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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 237 / Monday, December 11, 2006 / 
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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 237 / Monday, December 11, 2006 / 
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              F. SUBJECT INDEX TO THE UNIFIED AGENDA

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Accounting:
  Change in method definition......................................2797
  EBSA accountant independence requirements........................2087
  Employee stock ownership plan costs..............................3478
  FDIC annual independent audits...................................3931
  FERC audit challenges............................................3985
  FMS claims.................................................2466, 2474
  HUD independent public accountant roster.........................1524
  International accounting standards...............................4190
  Local exchange carrier requirements..............................3915
  Maritime mobile radio services...................................3824
  Mark-to-market accounting............................2591, 2677, 2790
Acquisition regulations:
  See Government procurement
Additives:
  See Fuel additives
Administrative practice and procedure:
  See also Claims
           Environmental impact statements
           Freedom of information
           Privacy
  AID..............................................................2973
  Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.........................2535
  Coast Guard......................................................1363
  CSREES............................................................248
  DFARS.............................................................840
  DOD...............................................................877
  FTC..............................................................4018
  FWS..............................................................1620
  Hearing and appeal procedures:
    Bureau of Industry and Security.................................535
    CNCS...........................................................2993
    DHS............................................................1313
    HUD............................................................1531
    Medicare enrollment............................................1123
    NIGC...........................................................4073
    OPM............................................................3509
    Peace Corps....................................................3574
    Treasury Department............................................2572
    USDA.......................................................194, 274
  INS..............................................................2013
  IRS..............................................................2566
  OPM..............................................................3496
  Peace Corps......................................................3575
  Rulemaking:
    GSA............................................................3406
    IRS............................................................2571
    USDA............................................................358
  SSA........................................................3656, 3659
  USDA..............................................................269
Adoption and foster care:
  Analysis and reporting system....................................1229
  Intercountry adoptions.........................1272, 2155, 2167, 2169
  Privatizing functions............................................1231
  TRICARE requirements for intermediaries.......................26, 900
Advertising:
  Air travel:
    Airfares.......................................................2197
  Alcoholic beverages..................................2482, 2484, 2517
  Commodity pool operators and trading advisors regulations........3736
  FDIC membership..................................................3935
  Malt beverage products...........................................2534
  Organic claims for alcoholic beverages...........................2515
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4019
  Television.......................................................3840
    Screen size measurement........................................4033
  Unfair or deceptive practices....................................4020
  Winemaking terms.................................................2479
Affirmative action plans:
  See Equal employment opportunity
Aged:
  See also Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  Nondiscrimination:
    Coverage under ADEA............................................3377
    Disparate impact...............................................3375
    GSA............................................................3392
    HUD............................................................1522
    NARA...........................................................3447
    SSA............................................................3662
  Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly...................1166
  Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program..........................314
Agricultural commodities:
  See also Commodity futures
           Crop insurance
           Fruits
           Grains
           Vegetables
  AID transactions...........................................2973, 2974
  Citrus canker quarantine..........................................238
  Commodity Credit Corporation:
    Debt collection and settlement regulations......................177
    Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program for tropical 
        crops.......................................................196
    Procurement for foreign donation..................................1
    Quality Samples Program.........................................372
    Warehouses for storage contracts................................193
  Compensation for certified citrus nursery stock destroyed to 
      control citrus canker.........................................236
  Cooperative Marketing Associations................................200
  Cotton:
    Boll weevil quarantine and regulations..........................215
    Cottonseed payment program......................................210
    Crop classification services user fees..........................167
    US Warehouse Act regulations....................................204
  Country of origin labeling........................................164
  Direct and counter-cyclical program advance payments..............205
  EPA crop grouping regulations....................................3234
  Genetically engineered organisms and products:
    Sharing confidential business information.......................221
  Grains.......................................................199, 294
    Barley protein testing fees.....................................293
    Marketing assistance loans......................................184
  Honey:
    Research and promotion program..................................150
  Hurricane Disaster Assistance Programs............................182
  Karnal bunt compensation..........................................231
  Mark-to-market accounting........................................2677
  National Organic Program.....................................151, 163
    National list of allowed and prohibited substances 
        regulations.................................................161
  Ocean freight claims..............................................173
  Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act...........................153
  Quarantine and inspection services user fees......................244
  Rice:
    Inspection service fees.........................................291
    Standards for...................................................289
  Sorghum standards.................................................290
  Soybean standards.................................................295

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  Specialty crop block grant program................................168
  Sugar:
    Marketing allocations...........................................185
    Reassignment of allocation shortfalls...........................183
    Reexport programs...............................................371
  Tobacco:
    Inspection......................................................156
Agricultural research:
  Funding requirements..............................................250
  Matching fund requirements at Land-Grant Institutions.............247
  Non-formula grant program administration..........................246
Agriculture:
  See also Agricultural commodities
           Agricultural research
           Food assistance programs
           Foods
           Forests and forest products
           Irrigation
           Pesticides and pests
           Rural areas
  Administrative regulations........................................269
  Authority delegations...................................202, 206, 208
  Biobased products.............................427, 428, 429, 430, 460
  Conservation contract debt write-down.............................179
  Conservation program information confidentiality.............197, 458
  Conservation Security Program.....................................456
  Disaster assistance programs......................................191
  Emergency Conservation Program....................................181
  Farm Bill of 2002:
    Assistance for livestock producers..............................174
    Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program...432, 436, 437, 440, 
                                                                    442
  Farm income averaging regulations..........................2615, 2737
  Farm Service Agency:
    Appraisal requirements for farm ownership loans.................188
    Debt collection and settlement regulations......................177
    Disaster declaration and designation............................178
    Employee conflicts of interest..................................207
    Environmental compliance regulation.............................176
    Guaranteed farm loan fees.......................................180
    Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Program..........................186
    Interest assistance program.....................................172
    Interest rates on guaranteed loans..............................192
    Interest to be paid on loss claims..............................187
    Regulatory streamlining of direct farm loan programs............171
    Selection of state and county committees........................175
    Unauthorized assistance on guaranteed loans.....................198
  Farm Storage Facility Loan Program................................189
  Fee rates for science and technology laboratory services..........157
  Funding requirements for extension activities at Land-Grant 
      Institutions.............................................245, 247
  Grassroots source water protection program........................190
  Guaranteed farm loan regulations.............................195, 435
    Socio-economic benefit assessment system...................436, 437
  Hatch Multistate Research Fund....................................251
  Hurricane Disaster Assistance Programs............................182
  National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program...........249
  National security emergency loans.................................433
  Nonprocurement regulations........................................426
  Pesticide agricultural container recycling program................110
  Pesticides exposure protection....................................109
  Removal of obsolete regulations..............................211, 212
  Renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements 
      program.......................................................437
  Small Business Innovation Research Grants Program.................248
  Technical assistance and training.................................255
Aid to Families with Dependent Children:
  See Public assistance programs
AIDS:
  Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program..............1582
Air carriers:
  See also Air rates and fares
  Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of 
      aircraft from foreign areas..................................1414
  Air-ground telecommunications services...........................3892
  Airline Employee Protection Program..............................2075
  Aviation data requirements.......................................2189
  Canadian charter air taxis.......................................2199
  Cargo security.............................................1452, 1467
  Continuing fitness determinations................................2191
  DOD international air freight traffic requirements................882
  Enhanced security rules for foreign carriers.....................1460
  FAA direct final rule process....................................2230
  Fees for certification services and approvals performed outside 
      the US.......................................................2229
  Hazardous substance transportation...............................2366
    Fuel cells transported in carry-on baggage.....................2367
  Income source rules..............................................2569
  Inspection authorization renewal period..........................2232
  Lithium batteries transport prohibition..........................2364
  Passenger facility charge program................................2226
  Passengers:
    Accommodations for deaf and hard of hearing individuals........2192
    Air Transit Program............................................2173
    Baggage limitation for travelers to Cuba........................524
    Child restraint systems........................................2228
    Manifest information.............................................57
    Nondiscrimination..............................................2184
    Oxygen use.....................................................2182
    Passenger Name Record information........................1425, 1443
    Security service fee...........................................1453
    Use of portable oxygen concentrator devices....................2252
  Price advertising................................................2197
  Security Compliance Program for Aircraft Operators...............1465
  Security infrastructure fees.....................................1446
  Submission of data via the Internet..............................2393
Air fares:
  See Air rates and fares
Air pollution control:
  See also Motor vehicle pollution
  Accidental release prevention..............................3128, 3179
  Acid Rain Program..........................................3102, 3211
  Air quality data affected by exceptional, natural, and 
      international events.........................................3108
  Air quality resources:
    Class I area designations......................................3130
  Air quality standards......................................3036, 3129
  Alternative emissions monitoring and testing.....................3122
  Ambient air quality monitoring........100, 106, 117, 3057, 3159, 3181
  Best available retrofit technology...............................3213
  Carbon monoxide...................................................100
  Chemicals........................................................3289
  Chromium emissions...............................................3176
  Clean Air Act..................................3058, 3073, 3161, 3215
  Clean Air Interstate rule........................................3210
  Clean Air Mercury Rules....................................3071, 3215
  Clean Air Visibility Rule........................................3213
  Combustion turbines..............................................3217
  Continuous opacity monitoring systems............................3223
  Continuous parameter monitoring systems....................3025, 3070
  Corn milling facilities..........................................3115
  Delisting hazardous pollutants.......................3022, 3132, 3143
  Electric generating units...................................105, 3072
  Electric utility steam generating units..............3070, 3215, 3216
  Emission control diagnostic systems..............................3091
  Emission reporting requirements..................................3104
  Emissions from animal feeding operations.........................3144
  Emissions monitoring program.........................3025, 3077, 3102
  Emissions standards:
    Aerosol coatings...............................................3060

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    Architectural coatings...................................3152, 3201
    Coke ovens.....................................................3074
    Component durability procedures................................3099
    Defect reporting for on-highway motor vehicles and engines.....3063
    Diesel engines and fuels.......................................3151
    Equipment leaks................................................3061
    Exemption for US Territories...................................3112
    General Conformity requirements................................3219
    Heavy-duty diesel engines......................................3221
    HOV facilities rule............................................3059
    Hydrogen fluoride production...................................3074
    Locomotive engines..............................................101
    Marine diesel engines...........................................101
    Navajo generating station................................3126, 3127
    New marine engines.............................................3074
    New motor vehicles.......................................3059, 3198
    Performance criteria...........................................3162
    Permit requirements............................................3074
    Petroleum refineries...........................................3062
    Radionuclides..................................................3017
    Semiconductor facilities.................................3065, 3074
    Spark-ignition engines..........................................102
    VOC standards..................................................3023
  Emissions trades.................................................3134
  Export of Class I substances.....................................3118
  Fine particulate matter...........................................117
  Flexible air permit rule.........................................3032
  Fuels and fuel additives.....3019, 3111, 3182, 3197, 3202, 3207, 3208
    Volatility standard for Alaska.................................3123
  Gas turbines.....................................................3132
  Gasoline anti-dumping program........................3082, 3088, 3089
  Hazardous air pollutants....3021, 3055, 3065, 3086, 3087, 3139, 3153, 
                                                       3180, 3216, 3279
  HCFC pre-charged products........................................3056
  Industrial-commercial-institutional steam generating units.......3125
  Inspection/maintenance programs..................................3135
  Interstate transport of fine particulate matter............3211, 3218
  Lead..............................................................106
  MACT standards.............................................3016, 3186
  Maintenance and repair activities................................3147
  Methyl bromide.............................................3092, 3110
  Mineral wool production..........................................3185
  Mobile sources....................................................116
  Monitoring requirements..........................................3036
  NESHAP:
    Acrylic/modacrylic fiber production............................3190
    Aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities..................3164
    Area source standards..........................................3156
    Autobody refinishing...........................................3047
    Chemical preparations industry.................................3154
    Clay ceramics industry.........................................3034
    Coating manufacturing..........................................3220
    Copper smelters................................................3109
    Defense land systems...........................................3040
    Elastomers...............................................3021, 3177
    Electric arc furnace manufacturing.............................3037
    Ethylene oxide...........................................3029, 3165
    Ferroalloys production.........................................3184
    Gasoline distribution facilities.........................3038, 3166
    General provisions.......................................3039, 3080
    Glass manufacturing industry...................................3141
    Halogenated solvent cleaning....................................115
    Hazardous Organic NESHAP........................................114
    Hazardous waste combustors.........................3086, 3087, 3180
    Hydrochloric acid production...................................3196
    Industrial inorganic chemicals manufacturing...................3142
    Industrial process cooling towers..............................3167
    Industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers and process 
        heaters..............................................3031, 3106
    Iron and steel foundries...........................3041, 3145, 3204
    Lead acid battery manufacturing................................3153
    Lead smelting..................................................3170
    Magnetic tape manufacturing....................................3173
    Marine tank vessel loading operations..........................3168
    Mercury cell chlor-alkali plants...............................3157
    Municipal solid waste landfills................................3140
    Nonferrous metals........................................3148, 3203
    Off-site waste and recovery operations residual risk standard
                                                                   3158
    Oil and natural gas production...........................3094, 3192
    Organic chemical manufacturing.................................3200
    Organic liquid distribution..............................3052, 3205
    Paint and allied products industry.............................3155
    Paint stripping................................................3189
    Perchloroethylene dry cleaning facilities......................3169
    Petroleum refineries...........................................3175
    Pharmaceuticals production.....................................3188
    Plastic parts and products.....................................3212
    Plating and polishing..........................................3146
    Pollution prevention alternative compliance....................3080
    Polymers and resins................................3131, 3177, 3178
    Polyurethane foam production...................................3187
    Polyvinyl chloride and copolymers production...................3150
    Portland cement manufacturing industry.........................3078
    Printing and publishing industry.........................3163, 3174
    Refractory products manufacturing..............................3209
    Shipbuilding and ship repair surface coating...................3171
    Site remediation.........................................3051, 3095
    Source categories........................................3080, 3116
    Surface coating of automobiles and light-duty trucks...........3045
    Synthetic organic chemicals.....................................114
    Taconite iron ore processing...................................3042
    Thermoplastics...........................................3021, 3178
    Total facility low risk determination for residual risk........3194
  New source performance standards...3061, 3070, 3125, 3149, 3206, 3217
  New source review........105, 118, 122, 3043, 3062, 3069, 3072, 3098, 
                                                       3115, 3121, 3147
  New stationary sources...................3074, 3116, 3120, 3124, 3223
  Nitrogen oxides..........................3102, 3125, 3133, 3199, 3334
  Opacity measurement of emissions...........................3077, 3160
  Operating permits..........................................3113, 3122
    Compliance monitoring...........................................103
  Ozone and ozone precursors:
    8-hour standard..................3072, 3105, 3111, 3119, 3138, 3193
    National ambient air quality standards........104, 3072, 3105, 3119
    Protection of stratospheric ozone.....1044, 1045, 3024, 3028, 3033, 
           3035, 3050, 3054, 3056, 3066, 3092, 3096, 3097, 3100, 3110, 
                                           3118, 3183, 3191, 3195, 3214
    Transport....................................3046, 3133, 3211, 3218
  Particulate matter........................122, 3057, 3070, 3159, 3180
  PCB manufacturing................................................3250
  Performance Track program........................................3310
  Performance-based measurement system for fuels...................3026
  Polymer exemption rule...........................................3276
  Potential to emit limits.........................................3058
  Prevention of significant deterioration...105, 118, 3043, 3069, 3121, 
                                                                   3147
  Project XL...........................................3011, 3015, 3326
  Reciprocating internal combustion engines............3149, 3156, 3206
  Risk management plans............................................3179
    Public access to information...................................3128
  Solid waste incinerators.............................3053, 3120, 3124
  Source category list.............................................3139
  State implementation plans............................117, 3105, 3137
  Sulfur oxides..............................................3085, 3129
  Synthetic organic chemicals manufacturing........................3076
  Transportation conformity........................................3067
  Tribal implementation plans......................................3105

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  Volatile organic compounds.........3023, 3060, 3064, 3076, 3093, 3107
  Wood furniture industry..........................................3172
Air rates and fares:
  Aviation data requirements.......................................2189
Air safety:
  See Aviation safety
Air tariffs:
  See Air rates and fares
Air traffic control:
  Emergency security control........................................765
  Retirement coverage of air traffic controllers...................3530
Air transportation:
  See also Air carriers
           Air rates and fares
           Aircraft
           Airmen
           Airports
           Airspace
           Aviation safety
           Navigation (air)
  DOD international air freight traffic requirements................882
  Electronic presentation of cargo data............................1426
  Excise taxes.....................................................2567
  Hazardous substances.............................................2381
  Nondiscrimination................................................2184
  Small business size standards....................................3617
Aircraft:
  Aging aircraft:
    Type certificate and supplemental type certificate holder 
        data.......................................................2236
  Airworthiness directives and standards........2202, 2208, 2211, 2212, 
                                           2213, 2234, 2239, 2240, 2245
  Anti-money laundering program for businesses engaged in 
      airplane sales...............................................2441
  Area navigation..................................................2216
  Aviation Radio Service...........................................3898
  Certification procedures for products and parts..................2242
  Cockpit voice recorder requirements..............................2217
  Commuter operations in very light jets.............................85
  Electrical and electronic system standards.......................2220
  Engine bird ingestion............................................2239
  Engine standards for life-limited parts..........................2238
  Export licensing jurisdiction.....................................512
  Export restrictions...............................................500
  Extended operations of multi-engine airplanes....................2218
  Flight data recorder regulations.....................2200, 2209, 2217
  Halon-1301 fire extinguishing vessels............................3096
  Hazardous material transportation................................2369
  Inspection authorization renewal period..........................2232
  Maintenance:
    Aging aircraft...................................................86
  Ownership transfer notification..................................2203
  Private charter security rules...................................1448
  Public water system regulations..................................3371
  Repair stations:
    Ratings and quality system.....................................2204
    Security requirements..........................................1441
  Rotorcraft.......................................................2234
  Security programs for aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or more 
                                                                   1447
  Special training, experience, and operating requirements for 
      Mitsubishi MU-2B series airplane.............................2231
  Transponders.....................................................2201
  Transport category:
    Airworthiness directives and standards.............2205, 2221, 2246
    Crew discreet alerting systems.................................2222
    Fire penetration resistance requirements.......................2227
    Flight deck door monitoring....................................2222
    Flight guidance systems........................................2246
    Fuel tank flammability reduction.................................87
    Fuel tank system safety........................................2202
    Performance and handling qualities in icing conditions.........2221
    Security related considerations in design and operation........2206
    Thermal acoustic insulation..............................2227, 2251
    Wiring system safety...........................................2202
  Turbine aircraft engines.........................................2240
Aircraft pilots:
  See Airmen
Airlines:
  See Air carriers
Airmen:
  Counterfeit-resistant certification requirements.................2203
  Criminal history background checks...............................1456
  Drug or alcohol test refusal.....................................2244
  Fees for certification services and approvals performed outside 
      the US.......................................................2229
  Flight training for aliens.................................1458, 1488
  Special training, experience, and operating requirements for 
      Mitsubishi MU-2B series airplane.............................2231
  Training requirements for flight under visual flight rules in 
      the Washington, DC zone......................................2237
Airplanes:
  See Aircraft
Airports:
  Accommodations for deaf and hard of hearing individuals..........2192
  Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of 
      aircraft from foreign areas..................................1414
  Chicago O'Hare International Airport:
    Congestion and delay reduction.................................2249
  Concessions:
    Disadvantaged business enterprise participation................2186
  Criminal history background checks for escorted access...........1455
  Criminal history background checks for operators.................1456
  Customs security area access.....................................1424
  Effluent limitations for deicing operations......................3355
  Enhanced security procedures within the Washington, DC 
      Metropolitan Area Flight Restricted Zone.....................1459
  LaGuardia Airport:
    Congestion management rule.....................................2207
  Private land mobile radio services...............................3896
  Reimbursement of general aviation operators and service 
      providers in the Washington, DC area.........................2188
  Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:
    Enhanced security procedures for certain operations............1463
  Security Compliance Program......................................1466
  Small business size standards....................................3617
Airspace:
  Regulations, routine issue of....................................2214
  Use and preservation of..........................................2233
  Washington, DC metropolitan area...........................2235, 2237
Airways:
  See Airspace
Airworthiness directives and standards:
  See Aircraft
Alaska Natives:
  See Indians
Alcohol abuse:
  Airmen testing...................................................2244
  Mine personnel...................................................2104
  Transportation workplace testing.........2185, 2195, 2196, 2198, 2360
Alcohol and alcoholic beverages:
  See also Beer
           Liquors
           Wine
  Advertising regulations..............................2482, 2484, 2534
  Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.........................2535
  Distilled spirits plant regulations..............................2529
  Excise taxes.....................................................2504
  Formula submission form..........................................2499
  Import and export regulations....................................2481
  Labeling regulations...........................2482, 2484, 2524, 2534

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  Nonbeverage product formulas.....................................2500
  Organic claims in labeling and advertising.......................2515
  Specially denatured alcohol regulations..........................2481
  Standards of fill................................................2480
  Standards of identity for distilled spirits......................2491
  Taxpaid distilled spirits used to manufacture nonbeverage 
      products.....................................................2536
Aliens:
  See also Citizenship and naturalization
           Immigration
           Refugees
  Adjustment of status........1301, 1303, 1320, 1323, 1324, 1328, 1331, 
                                                       1342, 1348, 2019
  Affidavit of support.................................1344, 1357, 2021
  Air transit program..............................................2173
  American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act.....1274, 1952
  Arriving aliens definition.......................................1433
  Asylum...........................................................1298
    Interpreter services during interviews.........................1314
  Battered and abused spouses and children...................1289, 2005
  Border crossing cards:
    Elimination of.................................................1422
    Identification documents.......................................2174
  Children:
    Care and placement of unaccompanied children...................1227
    Certificate of citizenship application.........................1299
    Child Status Protection Act..............................1308, 2151
  Conditional residents:
    Termination of marriage........................................1293
  Consent to reapply for admission after removal...................1275
  Criminal convictions:
    Early release for removal of aliens in custody for nonviolent 
        offenses...................................................1480
  Custody procedures.........................................1476, 2020
  Deportability and inadmissibility on public charge grounds.......1291
  Deportation proceedings:
    Power of Attorney General......................................1481
    Suspension.........................................1322, 2005, 2008
  Detention of aliens subject to final orders of removal.....1479, 1483
  Diversity visas..................................................2161
  Driver's license and identification card standards.................49
  Duty to surrender when ordered removed from the United States 
                                                                   2017
  Employment:
    Australian nonimmigrants in specialty occupations..............2082
    EB-5 classification......................................1307, 2016
    Eligibility for certain scientists and engineers...............1338
    Eligibility verification.................................1351, 2164
    International broadcasters.....................................1327
    Labor certification process..........................70, 1278, 2085
    Labor condition applications...................................2086
    Post-adjudication audits of H-2B petitions.....................2083
    Premium processing service for petitions and applications.....1300, 
                                                                   1316
    Temporary employment of foreign professionals on H-1B1 visas 
                                                                   2086
    Temporary nonagricultural services or labor....................1334
    Treatment of employers who receive no-match letters............1478
    Verification documents.........................................1318
  Evidence processing timeframe......................................55
  Exchange visitors:
    Au pairs.......................................................2178
    Interns........................................................2166
    Secondary students.............................................2177
    Student and Exchange Visitor Information System...1471, 1473, 1485, 
                                                       1489, 1492, 2159
    Waiver of two-year foreign residence requirement...............1349
  Expedited removal:
    Custody and bond eligibility.............................1491, 1496
  Extension of time limit on admission of Mexican nationals........1438
  Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry..............1423
  Fingerprinting.......................................1295, 1321, 2152
  Firearm purchase requirements....................................1967
  Flight training............................................1458, 1488
  Form processing fees.............................................1358
  H-1B petition fees...............................................1340
  Health care workers........................................1339, 2160
  Illegal entry:
    Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives 
        regulations................................................1971
  Inadmissability..................................................1343
    Criminal grounds...............................................1352
    Former U.S. citizens who renounced citizenship to avoid 
        taxation...................................................1347
    Trackers in persons............................................2168
    Unlawful voters................................................2163
  Inspection and expedited removal.................................1431
  International-to-International Program...........................1437
  Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program....1280, 1317, 2165
  Legal Immigration Family Equity Act........................1328, 1330
  Medicaid documentation requirements..............................1172
  Medical grounds of inadmissibility and waivers...................1276
  National interest waivers for physicians.........................1296
  NATO civilian employees..........................................1346
  Naturalization of aliens serving in the Armed Forces and their 
      dependents....................................................777
  Nonimmigrant classes:
    Academic honoraria for B visa status...........................1325
    Border commuter students.......................................1487
    Change of status prior to pursuing a course of study...........1333
    Denial of applications by schools for approval to enroll 
        students...................................................1486
    Documentation of professionals.................................2162
    Duration of status limitations.................................1484
    Eliminating numerical cap on Mexican TN visas..................1336
    Essential support personnel in the O and P classifications.....1356
    Firearm prohibitions...........................................1960
    K classification...............................................1330
    Nurses.........................................................1297
    Petitioning requirements.......................................1311
    Registration and monitoring policies...........................1477
    Spouses and children of lawful permanent residents.............1329
    Student and Exchange Visitor Program school recertification 
                                                       1471, 1473, 1489
    Suspension of employment authorization requirements for F-1 
        students...................................................1341
    Temporary visitor for business (B-1) classification............1354
    Temporary workers..................................1334, 1353, 2069
    Victims of trafficking or criminal activity............53, 54, 1332
    Visa exemption for nationals of the British Virgin Islands 
        entering the U.S. through St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
                                                                   1435
  Permanent residence cards replacement............................1279
  Powers and duties of service officers............................2014
  Refugee status...................................................1292
  Registration requirements..................................1309, 1351
  Religious workers..................................................52
  Removal of visa and passport waiver for residents of Canada and 
      Bermuda......................................................1434
  Removal orders...................................................1474
  Removal proceedings................1342, 1431, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019
  Reporting requirements for deposit interest paid to 
      nonresidents.................................................2806
  Social security regulations:
    Additional insured status requirements for workers..............139
    Benefits for lawfully present aliens...........................1319
    Coverage of work performed by nonresident aliens...............3646
  Syrian nationals.................................................1331
  Temporary protected status.......................................1277

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  Trafficking victims..............................................1475
  Transit without visa.............................................1437
  United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology 
      Program............................................50, 1264, 1270
  Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act................................1274
  Visa Waiver Program..............................................1430
  Waiver of fees...................................................1273
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.............16, 233, 235, 1091, 1092
  Bovine tuberculosis...............................................214
  Chronic wasting disease in elk and deer...........................223
  Foot-and-mouth disease............................................230
  Low pathogenic avian influenza....................................234
  Quarantine facilities for horses..................................217
  Trichinae.........................................................216
Animal drugs:
  Designation for minor use and minor species................1031, 1079
  Import tolerances................................................1035
  Registration and listing requirements............................1046
  Supplements regulations..........................................1078
  Use of materials derived from cattle.............................1027
Animal feeds:
  See Animal drugs
Animal welfare:
  Birds...............................................................2
  Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2408
  Marine mammals......213, 541, 613, 614, 615, 616, 617, 618, 619, 620, 
        658, 659, 661, 662, 730, 732, 733, 1646, 1731, 1757, 1768, 1865
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research 
      chimpanzees..................................................1116
  Transportation on international carriers.........................1631
Animals:
  See also Animal diseases
           Animal drugs
           Animal welfare
           Livestock
           Wildlife
  Air emissions from feeding operations............................3144
  Imports:
    Dog and Cat Protection Act.....................................2408
    Foreign quarantine regulations..................................996
  National Veterinary Accreditation Program.........................220
  Transgenic.......................................................3284
Annuities:
  See Pensions
Antidumping:
  Baseline recalculation for downstream oxygenate addition.........3089
  Certification of factual information..............................474
  Sunset reviews....................................................472
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.......................3437
    Debarment and suspension.......................................3440
    Facility locations and hours...................................3451
    Federal records management................................135, 3441
    Freedom of information...................................3436, 3444
    Inspection of personal property in the possession of facility 
        visitors...................................................3442
    National Historical Publications and Records Commission Grant 
        Program....................................................3449
    National Industrial Security Program...........................3448
    National security information standard forms...................3439
    Nondiscrimination..................................3445, 3446, 3447
    Official seals and logos.......................................3450
    Presidential library facilities................................3443
    Research room and museum hours.................................3453
    Self-service reproduction fees.................................3438
    Systematic declassification review of foreign government 
        information................................................3452
    Testimony by employees and production of records in legal 
        proceedings................................................3434
    Use of meeting rooms and public space..........................3435
Armed forces:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
           Military personnel
           Selective Service System
  Air Force:
    Incidental taking of marine mammals........................618, 661
  Armed services exchange regulations...............................763
  Army:
    Flood control cost-sharing requirements.........................875
    Privacy program.................................................870
    Processing claims against the US................................867
    Processing claims on behalf of the US...........................868
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking..................872
    Environmental quality requirements..............................874
    Nationwide Permit Program regulations...........................873
    Protection of historic properties...............................871
  CHAMPUS.......................................886, 887, 888, 889, 890
    TRICARE....25, 26, 27, 883, 884, 885, 891, 892, 893, 894, 895, 896, 
                                                900, 902, 903, 904, 905
  Coast Guard:
    Ballast water discharge standards..............................1361
    Captain of the Port areas......................................1385
    Carbon dioxide fire suppression systems on commercial vessels
                                                                   1409
    Cargo securing.................................................1400
    Commercial diving operations...................................1398
    Deep water ports...............................................1410
    Dry cargo residue on the Great Lakes...........................1407
    Escort requirements for vessels in U.S. waters.................1391
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1377, 1393
    Internal organization..........................................1385
    Landowner defenses to liability under the Oil Pollution Act 
                                                                   1374
    Marine Inspection Office Europe organization...................1413
    Marine inspection zone boundaries..............................1385
    Merchant mariners..................................1371, 1404, 1405
    Numbering of undocumented barges...............................1395
    Pollution prevention equipment.................................1381
    Propeller injury prevention....................................1401
    Regulated navigation areas.....................................1392
    Rules of practice..............................................1363
    Safety and security zone regulations.....................1386, 1406
    Towing vessel inspection regulations...........................1372
    Vessel response plans for oil......................1377, 1394, 1397
    Whistleblower protection.......................................1379

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  Discharge standards for vessels..................................3335
  Incidental take of migratory birds during military readiness.....1696
  Naturalization of aliens serving in the Armed Forces and their 
      dependents....................................................777
  Navy:
    Administrative processing and consideration of claims...........877
    Incidental taking of marine mammals...541, 614, 615, 616, 617, 619, 
                                                                    658
    Personnel claims regulations....................................878
    Privacy program.................................................881
  Policies regarding contractor personnel authorized to accompany 
      U.S. Armed Forces.............................................814
  Policy concerning organizations seeking to represent or 
      organize members in negotiation or collective bargaining......769
  Reemployment.....................................................3516
  Selected Reserve:
    Evaluation factor for employing or subcontracting with..........833
    TRICARE.........................................................901
  Selective service regulation.....................................3598
Arms and munitions:
  Acquisition regulations.................................820, 823, 863
  Carriage of concealed weapons by law enforcement officers........2022
  Child Safety Lock Act of 2005....................................1963
  Commerce in......................................................1959
    Bulk salutes definition........................................1972
    Illegal alien definition.......................................1971
    Model rocket motors............................................1974
    Separation distances of ammonium nitrate from explosives.......1970
    Storage of shock tube with detonators..........................1972
  DOD contractors' safety manual....................................774
  Excise taxes...............................................2493, 2509
  Explosives and small arms manufacturing safety regulations.......2139
  Explosives safety..........................................1965, 1969
  Export controls..........................486, 517, 520, 529, 770, 771
  Imports..............................................1964, 2493, 2509
  Nonimmigrant alien prohibitions..................................1960
  Pistol definition................................................1961
  Propellant actuated device definition............................1962
  Residency requirements for purchasers............................1967
  Secure gun storage...............................................1957
Arts and crafts:
  See Indians-arts and crafts
Asbestos:
  Exposure limit.....................................................79
  Model accreditation plan.........................................3273
Asylum:
  See Immigration
Atomic energy:
  See Nuclear energy
Attorneys:
  See Lawyers
Auditing:
  See Accounting
Authority delegations:
  Civil penalty issuance...........................................2004
  DHS..............................................................1262
  EPA..............................................................3013
  FCC..............................................................3878
  Forest Service....................................................401
  HHS................................................................35
  Immigration judges...............................................2004
  INS..............................................................2009
  Personnel and general claims settlement...........................786
  USDA....................................................202, 206, 208
  VA...................................................2896, 2948, 2967
Automatic data processing:
  See Computer technology
Automobiles:
  See Motor vehicles
Aviation safety:
  Aging aircraft.....................................................86
    Type certificate and supplemental type certificate holder 
        data.......................................................2236
  Air tour and sightseeing operations..............................2215
  Airworthiness directives and standards........2202, 2208, 2212, 2234, 
                                                       2239, 2240, 2245
  Aviation Security Infrastructure Fee.............................1442
  Cargo security.............................................1452, 1467
  Child restraint systems..........................................2228
  Civil aviation security rules....................................1454
  Engine bird ingestion............................................2239
  Engine standards for life-limited parts..........................2238
  Fire penetration resistance requirements.........................2227
  Flight guidance systems..........................................2246
  Flight rules...............................................2211, 2213
  Flight simulation device qualification...........................2243
  Fuel tank flammability reduction...................................87
  Fuel tank system regulations.....................................2202
  Hazardous substance transportation...............................2366
    Fuel cells transported in passenger aircraft carry-on baggage
                                                                   2367
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.......................2182, 2252
  Performance and handling qualities in icing conditions...........2221
  Secure Flight Program............................................1444
  Security awareness training for flight school employees..........1458
  Security compliance program for aircraft operators...............1465
  Security programs for aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or more 
                                                                   1447
  Security related considerations in design and operation of 
      transport airplanes..........................................2206
  Security threat assessment for certificate holders and 
      applicants...................................................1461
  Special training, experience, and operating requirements for 
      Mitsubishi MU-2B series airplane.............................2231
  Thermal acoustic insulation................................2227, 2251
  Transponder requirement..........................................2201
  Wiring system regulations........................................2202


                                   B

Baggage:
  See Freight
Balloons:
  See Aircraft
Bank deposit insurance:
  Advertisement of membership......................................3935
  Annual independent audits........................................3931
  Assessments................................................3934, 3940
    Base rate schedule.............................................3937
    One-time assessment credit.....................................3946
    Penalties for failure to make timely payments............3936, 3945
    Risk differentiation frameworks................................3937
  Designated reserve ratio.........................................3933
  Employee benefit plan account coverage...........................3943
  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act............4029
  Filing procedures for state nonmember banks......................3938
  Inflation index..................................................3943
  Large bank deposit insurance determination modernization.........3926
  Merger of Bank Insurance Fund and Savings Association Insurance 
      Fund...................................................2894, 3944
  Reporting requirements...........................................3931
  Retirement account coverage......................................3943
  Risk-based guidelines............................................3923
Bankruptcy:
  RCRA financial responsibility....................................3319

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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..................................3930
  Automated Clearinghouse regulations..............................2467
  Bank Secrecy Act......2440, 2441, 2442, 2443, 2444, 2445, 2447, 2453, 
           2454, 2455, 2456, 2457, 2458, 2459, 2460, 2461, 2462, 2463, 
                                                                   2465
  Basel Capital Accord...............................................97
  Broker-dealer registration requirements..........................4166
  Capital..................................2555, 2884, 3924, 3928, 4006
  Community Reinvestment Act regulations.....................2893, 3925
  Conversion of insured credit unions to mutual savings banks......4051
  Cross-border transportation of negotiable instruments............2443
  Customer identification program............................2438, 2446
  Deposit definition...............................................3929
  Depositaries and financial agents of the Federal government......2472
  Electronic funds transfer........................................4010
  Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act.....3927, 3930, 3932, 4013, 
                                                                   4026
    Affiliate marketing regulations................................2557
    Identity theft protection................................2556, 2888
  Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations................2887, 3942, 4016
  Farm credit:
    Accounting and disclosure to shareholders and investors........3768
    Assessment and apportionment of administrative expenses........3782
    Borrower rights................................................3767
    Capital adequacy...............................................3765
    Disclosure and reporting requirements....................3773, 3777
    Financially related services...................................3766
    Funding and fiscal affairs...............................3765, 3781
    Golden parachute and indemnification payments..................3783
    Governance of institutions.....................................3777
    Loan policies and operations.............................3765, 3781
    Mission-related investments....................................3764
    Ownership requirement for eligibility of processing and 
        marketing entities.........................................3771
    Preferred stock issuance.......................................3780
    Priority of claims.............................................3769
    Privacy Act and security information regulations...............3779
    Scope of financing regulations.................................3770
    Termination regulations........................................3775
  FBI authority to exchange criminal history record information 
                                                                   2030
  Federal interest rate authority..................................3939
  Federal-state funds transfers....................................2468
  Financial crimes enforcement network.............................2449
  Financial institutions:
    Payment service providers......................................2422
    Reporting requirements for deposit interest paid to 
        nonresident aliens.........................................2806
    Withholding and reporting obligations regarding tender offers
                                                                   2669
  Financial record information furnished to DOD................766, 790
  Financial subsidiaries...........................................2423
  Holding companies..................4006, 4007, 4014, 4015, 4017, 4125
  Identity theft red flags and address discrepancies...............3932
  Information furnished to consumer reporting agencies.......2552, 2885
  Interstate banking...............................................3939
  Market risk................................................2555, 3928
  Money laundering deterrents.......2440, 2441, 2447, 2450, 2451, 2452, 
             2453, 2454, 2455, 2456, 2457, 2458, 2459, 2460, 2461, 2462
  Privacy notices............................................2551, 4031
  Provision of banking services to money services businesses.......2436
  Regulation W provisions..........................................3938
  Reserve requirements of depository institutions..................4009
  Risk-based capital standards...............97, 2555, 2884, 3924, 3928
  Securities brokers and dealers:
    Qualifications for banks and securities representatives........3941
    Recordkeeping requirements.....................................2558
    SEC exemptions.................................................4167
  Special measures against the Commercial Bank of Syria............2450
  Standards of conduct for Treasury employees......................2890
  State banks:
    Membership in the Federal Reserve System.....4005, 4006, 4011, 4017
  Stored value cards...............................................3929
  Threshold to collect, retain, and transmit information on funds 
      transfers and transmittals...................................4012
  Thrift institutions..............................................4156
  Truth in lending.................................................4008
Barges:
  See Cargo vessels
Barrels:
  See Packaging and containers
Beef:
  See Livestock
      Meat and meat products
Beer:
  Alternating brewery proprietorship...............................2483
  Labeling and advertising regulations.............................2517
  TTB brewery regulations revisions................................2478
Beverages:
  See Alcohol and alcoholic beverages
Biologics:
  See also Blood
  Adverse event reporting...........................................227
  Current good manufacturing practice for combination products.....1036
  Electronic submission of study data................................36
  Exports...........................................................528
  Interstate shipment of etiologic agents..........................1004
  Labeling...........................................................37
  Labeling of products held for the Strategic National Stockpile 
                                                                   1081
  Live vaccine processing requirements.............................1039
  Postmarket safety reporting for combination products.............1037
  Registration and listing requirements............................1046
  Revocation of Group A Streptococcus..............................1093
  Safety reporting requirements....................................1047
  Smallpox vaccine:
    Injury compensation program....................................1104
    Injury table...................................................1103
  Vaccine Injury Compensation Program..............................1099
Birds:
  See Wildlife
Blind:
  See Medicaid
      Public assistance programs
      Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Blood:
  Current good manufacturing practices.............................1049
  Dating period regulations........................................1038
  Hepatitis C virus................................................1049
  Hospital conditions of participation.............................1157
  Labeling and storage requirements................................1063
  Pooling and pH level of platelets................................1038
  Regulation amendments............................................1021
  Storage temperature regulations..................................1038
Boats and boating safety:
  See Marine safety
      Navigation (water)
Bonding:
  See Surety bonds

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Bonds:
  Clean Renewable Energy Bonds...............................2638, 2751
  Continuous bond program..........................................2399
  Immigration surety bonds...................................1472, 1494
  Interest payments on cancelled cash bonds........................1470
  Municipal........................................................2733
  Qualified zone academy bonds.....................................2716
  Refunding issue..................................................2690
  SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program..........................3623, 3625
Borders:
  See International boundaries
Bridges:
  Drawbridge operation.......................................1378, 1390
Broadcasting:
  See Radio
      Television
Brokers:
  Amendments to Forms BD and BDW...................................4174
  Electronic filing of annual reports..............................3735
  Financial responsibility rules...................................4169
  Net capital requirements.........................................4186
  Quotation requirements...........................................4173
  Registration requirements for banks..............................4166
Buildings:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
  Access for individuals with disabilities.........................2982
  Asbestos.........................................................3273
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..............................3190
  Aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities:
    Air pollution control..........................................3164
  Assumption of liabilities in corporate transactions..............2577
  Autobody refinishing.............................................3047
  Cement manufacturing industry....................................3078
    Safe and environmentally protective use of granular mine 
        tailings...................................................3314
  Chemical preparations industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3154
  Chemicals:
    Air pollution control..........................................3076
    Control of PMNs................................................3259
    Manufacture..................................3261, 3262, 3263, 3277
    Pollution standards............................................3250
    Security anti-terrorism standards................................51
  Chlor-alkali manufacturing:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3358
  Clay ceramics industry...........................................3034
  Coating manufacturing............................................3220
  Commercial diving operations.....................................1398
  Effluent guidelines..............................................3354
  Electric arc furnace manufacturing...............................3037
  Entertainment industry...........................................2570
  Financing cooperative stock.......................................431
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................4025
  Glass manufacturing industry.....................................3141
  Hydrochloric acid production.....................................3196
  Industrial inorganic chemicals manufacturing.....................3142
  Iron and steel foundries.............................3041, 3145, 3204
  Lead acid battery manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................3153
  Organic chemical manufacturing...................................3200
  Paint and allied products industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3155
  Paint stripping..................................................3189
  Perchloroethylene dry cleaning facilities:
    Air pollution control..........................................3169
  Pharmaceuticals:
    Air pollution control..........................................3188
  Plastic parts and products.......................................3212
  Plating and polishing............................................3146
  Polyurethane foam production:
    Air pollution control..........................................3187
  Polyvinyl chloride and copolymers production:
    Air pollution control..........................................3150
  Printing and publishing....................................3163, 3174
  Pulp, paper and paperboard:
    Effluent limitations...........................................3347
  Refractory products manufacturing................................3209
  Taconite iron ore processing.....................................3042
  Vinyl chloride manufacturing:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3358
  Wood furniture industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................3172


                                   C

Cable television:
  Cable Communications Policy Act regulations......................3859
  Cost of service..................................................3838
  Digital must carry requirements..................................3843
  Home wiring rights...............................................3841
  Horizontal ownership limits......................................3844
  Pole attachments.................................................3861
  Rates............................................................3837
Cargo:
  See Freight
Cargo vessels:
  See also Maritime carriers
  Barges:
    Launch barge waiver program....................................2391
    Load line requirements.........................................1375
    Numbering of undocumented barges...............................1395
  Cargo securing on vessels in U.S. waters.........................1400
  Dangerous cargo notification of arrival..........................1382
  Deepwater port regulations.......................................1410
  Dry cargo residue on the Great Lakes.............................1407
  Manifest discrepancy reports.....................................1416
  Tank vessels:
    Escorts........................................................1391
    Response plans.....................................1377, 1394, 1397
Cemeteries:
  Delegation of authority to accept donations for national 
      cemeteries...................................................2948
  VA burial benefits...............................................2903
Census data:
  2010 Census Redistricting Data Program............................467
  Cutoff dates for recognition of boundary changes..................465
  Disclosure of income tax return information......................2831
  Use in the Indian Housing Block Grant Program....................1607
Cereals (commodity):
  See Grains
CHAMPUS:
  Claimcheck denials appeals process................................889
  Dental benefits under retiree dental program......................891
  Double coverage..............................................885, 888
  Dual compensation/conflict of interest provision..................887
  Hospital payment for ambulatory care..............................886
  Individual Case Management Program................................890
  TRICARE.......................................883, 891, 892, 893, 901
    Adoption intermediaries.....................................26, 900
    Benefits for survivors of deceased active duty members......26, 900

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    Coverage of clinical trails sponsored by NIH National Cancer 
        Institute...................................................903
    Dental Program.............................................896, 902
    Eligibility of Selected Reserve members..........................27
    Hospital outpatient prospective payment system...................25
    Pharmacy Benefits Program..................................884, 885
    Prime enrollment period.........................................904
    Prime remote for active duty family members.....................904
    Reserve and guard family member benefits........................895
    Reserve Select for members of the Selected Reserve..............905
    Routine care not directly related to study, grant, or 
        research program............................................894
Charter buses:
  See Motor carriers
      Motor vehicles
Checks:
  See Banks, banking
Chemicals:
  See also Drugs
           Hazardous substances
           Pesticides and pests
  Activated phosphors..............................................3256
  Air pollution control......................................3076, 3093
  Aryl phosphates..................................................3286
  Assessment information rule......................................3261
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3296
  Chloranil........................................................3272
  Diethanolamine...................................................3267
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1984
  Drinking water regulations.....................3362, 3364, 3367, 3372
  Electronic application for controlled substances.................1980
  Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..............................98
  Export control..........................................126, 489, 528
  Facility anti-terrorism standards..................................51
  Flame retardant substances.................................3253, 3287
  Gamma butyrolactone..............................................1978
  Health and safety reporting rule.................................3262
  High production volume chemicals..................................107
  Hydrogen fluoride................................................3268
  Import:
    Information on foreign chain of distribution for List I 
        chemicals..................................................1995
  Import and production quotas for List I chemicals................1996
  Maleic anhydride.................................................3270
  Nanoscale materials stewardship program..........................3249
  New use rules for PMNs...........................................3259
  Notice of transfers following importation or exportation of 
      List I and List II chemicals.................................1994
  Ozone depleting:
    Essential use allowances.................................3066, 3214
    Export of Class I substances...................................3118
    Halon-1301.....................................................3096
    Methyl bromide.................................................3092
    Refrigerant recycling....................................3033, 3035
    Refrigerants.......................................3028, 3097, 3191
    Substitutes........................................3024, 3050, 3195
  Perfluoroalkyl sulfonates........................................3271
  Perfluorooctanoic acid............................................127
  Phosphorus forms, red, white and hypophosphorous acid............1979
  Phthalic anhydride...............................................3269
  Polychlorinated biphenyls............................3250, 3255, 3275
  Polymers and resins........................................3021, 3276
  Registration requirements for List I chemicals...................1997
  Removal of exemption for mixtures containing ephedrine and 
      pseudoephedrine..............................................1999
  Reporting requirements for imports and exports of List I and 
      List II chemicals............................................2002
  Right-to-Know initiative...................................3264, 3291
  Self-certification of sellers of scheduled listed chemical 
      products.....................................................1993
  Significant New Use Rule.............................3271, 3272, 3289
  Sodium permanganate..............................................2001
  Test rules......................................107, 3248, 3278, 3283
  Threshold removal for ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and 
      phenylpropanolamine..........................................1998
  Toxic substances...........................................3263, 3277
  Toxic Substances Control Act.......127, 3005, 3254, 3256, 3271, 3284, 
                                                             3288, 3290
  Toxicity profiles................................................3251
  Toxicity testing, developmental and reproductive.................3282
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications..................3293, 3298
    Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds...............................3294
    Metal mining...................................................3297
    Reporting requirements...................................3297, 3299
  Transferring manufacture rights..................................3288
Child abuse:
  See Child welfare
Child labor:
  Hazardous occupations............................................2060
  Regulations, orders, and statements of interpretation............2063
Child support:
  Deficit Reduction Act provisions.................................1230
  Safeguarding information.........................................1235
  Standards for review and adjustment..............................1241
Child welfare:
  See also Adoption and foster care
           Child labor
           Child support
  Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act:
    Recordkeeping and inspection requirements for producers of 
        simulated sexually explicit conduct........................2038
  Aliens:
    Battered children........................................1289, 2005
    Care and placement of unaccompanied children...................1227
  At-risk afterschool suppers.......................................298
  Chafee National Youth in Transition Database.....................1238
  Child Care and Development Fund............................1233, 1237
  Depiction of sexually explicit performances records 
      requirements...........................................2037, 2038
  Health insurance accessibility...................................1228
  Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent 
      Offender Registration Act....................................2040
  NIH training grants..............................................1117
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....2039
    Reporting requirements.........................................2046
  Safeguards for subjects in clinical investigations of drug 
      products.....................................................1051
  Use of restraint and seclusion in residential psychiatric 
      treatment facilities..............................994, 1125, 1158
Children:
  See Infants and children
Cigars and cigarettes:
  Tax classification...............................................2494
  Tax computation on large cigars..................................2496
  Trafficking in contraband cigarettes or smokeless tobacco........1973
Citizens band radio service:
  See Radio
Citizenship and naturalization:
  See also Aliens
           Immigration
  Child Citizenship Act............................................1299
  Electronic signatures on applications and petitions for 
      benefits.....................................................1335
  Procedures for individuals with disabilities.....................1305
  Revoking grants of naturalization................................1294
Civil defense:
  See Disaster assistance
Civil rights:
  See also Equal employment opportunity
           Fair housing
  Commission on Civil Rights regulations update....................2984

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  Food Stamp Program data collections...............................336
  Nondiscrimination:
    Age discrimination.......................................3392, 3447
    CNCS...........................................................2995
    DHS..........................................1252, 1259, 1260, 1261
    DOJ............................................................1954
    Equal opportunity survey.......................................2073
    Federal employee protection statutes...........................2146
    Federally assisted programs....................................3650
    GSA................................................3393, 3394, 3396
    HIPAA..........................................73, 2684, 2685, 2686
    HUD programs...................................................1522
    Individuals with disabilities........64, 65, 3391, 3573, 3575, 3650
    NARA...............................................3445, 3446, 3447
    NCUA...........................................................4034
    NEA......................................................3455, 3575
    NEH......................................................3455, 3575
    OFHEO..........................................................3464
    SSA......................................................3650, 3662
  Peace Corps Volunteer Discrimination Complaint Procedure.........3575
Civil service system:
  See Government employees
Claims:
  CCC debt collection...............................................177
  Collection by installments.......................................2469
  DHS debt collection........................................1254, 1495
  DoD authority..................787, 788, 867, 868, 877, 878, 879, 880
  DOI debt collection........................................1871, 1880
  DOT debt collection..............................................2326
  FMS payments...............................................2466, 2474
  FSA debt collection...............................................177
  HHS..........................................................988, 989
  Oil Pollution Act procedures.....................................1359
  Seized property..................................................2031
  SSA debt collection..............................................3668
Classified information:
  Disclosure of official information in connection with legal 
      proceedings..................................................1258
  National Industrial Security Program.............................3448
  National security information regulations............2153, 3437, 3439
  Protection of DOT information....................................2187
  Research involving human subjects.................................908
  Systematic declassification review of foreign government 
      information..................................................3452
Clean Air Act:
  See Air pollution control
Clean Water Act:
  See Water pollution control
Coal:
  Abandoned refuse sites...........................................1881
  Combustion wastes............................................99, 3315
  Valuation for advance royalty purposes...........................1858
Coal mines:
  See Mine safety and health
      Mines
      Surface mining
Coastal zone:
  See also Continental shelf
  Federal Consistency regulations...................................672
  Waste deposit prevention.........................................3374
Colleges and universities:
  Academic honoraria for B nonimmigrant aliens.....................1325
  Acquisition regulations...........................................861
  Denial of applications for approval to enroll nonimmigrant 
      students.....................................................1486
  Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.........................921
  Funding requirements for agricultural research and extension 
      activities at Land-Grant Institutions....................245, 247
  Grants administration.......................................772, 1243
  Institutional eligibility under the Higher Education Act of 
      1965..........................................................914
  Undergraduate scholarship program sponsored by NIH...............1112
Commercial fisheries:
  See Fisheries
Commodities:
  See Agricultural commodities
Commodity futures:
  Advertising by commodity pool operators and trading advisors.....3736
  Anti-money laundering program....................................2458
  Broker electronic filing of annual reports.......................3735
  Conflicts of interest in designated contract markets.............3733
  Contract market reporting rules..................................3738
  Debt securities............................................3731, 4185
    Narrow-based security index definition.........................3739
  Electronic filing of notices of exemption or exclusion...........3734
  Eligible commercial entities authorized to trade on exempt 
      commercial markets...........................................3737
  Equity capital withdrawal limitations............................3732
  Exemption from Federal speculative position limits...............3726
  Large trader rules...............................................3738
  Off-centralized market transactions..............................3729
  Privacy notices..................................................3728
  Registration exemption for certain foreign persons...............3730
  Security futures:
    Based on individual debt securities or narrow-based security 
        index......................................................3739
    Offer and sale of products traded on foreign boards............3727
    Registration requirements for banks............................4166
Common carriers:
  See also Air carriers
           Communications common carriers
           Maritime carriers
           Motor carriers
           Railroads
  Explosive materials delivery.....................................1969
Communicable diseases:
  Interstate and foreign quarantine..................................35
  Smallpox:
    Vaccine injury compensation program............................1104
Communications:
  See also Communications common carriers
           News media
           Telecommunications
  911 Act..........................................................3890
  Accessibility of programming providing emergency information.....3797
  Airport terminal use frequencies in the 45-470 private land 
      mobile radio pool............................................3896
  Auction authority................................................3878
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers............................................3911
  Aviation Radio Service...........................................3898
  Biennial review............................................3803, 3891
  Broadband internet access service:
    Compliance with Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement 
        Act........................................................3817
    Consumer protection............................................3922
    Provided over power line systems...............................3809
    Rural access loans and loan guarantees..........................446
  Broadcast station construction permits...........................3860
  Channelization of the 39 GHz band................................3868
  Cognitive radio technologies.....................................3808
  Commercial mobile radio services...............3866, 3869, 3884, 3886
  Competitive bidding:
    Broadband PCS..................................................3869
    Process........................................................3874
    Rules for auction of 218-219 MHz...............................3867
  Consolidating the 800 MHz industrial/land transportation and 
      business pool channels.......................................3897
  Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and 
      Marketing Act................................................3792
  Digital audio broadcasting.......................................3845
  Equal employment opportunity rule................................3851
  Excise tax.......................................................2809

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  Exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields................3805
  FM radio allotment procedures....................................3856
  Horizontal ownership limits......................................3844
  Independent Panel Reviewing the Impact of Hurricane Katrina on 
      Communications Networks recommendations......................3799
  Informal complaints..............................................3789
  Installment payments for Personal Communications Services 
      licensees....................................................3882
  Interference temperature operation...............................3810
  International Fixed Public Radiocommunication Services...........3836
  International service regulations................................3831
  Interstate special access services...............................3918
  IP-enabled services..............................................3920
  Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz...............................3879
  Licensing low power operations in the private land mobile radio 
      450-470 MHz band.............................................3887
  Maritime...................................................3865, 3881
  Medical technology spectrum requirements.........................3800
  Multiple address systems.........................................3873
  National Exchange Carrier Association petition...................3919
  North American Numbering Plan administration.....................3901
  Private land mobile radio service................................3814
  Public safety communications...............................3872, 3897
  Quiet Zone application procedures................................3888
  Radio frequency identification....................................817
  Radio market definitions.........................................3849
  Radio spectrum usage promotion through development of secondary 
      markets......................................................3885
  Redesignation of the 17.7-19.7 GHz band..........................3834
  Regulatory fees............................................3863, 3864
  Satellite:
    Aeronautical Mobile Satellite Service systems..................3835
    Application and licensing requirements.........................3820
    Broadcast Satellite Service....................................3834
    Coordination between non-geostationary and geostationary 
        orbit......................................................3806
    Digital audio radio service....................................3822
    Earth stations...........................................3825, 3830
    Fixed-satellite services.....................3826, 3834, 3835, 3876
    Licensing reform...............................................3827
    Maritime mobile services.......................................3824
    Mobile service provider flexibility............................3828
    MSS spectrum allocation........................................3821
    Non-geostationary orbit..................................3826, 3833
    Non-government operations in the 36.0-51.4 GHz portion of the 
        V-band.....................................................3823
    Orbital debris mitigation......................................3829
    Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act........3857
  Software defined radios..........................................3819
  Spectrum-based services to rural areas...........................3894
  Terrestrial microwave fixed radio services.......................3880
  Transfer of 3650 through 3700 MHz band...........................3883
  Transfer of 4.9 GHz band from government use.....................3883
  TV:
    Advertising practices..........................................3840
    Cable Act......................................................3838
    Cable Communications Policy Act regulations....................3859
    Cable television rates.........................................3837
    Children's programming...................................3848, 3862
    Closed captioning of video programming.........................3796
    Competitive availability of navigation devices.................3842
    Coupon program for digital-to-analog converter boxes.............24
    Digital must carry requirements................................3843
    Digital television distributed transmission system.............3858
    Digital television service...................3846, 3848, 3853, 3899
    Digital television signal strength measurement.................3818
    Direct broadcast public interest obligations...................3847
    DTV tuner requirements.........................................3816
    Emergency Alert System.........................................3798
    Filing of network affiliation contracts........................3839
    Joint sales agreements.........................................3854
    Public interest information....................................3850
    Public television station digital transition grant program......449
    Reallocation and service rules for the 698-746 MHz spectrum 
        band.......................................................3889
    Service rules in UHF spectrum..................................3877
    Significantly viewed out-of-market broadcast stations..........3855
    Unlicensed operation in the broadcast bands....................3813
    Video programming accessibility................................3842
  Ultra-wideband radio transmission................................3801
  Unbundled network elements.......................................3917
  Unbundling local exchange carriers...............................3912
  Unlicensed devices in the 5 GHz band.............................3804
  Unlicensed operation of the 3650-3700 band.......................3811
  Unlicensed radiofrequency devices................................3815
  Vehicle location and monitoring systems..........................3875
  Wireless systems:
    Advanced services..............................................3802
    Early termination fees.........................................3795
    Hearing aid compatibility......................................3900
    Regulatory review..............................................3893
    Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act..................3890
  World Radiocommunication Conference omnibus......................3812
Communications common carriers:
  Informal complaints..............................................3789
  Service disruption reporting requirements........................3807
  Toll free service access codes...................................3904
Community action programs:
  Empowerment zones................................................1584
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.........................................1586
    Insular Areas Program..........................................1539
    Prohibition on use of funds for job-pirating activities........1585
    Slum and blight prevention.....................................1586
    Small cities program...........................................1581
  SBA:
    HUBZone Program....................................3601, 3606, 3618
Community facilities:
  See Health facilities
Compensation:
  See Unemployment compensation
      Wages
Competitiveness:
  American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act...........1274
  American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act.................1274
  Cable television companies.......................................3841
  Communications Act.........................................3867, 3869
  Television marketplace.....................................3837, 3842
Computer technology:
  Access to information on DOE systems..............................969
  Acquisition regulations.....................792, 838, 850, 3715, 3721
    Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) requirement.................3684
  Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and 
      Marketing Act................................................4027
  De minimis exclusion for technology and software..................509
  Deduction from income for software production..............2762, 2879
  Electronic filing:
    Investment advisers............................................4157
  Exports:
    Calculating computer performance................................530
  Individuals with disabilities accessibility standards for 
      electronic and information technology........................2983

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  Internet:
    Broadband internet access provided over power line systems.....3809
    Consumer protection in the broadband era.......................3922
    Simplified Network Application Process (SNAP)...................521
  Reuse, recycling, and recovery of electronic equipment...........3317
Conduct standards:
  See Conflict of interests
Confidential business information:
  EPA regulations............................................3005, 3012
  USDA regulations..................................................221
Conflict of interests:
  See also Political activities (Government employees)
  CHAMPUS requirements..............................................887
  Commodity futures designated contract markets....................3733
  DOE...............................................................976
  EPA..............................................................3004
  Ethical conduct..................................................3477
  Ethics programs..................................................3475
  Exemptions.......................................................3471
  Farm Service Agency...............................................207
  Financial disclosure.............................................3472
  Post-government employment.................................3476, 3567
  Small business investment company................................3611
  Standards of conduct.......................................1242, 3473
Conservation:
  See Energy conservation
      Natural resources
Construction industry:
  Acquisition regulations...........................................844
  Confined spaces for construction.................................2134
  Crane and derrick safety...........................................84
  Electric power line worker safety................................2143
  Hearing loss prevention..........................................2147
Consumer protection:
  See also Labeling
           Trade practices
  All terrain vehicles.............................................3755
  Baby bath seats..................................................3749
  Bunk bed cornerpost standard.....................................3750
  Cable home wiring rights.........................................3841
  Candles and candle accessories...................................3751
  Civil penalty factors............................................3759
  Commission involvement in voluntary standards....................3762
  Crib safety standards............................................3748
  Disclosures......................................................4020
  Fireworks devices................................................3758
  Flammability standards:
    Bedclothes.....................................................3753
    Carpets and rugs...............................................3747
    Clothing textiles..............................................3744
    Mattresses/bedding.............................................3754
    Upholstered furniture...........................................146
  Household goods transportation...................................2272
  Infant pillows.............................................3756, 3761
  Lighters.........................................................3752
  Mini sparklers labeling..........................................3740
  Nutrition health claims..........................................1087
  Portable bed rails...............................................3745
  Portable generators........................................3742, 3746
  Substantial product hazard report requirements...................3763
  Table saw blades...........................................3757, 3760
  Telemarketing sales rule.........................................4028
  Telephone Consumer Protection Act................................3790
  Toy jewelry containing lead......................................3741
Contagious diseases:
  See Communicable diseases
Containers:
  See Packaging and containers
Continental shelf:
  Alternate energy-related uses..............................1855, 1857
  Cost recovery for oil and gas operations services................1879
Contracts:
  See Government contracts
Controlled substances:
  See Drug abuse
      Drug traffic control
Cooperative agreements:
  See Grant programs
Corporations:
  See Business and industry
Cosmetics:
  Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease...................1082
  Use of materials derived from cattle.............................1092
    Recordkeeping requirements.....................................1094
Countervailing duties:
  Certification of factual information..............................474
  Sunset reviews....................................................472
Courts:
  Administrative Law Judge Program.................................3542
  CSOSA:
    Ethical conduct for employees standards........................3002
  Denial of claim of standing trustee for actual, necessary 
      expenses.....................................................2035
  Financial management instructional course approval...............2036
  Nonprofit budget and credit counseling agency approval...........2036
  Suspension and removal of panel or standing trustees.............2032
  US Marshals Service fees.........................................2033
Crafts:
  See Indians-arts and crafts
Credit:
  See also Banks, banking
           Credit unions
           Mortgages
  Anti-money laundering program....................................2459
  Debt collection:
    DoD........................................................787, 788
    DOI............................................................1868
    FEMA...........................................................1502
    HHS........................................................988, 989
    Offset of Federal payments...............................2471, 2475
    Salary offset...................................................989
    SSA............................................................3668
  Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act.....2556, 3927, 3930, 3932, 
                                                             4013, 4026
    Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations..............2887, 3942, 4016
  Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations......................3942, 4016
  Partners and partnerships........................................2792
  Refunds of excise taxes on exempt sales of fuel by credit card 
                                                                   2636
  Truth in Lending Act.............................................4008
Credit unions:
  Accuracy of advertising..........................................4054
  Bylaws...........................................................4057
  Community charter documentation..................................4043
  Community Development Revolving Loan Program.....................4039
  Conversion to mutual savings banks...............................4051
  Credit union service organizations...............................4042
  Customer identification program..................................2446
  Designation of low income status.................................4039
  Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act:
    Address reconciliation rule....................................4036
    Affiliate marketing regulations................................2557
    Direct disputes with furnishers rule...........................4038
    Furnisher accuracy guidelines and rules........................4037
    Identity theft protection................................2556, 4048
  Fair credit reporting............................................4049
  Financial services for nonmembers................................4055
  General lending maturity limit...................................4055
  Incidental powers rule...........................................4041
  Information furnished to consumer reporting agencies.......2552, 2885
  Information requests under Freedom of Information and Privacy 
      Acts.........................................................4047

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  Interest rate ceiling............................................4062
  Investment allowances............................................4053
  Merger disclosures...............................................4045
  Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs.................4034
  Notice of insured status.........................................4054
  Privacy of consumer financial information........................4035
  Records preservation.............................................4044
  Regulatory publication and review................................4046
  Sales of nondeposit investments..................................4052
  Service to underserved areas.....................................4059
  Share insurance..................................................4058
  Supervisory committee audits and verifications...................4040
  Suspicious activity report requirements..........................4061
  Third-party servicing of indirect vehicle loans..................4060
  Truth in Savings rule......................................4050, 4056
  Use of consumer information for marketing solicitations..........4049
Crime:
  See also Drug abuse
           Fraud
  Aimee's Law......................................................2049
  Aliens:
    Battered and abused spouses and children.................1289, 2005
    Criminal grounds of inadmissibility............................1352
    Custody procedures.......................................1476, 2020
    Early release for removal of aliens in custody for nonviolent 
        offenses...................................................1480
    Trafficking victims..................................53, 1332, 1475
    Victims of crime.............................................53, 54
  Arson reporting..................................................1968
  Criminal background checks for CNCS program employees............2998
  Criminal intelligence systems operating policies.................2055
  DNA sample collection from Federal offenders.....................2041
  Exports of crime control and detection instrument equipment.......488
  Inclusion of nonserious offense identification records in FBI 
      information systems..........................................2027
  Preservation of biological evidence..............................2042
  Private Security Officer Employment Authorization Act............2026
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....2039
    Reporting requirements.........................................2046
  Research misconduct..............................................2050
  Seized property..................................................2031
  Sex offender registration programs.........................2024, 2040
  Sex offender release notification................................1931
  Sexual assault reporting..........................................869
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.......................2034
  Trafficking in persons................................805, 1232, 3694
  United Nations Convention Against Torture........................1290
  Victims of Crime Act.......................................2047, 2048
  Violence Against Women Act.......................................1596
Critical habitat:
  See Endangered and threatened species
Crop insurance:
  Administrative regulations...................................286, 288
  Almond trees......................................................283
  Apples............................................................276
  Cabbage...........................................................271
  Civil penalties...................................................268
  Common crop insurance regulations............................284, 285
  Cultivated wild rice..............................................272
  Emergency and disaster procedures.................................277
  Florida citrus fruit..............................................279
  Grape and table grape provisions..................................275
  Millet............................................................278
  Mint..............................................................281
  Mustard...........................................................273
  Nonstandard classification system.................................286
  Northern potato...................................................282
  Nursery crop provisions...........................................284
  Peanuts...........................................................287
  Sweet corn........................................................280
  Tobacco...........................................................270
  Walnut trees......................................................283
Crops:
  See Agricultural commodities
Crude oil:
  See Petroleum
Crystalline silica:
  Occupational exposure........................................82, 2115
Customs duties and inspection:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Imports
  Administrative rulings...........................................2400
  Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of 
      aircraft from foreign areas..................................1414
  African Growth and Opportunity Act...............................2405
  Airport security area access.....................................1424
  Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act..................2430
  Bond obligations.................................................2415
  Certification of factual information during antidumping and 
      countervailing duty proceedings...............................474
  Chile Free Trade Agreement.......................................2412
  Commercial information confidentiality...........................1439
  Conditional release period.......................................2415
  Consolidation of collections for reimbursable services...........1420
  Continuous bond program....................................1421, 2399
  Country of origin marking........................................2403
  Country of origin of textile and apparel products................2417
  Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism......................1421
  Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2408
  Fees for inspectional services...................................2418
  Harbor maintenance fees....................................2425, 2426
  Household goods..................................................3409
  Land Border Carrier Initiative Program...........................1421
  Merchandise processing fee exemption.............................2416
  North American Free Trade Agreement........................2416, 2428
  Outbound redelivery procedures and liabilities...................2398
  Payment methods for duties, taxes, interest, and fees............2396
  Post-entry claims................................................2416
  Prior disclosure.................................................1415
  Processing fees at express courier facilities....................2410
  Protest filings..................................................2400
  Reconciliation...................................................2427
  Reimbursable inspectional services...............................2407
  Remote location filing...........................................2395
  Sampling methods in CBP audits...................................1419
  Singapore Free Trade Agreement...................................2413
  User and navigation fees.........................................2404
  Vessel repair units consolidation................................2401
  Watch and jewelry producers in insular possessions................473


                                   D

Dairy products:
  Disaster assistance payment program...............................209
  Grading and inspection service fees...............................159
  Mandatory reporting regulation....................................459
  National Organic Program:
    Transition of dairy livestock into organic production...........169
Dangerous cargo:
  See Hazardous materials transportation
Data processing:
  See Computer technology
Deaf:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Debarment and suspension:
  DOC...............................................................469
  DOD...............................................................768
  DOE...............................................................980
  DOJ..............................................................2051

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  DOT..............................................................2193
  EPA..............................................................3010
  GSA..............................................................3405
  HUD........................................................1528, 1529
  NARA.............................................................3440
  NSF..............................................................3460
  OPM..............................................................3500
  Peace Corps......................................................3578
  VA...............................................................2943
Debts:
  See Credit
Declassification:
  See Classified information
Deepwater ports:
  See Harbors
Defense acquisition regulations:
  See Government procurement
Defense contracts:
  See Government contracts
      Government procurement
Deportation:
  See Aliens
Deposit insurance:
  See Bank deposit insurance
Dietary supplements:
  Current good manufacturing practice................................42
  Nutrient content claims..........................................1014
  Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease...................1082
  Use of materials derived from cattle.............................1092
Disabled:
  See Individuals with disabilities
      Medicaid
      Medicare
      Public assistance programs
      Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Disaster assistance:
  9/11 Heroes Stamp Act program....................................1515
  Acquisition regulations..........................................1498
  Agricultural disaster assistance programs.........................191
  Cottonseed payment program........................................210
  Criminal and civil penalties.....................................1500
  Crisis Counseling Regular Program................................1509
  Crop insurance provisions.........................................277
  Dairy disaster assistance payment program.........................209
  Economic injury disaster loans for small businesses..............3602
  Emergency Conservation Program....................................181
  Emergency Forestry Conservation Reserve Program...................201
  Estimating eligible cost.........................................1514
  Floods:
    Ability to pay provisions.......................................875
    Mitigation Assistance Program............................1499, 1519
    Mitigation of severe repetitive loss properties................1517
    National Flood Insurance Program......1504, 1508, 1510, 1511, 1512, 
                                                             1516, 1520
  FSA disaster declaration and designation..........................178
  Hazard Mitigation Grant Program............................1501, 1521
  Hazard mitigation planning.......................................1505
  Hurricane disaster assistance programs............................182
  Individual assistance programs:
    Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
        Act..................................................1500, 1506
  Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005...................2640, 2773
  Local Community Recovery Act of 2006.............................3705
  Management costs.................................................1507
  Management of Federal agency disbursements.......................2476
  National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.................1503
  Noninsured crop disaster assistance program for tropical crops 
                                                                    196
  Public assistance eligibility....................................1497
  Public assistance insurance requirements.........................1513
  SBA disaster loan program
    Disaster loan program....................................3608, 3621
  Special Community Disaster Loans Program.........................1518
  Transfer of food commodities.....................................2974
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
  Mine personnel...................................................2104
  Treatment programs:
    Bureau of Prisons..............................................1937
    Early release consideration for D.C. Code offenders............1926
Drug testing:
  Airmen...........................................................2244
  Bureau of Prisons................................................1933
  Transportation workplace.................2185, 2195, 2196, 2198, 2360
  Workplace guidelines..............................................995
Drug traffic control:
  Controlled substances:
    Anabolic steroid name corrections..............................1991
    Authorized sources of narcotic raw material....................1983
    Dispensing and prescribing approved narcotic substances for 
        maintenance or detoxification treatment....................1989
    Electronic application forms...................................1980
    Electronic prescriptions.......................................1976
    Exempt anabolic steroid products.........................1988, 1992
    Gamma butyrolactone............................................1978
    Import and production quotas for List I chemicals..............1996
    Information requirements for foreign chain of distribution 
        for List I chemicals.......................................1995
    Multiple prescription issuance.................................1990
    Notice of transfers following importation or exportation.......1994
    Peyote use in traditional Indian religion ceremonies...........1981
    Phosphorus forms, red, white, and hypophosphorous acid.........1979
    Positional isomer definition...................................1987
    Reexportation of...............................................1982
    Registration and reregistration application fees...............2003
    Registration requirements for List I chemicals.................1997
    Registration requirements for practitioners practicing in 
        more than one state........................................1985
    Removal of exemption for mixtures containing ephedrine and 
        pseudoephedrine............................................1999
    Removal of patient limitation for dispensing or prescribing 
        by individual practitioners................................1989
    Reorganization and clarification of DEA regulations............1977
    Reporting requirements for imports and exports of List I and 
        List II chemicals..........................................2002
    Self-certification of sellers of scheduled listed chemical 
        products...................................................1993

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    Sodium permanganate............................................2001
    Threshold removal for ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and 
        phenylpropanolamine........................................1998
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1984
  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................2000
Drugs:
  See also Animal drugs
           Biologics
           Over-the-counter drugs
           Prescription drugs
  Abbreviated new drug applications................................1083
  Bioavailability and bioequivalence requirements..................1083
  Current good manufacturing practice for combination products.....1036
  Financial disclosure by clinical investigators...................1012
  Institutional review boards......................................1053
  Investigational new drugs........................................1019
    Expanded access programs.........................................38
  Labeling.........................................................1086
  Labeling of products held for the Strategic National Stockpile 
                                                                   1081
  New drug applications............................................1048
    Electronic submission of study data..............................36
  Positron emission tomography drugs...............................1059
  Postmarket safety reporting for combination products.............1037
  Providing controlled substances to ocean vessels.................1975
  Safeguards for children in clinical investigations...............1051


                                   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
  Abstinence education.............................................1234
  Academic Competitiveness Grant program............................913
  Academic honoraria for B nonimmigrant aliens.....................1325
  Discretionary grant program performance...........................906
  DOD financial assistance to local educational agencies............780
  Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.........................921
  Federal student aid programs......................................914
  Good time credit for D.C. Code offenders.........................1935
  Home-living programs.............................................1828
  Institutional eligibility under the Higher Education Act of 
      1965..........................................................914
  Migrant Education Program.........................................911
  National Science and Mathematics Access To Retain Talent Grant 
      program.......................................................913
  Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs............909, 3454
  State administered program reports................................907
  Title IX of the Education Act Amendments.........................3395
  Veterans:
    Centralized certification of benefits..........................2934
    Licensing and certification....................................2931
    Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty..........................2937, 2944
    Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve...........................2946
    Survivors and dependents.................................2902, 2937
    Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act..................2932
    Veterans Programs Enhancement Act..............................2901
Education of disadvantaged:
  Academic achievement of limited English proficient students.......912
  Transportation regulations.......................................1239
Education of individuals with disabilities:
  Assistance to states for the education of children with 
      disabilities........................................910, 916, 918
  Early intervention and special education to eligible DoD 
      dependents....................................................773
  Early intervention program for infants and toddlers with 
      disabilities..................................................915
  Individuals With Disabilities Education Act:
    National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard.........917
  Preschool grants for children with disabilities..............916, 918
  Special education personnel development service obligations......918, 
                                                                    919
Educational facilities:
  Grants administration............................................2977
Educational research:
  Human subjects protection...................................908, 1121
Eggs and egg products:
  Allergen labeling.................................................352
  Grading......................................................165, 166
  Imported..........................................................349
  Inspection.........................................................13
  Salmonella enteritidis prevention................................1052
Elderly:
  See Aged
Elections:
  See Political activities (Government employees)
      Voting rights
Electric power:
  See also Electric utilities
           Electric power plants
  Electronic reporting of shortages................................3979
  Worker safety....................................................2143
Electric power plants:
  Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program........................966
Electric utilities:
  Broadband service provided over power line systems...............3809
  Clean Air Interstate Rule...................................105, 3072
  Coordination of Federal authorization of electric transmission 
                                                                    964
  Electric Reliability Organization................................3988
  Electronic filing of documents...................................3947
  Federal Power Act regulations..............................3965, 3966
  Fee schedule for use of government lands.........................3987
  Filing fees......................................................3993
  Generator interconnection agreement and procedures...............3975
  Interstate electric transmission facilities application 
      requirements.................................................3972
  Long-term transmission rights....................................3958
  Market-based rate authorization rules......................3967, 3991
  Market-based rate contracts for wholesale sales..................3948
  Promoting transmission investment through pricing reform.........3957
  Record retention requirements....................................3991
  Standards of conduct for transmission providers..................3974
  Steam generating unit regulations....................3070, 3215, 3216
    Coal combustion wastes...........................................99
Electronic data processing:
  See Computer technology
Electronic funds transfers:
  Payroll card accounts............................................4010
Employee benefit plans:
  See also Pensions
  Abandoned individual account plans...............................2098
  Accountant independence requirements.............................2087

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  Cafeteria plans..................................................2634
  Electronic filing of annual reports........................2095, 2100
  Electronic transmission of notices, elections or consents........2729
  Limitations......................................................2725
  Participant contributions....................................71, 2088
  Safe harbor for default investments................................74
  Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program...........................2099
Employee Retirement Income Security Act:
  See Pensions
Employment:
  See also Equal employment opportunity
           Government employees
  Aliens...........................................................2069
    Australian nonimmigrants in specialty occupations..............2082
    EB-5 classification......................................1307, 2016
    Eligibility for certain scientists and engineers...............1338
    Eligibility verification.................................1351, 2164
    Essential support personnel in the O and P classifications.....1356
    Fingerprinting.................................................1295
    Labor certification process..........................70, 1278, 2085
    Labor condition applications...................................2086
    Post-adjudication audits of H-2B petitions.....................2083
    Premium processing service for petitions and applications.....1300, 
                                                                   1316
    Social security coverage.......................................3646
    Suspension of employment authorization requirements for F-1 
        students...................................................1341
    Temporary employment of foreign professionals on H-1B1 visas 
                                                                   2086
    Temporary nonagricultural services.............................1334
    Temporary visitor for business (B-1) classification............1354
    Treatment of employers who receive no-match letters............1478
    Verification documents.........................................1318
  Employee protective provisions of the Federal Transit Act........2064
  Employment eligibility verification:
    Electronic signature and retention.............................1490
  Family and Medical Leave Act.......................................66
  Indian preference................................................1821
  Individuals with disabilities:
    Excepted service...............................................3552
    Self-Sufficiency Program........................................144
    Ticket to Work Program..........................................144
    Work report receipts issuance..................................3674
  Jobs For Veterans Act......................................2066, 2150
  Occupational tax.................................................2523
  Temporary Assistance for Needy Families:
    Work provisions................................................1240
  Trade adjustment assistance for workers....................67, 68, 69
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program...........2939, 2955
  Workforce investment systems.....................................2121
Endangered and threatened species:
  See also Marine mammals
  Alabama Beach Mouse..............................................1712
  Alabama sturgeon.................................................1782
  Alameda whipsnake................................................1761
  American crocodile...............................................1693
  Arctic grayling..................................................1659
  Australian parakeets.............................................1691
  Black-footed ferrets.............................................1653
  Broad-snouted caiman.............................................1635
  Brown pelican delisting..........................................1738
  Cactus ferruginous pygmy owl...............................1745, 1769
  California Bighorn Sheep, Sierra Nevada Distinct Population 
      Segment......................................................1678
  California gnatcatcher...........................................1747
  Canada Lynx......................................................1777
  Cape Sable seaside sparrow.......................................1663
  Captive-bred exotic birds........................................1623
  CITES decisions............................................1645, 1685
  Civil procedures.................................................1644
  Comal Springs dryopid beetle.....................................1719
  Comal Springs riffle beetle......................................1719
  Concho watersnake delisting......................................1673
  Conservation education...........................................1746
  Cowhead Lake tui chub............................................1783
  Critical habitat........664, 705, 1639, 1643, 1648, 1659, 1660, 1662, 
           1663, 1665, 1668, 1670, 1678, 1680, 1681, 1682, 1695, 1709, 
           1712, 1713, 1714, 1719, 1721, 1723, 1725, 1745, 1747, 1758, 
                                           1761, 1773, 1774, 1777, 1782
  Cui-ui delisting.................................................1640
  Delistings.......................................................1652
  Dolly Varden.....................................................1741
  Eagles...........................................................1686
    Transport of feathers..........................................1752
  Fishes, Tennessee rivers.........................................1704
  Flat-tailed horned lizard........................................1779
  Flatwoods salamander.............................................1668
  Foreign bird species.............................................1636
  Format amendment.................................................1651
  Georgia pigtoe...................................................1670
  Gila trout.......................................................1740
  Gray bat.........................................................1767
  Gray wolf........................................................1734
    Eastern Distinct Population Segment delisting..................1729
    Great Lakes distinct population segment delisting..............1715
    Western distinct population segment delisting............1730, 1733
  Grizzly bears..............................................1699, 1765
  Guajon...........................................................1662
  Hawaiian hawk delisting..........................................1672
  Hawaiian picture-wing flies......................................1725
  Hine's emerald dragonfly.........................................1660
  Idaho springsnail delisting......................................1718
  Interrupted rocksnail............................................1670
  Kootenai River White Sturgeon....................................1713
  Laguna Mountains Skipper.........................................1714
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1621
  Loachminnow......................................................1709
  Manatees.........................................................1731
  Marbled murrelet.................................................1723
  Marbled murrelet delisting.......................................1780
  Mexican bobcat delisting.........................................1698
  Mexican gray wolf................................................1755
  Mountain yellow-legged frog................................1681, 1773
  Mussels, freshwater........................................1704, 1721
  Nonessential experimental populations....1653, 1655, 1704, 1749, 1763
  Northern aplomado falcon.........................................1749
  Northern right whale..............................................705
  Northern spotted owl.............................................1643
  Peck's Cave amphipod.............................................1719
  Peninsular Bighorn Sheep.........................................1682
  Permit exemptions................................................1772
  Permits for foreign listed species...............................1694
  Picture-wing flies...............................................1737
  Plants:
    Arizona agave delisting........................................1748
    Ash-grey Indian paintbrush.....................................1664
    Astelia waialealae.............................................1674
    Bear Valley sandwort...........................................1664
    Braunton's milk vetch..........................................1776
    California Taraxacum...........................................1677
    Carbonate plants in San Bernardino Mountains...................1679
    Catesbaea melanocarpa..........................................1720
    Critical habitat....1642, 1649, 1658, 1661, 1664, 1666, 1667, 1669, 
           1675, 1676, 1677, 1679, 1710, 1711, 1720, 1727, 1759, 1760, 
                                                                   1776
    Cyrtandra kaulanatha...........................................1674
    Deseret milk vetch.............................................1658
    Fender's Blue Butterfly........................................1759
    Galax..........................................................1645
    Graham's Penstemon.............................................1649
    Hidden Lake bluecurls..........................................1661

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    Holmgren milk vetch............................................1711
    Johnston's frankenia removal...................................1689
    Kincaid's Lupine...............................................1759
    La Graciosa Thistle............................................1676
    Lyon's penchaeta...............................................1776
    Maguire daisy delisting........................................1654
    Mexican flannelbush............................................1661
    Monterey spineflower...........................................1666
    Nevin's barberry...............................................1667
    Pecos Sunflower................................................1675
    Phyllostegia hispida...........................................1674
    Pierson's milk vetch...........................................1727
    Running buffalo clover.........................................1656
    San Bernardino Bluegrass.......................................1677
    San Diego thornmint............................................1669
    Shivwits milk vetch............................................1711
    Slickpot peppergrass...........................................1728
    Soft birds beak................................................1710
    Southern Mountain wild-buckwheat...............................1664
    Suisun thistle.................................................1710
    Vail Lake ceanothus............................................1661
    Willamette Daisy...............................................1759
    Willowy monardella.............................................1760
    Yadeon's piperia...............................................1642
  Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse delisting..........................1706
  Puget Sound steelhead.............................................665
  Queen Charlotte Goshawk..........................................1647
  Rio Grande silvery minnow........................................1655
  Rota bridled white-eye...........................................1774
  Salt Creek tiger beetle..........................................1639
  San Bernardino kangaroo rat......................................1680
  San Diego Fairy shrimp...........................................1695
  Snail, freshwater................................................1704
  Southern Resident killer whales...................................664
  Southern sea otter translocation program.........................1632
  Spikedace........................................................1709
  St. Andrew Beach Mouse...........................................1758
  Straight-horned markhor..........................................1625
  Tidewater goby...................................................1665
  Topeka shiner....................................................1763
  Virginia northern flying squirrel................................1633
  Western Snowy Plover.............................................1705
  Wintering Piping Plover..........................................1648
  Wood bison.......................................................1629
Energy:
  See also Coal
           Electric power
           Energy conservation
           Fuel economy
           Natural gas
           Nuclear energy
           Petroleum
           Pipelines
  Access to information on DOE computer systems.....................969
  Acquisition:
    Cooperative audit strategy......................................979
  Alternate energy-related uses on the OCS...................1855, 1857
  Assistance regulations............................................982
  Clean Renewable Energy Bonds...............................2638, 2751
  Conduct of DOE employees..........................................984
  DEAR amendments:
    Background checks of employees..................................972
    Intellectual property provisions................................971
    Management contractor compensation for personal services........981
    National Nuclear Security Administration supplement.............975
    Price Anderson Amendments on nuclear indemnification............974
    Purchasing by management and operating contractors..............976
    Revisions.......................................................978
    Technical amendments............................................977
  Debarment and suspension..........................................980
  Energy Policy Act................................................4030
  FERC audit challenges............................................3985
  Freedom of Information Act........................................957
  Geothermal resource leasing and utilization......................1905
  Geothermal valuation.............................................1870
  Hydropower licensing hearings process........................419, 640
  Indian Energy Resource Development Program.......................1831
  Loan guarantees for projects that employ innovative 
      technologies...................................................33
  Occupational radiation protection............................962, 965
  Polygraph examination regulations.................................956
  Priorities and allocations of domestic energy supplies............970
  Renewable Energy Production Incentives............................952
  Research misconduct...............................................961
  Uranium mill sites................................................963
  Wind energy................................................3952, 3978
    Development on National Forest System lands.....................397
  Worker's compensation benefits.............................1003, 2068
Energy conservation:
  See also Fuel economy
  Efficiency standards:
    Battery chargers and power supplies.............................944
    Ceiling fan light kits...........................................32
    Clothes dryers..................................................939
    Commercial air conditioning equipment......................930, 935
    Commercial clothes washers.......................................28
    Commercial heating equipment....................................935
    Commercial refrigeration equipment...............................29
    Dehumidifiers....................................................28
    Direct heating equipment........................................940
    Dishwashers.................................................28, 939
    Electric distribution transformers...............................31
    Electric motors.................................................941
    Electric ranges and ovens........................................28
    Fluorescent and incandescent lamps..............................922
    Fluorescent lamp ballasts.......................................943
    Furnaces and boilers........................................30, 935
    Gas ranges and ovens.............................................28
    Heat pumps.................................................930, 942
    High intensity discharge lamps..................................938
    Microwave ovens..................................................28
    Pool heaters....................................................940
    Refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machines........945
    Residential central air conditioners............................942
    Water heating equipment.........................................935
  Energy performance contracts for PHAs............................1601
  EPACT 2005 test procedures........................................932
    Commercial refrigeration equipment..............................951
  Federal buildings............................................929, 946
  Federal procurement of energy efficient products requirement......927
  Household definition..............................................931
  Residential energy-efficiency rating guidelines..............929, 947
  State Energy Program..............................................953
  Test procedures:
    Central air conditioners........................................933
    Electric motors, small..........................................949
    Electronic distribution transformers............................948
    Heat pumps......................................................933
    High intensity discharge lamps..................................938
    Waivers for manufacturers of consumer products and certain 
        industrial equipment........................................926
  Weatherization assistance program for low-income persons..........950
Entertainment industry:
  Cost recovery....................................................2570
Environmental impact statements:
  Intelligent transportation infrastructure and system 
      regulations............................................2255, 2352

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  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program...............................................2054
Environmental protection:
  See also Air pollution control
           Environmental impact statements
           Natural resources
           Pesticides and pests
           Reclamation
           Waste treatment and disposal
           Water pollution control
  Authority to appoint research scientists.........................3013
  Award term contracting...........................................3006
  CERCLA amendment.................................................3331
  Chemicals...............107, 3248, 3267, 3268, 3269, 3283, 3286, 3287
    Isophorone diisocyanate........................................3300
    Maleic anhydride...............................................3270
    Nanoscale materials stewardship program........................3249
    Transferring manufacture rights................................3288
  Class deviations incorporation into EPAAR........................3008
  Clean Renewable Energy Bonds...............................2638, 2751
  Coal combustion wastes.......................................99, 3315
  Coastal waste deposit prevention.................................3374
  Comparable fuels exclusion under RCRA.............................112
  Confidential business information..........................3005, 3012
  Cooling water intake structures impact...........................3360
  Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.............3330
  Debarment and suspension.........................................3010
  Developmental and reproductive toxicity testing..................3282
  Drinking water regulations.....................3362, 3364, 3369, 3372
  Effluent guidelines............................3347, 3353, 3354, 3358
  Emergency planning...............................................3291
  EPA acquisition regulations................................3006, 3007
    Simplified acquisition financing...............................3014
  Farm Service Agency regulation....................................176
  Federal water resource development................................874
  HUD regulations..................................................1534
  National Environmental Policy Act......................20, 1614, 3003
    Justice Department regulations.................................2043
    Ski area resort activity exclusion..............................395
  National Forest System............................................398
    Oil and gas lease compliance documentation......................407
    Sporicide use...................................................385
  Pesticides..................................98, 108, 3240, 3243, 3247
    Agricultural container recycling program........................110
    Data requirements for conventional chemicals....................123
    Data requirements for registering biochemical or microbial 
        products....................................................125
    Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
        compliance.................................................3236
  Plant incorporated protectants.................3230, 3236, 3241, 3242
  Radon............................................................4099
  RCRA Burden Reduction Initiative.................................3316
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3312
  Restoration of DOD facilities.....................................785
  Risk and technology review.......................................3016
  Rural areas.......................................................258
  Significant new use rules:
    Chloranil......................................................3272
    Flame retardant chemical substances............................3253
    Mercury switches in motor vehicles.............................3260
    Perfluoroalkyl sulfonates......................................3271
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..........111, 129
  Toxic Substances Control Act........126, 127, 3005, 3254, 3256, 3271, 
                                                       3284, 3288, 3290
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications............3292, 3293, 3298
    Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds...............................3294
    Metal mining...................................................3297
    Reporting requirements..............................134, 3297, 3299
Equal credit opportunity:
  See Credit
Equal employment opportunity:
  Broadcast outreach...............................................3851
  Complaint processing.................................3379, 3380, 3381
  Coordination of retiree health benefits with Medicare and state 
      health benefits..............................................134A
  Coverage under ADEA..............................................3377
  Disparate impact and reasonable factors other than age...........3375
  Employer Information Report requirements.........................2065
  Equal opportunity survey.........................................2073
  Race and ethnicity data collection method........................3376
  Repositioning of commission field offices........................3382
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era........2066
  Workforce Investment Act.........................................2121
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...............................................2567
  Cigar and cigarette classification...............................2494
  Communications services..........................................2809
  Firearms and ammunition....................................2493, 2509
  Fuel.................................................2613, 2636, 2731
  Small alcohol excise taxpayers...................................2504
Explosives:
  See also Hazardous materials transportation
           Hazardous substances
  Criminal misuse reporting........................................1968
  Fireworks........................................................1966
  Manufacturing safety regulations.................................2139
  Pest control devices.............................................1958
  Safe Explosives Act..............................................1965
  Transportation regulations.................................1457, 1969
Exports:
  Administration regulations....485, 490, 491, 492, 493, 494, 495, 496, 
           498, 499, 501, 502, 503, 505, 506, 507, 510, 516, 517, 522, 
                  523, 525, 526, 527, 528, 529, 531, 533, 534, 535, 537
  Aircraft.....................................................504, 512
  Automated export system......................................466, 479
  Biological agents and toxins.................................503, 528
  Chemical substances..........................................126, 528
    Notice of transfers of List I and List II chemicals............1994
    Threshold removal for ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and 
        phenylpropanolamine........................................1998
  Chemical Weapons Convention.............................489, 511, 520
  Civil penalties...................................................533
  Commerce Control List.....478, 491, 492, 499, 515, 530, 532, 770, 771
  Communication intercepting devices................................513
  Computer technology...............................................530
  Controlled chemical substances...................................2002
  Crime control and detection instrument equipment..................488
  Crude oil.........................................................480
  Cuba.........................................................483, 504
  De minimis exclusion for technology and software..................509
  Deemed exports....................................................525
  Denial orders.....................................................527
  Dual-use items...............................................503, 517
  Dubai, United Arab Emirates.......................................534
  End-user certificates...................................494, 499, 526
  Energy Policy Act of 2005 regulations............................4121
  Export Control Classification Numbers.............................479
  Information security..............................................532
  Iraq.........................................................501, 514
  Lead-acid batteries..............................................3320
  Libya...................................................483, 492, 501
  License exceptions........478, 483, 487, 488, 492, 498, 500, 508, 534
  Licensing......................482, 485, 486, 493, 504, 510, 523, 537

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  Lightweight aircraft engines......................................500
  Liquors..........................................................2495
  Meat and poultry products.........................................354
  Medical products.............................................504, 528
  Microwave monolithic integrated circuit power amplifiers..........518
  Missile technology controls..................................486, 529
  Montenegro........................................................502
  National Forest System timber.....................................378
  National security requirements....................................482
  No license required provisions....................................485
  North Atlantic Treaty Organization................................508
  NRC license, amendment, or renewal application...................4122
  Nuclear equipment and materials...................................487
  Nuclear Supplier Group............................................493
  Outbound redelivery procedures and liabilities...................2398
  Ozone-depleting substances.......................................3118
  People's Republic of China........................................499
  Photovoltaic arrays...............................................496
  Reexports..........................................478, 486, 508, 525
    Controlled substances..........................................1982
  Removal of country groups.........................................516
  Replacement licenses..............................................510
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements..........................506
  Serbia.......................................................483, 502
  Shippers export declaration.......................................479
  Simplified Network Application Process (SNAP).....................521
  Space qualified parts, components and technology..................515
  Special Comprehensive License program.............................484
  Special intra-company license.....................................523
  Specially denatured alcohol......................................2481
  Sudan.............................................................507
  Sugar reexport programs...........................................371
  Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Act.................531
  Telecommunications................................................532
  Thermal imaging cameras...........................................497
  United Nations....................................................508
  United States munitions list............................512, 770, 771
  Wassenaar Arrangement........................................517, 532
  Wildlife.........................................................1624


                                   F

Fabrics:
  See Textiles
Fair housing:
  Certification and funding of State and local enforcement 
      agencies.....................................................1591
  Compliance requirements...........................................252
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........................................2980
  DOD environmental restoration programs............................785
  Energy performance standards.................................929, 946
  GSA regulations..................................................3404
  Inspection/maintenance programs..................................3135
  NARA facilities:
    Inspection of personal property in the possession of facility 
        visitors...................................................3442
    Locations and hours............................................3451
    Research room and museum hours.................................3453
    Use of meeting rooms and public space..........................3435
  NRC offices......................................................4110
  Presidential library facilities..................................3443
  Security guard services contracts at military installations.......822
  Telecommunications management....................................3397
Federal employees:
  See Government employees
Federal home loan banks:
  Affordable Housing Program.......................................3994
  Anti-money laundering programs...................................3999
  Board of directors elections.....................................4001
  Community support requirements...................................3998
  Data reporting requirements......................................4000
  Governance.......................................................3996
  Limitations on excess stock......................................3995
  Minimum retained earnings requirement............................3995
  New business activities..........................................3997
Federal property management regulations:
  See Government property management
Federal Reserve System:
  Electronic fund transfers........................................4010
  Fair credit reporting......................................4013, 4016
  Holding companies....................................4007, 4014, 4015
  Reserve requirements of depository institutions..................4009
  State banks....................................4005, 4006, 4011, 4017
  Threshold to collect, retain, and transmit information on funds 
      transfers and transmittals...................................4012
  Truth in lending.................................................4008
Federal-State relations:
  See Intergovernmental relations
Feed grains:
  Karnal bunt compensation..........................................231
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.........................3751
  Carbon dioxide fire suppression systems on commercial vessels 
                                                                   1409
  Electrical standards.............................................2145
  Emergency response and preparedness..............................2127
  Forest fire assistance program....................................415
  Shipyard standards...............................................2140
  Sprinkler system requirements in long-term care facilities.......1132
  Underground mines................................................2103
Firearms:
  See Arms and munitions
Firefighters:
  Assistance to firefighters grant program.........................1246
  Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grant program
                                                                   1248
Fish:
  See also Fisheries
           Seafood
  Acquisition regulations...........................................818
  Country of origin labeling........................................164
  Endangered Species Act...........................................1634
  Fish and Seafood Promotion Act....................................629
  Injurious wildlife listings......................................1688
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1621
  National Organic Program..........................................163
  Paralytic shellfish poisoning toxin...............................634
  Piscicide applications on National Forest System lands............386
  Species codes.....................................................579
Fisheries:
  Albacore tuna.....................................................604
  Atlantic Ocean...............................................555, 677
  Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands..................................682, 722
  Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan............................730

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  Canada............................................................604
  Central Pacific...................................................713
  Chesapeake Bay....................................................709
  Economic data reports.............................................723
  Fishing capacity reduction loans..................................682
  Great South Channel...............................................727
  Groundfish...................................................573, 722
  Halibut......................................................550, 678
  Hawaiian Islands.............................................544, 722
  Highly migratory species.....................................555, 677
  Highly migratory species international trade program..............610
  Incidental take regulations..............541, 600, 658, 659, 730, 733
  Interagency Electronic Reporting System...........................573
  King crab.........................................................682
  List of fisheries.................................................663
  Marine Mammal Protection Act......................................656
  National standard guidelines:
    Overfishing and rebuilding schedules............................545
  Northeastern U.S. closures due to presence of paralytic 
      shellfish poisoning toxin.....................................634
  Northeastern United States...................................642, 727
  Pacific...........................................................721
  Permits......................................................544, 676
  Scallop......................................................727, 731
  Scientific research...............................................549
  Sea otter conservation............................................600
  Sea turtle conservation..................555, 621, 709, 721, 722, 731
  Seafood dealer reporting requirements.............................642
  Spinner dolphin protection........................................620
  Tanner crab.......................................................682
  Total allowable catch.............................................645
  Western Pacific region..................................540, 713, 721
Fishery management plans:
  Albacore tuna................................................602, 624
  American Lobster.............................................561, 576
  Aquaculture practices.............................................670
  Atlantic.......560, 564, 576, 606, 608, 609, 611, 633, 650, 655, 701, 
                                                               702, 728
  Atlantic bluefish.................................................571
  Atlantic herring........................................570, 628, 716
  Atlantic mackerel.............................543, 565, 569, 646, 715
  Atlantic sea scallop..........................585, 636, 652, 693, 725
  Atlantic striped bass.............................................680
  Beluga whales.....................................................657
  Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands...546, 575, 589, 597, 607, 675, 683, 688, 
                                                     707, 712, 718, 723
  Bigeye tuna.............................................563, 605, 610
  Biological reference points.......................................653
  Black corals.................................................574, 684
  Black sea bass.................552, 566, 587, 593, 694, 695, 696, 717
  Bluefin tuna.......................................609, 610, 624, 701
  Bottomfish fisheries....................................580, 638, 639
  Butterfish....................................543, 565, 569, 646, 715
  Coastal migratory fisheries.......................................686
  Cod...............................................................649
  Community development quotas.................................551, 675
  Crab..........................................698, 707, 714, 718, 723
  Crustaceans.......................................................639
  Electronic logbook forms..........................................554
  Essential fish habitats......................................564, 689
  Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ)...............................670, 680
  Exempted fishing permits..........................................581
  Georges Bank..................................594, 595, 647, 649, 724
  Groundfish.....546, 547, 548, 575, 577, 580, 589, 591, 597, 643, 645, 
                                                     648, 688, 706, 714
  Grouper.......................................583, 584, 641, 699, 703
  Gulf of Alaska.................546, 548, 607, 637, 645, 689, 711, 714
  Gulf of Mexico............572, 592, 630, 641, 674, 681, 685, 686, 699
  Habitat areas of particular concern...............................689
  Haddock......................................................649, 716
  Hagfish......................................................606, 728
  Halibut............................................557, 578, 607, 698
  Hawaiian Islands...................................544, 574, 580, 684
  Highly migratory species......562, 581, 601, 608, 609, 632, 633, 653, 
                                                               701, 702
  Individual fishing quota program..................................607
  King crab.........................................................683
  Krill.............................................................582
  Monkfish......................................586, 596, 650, 651, 691
  North Atlantic right whales........................................23
  North Pacific................................................591, 602
  Northeast multispecies.........594, 595, 647, 692, 708, 710, 716, 720
  Ocean quahog.................................................567, 568
  Pacific Coast.......547, 557, 559, 563, 577, 581, 582, 598, 599, 601, 
                       603, 605, 624, 632, 643, 648, 653, 690, 697, 706
  Pacific cod..................................................589, 712
  Pacific mackerel..................................................644
  Pacific sardine..............................................600, 704
  Pacific whiting...................................................719
  Pelagics.....................................................582, 690
  Precious corals..............................................574, 639
  Red drum..........................................................560
  Red snapper..................................................572, 630
  Reef fish.....................................572, 641, 674, 685, 699
  Rockfish..........................................................637
  Sablefish....................................................607, 698
  Salmon........................................559, 575, 598, 599, 697
  Scup...........................552, 566, 587, 593, 694, 695, 696, 717
  Sharks........................................542, 603, 611, 633, 655
  Shrimp..................................................572, 592, 681
  Small-mesh multispecies...........................................726
  Snapper.................................................583, 584, 703
  South Atlantic...........................583, 584, 686, 699, 702, 703
  Spiny dogfish.....................................................700
  Squid....................................543, 556, 565, 569, 646, 715
  Summer flounder................552, 566, 587, 593, 694, 695, 696, 717
  Surfclam.....................................................567, 568
  Swordfish..........................................603, 608, 610, 702
  Tanner crab.......................................................683
  Tilefish.....................................................553, 635
  Western Pacific..........................554, 556, 563, 574, 638, 639
  Whiting...........................................................726
  Yellowtail flounder..........................................649, 724
Fishing:
  Bycatch reduction measures...................................592, 643
  Drift gillnet.....................................................603
  Exempted fishing permits..........................................549
  Fixed gear...................................................594, 647
  Longline..........................................................605
  Net mesh size measurement regulations.............................654
  Purse seine.......................................................605
  Quotas:
    Cod.............................................................649
    Crab............................................................698
    Haddock.........................................................649
    Halibut..........................................550, 557, 558, 698
    Red snapper.....................................................630
    Sablefish..................................................558, 698
    Yellowtail flounder.............................................649
  Recreational measures..........550, 593, 624, 677, 694, 696, 699, 720
  Refuge-specific regulations................................1717, 1771
  Shallow-set longline.........................................721, 722
  South Pacific Tuna Act............................................627
  Subsistence fishing...................................578, 1657, 1716
  Trawl fishing................................................711, 712
  Tribal annual funding agreements.................................1641
Fishing vessels:
  Catcher vessel electronic report..................................679
  Dredge exemption..................................................727
  Observer Communications System regulations........................687
  Observer program...................................588, 591, 621, 626
  Observer set-aside program........................................725
  Safety regulations...............................................1365
  South Pacific Tuna Act............................................627
  State and Federal commercial permit programs......................590
  Vessel list establishing eligibility to fish for albacore tuna 
      in Canadian waters............................................604

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  Vessel marking requirements.......................................601
  Vessel Monitoring System................................568, 577, 627
Flammable materials:
  Bedclothes.......................................................3753
  Carpets and rugs.................................................3747
  Flammability standards...........................................3744
  Mattresses/bedding...............................................3754
  Upholstered furniture.............................................146
Flood control:
  Ability to pay provisions.........................................875
Flood insurance:
  Mitigation assistance program..............................1499, 1519
  Mitigation of severe repetitive loss properties..................1517
  National Flood Insurance Program:
    Appeal of decisions relating to coverage.......................1520
    Assistance to private sector insurers....................1510, 1511
    Coverage and rates.............................................1504
    Group Flood Insurance Policy.............................1508, 1516
    Increased Cost of Compliance provision.........................1512
    National Flood Insurance Act of 1994............................253
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..............................................311
    At-risk afterschool suppers.....................................298
    For-profit center participation.................................345
    Improving management and program integrity...................7, 309
    Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas..............308
    Overpayments....................................................342
  Disclosure of children's eligibility information to state 
      Medicaid and CHIP program.....................................310
  Donated foods provided under contract with food service 
      management companies..........................................318
  Evaluations and cost comparisons of warehousing and 
      distribution systems..........................................343
  Food and Nutrition Service data collection........................317
  Indian reservations...............................................297
  Processing of donated foods.......................................329
  Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program..........................314
  Uniform federal assistance regulations............................337
  Women, infants, and children:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................303
    Food delivery systems...........................................335
    Food package revision............................................12
    Program administration and operation............................328
    Vendor-related provisions..............................11, 315, 319
Food grades and standards:
  See Meat inspection
      Poultry and poultry products
      Seafood
Food labeling:
  Allergen labeling for meat, poultry, and egg products.............352
  Country of origin marking for agricultural commodities and 
      meats.........................................................164
  Generic approval and regulation consolidation.....................348
  Ground or chopped meat and poultry products........................15
  Nutrient content claims..........................................1014
  Prominence of calories...........................................1089
  Requirement for food that has been refused admission into the 
      US.............................................................39
  Serving size regulations.........................................1090
  Single-ingredient products.........................................15
  Trans fatty acids................................................1084
Food stamps:
  Bonding requirements for violating retailers......................300
  Civil rights data collections.....................................336
  Computer matching.................................................296
  Electronic benefits transfer system.....................304, 307, 333
  Eligibility and certification.......................................8
  Employment and training...........................................338
  Expiration of residual paper coupons..............................344
  Quality control................................................9, 339
  Recipient claim establishment and collection standards............299
  State agencies administrative and management requirements.........307
  Trafficking in program benefits...................................331
  Unauthorized redemption...........................................331
Foods:
  See also Dairy products
           Fish
           Food assistance programs
           Food labeling
           Fruits
           Meat and meat products
           Nutrition
           Poultry and poultry products
           Seafood
           Vegetables
           Sugar
  Acquisition regulations...........................................818
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention......................1092
  Container standards...............................................152
  Donated foods distribution and control requirements...............305
  Food safety:
    Accredited laboratory program...................................363
    Foreign inspection system supervisory visits....................369
    Petitions for rulemaking........................................358
    School breakfast and lunch programs.............................325
  Food security plans...............................................350
  Health claims....................................................1087
  Imported...........................................................43
  Infant formula quality control.............................1064, 1065
  Institutional review boards......................................1053
  Modernization of standards..................................357, 1085
  Pesticide residues...............................................3245
  Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease...................1082
  Recordkeeping requirements:
    Acceptance of electronic signatures by FSIS.....................351
    Foods containing material from cattle..........................1094
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
  Bank Secrecy Act regulations.....................................2463
  Economic Sanctions Enforcement Guidelines........................2402
  Economic sanctions enforcement procedures for banking 
      institutions.................................................2421
  Imposition of special measures...................................2448
  International accounting standards...............................4190
  Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).....3318
  Publication of international agreements..........................2170
Foreign trade:
  See also Competitiveness
           Customs duties and inspection
           Exports
           Imports
           Maritime carriers
           Trade agreements
  African Growth and Opportunity Act.........................2405, 2409
  Benchmark survey of transactions between U.S. and foreign 
      persons.......................................................463

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  Earnings and profits.............................................2787
  Financial services transactions between U.S. providers and 
      unaffiliated foreign persons.............................462, 464
  Port restrictions:
    Japanese vessels...............................................4003
  Quarterly survey of transactions in selected services and 
      intangible assets with foreign persons........................461
  Stock transfer rules.............................................2849
  United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act..............2406
Forests and forest products:
  See also National forests
  Botanical products................................................399
  Emergency Forestry Conservation Reserve Program...................201
  Forest fire assistance program....................................415
  Indian allotments.................................................373
  Management of Indian lands.......................................1824
  Special products..................................................399
  Timber sales:
    Cancellation....................................................398
    Integrated Resource Contracts...................................406
    Noncompetitive sale.............................................377
    Preparation for sale...........................................1911
    Surplus species.................................................374
Forfeitures:
  See Seizures and forfeitures
Foster care:
  See Adoption and foster care
Fraud:
  CNCS regulations.................................................2991
  FTC regulations..................................................4032
  HHS regulations...................................................991
  HUD regulations..................................................1532
  Microcap securities market.......................................4173
  OIG regulations...................................................992
  Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act...........................1253, 2991
  SEC regulations..................................................4144
  SSA regulations..................................................3673
Freedom of information:
  See also Confidential business information
  Amendments.......................................................4078
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3296
  DHS........................................................1257, 1315
  DOC...............................................................471
  DOD...............................................................772
  DOE...............................................................957
  DOL........................................................2058, 2122
  Electronic communication.........................................2058
  Electronic Freedom of Information Act............................3481
  FMCS.............................................................3383
  HUD..................................................1526, 1527, 1536
  NARA.......................................................3436, 3444
  NEH..............................................................3458
  OPM..............................................................3481
  SSA..............................................................3666
  State Department:
    Search fees....................................................2158
  TTB..............................................................2525
Freight:
  See also Hazardous materials transportation
  Agricultural commodities:
    Ocean freight claims............................................173
  Freight forwarding industry......................................2279
Fruits:
  Apple crop insurance provisions...................................276
  Citrus canker quarantine..........................................238
  Compensation for certified citrus nursery stock destroyed to 
      control citrus canker.........................................236
  Florida citrus fruit crop insurance provisions....................279
  Import regulations..................................................4
  Inspection service fees.................................155, 160, 237
  Phytosanitary certificates for imports............................222
Fuel:
  See also Energy
  Air pollution control..............3026, 3111, 3123, 3197, 3207, 3208
  Alcohol fuel tax credits.........................................2642
  Alternative fuels:
    Replacement fuel goal modification..............................937
    Vehicle acquisition requirement waivers.........................936
  Biodiesel fuel...................................................3222
    Tax credits....................................................2642
  California gasoline..............................................3136
  Clean fuels grant program........................................2355
  Diesel particulate matter exposure in underground mines......78, 2117
  Dye injection....................................................2731
  Excise tax regulations...............................2613, 2636, 2731
  Gasoline distribution facility emission standards..........3038, 3166
  Low-sulfur highway diesel fuel...................................3182
  Reformulated gasoline............................................3111
  Renewable Fuel Standards..........................................121
  Sulfur testing adjustment factor.................................3222
  Ultra low sulfur diesel fuel lubricity...........................3202
Fuel additives:
  Gasoline deposit control additives...............................3019
  Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE)...............................3368
  Oxygenated.................................................3089, 3281
Fuel economy:
  Fuel economy labeling.............................................119
Funeral industry:
  Practices rule...................................................4021


                                   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...................................226
Government buildings:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Government contracts:
  See also Government procurement
  Acquisition regulations:
    EPA............................................................3007
    Federal Technical Data Solution................................3710
    Historically black colleges and universities....................861
    Small disadvantaged businesses..................................861
    USAID........................................2972, 2975, 2978, 2979
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage contracts....................193
  Contractors:
    Affirmative action and nondiscrimination obligations...........2073
    DOE contract security personnel.................................955
    Employee stock ownership plans.................................3478
    Hazardous material safety data.................................3709
    Insurance and pension reviews...................................849
    Jobs For Veterans Act..........................................2150
    Past performance evaluation....................................3714
    Program compliance recertification.............................3428
    Safety manual...................................................774
    Security requirements for Toxic Substances Control Act 
        confidential business information..........................3005
  Debarment and suspension.........................................2193
  Defense contracts:
    Administrative regulations......................................840

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    Architect-engineer services for military family housing.........825
    Award fee contracts.............................................795
    Commercial contract types......................................3691
    Construction contracts..........................................844
    Continued contracts authorization...............................847
    Contract administration.........................................848
    Contract types.............................................793, 854
    Contracting officers' representatives...........................816
    DFARS modification.....793, 794, 795, 803, 816, 821, 822, 825, 828, 
           832, 833, 834, 836, 840, 844, 846, 847, 848, 849, 851, 853, 
                                                     854, 855, 857, 858
    Evaluation factor for employing or subcontracting with 
        members of the Armed Forces Reserve.........................833
    Fixed price................................................793, 834
    Follow-on production contracts for prototype projects...........836
    Information assurance contractor training and certification 
                                                                    796
    Labor laws application..........................................855
    Labor reimbursement on non-commercial time-and-materials and 
        labor-hour contracts........................................828
    Multiyear contracting...........................................794
    Patent rights...................................................799
    Policies regarding contractor personnel authorized to 
        accompany U.S. Armed Forces.................................814
    Reporting requirements..........................................857
    Reporting requirements for property in contractors' 
        possession..................................................813
    Requirements documents..........................................851
    Security guard services.........................................822
    Sole source awards to Native Hawaiian-owned small businesses 
                                                                    842
    Special contracting methods.....................................853
    Termination of contracts........................................846
    Tiered evaluation of offers.....................................821
    Training for contractor personnel interacting with detainees 
                                                                    858
    Transportation requirements.....................................803
  DOT..............................................................2258
  Javits-Wagner-O'Day Program:
    Governance standards for nonprofit agencies....................2989
  Small business programs:
    Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Assistance 
        Program....................................................3619
Government employees:
  See also Conflict of interests
           Military personnel
           Political activities (Government employees)
  Administrative Law Judge Program.................................3542
  Antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection............3518, 3566
  Appeals..........................................................3511
  Assignment rights................................................3489
  Awards program, performance-based................................3508
  Civilian Marksmanship Program:
    Civil service benefits for former employees....................3525
  Classification appeals...........................................3509
  Combined Federal Campaign........................................3571
  Conflicts of interest:
    Farm Service Agency.............................................207
  Consular officers:
    Death and estate regulations for U.S. citizens who die 
        overseas...................................................2157
  Corporation for National and Community Service:
    Discrimination complaint procedures............................2993
  Cost-of-living allowances............................3494, 3559, 3560
  Creditable service...............................................3563
  Criminal investigators...........................................3550
  Debarment and suspension.........................................3500
  Defense personnel:
    Claims against the Navy.........................................878
    Claims settlement..........................................787, 788
    Financial assistance to local educational agencies..............780
    Non-appropriated fund claims....................................879
    Privacy policies................................................789
    User charges....................................................779
  Discrimination complaints........................................2146
  District of Columbia employees:
    Benefits.......................................................3523
    Retirement, health, and life insurance coverage................3524
  DOE polygraph examination regulations.............................956
  Drug-free workplace requirements..................................995
  Employee stock ownership plan costs..............................3478
  Employee surveys.................................................3554
  Employment discrimination..................................3379, 3381
  Employment requirement for application of government pension 
      offset exemption.............................................3682
  Employment suitability...........................................3495
  Enterprise Human Resource Integration............................3547
  Ethical conduct standards:
    Attorneys......................................................2044
    CSOSA employees................................................3002
  Examining system.................................................3556
  Excepted service:
    Individuals with disabilities..................................3552
    Operational procedures.........................................3480
    Student Career Experience Program..............................3553
  Executive branch employees:
    Restriction on private supplementation of salaries.............3470
  Federal executive boards.........................................3544
  Federal mail management..........................................3398
  Financial disclosure requirements................................3472
  Freedom of Information Act regulations...........................3481
  Governmentwide nonprocurement common rule for debarment and 
      suspension...................................................2193
  Health benefits:
    Dental and vision benefits.....................................3541
    Discontinuance of health plan in an emergency..................3538
    FEHBP changes..........................3498, 3535, 3536, 3537, 3539
    Flexible spending accounts...............................3512, 3540
    Long-term care insurance regulations...........................3534
  Hiring flexibilities during national emergencies.................3546
  Indemnification request procedures for states and localities.....3499
  Intermittent.....................................................3488
  Investigations...................................................3520
  IRS..............................................................2622
    Broadbanding systems...........................................3501
  Job grading reviews..............................................3511
  Leave regulations..........................................3561, 3564
  Life insurance...................................................3497
  Medical qualification determinations.............................3491
  Merit promotion and internal placement...........................3486
  National Security Personnel System..........................775, 3572
  Order of release from competitive level..........................3489
  Part-time........................................................3488
  Pay rates:
    Administration.....................................3504, 3515, 3550
    Critical position pay authority................................3493
    Evacuation payments during pandemic health crisis..............3514
    Prevailing rate systems........................................3557
    Regulation amendments..........................................3561
    Senior executive service.................................3506, 3558
  Performance appraisal systems....................................2622
  Personal financial interests.....................................3471
  Personal identification verification..............................539
  Post-employment conflict of interests......................3476, 3567
  Presidential Rank Award eligibility..............................3507
  Privacy Act regulations..........................................3482
  Private voluntary organization contributions:
    Eligibility and public accountability standards................3543
  Public safety officers...........................................2056
  Qualification requirements.......................................3487
  Reasonable accommodation language for OPM vacancy announcements
                                                                   3505

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  Recruitment and selection through competitive examination.......3485, 
                                                                   3548
  Recruitment, relocation, and retention bonuses...................3510
  Recruitment, selection and placement.............................3484
  Reemployment...............................................3490, 3516
  Regulation revisions.............................................3568
  Relocation costs.................................................3400
  Repayment of student loans.......................................3549
  Representative rate..............................................3489
  Responsibilities and conduct:
    OPM......................................................3551, 3569
  Retirement:
    Air traffic controllers........................................3530
    Court orders awarding survivor annuities.......................3496
    Coverage for non-appropriated fund instrumentalities.....3521, 3533
    Credit for government service performed abroad.................3531
    Credit for military service....................................3529
    Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act..........3526
    FERS basic annuity.............................................3528
    FERS coverage elections........................................3532
    Record retention...............................................3527
    State income tax withholding...................................3522
  Salary offset....................................................3668
  Seasonal.........................................................3488
  Security standards...............................................3519
  Senior Executive Service:
    Annual leave...................................................3562
    Pay rates......................................................3558
    Performance pay................................................3506
    Post-employment conflict-of-interest restrictions..............3567
  Standards of conduct...984, 1242, 2890, 3426, 3473, 3474, 3475, 3477, 
                                                                   3660
  Strategic human capital management assessment....................3503
  Submission of claims by preference eligibles to OPM..............3545
  Temporary and term employment....................................3565
  Temporary change of station......................................3555
  Testifying and providing records in litigation...................3434
  Time-in grade rule...............................................3483
  Training and development.........................................3492
    Agency reporting requirements..................................3570
  Travel regulations:
    Compensatory time..............................................3513
    Conference registration fee prepayment.........................3412
    eGov Travel Service............................................3411
    Public vouchers for transportation charges.....................3403
    Special needs employees attendant services.....................3413
    Use of other-than contract city-pair airfares..................3411
  Uniform allowance rate...........................................3517
  Veterans' preference.............................................3502
Government procurement:
  See also Government contracts
  Acquisition regulations:
    Access to Federal Procurement Data System database.............3389
    Acquisition planning............................................845
    Agricultural....................................................460
    Approved authentication products and services requirement......3704
    Aviation into-plane reimbursement card..........................826
    Brand name specifications......................................3706
    Business restructuring costs....................................841
    Buy American Act exemption for commercial information 
        technology............................................860, 3723
    Central Contractor Registration taxpayer identification 
        number.....................................................3722
    Clothing materials and components..........................819, 830
    Combating trafficking in persons................................805
    Commercial items....................................823, 3689, 3703
    Common identification standard for contractors.................3696
    Computer software...............................................792
    Confirmation of HUBZone certification..........................3716
    Contract pricing................................................801
    Contractor personnel in a theater of operations or at a 
        diplomatic or consular mission.............................3697
    Cost accounting standards................................3685, 3686
    Debarment......................................................3405
    Deletion of Shared Savings Program.............................3419
    Department of State......................................2154, 2172
    Depreciation costs of re-acquired assets.......................3713
    DFARS modification.....792, 797, 798, 799, 800, 801, 802, 804, 805, 
           806, 807, 808, 809, 810, 811, 812, 815, 817, 818, 819, 820, 
           823, 824, 826, 827, 829, 830, 831, 832, 835, 837, 838, 839, 
           841, 842, 843, 845, 850, 852, 856, 859, 860, 862, 863, 864, 
                                                               865, 866
    DOE..........................971, 972, 974, 975, 977, 978, 979, 981
    Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade 
        Agreement........................................827, 829, 3702
    Earned value management system......................811, 3425, 3711
    Electronic submission and processing of payment requests........815
    Emergency acquisitions....................................831, 3687
    EPA................................................3004, 3006, 3014
    Export-controlled information and technology....................807
    Fast payment procedures........................................3717
    Federal Agency Retail Pharmacy Program.........................3390
    FEMA...........................................................1498
    Foreign acquisitions.......................................812, 859
    Free Trade Agreements..........................................3699
    Government property in the possession of contractors...........3693
    Government-owned information technology.........................838
    GSA......................................................3389, 3405
    Homeland Security............................1245, 1250, 1251, 1267
    HUD............................................................1592
    Inflation adjustment of acquisition-related thresholds....809, 3719
    Information technology..............................850, 3684, 3715
    Information technology security................................3721
    IT security requirements clause................................3424
    Lease of vessels, aircraft, and combat vehicles.................824
    Levy on payments to contractors.................................808
    Lobbying restrictions..........................................3708
    Local Community Recovery Act of 2006...........................3705
    Major weapon systems............................................823
    Material inspection and receiving reports.......................802
    NASA.........................................3419, 3424, 3425, 3428
    Noncommercial modifications of commercial items................3712
    Notification requirements for critical safety items.............806
    Online Representations and Certification Application......798, 3707
    Past performance evaluation....................................3714
    Payment under time-and-materials and labor-hour contracts......3695
    Performance of commercial activities...........................3718
    Perishable foods................................................818
    Plain language rewrite.........................................3690
    Polyacrylonitrile carbon fiber restriction removal..............866
    Price evaluation adjustment expiration.........................3720
    Procurement center representative procedures...................3725
    Prohibition concerning Communist Chinese military companies 
                                                                    820
    Prohibition of foreign taxation on U.S. assistance programs 
                                                                    856
    Protests, disputes, and appeals.................................800
    Purchase order termination or cancellation.....................3700
    Purchasing by management and operating contractors..............976
    Quality assurance...............................................843
    Radio frequency identification..................................817
    Receiving reports for shipments.................................797
    Removal of sanctions against European Union countries..........3698
    Reporting of purchases from sources outside the US.............3688

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    Required sources of supplies and services.......................852
    Restriction on carbon, alloy, and armor steel plate from 
        foreign sources.............................................810
    Small business credit for Alaskan Native Corporations and 
        Indian tribes..............................................3692
    Small business programs...................................804, 3428
    Small business specialist review................................835
    Technical data..................................................792
    Telecommunications services.....................................837
    Terrorist country list..........................................865
    Trade agreement thresholds.....................................3724
    Trade sanctions.................................................864
    Trafficking victims protection.................................3694
    Uniform contract line item numbering............................839
    USAID....................................................2972, 2978
    Veterans Affairs...............................................2947
    Wage Determinations OnLine website.............................3701
    Weapons purchased overseas for force protection purposes........863
  Biobased products.............................427, 428, 429, 430, 460
  Contracts:
    NFS contracts...................................................398
  Energy efficient products requirement.............................927
  HUBZone program..................................................3388
  Javits-Wagner-O'Day program:
    Determining whether commodities are essentially the same as 
        items on the procurement list..............................2985
    Responsibilities of central nonprofit agencies.................2988
    Suitability criteria for commodities and services..............2987
  Lobbying restrictions............................................1263
  Management accountability and control............................3479
  Recycled products................................................3311
  Small, minority, and women's business utilization................3009
  Transportation management:
    Data collection standards......................................3402
    Electronic systems use.........................................3410
    Manager authorization..........................................3386
    Reporting requirements.........................................3402
Government property:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
           Government property management
  Abandoned or forfeited personal property...................1799, 3406
  Affirmative claims regulations....................................880
  Economic development transfers of real property by DOE............960
  Personal commercial solicitation on DoD installations.............791
  Reporting requirements for property in contractors' possession 
                                                                    813
  Sale or rental of sexually explicit material on DoD property......776
Government property management:
  Acquisition regulations..........................................3693
  DOE property......................................................973
  Household goods..................................................3409
  Mandatory review procedures......................................1617
  Motor vehicles...................................................3399
  Nondiscrimination..........................................3394, 3396
  Personal property management.........................3401, 3407, 3408
    Disposition of excess property.................................3416
    Donation of surplus property...................................3414
    Replacement of property pursuant to exchange/sale authority 
                                                                   3415
    Use, handling, and disposal requirements.......................3384
    Utilization, donation, and disposal of foreign gifts and 
        decorations................................................3417
  Space and related services:
    Rents and leases...............................................3404
  Supply and procurement...........................................3385
  Telecommunications management....................................3397
Government securities:
  See Bonds
Grains:
  See also Feed grains
  Barley protein testing fees.......................................293
  Clear title program...............................................292
  Karnal bunt compensation..........................................231
  Loan deficiency payments..........................................199
  Marketing assistance loans........................................199
    Storage requirements............................................184
  Process verification service......................................294
  Rice:
    Cultivated wild rice crop insurance provisions..................272
    Inspection service fees.........................................291
    Standards for...................................................289
Grant programs:
  Alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures programs................2322
  AmeriCorps regulations.........................2992, 2998, 3000, 3001
  Assistance to firefighters grant program.........................1246
  Clean fuels grant program........................................2355
  CNCS regulations.................................................2994
    Equal treatment for faith-based organizations..................2999
  DHS regulations:
    Equal treatment for faith-based and community organizations 
                                                                   1252
  Employee protective provisions of the Federal Transit Act........2064
  Freedom of information...........................................2122
  Hazard Mitigation Grant Program............................1501, 1521
  Hazard mitigation planning.......................................1505
  Learn & Serve regulations..................................2992, 2998
  Local rail line relocation and improvement projects..............2335
  Medical transportation demonstration grant program...............2353
  Motorcyclist safety grant program................................2328
  NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook:
    Editorial corrections..........................................3431
    Patent rights and rights in data special conditions............3429
    Training and grant award procedures............................3432
  National Historical Publications and Records Commission Grant 
      Program......................................................3449
  Public television station digital transition grant program........449
  Public transportation security grants......................1247, 2359
  Senior Corps regulations.........................................2998
  Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER)........1248
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.......................2034
  Victims of crime.................................................2048
Grant programs-agriculture:
  Administration provisions.........................................246
  Equal opportunity for religious organizations.....................434
  Hatch Multistate Research Fund....................................251
  National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program...........249
  Nonprocurement regulations........................................426
  Rural Business Investment Program.................................439
  Rural economic development........................................438
  Small Business Innovation Research Grants Program.................248
  Specialty crop block grant program................................168
  Technical assistance and training.................................255
  Water and waste disposal.....................................444, 450
  Water programs....................................................448
Grant programs-education:
  Abstinence education.............................................1234
  Academic Competitiveness Grant program............................913
  Administrative regulations........................................772
  Discretionary grant program performance...........................906
  Federal student aid programs......................................914
  Freedom of Information............................................772
  Institutional eligibility under the Higher Education Act of 
      1965..........................................................914
  National Science and Mathematics Access To Retain Talent Grant 
      program.......................................................913
  Preschool grants for children with disabilities..............916, 918
Grant programs-environmental protection:
  Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.............3330
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program review........................................2054

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Grant programs-health:
  Grants to states for construction or acquisition of VA 
      facilities...................................................2928
  Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children.......................1100
  High risk pools..................................................1170
  Limitation on administrative expenses............................1098
  Minority Biomedical Research Support Program.....................1109
  Minority health disparities research endowment program...........1111
  NIH:
    Center grants..................................................1114
    Construction grant.............................................1115
    Grants.........................................................1106
    Training grants..............................1108, 1110, 1113, 1117
  Undergraduate scholarship program sponsored by NIH...............1112
  VA assistance to State home program for the hiring and 
      retention of nurses..........................................2927
Grant programs-housing and community development:
  American Dream Downpayment Initiative............................1538
  Community development block grants:
    Brownfields activities.........................................1586
    Insular Areas Program..........................................1539
    Prohibition on use of funds for job-pirating activities........1585
    Slum and blight prevention.....................................1586
    Small cities program...........................................1581
  Empowerment zones................................................1584
  Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS program..............1582
  Indian Housing Block Grant Program.........................1608, 1609
    Minimum funding provision......................................1611
    Rental assistance in low-income housing tax credit projects 
                                                                   1606
    Self-insurance plans...........................................1610
    Use of census data.............................................1607
  State homes for veterans.........................................2923
  Uniform requirements for HUD programs............................1541
Grant programs-Indians:
  Construction of jails............................................2052
  Indian Housing Block Grant Program.........................1608, 1609
    Minimum funding provision......................................1611
    Rental assistance in low-income housing tax credit projects 
                                                                   1606
    Self-insurance plans...........................................1610
    Use of census data.............................................1607
  STOP Violence Against Indian Women Discretionary Grant Program 
                                                                   2034
Grant programs-natural resources:
  North American Wetlands Conservation Act grants program..........1743
Grants administration:
  Nondiscrimination..............................1954, 2995, 3446, 3447
  Uniform administrative requirements........................1243, 2977
    DOT grants.....................................................2181
Grazing lands:
  Administrative regulations.......................................1906
  Grassland Reserve Program.........................................457
  National Forest System.......................................373, 416
  Permit regulations...............................................1816
Guaranteed loans:
  See Loan programs
Guns:
  See Arms and munitions


                                   H

Handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Harbors:
  Maintenance fees...........................................2425, 2426
Hatch Act:
  See Political activities (Government employees)
Hawaiian Natives:
  Defense acquisition contract awards to Native-owned small 
      businesses....................................................842
Hazardous materials transportation:
  See also Pipeline safety
  Aircraft carriage................................................2381
  Aluminum cylinders...............................................2384
  Cargo tank requirements..........................................2382
  Civil and criminal penalties...............................2340, 2388
  Commercial driver's license endorsement..........................2285
    Security threat assessment of applicants.......................1450
  Drivers licensed in Canada or Mexico transporting materials in 
      the US.......................................................1464
  Editorial clarifications.........................................2390
  Emergency response telephone numbers.............................2368
  Enforcement regulations..........................................2379
  Explosive materials........................................1457, 2361
  Fuel cells transported in passenger aircraft carry-on baggage 
                                                                   2367
  Harmonization with UN recommendations and international 
      standards..............................................2366, 2386
  Infectious substances............................................2386
  Interstate shipment of etiologic agents..........................1004
  Lithium batteries..........................................2364, 2370
  Motor carriers...................................................2382
  Nuclear materials................................................4095
  Oxygen cylinders on aircraft.....................................2369
  Packaging........................................................2376
  Procedural regulations for preemption determinations.............2389
  Railroad highway grade crossing safety...........................2278
  Regulation revisions.................................2371, 2378, 2387
  Security.............................................2362, 2363, 2375
  Small business registration and fee assessment...................2374
  Toxic by inhalation materials....................................2363
  UN standard cylinder requirements................................2385
Hazardous substances:
  See also Explosives
           Flammable materials
           Hazardous materials transportation
           Hazardous waste
  Air pollutants........3017, 3021, 3031, 3034, 3037, 3040, 3041, 3042, 
           3045, 3047, 3052, 3065, 3071, 3086, 3087, 3106, 3109, 3116, 
           3142, 3145, 3146, 3148, 3153, 3154, 3155, 3156, 3167, 3169, 
           3170, 3171, 3172, 3173, 3174, 3175, 3180, 3184, 3189, 3203, 
                         3204, 3205, 3209, 3212, 3215, 3216, 3220, 3279
    Delisting..........................................3022, 3132, 3143
  Asbestos.....................................................79, 3273
  Beryllium........................................................2124
  CERCLA corrections...............................................3331
  Chemicals:
    Chemical test rules......................................3278, 3279
    Import of toxic chemicals......................................3251
  Chlorofluorocarbons........................................1044, 1045
  Chromium.........................................................3176
  Crystalline silica...........................................82, 2115
  Developmental and reproductive toxicity testing..................3282
  Diesel exhaust...................................................3055
  Diesel particulate matter....................................78, 2117
  Drinking water regulations...............3338, 3362, 3364, 3365, 3372
  Enzymes and proteins.............................................3254
  Ethylene oxide.............................................3029, 3165
  Extremely hazardous substance list.........................3291, 3300
  Flame retardant chemicals.........................................146
  Halogenated solvents..............................................115
  Hazard Communication Standard......................................83
  Hydrochloric acid................................................3196
  Hydrochlorofluorocarbon..........................................3183
  Isocyanates......................................................3161
  Isophorone diisocyanate..........................................3300
  Lead.................................106, 124, 2128, 3170, 3274, 3285
  Material Safety Data Sheets......................................3709
  Mercury..............................................3071, 3215, 3260
  Metals...........................................................3280
  Metals from electroplating operations............................3324
  Method 24 amendment..............................................3020
  Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE)...............................3368

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  Methylene chloride...............................................2133
  Methylmercury.....................................................133
  NIH basic research and training grants...........................1110
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................2182
  Ozone depleting substances...............1044, 1045, 3100, 3110, 3191
  Perchloroethylene................................................3169
  Pesticides.................................................3244, 3246
    Data requirements for registering biochemical or microbial 
        products....................................................125
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program............................98
    Produced by transgenic plants..................................3246
    Registration review program....................................3247
    Rules of practice..............................................3243
  Pipeline safety standards..................................2377, 2383
  Pollution contingency plan.................................3332, 3346
  Radon............................................................3366
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3312
  Semiconductors manufacture and assembly..........................3309
  Sulfur oxides..............................................3085, 3129
  Surface coatings.................................................3020
  Threshold planning quantity................................3291, 3300
  Toxicological profiles:
    Metals.........................................................3280
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications..................3292, 3293
    Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds...............................3294
    Metal mining...................................................3297
    Reporting requirements...................................3297, 3299
  Water pollution control....................................3338, 3348
Hazardous waste:
  Air pollutant control for combustors.................3086, 3087, 3180
  Carbamates.......................................................3333
  Cathode ray tubes................................................3323
  Cement kiln dust.................................................3302
  Comparable fuels exclusion under RCRA.............................112
  Disposal facilities:
    Radioactive waste..............................................3224
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.............................................3304, 3308
  Lead-acid batteries..............................................3320
  Manifest regulations..............................................128
  Polychlorinated biphenyls..................................3255, 3275
  Radioactive waste...........................................120, 4112
    Advance notification to Native American tribes of 
        transportation.............................................4100
    Dose methodology...............................................3225
  Recycling........................................................3323
  Solid waste...........................................113, 3322, 3325
  Solvents.........................................................3303
  Toxic waste site.................................................3251
  Transboundary shipment within Organization for Economic 
      Cooperation and Development member countries.................3318
  Uncontrolled sites on the NPL....................................3329
  Wastewater treatment sludges from automobile manufacturing.......3305
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 devices
      Medical research
      Mental health programs
      Nutrition
      Occupational safety and health
      Public health
      Radiation protection
Health care:
  See also Medicaid
           Medicare
  Ambulance services...................................1207, 1216, 1224
  Anti-kickback provisions..........................................986
  Fraud and abuse provisions........................................992
  Home health agencies.............................................1122
    Prospective payment system...............................1140, 1201
  Medical transportation demonstration grant program...............2353
  Non-emergency medical transportation programs....................1142
  Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network..............1097, 1102
  Organ transplantation:
    Blood vessels recovered with organs............................1080
  Physicians' referrals............................................1200
  Program exclusion for submitting claims containing excessive 
      charges.......................................................990
  Protection of human research subjects............................1118
  Risk-sharing arrangements.........................................986
  Underserved areas................................................1095
  Veterans:
    Calculation of reasonable charges for inpatient and 
        outpatient services........................................2898
    Care and services during disasters and emergencies.............2899
    Claims file for VA medical examinations and opinions...........2916
    Hospital and outpatient care enrollment........................2950
    Non-VA service and care........................................2924
    Presumptions of service connection.............................2952
Health facilities:
  See also Hospitals
           Nursing homes
  Ambulatory surgical centers:
    Conditions for coverage........................................1126
    Medicare payment policies......................................1209
    Payment rates for services.....................................1177
  Anti-kickback safe harbor statute.................................991
  Fire safety requirements...................................1132, 1198
  Grants to states for construction or acquisition of VA 
      facilities...................................................2928
  Institutions for mental disease:
    Disproportionate share hospital allotments.....................1225
  Long-term care:
    Federal long-term care insurance regulations...................3534
    Hospice service................................................1128
  Physician referrals for health services..........................1159
  Psychiatric residential treatment facilities...1125, 1158, 1168, 1202
  Rehabilitation facilities:
    Inpatient prospective payment system.....................1147, 1210
  Rural health clinic services.....................................1135
  Skilled nursing facilities:
    Prospective payment system and consolidated billing......1148, 1217
  Use of restraint and seclusion.............................1125, 1158
Health insurance:
  See also Medicare
  Access:
    Support orders in the IV-D program.............................1228

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  Astronaut Health Care Provision..................................3418
  Calculation of average cost of a policy..........................1099
  CHAMPUS:
    Claimcheck denials appeals process..............................889
    Coverage of clinical trails sponsored by NIH National Cancer 
        Institute...................................................903
    Double coverage............................................885, 888
    Dual compensation/conflict of interest provision................887
    Individual Case Management Program..............................890
    Payment for ambulatory care.....................................886
    Prime enrollment period.........................................904
    Prime remote for active duty family members.....................904
    TRICARE....25, 26, 27, 883, 884, 885, 891, 892, 893, 894, 895, 896, 
                                                     900, 901, 902, 905
  Claims attachment standard.......................................1182
  District of Columbia employees...................................3524
  Federal service contract health and welfare benefits.............2062
  Government employees.......................................3535, 3536
    Active duty members of the military............................3539
    Administrative sanctions.......................................3498
    Dental and vision benefits.....................................3541
    Discontinuance of health plan in an emergency..................3538
    Flexible spending accounts...............................3512, 3540
    Long-term care insurance regulations...........................3534
    Suspension of Peace Corps eligibles' enrollment in FEHB 
        program....................................................3537
  Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act:
    Church plans...................................................2685
    Code set revisions.............................................1129
    Electronic transactions and code set standards.................1127
    Family and Medical Leave Act interaction.......................2823
    Health care access, portability and renewability.................72
    Nondiscrimination..............................73, 2684, 2685, 2686
    Special enrollment procedures..................................2823
    Tolling time periods...........................................2823
    Wellness programs..............................................2686
  Medical savings accounts tax regulations.........................2868
  Nondiscrimination regulations....................................1164
  Portability......................................................1183
  Post-childbirth hospitalization length of stay requirements......1169
  Reduced SSA benefits due to private insurance coverage...........3639
  Retirement benefits..............................................134A
  State Children's Health Insurance Program:
    Allotments...............................................1178, 1213
    Disclosure of eligibility for food assistance programs..........310
    Payment error rate measurement program.........................1192
    Redistribution of unexpended funds.......................1138, 1223
  State Health Insurance Assistance Program........................1222
  Veterans:
    Coverage for devices and prostheses............................2896
    Delegations of authority.......................................2896
    Dual eligibility...............................................2900
    Preventive services............................................2897
    Qualifying event date..........................................2900
Health insurance for aged:
  See Medicare
Health professions:
  Alien health care workers..................................1339, 2160
  National Practitioner Data Bank............................1096, 1101
  Nurses:
    Nonimmigrant aliens............................................1297
    VA assistance to State home program for the hiring and 
        retention of nurses........................................2927
  Physicians:
    DEA registration requirements for practitioners practicing in 
        more than one state........................................1985
    Fee schedule.......................................1149, 1214, 1216
    Health services referrals................................1159, 1200
    National interest waivers for alien physicians.................1296
  Professional shortage areas......................................1095
  Undergraduate scholarship program sponsored by NIH...............1112
Health records:
  Privacy and disclosure of SSA records and information............3663
Hearing and appeal procedures:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Helicopters:
  See Aircraft
Heliports:
  See Airports
Hepatitis C virus:
  Blood donors and recipients......................................1049
  Hospital conditions of participation.............................1157
Herbicides:
  See Pesticides and pests
Higher education:
  See Colleges and universities
Highway safety:
  Highway-rail grade crossings...............................2278, 2289
  Mexican motor carriers...........................................2284
  Motor carrier regulations........................................2289
  Traffic control devices:
    Manual revision................................................2264
    Temporary use during construction, utility, and maintenance 
        operations.................................................2254
    Uniformity of..................................................2261
  Worker visibility................................................2257
Highways and roads:
  See also Bridges
           Highway safety
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
           Motor vehicles
  Culvert pipe specifications......................................2263
  Design standards for the interstate system.......................2266
  Design-build contracting.........................................2258
  Environmental review of projects...........................2255, 2352
  Evaluating and rating projects of national and regional 
      significance.................................................2265
  Express lane demonstration project...............................2253
  Major capital investment projects................................2350
  Metropolitan and statewide transportation planning.........2256, 2356
  Prudence and feasibility of project alternatives...........2260, 2358
  Surface Transportation Project Delivery Pilot Program............2259
Historic preservation:
  Army Corps of Engineers regulations...............................871
  Certification of historic structures.............................1806
  Import restrictions:
    Archaeological material from Cyprus............................2434
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act...........1801
Historical records:
  See Archives and records
Hogs:
  Import restrictions...............................................242
Holding companies:
  Change in bank control...................4006, 4007, 4014, 4015, 4017
  Industry Guide 3 amendments......................................4125
  Stock benefit plans..............................................2892
Honey:
  Research and promotion program....................................150
Hospice care:
  Medicaid and Medicare conditions of participation................1181
  Requirements for long-term care facilities.......................1128
  Wage index.................................................1154, 1218
Hospitals:
  CHAMPUS payment for ambulatory care...............................886
  Conditions of participation:
    Laboratory services............................................1157
    Organ transplantation centers..................................1180
    Patients' rights...............................................1165
    Requirements of................................................1185
  Enhanced DSH treatment...........................................1162

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  GME affillations for a teaching hospital affected by a disaster
                                                                   1167
  Grants administration.................................772, 1243, 2977
  Health Care Infrastructure Improvement Program...................1204
  Inpatient psychiatric facilities.................................1202
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2093
  Medicaid:
    Disproportionate share hospital allotments.....................1225
    Outpatient services............................................1135
  Medicare:
    Coinsurance..............................................1174, 1212
    Discharge notification procedures..............................1193
    Extended care services coinsurance.......................1174, 1212
    Inpatient deductible.....................................1174, 1212
    Inpatient prospective payment system.................46, 1168, 1208
    Limitation on charges for services furnished to Indians........1105
    Long-term care prospective payment system..................44, 1205
    Outpatient prospective payment system....................1153, 1209
    Oversight and validation program...............................1199
    Premiums for uninsured aged and disabled individuals who have 
        exhausted other entitlement................................1175
  Mortgage insurance...............................................1557
  Post-childbirth length of stay requirements......................1169
  TRICARE outpatient prospective payment system......................25
Hours of work:
  See Wages
Household appliances:
  Energy efficiency....................................28, 30, 939, 942
  Test procedures...................................................933
Housing:
  See also Fair housing
           Housing standards
           Low and moderate income housing
           Manufactured homes
           Mortgage insurance
           Mortgages
           Public housing
  Accelerated claims disposition...................................1549
  Affordable Housing Program.......................................3994
  American Dream Downpayment Initiative............................1538
  ANSI design and construction requirements........................1589
  Civil money penalties............................................1533
  Community development block grants:
    Brownfields activities.........................................1586
    Slum and blight prevention.....................................1586
    Small cities program...........................................1581
  Compliance with HUD statutes and regulations.....................1525
  Debarment and suspension...................................1528, 1529
  Disposition of HUD-acquired single-family properties.............1555
  Disposition of HUD-owned assets in revitalization areas..........1554
  Electronic document retention....................................1542
  Energy-efficiency rating guidelines..........................929, 947
  Environmental regulations........................................1534
  Federal Housing Administration:
    Disciplinary actions against HUD-qualified real estate 
        brokers....................................................1579
    Quality control plans..........................................1573
  Freedom of information regulations...................1526, 1527, 1536
  Hearing procedures...............................................1531
  HOME Investment Partnerships Program.............................1535
  Housing counseling program.......................................1560
  Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS program..............1582
  HUD acquisition regulations......................................1592
  HUD independent public accountant roster.........................1524
  HUD participation and compliance requirements....................1547
  Indian Housing Block Grant Program.........................1608, 1609
    Minimum funding provision......................................1611
    Self-insurance plans...........................................1610
    Use of census data.............................................1607
  Insular Areas Program............................................1539
  Lead-based paint.................................................3285
  Limited denial of participation regulations......................1528
  Mark-to-Market Program...........................................1556
  Military family housing contracts.................................825
  Multifamily:
    Closing forms and documents....................................1566
    Disposition of HUD-owned projects..............................1567
    Inspection requirements........................................1546
    Physical condition standards...................................1546
  NAHASDA amendments...............................................1612
  Nondiscrimination in programs and activities receiving Federal 
      financial assistance.........................................1522
  One dollar home sales to local governments.......................1550
  Production of material or provision of testimony by HUD 
      employees....................................................1536
  Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act regulations.....................1532
  Rural:
    Farm labor housing..............................................263
    Loan policies...................................................256
    Loans and grants.................................259, 263, 264, 266
    Multiple-family housing.........................................263
    New and existing dwellings definition...........................265
    Planning and performing construction............................257
    Rental housing........................................260, 261, 263
    Surety requirements........................................262, 267
  Streamlining regulations..........................................263
  Supportive Housing Programs......................................1583
  Teacher Next Door Sales Program..................................1578
  Uniform standards for grants and agreements......................1541
  Veterans:
    Loan guaranty..................................................2967
Housing assistance payments:
  See Housing
Housing standards:
  Manufactured housing dispute resolution program..................1565
  Manufactured housing installation program..................1563, 1564
  On-site construction.............................................1580
Human research subjects:
  Protection of.......................908, 1060, 1118, 1119, 1121, 1269
  Student rights....................................................920
Humane treatment of animals:
  See Animal welfare
Hunting:
  Migratory birds..........................1637, 1650, 1692, 1751, 1775
  Refuge-specific regulations................................1717, 1771
Hydroelectric power:
  See Electric power
Hydropower:
  Licensing hearings process...................................419, 640


                                   I

Immigration:
  See also Aliens
           Citizenship and naturalization
  Affidavit of support.................................1344, 1357, 2021
  Appeals efficiency...............................................1313
  Authority of the DHS Secretary...................................1262
  Benefit application fee....................................1286, 1355
  Biometric data collection........................................1279
  Biometric fee schedule...........................................1286
  Border crossing identification documents.........................2174
  Cancellation of removal....................................2008, 2010
  Child Citizenship Act............................................1299
  Concurrent filing of immigrant petition and permament residence 
      application..................................................1284
  Consent to reapply for admission after removal...................1275
  Detention of aliens subject to final orders of removal...........1483
  Disclosure of records............................................1315
  Electronic filing, processing, and adjudication of applications 
      and petitions................................................1281
  Electronic signatures on applications and petitions for 
      benefits.....................................................1335
  Employment:
    Eligibility verification.......................................2164

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    Verification requirements......................................1318
  Exchange visitors:
    Au pairs.......................................................2178
    Interns........................................................2166
    Waiver of two-year foreign residence requirement...............1349
  Executive Office for Immigration Review authorities..............2009
  Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry..............1423
  Fingerprinting certain applicants................................1295
  Form processing fees.............................................1358
  Genealogy Program processing fee.................................1312
  Hunger strikes by detainees......................................1482
  Immigrant Investor Pilot Program.................................1337
  Immigrant visa service fee.......................................1283
  Immigration proceedings..........................................2007
  Inadmissibility............................................1343, 2168
  Individuals with disabilities:
    Naturalization procedures......................................1305
  Intercountry adoptions.........................1272, 2155, 2167, 2169
  Interest payments on cancelled cash bonds........................1470
  International broadcasters.......................................1327
  International matchmaking organization requirements........1345, 2006
  Jurisdiction over appeals of INS decisions involving 
      administrative fines.........................................2013
  Law enforcement officers training during mass influx of aliens 
                                                                   1429
  Legal Immigration Family Equity Act..................1328, 1330, 2010
  Payment of fees methods..........................................1493
  Permanent resident status..................................1288, 1326
  Preinspected automated lane program..............................1432
  Premium processing fee...........................................1285
  Protective orders in administration proceedings..................2011
  Refugee and asylee relative petitions............................1287
  Representative registry..........................................2012
  Revoking grants of naturalization................................1294
  Seizures and forfeitures.........................................1417
  Surety bonds...............................................1472, 1494
  Suspension of deportation............................1322, 2008, 2010
  United Nations Convention Against Torture........................1290
  User fee remittance..............................................1427
  Waivers for nonimmigrants........................................1350
  Withholding classified derogatory information from 
      naturalization applicant.....................................1282
  Withholding of adjudication......................................1306
Imports:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Customs duties and inspection
  Alcohol and alcoholic products...................................2481
  Animal drugs.....................................................1035
  Animals and animal products..................................233, 996
  Apparel articles..................................................477
  Archaeological material from Cyprus..............................2434
  Border Release Advanced Screening and Selectivity Program........1436
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention..................233, 235
  Captive-bred exotic birds........................................1623
  Cattle............................................................214
  Cement products from Mexico.................................475, 2420
  Certification of factual information during antidumping and 
      countervailing duty proceedings...............................474
  Chemicals:
    Blanket certifications.............................3261, 3262, 3263
    Information on foreign chain of distribution for List I 
        chemicals..................................................1995
    Narcotic raw material..........................................1983
    Notice of transfers of List I and List II chemicals............1994
    Quotas for List I chemicals....................................1996
    Reporting requirements for controlled substances...............2002
    Threshold removal for ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and 
        phenylpropanolamine........................................1998
  Coffee, unroasted.................................................232
  Control of PMN chemicals.........................................3259
  Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2408
  Duty-free entry...................................................477
  Eggs..............................................................349
  Emergency relief work supplies....................................476
  Endangered and threatened species................................1635
  Firearms and ammunition....................................2493, 2509
  Food products..................................................39, 43
  Fruits..............................................................4
  Halon-1301 aircraft fire extinguishing vessels...................3096
  HCFC pre-charged products........................................3056
  Horses............................................................217
  Meat and meat products.......................................235, 242
  Motor vehicles.............................................2329, 3084
  Munitions import list............................................1964
  Narcotic raw material............................................1983
  NRC license, amendment, or renewal application...................4122
  Nursery stock.......................................................3
  Ozone depleting substances.................................3056, 3066
  Parrots..........................................................1690
  Phytosanitary certificates for fruits and vegetables..............222
  Pine shoot beetle host material...................................240
  Pirated audio-visual works.......................................2414
  Plants.........................................................3, 243
  Polar bear trophies..............................................1628
  Poultry products.............................................349, 370
  Seeds.............................................................241
  Single entry for entities on multiple conveyances................2429
  Tobacco products............................................156, 2513
  Tuberculosis risk classification..................................214
  Uniform rules of origin..........................................2397
  Used ozone-depleting substances for destruction..................3054
  Vegetables..........................................................4
  Wild birds.................................................1690, 1754
  Wildlife.........................................................1624
  Wine.............................................................2502
Income taxes:
  Accelerated death benefits.......................................2789
  Accrual rules for creditable foreign taxes.......................2584
  Accruals and allocations reductions because of increased age.....2688
  Accuracy-related penalties.................................2647, 2758
  Active trade or business requirement.............................2598
  Alcohol fuel credits.............................................2642
  Allocation and apportionment rules...............................2581
  Allocation of basis in connection with adjustments and 
      determinations...............................................2743
  Alternative minimum tax..........................................2783
  Asset ownership..................................................2793
  Assumption of liabilities........................................2740
  Authorized placement agency......................................2682
  Automated substitute for return..................................2815
  Below-market loans...............................................2595
  Biodiesel credits................................................2642
  Bonds:
    Allocation and accounting regulations..........................2589
    Municipal......................................................2733
    Qualified zone academy bonds...................................2716
    Tax-exempt bonds issued by Indian tribal governments...........2656
    Tax-exempt bonds issued by State and local governments.........2690
  Branch remittances...............................................2780
  Capital asset exclusion for accounts and notes receivable........2761
  Capitalization of expenditures to repair or improve tangible 
      property.....................................................2734
  Capitalized costs................................................2825
  Caribbean Basin countries........................................2782
  Carryback allowance........................................2657, 2766
  Charitable contributions of motor vehicles.................2750, 2756
  Claims against decedent's estate.................................2594
  Clean Renewable Energy Bonds credit........................2638, 2751

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  Collection after assessment......................................2857
  Collection due process.....................................2705, 2706
  Collections:
    Installment agreements.........................................2566
  Communications excise tax........................................2809
  Computer software deduction from income....................2762, 2879
  Consolidated groups:
    Intercompany transactions......................................2862
    Loss limitation rules..........................................2587
  Consolidated returns:
    Intercompany obligations.................................2579, 2679
    Interest income................................................2710
    Regulation amendments..........................................2805
  Constructive sales of appreciated financial positions............2568
  Contingent at closing escrows....................................2814
  Converting an IRA annuity to a Roth IRA..........................2835
  Coordination of income taxes for US and certain possessions.....2592, 
                                                                   2723
  Corporations:
    Alternative minimum tax........................................2783
    Assumption of liabilities......................................2577
    Disclosure to the Bureau of Economic Analysis............2817, 2829
    Dividend limitations paid by lookthrough corporations..........2760
    Estimated tax..................................................2683
    Indian Tribal Corporations.....................................2605
    No net equity value transactions...............................2816
    Operating rules for successors in liquidations.................2726
    Organizational expenditures....................................2627
    Prohibited allocation of securities............................2712
    Reorganizations....................................2727, 2844, 2860
    S corporations.........................2608, 2630, 2712, 2802, 2818
    Shareholder's basis in stock...................................2608
    Start-up expenditures..........................................2627
    Stock ownership in another corporation.........................2611
    Subchapter S banks.............................................2753
    Withholding taxes..............................................2470
  Cost sharing.....................................................2695
  Custodial account contributions..................................2697
  Deduction for qualified film and television production costs....2670, 
                                                                   2774
  Deductions from intangible property..............................2850
  Deductions of a trust or estate..................................2665
  Deferred compensation............................................2741
  Defined benefit plans:
    Multiple annuity starting date limitations.....................2660
  Dependent care credit............................................2701
  Dependent definition.............................................2621
  Depreciation computation.........................................2709
    MACRS property acquired in a like-kind exchange or 
        involuntary conversion.....................................2841
  Designated or related summons....................................2593
  Discharge of property............................................2620
  Disclosure of return information...........................2578, 2831
  Disclosure regulations for reportable transactions........2616, 2617, 
                                                             2865, 2866
  Disclosures to subcontractors....................................2719
  Disqualified person..............................................2604
  Disregarded entities and collections.............................2738
  Distribution requirements........................................2667
  Dollar approximate separate transactions method computations.....2767
  Dollar-value last-in, first-out (LIFO) inventory method..........2575
  Domestic workers.................................................2869
  Dual consolidated losses.........................................2722
  Earnings and profits attribution principles......................2693
  Election to expense certain refineries.....................2635, 2748
  Electronic filing of business returns............................2708
  Electronic filing requirements.................2641, 2728, 2754, 2755
  Electronic tax administration....................................2807
  Electronic transmissions.........................................2795
  Employee benefits:
    Cafeteria plans................................................2634
    Electronic transmission of notices, elections or consents......2729
    Limitations....................................................2725
  Employee stock ownership plans:
    Dividends paid deduction.......................................2874
  Employer contributions for deferred compensation.................2580
  Employer contributions to medical savings accounts...............2868
  Employer's annual Federal employment tax return..................2827
  Enrolled agent user fees.........................................2880
  Entertainment expense disallowance...............................2646
  Environmental protection:
    Capital costs incurred to comply with sulfur regulations......2631, 
                                                                   2745
  Escrow funds.....................................................2819
  Excess operating fund investment.................................2470
  Failure of authorized recipient to safeguard Federal tax 
      returns or return information................................2840
  Failure to furnish information regarding reportable 
      transactions...............................2654, 2655, 2763, 2764
  Failure to maintain list of advisees.......................2842, 2843
  Farm income averaging regulations..........................2615, 2737
  Federal Insurance Contributions Act..............................2869
  Filing corrections...............................................2812
  Filing extensions................................................2834
  Foreign corporations.................................2561, 2776, 2784
    Definition of qualified foreign corporation....................2600
    Earnings and profits.....................................2781, 2787
    Income rules...................................................2801
    Information returns requirements.........................2833, 2878
    Interest expense allocable in a global dealing operation.......2661
    Interest expense deduction...............................2845, 2881
    Ownership by former shareholders or partners of domestic 
        entities...................................................2744
    Statutory mergers..............................................2877
    Stock transfer rules...........................................2849
    Taxpayer definition............................................2846
    Transfer of intangibles........................................2576
  Foreign currency contract..................................2837, 2838
  Foreign governments..............................................2778
  Foreign insurance companies......................................2785
  Foreign investment companies.....................................2800
  Foreign Investment in Real Property Act..........................2777
  Foreign tax credit.............................2560, 2585, 2775, 2798
  Fringe benefits taxation.........................................2648
  Fuel excise tax regulations..........................2613, 2636, 2731
  Functional currency..............................................2781
  Gift tax value determination.....................................2606
  Grantor..........................................................2793
  Highly compensated employee................................2563, 2573
  HIPAA portability................................................2823
  Income allocation................................................2850
  Income attributable to domestic production activities............2870
  Income exclusion for international operation of ships or 
      aircraft.....................................................2847
  Income from ocean and space activities...........................2680
  Income source rules involving US possessions.....................2770
  Installment agreement user fees..................................2658
  Insurance companies........................................2746, 2851
    Attained age of the insured....................................2859
  Intercompany transactions........................................2876
  Interest.......................................2674, 2681, 2710, 2798
    Ten percent shareholders test for portfolio interest...........2765
  Interest-free adjustments........................................2788
  International communications income..............................2680
  International organizations......................................2778
  Investigative disclosures........................................2854
  Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005...................2640, 2773
  Like-kind exchanges..............................................2819
    Depreciation of MACRS property.................................2841
  Liquidation of an interest.......................................2588
  Losses:
    Limitation on transfer of built-in losses................2623, 2873

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    Separate limitation............................................2779
  Mark-to-market treatment for marketable stocks.............2591, 2702
  Measurement of income inclusion..................................2651
  Mixed use output facilities......................................2583
  Non-accrual experience method of accounting......................2855
  Non-shelter revisions............................................2692
  Nondiscrimination requirement with respect to benefits or 
      contributions................................................2625
  Normalization requirements.......................................2687
  Notarization requirement for statements of purchase..............2813
  Notices of nonjudicial sale and requests for return of 
      wrongfully levied property...................................2653
  Notional principal contracts.....................................2698
  Nuclear power facilities credit for production.............2643, 2752
  Nuclear power plant decommissioning costs..................2637, 2749
  Obligation to file notice of redetermination of foreign tax......2560
  Partnerships:
    Basis reduction in stock of a corporate partner................2632
    Capital gains rollover.........................................2718
    Debt satisfied by a partnership interest.......................2644
    Disallowance of loss transfers.................................2632
    Disguised sales................................................2717
    Disregarded entities...........................................2861
    Distributive share determination...............................2607
    Equity for services............................................2703
    Exception qualification guidance...............................2736
    Foreign tax credit allocation..................................2694
    Guaranteed payments to partners................................2609
    Limitation on importation of built-in losses...................2649
    New markets tax credit allocation..............................2582
    Options........................................................2691
    Retiring or deceased partner...................................2804
    Substantiality rules...........................................2730
    Withholding reduction..........................................2824
  Passive foreign investment companies.............................2800
  Payments:
    No return of information required..............................2603
    Overpayment interest calculation...............................2612
    Payments in lieu of taxes......................................2668
  Payments to attorneys......................................2572, 2848
  Performance of actuarial service under ERISA.....................2596
  PFIC purging elections...........................................2713
  Previously taxed earnings and profits............................2803
  Principal accounting method......................................2610
  Procedure and administration.....................................2675
  Public inspection of written determinations......................2721
  Qualified contract provisions....................................2602
  Qualified intellectual property contributions....................2832
  Railroad track maintenance credit..........................2629, 2875
  Real estate investment trusts:
    Capital gain dividends.........................................2659
  Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits:
    Accrual for certain regular interests..........................2704
    Foreign holders..........................................2699, 2742
    Interest-only regular interests................................2601
  Real estate transactions:
    Timber sales information reporting.............................2626
  Reconsideration of Rev. Rule 69-302..............................2794
  Redemptions treated as dividends.................................2853
  Regulated investment companies:
    Capital gain dividends.........................................2659
    Reporting of foreign taxes paid................................2732
  Regulation amendments............................................2633
  Release of lien..................................................2620
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................2786
  Research credit............................................2614, 2863
  Research expenditures resulting in inventory property............2624
  Resident status..................................................2673
  Retirement annuity contributions.................................2697
  Retirement plans.................................................2791
    Designated Roth contributions under cash or deferred 
        arrangements...............................................2747
    Exclusion of employees of 501(c)(3) organizations in 401(k) 
        and 401(m) plans...........................................2858
    Phased retirement program......................................2820
  Salary reduction agreement.......................................2757
  Section 6159.....................................................2566
  Section 882......................................................2792
  Section 884......................................................2792
  Securities...........................................2564, 2652, 2790
    Abandonment of.................................................2836
    Income effectively connected with a US business................2662
  Simplified service cost and simplified production methods to 
      self-constructed assets......................................2739
  Solid waste disposal facility definition.........................2720
  Source of income from financial guarantee fees...................2663
  Special depreciation allowance.......................2856, 2871, 2872
  Special rules....................................................2650
  Standards for covered opinions...................................2671
  Stewardship expenses.............................................2715
  Stock options....................................................2711
  Stock transfer regulations...........................2799, 2821, 2822
  Straddles:
    Carrying charges...............................................2681
    Definition of loss.............................................2597
    Miscellaneous issues...........................................2676
  Subchapter T cooperatives............................2769, 2826, 2828
  Substitute dividend payments in securities lending...............2586
  Substitute for return............................................2815
  Summonses of third-party recordkeepers...........................2689
  Supplemental wage withholding....................................2864
  Support test for children of divorced parents....................2599
  Suspension of interest and penalties.............................2830
  Tacking rule requirement.........................................2839
  Targeted populations.............................................2628
  Tax credits:
    Low-income housing.......................................1604, 2811
    Puerto Rico....................................................2672
  Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005.....2664, 2772
  Tax shelter rules..........................................2618, 2867
  Tax-exempt organizations:
    Revocation standards...........................................2759
  Taxable fuel entry...............................................2707
  Taxable years for CFCs and FPHCs.................................2574
  Taxpayer assistance orders.......................................2645
  Taxpayer Bill of Rights..........................................2566
  Timely mailing treatment.........................................2808
  Toll telephone service definition................................2810
  Tort type rights test............................................2666
  Tractors, trailers, trucks, and tires............................2619
  Transactions involving related parties, pass-through entities, 
      or other intermediaries......................................2711
  Transferor or transferee as a predecessor or successor...........2700
  Transfers between an individual debtor and the bankruptcy 
      estate.......................................................2639
  Travel expenses for members of Congress..........................2796
  Treatment of services............................................2696
  Trusts:
    Excess deductions..............................................2665
    Foreign trusts.................................................2565
    Non-exempt employees...........................................2793
    Qualified severance regulations................................2714
    Reporting earned income........................................2819
  Underpayment.....................................................2724
  Utility allowances...............................................2590
  Voluntary State tax withholding from retired pay of Service 
      members.......................................................764
  Withholding and reporting obligations regarding tender offers 
                                                                   2669
  Withholding certificates...................................2735, 2795
  Withholding for qualified intermediaries.........................2852

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Indians:
  See also Indians-arts and crafts
           Indians-business and finance
           Indians-lands
           Indians-law
           Indians-tribal government
  Alaska resupply operation........................................1835
  Appeals from administrative actions..............................1839
  Certificates of degree of Indian blood...........................1834
  Energy Resource Development Program..............................1831
  Extending wireless telecommunications services to tribal lands 
                                                                   3895
  Food assistance programs..........................................297
  Housing:
    Indian Housing Block Grant Program....1606, 1607, 1608, 1609, 1610, 
                                                                   1611
    NAHASDA amendments.............................................1612
  Limitation on charges by Medicare participating inpatient 
      hospitals....................................................1105
  National Indian Gaming Commission.......4063, 4074, 4075, 4076, 4077, 
                                                                   4078
  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act...........1801
  Navajo generating station..................................3126, 3127
  Peyote use in traditional religion ceremonies....................1981
  Preference in employment.........................................1821
  Revision of the membership roll of the Eastern Band of Cherokee 
      of North Carolina............................................1822
  Spent fuel shipment notification.................................4100
  STOP Violence Against Indian Women Discretionary Grant Program 
                                                                   2034
  Subsistence fishing...................................578, 1657, 1716
  Subsistence hunting and fishing on Federal lands in Alaska......1650, 
                                     1671, 1703, 1707, 1724, 1762, 1781
  Transport of eagle feathers......................................1752
Indians-arts and crafts:
  Sale of handicrafts in National Park System......................1804
  Use of northern sea otter........................................1768
Indians-business and finance:
  Acquisition regulations..........................................3692
  Gaming operations:
    Audit standards................................................4069
    Civil fines....................................................4077
    Classification standards........................................149
    Debt collection................................................4065
    Facility licensing standards...................................4064
    Key employee defined...........................................4068
    Minimum internal control standards..............................147
    Privacy Act procedures.........................................4066
    Revenue allocation plans.......................................1836
    Sole proprietary interest......................................4067
    Technical standards for gaming machines and gaming systems......148
    Trust land regulations.........................................1823
  Indian Tribal Corporations.......................................2605
  Loan guaranty, insurance and interest subsidy....................1825
  Management contracts.............................................4074
  Net gaming revenue...............................................4063
  Unclaimed Individual Indian Moneys funds.........................1815
Indians-lands:
  Air pollution control implementation.............................3130
  Allotments.......................................................1907
  Annual funding agreements........................................1641
  Business lease procedures........................................1820
  EPA new source reviews...........................................3074
  Forest land protection............................................410
  Forest management................................................1824
  Grazing permits..................................................1816
  Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Program:
    Loan write-downs................................................186
  Irrigation projects..............................................1826
  Leasing for mineral development............................1819, 1833
  Leasing of trust and restricted lands............................1837
  Mining regulations...................................1818, 1832, 1888
  National Forest System lands......................................373
  Oil and gas leases.........................................1817, 1830
  Oil valuation from leases..........................................61
  Probate of trust estates...................................1829, 1842
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................418
Indians-law:
  BIA regulations..................................................1813
  Construction of jails............................................2052
  Detention facilities and programs................................1843
  Hearings and appeals.............................................4073
  Use or distribution of judgment funds................1814, 1827, 1838
Indians-tribal government:
  Tribal background investigations.................................4075
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...........................................423
    Outdoor developed areas........................................2980
    Outdoor recreation facilities...................................424
    Public accommodations and commercial facilities..................64
    Public rights-of-way...........................................2982
    State and local government services..............................65
    Telecommunications equipment and customer premises equipment 
                                                                   3786
    Transportation...........................................2183, 2192
  Contractor and subcontractor obligations.........................2066
  Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act.....1226
  Disability ratings.........................................3641, 3657
    Administrative review process..................................3680
    Age categories..................................................145
    Cardiovascular conditions......................................2963
    Continuing disability review failure to cooperate procedures 
                                                                   3678
    Digestive system..........................................141, 3683
    Drug addiction or alcoholism...................................3633
    Growth impairment..............................................3645
    Hearing impairments............................................3642
    Hematological disorders........................................3636
    Hypertension...................................................2963
    Immune system...................................................142
    Labyrinthine-vestibular function disturbance...................3642
    Language and speech disorders..................................3643
    Mental disorders................................................138
    Multiple scars.................................................2933
    Musculoskeletal disorders......................................3647
    Neurological conditions........................................3632
    Respiratory disorders....................................2963, 3634
    Visual disorders.........................................2929, 3670
  Electronic and information technology accessibility standards 
                                                                   2983
  Excepted appointment for employment..............................3552
  Exemption of work activity as basis for continuing disability 
      review.......................................................3669
  Javits-Wagner-O'Day program:
    Labor hours ratio requirements.................................2986
  Medical improvement eligibility group............................1134
  Medical-vocational guidelines....................................3664
  Naturalization application.......................................1305
  Nondiscrimination....................................3391, 3573, 3650
    Air travel.....................................................2184
    CNCS...........................................................2995
    Complaint processing...........................................3380
    DHS programs...................................................1259
    Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation.......................3650
    GSA............................................................3396
    HUD programs...................................................1522
    NARA...........................................................3446

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    OFHEO..........................................................3464
  Onsite review of consultative examination providers by 
      disability determination services.............................140
  Passenger vessel access....................................2179, 2981
  Plans to achieve self-support....................................3671
  Self-Sufficiency Program..........................................144
  Telecommunications products accessibility guidelines.............2983
  Telecommunications relay services..........................3787, 3788
  Ticket to Work Program............................................144
  Transportation regulations.......................................2194
    Special needs attendant services...............................3413
  Vocational rehabilitation services:
    Referral for services..........................................3665
  Work report receipts issuance....................................3674
Industrial safety:
  See Occupational safety and health
Industry:
  See Business and industry
Infants and children:
  See also Adoption and foster care
           Child welfare
           Youth
  Assistance to states for the education of children with 
      disabilities.............................................916, 918
  Baby bath seat ban...............................................3749
  Ban request for toy jewelry containing lead......................3741
  Bunk bed cornerpost standard.....................................3750
  Child Care and Development Fund............................1233, 1237
  Child Citizenship Act............................................1299
  Child Safety Lock Act of 2005....................................1963
  Child Status Protection Act................................1308, 2151
  Child support....................................................1241
  Crib safety standards............................................3748
  Early intervention program for infants and toddlers with 
      disabilities..................................................915
  FAA-approved child restraint systems.............................2228
  Food assistance programs...................7, 310, 311, 340, 342, 345
  Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children.......................1100
  Infant formula.............................................1064, 1065
  Infant pillow ban..........................................3756, 3761
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2093
  Motor vehicle restraint systems......................2309, 2312, 2317
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................335
  Portable bed rail safety.........................................3745
  Post-childbirth hospitalization length of stay requirements......1169
  Preschool grants for children with disabilities...................918
  Special education personnel development service obligations......918, 
                                                                    919
  State Children's Health Insurance Program:
    Allotments...............................................1178, 1213
    Disclosure of eligibility for food assistance programs..........310
    Payment error rate measurement program.........................1192
    Redistribution of unexpended funds.......................1138, 1223
  Television programming.....................................3848, 3862
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..................................1053, 1119
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.................................1513
  FCSIC regulation.................................................3783
  Terrorism Risk Insurance Program.....................2394, 2431, 2432
Insurance companies:
  Asset acquisitions...............................................2851
  Attained age of the insured......................................2859
  Income tax regulations...........................................2746
Insured loans:
  See Loan programs
Intelligence:
  See Classified information
Intergovernmental relations:
  See also Grant programs
  Code of conduct for International Space Station crew.............3426
  EPA..................................................3077, 3348, 3352
  Federal-state funds transfers....................................2468
International agreements:
  See Treaties
International boundaries:
  Border crossing cards:
    Elimination of.................................................1422
International trade:
  See Foreign trade
Inventions and patents:
  Acquisition regulations..........................................1250
  Claims containing Markush or other alternative language...........742
  Deferral of examination of applications...........................760
  DFARS regulations.................................................799
  Disclosure Document Program elimination...........................758
  Doctrine of inequitable conduct...................................738
  Duty of disclosure in applications................................738
  Electronic application exchange between intellectual property 
      offices.......................................................747
  Electronic submission of documents................................750
  Ex parte and inter partes reexamination practice.............746, 762
  Examination of applications for subject matter eligibility........756
  Examination of claims in applications.............................752
  Examination of multiple continuation applications.................751
  Fees..............................................................744
    Handling applications filed without appropriate fees............761
    Refund provisions...............................................761
    Revisions.......................................................748
  Information disclosure statement requirements.....................753
  Means- or step- plus-function claim elements in applications......755
  Pre-brief appeal conference for applications under appeal.........754
  Preexamination search reports.....................................759
  Representation of others before the USPTO.........................739
  Submission of chemical and 3-D biological structural data in 
      electronic format.............................................749
  Time for required filing and date of availability of biological 
      deposits......................................................757
Investigations:
  Government personnel.............................................3520
Investment advisers:
  See Securities
Investment companies:
  Affiliate transactions...........................................4158
  Anti-money laundering program for unregistered companies.........2460
  Confirmation of transactions.....................................4175

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  Disclosure requirements....................................4137, 4176
    Mutual fund information........................................4150
    Privacy protection.............................................4161
    Transformation of company......................................4124
  Electronic filing of transfer agent forms........................4180
  Eligible portfolio companies.....................................4148
  Equal voting rights defined......................................4155
  Exchange-traded funds............................................4143
  Extension of XBRL voluntary reporting program on the EDGAR 
      System.......................................................4152
  Form N-SAR.......................................................4153
  Frequency of distribution of capital gains.......................4151
  Fund board composition and chair regulations.....................4162
  Income tax regulations...........................................2732
  Internal control over financial reporting requirements...........4134
  Issued ratably definition........................................4149
  Money market fund exemptions.....................................4163
  Portfolio transaction cost disclosure............................4146
  Public Company Accounting Oversight Board budget approval 
      process......................................................4192
  Registration form and rules................................4145, 4153
  Small business investment companies:
    Maximum leverage eligibility...................................3624
  Smaller company regulatory reform................................4130
Investments:
  See also Brokers
           Commodity futures
           Investment companies
           Securities
  Cash solicitation rule...........................................4154
  Filing documents in interactive data format......................4127
  Financial services transactions between U.S. providers and 
      unaffiliated foreign persons.............................462, 464
  Investment advisers:
    Anti-money laundering program..................................2455
    Electronic filing..............................................4157
    Political contributions........................................4141
    Proxy voting policies..........................................4137
    Thrift institutions............................................4156
  Mutual funds:
    Redemption fees................................................4164
    Reporting suspicious transactions..............................2447
    Requirement threshold for information on transfers and 
        transmittals...............................................2464
  Permissible transactions for federal credit unions...............4053
  Quarterly survey of transactions in selected services and 
      intangible assets with foreign persons........................461
  Widely held fixed investment trusts........................2768, 2771
Irrigation:
  Project operation and maintenance................................1826


                                   K

Kidney diseases:
  Medicare:
    Conditions for coverage........................................1179


                                   L

Labeling:
  See also Food labeling
           Packaging and containers
  Alcoholic beverages............................2482, 2484, 2515, 2524
  Biobased products.................................................429
  Blood and blood components.......................................1063
  Drugs....................37, 1007, 1008, 1023, 1056, 1077, 1086, 1088
  Drugs, biologics, or medical devices held for the Strategic 
      National Stockpile...........................................1081
  Fuel economy of motor vehicles....................................119
  Latex condoms....................................................1062
  Malt beverage products...........................................2534
  Malt beverages...................................................2517
  Mini sparklers...................................................3740
  Natural rubber-containing medical devices........................1011
  New car safety rating requirement................................2323
  Pesticides.......................................................3246
  Portable generators carbon monoxide poisoning hazard.............3746
  Recycled oil intended for use as engine oil......................4024
  Wine alcohol content.............................................2492
  Winemaking terms.................................................2479
Labor:
  See also Child labor
           Employee benefit plans
           Employment
           Equal employment opportunity
           Occupational safety and health
           Retirement
           Unemployment compensation
           Wages
  Airline Employee Protection Program..............................2075
  Federal service contract health and welfare benefits.............2062
  Fiduciary responsibilities of union officials....................2072
  Freedom of Information Act.................................2058, 2122
  Homeland Security Labor Relations Board..........................1268
  Labor laws application to government acquisitions.................855
  Labor organization annual financial trust reports................2074
  Labor organization officer and employee reports..................2067
  Local, intermediate, national or international status of labor 
      organizations................................................2071
  Small Business Job Protection Act................................2061
  Standards of conduct for federal sector unions...................2070
  Trade adjustment assistance for workers....................67, 68, 69
Laboratories:
  Accreditation of analytical chemistry laboratories................363
  Fee rates for agricultural industry testing.......................157
  Gynecological cytology proficiency testing requirements..........1141
  Hospital conditions of participation.............................1157
  Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories Fee Schedule..........2141
  Quality standards for genetic testing............................1206
  Waste management.................................................3321
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..............................................2053
  Carriage of concealed weapons....................................2022
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act...2025, 2028, 2029, 
                                                             3817, 3871
  Exchange of criminal history record information..................2030
  Fish and Wildlife Service........................................1620
  Forest Service....................................................376
  Indian country...................................................1813
  Police department review for pattern or practice of unlawful 
      conduct......................................................1955
  Private Security Officer Employment Authorization Act............2026
  Public lands.....................................................1909
  Sexual assault reporting..........................................869
  Training of officers authorized to enforce immigration law 
      during mass influx of aliens.................................1429
  Use of tobacco products without payment of tax...................2526
Lawyers:
  Ethical standards................................................2044
  Representation for aliens in immigration proceedings.............2012
  Standards of conduct:
    SEC............................................................4191
Lead poisoning:
  Ban request for toy jewelry containing lead......................3741

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  Paint.................................................124, 3274, 3285
  Reducing lead consumption and use................................3257
Libraries:
  Disposition of culturally identifiable human remains in 
      possession of museums........................................1785
  Presidential library facilities..................................3443
  Title IX of the Education Act Amendments.........................3454
Life insurance:
  Accelerated death benefits.......................................2789
  District of Columbia employees...................................3524
  Government employees.............................................3497
  Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance:
    Traumatic injury protection rider..............................2941
  Solicitation on DoD installations.................................791
Liquors:
  Exports..........................................................2495
Livestock:
  See also Grazing lands
           Meat and meat products
           Meat inspection
           Poultry and poultry products
  Aquatic animals...................................................163
  Assistance for producers..........................................174
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention......................1091
  Cattle importation................................................214
  Chronic wasting disease in farmed elk and deer....................223
  Foot-and-mouth disease............................................230
  Interstate movement of sheep and goats............................226
  National Forest System restrictions...............................384
  National Organic Program..........................................151
    Access to pasture...............................................154
    National list of allowed and prohibited substances 
        regulations............................................161, 162
    Transition of dairy livestock into organic production...........169
Loan programs:
  Fishing capacity reduction loans..................................682
  Guarantees for projects employing innovative energy 
      technologies...................................................33
  Health Care Infrastructure Improvement Program...................1204
  Indian loan guaranty, insurance and interest subsidy.............1825
  NIH loan repayment programs......................................1107
  Special Community Disaster Loans Program.........................1518
  Treasury loan program............................................2473
Loan programs-agriculture:
  Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program.....431, 432, 440, 441, 
                                                                    442
    Socio-economic benefit assessment system...................436, 437
  Community programs................................................254
  Farm Credit Administration:
    Accounting and disclosure to shareholders and investors........3768
    Assessment and apportionment of administrative expenses........3782
    Borrower rights................................................3767
    Capital adequacy.........................................3765, 3780
    Disclosure and reporting requirements....................3773, 3777
    Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation..........3772, 3774, 3778
    Financially related services...................................3766
    Funding and fiscal affairs...............................3765, 3781
    Governance of institutions.....................................3777
    Loan policies and operations...................................3765
    Mission-related investments....................................3764
    Ownership requirement for eligibility of processing and 
        marketing entities.........................................3771
    Policies and operations........................................3781
    Priority of claims.............................................3769
    Privacy Act and security information regulations...............3779
    Regulatory burden..............................................3776
    Scope of financing regulations.................................3770
    Termination regulations........................................3775
  Farm Loan Program:
    Regulatory streamlining.........................................171
  Farm Service Agency:
    Appraisal requirements for farm ownership loans.................188
    Debt collection and settlement regulations......................177
    Guaranteed farm loan fees.......................................180
    Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Program..........................186
    Interest assistance program.....................................172
    Interest rates on guaranteed loans..............................192
    Interest to be paid on loss claims..............................187
    Unauthorized assistance on guaranteed loans.....................198
  Farm Storage Facility Loan Program................................189
  Guaranteed farm loan regulations.............................195, 435
  Marketing assistance loans:
    Grain...........................................................184
  National security emergency loans.................................433
  Regulation streamlining...........................................171
  Renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements 
      program.......................................................437
  Rural broadband access............................................446
  Rural economic development........................................438
  Rural housing.....................................................256
  Water and waste disposal..........................................450
  Water programs....................................................448
Loan programs-business:
  SBA:
    Certified Development Company program..........................3612
    Disaster loan program..........................................3621
    Drought disaster relief........................................3608
    Economic injury disaster loans.................................3602
    Lender examination and review fees.............................3622
    Premier Certified Lenders Program..............................3616
    Small Business Lending Companies................................136
Loan programs-education:
  OPM repayment regulations........................................3549
Loan programs-housing and community development:
  Accelerated claims disposition...................................1549
  Closing forms and documents......................................1566
  Disciplinary actions against HUD-qualified real estate brokers 
                                                                   1579
  Government-sponsored enterprises:
    Conservatorship................................................3466
    Minimum capital................................................3465
    Organizational structure.......................................3469
    Prohibition on indemnification payments........................3467
    Prompt corrective action regulation............................3468
    Record retention requirements..................................3462
    Risk-based capital requirement.................................3463
  HOME Investment Partnerships Program.............................1535
  Housing Finance Agency Risk-Sharing Program......................1553
  Rural areas........................................256, 259, 264, 266
Loan programs-veterans:
  Fees and charges.................................................2915
  Housing loan program:
    Delegation of authority to property management contractor......2967
  Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages.................................2907
  Regulation amendments............................................2935
Lobbying:
  Restrictions.....................................................1263
Longshore and harbor workers:
  Safety and health regulations....................................2142
Low and moderate income housing:
  See also Public housing
  Housing and Community Development Act regulations................1590
  Indian Housing Block Grant Program:
    Rental assistance..............................................1606
  Section 8:
    Housing Finance Agency Risk-Sharing Program....................1553
    Renewal of expiring project-based assistance contract..........1562
    Tax credit rents...............................................1604
  Tax credits......................................................2811
Lumber:
  See Forests and forest products

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                                   M

Manufactured homes:
  Dispute resolution program.......................................1565
  HUD insured as condominiums......................................1552
  Installation program.......................................1563, 1564
  On-site construction.............................................1580
  Permanent foundation regulations...................................58
Marine engineering:
  See Vessels
Marine mammals:
  See also Endangered and threatened species
  Animal welfare standards..........................................213
  Atlantic large whale.........................................659, 733
  Beluga whales.....................................................657
  Captive holding and transport.....................................656
  Importation of polar bear trophies...............................1628
  Incidental taking:
    Air-to-surface gunnery exercises in the northern Gulf of 
        Mexico......................................................618
    Assessment of Naval ship survivability..........................614
    Bottlenose dolphin..............................................730
    Coastal commercial fireworks displays...........................732
    Deployment of Naval at-sea gunnery scoring system...............615
    Explosive removal of offshore structures in the Gulf of 
        Mexico......................................................662
    Naval explosives ordnance testing and training exercises in 
        the northern Gulf of Mexico.................................619
    Naval military readiness activities........................541, 658
    Naval training operations at the East Coast shallow water 
        training range..............................................617
    Oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico...................613
    Oil and gas industry activities in Alaska................1646, 1757
    Precision strike weapons exercises in the northern Gulf of 
        Mexico......................................................661
    Testing and training of the Navy's Surveillance Towed Array 
        Sensor System-Low Frequency Active Sonar....................616
  Level B harassment...............................................1736
  Manatee protection areas.........................................1731
  North Atlantic whale protection...............................23, 729
  Northern right whale..............................................705
  Northern sea otters..............................................1768
  Permits for activities otherwise prohibited......................1735
  Protection regulations...........................................1865
  Spinner dolphin protection........................................620
  Swimming or recreational interaction with.........................612
Marine pollution:
  See Water pollution control
Marine resources:
  See also Fisheries
  Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act..................631
  Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary....................668, 669
  Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary............................625
  Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary.............................666
  Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary..................622
  Monetary Bay National Marine Sanctuary............................623
  National Marine Sanctuaries Program...............................734
  Northwest Hawaiian Islands........................................734
    Marine national monument........................................736
  Research program..................................................673
Marine safety:
  See also Vessels
  Escort vessels for tankers.......................................1391
  Personal flotation device requirements...........................1402
  Propeller injury prevention......................................1401
  Puget Sound-area waters..........................................1399
  Safety and security zone regulations.......................1386, 1406
  Standards for marine equipment...................................1380
  Standards of training, certification and watchkeeping for 
      seafarers....................................................1396
Maritime carriers:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Passenger vessels
           Seamen
           Vessels
  Administrative appeals process for agricultural commodities.......173
  Communications.............................................3865, 3881
  Hazardous substances.............................................2366
  Income source rules..............................................2569
  Japanese vessels.................................................4003
  License application for ocean transportation intermediaries......4002
  Maintenance and repair reimbursement pilot program...............2392
  Merchant mariners....................................1371, 1404, 1405
  Mobile radio services............................................3824
  Pilotage rates on the Great Lakes..........................1384, 1411
  Right whale ship strike reduction..................................23
  Vapor control systems............................................1370
  Worker identification credential.................................1451
Meat and meat products:
  See also Meat inspection
  Advanced meat/bone separation machinery............................17
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention............16, 1091, 1092
  Chronic wasting disease in elk and deer...........................223
  Foot-and-mouth disease............................................230
  Imports...........................................................242
  Labeling......................................................15, 164
    Allergen labeling...............................................352
  Meat recovery systems..............................................17
  Performance standards:
    Bacon...........................................................346
    Ready-to-eat products............................................14
  Prohibition of use of specified risk materials.....................16
  Rabbit grading....................................................165
  Trichinae Certification Program...................................216
Meat inspection:
  Availability of distribution lists of retail consignees during 
      recalls........................................................19
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention........................16
  Determining net weight compliance.................................365
  Fees..............................................................158
  Foreign inspection system supervisory visits......................369
  Mechanically separated products....................................17
  Prohibition on use of air-injection stunners.......................18
  Use of certain ingredients in products intended for export only
                                                                    354
  Veal definition...................................................353
Medicaid:
  See also Public assistance programs
  Ambulatory surgical centers:
    Conditions for coverage........................................1126
  Benchmark benefit package........................................1144
  Civil money penalties, assessments, and exclusions...............1161
  Cost sharing options.............................................1143
  Disclosure of children's eligibility for food assistance 
      programs......................................................310
  Disproportionate share hospital allotments.......................1225
  Documentation requirements for aliens............................1172
  Drugs:
    Average manufacturer price requirements........................1136
  High risk pool grants............................................1170
  Home and community-based services................................1145
  Hospice care.....................................................1181
  Institutions for mental disease:
    Disproportionate share hospital allotments.....................1225
  Managed care:
    Civil penalties.................................................985
  Medical improvement eligibility group............................1134
  Non-emergency medical transportation programs....................1142
  Organ procurement organizations..................................1197
  Outpatient hospital services.....................................1135
  Payment error rate measurement program...........................1192
  Payments for service provided without charge.....................1133
  Privacy Act exemption for record systems.........................1151
  Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly...................1166
  Rural health clinic services.....................................1135
  Self-directed personal assistance services.......................1173

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  State plan options...................................1142, 1145, 1173
  Targeted case management.........................................1171
  Use of restraint and seclusion in health care facilities...1125, 1158
Medical assistance program:
  See Medicaid
Medical care:
  See Health care
Medical devices:
  Analyte specific reagents........................................1010
  CHAMPVA coverage of devices and prostheses.......................2896
  Classification and reclassification..............................1010
  Competitive bidding................................................48
  Current Good Manufacturing Practice final rule...................1006
  Current good manufacturing practice for combination products.....1036
  Economic impact analysis:
    User labeling on natural rubber-containing devices.............1011
  Electronic registration and listing requirements...................41
  Electronic submission of postmarketing safety reports..............40
  Informed consent regulations.....................................1054
  Labeling of products held for the Strategic National Stockpile 
                                                                   1081
  Laser products...................................................1041
  Medical gas containers and closures..............................1058
  Ozone-depleting substances.......................................1045
    Metered-dose inhalers..........................................1044
  Postmarket safety reporting for combination products.............1037
  Pressure regulators for use with medical oxygen..................1015
  Radio spectrum requirements......................................3800
  Respiratory protective devices:
    Quality assurance and administrative provision..................999
  Restricted devices...............................................1010
  Surgeon and patient examination gloves...........................1055
  Use of materials derived from cattle.............................1027
Medical facilities:
  See Health facilities
Medical personnel:
  See Health professions
Medical records:
  See Health records
Medical research:
  Minority Biomedical Research Support Program.....................1109
  Minority health disparities research endowment program...........1111
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research 
      chimpanzees..................................................1116
  NIH center grants................................................1114
  NIH grants.................................................1106, 1108
  NIH loan repayment programs......................................1107
Medicare:
  Ambulatory surgical centers:
    Conditions for coverage........................................1126
    Payment policies...............................................1209
    Payment rates for services.....................................1177
  Appeals process..................................................1184
  Civil money penalties, assessments, and exclusions...............1161
  Coordination of retiree health benefits..........................134A
  Double pharmacy benefit coverage with TRICARE................884, 885
  Drugs:
    Competitive acquisition........................................1190
    Electronic prescribing.....................................45, 1194
  Durable medical equipment competitive bidding......................48
  End-stage renal disease:
    Conditions for coverage........................................1179
  Enrollment period................................................1155
  Fee schedules:
    Ambulance services.................................1207, 1216, 1224
    Physician payments.................................1149, 1214, 1216
  Fee-for-service payment systems..................................1203
  Fraud and abuse provisions...................................991, 992
  Gynecological cytology proficiency testing requirements for 
      laboratories and individuals.................................1141
  Home health agencies:
    Conditions of participation....................................1122
    Prospective payment system...............................1140, 1201
  Hospice care.....................................................1181
  Hospitals:
    Coinsurance..............................................1174, 1212
    Discharge notification procedures..............................1193
    Extended care services coinsurance.......................1174, 1212
    GME affillations for a teaching hospital affected by a 
        disaster...................................................1167
    Inpatient deductible.....................................1174, 1212
    Inpatient prospective payment system.......................46, 1208
    Limitation on charges for services furnished to Indians........1105
    Organ transplantation centers..................................1180
    Outpatient prospective payment system....................1153, 1209
    Oversight and validation program...............................1199
    Psychiatric hospitals prospective payment system.........1168, 1202
  Income related Part B premium subsidy reduction..................3675
  Medicare Advantage:
    Contract determinations..........................................47
    Disclosure of information........................................47
    Intermediate sanctions process...................................47
    Prohibition of mid-year benefit enhancements...................1195
  Medicare Integrity Program.......................................1191
  Medicare+Choice plans:
    Civil penalties.................................................985
  Mental health parity:
    Extending sunset date for interim final regulation.............1221
  Monthly actuarial rates....................................1176, 1215
  National Plan and Provider Enumeration System....................1130
  Organ procurement organizations..................................1197
  Overpayment recoupment...........................................1189
  Part D prescription drug plan:
    Contract determinations..........................................47
    Disclosure of information........................................47
    Intermediate sanctions process...................................47
  Part D research demonstration and evaluation studies.............1146
  Premium rate.........................................1155, 1176, 1215
  Premiums for uninsured aged and disabled individuals who have 
      exhausted other entitlement............................1175, 1211
  Prior determination process......................................1186
  Privacy Act exemption for record systems.........................1151
  Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly...................1166
  Prospective Payment System:
    Long-term care hospitals...................................44, 1205
  Provider agreement and supplier participation:
    Billing numbers................................................1196
  Provider nomination provision....................................1220
  Provider reimbursement regulations:
    Appeals........................................................1160
  Quality improvement organizations................................1131
  Random prepayment review.........................................1188
  Rehabilitation facilities:
    Inpatient prospective payment system.....................1147, 1210
  Repayment plans............................................1137, 1189
  Rural health clinics.............................................1124
  Secondary payer..................................................1187
  SELECT policy:
    Safe harbor for waivers of beneficiary coinsurance and 
        deductible amounts..........................................987
  Skilled nursing facilities:
    Prospective payment system and consolidated billing......1148, 1217
  State allotments for payment of premiums.........................1219
  State Health Insurance Assistance Program........................1222
  Use of restraint and seclusion in health care facilities...1125, 1158
Mental health programs:
  Disability determinations.........................................138
  Extending sunset date for interim final regulation on mental 
      health parity................................................1221
  Institutions for mental disease:
    Disproportionate share hospital allotments.....................1225

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  Psychiatric residential treatment facilities:
    Prospective payment system...............................1168, 1202
    Use of restraint and seclusion...........................1125, 1158
Merchant marine:
  See Maritime carriers
      Seamen
Metals:
  Anti-money laundering program for dealers in precious metals, 
      stones, or jewels............................................2461
  EPA trace metal analysis.........................................3348
  Toxics Release Inventory reporting requirements..................3297
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.................................................786
  Elimination of deemed military wages.............................3638
  Financial assistance to local educational agencies................780
  Management and mobilization of regular and reserve retired 
      military members..............................................778
  Naturalization of aliens serving in the Armed Forces and their 
      dependents....................................................777
  Policy concerning organizations seeking to represent or 
      organize members in negotiation or collective bargaining......769
  Reemployment.....................................................3516
  Retirement regulations...........................................3529
  Sexual assault reporting..........................................869
  Transition assistance.............................................767
  Voluntary State tax withholding from retired pay..................764
Milk:
  Income loss contract program......................................203
  School breakfast and lunch programs...............................332
    Non-dairy beverage substitutions..................................6
Mine safety and health:
  Alcohol and drug use prevention..................................2104
  Asbestos exposure limit............................................79
  Civil monetary penalties...........................................81
  Coal mine dust personal sampler units............................1001
  Diesel particulate matter exposure...........................78, 2117
  Electrical products..............................................2116
  Emergency evacuation standard......................................80
  Equivalency evaluation of EPA's nonroad diesel engine standards
                                                                   2110
  Field modifications of permissible mobile diesel-powered 
      equipment....................................................2102
  International Electrotechnical Commission's standards for 
      explosion-proof enclosures...................................2118
  Mine rescue team standards and requirements........................77
  Personal continuous dust monitors..................................75
  Proximity detection system for continuous mining machines........2120
  Respirable coal dust.......................................2113, 2114
  Respirable crystalline silica standard...........................2115
  Toxics Release Inventory reporting requirements for metal 
      mining.......................................................3297
  Underground coal mines:
    Dust control plan verification.................................2113
    Fire protection requirements...................................2103
    High-voltage continuous mining equipment standards.............2109
    Sealing of abandoned areas.......................................76
  Underground rescue equipment and technology......................2119
Mineral resources:
  See also Coal
           Metals
           Oil and gas reserves
           Public lands-mineral resources
  Cost recovery processing.........................................1915
  Data disclosure..................................................1876
  Debt collection..................................................1871
  Lead mining......................................................1841
  Leasing Indian lands.......................................1819, 1833
  Locatable minerals program........................................379
  MMS contact information..........................................1878
  Outer Continental Shelf operations:
    Documents incorporated by reference............................1869
    Federal consistency regulations.................................671
    Leasing regulations............................................1848
    Safety requirements............................................1376
  Phosphate lease modifications....................................1896
  Proprietary terms..........................................1861, 1876
  Rights-of-way regulations............................1627, 1900, 1915
  Unauthorized mining operations on National Forest System lands 
                                                                    387
  Valuation of sodium and potassium................................1874
  Zinc mining......................................................1841
Mineral royalties:
  Interest and late payments.......................................1845
  Offsets, recoupments, and refunds................................1845
Miners:
  See Mine safety and health
Mines:
  See also Mine safety and health
           Reclamation
           Surface mining
  Abandoned..................................................1881, 1886
  Funding assurances for treatment of pollutant discharges from 
      surface mining operations....................................1889
  Lands available for location of mining claims or sites...........1899
  Lead mining operations...........................................1841
  Leasing Indian lands.......................................1818, 1832
  Ownership and control settlement rule............................1890
  Requirements for maintaining claim...............................1899
  Revegetation standards...........................................1885
  Safe and environmentally protective use of granular mine 
      tailings.....................................................3314
  Unauthorized operations on National Forest System lands...........387
  Valuation of coal for advance royalty purposes...................1858
  Zinc mining operations...........................................1841
Minimum wages:
  Records to be kept by employers..................................2061
Minority groups:
  See Civil rights
Mobile homes:
  See Manufactured homes
Mobile offshore drilling units:
  See Vessels
Mortgage insurance:
  Alternative water supply systems.................................1544
  Approval of condominiums in Puerto Rico upon presentation of 
      legal documents..............................................1561
  Hospitals........................................................1557
  Manufactured homes in condominium................................1552
  Refinancing home equity conversion mortgages...............1568, 1577
  Risk-based premium structure.....................................1575
  Single-family:
    Debenture interest payments....................................1576
    Program revisions..............................................1558
    Property flipping prohibition..................................1574
Mortgages:
  See also Mortgage insurance
  Cooperative housing developments.................................1568
  Disclosure of costs to consumers.................................1569
  Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation:
    Business plan for electronic commerce activities...............3778
    Risk-based capital standards.............................3772, 3774
  Federal Housing Administration:
    Quality control plans..........................................1573
    Requirement for appraisers on appraiser roster.................1545

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  Government-sponsored enterprises:
    Compliance with Fair Housing Act...............................1537
    Conservatorship................................................3466
    Excess yield securities........................................1588
    Financial reporting............................................1587
    Housing goals..................................................1540
    Minimum capital................................................3465
    Mortgage-backed securities.....................................1587
    Organizational structure.......................................3469
    Prohibiting the purchase of loans arising from unacceptable 
        lending practices..........................................1537
    Prohibition on indemnification payments........................3467
    Prompt corrective action regulation............................3468
    Record retention requirements..................................3462
    Risk-based capital requirement.................................3463
  Home equity conversion mortgages.................................1568
    Counseling quality control and standardization.................1551
  Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages:
    Index addition.................................................1559
    Loan guaranty for veterans.....................................2907
  Lender compliance and accountability.............................1570
  Loan correspondent and sponsor responsibilities..................1572
  Loan originator registry.........................................1571
  Manufactured homes on permanent foundations........................58
  Mortgagee Review Board regulations.........................1530, 1543
  Nondiscrimination................................................3464
  Prohibiting misleading words in names of non-federally 
      supervised entities..........................................1543
  Servicing approval agreement.....................................1571
Motor carriers:
  Brake systems....................................................2281
  Cargo securement standards.......................................2291
  Charter bus operations...........................................2351
  Civil and criminal penalties.....................................2282
  Drivers:
    Commercial driver's license testing............................2277
    Commercial drivers' licenses with hazardous materials 
        endorsement..........................................1450, 2285
    Diabetes standard..............................................2286
    Hours of service regulations.............................2274, 2280
    Learner permits................................................2277
    Medical certification requirements as part of CDL program........88
    National registry of certified medical examiners.................90
  Electronic on-board recorders for hours-of-service compliance 
                                                                   2274
  Federal safety regulations:
    Auditor certification..........................................2270
  Freight forwarding industry......................................2279
  Hazardous materials transportation.........................1457, 2375
    Drivers licensed in Canada or Mexico transporting materials 
        in the US..................................................1464
  Household goods transportation...................................2272
    Consumer complaint information.................................2276
  Inspection, repair, and maintenance..............................2273
  Intermodal cargo containers......................................2273
  Interstate van operations........................................2287
  Intrastate accident and safety data used to judge the fitness 
      of interstate carriers.......................................2288
  Medical transportation demonstration grant program...............2353
  Mexican:
    Accelerated safety monitoring system and compliance 
        initiative.................................................2284
    Decal display requirements.....................................2271
    NAFTA..........................................................2283
  New entrant safety assurance process.............................2269
  Railroad grade crossing safety.............................2278, 2289
  Registration enforcement.........................................2290
  Reports..........................................................2292
  Revocation of operating authority..........................2293, 2294
  Size and weight regulations......................................2262
  Stopping distance requirements for truck tractors..................93
  Unified registration system........................................89
Motor vehicle pollution:
  Alternative fuels:
    Replacement fuel goal modification..............................937
    Vehicle acquisition requirement waivers.........................936
  Component durability procedures..................................3099
  Control regulations...............................101, 102, 116, 3202
  Diesel exhaust...................................................3055
  Emission control diagnostic systems..............................3091
  Emission standards:
    Defect reporting for on-highway motor vehicles and engines.....3063
    Diesel engines and fuels.......................................3151
    Exemption for US Territories...................................3112
    Heavy-duty diesel engines......................................3221
    HOV facilities rule............................................3059
    New motor vehicles.......................................3059, 3198
  Gasoline:
    Additives......................................................3019
    Anti-dumping program...............................3082, 3088, 3089
    Reformulated.............................................3111, 3197
    Volatility standard for Alaska.................................3123
  Gasoline sulfur requirements:
    Exemption for US Territories...................................3112
  Highway and nonroad diesel regulations...........................3222
  Imported vehicles emissions standards............................3084
  Inspection/maintenance programs..................................3193
  Low-sulfur highway diesel fuel...................................3182
  Renewable Fuel Standards..........................................121
Motor vehicle safety:
  See also Highway safety
  Alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures grant program...........2322
  All terrain vehicles.............................................3755
  Buses:
    Certification of buses manufactured in more than one stage.....2297
  Child restraint systems..............................2309, 2312, 2317
  Confidential business information................................2299
  Controls, telltales, and indicators..............................2325
  Early warning reporting..........................................2316
  Electronic stability control.......................................94
  Event data recorders.............................................2318
  Lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment..............2313
  Mirrors:
    Convex cross view mirrors......................................2300
  Motor homes:
    Cargo carrying capacity........................................2311
  Motorcyclist safety grant program................................2328
  Occupant crash protection:
    5th percentile dummy belted barrier crash test requirements 
                                                                   2319
    Air bags.......................................................2296
    Designated seating position definition.........................2305
    Door retention.................................................2302
    Side impact protection.....................................92, 2295
    Vehicles built in two or more stages...........................2304
  Platform lift systems:
    Control lighting, illumination and testing requirements........2298
  Power-operated window, partition, and roof panel systems.........2324
  Roof crashworthiness...............................................91
  Safety rating label requirement..................................2323
  Seat belt assemblies:
    Emergency locking retractor requirements.......................2333
  Test dummies:
    Child size.....................................................2310
    EuroSID II.....................................................2303
    Female size....................................................2319
    Hybrid III.....................................................2310
    SID-IIs side impact............................................2307
  Theft protection.................................................2320
    Insurer reporting requirements.................................2330
    Light-duty truck lines subject to parts-marking requirements 
                                                                   2331

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  Tire pressure monitoring systems:
    Phase-in.......................................................2315
  Trailers:
    Cargo carrying capacity........................................2311
  Vehicles built in two or more stages.............................2332
Motor vehicles:
  See also Fuel economy
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
  Anti-money laundering program for businesses engaged in motor 
      vehicle sales................................................2441
  Cargo tank motor vehicles........................................2382
  Charitable contribution deduction..........................2750, 2756
  Customer identification programs for sellers of vehicles.........2439
  Fuel economy labeling.............................................119
  Government property management...................................3399
  Imports....................................................2329, 3084
  Location and monitoring systems..................................3875
  Low speed vehicles gross vehicle weight rating...................2327
  Mercury switches.................................................3260
  National Driver Register.........................................2321
  National Stolen Passenger Motor Vehicle Information System.......2023
  Recycled oil testing and labeling................................4024
  Salvage regulations..............................................2045
  Used motor vehicle trade regulation rule.........................4023
Motorcycles:
  See Motor vehicles
Munitions:
  See Arms and munitions
Museums:
  See Libraries


                                   N

Narcotics:
  See Drug traffic control
National banks:
  Basel Capital Accord...............................................95
  Capital regulations................................................96
  Corporate activity rules, policies, and procedures...............2550
  Fees assessment..................................................2559
  Financial subsidiaries...........................................2423
  Real estate brokerage determination..............................2424
  Risk based capital.................................................95
National cemeteries:
  See Cemeteries
National defense:
  See Armed forces
      Arms and munitions
      Classified information
National defense contracts:
  See Government contracts
      Government procurement
National forests:
  Advertising and sponsorship in concessions with privately 
      developed facilities..........................................408
  Appeal regulations................................................425
  Criminal citations for unauthorized mining operations.............387
  Endangered Species Act consultation...............................412
  Escaped fire damage regulations...................................383
  FERC fee schedule for use of government lands....................3987
  Free use approval.................................................401
  Grazing permits...................................................416
  Grizzly Bear management...........................................413
  Ground water resource management policy...........................393
  Healthy Forests Reserve Program...................................404
  Healthy Forests Restoration Act:
    Predecisional administrative review and objection process.......402
  Indian forest land protection.....................................410
  Land and resource management planning.....................21, 22, 412
  Linear right-of-way rental fee schedule...........................390
  Livestock and wild horse restrictions.............................384
  National Environmental Policy Act procedures.......................20
  National Trail Management Classification System...................411
  Native plant materials policy.....................................409
  Oil and gas lease compliance documentation........................407
  Outdoor recreation accessibility guidelines.......................424
  Outfitter and guide special use authorizations...............381, 392
  Partner, sponsor and donor recognition policy.....................394
  Piscicide applications............................................386
  Predator damage management........................................405
  Recreation event fees.............................................380
  Roadless area management:
    North Carolina..................................................421
    South Carolina..................................................422
    Virginia........................................................420
  Sensitive species directive.......................................412
  Ski area resort activity exclusion from NEPA......................395
  Small business land use...........................................375
    Timber sale set-aside program...................................389
  Sporicide use.....................................................385
  Threatened, endangered, and sensitive species conservation........396
  Timber sales......................................................403
    Export and substitution restrictions............................378
    Integrated Resource Contracts...................................406
  Trails accessibility guidelines...................................423
  Travel management.................................................388
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................418
  Unprocessed timber in southern California determined surplus to 
      domestic needs................................................382
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................417
  Wind energy development...........................................397
National parks:
  Alaskan parks....................................................1786
  Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area:
    Off road vehicle use...........................................1792
  Boating and water use activities.................................1794
  Cape Lookout National Seashore...................................1812
  Commercial filming or photography permits and fees...1784, 1811, 1918
  Concessioner leasehold surrender interest provisions.............1790
  Cost recovery for special uses...................................1803
  Disposition of abandoned or unclaimed property...................1799
  Dry Tortugas Park................................................1788
  Fire Island National Seashore:
    Off-road driving regulations...................................1789
  Gateway National Recreation Area...........................1796, 1797
  Glacier Bay National Park:
    Vessel management..............................................1795
  Grand Canyon National Park:
    Colorado River management plan.................................1791
  National Capitol Region:
    Parking violations.............................................1787
  Olympic National Park:
    Special regulations......................................1808, 1812
  Personal watercraft use............1793, 1796, 1797, 1800, 1805, 1812
  Right-of-way regulations.........................................1802
  Sale of Native American handicrafts..............................1804
  Shenandoah National Park:
    Backcountry camping............................................1798
  St. Croix National Scenic River:
    Vessel speed limits............................................1809
  Voyageurs National Park:
    Special regulations............................................1810
  Wupatki National Monument:
    Backcountry use restrictions...................................1807
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

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Native Americans:
  See Hawaiian Natives
      Indians
Natural gas:
  See also Oil and gas exploration
           Oil and gas reserves
           Pipelines
  Blanket certification regulations................................3970
  Codes of conduct for unbundled sales service and blanket 
      marketing certificates.......................................3986
  Coordinating processing of authorizations for proposed projects
                                                                   3969
  Electronic filing of documents...................................3947
  Natural Gas Act standard of review...............................3966
  Negotiated rate policies and practices for pipelines.............3976
  Rate determination...............................................3970
  Rate regulation of underground storage facilities................3963
  Record retention requirements for unbundled sales service and 
      blanket marketing certificates...............................3991
  Reporting regulations............................................3956
  Standards for business practices with interstate pipelines.......3977
  Standards of conduct for transmission providers..................3974
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.............................179
  Conservation program delegation of authority............202, 206, 208
  Conservation program information confidentiality.............197, 458
  Conservation security program.....................................456
  Damage assessments...............................................1616
  Use of reclamation lands, facilities, and water surfaces.........1893
    Inclusion of Hoover Dam........................................1894
  Wetlands:
    Conservation programs..........................................1743
Naturalization:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Naval stores:
  See Forests and forest products
Navigation (air):
  Airspace system..................................................2214
  Area navigation..................................................2216
  Instrument flight rules..........................................2211
  Standard instrument approach procedures..........................2213
  Use and preservation of navigable airspace.......................2233
Navigation (water):
  Bonneville Lock and Dam...........................................876
  Certification requirements for NOAA Electronic Navigational 
      Chart distribution............................................667
  Puget Sound......................................................1399
  Regulated navigation areas.......................................1392
  SOLAS Chapter V navigation safety regulations....................1366
  Traffic separation schemes.......................................1362
News media:
  See also Radio
           Television
  Newspapers:
    Radio cross-ownership..........................................3852
Nondiscrimination:
  See Civil rights
Nonprofit organizations:
  Food and Nutrition Service data collection........................317
  Grants administration.................................772, 1243, 2977
  Javits-Wagner-O'Day program:
    Governance standards for participating agencies................2989
    Initial qualification criteria.................................2990
    Responsibilities of central agencies...........................2988
  Participation of religious organizations:
    CNCS programs..................................................2999
    DHS programs...................................................1252
    USDA programs...................................................434
Nuclear energy:
  See also Nuclear materials
           Nuclear power plants and reactors
  Conforming administrative changes................................4111
  DOE civil penalties...............................................983
  Electronic submissions in NRC hearings...........................4093
  Occupational radiation protection............................962, 965
  Radiation protection of the public and environment.................34
Nuclear materials:
  Byproduct material regulations.............................4094, 4114
  Economic development transfers of real property at defense 
      nuclear facilities............................................960
  Energy Policy Act of 2005:
    Export regulations.............................................4121
  Export/import license, amendment, or renewal application.........4122
  Licensing and distribution of byproduct material.................4090
  NRC office address change........................................4110
  Nuclear fuel.....................................................4099
  Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System database......4085
  Radioactive waste disposal.......................................4112
  Secure transport requirements....................................4095
  Solid material control...........................................4106
  Source material distribution.....................................4105
  Source tracking system...........................................4116
  Spent fuel:
    Reactivity control for dry storage or transport casks and 
        containers.................................................4097
    Shipment information protection requirements...................4100
    Storage casks......................................4096, 4119, 4120
  Transfers of certain exempt source materials by specific 
      licensees....................................................4102
  Unclassified controlled nuclear information regulation............954
  US-IAEA safeguards agreement...........................481, 487, 4107
Nuclear power plants and reactors:
  ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.......................4084, 4113
  Charges for duplicating records..................................4117
  Civil penalty authority over non-licensees.......................4091
  Decommissioning:
    Funding shortfalls reduction...................................4082
    Integrated rulemaking..........................................4101
    Tax incentive regulations................................2637, 2749
    Trust fund guidelines..........................................3980
  Decoupling assumed loss of offsite power from loss-of-coolant 
      accidents....................................................4109
  Design basis threat requirements.................................4092
  Design certification:
    Changes to licensing procedures................................4088
  Entombment options...............................................4103
  Fee schedule for NRC licensees and applicants....................4118
  Financial qualifications for renewal of operating licenses.......4115
  Information collection, reporting, and posting requirements......4081
  Items relied on for safety.......................................4098
  Loss-of-coolant accident break size..............................4089
  Performance-based acceptance criteria for fuel cladding 
      performance..................................................4108
  Personnel:
    Fitness-for-Duty Program.......................................4087
  Physical protection regulations..................................4080
  Pressure-temperature limits......................................4104
  Protection of Safeguards Information.............................4083

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  Radiological sabotage............................................4080
  Relief from fingerprinting and criminal history records check 
      for certain individuals......................................4123
  Risk-informed, performance-based requirements....................4079
  Safety regulations...........................................34, 4107
  Security assessment requirements for new light-water reactors 
                                                                   4086
  Standby support...................................................968
  Tax credit for production..................................2643, 2752
  Waste disposal....................................................120
Nuclear safety:
  See Radiation protection
Nursery stock:
  See Plants
Nursing homes:
  See also Health facilities
  Veterans.........................................................2923
Nutrition:
  See also Food assistance programs
           Foods
  Food labeling......................................................15
  School breakfast and lunch programs...............................302
  Uniform federal assistance regulations............................337


                                   O

Occupational safety and health:
  See also Mine safety and health
  Beryllium exposure...............................................2124
  Cargo handling...................................................2142
  Child labor regulations..........................................2060
    Regulations, orders, and statements of interpretation..........2063
  Coal mine dust personal sampler units............................1001
  Commercial diving operations.....................................1398
  Construction industry............................................2134
    Crane and derrick safety.........................................84
    Hearing loss prevention........................................2147
  Crystalline silica exposure........................................82
  DOE radiation protection requirements........................962, 965
  Electric power...................................................2143
  Electrical standards.............................................2145
  Emergency response and preparedness..............................2127
  Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act 
                                                             1003, 2068
  Excavations......................................................2125
  Explosives and small arms manufacturing..........................2139
  Fall protection..................................................2136
  Hazard Communication Standard......................................83
  Ionizing radiation exposure......................................2126
  Lead in Construction Standard....................................2128
  Methylene chloride standard......................................2133
  Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories fee schedule..........2141
  New York State Plan..............................................2149
  Noise exposure for railroad operating employees..................2345
  Personal protective equipment....................................2144
  Pesticides exposure...............................................109
  Power press standards............................................2132
  Respiratory protection.....................................1000, 2148
    Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear approval........998
    Powered air-purifying respirators...............................997
  Shipyard standards.........................................2135, 2140
  Standards improvement............................................2129
  Supplier's Declaration of Conformity.............................2131
  Updating standards based on national consensus standards.........2138
  Walking working surfaces.........................................2136
Ocean dumping:
  See Water pollution control
Ocean resources:
  See Marine resources
Offshore structures:
  See Continental shelf
Oil and gas exploration:
  Air pollutant emission.....................................3094, 3192
  Application processing...........................................1902
  Cost recovery for plans, permits, and inspections................1879
  Enhanced production through carbon dioxide injection.............1914
  Five year review of Oil Pipeline Pricing Index...................3983
  Forest Service regulations........................................407
  Gas hydrate production incentives................................1913
  Incidental take of marine mammals in Alaska................1646, 1757
  Incidental taking of marine mammals in the Gulf of Mexico....613, 662
  Leasing:
    Data release...................................................1877
    Definitions....................................................1877
    In the Alaskan National Petroleum Reserve......................1898
    Indian lands.........................................61, 1817, 1830
    Oil shale operations.............................................63
    Tar sand areas.................................................1912
  Oil pipeline data filing instructions............................3984
  Outer Continental Shelf:
    Alternate energy-related uses............................1855, 1857
    Documents incorporated by reference............................1869
    Federal consistency regulations.................................671
    Leasing regulations............................................1848
    Oil, gas and sulphur operations................................1862
    Open and nondiscriminatory movement............................1853
    Safety management systems......................................1852
    Safety measures................................................1376
    Structural integrity of platforms..............................1866
  Pipeline rights-of-way...........................................1627
  Production rates.................................................1850
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................1863
  Royalty credits..................................................1859
  Royalty relief or reduction.......1846, 1847, 1854, 1856, 1873, 1908, 
                                                             1910, 1914
  Royalty reporting standards......................................1873
  Storm water permit requirements..................................3361
  Well cementing requirements......................................1867
Oil and gas reserves:
  Export controls...................................................480
Oil pollution:
  Civil penalty amounts......................................1860, 1872
  Claims procedures under the Oil Pollution Act....................1359
  Discharge-removal equipment......................................1388
  Landowner defenses to liability under the Oil Pollution Act......1374
  Leak detection and repair of pumps and valves....................3093
  National Contingency Plan..................................3332, 3346
  Oil spill liability trust fund.............................1360, 1383
  Oil spill response...............................................1377
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule...............129
  Vessel response plan.................................1377, 1394, 1397
Outer continental shelf:
  See Continental shelf
Over-the-counter drugs:
  Drug reviews:
    Antidiarrheal drug products....................................1030
    Antihistamine products.........................................1066
    Antimicrobial diaper rash ingredients..........................1009
    Bismuth subsalicylate containing products for relief from 
        overindulgence.............................................1076
    Bronchodilator products........................................1067
    Cough and cold products......................1066, 1067, 1068, 1069
    Dandruff, seborrheic dermatitis, and psoriasis products........1075
    External analgesic products....................................1070
    First aid antiseptics..........................................1009
    Internal analgesic products....................................1022
    Laxative drug products.........................................1071
    Nasal decongestant products....................................1069
    Ophthalmic products............................................1024
    Oral health care products......................................1025
    Poison treatment drug products.................................1032

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    Skin bleaching products........................................1026
    Skin protectant products.......................................1072
    Sodium bicarbonate containing antacids.........................1077
    Stimulant drug products........................................1028
    Sunscreen products.............................................1005
    Topical antimicrobial drug products............................1033
    Urinary analgesic drug products................................1034
    Vaginal contraceptive products...........................1009, 1073
    Weight control products........................................1074
  Fixed-combination drug product regulations.......................1043
  Labeling.........................................................1023
    Alcohol warning for products containing analgesic/antipyretic 
        active ingredients for internal use........................1008
    Warning and direction statements for oral and rectal sodium 
        phosphates for laxative use................................1007
  Package size limitation for sodium phosphates oral solution......1007
  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................2000
Overtime pay:
  See Wages


                                   P

Packaging and containers:
  See also Labeling
  Dietary ingredients and supplements................................42
  Food containers...................................................152
  Pesticide agricultural container recycling program................110
  Size limitation for sodium phosphates oral solution..............1007
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4019
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, 2981
  Cruise ship security regulations.................................1373
  Effluent standards for cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters
                                                                   3353
  Financial responsibility requirements............................4004
  Inspection alternatives..........................................1367
  Manifest requirements..............................................57
Passports and visas:
  Card format passport.............................................2156
  Diversity visas..................................................2161
  Document requirements for entering the US............1440, 2175, 2176
  Employment eligibility verification program......................2164
  Fingerprint requirements.........................................2152
  Nonimmigrant visas:
    Treaty aliens in specialty occupations.........................2082
  Removal of waiver for residents of Canada and Bermuda............1434
  Surcharge for application filing.................................2171
  Transit without visa.............................................1437
  Visa Waiver Program..............................................1430
Patents:
  See Inventions and patents
Pay:
  See Wages
Peanuts:
  Country of origin labeling........................................164
  Crop insurance provisions.........................................287
Penalties:
  See also Seizures and forfeitures
  CBP audits.......................................................1419
  Civil:
    CPSC...........................................................3759
    DHS............................................................1495
    DOC.............................................................533
    DOE.............................................................983
    DOT....................................2250, 2282, 2326, 2340, 2388
    HUD............................................................1533
    Medicaid and Medicare violations...............................1161
    Medicaid managed care organizations.............................985
    Medicare+Choice Organizations...................................985
    MSHA.............................................................81
    NIGC...........................................................4077
    NRC............................................................4091
    Oil pollution............................................1860, 1872
    SSA............................................................3672
  Criminal:
    DOT..........................................2282, 2326, 2340, 2388
  Disaster relief and emergency assistance.........................1500
  Failure to timely pay FDIC assessments.....................3936, 3945
  Immigration......................................................2004
    International matchmaking organization violations..............2006
  PBGC assessment and relief.................................3586, 3588
  SSA regulations..................................................3673
Pensions:
  See also Railroad retirement
           Social security
  Abandoned individual account plans...............................2098
  Annual Financial and Actuarial Information Reporting.............3584
  Computing liability..............................................3590
  Deductibility of employer contributions..........................2580
  Electronic filing..........................................2100, 3589
  Employment requirement for application of government pension 
      offset exemption.............................................3682
  ERISA:
    Adequate consideration definition..............................2097
    Disclosure regulations.........................................2090
    Exemption for services.........................................2091
    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act..........72, 73
    Length of hospital stay after birth of child...................2093
    Participant contributions........................................71
    Regulations governing the performance of actuarial service.....2596
    Safe harbor for default investments..............................74
  GATT provisions affecting accrued benefits.......................2791
  Income tax regulations.....................................2697, 2747
  Mortality assumptions............................................3587
  Multiemployer plans:
    Reporting requirements.........................................3580
  Participant notices..............................................3591
  Payment of benefits in trusteed plans............................3583
  Penalties assessment and relief............................3586, 3588
  Premium rates and payment of premiums......................3581, 3585
  Reductions of accruals and allocations because of increased age
                                                                   2688
  Reportable events................................................3579
  Valuation of benefits and assets.................................3582
  Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program...........................2099
Pesticides and pests:
  Agricultural worker protection....................................109
  Antimicrobial pesticides...................................3229, 3244
  Boll weevil quarantine and regulations............................215
  Certified pesticide applicator program............................108
  Crop grouping regulations........................................3234
  Data requirements for conventional chemicals......................123
  Data requirements for registering biochemical or microbial 
      products......................................................125
  Direct application of pesticides to waters in compliance with 
      FIFRA........................................................3342
  Disposal and storage guidelines..................................3246
  Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..............................98
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1958
  Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act compliance 
                                                                   3236
  Groundwater protection...........................................3239

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  Gypsy moth regulations............................................239
  Importation of non-indigenous organisms...........................229
  Importation of pine shoot beetle host material....................240
  Pesticide agricultural container recycling program................110
  Pesticide tolerance reassessment program.........................3245
  Piscicide applications on National Forest System lands............386
  Plant incorporated protectants...........3230, 3233, 3236, 3241, 3242
  Prions...........................................................3228
  Registration review program......................................3247
  Rules of practice................................................3243
  Sporicide use on National Forest System lands.....................385
  Storage and disposal.............................................3246
  Tolerance processing fees........................................3240
Petroleum:
  See also Fuel additives
           Oil and gas exploration
           Oil and gas reserves
           Oil pollution
           Pipelines
  Acquisition of petroleum to fill Strategic Petroleum Reserve......967
  Refineries:
    Emission standards.......................................3062, 3175
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3312
Physically handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Physicians:
  See Health professions
Pilots:
  See Airmen
Pipeline safety:
  Distribution integrity management................................2365
  Hazardous substances.......................................2361, 2377
  Incident reporting...............................................1875
  Integrity management pipeline repair permitting..................2372
  Internal corrosion reduction.....................................2373
  Material, personnel and pipe handling operations.................1844
  Operators' public awareness programs.............................2380
  Protecting unusually sensitive areas and commercially navigable 
      waterways....................................................2377
  Structural integrity regulations.................................1866
  Updates to safety requirements.............................1849, 2383
Pipelines:
  See also Natural gas
           Pipeline safety
  Damage reporting requirements....................................3968
  Electronic filing of documents...................................3947
  Five year review of Oil Pipeline Pricing Index...................3983
  Negotiated rate policies and practices for natural gas 
      pipelines....................................................3976
  Oil pipeline data filing instructions............................3984
  Open and nondiscriminatory movement..............................1853
  Rights of use and easement.......................................1851
  Rights-of-way....................................................1627
  Standards for business practices with interstate natural gas 
      pipelines....................................................3977
Plant diseases and pests:
  Citrus canker................................................236, 238
  Phytophthora ramorum regulations....................................5
Plants:
  See also Seeds
  Endangered and threatened:
    Conservation education.........................................1746
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1694
  Gypsy moth regulations............................................239
  Imports...........................................................243
    Nursery stock.....................................................3
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1621
  Mint crop insurance provisions....................................281
  National Forest System native plant materials policy..............409
  Plant incorporated protectants...........3230, 3233, 3236, 3241, 3242
  Plant Protection Act:
    Special need requests...........................................228
  Transgenic.......................................................3284
Poison prevention:
  See Lead poisoning
Political activities (Government employees):
  Honoraria donated to charities...................................3474
Pollution:
  See Environmental protection
Population census:
  See Census data
Ports:
  See Harbors
Poultry and poultry products:
  Allergen labeling.................................................352
  Classes of........................................................359
  Grading...........................................................165
  Imported.....................................................349, 370
  Low pathogenic avian influenza....................................234
  Nutrition labeling.................................................15
  On-line reprocessing of pre-chill carcasses.......................367
  Performance standards:
    Chilling of ready-to-cook products..............................368
    Ready-to-eat products............................................14
Poultry inspection:
  Availability of distribution lists of retail consignees during 
      recalls........................................................19
  Determining net weight compliance.................................365
  Foreign inspection system supervisory visits......................369
  Turkey operations using bar-type cuts may operate at J-type cut 
      line speeds...................................................366
  Use of certain ingredients in products intended for export only
                                                                    354
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......................................................1048
  Electronic transactions:
    Nonmonetary remuneration for electronic prescribing 
        information technology......................................993
    Prescriptions for controlled substances........................1976
  Federal Agency Retail Pharmacy Program...........................3390
  Fixed-combination drug product regulations.......................1043
  Labeling...............................................37, 1056, 1088
  Medicaid:
    Average manufacturer price requirements........................1136
  Medicare:
    Competitive acquisition........................................1190
    Contract determinations..........................................47
    Disclosure of information........................................47
    Double coverage with TRICARE...............................884, 885
    Electronic prescribing.....................................45, 1194
    Intermediate sanctions process...................................47
  Multiple prescription issuance for Schedule II controlled 
      substances...................................................1990
  Prescription Drug Marketing Act..................................1061
  Registration and listing requirements............................1046
  Reporting adverse events.........................................1056
  Safety reporting requirements....................................1047
  Use of materials derived from cattle.............................1027
Presidential records:
  See Archives and records
Price controls:
  FCC..............................................................3837
Prisoners:
  Access to Inmate Central Files...................................1925
  Autopsy regulations..............................................1920

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  Central Inmate Monitoring system.................................1939
  Classification and program review................................1932
  Correspondence...................................................1934
  Educational good time credit for D.C. Code offenders.............1935
  Good conduct time................................................1930
  Inmate electronic message program................................1923
  Inmate furlough program..........................................1927
  Inmate work and performance pay program:
    Reduction in pay for drug- and alcohol-related offenses........1921
  Limited communication opportunities for inmates linked to 
      terrorist-related activities.................................1942
  Literacy program.................................................1928
  Psychiatric treatment and medication safeguards..................1945
  Reduction in sentence for medical reasons........................1919
  Suicide prevention program.......................................1936
  Telephone regulations and financial responsibility...............1929
Prisons:
  Administrative measures to prevent acts of violence or 
      terrorism....................................................1938
  Administrative Remedy Program....................................1922
  Classification and program review................................1948
  Drug abuse treatment program.....................................1937
    Early release consideration for D.C. Code offenders............1926
  Incoming publications............................................1947
  Inmate discipline................................................1940
  Intensive confinement centers..............................1924, 1986
  Possession of personal firearms..................................1943
  Removal of Bureau facility addresses from rules..................1949
  Searching and detaining or arresting non-inmates.................1941
  Smoking/no smoking areas.........................................1944
  Victim/witness notifications.....................................1946
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program environmental impact review...................2054
Privacy:
  See also Confidential business information
  Army privacy program..............................................870
  CFTC policies....................................................3728
  Defense Logistics Agency policies.................................782
  Defense Threat Reduction Agency policies..........................784
  DOD policies.................................................781, 789
  Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program records..........2084
  Financial records and information..........................4031, 4035
  Food Stamp Program................................................296
  Navy privacy program..............................................881
  Privacy Act:
    DHS procedures...........................................1257, 1315
    DOC regulations.................................................470
    DOI regulations..........................................1615, 1868
    HHS regulations................................................1151
    Inspector General regulations...................................783
    NCUA...........................................................4047
    NEH Inspector General investigative files......................3457
    NIGC procedures................................................4066
    OPM regulations................................................3482
    Peace Corps regulations........................................3576
    TSA regulations..........................................1444, 1469
  SBA..............................................................3614
  SEC policies...............................................4147, 4160
  Social security records and information....................3663, 3666
  Treasury policies................................................2525
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....................................1236
    Work provisions................................................1240
  Weatherization assistance program for low-income persons..........950
Public buildings:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Public health:
  See also Meat inspection
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Abstinence education.............................................1234
  Air pollution effects............................................3279
  Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children.......................1100
  Informed consent regulations.....................................1054
  Minority health disparities research endowment program...........1111
  NIH grants.......................................................1106
  NIH training grants........................................1113, 1117
  Prior notice of imported food......................................43
  Public Health Service Act:
    Length of hospital stay after birth of child...................2093
    Use of seclusion and restraint in non-medical residential 
        facilities..................................................994
  Trafficking in persons:
    Limitation on use of funds made available to monitor and 
        combat.....................................................1232
  Undergraduate scholarship program sponsored by NIH...............1112
  Water contamination..............................................3373
Public housing:
  See also Low and moderate income housing
  Capital Fund Program...............................................59
  Demolition and disposition.......................................1613
  Energy Act revisions.............................................1600
  Energy performance contracts.....................................1601
  Homeownership program............................................1598
  Housing Choice Voucher program:
    Eligibility of units not yet under construction................1602
    Streamlining revisions.........................................1603
  Income determination.............................................1523
  Operating funds for debt service.................................1605
  Public Housing Assessment System...................................60
  Rental Housing Integrity Improvement Project.....................1523
  Streamlining mixed finance application review....................1599
  Streamlining programs......................................1595, 1603
  Troubled agency recovery process.................................1593
  Violence Against Women Act regulations...........................1596
Public lands:
  See also Grazing lands
           National forests
           National parks
           Public lands-mineral resources
           Reclamation
  Alaska Native veteran allotments.................................1907
  Business lease procedures........................................1820
  Fees for commercial filming activities or similar projects.......1918
  FERC fee schedule for use of government lands....................3987
  Grazing permits..................................................1816
  Law enforcement..................................................1909
  Public conduct on reclamation lands and projects.................1895
  Public hearings and appeals................................1618, 1619
  Recreation permits...............................................1903
  Sales......................................................1916, 1917
  Segregation of lands proposed for sale...........................1904
  Subsistence management......1657, 1671, 1703, 1707, 1716, 1724, 1762, 
                                                                   1781
  Use of reclamation lands.........................................1893
    Inclusion of Hoover Dam........................................1894
Public lands-mineral resources:
  Locatable minerals program........................................379
  Revegetation standards...........................................1885

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Public utilities:
  See Electric utilities
      Natural gas
      Utilities
      Water supply


                                   R

Radiation protection:
  DOE requirements.........................................34, 962, 965
  Dose methodology.................................................3225
  Exposure standards...............................................2126
Radio:
  See also Communications
  Accessibility of programming providing emergency information.....3797
  Aviation Radio Service...........................................3898
  Channelization of the 39 GHz band................................3868
  Cognitive radio technologies.....................................3808
  Commercial mobile services:
    Automatic and manual roaming obligations.......................3886
    Resale of services.............................................3866
    Roaming obligations............................................3866
    Spectrum aggregation limits....................................3884
    Spectrum cap...................................................3869
  Competitive bidding process................................3867, 3874
  Consolidating the 800 MHz industrial/land transportation and 
      business pool channels.......................................3897
  Digital audio broadcasting system................................3845
  Digital audio radio service in the 2310-2360 MHz band............3822
  FM allotment procedures..........................................3856
  Interference temperature operation...............................3810
  International Fixed Public Radiocommunication Services...........3836
  Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz...............................3879
  Licensing low power operations in 450-470 MHz band...............3887
  Maritime communications..........................................3881
  Maritime mobile services.........................................3824
  Market definitions...............................................3849
  Medical technology spectrum requirements.........................3800
  Multiple access systems..........................................3873
  Newspaper cross-ownership........................................3852
  Private land mobile services:
    Airport terminal use frequencies in the 450-470 MHz band.......3896
    Narrowbanding..................................................3814
  Public safety communications...............................3872, 3897
  Quiet zone application procedures................................3888
  Software defined radios..........................................3819
  Spectrum usage promotion through development of secondary 
      markets......................................................3885
  Terrestrial microwave fixed services.............................3880
  Transfer of 3650 through 3700 MHz band...........................3883
  Transfer of 4.9 GHz band from government use.....................3883
  Ultra-wideband transmission......................................3801
  Wireless services................................................3893
  World Radiocommunication Conference omnibus......................3812
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...................................3594
  Appeals hearings.................................................3596
  Disability determination...................................3592, 3593
  Electronic filing of requests for reconsideration................3595
  Electronic filing of settlement and final judgment notices.......3597
Railroad safety:
  Accident/incident reporting requirements.........................2339
  Design standards for pressurized tank cars.......................2334
  Grade crossing and signal systems..........................2278, 2289
  Handling of railroad equipment, switches, and derails............2336
  Locomotives:
    Crashworthiness................................................2344
  Noise exposure for railroad operating employees..................2345
  Passenger equipment safety standards.............................2346
    Front-end strength of multiple-unit locomotives and cab cars 
                                                                   2338
  Passenger train emergency systems................................2342
  Track safety standards:
    Inspection of joints in continuous welded rail.................2341
  Use of locomotive horns at highway-rail grade crossings..........2347
Railroads:
  See also Railroad retirement
           Railroad safety
  Commuter railroad fees for use of Northeast Corridor 
      infrastructure...............................................2348
  Emergency relief docket and waiver relief from Federal 
      regulations..................................................2343
  FRA direct final rulemaking procedures...........................2337
  Grant program for local rail line relocation and improvement 
      projects.....................................................2335
  Hazardous materials transportation.........................1457, 2363
  Public participation in class exemption proceedings..............4197
  Rail abandonment procedures......................................4195
  Rail fuel surcharges.............................................4198
  Rail rate challenges.......................................4199, 4201
  Railroad track maintenance credit..........................2629, 2875
  Security regulations.............................................1445
  Small rate guidelines............................................4200
  Stand-alone cost methodology.........................4196, 4199, 4201
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..............................2462
  GSAR tax adjustment provision....................................3387
  HUBZone program..................................................3388
Reclamation:
  See also Mines
           Surface mining
  Revegetation standards...........................................1885
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
  Forest Service regulations........................................380
  Gateway National Recreation Area...........................1796, 1797
  Law enforcement..................................................1909
  National parks regulations.......................................1794
  Personal watercraft use....................................1796, 1797
  Public land permits..............................................1903
  Water quality standards for coastal recreation waters............3357
  Wildlife-dependent recreation..............................1717, 1771
Recreational fishing:
  See Fishing
Recycling:
  Cathode ray tubes................................................3323

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  Comparable fuels exclusion under RCRA.............................112
  Electronic equipment.............................................3317
  Government purchase of recovered materials.......................3311
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations................3324
  Oil intended for use as engine oil...............................4024
  Pesticide agricultural container recycling program................110
  Petroleum refinery process wastes................................3308
  RCRA Burden Reduction Initiative.................................3316
  Refrigerant................................................3033, 3035
  Solid waste.................................................113, 3325
Refugees:
  See also Aliens
  Guaranty of transportation.......................................1292
  Sponsorship agreement............................................1292
Renal diseases:
  See Kidney diseases
Repatriation:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements:
  APHIS.............................................................227
  ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................3915
  Bank Secrecy Act implementation......................2443, 2447, 2465
  Carbamates.......................................................3333
  CFTC.............................................................3735
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3296
  CPSC.............................................................3763
  DEA..............................................................1984
  DFARS........................................................813, 857
  DHS..............................................................1281
  DOC.....................................................464, 573, 642
  DOI..................................................1863, 1868, 1873
  DOJ........................................................2037, 2038
  DOL..................................................2065, 2067, 2074
  DOT..................................................2280, 2330, 2393
  EBSA.......................................................2095, 2100
  Education Department..............................................907
  EPA............................................3008, 3069, 3233, 3290
    Air emissions requirements.....................................3104
    Air releases of nitrogen oxides................................3334
    Electronic reporting...........................................3011
    RCRA Burden Reduction Initiative...............................3316
  Exports...........................................................506
  FCC........................................................3832, 3839
  FDA..........................................................40, 1094
  FDIC.............................................................3931
  Federal Home Loan Banks..........................................4000
  FERC.....................................3950, 3956, 3968, 3971, 3991
  FSIS..............................................................351
  GSA..............................................................3402
  HHS........................................................1047, 1229
  Honoraria donated to charities...................................3474
  HUD..............................................................1587
  Intercountry adoptions...........................................2155
  Investment advisers..................................4140, 4142, 4157
  Investment companies.............................................4134
  NARA:
    Freedom of information.........................................3444
  National Practitioner Data Bank............................1096, 1101
  NCUA.................................................4044, 4046, 4061
  NOAA..............................................................656
  NRC..............................................................4085
  NSF..............................................................3461
  OFHEO............................................................3462
  PBGC.................................................3580, 3584, 3589
  Peace Corps......................................................3576
  Retirement record of employee transferring within same agency 
                                                                   3527
  Securities.................................................4127, 4189
    Broker-dealers...........................................2558, 4165
  State Department.................................................2170
  Tax determination on large cigars................................2496
  Toxics Release Inventory..............................134, 3297, 3299
  Treasury.............................................2442, 2768, 2771
  Uranium mill sites................................................963
  VA education benefits............................................2934
Research:
  See also Agricultural research
           Educational research
           Human research subjects
           Medical research
  EPA authority to appoint research scientists.....................3013
  Marine resources..................................................673
  Misconduct......................................961, 1017, 1120, 2050
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research 
      chimpanzees..................................................1116
  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Hazardous 
      Substances Basic Research and Training Grants................1110
  National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program...........249
  NIH construction grant...........................................1115
  Protection of human subjects...................1118, 1119, 1121, 1269
Retirement:
  See also Pensions
           Railroad retirement
           Social security
  Air traffic controllers..........................................3530
  Coordination of health benefits..................................134A
  District of Columbia employees...................................3524
  FEHB coverage....................................................3536
  Government employees:
    Court orders awarding survivor annuities.......................3496
    Coverage for non-appropriated fund instrumentalities...........3533
    Credit for government service performed abroad.................3531
    Credit for military service....................................3529
    Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act..........3526
    FERS basic annuity.............................................3528
    FERS coverage elections........................................3532
  Phased retirement program........................................2820
  Record of employee transferring within same agency...............3527
  TRICARE Retiree Dental Program....................................891
  Voluntary State tax withholding from retired pay of Service 
      members.......................................................764
Rights-of-way:
  Accessibility guidelines for individuals with disabilities.......2982
Roads:
  See Highways and roads
Rockets:
  See Aircraft
Rodenticides:
  See Pesticides and pests
Rotorcraft:
  See Aircraft
Royalties:
  See Mineral royalties
Rural areas:
  Broadband access loans and loan guarantees........................446
  Business and industrial loan programs..............433, 438, 440, 441
  Business investment program.......................................439
  Environmental policies and procedures.............................258
  Grassroots source water protection program........................190
  Housing:
    Community Facilities Direct Loan Program...................256, 433
    Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program....................260, 261
    Loans, grants, and programs......................259, 263, 264, 266
    New and existing dwellings definition...........................265
    Planning and performing construction............................257
    Surety requirements........................................262, 267
  Public television station digital transition grant program........449
  Regulation streamlining...........................................263
  Rural Utilities Service:
    Exemption of certain borrowers from controls....................452
    Lien accommodations and subordinations..........................443

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    Operational controls............................................453
    Seismic safety requirements.....................................455
    Special equipment contract......................................451
    Specifications for primary underground power cable..............445
    Water and waste disposal loans and grants..................444, 450
  Spectrum-based communications services...........................3894
  Technical assistance grants and programs..........................255
  Telecommunications system construction policies..............447, 454


                                   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..................3835
    Application and licensing requirements.........................3820
    Broadcast Satellite Service....................................3834
    Coordination between non-geostationary and geostationary 
        orbit......................................................3806
    Digital audio radio service....................................3822
    Earth stations...........................................3825, 3830
    Fixed-satellite services.....................3826, 3834, 3835, 3876
    Licensing reform...............................................3827
    Maritime mobile services.......................................3824
    Mobile service provider flexibility............................3828
    MSS spectrum allocation........................................3821
    Non-geostationary orbit..................................3826, 3833
    Non-government operations in the 36.0-51.4 GHz portion of the 
        V-band.....................................................3823
    Orbital debris mitigation......................................3829
    Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act........3857
Savings associations:
  Basel Capital Accord...............................................97
  Customer identification program..................................2446
  Integrity of directors...........................................2889
  Mandatorily redeemable preferred stock...........................2891
  Merger of Bank Insurance Fund and Savings Association Insurance 
      Fund...................................................2894, 3944
  Risk based capital...........................................97, 2886
  Securities-related activities....................................2883
  Stock benefit plans in mutual-to-stock conversions and mutual 
      holding company structures...................................2892
  Subordinated debt securities.....................................2891
Savings bonds:
  See Bonds
School breakfast and lunch programs:
  Administrative error reduction....................................321
  Allowable costs...................................................316
  Donated foods provided under contract with food service 
      management companies..........................................318
  Eligibility determinations for free or reduced-price meals and 
      milk.................................................10, 322, 324
  Fluid milk regulations:
    Non-dairy beverage substitutions..................................6
    Sale and marketing regulations..................................332
  Food safety programs..............................................325
  Nutrition standards...............................................302
  Processing of donated foods.......................................329
  Serving fruits and vegetables as afterschool snacks...............340
  Severe need assistance............................................334
  Simplification of meal counting and claiming procedures...........320
  State administrative expenses.....................................341
  Summer food service program.......................................326
  Uniform Federal assistance regulations............................337
Schools:
  See also Colleges and universities
           Educational facilities
  Approval for enrollment in Student and Exchange Visitor 
      Information System...........................................1485
  Asbestos model accreditation plan................................3273
  Closure and consolidation........................................1828
  Student and Exchange Visitor Program recertification......1471, 1473, 
                                                                   1489
Scientific equipment:
  See Medical devices
Seafood:
  See also Fish
           Fisheries
  Acquisition regulations...........................................818
  Fish and Seafood Promotion Act....................................629
Seals:
  See Marine mammals
Seamen:
  Licenses and certificates of registry............................1405
  Merchant marine training, certification, and watchkeeping........1396
  Merchant mariner application procedure...........................1404
  Merchant mariner qualification credentialing.....................1371
Seaplanes:
  See Aircraft
Seashores:
  See Coastal zone
Securities:
  See also Bonds
  Abandonment of...................................................2836
  Affiliate transactions...........................................4158
  Anti-manipulation rules..........................................4181
  Broker-dealers:
    Amendments to Forms BD and BDW.................................4174
    Financial responsibility rules.................................4169
    Quotation requirements.........................................4173
    Recordkeeping requirements.....................................2558
  Concept release concerning management reports on internal 
      control of financial reporting...............................4189
  Confirmation of transactions.....................................4175
  Critical accounting policies.....................................4138
  Debt securities............................................3731, 4185
    Subordinated...................................................2891
  Disclosure requirements........................4138, 4176, 4177, 4178
  Electronic delivery of proxy materials...........................4132
  Electronic filing of transfer agent forms........................4180
  Electronic form submissions......................................4129
  Emergency conditions plan of organization and operation..........4194
  Exemptions for banks.............................................4167
  Filing documents in interactive data format......................4127
  Futures products:
    Based on debt securities.......................................4185
    Based on individual debt securities or narrow-based security 
        index......................................................3739
    Offer and sale of products traded on foreign boards............3727
    Registration requirements for banks acting as brokers or 
        dealers....................................................4166
  GNMA excess yield securities.....................................1588

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  Held of record securities........................................4128
  Holding companies................................................4125
  Income taxation............................................2652, 2790
  Inflation-based adjustments......................................4188
  Integrated financial transactions................................2564
  Investment advisers..............................................4140
    Antifraud rule.................................................4144
    Disclosure and recordkeeping requirements......................4142
  Investment companies:
    Disclosure requirements......................4124, 4137, 4150, 4161
    Eligible portfolio companies...................................4148
    Equal voting rights defined....................................4155
    Exchange-traded funds..........................................4143
    Fund board composition and chair regulations...................4162
    Issued ratably definition......................................4149
  Lock-up agreements...............................................4131
  Mandatorily redeemable preferred stock...........................2891
  Mark-to-market accounting..................................2677, 2702
  Money market fund exemptions.....................................4163
  Municipal securities disclosure..................................4168
    Electronic filing..............................................4171
  Mutual funds:
    Anti-money laundering program..................................2453
    Extension of XBRL voluntary reporting program on the EDGAR 
        System.....................................................4152
    Pricing regulations............................................4159
    Redemption fees................................................4164
    Reporting suspicious transactions..............................2447
  Narrow-based security index......................................4185
  Nasdaq-listed securities.........................................4183
  Net capital requirements.........................................4186
  Options markets..................................................4184
  Over-the-counter derivatives dealers.............................2433
  Privacy notices..................................................4147
  Privacy of consumer financial information........................4160
  Public Company Accounting Oversight Board budget approval 
      process......................................................4192
  Qualified purchaser definition...................................4136
  Reorganization events............................................4172
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................4165
    Annual reports and prospectuses................................4165
  Safe harbor:
    Exceptions.....................................................2678
  Sarbanes-Oxley Act regulations:
    PCAOB regulations..............................................4187
  Savings association activities...................................2883
  Self-regulatory organizations:
    Concept release on structure...................................4170
    Fair administration, governance, and disclosure................4179
  Shareholder access to director nomination process................4135
  Short sales regulation...........................................4182
  Standards of conduct for attorneys...............................4191
  Stock benefit plans in mutual-to-stock conversions and mutual 
      holding company structures...................................2892
  Streamlining.....................................................4126
  Subpoenas to members of the news media...........................4193
  Substitute dividend payments.....................................2586
  Tender and reorganization agents.................................4172
  Tender offer best-price rule.....................................4139
  Termination of reporting obligations by foreign private issuers
                                                                   4133
Security information:
  See Classified information
Security measures:
  See also Classified information
  Access to information on DOE computer systems.....................969
  Acquisition regulations..............................1245, 1251, 1267
    Patents, data and copyrights...................................1250
  Airport security compliance program..............................1466
  Bureau of Prisons administrative measures........................1938
  Chemical facility anti-terrorism standards.........................51
  Critical infrastructure information handling.....................1265
  Cruise ship security regulations.................................1373
  Customer identification programs:
    Loan and finance companies.....................................2438
    Pawn brokers...................................................2435
    Sellers of vehicles............................................2439
    Travel agents..................................................2437
  Defense Priorities and Allocations Systems regulation revisions
                                                          519, 536, 538
  Disclosure of official information in connection with legal 
      proceedings..................................................1258
  DOE:
    Background checks of employees..................................972
    Contractors.....................................................955
    Polygraph examination regulations...............................956
  Emergency Security Control of Air Traffic.........................765
  Exports...........................................................532
  Federal mail.....................................................3398
  Financial record information provided to DOD by financial 
      institutions.............................................766, 790
  Food security plans...............................................350
  Freedom of Information...........................................1257
  Grants administration............................................1243
  Homeland Security Information sharing............................1244
  Homeland Security Labor Relations Board..........................1268
  Information technology security..................................3721
  Licensing of private land remote-sensing space systems............735
  Maritime and land security directives and information circulars
                                                                   1468
  National Industrial Security Program.............................3448
  National security industrial base regulations.....................538
  National security information regulations............2153, 3437, 3439
  National Security Personnel System..........................775, 3572
  Nuclear materials transport requirements.........................4095
  Personal identification verification for Federal employees and 
      contractors...................................................539
  Prior notice of imported food......................................43
  Privacy Act procedures...........................................1257
  Protection of sensitive security information related to 
      transportation...............................................1449
  Public transportation security grants......................1247, 2359
  Rail transportation security.....................................1445
  Registered Traveler program......................................1462
  Security awareness training for flight school employees..........1458
  Security Compliance Program for Aircraft Operators...............1465
  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................2000
  Standards of conduct for DHS employees...........................1242
  Support Antiterrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act 
                                                                   1266
  US-IAEA safeguards agreement......................................481
  Washington, DC metropolitan area special flight rules............2235
Seeds:
  Imports...........................................................241
  Karnal bunt compensation..........................................231
Seizures and forfeitures:
  Immigration and Naturalization regulations.......................1417
Senior citizens:
  See Aged
Serums:
  See Biologics
Sewage disposal:
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3336
Sex discrimination:
  Federally assisted programs...............909, 1260, 3454, 3456, 3459
  Programs and activities receiving Federal surplus property.......3394
Sheep:
  Interstate movement regulations...................................226
Shipbuilding industry:
  Safety and health regulations..............................2135, 2140

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Shipping:
  See Air carriers
      Maritime carriers
      Motor carriers
      Railroads
Ships:
  See Vessels
Signs and symbols:
  See Trademarks
Sirup:
  See Sugar
Small businesses:
  Acquisition regulations................804, 835, 842, 861, 3692, 3716
  Business Development Program:
    Electronic application.........................................3626
    Status determinations..........................................3609
  Government contracting programs:
    Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Assistance 
        Program....................................................3619
  Hazardous materials transportation...............................2374
  HUBZone Program:
    Acquisition regulations........................................3716
    Agricultural commodities purchase from subcontractors..........3601
    Amendments.....................................................3618
    Definition of employee.........................................3606
  Investment companies:
    Conflicts of interest..........................................3611
    Maximum leverage eligibility...................................3624
  Lending company oversight.........................................136
  Loans:
    Certified Development Company program..........................3612
    Disaster loan program....................................3608, 3621
    Economic injury disaster loans.................................3602
    Lender examination and review fees.............................3622
    Premier Certified Lenders Program..............................3616
  Mentor-protege programs:
    AID............................................................2976
    DOT............................................................2190
  NASA programs:
    Contractor recertification of program compliance...............3428
  National forest land use..........................................375
  Privacy Impact Assessment Statements.............................3614
  Rural business investment program.................................439
  Service-disabled veteran-owned...................................3627
  Size standards:
    Air transportation support activities..........................3617
    Exclusion of certain security expenses in qualified combat 
        zones......................................................3630
    Inflation adjustment...........................................3620
    Long term contracts.............................................137
    Mapping services...............................................3629
    Nonmanufacturers supplying products to the Federal Government
                                                                   3605
    Restructuring..................................................3604
    Security guards and patrol services industry...................3628
    Small Business Innovation Research Program.....................3610
    Surety Bond Guarantee Program..................................3625
  Small Business Development Center Program revisions..............3599
  Small Business Innovation Research Program.....248, 3428, 3604, 3610, 
                                                                   3615
  Small Business Technology Transfer Program.................3428, 3607
  Small Disadvantaged Businesses:
    Electronic application.........................................3626
    Participation in DOT programs............................2180, 2186
    Status determinations..........................................3609
  Surety bond guarantee......................................3623, 3625
  Testimony and production of records to OIG.......................3603
  Timber sale set-aside program.....................................389
  Venture capital company ownership................................3604
Social security:
  See also Child welfare
           Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Unemployment compensation
  Administrative review process..............................3656, 3659
  Aliens:
    Additional insured status requirements for workers..............139
    Benefits for lawfully present aliens...........................1319
    Coverage of work performed by nonresident aliens...............3646
  Civil monetary penalties.........................................3672
  Conducting personal conferences when waiver of recovery of 
      overpayment cannot be approved...............................3648
  Debt collection..................................................3668
  Disability determinations:
    Administrative review process..................................3680
    Age categories..................................................145
    Continuing disability review failure to cooperate procedures 
                                                                   3678
    Digestive system..........................................141, 3683
    Drug addiction or alcoholism...................................3633
    Exemption of work activity as basis for continuing disability 
        review.....................................................3669
    Growth impairments.............................................3645
    Hearing impairments............................................3642
    Hematological disorders........................................3636
    Immune system...................................................142
    Labyrinthine-vestibular function disturbance...................3642
    Language and speech disorders..................................3643
    Mental disorders................................................138
    Musculoskeletal disorders......................................3647
    Neurological...................................................3632
    Onsite review of consultative examination providers by 
        disability determination services...........................140
    Optometrists as acceptable medical sources.....................3657
    Recontacting medical sources...................................3641
    Respiratory disorders..........................................3634
    Visual disorders...............................................3670
  Disability programs:
    Exclusion of representative and health care providers 
        convicted of violations.....................................143
    Self-Sufficiency Program........................................144
    Ticket to Work Program..........................................144
  Disclosure of state unemployment compensation wage record 
      information..................................................2078
  Employment requirement for application of government pension 
      offset exemption.............................................3682
  Fee withholding and payment procedures to non-attorney 
      representatives..............................................3659
  Fraud:
    Nonpayable benefits for trial work period after fraud 
        conviction.................................................3674
    Penalties for withholding of information.......................3673
  HHS regulation migration to SSA..................................3662
  Liability of representative payees for overpayments to deceased 
      recipients...................................................3640
  Medical-vocational guidelines....................................3664
  Nonpayment of benefits to fugitive felons and probation or 
      parole violators.............................................3676
  Plans to achieve sulf-support for blind and disabled 
      individuals..................................................3671
  Privacy and disclosure of records and information..........3663, 3666
  Private printing of applications, form and publications..........3667
  Protective application filing date...............................3681
  Reduced medical benefits due to private insurance coverage.......3639
  Reentitlement period expansion for childhood disability 
      benefits.....................................................3674
  Replacement card limits..........................................3679
  Representative payment procedures................................3673
  Standards of conduct of SSA employees............................3660
  Stepchild benefits...............................................3653

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  Student earned income exclusion eligibility......................3674
  Vocational rehabilitation services:
    Referral for services..........................................3665
  Work report receipts issuance....................................3674
Solid waste disposal:
  See Waste treatment and disposal
Space transportation and exploration:
  Acquisition regulations:
    Contractor recertification of program compliance...............3428
    Deletion of Shared Savings Program.............................3419
    Earned value management system.................................3425
    IT security requirements clause................................3424
    Small business programs........................................3428
  Astronaut Health Care Provision..................................3418
  Code of conduct for International Space Station crew.............3426
  Commercial space transportation:
    Crew safety regulations........................................2225
    Licensing and safety requirements..............................2241
    Regulation revisions...........................................2247
    Safety approvals...............................................2248
  Cross-waiver of liability........................................3420
  Income source rules..............................................2569
  Inventions and Contributions Board:
    Awards for scientific and technical contributions..............3422
    Organizational location and responsibilities...................3423
  NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook:
    Editorial corrections..........................................3431
    Patent rights and rights in data special conditions............3429
    Training and grant award procedures............................3432
  Release of information to news and information media.............3430
  Suborbital reusable launch vehicles..............................2224
  Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System.........................3427
  Wind tunnel use for industry development work....................3421
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
Students:
  Academic Competitiveness Grant program............................913
  Border commuter students.........................................1487
  Exchange visitor program.........................................2177
  Federal student aid programs......................................914
  National Science and Mathematics Access To Retain Talent Grant 
      program.......................................................913
  Student and Exchange Visitor Information System.....1471, 1473, 1489, 
                                                             1492, 2159
  Student Career Experience Program................................3553
  Student earned income exclusion eligibility......................3674
  Student rights in research, experimental programs, and testing 
                                                                    920
Subsidies:
  See Grant programs
Sugar:
  Marketing allocations.............................................185
  Reassignment of allocation shortfalls.............................183
  Reexport programs.................................................371
Suicide:
  Prevention program...............................................1936
Superfund:
  Cooperative agreements and State contracts.......................3330
  Reportable quantity adjustments for carbamates...................3333
Supplemental Security Income (SSI):
  Disability determinations:
    Digestive system................................................141
    Endocrine system and obesity...................................3631
    Exemption of work activity as basis for continuing disability 
        review.....................................................3669
    Hematological disorders........................................3636
    Immune system...................................................142
    Mental disorders................................................138
    Neurological...................................................3632
    Optometrists as acceptable medical sources.....................3657
  Income:
    Deeming from ineligible parents................................3637
    Determination of...............................................3677
    Exclusions.....................................................3638
  Payment of past-due benefits.....................................3661
  Social Security Protection Act...................................3677
  Student earned income exclusion determination....................3674
Surety bonds:
  Federal process agents of surety companies.......................2477
  Immigration surety bonds...................................1472, 1494
  SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program..........................3623, 3625
Surface mining:
  See also Coal
           Mine safety and health
  Claims under general Mining Law..................................1897
  Coal:
    Abandoned coal refuse sites....................................1881
    Abandoned mine reclamation fees................................1886
    Placement of excess spoil........................................62
    Tennesse Federal program.......................................1887
  Indian lands...............................................1818, 1888
  Ownership, control, transfer, assignment, or sale of permit 
      rights.......................................................1884
  Permit application packages......................................1883
  Public hearings and appeals......................................1619
  Reclamation regulations..........................................1840
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..................................2525
  Brewery regulations revisions....................................2478
  Computation on large cigars......................................2496
  Foreign trade....................................................2562
  Gift tax value determination.....................................2606
  Occupational tax.................................................2523
  Payment of Federal taxes.........................................2473
  Real estate taxes................................................3387
Teachers:
  Teacher Next Door housing sales program..........................1578
Telecommunications:
  See also Radio
           Satellites
           Telephone
           Television
  Access charge reform.............................................3914
  Accessibility guidelines for individuals with disabilities.......2983
  Accounting requirements..........................................3915
  Acquisition regulations...........................................837
  Advanced wireless services.......................................3802
  Air-ground services on commercial airplanes......................3892
  ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................3915
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers............................................3911

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  Bell Operating Companies and affiliates:
    Enhanced services..............................................3909
  Communication intercepting devices................................513
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act...2025, 2028, 2029, 
                                                             3817, 3871
  Detariffing of interstate exchange access services...............3910
  Early termination fees in wireless carriers' service contracts 
                                                                   3795
  Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems.....................3870, 3908
    For IP-enabled service providers...............................3921
  Exports...........................................................532
  Extending wireless services to tribal lands......................3895
  GSA management policy............................................3397
  Installment payments for Personal Communications Services 
      licensees....................................................3882
  International services reporting requirements....................3832
  Interstate special access services...............................3918
  N11 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.............3902
  National Exchange Carrier Association petition...................3919
  North American Numbering Plan....................................3901
  Numbering Resource Optimization..................................3916
  Pole attachments.................................................3861
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....2039
    Reporting requirements.........................................2046
  Relay services.......................................3787, 3788, 3791
  Rural areas..................................................447, 454
  RUS special equipment contract....................................451
  Service quality reporting........................................3913
  Telecommunications Act:
    Access charge reform...........................................3906
    Customer proprietary network information (CPNI)................3905
    Individuals with disabilities..................................3786
    Interstate pay-per-call and other information services.........3784
    Local competition provisions...................................3907
    Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers.................3785
    Universal service..............................................3903
  Toll-free service access codes...................................3904
  Truth in billing.................................................3794
  Unbundled network elements.......................................3917
  Universal service reform.........................................3914
Telephone:
  900-number service...............................................4020
  Access charge reform.......................................3906, 3914
  Accessibility of equipment and services to persons with 
      disabilities.................................................3786
  Accounting requirements..........................................3915
  Advertising......................................................4020
  ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................3915
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers............................................3911
  Customer account record exchange obligations.....................3793
  Customer proprietary network information.........................3905
  Detariffing of interstate exchange access services...............3910
  Dial Equipment Minutes Weighting Program.........................3903
  Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems.....................3870, 3908
    For IP-enabled service providers...............................3921
  Enhanced services................................................3909
  Hearing aid compatibility for wireless phones....................3900
  Interstate pay-per-call and other information services...........3784
  Local competition provisions of the Telecommunications Act.......3907
  N11 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.............3902
  North American Numbering Plan....................................3901
  Relay services.............................................3787, 3788
  Telemarketing sales rule.........................................4028
  Telephone Consumer Protection Act................................3790
  Toll free service access codes...................................3904
  Toll telephone service definition................................2810
  Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers...................3785
  Unbundling local exchange carriers...............................3912
  Universal Service..........................................3903, 3914
Television:
  See also Cable television
  Advertising......................................................3840
  Children's programming.....................................3848, 3862
  Closed captioning of video programming...........................3796
  Competitive availability of navigation devices...................3842
  Deceptive advertising concerning screen size.....................4033
  Digital television service:
    Broadcast content protection...................................3899
    Children's programming.........................................3848
    Conversion rules for low power television and television 
        translator stations........................................3853
    Coupon program for digital-to-analog converter boxes.............24
    Distributed transmission system................................3858
    Review of conversion process...................................3846
    Tuner requirements.............................................3816
  Digital television signal strength measurement...................3818
  Direct broadcast public interest obligations.....................3847
  Emergency Alert System...........................................3798
  Filing of network affiliation contracts..........................3839
  Joint sales agreements...........................................3854
  Public interest information......................................3850
  Public television station digital transition grant program........449
  Reallocation and service rules for the 698-746 MHz spectrum 
      band.........................................................3889
  Service rules in UHF spectrum....................................3877
  Significantly viewed out-of-market broadcast stations............3855
  Unlicensed operation in the broadcast bands......................3813
  Video programming accessibility..................................3842
Terrorism:
  Bioterrorism preparedness..........................................43
  International Terrorism Victim Compensation Program..............2057
  Limited communication opportunities for inmates linked to 
      terrorist-related activities.................................1942
  Support Antiterrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act 
                                                                   1266
  Terrorism Risk Insurance Program.....................2394, 2431, 2432
Textiles:
  Acquisition regulations......................................819, 830
  African Growth and Opportunity Act...............................2409
  Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act............................2411
  Flammability standards...........................................3744
  Trade agreements............................................477, 2406
Timber:
  See Forests and forest products
Tobacco:
  See also Cigars and cigarettes
  Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.........................2535
  Crop insurance provisions.........................................270
  Imported tobacco products...................................156, 2513
  Inspection........................................................156
  Minimum manufacturing requirements and transfer marking..........2510
  Products and cigarette papers and tubes shipped from Puerto 
      Rico to the US...............................................2511
  Removal of products without payment of tax for use in law 
      enforcement activities.......................................2526
  Tax classification of cigars and cigarettes......................2494
  Trafficking in contraband cigarettes or smokeless tobacco........1973
Tort claims:
  See Claims
Tourist trade:
  See Travel
Toxic substances:
  See Hazardous substances
Toxins:
  See Biologics

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Trade agreements:
  Acquisition regulations..........................................3724
    Morocco Free Trade Agreement....................................862
    Thresholds......................................................862
  African Growth and Opportunity Act.........................2405, 2409
  Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act..................2430
  Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act............................2411
  Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism......................1421
  Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade 
      Agreement....................................827, 829, 2419, 3702
  Free Trade Agreement with Morocco................................3699
  Free Trade Agreements with Chile and Singapore.......1353, 2412, 2413
  Highly migratory species international trade program..............610
  North American Free Trade Agreement........................2416, 2428
  Textile trade agreements..........................................477
  U. S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act......................2406
Trade practices:
  Business opportunity rule........................................4032
  Economic Development Administration...............................468
  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act............4029
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................4025
  Funeral industry.................................................4021
  Premerger notification rules.....................................4022
  Regulatory review................................................4018
  Telemarketing sales rule.........................................4028
  Telephone service................................................4020
  Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers....................67, 68, 69
  Used motor vehicle trade regulation rule.........................4023
  Voluntary disclosure provisions related to restrictive 
      practices or boycotts.........................................495
  Watch and jewelry producers in insular possessions................473
Trademarks:
  Fees.........................................................744, 748
  Filing requirements for request for reconsideration of final 
      refusal.......................................................743
  Intent-to-use documents filing requirements.......................741
  Preventing importation of pirated audio-visual works.............2414
  Representation of others before the USPTO.........................739
  Rules of practice amendments......................................740
  Rules of practice in inter partes proceedings before the 
      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board..............................745
  Statement of use filing deadline..................................741
Transportation:
  See also Air transportation
           Bridges
           Common carriers
           Freight
           Highways and roads
           Pipelines
           Railroads
           Space transportation and exploration
           Vessels
  Acquisition regulations...........................................803
  Air pollution control conformity.................................3067
  Americans With Disabilities Act accessibility standards..........2183
  Buy America requirements and waiver procedures...................2354
  Civil and criminal penalties.........................2250, 2282, 2326
  Debarment and suspension.........................................2193
  Disadvantaged business enterprise participation............2180, 2186
  Drug and alcohol testing.................2185, 2195, 2196, 2198, 2360
  Emergency procedures for public transportation systems...........2357
  Employee protective provisions of the Federal Transit Act........2064
  Environmental review.............................................3134
  Explosive materials..............................................1969
  Grants uniform administrative requirements.......................2181
  Individuals with disabilities..............................2194, 2981
  Management regulations:
    Data collection standards......................................3402
    Electronic systems use.........................................3410
    Manager authorization..........................................3386
    Reporting requirements.........................................3402
  Maritime and land security directives and information circulars
                                                                   1468
  Mentor/protege Program for small businesses......................2190
  Non-emergency medical transportation programs....................1142
  Privacy Act provisions.....................................1444, 1469
  Project management oversight.....................................2349
  Protection of sensitive security information.....................2187
  Public transportation security grants......................1247, 2359
  Registered Traveler program......................................1462
  Safe and environmentally protective use of granular mine 
      tailings in construction projects............................3314
  Safety systems for Head Start programs...........................1239
  Wildlife.........................................................1624
Travel:
  Anti-money laundering programs for travel agencies...............2454
  Customer identification programs for travel agents...............2437
Travel and transportation expenses:
  Conference registration fee prepayment...........................3412
  Deductions for members of Congress...............................2796
  eGov Travel Service..............................................3411
  Public vouchers..................................................3403
  Relocation allowances............................................3400
  Special needs attendant services.................................3413
  Use of other-than contract city-pair airfares....................3411
  VA beneficiary travel regulations................................2895
Treaties:
  See also Trade agreements
  Chemical Weapons Convention.......................................520
  Publication of international agreements..........................2170
Trucks:
  See Motor carriers
      Motor vehicles
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..................2084
  Disclosure of state wage record information......................2078
  Eligibility regulations..........................................2080
Universities:
  See Colleges and universities
Upward Bound Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Uranium:
  Mill sites..................................................963, 4099
Urban renewal:
  See Community development
Utilities:
  See also Electric utilities
           Natural gas
           Water supply
  Commission authorization to hold interlocking directorates.......3981
  Communication protocols..........................................3951
  Continuity of Operations Plan for emergency situations...........3973
  Electronic filing by persons holding interlocking positions......3953
  Electronic filing of documents.............................3947, 3982
  Electronic filing of twenty largest purchasers information.......3953
  Electronic reporting of electric energy shortages................3979
  Federal Power Act regulations..............................3965, 3966
  FERC policy on enforcement of statutes, orders, rules and 
      regulations..................................................3960

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  Financial accounting, reporting and record retention 
      requirements...........................................3950, 3971
  Financial reporting guidelines...................................3980
  Generator-run status information.................................3954
  Information requirements for available transfer capability.......3955
  Intermittent generator imbalance service schedule................3952
  Market-based rates...................................3949, 3961, 3992
  Oversight of regional transmission organizations and 
      independent system operators.................................3950
  Preventing undue discrimination and preference in transmission 
      services.....................................................3962
  Promoting transmission investment through pricing reform.........3957
  Public Utility Holding Company Act...............................3964
  Rules of practices and procedure concerning issue 
      identification...............................................3989
  Rural Utilities Service:
    Exemption of certain borrowers from controls....................452
    Lien accommodations and subordinations..........................443
    Operational controls............................................453
    Seismic safety requirements.....................................455
    Special equipment contract......................................451
    Specifications for primary underground power cable..............445
    Water and waste disposal loans and grants..................444, 450
  Small power production and cogeneration facility regulations....3959, 
                                                                   3990
  Standards for business practices.................................3951
  Standards of conduct for transmission providers..................3974
  Wind energy development on National Forest System lands...........397
  Wind energy interconnection agreement............................3978


                                   V

Vaccines:
  See Biologics
Vegetables:
  Crop insurance provisions:
    Cabbage.........................................................271
    Mustard.........................................................273
    Northern potato.................................................282
    Sweet corn......................................................280
  Import regulations..................................................4
  Inspection service fees.................................155, 160, 237
  Phytosanitary certificates for imports............................222
Vessels:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Fishing vessels
           Marine safety
           Maritime carriers
           Navigation (water)
           Passenger vessels
  Accident reporting...............................................1364
  Anchorage area regulations.......................................1387
  Anti-money laundering program for businesses engaged in boat 
      sales........................................................2441
  Automatic Identification System....................................56
  Ballast water:
    Exchange guidelines............................................1361
  Captain of the Port areas........................................1385
  Carbon dioxide fire suppression systems on commercial vessels 
                                                                   1409
  Coast Guard escort requirements..................................1391
  Coast Guard marine inspection zone boundaries....................1385
  Commercial diving operations.....................................1398
  Container seals..................................................1418
  Controlled substances............................................1975
  Discharge standards for Armed Forces vessels.....................3335
  Discharge-removal equipment......................................1388
  Documentation....................................................1412
  Emission standards:
    Marine diesel engines...........................................101
    Marine tank vessel loading operations..........................3168
    Shipbuilding and ship repair surface coating...................3171
    Spark ignition marine vessels...................................102
  Lease financing for vessels engaged in coastwise trade...........1412
  Long range identification and tracking data......................1369
  Marking sunken vessels waiver....................................1408
  Notification of arrival and departure..............................56
  Numbering system.................................................1364
  Oil spill liability trust fund:
    Vessel limits of liability.....................................1383
  Outer Continental Shelf activities...............................1376
  Personal flotation device requirements...........................1402
  Pollution prevention equipment...................................1381
  Polychlorinated biphenyls containing.............................3255
  Port restrictions and fees:
    Japanese vessels...............................................4003
  Regattas and marine parades......................................1389
  Safety and security zone regulations.......................1386, 1406
  Satellite earth stations.........................................3830
  Towing vessel inspection regulations.............................1372
  Traffic separation schemes.......................................1362
  Vapor control systems............................................1370
  Vessel repair units consolidation................................2401
  Vessel Traffic Service...........................................1403
Veterans:
  Accrued benefits.................................................2940
  Acquisition regulations:
    Plain language revisions.......................................2947
  Active service certification for individuals and groups..........2968
  Adjudication and fiduciary regulations.........2904, 2951, 2953, 2954
    Forfeiture clarification.......................................2969
  Affirmative action and nondiscrimination obligations of 
      contractors and subcontractors...............................2066
  Alaska Native veteran allotments.................................1907
  Appeals regulations:
    Notice of Disagreement clarification...........................2970
    Public availability of Board decisions.........................2971
    Remand or referral to the Agency of Original Jurisdiction......2921
  Beneficiary travel regulations...................................2895
  Benefits claims..................................................2913
  Burial benefits..................................................2903
    Survivors of Filipino veterans.................................2930
  CHAMPVA Program:
    Coverage for devices and prostheses............................2896
    Delegations of authority.......................................2896
    Dual eligibility...............................................2900
    Preventive services............................................2897
    Qualifying event date..........................................2900
  Claim substantiation regulations.................................2914
  Claims based on aggravation of nonservice-connected disability 
                                                                   2961
  Claims based on service in the Philippine Armed Forces...........2954
  Compensation and pension regulations:
    Bars, forfeiture and renouncement of benefits..................2960
    Concurrent receipt of military retired pay and disability 
        compensation...............................................2938
    Dependents.....................................................2936
    Duties of VA...................................................2956
    Elections of improved pension............................2910, 2957
    General evidence requirements, effective dates, revision of 
        decisions, and protection of existing ratings..............2909
    General provisions.............................................2958
    Payments and adjustments to payments...........................2911
    Payments to beneficiaries who are eligible for more than one 
        benefit....................................................2908
    Rights and responsibilities of claimants and beneficiaries.....2956
    Service-connected disability compensation......................2912
    Special and ancillary benefits for veterans, dependents and 
        survivors..................................................2905

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  Coordination of benefits with TRICARE.............................892
  Debarment and suspension.........................................2943
  Dependency and indemnity compensation:
    Regulation amendment...........................................2959
  Dependent benefits:
    Home-school programs included as educational institutions......2942
  Disability benefit claims........................................2918
  Disability ratings:
    Cardiovascular conditions......................................2963
    Eye, ear, and other sense organs...............................2929
    Hypertension...................................................2963
    Multiple scars.................................................2933
    Respiratory disorders..........................................2963
  Education:
    Centralized certification of benefits..........................2934
    Licensing and certification....................................2931
    Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty..........................2937, 2944
    Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve...........................2946
    Survivors and dependents.................................2902, 2937
    Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act..................2932
    Veterans Programs Enhancement Act..............................2901
  Federal Agency Retail Pharmacy Program...........................3390
  Filipino veterans benefit improvements...........................2930
  Jobs For Veterans Act............................................2150
  Life insurance:
    Traumatic injury protection rider..............................2941
  Loan guaranty:
    Delegation of authority to property management contractor......2967
    Fees and charges...............................................2915
    Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages...............................2907
    Regulation amendments..........................................2935
  Medical benefits:
    Calculation of reasonable charges for inpatient and 
        outpatient services........................................2898
    Care and services during disasters and emergencies.............2899
    Claims file for VA medical examinations and opinions...........2916
    Hospital and outpatient care enrollment........................2950
    Informed consent regulations.............................2925, 2926
    Non-VA service and care........................................2924
    Presumptions of service connection.............................2952
  Notice requirements..............................................2914
  Persian Gulf War:
    Extension of presumptive period for compensation for 
        undiagnosed illnesses......................................2945
  Procedural due process exceptions................................2920
  Psychosis definition.............................................2962
  Reconsideration of decisions on claims for benefits..............2964
  Service organization representatives:
    Accreditation of...............................................2949
  Small businesses:
    Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern Program
                                                                   3627
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era........2066
  Special ratings..................................................2906
  State homes......................................................2923
    Grants for the hiring and retention of nurses..................2927
    Grants to states for construction or acquisition of 
        facilities.................................................2928
  Supplemental statement of the case...............................2922
  Surviving spouses:
    Remarriage of..................................................2965
  Veterans Benefits Act............................................2966
  Veterans Benefits Improvement Act................................2966
  Veterans' preference in Federal hiring...........................3502
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program...........2939, 2955
    Entitlement and termination of entitlement.....................2917
    Redetermination of entitlement to benefits and services........2919
Viruses:
  See Biologics
Visas:
  See Passports and visas
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Referral for services............................................3665
  Veterans...................................................2939, 2955
    Entitlement and termination of entitlement.....................2917
    Redetermination of entitlement to benefits and services........2919
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps:
    *VISTA program.................................................2996
    National Civilian Community Corps..............................2997
  Peace Corps................................................3574, 3575
    Debarment and suspension.......................................3578
    Suspension of eligible enrollments in FEHB program.............3537
    Use of name and logo...........................................3577
Voting rights:
  Language minority provisions.....................................1956
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1953


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Cost-of-living allowances............................3494, 3559, 3560
  Critical position pay authority..................................3493
  Evacuation payments during pandemic health crisis................3514
  Executive branch employees:
    Restriction on private supplementation of salaries.............3470
  Hospice wage index.........................................1154, 1218
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................2061
  IRS broadbanding systems.........................................3501
  Prevailing rate systems..........................................3557
  Regulation amendments................................3504, 3515, 3561
  Senior executive service.........................................3558
    Performance pay................................................3506
  Tipped employees.................................................2061
Warehouses:
  Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................193
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste........................................99, 3315
  Effluent guidelines..................................3347, 3353, 3358
  Financial test criteria..........................................3319
  Hazardous waste management........................................128
  Laboratory waste.................................................3321
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.............................................3304, 3308
  Metals reclamation from electroplating operations................3324
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission guidelines............................................3103
    MACT standards.................................................3186
    New source performance standards...............................3103
  Nuclear waste disposal......................................120, 4112
  Project XL.....................................3011, 3015, 3309, 3326
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................3312
  RUS loans and grants.........................................444, 450
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3374
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards......................3053, 3120, 3124, 3140
    Guideline revisions............................................3322
    Landfill criteria..............................................3322
    Solid waste definition....................................113, 3325
    Tax regulations................................................2720
  Wastewater treatment sludges...............................3305, 3309
    Removal credits................................................3337
  Wet weather condition requirements................................130
Water carriers:
  See Maritime carriers

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Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Clean Water Act..................................................3348
    Cooling water intake structures................................3360
    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3346
    Test procedures........................3338, 3340, 3348, 3349, 3350
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................872
  Concentrated animal feeding operation rule........................131
  Direct application of pesticides to waters in compliance with 
      FIFRA........................................................3342
  Effluent guidelines:
    Airport deicing operations.....................................3355
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3353
    Drinking water treatment plants................................3356
    Program plan.............................................3341, 3359
    Recodification of..............................................3354
  Grassroots source water protection program........................190
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management.......................................1361
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1377, 1393
    Response plans for oil.............................1377, 1394, 1397
  Mining operations..................................................62
  NPDES permits..............................................3336, 3352
    Water transfers rule............................................132
  Radon............................................................3366
  Removal credits..................................................3337
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3336
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..........111, 129
  Storm water permit requirements for oil and gas activities.......3361
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3351
  Trace metals criteria............................................3348
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards..................3335
  Water quality standards....................................3349, 3350
    Ambient water quality criteria for recreational waters.........3357
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3349, 3350
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Environmental quality requirements..............................874
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1361
  Ground water resource management policy...........................393
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1892
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Drinking water:
    Aircraft public water system regulations.......................3371
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3367
    Bottled water..................................................1013
    Contaminants.......................................3362, 3363, 3366
    Copper levels..................................................3365
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program............................98
    Fecal contamination............................................3373
    Lead levels....................................................3365
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).............................3368
    National Primary Drinking Water Regulations review.............3372
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3281
    State underground injection control programs...................3370
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3338
    Total coliform rule............................................3369
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3364
  Groundwater protection.....................................3239, 3373
  Methylmercury water quality standards.............................133
  Regulating non-contract use of Colorado River water..............1891
  RUS loans and grants.........................................444, 450
  Servicing loans and grants........................................448
Water transportation:
  See Harbors
      Marine safety
      Maritime carriers
      Navigation (water)
      Vessels
Waterfowl:
  See Wildlife
Waterfront facilities:
  See Harbors
Watershed:
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................418
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................417
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....................................1379
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act........................................3518, 3566
  Research misconduct..............................................1120
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Birds:
    Standards for humane handling, care, treatment and 
        transportation................................................2
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1701
  Captive-reared mallards..........................................1742
  Duck stamp contest regulations.............................1726, 1778
  Eagles...........................................................1686
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1702
    Transport of feathers..........................................1752
  Endangered and threatened:
    Conservation education.........................................1746
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1694
  Endangered Species Act...........................................1634
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1623
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1958
  Exportation......................................................1624
  Falcons and falconry.............................................1687
  Grizzly Bear management...........................................413
  Importation................................................1624, 1754
  Injurious............................................1697, 1732, 1753
    Black carp.....................................................1688
  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations....................1637, 1650, 1692, 1751, 1775
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1696
    List revision..................................................1684
    Management of resident Canada geese population.................1744
    Permits......................................1683, 1700, 1750, 1766
    Possession for educational purposes............................1630
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1628
  Subsistence management.......578, 1657, 1671, 1703, 1707, 1724, 1762, 
                                                                   1781
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1622
  Transportation...................................................1624
  Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1626, 1690, 1754
Wildlife refuges:
  Hunting and fishing regulations............................1717, 1771
  Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge Permit requirement...............1764
  Mission, goals, and purposes...............................1739, 1770
  Mosquito management..............................................1638
  National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1739
  Regional offices.................................................1722
  Strategic growth.................................................1756
  Tribal annual funding agreements.................................1641
  Wilderness stewardship...........................................1708
Wine:
  Alcohol content labeling.........................................2492
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2522

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  Imported.........................................................2502
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2497
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2514
  Sherry...........................................................2528
  Standards of fill................................................2480
  Taxes......................................................2512, 2527
  Terms used on labels and in advertisements.......................2479
  Vintage date requirements..................................2531, 2549
  Viticultural areas....2485, 2486, 2487, 2488, 2489, 2490, 2498, 2501, 
           2503, 2505, 2506, 2507, 2508, 2516, 2518, 2519, 2520, 2521, 
           2530, 2532, 2533, 2537, 2538, 2539, 2540, 2541, 2542, 2543, 
                                           2544, 2545, 2546, 2547, 2548
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2093
  Nutrition education participant contacts..........................335
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.......................2034
  Violence Against Women Act.......................................1596
  Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Assistance Program 
                                                                   3619
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................303
    Food package revision............................................12
    Program administration and operation............................328
    Vendor-related provisions..............................11, 315, 319
Wood:
  See Forests and forest products


                                   Y

Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Abstinence education.............................................1234
  Chafee National Youth in Transition Database.....................1238
  Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas.............308   
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