinking water:
    Aircraft public water system regulations.......................3410
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3405
    Arsenic in bottled water.......................................1079
    Contaminants.......................................3399, 3404, 3408
    Copper levels..................................................3400
    Disinfection byproducts.........................................131
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3268
    Enhanced surface water treatment................................130
    Fecal contamination.............................................129
    Lead levels....................................................3400
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).............................3406
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3312
    State underground injection control programs...................3409
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3379
    Total coliform rule............................................3407
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3398
  Groundwater protection......................................129, 3263
  Household Water Well System Grant Program.........................450
  RUS loans and grants.........................................439, 443
  Servicing loans and grants........................................440
  Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1884
Water transportation:
  See Harbors
      Marine safety
      Maritime carriers
      Navigation (water)
      Vessels
Waterfowl:
  See Wildlife
Waterfront facilities:
  See Harbors
Watershed:
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................412
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................411
Waterways:
  See Bridges
      Harbors
Weapons:
  See Arms and munitions
Welfare programs:
  See Public assistance programs
Wetlands:
  See Coastal zone
Whales:
  See Marine mammals
Whistleblowing:
  Coast Guard member protection....................................1372
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3534, 3568

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  Research misconduct..............................................1108
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1664
  Captive-bred antelope............................................1780
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1746
  Eagles...........................................................1637
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1676
    Transport of feathers..........................................1750
  Endangered and threatened..................................1711, 1780
    Conservation education.........................................1629
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1722
  Endangered Species Act.....................................1659, 1780
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1639
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1964
  Exportation......................................................1640
  Falcons and falconry.......................................1743, 1774
  Importation................................................1640, 1654
  Injurious............................................1653, 1658, 1753
    Black carp.....................................................1644
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations.......1663, 1694, 1697, 1719, 1735, 1749, 1777, 
                                                       1782, 1784, 1786
    Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1765
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1725
    List revision..................................................1633
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1720
    Nontoxic nickel shot approval......................1735, 1779, 1782
    Permits......................................1632, 1661, 1748, 1774
    Possession for educational purposes............................1630
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1647
  Seabirds..........................................................650
  Subsistence management...................1677, 1678, 1682, 1730, 1776
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1638
  Transportation...................................................1640
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1643, 1654, 1717
Wildlife refuges:
  Hunting and fishing regulations............................1739, 1785
  Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge Permit requirement...............1680
  Mission, goals, and purposes...............................1714, 1738
  Mosquito management..............................................1665
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1714
  Strategic growth.................................................1666
  Tribal annual funding agreements.................................1683
  Wilderness stewardship...........................................1740
Wine:
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2523
  Imported.........................................................2499
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2488
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2506
  Sherry...........................................................2529
  Standards of fill................................................2526
  Taxes......................................................2527, 2528
  Vintage date requirements........................................2502
  Viticultural areas....2477, 2478, 2479, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 
           2496, 2497, 2498, 2500, 2501, 2507, 2508, 2510, 2511, 2512, 
           2514, 2515, 2516, 2517, 2518, 2519, 2520, 2521, 2522, 2524, 
                                           2531, 2532, 2536, 2537, 2538
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2085
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................307
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.......................2028
  Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2091
  Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Assistance Program 
                                                                   3652
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................303
    Food package revision............................................13
    Program administration and operation............................333
    Vendor-related provisions..............................18, 293, 299
Wood:
  See Forests and forest products
Wool:
  Import of certain worsted wool fabrics.......................471, 476


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Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Chafee National Youth in Transition Database.....................1227
  Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and 
      runaway youth.................................................338
  Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas................309
  
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