[Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions]
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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 82 / Monday, April 30, 2007 / Subject 
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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 82 / Monday, April 30, 2007 / Subject 
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              F. SUBJECT INDEX TO THE UNIFIED AGENDA

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Accounting:
  Change in method definition......................................2538
  EBSA accountant independence requirements........................1804
  Employee stock ownership plan costs..............................3130
  FDIC annual independent audits...................................3544
  FMS claims.......................................................2156
  HUD independent public accountant roster.........................1279
  International accounting standards...............................3815
  Local exchange carrier requirements..............................3530
  Maritime mobile radio services...................................3436
  Mark-to-market accounting............................2272, 2377, 2380
  Non-operating public utilities and licensees requirements........3582
Acquisition regulations:
  See Government procurement
Additives:
  See Fuel additives
Administrative practice and procedure:
  See also Claims
           Environmental impact statements
           Freedom of information
           Privacy
  AID..............................................................2674
  Coast Guard......................................................1124
  CSREES.............................................................87
  DOD...............................................................685
  FTC..............................................................3627
  FWS..............................................................1373
  Hearing and appeal procedures:
    CNCS...........................................................2693
    DHS............................................................1072
    HUD............................................................1285
    Medicare enrollment.............................................915
    NIGC...........................................................3681
    OPM............................................................3203
    Peace Corps....................................................3215
    Treasury Department............................................2253
    USDA............................................................112
  INS..............................................................1709
  IRS..............................................................2247
  OPM..............................................................3154
  Peace Corps......................................................3216
  Rulemaking:
    IRS............................................................2252
    USDA............................................................188
  SSA........................................................3288, 3289
  USDA..............................................................109
Adoption and foster care:
  Aliens:
    Classification as children of U.S. citizens....................1059
  Analysis and reporting system....................................1006
  Intercountry adoptions.........................1063, 1852, 1871, 1877
  Privatizing functions............................................1007
  TRICARE requirements for intermediaries......................694, 710
Advertising:
  Alcoholic beverages..................................2167, 2169, 2219
  Commodity pool operators and trading advisors regulations........3363
  FDIC membership..................................................3556
  Organic claims for alcoholic beverages...........................2207
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................3628
  Television.......................................................3454
  Unfair or deceptive practices....................................3629
  Winemaking terms.................................................2214
Affirmative action plans:
  See Equal employment opportunity
Aged:
  See also Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
  HUD-assisted housing:
    Pet ownership..................................................1280
  Nondiscrimination:
    Coverage under ADEA............................................3043
    Disparate impact...............................................3046
    EPA-assisted programs..........................................2706
    GSA............................................................3056
    HUD............................................................1277
    NARA...........................................................3097
    SSA............................................................3293
  Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly...................1001
  Senior Community Service Employment Program......................1772
    Performance accountability.....................................1778
  Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program..........................176
Agricultural commodities:
  See also Commodity futures
           Crop insurance
           Fruits
           Grains
           Vegetables
  Acreage reporting..................................................40
  AID transactions...........................................2674, 2675
  Citrus canker quarantine...........................................78
  Commodity Credit Corporation:
    Debt collection and settlement regulations.......................26
    Indian tribe definition for payment eligibility and 
        limitation...................................................45
    Procurement for foreign donation.................................42
    Quality Samples Program.........................................202
  Compensation for certified citrus nursery stock destroyed to 
      control citrus canker..........................................76
  Cotton:
    Boll weevil quarantine and regulations...........................64
  Country of origin labeling.........................................14
  EPA crop grouping regulations....................................2909
  Genetically engineered organisms and products:
    Sharing confidential business information........................54
  Grains............................................................129
    Barley protein testing fees.....................................135
    Marketing assistance loans.......................................32
  Honey:
    Research and promotion program....................................2
  Hurricane Disaster Assistance Programs.............................43
  Karnal bunt compensation...........................................73
  Mark-to-market accounting........................................2380
  National Organic Program.........................................1, 3
    National list of allowed and prohibited substances 
        regulations..................................................11
  Ocean freight claims...............................................22
  Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act............................10
  Rice:
    Inspection service fees.........................................137
    Standards for...................................................130
  Sorghum standards.................................................133
  Soybeans:
    Request for public comment on U.S. standards....................128
  Sugar:
    Marketing allocations............................................33
    Reassignment of allocation shortfalls............................31
    Reexport programs...............................................201
  Tobacco:
    Inspection........................................................8

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Agricultural research:
  Matching fund requirements at Land-Grant Institutions..............86
  Non-assistance cooperative agreements..............................19
  Non-formula grant program administration...........................88
  Research misconduct for extramural research.......................261
Agriculture:
  See also Agricultural commodities
           Agricultural research
           Food assistance programs
           Foods
           Forests and forest products
           Irrigation
           Pesticides and pests
           Rural areas
  Administrative regulations........................................109
  Biobased products.......................262, 264, 265, 266, 291, 3340
  CERCLA notification requirements.................................2998
  Conservation contract debt write-down..............................28
  Conservation program information confidentiality..................290
  Conservation Security Program.....................................288
  Defense priorities and allocations system..........................39
  Disaster assistance programs.......................................44
  Emergency Conservation Program.....................................30
  Farm Bill of 2002:
    Assistance for livestock producers...............................23
    Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program....270, 271, 274, 275
  Farm income averaging regulations..........................2300, 2438
  Farm Service Agency:
    Appraisal requirements for farm ownership loans..................35
    Debt collection and settlement regulations.......................26
    Disaster declaration and designation.............................27
    Environmental compliance regulation..............................25
    Guaranteed farm loan fees........................................29
    Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Program...........................34
    Interest assistance program......................................41
    Interest rates on guaranteed loans...............................38
    Interest to be paid on loss claims...............................20
    Regulatory streamlining of direct farm loan programs.............21
    Selection of state and county committees.........................24
  Farm Storage Facility Loan Program.................................36
  Fee rates for science and technology laboratory services............9
  Funding requirements for extension activities at Land-Grant 
      Institutions...............................................85, 86
  Grassroots source water protection program.........................37
  Guaranteed farm loan regulations..................................269
    Socio-economic benefit assessment system...................270, 271
  Hurricane Disaster Assistance Programs.............................43
  National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program............89
  National security emergency loans.................................276
  Nonprocurement regulations........................................263
  Pesticide agricultural container recycling program...............2910
  Pesticides exposure protection...................................2907
  Renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements 
      program.......................................................271
  Small Business Innovation Research Grants Program..................87
  Technical assistance and training..................................94
  Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Act program.....................90
Aid to Families with Dependent Children:
  See Public assistance programs
AIDS:
  Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program..............1335
Air carriers:
  See also Air rates and fares
  Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of 
      aircraft from foreign areas..................................1177
  Air-ground telecommunications services...........................3508
  Aviation data requirements.......................................1895
  Cargo security...................................................1208
  Continuing fitness determinations................................1888
  Denied boarding compensation.....................................1881
  DOD international air freight traffic requirements................690
  Domestic baggage liability.......................................1900
  Enhanced security rules for foreign carriers.....................1225
  FAA direct final rule process....................................1936
  Fees for certification services and approvals performed outside 
      the US.......................................................1935
  Hazardous substance transportation...............................2077
    Fuel cells transported in carry-on baggage.....................2058
  Income source rules..............................................2250
  Inspection authorization renewal period..........................1938
  Lithium batteries transport prohibition..........................2063
  Oversales compensation...........................................1881
  Passenger facility charge program................................1931
  Passengers:
    Accommodations for deaf and hard of hearing individuals........1890
    Child restraint systems........................................1958
    Manifest information...........................................1192
    Nondiscrimination..............................................1887
    Oxygen use.....................................................1886
    Passenger Name Record information........................1189, 1204
    Security service fee...........................................1209
  Pilots:
    Age 65 upper age limit.........................................1919
  Security infrastructure fees.....................................1210
  Submission of data via the Internet..............................2080
Air fares:
  See Air rates and fares
Air pollution control:
  See also Motor vehicle pollution
  Accidental release prevention....................................2842
  Acid Rain Program..........................................2775, 2807
  Air quality data affected by exceptional, natural, and 
      international events.........................................2886
  Air quality index reporting......................................2765
  Air quality resources:
    Class I area designations......................................2845
  Air quality standards......................................2857, 2871
  Alternative emissions monitoring and testing.....................2862
  Ambient air quality monitoring.....2752, 2758, 2781, 2831, 2843, 2865
  Carbon monoxide..................................................2843
  Clean Air Act........................................2718, 2753, 2761
  Clean Air Interstate Rule..................................2775, 2896
  Clean Air Mercury Rules..............................2775, 2827, 2895
  Continuous instrumental test methods.............................2832
  Continuous parameter monitoring systems....................2722, 2826
  Control techniques guidelines....................................2767
  Corn milling facilities..........................................2817
  Delisting hazardous pollutants.......................2846, 2847, 2855
  Denver early action compact......................................2763
  Electric generating units..................................2743, 2828
  Electric utility steam generating units..........................2826
  Emission control diagnostic systems..............................2793
  Emission reporting requirements..................................2808
  Emissions from animal feeding operations.........................2878
  Emissions monitoring program.........................2722, 2783, 2807
    Combustion flue gas stream systems.............................2829
  Emissions standards:
    Aerosol coatings...............................................2755
    All-terrain vehicles...........................................2776
    Architectural coatings.........................................2861
    Coke ovens.....................................................2780
    Component durability procedures................................2805
    Corn wet milling operations....................................2840
    Defect reporting for on-highway motor vehicles and engines.....2815
    Diesel engines and fuels.......................................2810
    Electric utility steam generating units........................2895
    Equipment leaks................................................2814
    Exemption for US Territories...................................2889

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    Hospital/medical/infectious waste incineration units...........2762
    HOV facilities rule............................................2754
    Hydrogen fluoride production...................................2780
    Large municipal waste combustors...............................2771
    Locomotive engines.............................................2725
    Marine diesel engines..........................................2725
    Navajo generating station................................2777, 2778
    New marine engines.................................2715, 2780, 2834
    New motor vehicles.............................................2754
    Permit requirements............................................2780
    Petroleum refineries...........................................2756
    Radionuclides............................................2716, 2835
    Semiconductor facilities.................................2780, 2818
    Spark-ignition engines.........................................2798
    Stationary combustion turbine..................................2866
    VOC standards..................................................2719
  Emissions trades.................................................2852
  Export of Class I substances.....................................2823
  Fine particulate matter..........................................2781
  Flexible air permit rule.........................................2731
  Fuels and fuel additives.............................2779, 2813, 2837
    Volatility standard for Alaska.................................2825
  Gas turbines.....................................................2846
  Gasoline anti-dumping program........................2786, 2789, 2791
  Hazardous air pollutants....2746, 2750, 2764, 2818, 2844, 2850, 2851, 
                                                             2876, 2951
  HCFC pre-charged products........................................2751
  Industrial-commercial-institutional steam generating units.......2894
  Inspection/maintenance programs..................................2788
  Lead.............................................................2758
  MACT standards.................................2759, 2762, 2769, 2771
  Maintenance and repair activities................................2856
  Methyl bromide.................................2714, 2724, 2774, 2888
  Mobile sources...................................................2875
  Monitoring requirements..........................................2857
  NESHAP:
    Area source standards..........................................2812
    Autobody refinishing...........................................2741
    Chemical preparations industry.................................2747
    Clay ceramics industry.........................................2880
    Cogeneration unit definition...................................2775
    Copper smelters................................................2887
    Defense land systems...........................................2735
    Elastomers.....................................................2844
    Electric arc furnace manufacturing.............................2733
    Ethylene oxide.................................................2797
    Ferroalloys production.........................................2864
    Gasoline distribution facilities...............................2803
    General provisions.......................................2734, 2785
    Glass manufacturing industry...................................2726
    Halogenated solvent cleaning...................................2784
    Hazardous Organic NESHAP.......................................2874
    Hazardous waste combustors...............................2850, 2851
    Industrial inorganic chemicals manufacturing...................2727
    Industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers and process 
        heaters..............................................2730, 2884
    Iron and steel foundries.................................2728, 2736
    Lead acid battery manufacturing................................2746
    Mercury cell chlor-alkali plants...............................2863
    Metal fabrication and finishing source.........................2867
    Municipal solid waste landfills................................2795
    Nonferrous metals..............................................2732
    Oil and natural gas production.................................2877
    Organic chemical manufacturing.................................2764
    Organic liquid distribution....................................2860
    Paint and allied products industry.............................2748
    Plating and polishing..........................................2729
    Pollution prevention alternative compliance....................2785
    Polymers and resins............................................2873
    Polyvinyl chloride and copolymers production...................2744
    Portland cement manufacturing industry...................2768, 2872
    Shipbuilding and ship repair operations........................2830
    Site remediation.........................................2745, 2879
    Source categories........................................2785, 2821
    Startup, shutdown and malfunction provisions...................2841
    Surface coating of automobiles and light-duty trucks...........2806
    Synthetic organic chemicals....................................2874
    Taconite iron ore processing...................................2858
    Thermoplastics.................................................2844
  New source performance standards...2766, 2804, 2814, 2826, 2866, 2894
    Mineral dryers/calciners.......................................2870
    Nonmetallic minerals...........................................2868
    Portland Cement................................................2869
  New source review.....2737, 2743, 2756, 2760, 2792, 2817, 2822, 2824, 
                                                       2828, 2856, 2881
  New stationary sources.........................2780, 2821, 2892, 2893
  Nitrogen oxides................................2807, 2848, 2865, 2894
  Opacity measurement of emissions.................................2783
  Operating permits..........................................2862, 2890
    Compliance monitoring..........................................2738
  Ozone and ozone precursors:
    8-hour standard............2763, 2813, 2828, 2854, 2859, 2891, 2897
    Global lab and analytical use exemption........................2773
    National ambient air quality standards......2742, 2763, 2828, 2859, 
                                                             2891, 2897
    Protection of stratospheric ozone.......825, 826, 2714, 2720, 2724, 
           2749, 2751, 2773, 2774, 2796, 2799, 2800, 2801, 2802, 2809, 
                                     2819, 2823, 2833, 2836, 2882, 2888
    Transport................................................2739, 2848
  Particulate matter.............................2752, 2772, 2822, 2826
  PCB manufacturing................................................2923
  Performance Track program........................................2975
  Performance-based measurement system for fuels...................2723
  Polymer exemption rule...........................................2931
  Potential to emit limits.........................................2753
  Prevention of significant deterioration.......2737, 2743, 2760, 2761, 
                                                 2772, 2792, 2824, 2856
  Project XL.......................................................2709
  Reciprocating internal combustion engines..................2804, 2812
  Risk and technology review.......................................2769
  Risk management plans:
    Public access to information...................................2842
  Significant harm level...........................................2765
  Solid waste incinerators.......................2766, 2811, 2892, 2893
  Source category list.............................................2876
  State implementation plans...............2721, 2781, 2840, 2853, 2859
  Sulfur oxides..............................................2787, 2871
  Synthetic organic chemicals manufacturing........................2782
  Transportation conformity........................................2820
  Tribal implementation plans......................................2859
  Volatile organic compounds........2719, 2755, 2757, 2767, 2770, 2782, 
                                                       2794, 2840, 2885
Air rates and fares:
  Aviation data requirements.......................................1895
  Oversales and denied boarding compensation.......................1881
Air safety:
  See Aviation safety
Air tariffs:
  See Air rates and fares
Air traffic control:
  Automatic Dependent Surveillance--Broadcast equipage mandate.....1914
  Emergency security control...................................591, 622
  Retirement coverage of air traffic controllers...................3188

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Air transportation:
  See also Air carriers
           Air rates and fares
           Aircraft
           Airmen
           Airports
           Airspace
           Aviation safety
           Navigation (air)
  DOD international air freight traffic requirements................690
  Electronic presentation of cargo data............................1190
  Excise taxes.....................................................2536
  Nondiscrimination................................................1887
  On-demand air taxi services:
    Disclosure to consumers........................................1898
  Small business size standards....................................3254
Aircraft:
  Aging aircraft:
    Type certificate and supplemental type certificate holder 
        data.......................................................1930
  Airworthiness directives and standards........1906, 1916, 1922, 1929, 
                                           1933, 1934, 1942, 1943, 1944
  Amateur rocketry safety regulations..............................1910
  Anti-money laundering program for businesses engaged in 
      airplane sales...............................................2130
  Area navigation..................................................1921
  Automatic Dependent Surveillance--Broadcast equipage mandate.....1914
  Aviation Radio Service...........................................3514
  Cockpit voice recorder requirements..............................1923
  Commuter operations in very light jets...........................1951
  Electrical and electronic system standards.......................1925
  Engine bird ingestion............................................1933
  Engine control system requirements...............................1915
  Engine standards for life-limited parts..........................1932
  Export licensing jurisdiction.....................................346
  Export restrictions...............................................329
  Extended operations of multi-engine airplanes....................1954
  Extinguishing agent container requirements.......................1940
  Flight data recorder regulations.....................1907, 1923, 1946
  Halon-1301 fire extinguishing vessels............................2799
  Hazardous material transportation................................2075
  Inspection authorization renewal period..........................1938
  Light-sport aircraft.............................................1939
  Maintenance:
    Aging aircraft.................................................1924
  Non-fixed-wing aircraft:
    Nationality and registration marks.............................1941
  Ownership transfer notification..................................1948
  Parachute equipment and packing..................................1908
  Private charter security rules...................................1213
  Propeller requirements...........................................1916
  Public water system regulations..................................3030
  Registration re-registration and renewal.........................1911
  Repair stations:
    Ratings and quality system.....................................1903
    Security requirements..........................................1219
  Rotorcraft.......................................................1922
  Rotorcraft turbine engines one-engine-inoperative ratings........1917
  Security programs for aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or more 
                                                                   1212
  Special training, experience, and operating requirements for 
      Mitsubishi MU-2B series airplane.............................1937
  Transponders.....................................................1902
  Transport category:
    Airworthiness directives and standards.............1904, 1912, 1926
    Crew discreet alerting systems.................................1927
    Fire penetration resistance requirements.......................1957
    Flight deck door monitoring....................................1927
    Fuel tank flammability reduction...............................1928
    Fuel tank system safety........................................1929
    Ice protection activation......................................1912
    Performance and handling qualities in icing conditions.........1926
    Security related considerations in design and operation........1905
    Thermal acoustic insulation....................................1957
    Wiring system safety...........................................1929
  Turbine aircraft engines.........................................1934
Aircraft pilots:
  See Airmen
Airlines:
  See Air carriers
Airmen:
  Age 65 upper age limit for pilots................................1919
  Counterfeit-resistant certification requirements.................1948
  Crewmembers and aircraft dispatchers qualification, service and 
      use..........................................................1918
  Criminal history background checks...............................1215
  Fees for certification services and approvals performed outside 
      the US.......................................................1935
  Flight crewmember duty limitations and rest requirements.........1952
  Flight training for aliens.................................1218, 1246
  Medical certificate duration.....................................1913
  Special training, experience, and operating requirements for 
      Mitsubishi MU-2B series airplane.............................1937
  Training requirements for flight under visual flight rules in 
      the Washington, DC zone......................................1949
  Training, qualification, certification and operating 
      requirements.................................................1909
Airplanes:
  See Aircraft
Airports:
  Accommodations for deaf and hard of hearing individuals..........1890
  Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of 
      aircraft from foreign areas..................................1177
  Chicago O'Hare International Airport:
    Congestion and delay reduction.................................1959
  Concessions:
    Disadvantaged business enterprise participation................1891
  Criminal history background checks for escorted access...........1224
  Criminal history background checks for operators.................1215
  Customs security area access.....................................1188
  Effluent limitations for deicing operations......................3018
  Enhanced security procedures within the Washington, DC 
      Metropolitan Area Flight Restricted Zone.....................1220
  LaGuardia Airport:
    Congestion management rule.....................................1950
  Private land mobile radio services...............................3512
  Reimbursement of general aviation operators and service 
      providers in the Washington, DC area.........................1885
  Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:
    Enhanced security procedures for certain operations............1222
  Small business size standards....................................3254
Airspace:
  Regulations, routine issue of....................................1945
  Use and preservation of..........................................1920
  Washington, DC metropolitan area...........................1947, 1949
Airways:
  See Airspace
Airworthiness directives and standards:
  See Aircraft
Alaska Natives:
  See Indians
Alcohol abuse:
  Mine personnel...................................................1819
  Transportation workplace testing...........................1889, 1894
Alcohol and alcoholic beverages:
  See also Beer
           Liquors
           Wine
  Advertising regulations....................................2167, 2169
  Distilled spirits plant regulations..............................2182

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  Excise taxes.....................................................2190
  Formula submission form..........................................2185
  Import and export regulations....................................2166
  Labeling regulations.................................2167, 2169, 2189
  Nonbeverage product formulas.....................................2186
  Organic claims in labeling and advertising.......................2207
  Specially denatured alcohol regulations..........................2166
  Standards of fill................................................2213
  Standards of identity for distilled spirits......................2171
Aliens:
  See also Citizenship and naturalization
           Immigration
           Refugees
  Adjustment of status........1080, 1088, 1090, 1094, 1095, 1097, 1099, 
                                                             1107, 1714
  Adoptions:
    Classification as children of U.S. citizens....................1059
  American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act.....1048, 1646
  Arriving aliens definition.......................................1197
  Asylum...........................................................1089
    Interpreter services during interviews.........................1073
  Battered and abused spouses and children...................1060, 1699
  Border crossing cards:
    Elimination of.................................................1186
  Children:
    Care and placement of unaccompanied children...................1005
    Certificate of citizenship application.........................1092
    Child Status Protection Act..............................1051, 1874
  Conditional residents:
    Termination of marriage........................................1061
  Consent to reapply for admission after removal...................1049
  Criminal convictions:
    Early release for removal of aliens in custody for nonviolent 
        offenses...................................................1239
  Custody procedures...............................................1236
  Deportability and inadmissibility on public charge grounds.......1084
  Deportation proceedings:
    Power of Attorney General......................................1240
    Suspension.........................................1082, 1699, 1704
  Detention of aliens subject to final orders of removal.....1235, 1250
  Diversity visas..................................................1865
  Documents required for entering U.S. ports-of-entry..............1184
  Driver's license and identification card standards...............1023
  Duty to surrender when ordered removed from the United States 
                                                                   1713
  Employment:
    Australian nonimmigrants in specialty occupations..............1777
    EB-5 classification......................................1050, 1712
    Eligibility for certain scientists and engineers...............1070
    Eligibility verification.......................................1867
    International broadcasters.....................................1111
    Labor certification process..............................1054, 1776
    Post-adjudication audits of H-2B petitions.....................1775
    Premium processing service for petitions and applications.....1064, 
                                                                   1117
    Temporary nonagricultural services or labor....................1101
    Treatment of employers who receive no-match letters............1238
    Verification documents.........................................1078
  Evidence processing timeframe....................................1069
  Exchange visitors:
    Certification fees.............................................1232
    Eligibility....................................................1862
    Interns..................................................1861, 1869
    Revocation process.............................................1855
    Secondary school students......................................1856
    Sponsor site visits............................................1862
  Expedited removal:
    Custody and bond eligibility...................................1249
  Extension of time limit on admission of Mexican nationals........1202
  Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry..............1187
  F-1 visas:
    Period of time students may be admitted before academic 
        program start date.........................................1076
  Fingerprinting.......................................1081, 1110, 1875
  Firearm purchase requirements....................................1662
  Flight training............................................1218, 1246
  H-1B petition fees...............................................1105
  Health care workers........................................1104, 1864
  Illegal entry:
    Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives 
        regulations................................................1667
  Inadmissability:
    Trackers in persons............................................1870
    Unlawful voters................................................1866
  Inspection and expedited removal.................................1195
  International-to-International Program...........................1201
  Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program....1056, 1075, 1868
  Legal Immigration Family Equity Act........................1095, 1096
  Medicaid documentation requirements...............................971
  Medical examination requirements..................................789
  Medical grounds of inadmissibility and waivers...................1113
  National interest waivers for physicians.........................1086
  Naturalization of aliens serving in the Armed Forces and their 
      dependents....................................................608
  Nonimmigrant classes:
    Academic honoraria for B visa status...........................1091
    Border commuter students.......................................1245
    Change of status prior to pursuing a course of study...........1100
    Denial of applications by schools for approval to enroll 
        students...................................................1244
    Documentation of professionals.................................1876
    Duration of status limitations.................................1243
    Eliminating numerical cap on Mexican TN visas..................1103
    Firearm prohibitions...........................................1655
    K classification...............................................1096
    Nurses...................................................1087, 1779
    Petitioning requirements.......................................1116
    Registration and monitoring policies...........................1242
    Spouses and children of lawful permanent residents.............1065
    Student and Exchange Visitor Program school recertification 
                                                       1229, 1231, 1247
    Suspension of employment authorization requirements for F-1 
        students...................................................1106
    Temporary workers........................................1101, 1767
    Victims of trafficking or criminal activity........1066, 1067, 1098
    Visa exemption for nationals of the British Virgin Islands 
        entering the U.S. through St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
                                                                   1199
  Permanent residence cards replacement............................1055
  Powers and duties of service officers............................1710
  Refugee status...................................................1085
  Registration requirements........................................1052
  Religious workers................................................1047
  Removal of visa and passport waiver for residents of Canada and 
      Bermuda......................................................1198
  Removal orders...................................................1233
  Removal proceedings................1107, 1195, 1701, 1710, 1711, 1714
  Reporting requirements for deposit interest paid to 
      nonresidents.................................................2393
  Social security regulations:
    Additional insured status requirements for workers.............3277
    Benefits for lawfully present aliens...........................1079
    Coverage of work performed by nonresident aliens...............3279
  Syrian nationals.................................................1097
  Temporary protected status.......................................1053
  Trafficking victims..............................................1234
  Transit without visa.............................................1201
  United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology 
      Program................................................1028, 1039

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  Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act................................1048
  Visa Waiver Program..............................................1194
  Waiver of fees...................................................1112
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................68, 75, 190, 855, 878
  Bovine tuberculosis................................................49
  Chronic wasting disease in elk and deer............................72
  Contagious equine metritis:
    Exemption for noncompetitive entertainment horses................58
  Foot-and-mouth disease.............................................71
  Highly pathogenic avian influenza..................................69
  Low pathogenic avian influenza.....................................66
  Quarantine facilities for horses...................................67
  Trichinae..........................................................50
Animal drugs:
  Designation for minor use and minor species..................859, 860
  Import tolerances.................................................816
  Registration and listing requirements.............................830
  Supplements regulations...........................................886
  Use of materials derived from cattle..............................879
Animal feeds:
  See Animal drugs
Animal welfare:
  Birds..............................................................51
  Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2095
  Marine mammals.......48, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 461, 462, 
                                   492, 493, 495, 550, 1397, 1489, 1573
  Minimum age requirements for transport.............................55
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research 
      chimpanzees...................................................908
  Transportation on international carriers.........................1384
Animals:
  See also Animal diseases
           Animal drugs
           Animal welfare
           Livestock
           Wildlife
  Air emissions from feeding operations............................2878
  Genetically engineered animals regulation..........................47
  Imports:
    Dog and Cat Protection Act.....................................2095
    Foreign quarantine regulations..................................784
  National Veterinary Accreditation Program..........................53
  Transgenic.......................................................2957
Annuities:
  See Pensions
Antidumping:
  Administrative Protective Order procedures........................310
  Baseline recalculation for downstream oxygenate addition.........2791
  Certification of factual information..............................308
  Document submission procedures....................................310
  Sunset reviews....................................................307
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
  Historical research in the files of the Office of the Secretary 
      of Defense....................................................598
  NARA:
    Classified national security information.......................3090
    Debarment and suspension.......................................3099
    Federal records management...............................3086, 3093
    Freedom of information...................................3089, 3094
    Inspection of personal property in the possession of facility 
        visitors...................................................3098
    National security information standard forms...................3092
    Nondiscrimination..................................3095, 3096, 3097
    Presidential library facilities................................3085
    Self-service reproduction fees.................................3091
    Testimony by employees and production of records in legal 
        proceedings................................................3087
    Use of meeting rooms and public space..........................3088
Armed forces:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
           Military personnel
           Selective Service System
  Air Force:
    Air Force Academy Preparatory School............................691
    Incidental taking of marine mammals........................459, 550
  Armed services exchange regulations...............................589
  Army:
    Processing claims against the US................................678
    Processing claims on behalf of the US...........................679
  Army Corps of Engineers:
    Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking..................682
    Discharge of dredged material definition........................681
    Nationwide Permit Program regulations...........................683
    Protection of historic properties...............................680
  CHAMPUS.......................................697, 698, 699, 700, 701
    TRICARE......692, 693, 694, 695, 696, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 
                                           708, 709, 710, 711, 712, 713
  Coast Guard:
    Ballast water discharge standards..............................1164
    Captain of the Port areas......................................1147
    Carbon dioxide fire suppression systems on commercial vessels
                                                                   1134
    Cargo securing.................................................1163
    Commercial diving operations...................................1161
    Dry cargo residue on the Great Lakes...........................1170
    Escort requirements for vessels in U.S. waters.................1155
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1141, 1157
    Internal organization..........................................1147
    Landowner defenses to liability under the Oil Pollution Act 
                                                                   1135
    Marine inspection zone boundaries..............................1147
    Merchant mariners............................1136, 1167, 1168, 1172
    Numbering of undocumented barges...............................1159
    One-step turnkey design-build contracts........................1027
    Pollution prevention equipment.................................1145
    Propeller injury prevention....................................1123
    Regulated navigation areas.....................................1156
    Rules of practice..............................................1124
    Safety and security zone regulations...............1148, 1169, 1176
    Towing vessel inspection regulations...........................1173
    Vessel response plans for oil......................1141, 1158, 1160
    Waterfront liquefied natural gas facility requirements.........1138
    Whistleblower protection.......................................1143
  Delinquent indebtedness of military services personnel............596
  Discharge standards for vessels..................................3002
  Historical research in the files of the Office of the Secretary 
      of Defense....................................................598
  Incidental take of migratory birds during military readiness.....1485

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  Jury service by active duty members...............................623
  Naturalization of aliens serving in the Armed Forces and their 
      dependents....................................................608
  Navy:
    Acquisition regulations.........................................684
    Administrative processing and consideration of claims...........685
    Admiralty claims regulations....................................689
    Incidental taking of marine mammals...455, 456, 457, 458, 460, 462, 
                                                                    492
    Personnel claims regulations....................................686
  Policies regarding contractor personnel authorized to accompany 
      U.S. Armed Forces.............................................639
  Policy concerning organizations seeking to represent or 
      organize members in negotiation or collective bargaining......619
  Ready Reservists:
    Screening policies..............................................601
  Recruiting and program access at institutions of higher 
      education.....................................................600
  Reemployment.....................................................3172
  Selected Reserve:
    Evaluation factor for employing or subcontracting with..........643
  Selective service regulation.....................................3237
  Service Academies:
    Policy, responsibilities and oversight..........................603
Arms and munitions:
  Acquisition regulations......................................642, 673
  Carriage of concealed weapons by law enforcement officers........1722
  Child Safety Lock Act of 2005....................................1651
  Commerce in......................................................1653
    Bulk salutes definition........................................1659
    Illegal alien definition.......................................1667
    Separation distances of ammonium nitrate from explosives.......1665
    Storage of shock tube with detonators..........................1659
  DOD contractors' safety manual....................................606
  Excise taxes...............................................2180, 2199
  Explosives and small arms manufacturing safety regulations.......1835
  Explosives safety..........................................1660, 1664
  Export controls....................................345, 350, 594, 614
  Imports..............................................1658, 2180, 2199
  Nonimmigrant alien prohibitions..................................1655
  Pistol definition................................................1656
  Propellant actuated device definition............................1657
  Residency requirements for purchasers............................1662
  Secure gun storage...............................................1663
Asbestos:
  Exposure limit...................................................1815
  Model accreditation plan.........................................2944
Asylum:
  See Immigration
Atomic energy:
  See Nuclear energy
Attorneys:
  See Lawyers
Auditing:
  See Accounting
Authority delegations:
  Civil penalty issuance...........................................1698
  DHS..............................................................1035
  FCC..............................................................3495
  Forest Service....................................................251
  HHS...............................................................790
  Immigration judges...............................................1698
  INS..............................................................1705
  VA...................................................2596, 2638, 2672
Automatic data processing:
  See Computer technology
Automobiles:
  See Motor vehicles
Aviation safety:
  Aging aircraft...................................................1924
    Type certificate and supplemental type certificate holder 
        data.......................................................1930
  Air tour and sightseeing operations..............................1953
  Airworthiness directives and standards........1906, 1916, 1922, 1929, 
                                                       1933, 1934, 1943
  Amateur rocketry safety regulations..............................1910
  Aviation Security Infrastructure Fee.............................1221
  Cargo security...................................................1208
  Child restraint systems..........................................1958
  Civil aviation security rules....................................1211
  Crewmembers and aircraft dispatchers qualification, service and 
      use..........................................................1918
  Engine bird ingestion............................................1933
  Engine control system requirements...............................1915
  Engine standards for life-limited parts..........................1932
  Extinguishing agent container requirements.......................1940
  Fire penetration resistance requirements.........................1957
  Flight crewmember duty limitations and rest requirements.........1952
  Flight rules...............................................1942, 1944
  Fuel tank flammability reduction.................................1928
  Fuel tank system regulations.....................................1929
  Hazardous substance transportation...............................2077
    Fuel cells transported in passenger aircraft carry-on baggage
                                                                   2058
  Ice protection activation........................................1912
  On-demand air taxi services:
    Disclosure to consumers........................................1898
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................1886
  Performance and handling qualities in icing conditions...........1926
  Pilot, flight instructor, ground instructor and pilot school 
      certification rules..........................................1909
  Propeller requirements...........................................1916
  Rotorcraft turbine engines one-engine-inoperative ratings........1917
  Secure Flight Program............................................1205
  Security awareness training for flight school employees..........1218
  Security programs for aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or more 
                                                                   1212
  Security related considerations in design and operation of 
      transport airplanes..........................................1905
  Security threat assessment for certificate holders and 
      applicants...................................................1226
  Special training, experience, and operating requirements for 
      Mitsubishi MU-2B series airplane.............................1937
  Thermal acoustic insulation......................................1957
  Transponder requirement..........................................1902
  Wiring system regulations........................................1929


                                   B

Baggage:
  See Freight
Balloons:
  See Aircraft
Bank deposit insurance:
  Advertisement of membership......................................3556
  Annual independent audits........................................3544
  Assessments......................................................3555
    Base rate schedule.............................................3558
    Penalties for failure to make timely payments..................3557
    Risk differentiation frameworks................................3558
  Corporate debt collection........................................3560
  Designated reserve ratio.........................................3554
  Expanded examination cycle for small insured depository 
      institutions...........................................2234, 2592
  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act............3637
  Filing procedures for state nonmember banks......................3548
  Industrial banks subsidiaries of financial companies.............3541
  Large bank deposit insurance determination modernization.........3551

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  Management official interlocks.......................2236, 2591, 3546
  Reporting requirements...........................................3544
  Risk-based guidelines............................................3547
Bankruptcy:
  RCRA financial responsibility....................................2985
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..................................3543
  Automated Clearinghouse regulations..............................2157
  Bank Secrecy Act......2129, 2130, 2131, 2132, 2133, 2134, 2135, 2137, 
           2142, 2143, 2144, 2145, 2146, 2147, 2148, 2149, 2150, 2151, 
                                                             2152, 2154
  Basel Capital Accord.............................................2583
  Broker exemptions....................................3616, 3797, 3806
  Broker-dealer registration requirements..........................3784
  Capital..................................2233, 2586, 3550, 3553, 3621
  Community Reinvestment Act regulations.........2237, 2594, 3540, 3559
  Conversion of insured credit unions to mutual savings banks......3666
  Cross-border transportation of negotiable instruments............2133
  Customer identification program............................2127, 2136
  Deposit definition...............................................3542
  Depositaries and financial agents of the Federal government......2162
  Direct investment abroad reporting................................293
  Electronic funds transfer..................................3613, 3625
  Executive officers and principal shareholders:
    Repeal of reports on lending...................................3561
  Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act.....3543, 3545, 3552, 3622, 
                                                                   3640
    Affiliate marketing regulations................................2230
    Identity theft protection................................2229, 2585
  Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations......................2584, 3624
  Farm credit:
    Accounting and disclosure to shareholders and investors........3389
    Borrower rights................................................3388
    Capital adequacy...............................................3386
    Disclosure and reporting requirements....................3394, 3397
    Financially related services...................................3387
    Funding and fiscal affairs.....................................3386
    Governance of institutions.....................................3397
    Loan policies and operations...................................3386
    Mission-related investments....................................3385
    Ownership requirement for eligibility of processing and 
        marketing entities.........................................3393
    Priority of claims.............................................3390
    Privacy Act and security information regulations...............3400
    Scope of financing regulations.................................3391
    Termination regulations........................................3398
  Federal interest rate authority..................................3549
  Federal-state funds transfers....................................2158
  Financial crimes enforcement network.............................2139
  Financial institutions:
    Payment service providers......................................2112
    Reporting requirements for deposit interest paid to 
        nonresident aliens.........................................2393
    Withholding and reporting obligations regarding tender offers
                                                                   2343
  Financial record information furnished to DOD.....................607
  Financial subsidiaries...........................................2113
  Holding companies........................3618, 3621, 3623, 3626, 3749
    Permissible activities of savings and loan companies...........2580
  Identity theft red flags and address discrepancies...............3545
  Information furnished to consumer reporting agencies.......2227, 2579
  Interstate banking...............................................3549
  Market risk................................................2233, 3553
  Money laundering deterrents.......2129, 2130, 2137, 2140, 2141, 2142, 
             2143, 2144, 2145, 2146, 2147, 2148, 2149, 2150, 2151, 2155
  Privacy form.....................................................2581
  Privacy notices............................................2226, 3635
  Provision of banking services to money services businesses.......2125
  Regulation W provisions..........................................3548
  Reserve requirements of depository institutions..................3612
  Risk-based capital standards.......2233, 2583, 2586, 3550, 3553, 3615
  Securities brokers and dealers:
    Recordkeeping requirements.....................................2235
    SEC exemptions.................................................3809
  Special measures against the Commercial Bank of Syria............2155
  Standards of conduct for Treasury employees......................2589
  State banks:
    Membership in the Federal Reserve System...........3614, 3620, 3621
  Stored value cards...............................................3542
  Suspicious transaction reporting requirement for check cashers 
                                                                   2132
  Threshold to collect, retain, and transmit information on funds 
      transfers and transmittals...................................3617
  Thrift institutions..............................................3781
  Truth in lending.................................................3619
Barges:
  See Cargo vessels
Barrels:
  See Packaging and containers
Beef:
  See Livestock
      Meat and meat products
Beer:
  Alternating brewery proprietorship...............................2168
  Labeling and advertising regulations.............................2219
  TTB brewery regulations revisions................................2165
Beverages:
  See Alcohol and alcoholic beverages
Biologics:
  See also Blood
  Adverse event reporting............................................63
  Current good manufacturing practice for combination products......817
  Electronic submission of study data...............................804
  Interstate shipment of etiologic agents...........................792
  Labeling..........................................................806
    Human cells, tissues, and cellular and tissue-based product 
        donors......................................................862
  Labeling of products held for the Strategic National Stockpile 
                                                                    861
  Live vaccine processing requirements..............................820
  Postmarket safety reporting:
    Combination products............................................818
    Electronic submission requirements..............................828
  Registration and listing requirements.............................830
  Safety reporting requirements.....................................831
  Vaccine Injury Compensation Program...............................892
Birds:
  See Wildlife
Blind:
  See Medicaid
      Public assistance programs
      Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Blood:
  Current good manufacturing practices..............................833
  Dating period regulations.........................................819
  Hepatitis C virus.................................................833
  Hospital conditions of participation..............................957
  Labeling and storage requirements.................................845
  Pooling and pH level of platelets.................................819
  Regulation amendments.............................................807

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  Storage temperature regulations...................................819
Boats and boating safety:
  See Marine safety
      Navigation (water)
Bonding:
  See Surety bonds
Bonds:
  Clean Renewable Energy Bonds...............................2317, 2455
  Continuous bond program..........................................2085
  Immigration surety bonds.........................................1230
  Interest payments on cancelled cash bonds........................1228
  Municipal........................................................2431
  Qualified zone academy bonds...............................2276, 2482
  Refunding issue..................................................2501
  SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program................................3256
Borders:
  See International boundaries
Bridges:
  Drawbridge operation.......................................1154, 1174
Broadcasting:
  See Radio
      Television
Brokers:
  Amendments to Forms BD and BDW...................................3786
  Electronic filing of annual reports..............................3362
  Exemptions for banks.................................3616, 3797, 3806
  Financial responsibility rules...................................3785
  Net capital rules................................................3796
  Quotation requirements...........................................3792
  Registration of commodity futures intermediaries.................3355
  Registration recordkeeping requirements..........................2582
  Registration requirements for banks..............................3784
Buildings:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
  Access for individuals with disabilities.........................2684
  Asbestos.........................................................2944
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
  Assumption of liabilities in corporate transactions..............2260
  Autobody refinishing.............................................2741
  Cement manufacturing industry..............................2768, 2872
    Safe and environmentally protective use of granular mine 
        tailings...................................................2977
  Chemical preparations industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................2747
  Chemicals:
    Air pollution control..........................................2782
    Control of PMNs................................................2933
    Manufacture..................................2932, 2935, 2936, 2955
    Pollution standards............................................2923
    Security anti-terrorism standards..............................1029
  Chlor-alkali manufacturing:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3004
  Clay ceramics industry...........................................2880
  Commercial diving operations.....................................1161
  Effluent guidelines..............................................3017
  Electric arc furnace manufacturing...............................2733
  Entertainment industry...........................................2251
  Financing cooperative stock.......................................268
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................3641
  Glass manufacturing industry.....................................2726
  Industrial inorganic chemicals manufacturing.....................2727
  Iron and steel foundries...................................2728, 2736
  Lead acid battery manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................2746
  Organic chemical manufacturing:
    Air pollution control..........................................2764
  Paint and allied products industry:
    Air pollution control..........................................2748
  Plating and polishing............................................2729
  Polyvinyl chloride and copolymers production:
    Air pollution control..........................................2744
  Pulp, paper and paperboard:
    Effluent limitations...........................................3012
  Taconite iron ore processing.....................................2858
  Vinyl chloride manufacturing:
    Effluent guidelines............................................3004


                                   C

Cable television:
  Cable Communications Policy Act regulations......................3473
  Cost of service..................................................3452
  Digital must carry requirements..................................3457
  Home wiring rights...............................................3455
  Horizontal ownership limits......................................3458
  Rates............................................................3451
Cargo:
  See Freight
Cargo vessels:
  See also Maritime carriers
  Advance trade data elements......................................1185
  Barges:
    Launch barge waiver program....................................2078
    Load line requirements.........................................1139
    Numbering of undocumented barges...............................1159
  Cargo securing on vessels in U.S. waters.........................1163
  Dangerous cargo notification of arrival..........................1129
  Dry cargo residue on the Great Lakes.............................1170
  Manifest discrepancy reports.....................................1179
  Tank vessels:
    Escorts........................................................1155
    Response plans.....................................1141, 1158, 1160
Cemeteries:
  Delegation of authority to accept donations for national 
      cemeteries...................................................2672
  VA burial benefits...............................................2602
    Headstone and marker application process.......................2635
Census data:
  2010 Census Redistricting Data Program............................301
  Cutoff dates for recognition of boundary changes..................299
  Disclosure of income tax return information......................2429
  Estimates review and update request procedures....................298
  Use in the Indian Housing Block Grant Program....................1361
Cereals (commodity):
  See Grains
CHAMPUS:
  Claimcheck denials appeals process................................700
  Dental benefits under retiree dental program............696, 702, 712
  Double coverage..............................................693, 699
  Dual compensation/conflict of interest provision..................698
  Hospital payment for ambulatory care..............................697
  Individual Case Management Program................................701
  TRICARE............................................692, 702, 703, 704
    Adoption intermediaries....................................694, 710
    Benefits for survivors of deceased active duty members.....694, 710
    Dental Program..................................................707
    Eligibility of Selected Reserve members.........................709
    Hospital outpatient prospective payment system..................708
    Overpayments recovery...........................................695

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    Pharmacy Benefits Program..................................693, 713
    Reserve and guard family member benefits........................706
    Routine care not directly related to study, grant, or 
        research program............................................705
    Unlabeled or off-label uses of medical devices..................711
Charter buses:
  See Motor carriers
      Motor vehicles
Checks:
  See Banks, banking
Chemicals:
  See also Drugs
           Hazardous substances
           Pesticides and pests
  Activated phosphors..............................................2929
  Air pollution control......................................2782, 2794
  Aryl phosphates..................................................2960
  Assessment information rule......................................2935
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................2964
  Chloranil........................................................2943
  Diethanolamine...................................................2938
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1694
  Drinking water regulations.....................3031, 3034, 3038, 3039
  Electronic application for controlled substances.................1673
  Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program............................2902
  Export control..............................................321, 2962
  Facility anti-terrorism standards................................1029
  Flame retardant substances.................................2925, 2961
  Gamma butyrolactone..............................................1671
  Health and safety reporting rule.................................2936
  High production volume chemicals.................................2924
  Hydrogen fluoride................................................2939
  Import:
    Information on foreign chain of distribution for List I 
        chemicals..................................................1688
  Import and production quotas for List I chemicals................1689
  Maleic anhydride.................................................2941
  N-phenethyl-4-piperidone used to manufacture fentanyl............1693
  Nanoscale materials stewardship program..........................2922
  New use rules for PMNs...........................................2933
  Notice of transfers following importation or exportation of 
      List I and List II chemicals.................................1687
  Official order form single-sheet format for controlled 
      substances...................................................1678
  Ozone depleting............................................2714, 2774
    Essential use allowances.......................................2819
    Export of Class I substances...................................2823
    Halon-1301.....................................................2799
    Methyl bromide.................................................2724
    Refrigerant recycling..............................2800, 2802, 2836
    Refrigerants.............................................2796, 2801
    Substitutes..............................................2720, 2809
  Perfluoroalkyl sulfonates........................................2942
  Perfluorooctanoic acid...........................................2959
  Phosphorus forms, red, white and hypophosphorous acid............1672
  Phthalic anhydride...............................................2940
  Polychlorinated biphenyls............................2923, 2947, 2958
  Polymers and resins........................................2844, 2931
  Record requirements for chemical distributors....................1677
  Registration requirements for List I chemicals...................1690
  Removal of exemption for mixtures containing ephedrine and 
      pseudoephedrine..............................................1692
  Right-to-Know initiative...................................2937, 2963
  Self-certification of sellers of scheduled listed chemical 
      products...............................................1676, 1686
  Significant New Use Rule...................................2942, 2943
  Test rules.....................................2924, 2949, 2950, 2956
  Threshold removal for ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and 
      phenylpropanolamine..........................................1691
  Toxic substances...........................................2932, 2955
  Toxic Substances Control Act......2703, 2927, 2928, 2929, 2942, 2957, 
                                                                   2959
  Toxicity profiles................................................2948
  Toxicity testing, developmental and reproductive.................2954
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications..................2968, 2969
    Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds...............................2965
    Metal mining...................................................2966
    Reporting requirements.........................................2966
  Transferring manufacture rights..................................2928
  Waste management.................................................2970
Child abuse:
  See Child welfare
Child labor:
  Hazardous occupations............................................1759
  Regulations, orders, and statements of interpretation............1762
Child support:
  Deficit Reduction Act provisions.................................1016
  Safeguarding information.........................................1011
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........................1734
  Aliens:
    Battered children........................................1060, 1699
    Care and placement of unaccompanied children...................1005
  At-risk afterschool suppers.......................................139
  Chafee National Youth in Transition Database.....................1014
  Child Care and Development Fund............................1009, 1013
  Depiction of sexually explicit performances records 
      requirements...........................................1733, 1734
  Health insurance accessibility...................................1015
  Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent 
      Offender Registration Act....................................1740
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1739
    Reporting requirements.........................................1747
  Safeguards for subjects in clinical investigations of drug 
      products......................................................835
  Use of restraint and seclusion in residential psychiatric 
      treatment facilities................................782, 917, 958
Children:
  See Infants and children
Cigars and cigarettes:
  Tax classification...............................................2201
  Tax computation on large cigars..................................2181
  Trafficking in contraband cigarettes or smokeless tobacco........1666
Citizens band radio service:
  See Radio
Citizenship and naturalization:
  See also Aliens
           Immigration
  Child Citizenship Act............................................1092
  Electronic signatures on applications and petitions for 
      benefits.....................................................1102
  Procedures for individuals with disabilities.....................1114
  Revoking grants of naturalization................................1062
Civil defense:
  See Disaster assistance
Civil rights:
  See also Equal employment opportunity
           Fair housing
  Commission on Civil Rights regulations update....................2686
  Freedom of Information Act regulations...........................3233
  Nondiscrimination:
    Age discrimination.................................2706, 3056, 3097
    CNCS...........................................................2695
    DHS..........................................1026, 1032, 1033, 1034
    DOJ............................................................1648
    Federal employee protection statutes...........................1842

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    Federally assisted programs....................................3294
    GSA................................................3057, 3058, 3060
    HIPAA........................................1806, 2540, 2541, 2542
    HUD programs...................................................1277
    Individuals with disabilities....1644, 1645, 3055, 3214, 3216, 3294
    NARA...............................................3095, 3096, 3097
    NCUA...........................................................3644
    NEA......................................................3101, 3216
    NEH......................................................3101, 3216
    OFHEO..........................................................3111
    SSA......................................................3293, 3294
  Peace Corps Volunteer Discrimination Complaint Procedure.........3216
Civil service system:
  See Government employees
Claims:
  CCC debt collection................................................26
  Collection by installments.......................................2160
  DHS debt collection..............................................1038
  DOC debt collection...............................................304
  DoD authority............................678, 679, 685, 686, 687, 688
  DOI debt collection..............................................1577
  DOJ..............................................................1744
  FDIC corporate debt collection...................................3560
  FMS payments.....................................................2156
  FSA debt collection................................................26
  HHS..........................................................780, 781
  Oil Pollution Act procedures.....................................1151
  Peace Corps......................................................3220
    Claims Against Government Under Federal Tort Claims Act........3220
  Seized property..................................................1727
Classified information:
  Determining eligibility for access to DOE matters.................750
  Disclosure of official information in connection with legal 
      proceedings..................................................1031
  National security information regulations............1850, 3090, 3092
  Protection of DOT information....................................1893
  Research involving human subjects.................................715
Clean Air Act:
  See Air pollution control
Clean Water Act:
  See Water pollution control
Coal:
  Abandoned refuse sites...........................................1589
  Combustion wastes..........................................2972, 2992
  Valuation for advance royalty purposes...........................1568
Coal mines:
  See Mine safety and health
      Mines
      Surface mining
Coastal zone:
  See also Continental shelf
  Federal Consistency regulations...................................508
  Waste deposit prevention.........................................3040
Colleges and universities:
  Academic honoraria for B nonimmigrant aliens.....................1091
  Denial of applications for approval to enroll nonimmigrant 
      students.....................................................1244
  Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.........................723
  Funding requirements for agricultural research and extension 
      activities at Land-Grant Institutions......................85, 86
  Grants administration.......................................604, 1037
  Military recruiting and Reserve Officer Training Corps program 
      access........................................................600
  Service Academies:
    Policy, responsibilities and oversight..........................603
  Undergraduate scholarship program sponsored by NIH................905
Commercial fisheries:
  See Fisheries
Commodities:
  See Agricultural commodities
Commodity futures:
  Advertising by commodity pool operators and trading advisors.....3363
  Anti-money laundering program....................................2147
  Broker electronic filing of annual reports.......................3362
  Commission's regulatory practice clarification...................3357
  Conflicts of interest in designated contract markets.............3360
  Debt securities..................................................3353
  Electronic filing of notices of exemption or exclusion...........3361
  Equity capital withdrawal limitations............................3359
  Exemption from Federal speculative position limits...............3354
  Net capital rules................................................3796
  Off-centralized market transactions..............................3351
  Position limits..................................................3358
  Privacy notices..................................................3350
  Registration exemption for certain foreign persons...............3352
  Registration of intermediaries...................................3355
  Security futures:
    Offer and sale of products traded on foreign boards............3349
    Registration requirements for banks............................3784
  Time extension for commodity pool operators to file annual 
      reports......................................................3356
Common carriers:
  See also Air carriers
           Communications common carriers
           Maritime carriers
           Motor carriers
           Railroads
  Explosive materials delivery.....................................1664
Communicable diseases:
  Interstate and foreign quarantine.................................790
  Public health significance definition.............................789
Communications:
  See also Communications common carriers
           News media
           Telecommunications
  911 Act..........................................................3479
  Accessibility of programming providing emergency information.....3414
  Airport terminal use frequencies in the 45-470 private land 
      mobile radio pool............................................3512
  Auction authority................................................3495
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers............................................3526
  Aviation Radio Service...........................................3514
  Biennial review............................................3430, 3507
  Broadband internet access service:
    Compliance with Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement 
        Act........................................................3482
    Consumer protection............................................3537
    Provided over power line systems...............................3421
    Rural access loans and loan guarantees..........................282
    Rural health care support mechanism............................3539
  Channelization of the 39 GHz band................................3488
  Cognitive radio technologies.....................................3420
  Commercial mobile radio services...............3486, 3489, 3501, 3503
  Competitive bidding:
    Broadband PCS..................................................3489
    Process........................................................3491
    Rules for auction of 218-219 MHz...............................3487
  Consolidating the 800 MHz industrial/land transportation and 
      business pool channels.......................................3513
  Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and 
      Marketing Act................................................3409
  Digital audio broadcasting.......................................3459
  Equal employment opportunity rule................................3465
  Excise tax.......................................................2543
  Exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields................3418
  FM radio allotment procedures....................................3470
  Horizontal ownership limits......................................3458
  Independent Panel Reviewing the Impact of Hurricane Katrina on 
      Communications Networks recommendations......................3483

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  Informal complaints..............................................3407
  Installment payments for Personal Communications Services 
      licensees....................................................3499
  Interference temperature operation...............................3422
  International Fixed Public Radiocommunication Services...........3447
  International service regulations................................3443
  Interstate special access services...............................3533
  IP-enabled services..............................................3535
  Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz...............................3496
  Licensing low power operations in the private land mobile radio 
      450-470 MHz band.............................................3504
  Maritime...................................................3485, 3498
  Medical technology spectrum requirements.........................3428
  Multiple address systems.........................................3490
  National Exchange Carrier Association petition...................3534
  North American Numbering Plan administration.....................3517
  Private land mobile radio service................................3425
  Public safety communications...............................3478, 3513
  Quiet Zone application procedures................................3505
  Radio frequency identification....................................671
  Radio market definitions.........................................3463
  Radio spectrum usage promotion through development of secondary 
      markets......................................................3502
  Redesignation of the 17.7-19.7 GHz band..........................3450
  Regulatory fees..................................................3475
  Satellite:
    Aeronautical Mobile Satellite Service systems..................3446
    Application and licensing requirements.........................3432
    Broadcast Satellite Service..............................3448, 3450
    Coordination between non-geostationary and geostationary 
        orbit......................................................3419
    Digital audio radio service....................................3434
    Direct Broadcast Satellite service.............................3449
    Earth stations...........................................3437, 3442
    Fixed-satellite services.....................3438, 3446, 3450, 3493
    Licensing reform...............................................3439
    Maritime mobile services.......................................3436
    Mobile service provider flexibility............................3440
    MSS spectrum allocation........................................3433
    Non-geostationary orbit..................................3438, 3445
    Non-government operations in the 36.0-51.4 GHz portion of the 
        V-band.....................................................3435
    Orbital debris mitigation......................................3441
    Program access rules...........................................3474
    Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act........3471
  Spectrum-based services to rural areas...........................3510
  Terrestrial microwave fixed radio services.......................3497
  Transfer of 3650 through 3700 MHz band...........................3500
  Transfer of 4.9 GHz band from government use.....................3500
  TV:
    Advertising practices..........................................3454
    Cable Act......................................................3452
    Cable Communications Policy Act regulations....................3473
    Cable television rates.........................................3451
    Children's programming.........................................3462
    Closed captioning of video programming.........................3413
    Competitive availability of navigation devices.................3456
    Coupon program for digital-to-analog converter boxes............558
    Digital must carry requirements................................3457
    Digital television distributed transmission system.............3472
    Digital television service...................3460, 3462, 3467, 3515
    Digital television signal strength measurement.................3429
    Direct broadcast public interest obligations...................3461
    DTV tuner requirements.........................................3427
    Emergency Alert System.........................................3481
    Filing of network affiliation contracts........................3453
    Joint sales agreements.........................................3468
    Public interest information....................................3464
    Public television station digital transition grant program......284
    Reallocation and service rules for the 698-746 MHz spectrum 
        band.......................................................3506
    Service rules in UHF spectrum..................................3494
    Significantly viewed out-of-market broadcast stations..........3469
    Unlicensed operation in the broadcast bands....................3424
    Video programming accessibility................................3456
  Ultra-wideband radio transmission................................3415
  Unbundled network elements.......................................3532
  Unbundling local exchange carriers...............................3527
  Unlicensed devices in the 5 GHz band.............................3417
  Unlicensed operation of the 3650-3700 band.......................3423
  Unlicensed radiofrequency devices................................3426
  Vehicle location and monitoring systems..........................3492
  Wireless systems:
    Advanced services..............................................3416
    Early termination fees.........................................3412
    Hearing aid compatibility......................................3516
    Regulatory review..............................................3509
    Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act..................3479
  World Radiocommunication Conference omnibus......................3431
Communications common carriers:
  Informal complaints..............................................3407
  Service disruption reporting requirements........................3480
  Toll free service access codes...................................3520
Community action programs:
  Empowerment zones................................................1334
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:
    Insular Areas Program..........................................1298
    Small cities program...........................................1332
  SBA:
    HUBZone Program....................................3240, 3255, 3259
Community facilities:
  See Health facilities
Compensation:
  See Unemployment compensation
      Wages
Competitiveness:
  American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act...........1048
  American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act.................1048
  Cable television companies.......................................3455
  Communications Act.........................................3487, 3489
  Television marketplace.....................................3451, 3456
Computer technology:
  Acquisition regulations...........................................624
    Federal Computer Network architecture..........................3312
    Information technology security requirements...................1857
    Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) requirement.................3332
  Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and 
      Marketing Act................................................3634
  De minimis exclusion for technology and software..................340
  Deduction from income for software production....................2562
  Electronic filing:
    Investment advisers............................................3774
  Individuals with disabilities accessibility standards for 
      electronic and information technology........................2685
  Internet:
    Broadband internet access provided over power line systems.....3421
    Consumer protection in the broadband era.......................3537
  Internet gambling transactions...................................2088
  Reuse, recycling, and recovery of electronic equipment...........2982
Conduct standards:
  See Conflict of interests

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Confidential business information:
  EPA regulations............................................2703, 2711
  USDA regulations...................................................54
Conflict of interests:
  See also Political activities (Government employees)
  CHAMPUS requirements..............................................698
  Commodity futures designated contract markets....................3360
  DOE...............................................................770
  EPA..............................................................2702
  Ethical conduct..................................................3129
  Ethics programs..................................................3127
  Exemptions.......................................................3122
  Financial disclosure.............................................3124
  Post-government employment.......................................3128
  Small business investment company................................3246
  Standards of conduct.......................................1019, 3125
Conservation:
  See Energy conservation
      Natural resources
Construction industry:
  Confined spaces for construction.................................1831
  Crane and derrick safety.........................................1833
  Electric power line worker safety................................1840
  Hearing loss prevention..........................................1844
Consumer protection:
  See also Labeling
           Trade practices
  All terrain vehicles.............................................3371
  Baby bath seats..................................................3374
  Bunk bed cornerpost standard.....................................3375
  Cable home wiring rights.........................................3455
  Candles and candle accessories...................................3367
  Civil penalty factors............................................3381
  Crib safety standards............................................3373
  Disclosures......................................................3629
  Fireworks devices................................................3379
  Flammability standards:
    Bedclothes.....................................................3377
    Carpets and rugs...............................................3372
    Clothing textiles..............................................3365
    Mattresses/bedding.............................................3368
    Upholstered furniture..........................................3364
  Household goods transportation...................................1979
  Infant pillows...................................................3369
  Lighters.........................................................3376
  Mini sparklers labeling..........................................3382
  Nutrition health claims...........................................870
  Portable bed rails...............................................3366
  Portable generators........................................3380, 3384
  Table saw blades.................................................3378
  Telemarketing sales rule.........................................3636
  Telephone Consumer Protection Act................................3408
  Toy jewelry containing lead................................3370, 3383
Contagious diseases:
  See Communicable diseases
Containers:
  See Packaging and containers
Continental shelf:
  Alternate energy-related uses..............................1565, 1567
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....................882
  Use of materials derived from cattle..............................878
Countervailing duties:
  Administrative Protective Order procedures........................310
  Certification of factual information..............................308
  Document submission procedures....................................310
  Sunset reviews....................................................307
Courts:
  - Production of information or testimony by officials serving 
      on a Department of Justice Task Force........................1735
  Administrative Law Judge Program.................................3212
  Certification process for state capital counsel systems..........1752
  CSOSA:
    Ethical conduct for employees standards........................2701
  Denial of claim of standing trustee for actual, necessary 
      expenses.....................................................1731
  Financial management instructional course approval...............1732
  Jury service by active duty Armed Forces members..................623
  Nonprofit budget and credit counseling agency approval...........1732
  Suspension and removal of panel or standing trustees.............1728
  US Marshals Service fees.........................................1729
Credit:
  See also Banks, banking
           Credit unions
           Mortgages
  Anti-money laundering program....................................2148
  Credit rating agency regulation..................................3793
  Debt collection:
    DOI............................................................1575
    FEMA...........................................................1274
    HHS........................................................780, 781
    Offset of Federal payments.....................................2164
    Salary offset...................................................781
  Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act.....2229, 3543, 3545, 3552, 
                                                             3622, 3640
    Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations....................2584, 3624
  Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations............................3624
  Partners and partnerships........................................2495
  Refunds of excise taxes on exempt sales of fuel by credit card 
                                                                   2315
  Truth in Lending Act.............................................3619
Credit unions:
  Accuracy of advertising..........................................3668
  Community charter documentation..................................3652
  Community Development Revolving Loan Program.....................3649
  Conversion to mutual savings banks...............................3666
  Corporate credit unions..........................................3655
  Credit union service organizations...............................3651
  Customer identification program..................................2136
  Designation of low income status.................................3649
  Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act:
    Address reconciliation rule....................................3646
    Affiliate marketing regulations................................2230
    Direct disputes with furnishers rule...........................3648
    Furnisher accuracy guidelines and rules........................3647
    Identity theft protection................................2229, 3660
  Fair credit reporting............................................3661
  Federal Credit Union Bylaws......................................3656
  Financial services for nonmembers................................3669
  Foreign currency investments.....................................3643
  General lending maturity limit...................................3669
  Incidental powers rule...........................................3650
  Information furnished to consumer reporting agencies.......2227, 2579
  Information requests under Freedom of Information and Privacy 
      Acts.........................................................3663
  Investment allowances............................................3667
  Member access to books, records, and minutes.....................3657
  Merger disclosures...............................................3654
  Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs.................3644
  Notice of insured status.........................................3668
  Privacy of consumer financial information........................3645
  Records preservation.............................................3653
  Regulatory publication and review................................3659
  Sales of nondeposit investments..................................3662
  Supervisory committee audits and verifications...................3664

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  Technical corrections............................................3658
  Truth in Savings rule............................................3665
  Use of consumer information for marketing solicitations..........3661
Crime:
  See also Drug abuse
           Fraud
  Aimee's Law......................................................1751
  Aliens:
    Battered and abused spouses and children.................1060, 1699
    Custody procedures.............................................1236
    Early release for removal of aliens in custody for nonviolent 
        offenses...................................................1239
    Trafficking victims................................1066, 1098, 1234
    Victims of crime.........................................1066, 1067
  Arson reporting..................................................1654
  Criminal background checks for CNCS program employees............2698
  Criminal intelligence systems operating policies.................1755
  DNA sample collection from Federal offenders...............1736, 1741
  Domestic abuse involving DoD personnel............................599
  Exports of crime control and detection instrument equipment.......358
  FBI criminal justice information service division user fees......1717
  Inclusion of nonserious offense identification records in FBI 
      information systems..........................................1723
  National Instant Criminal Background Check System:
    Background checks prior to return of firearms in law 
        enforcement possession.....................................1718
  Preservation of biological evidence..............................1742
  Private Security Officer Employment Authorization Act............1721
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1739
    Reporting requirements.........................................1747
  Research misconduct........................................1737, 1757
  Seized property..................................................1727
  Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act applicability.....1743
  Sex offender registration programs.........................1720, 1740
  Sex offender release notification................................1623
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.......................1730
  Trafficking in persons................................635, 1008, 3322
  United Nations Convention Against Torture........................1083
  Victims of Crime Act.......................................1749, 1750
  Violence Against Women Act.......................................1344
Critical habitat:
  See Endangered and threatened species
Crop insurance:
  Almond trees......................................................126
  Apples............................................................114
  Cabbage...........................................................119
  Civil penalties...................................................108
  Common crop insurance regulations............................118, 127
  Cultivated wild rice..............................................111
  Dry pea...........................................................116
  Emergency and disaster procedures.................................115
  Florida citrus fruit..............................................120
  Grape and table grape provisions..................................113
  Millet............................................................125
  Mint..............................................................122
  Mustard...........................................................123
  Northern potato...................................................124
  Nursery crop provisions...........................................127
  Sweet corn........................................................121
  Texas citrus trees................................................117
  Tobacco...........................................................110
  Walnut trees......................................................126
Crops:
  See Agricultural commodities
Crude oil:
  See Petroleum
Crystalline silica:
  Occupational exposure......................................1816, 1824
Customs duties and inspection:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Imports
  Administrative rulings...........................................2086
  Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of 
      aircraft from foreign areas..................................1177
  Advance trade data elements......................................1185
  African Growth and Opportunity Act...............................2092
  Airport security area access.....................................1188
  Bond obligations.................................................2121
  Certification of factual information during antidumping and 
      countervailing duty proceedings...............................308
  Chile Free Trade Agreement.......................................2120
  Conditional release period.......................................2121
  Consolidation of collections for reimbursable services...........1182
  Continuous bond program....................................1183, 2085
  Country of origin marking........................................2090
  Country of origin of textile and apparel products................2102
  Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism......................1183
  Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2095
  Fees for inspectional services...................................2122
  Harbor maintenance fees....................................2116, 2117
  Land Border Carrier Initiative Program...........................1183
  Merchandise processing fee exemption.............................2101
  North American Free Trade Agreement........................2101, 2119
  Outbound redelivery procedures and liabilities...................2084
  Payment methods for duties, taxes, interest, and fees............2082
  Post-entry claims................................................2101
  Prior disclosure.................................................1178
  Processing fees at express courier facilities....................2097
  Protest filings..................................................2086
  Reconciliation...................................................2118
  Reimbursable inspectional services...............................2094
  Remote location filing...........................................2081
  Sampling methods in CBP audits...................................1181
  Singapore Free Trade Agreement...................................2099
  User and navigation fees.........................................2091
  Vessel repair units consolidation................................2087
  Watch and jewelry producers in insular possessions................309


                                   D

Dairy products:
  Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting Program...........................6
  Grading and inspection service fees................................16
Dangerous cargo:
  See Hazardous materials transportation
Data processing:
  See Computer technology
Deaf:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Debarment and suspension:
  DOC...............................................................306
  DOD...............................................................593
  DOE...............................................................772
  DOI..............................................................1366
  DOJ..............................................................1758
  DOT..............................................................1897
  EPA..............................................................2713
  Homeland Security................................................1043
  HUD..................................................1282, 1283, 1340
  NARA.............................................................3099
  NEA..............................................................3103
  NEH..............................................................3107
  NSF........................................................3109, 3110
  OPM..............................................................3157
  Peace Corps......................................................3219
  SBA..............................................................3251
  VA...............................................................2630
Debts:
  See Credit
Declassification:
  See Classified information

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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...............................834
  Nutrient content claims...........................................802
  Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease....................882
  Use of materials derived from cattle..............................878
Disabled:
  See Individuals with disabilities
      Medicaid
      Medicare
      Public assistance programs
      Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Disaster assistance:
  9/11 Heroes Stamp Act program....................................1269
  Acquisition regulations..........................................1276
  Agricultural disaster assistance programs..........................44
  Criminal and civil penalties.....................................1257
  Crisis Counseling Regular Program................................1263
  Crop insurance provisions.........................................115
  Economic injury disaster loans for small businesses..............3265
  Emergency Conservation Program.....................................30
  Estimating eligible cost.........................................1268
  Floods:
    Mitigation Assistance Program..................................1251
    Mitigation of severe repetitive loss properties................1254
    National Flood Insurance Program......1256, 1260, 1262, 1264, 1265, 
                                                             1266, 1275
  FSA disaster declaration and designation...........................27
  Hazard Mitigation Grant Program..................................1258
  Hazard mitigation planning.......................................1252
  Hurricane disaster assistance programs.............................43
  Individual assistance programs:
    Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
        Act..................................................1257, 1261
  Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005...................2456, 2569
  Local Community Recovery Act of 2006.............................3329
  Management costs.................................................1253
  National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.................1259
  Public assistance eligibility....................................1255
  Public assistance insurance requirements.........................1267
  Public assistance repetitive damage..............................1271
  SBA disaster loan program:
    Disaster loan program....................................3268, 3269
  Special Community Disaster Loans Program.........................1270
  Transfer of food commodities.....................................2675
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...................................................1819
  Treatment programs:
    Bureau of Prisons..............................................1628
    Early release consideration for D.C. Code offenders............1638
Drug testing:
  Bureau of Prisons................................................1625
  Transportation workplace.........................................1889
  Workplace guidelines..............................................783
Drug traffic control:
  Controlled substances:
    Anabolic steroid name corrections..............................1697
    Authorized sources of narcotic raw material....................1684
    Dispensing and prescribing approved narcotic substances for 
        maintenance or detoxification treatment....................1675
    Electronic application forms...................................1673
    Electronic prescriptions.......................................1669
    Exempt anabolic steroid products.........................1685, 1696
    Gamma butyrolactone............................................1671
    Import and production quotas for List I chemicals..............1689
    Information requirements for foreign chain of distribution 
        for List I chemicals.......................................1688
    Multiple prescription issuance.................................1683
    N-phenethyl-4-piperidone used to manufacture fentanyl..........1693
    Notice of transfers following importation or exportation.......1687
    Official order form single-sheet format........................1678
    Peyote use in traditional Indian religion ceremonies...........1674
    Phosphorus forms, red, white, and hypophosphorous acid.........1672
    Positional isomer definition...................................1681
    Record requirements for chemical distributors..................1677
    Reexportation of...............................................1682
    Registration requirements for List I chemicals.................1690
    Registration requirements for practitioners practicing in 
        more than one state........................................1695
    Removal of exemption for mixtures containing ephedrine and 
        pseudoephedrine............................................1692
    Removal of patient limitation for dispensing or prescribing 
        by individual practitioners................................1675
    Reorganization and clarification of DEA regulations............1670
    Self-certification of sellers of scheduled listed chemical 
        products.............................................1676, 1686
    Threshold removal for ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and 
        phenylpropanolamine........................................1691
  Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1694
  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1679
Drugs:
  See also Animal drugs
           Biologics
           Over-the-counter drugs
           Prescription drugs
  Abbreviated new drug applications.................................864
  Bioavailability and bioequivalence requirements...................864
  Current good manufacturing practice for combination products......817
  Financial disclosure by clinical investigators....................800
  Hazardous waste management.......................................2990
  Institutional review boards.......................................837
  Investigational new drugs.........................................841
    Expanded access programs........................................842
  Labeling..........................................................869
  Labeling of products held for the Strategic National Stockpile 
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  New drug applications.............................................832
    Electronic submission of study data.............................804
  Positron emission tomography drugs................................840
  Postmarket safety reporting:
    Combination products............................................818
    Electronic submission requirements..............................828
  Providing controlled substances to ocean vessels.................1668
  Safeguards for children in clinical investigations................835


                                   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
           Education of individuals with disabilities
  Abstinence education.............................................1010
  Academic honoraria for B nonimmigrant aliens.....................1091
  Discretionary grant program performance...........................714
  DOD financial assistance to local educational agencies............611
  Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.........................723
  Good time credit for D.C. Code offenders.........................1627
  Home-living programs.............................................1545
  Loan programs for survivors of eligible victims of September 
      11, 2001 terrorist attacks....................................719
  Migrant Education Program.........................................717
  Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs.................3100
  State administered program reports................................716
  Title IX of the Education Act Amendments.........................3059
  Veterans:
    Centralized certification of benefits..........................2627
    Licensing and certification....................................2655
    Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty..........................2631, 2659
    Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve...........................2633
    Survivors and dependents.................................2601, 2659
    Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act..................2626
    Veterans Programs Enhancement Act..............................2600
Education of disadvantaged:
  Transportation regulations.......................................1018
Education of individuals with disabilities:
  Assistance to states for the education of children with 
      disabilities.............................................718, 721
  Early intervention and special education to eligible DoD 
      dependents....................................................605
  Early intervention program for infants and toddlers with 
      disabilities..................................................720
  Preschool grants for children with disabilities...................721
Educational facilities:
  Grants administration............................................2681
Educational research:
  Human subjects protection....................................715, 912
Eggs and egg products:
  Allergen labeling.................................................181
  Grading fees.......................................................18
  Imported..........................................................179
  Inspection........................................................177
  Salmonella enteritidis prevention.................................836
Elderly:
  See Aged
Elections:
  See Political activities (Government employees)
      Voting rights
Electric power:
  See also Electric utilities
  Worker safety....................................................1840
Electric utilities:
  Accounting and reporting requirements for non-operating public 
      utilities and licensees......................................3582
  Broadband service provided over power line systems...............3421
  Clean Air Interstate Rule..................................2743, 2828
  Communication protocols....................................3580, 3587
  Coordination of Federal authorization of electric transmission 
                                                                    759
  Critical energy infrastructure information.................3585, 3586
  Electronic filing of documents...................................3562
  Federal Power Act regulations..............................3574, 3594
  Fee schedule for use of government lands.........................3598
  Interconnection of distributed resources..........................280
  Interstate electric transmission facilities application 
      requirements.................................................3578
  Long-term transmission rights....................................3571
  Mandatory reliability standards..................................3579
  Market-based rate authorization rules............................3595
  Market-based rate contracts for wholesale sales..................3563
  Promoting transmission investment through pricing reform.........3570
  Standards for business practices...........................3580, 3587
  Steam generating unit regulations................................2826
    Coal combustion wastes.........................................2972
Electronic data processing:
  See Computer technology
Electronic funds transfers:
  Payroll card accounts............................................3625
  Receipt requirement..............................................3613
Employee benefit plans:
  See also Pensions
  Accountant independence requirements.............................1804
  Cafeteria plans..................................................2313
  Electronic filing of annual reports..............................1794
  Electronic transmission of notices, elections or consents........2554
  Limitations......................................................2553
  Multi-employer plan information..................................1801
  Participant contributions..................................1786, 1805
  Safe harbor for default investments..............................1795
  Statutory exemption for cross-trading of securities..............1799
Employee Retirement Income Security Act:
  See Pensions
Employment:
  See also Equal employment opportunity
           Government employees
  Aliens...........................................................1767
    Australian nonimmigrants in specialty occupations..............1777
    EB-5 classification......................................1050, 1712
    Eligibility for certain scientists and engineers...............1070
    Eligibility verification.......................................1867
    Fingerprinting.................................................1110
    Labor certification process..............................1054, 1776
    Post-adjudication audits of H-2B petitions.....................1775
    Premium processing service for petitions and applications.....1064, 
                                                                   1117
    Social security coverage.......................................3279
    Suspension of employment authorization requirements for F-1 
        students...................................................1106
    Temporary nonagricultural services.............................1101
    Treatment of employers who receive no-match letters............1238
    Verification documents.........................................1078
  American Jobs Creation Act.......................................2571
  Employee protective provisions of the Federal Transit Act........1763
  Employment eligibility verification:
    Electronic signature and retention.............................1248

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  Family and Medical Leave Act.....................................1768
  Indian preference................................................1537
  Individuals with disabilities:
    Self-Sufficiency Program.................................3282, 3302
    Ticket to Work Program...................................3282, 3302
  Jobs For Veterans Act......................................1765, 1849
  Occupational tax.................................................2211
  Senior Community Service Employment Program......................1772
    Performance accountability.....................................1778
  Temporary Assistance for Needy Families:
    Work provisions................................................1017
  Trade adjustment assistance for workers..............1780, 1781, 1782
  Veterans:
    Delegation of authority in discrimination complaints...........2638
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program...........2657, 2661
    Duty to assist.................................................2613
    Effective dates of induction into a rehabilitation program.....2615
Endangered and threatened species:
  See also Marine mammals
  Alabama Beach Mouse..............................................1495
  American crocodile...............................................1483
  Arctic grayling..................................................1405
  Australian parakeets.............................................1458
  Bay checkerspot butterfly........................................1442
  Black-footed ferrets.............................................1480
  Broad-snouted caiman.............................................1388
  Brown pelican delisting..........................................1446
  California Bighorn Sheep, Sierra Nevada Distinct Population 
      Segment......................................................1429
  Canada lynx, distinct population segment.........................1507
  Cape Sable seaside sparrow.......................................1411
  Captive-bred exotic birds........................................1376
  CITES decisions............................................1396, 1452
  Civil procedures.................................................1395
  Comal Springs dryopid beetle.....................................1407
  Comal Springs riffle beetle......................................1407
  Concho watersnake delisting......................................1423
  Critical habitat........466, 552, 1390, 1394, 1399, 1405, 1406, 1407, 
           1410, 1411, 1413, 1416, 1418, 1419, 1420, 1429, 1431, 1432, 
           1441, 1442, 1443, 1472, 1477, 1478, 1484, 1492, 1495, 1497, 
                                                                   1505
  Cui-ui delisting.................................................1391
  Delistings.......................................................1502
  Devils River minnow..............................................1443
  Eagles...........................................................1453
  Elkhorn corals.........................................418, 466, 1506
  Fishes, Tennessee rivers.........................................1468
  Flatwoods salamander.............................................1416
  Foreign bird species.............................................1464
  Format amendment.................................................1401
  Georgia pigtoe...................................................1419
  Gray wolf........................................................1501
    Eastern Distinct Population Segment delisting..................1486
    Great Lakes distinct population segment delisting..............1498
    Western distinct population segment delisting............1400, 1487
  Green sturgeon, Southern Distinct Population Segment.............1506
  Grizzly bears....................................................1488
  Guajon...........................................................1410
  Hawaiian hawk delisting..........................................1422
  Hawaiian picture-wing flies......................................1477
  Hine's emerald dragonfly.........................................1406
  Idaho springsnail delisting......................................1474
  Interrupted rocksnail............................................1419
  Killer whales, Northwest region...................................367
  Killer whales, Southern resident............................552, 1506
  Kootenai River White Sturgeon....................................1472
  Laguna Mountains Skipper.........................................1497
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1374
  Loachminnow......................................................1492
  Manatees.........................................................1489
  Marbled murrelet.................................................1420
  Mexican bobcat delisting.........................................1462
  Morelet's crocodile removal......................................1440
  Morro shoulderband snail.........................................1444
  Mountain yellow-legged frog......................................1505
  Mussels, freshwater........................................1418, 1468
  Nonessential experimental populations................1403, 1468, 1480
  Northern spotted owl.............................................1394
  Peck's Cave amphipod.............................................1407
  Peninsular Bighorn Sheep.........................................1432
  Permits for foreign listed species...............................1460
  Plants:
    Ash-grey Indian paintbrush.....................................1412
    Astelia waialealae.............................................1425
    Astelia waialealae (painiu)....................................1450
    Bear Valley sandwort...........................................1412
    California Taraxacum...........................................1428
    Carbonate plants in San Bernardino Mountains...................1430
    Catesbaea melanocarpa..........................................1408
    Critical habitat....1393, 1404, 1408, 1409, 1412, 1414, 1415, 1417, 
             1424, 1426, 1427, 1428, 1430, 1450, 1478, 1493, 1494, 1496
    Cyrtandra kaulanatha...........................................1425
    Delistings.....................................................1445
    Deseret milk vetch.......................................1404, 1445
    Galax..........................................................1396
    Graham's Penstemon.............................................1496
    Hidden Lake bluecurls..........................................1409
    Holmgren milk vetch............................................1494
    Johnston's frankenia removal...................................1456
    La Graciosa Thistle............................................1427
    Maguire daisy delisting........................................1402
    Mexican flannelbush............................................1409
    Monterey spineflower...........................................1414
    Nevin's barberry...............................................1415
    Pecos Sunflower................................................1426
    Phyllostegia hispida...........................................1425
    Pierson's milk vetch...........................................1424
    Running buffalo clover.........................................1481
    San Bernardino Bluegrass.......................................1428
    San Diego thornmint............................................1417
    Shivwits milk vetch............................................1494
    Slickpot peppergrass...........................................1504
    Soft birds beak................................................1493
    Southern Mountain wild-buckwheat...............................1412
    Suisun thistle.................................................1493
    Ute ladies'-tresses orchid removal.............................1448
    Vail Lake ceanothus............................................1409
    Vernal pool plants.............................................1478
    Yadeon's piperia...............................................1393
  Polar bear.......................................................1437
  Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse delisting..........................1491
  Puget Sound steelhead........................................496, 499
  Queen Charlotte Goshawk..........................................1398
  Quino checkerspot butterfly......................................1441
  Right whale.......................................................553
  Rio Grande silvery minnow........................................1403
  Salt Creek tiger beetle..........................................1390
  San Bernardino kangaroo rat......................................1431
  San Diego Fairy shrimp...........................................1484
  Snail, freshwater................................................1468
  Southern sea otter translocation program.........................1385
  Spikedace........................................................1492
  Staghorn corals........................................418, 466, 1506
  Straight-horned markhor..........................................1378
  Tidewater goby...................................................1413
  Tube-nosed seabirds..............................................1439
  Valley elderberry longhorn beetle delisting......................1447
  Vernal pool crustaceans..........................................1478
  Virginia northern flying squirrel................................1386
  Western Snowy Plover.............................................1469
  Wintering Piping Plover..........................................1399
  Wood bison.......................................................1382

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Energy:
  See also Coal
           Electric power
           Energy conservation
           Fuel economy
           Natural gas
           Nuclear energy
           Petroleum
           Pipelines
  Acquisition:
    Cooperative audit strategy......................................769
    Energy Policy Act of 2005 implementation.......................3338
  Alternate energy-related uses on the OCS...................1565, 1567
  Clean Renewable Energy Bonds...............................2317, 2455
  DEAR amendments:
    Background checks of employees..................................763
    Intellectual property provisions................................771
    National Nuclear Security Administration supplement.............766
    Price Anderson Amendments on nuclear indemnification............765
    Purchasing by management and operating contractors..............770
    Revisions.......................................................768
    Technical amendments............................................767
  Debarment and suspension..........................................772
  Energy Policy Act................................................3638
  Freedom of Information Act........................................751
  Geothermal resource leasing and utilization......................1610
  Geothermal valuation.............................................1576
  Health, Safety, and Security Office, establishment of.............761
  Hydropower licensing hearings process........................246, 475
  Indian Energy Resource Development Program.......................1548
  Loan guarantees for projects that employ innovative 
      technologies..................................................753
  Occupational radiation protection............................756, 760
  Priorities and allocations of domestic energy supplies............762
  Research misconduct...............................................755
  Uranium mill sites................................................758
  Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Program...................757
  Wind energy......................................................3565
    Development on National Forest System lands.....................223
  Worker's compensation benefits..............................791, 1769
Energy conservation:
  See also Fuel economy
  Efficiency standards:
    Battery chargers and power supplies.............................744
    Ceiling fan light kits..........................................746
    Clothes dryers..................................................739
    Commercial air conditioning equipment......................728, 737
    Commercial clothes washers......................................725
    Commercial heating equipment....................................737
    Commercial refrigeration equipment..............................727
    Dehumidifiers...................................................725
    Direct heating equipment........................................740
    Dishwashers................................................725, 739
    Electric distribution transformers..............................733
    Electric motors.................................................741
    Electric ranges and ovens.......................................725
    Fluorescent and incandescent lamps..............................724
    Fluorescent lamp ballasts.......................................743
    Furnaces and boilers.......................................732, 737
    Gas ranges and ovens............................................725
    Heat pumps.................................................728, 742
    High intensity discharge lamps..................................738
    Microwave ovens.................................................725
    Pool heaters....................................................740
    Refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machines........726
    Residential central air conditioners............................742
    Water heating equipment.........................................737
  Energy performance contracts for PHAs............................1347
  EPACT 2005 test procedures........................................745
  Federal buildings.................................................734
  Federal procurement of energy efficient products requirement......730
  Household definition..............................................735
  Private and Local Government Fleet determination..................731
  Residential energy-efficiency rating guidelines...................734
  Test procedures:
    Central air conditioners........................................736
    Heat pumps......................................................736
    High intensity discharge lamps..................................738
    Waivers for manufacturers of consumer products and certain 
        industrial equipment........................................729
Entertainment industry:
  Cost recovery....................................................2251
Environmental impact statements:
  Intelligent transportation infrastructure and system 
      regulations............................................1960, 2044
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program...............................................1754
Environmental protection:
  See also Air pollution control
           Environmental impact statements
           Natural resources
           Pesticides and pests
           Reclamation
           Waste treatment and disposal
           Water pollution control
  Award term contracting...........................................2704
  CERCLA amendment.................................................3000
  CERCLA notification requirements for agricultural sector.........2998
  Chemicals..............2924, 2938, 2939, 2940, 2950, 2956, 2960, 2961
    Maleic anhydride...............................................2941
    Nanoscale materials stewardship program........................2922
    Transferring manufacture rights................................2928
  Class deviations incorporation into EPAAR........................2707
  Clean Renewable Energy Bonds...............................2317, 2455
  Coal combustion wastes.....................................2972, 2992
  Coastal waste deposit prevention.................................3040
  Comparable fuels exclusion under RCRA............................2973
  Confidential business information..........................2703, 2711
  Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.............2999
  Debarment and suspension.........................................2713
  Developmental and reproductive toxicity testing..................2954
  Drinking water regulations.....................3031, 3036, 3038, 3039
  Effluent guidelines......................3003, 3004, 3012, 3017, 3022
  Emergency planning...............................................2963
  EPA acquisition regulations................................2704, 2705
  Farm Service Agency regulation.....................................25
  Hearing-protector regulations....................................2901
  HUD regulations..................................................1288
  National Environmental Policy Act.....................217, 1365, 2708
    Justice Department regulations.................................1748
    Ski area resort activity exclusion..............................221
  National Forest System............................................230
    Oil and gas lease compliance documentation......................257
    Sporicide use...................................................256
  Nondiscrimination................................................2706
  Pesticides.....................................2902, 2906, 2916, 2921
    Agricultural container recycling program.......................2910
    Data requirements for conventional chemicals...................2911
    Data requirements for registering biochemical or microbial 
        products...................................................2912
    Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
        compliance.................................................2919
    Licensing adjudications........................................2917
  Plant incorporated protectants...........2905, 2913, 2914, 2919, 2920
  Radon............................................................3710
  RCRA Burden Reduction Initiative.................................2981
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................2980
  Risk and technology review.......................................2759
  Rural areas........................................................97
  Significant new use rules:
    Chloranil......................................................2943

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    Flame retardant chemical substances............................2925
    Mercury switches in motor vehicles.............................2934
    Perfluoroalkyl sulfonates......................................2942
  Small, minority, and women's business utilization................2710
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule........2996, 3006
  Toxic Substances Control Act......2703, 2927, 2928, 2929, 2942, 2957, 
                                                             2959, 2962
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications............2967, 2968, 2969
    Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds...............................2965
    Metal mining...................................................2966
    Reporting requirements...................................2966, 2971
Equal credit opportunity:
  See Credit
Equal employment opportunity:
  Broadcast outreach...............................................3465
  Complaint processing.......................................3042, 3045
  Coordination of retiree health benefits with Medicare and state 
      health benefits..............................................3044
  Coverage under ADEA..............................................3043
  Disparate impact and reasonable factors other than age...........3046
  Employer Information Report requirements.........................1764
  Race and ethnicity data collection method........................3041
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era........1765
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...............................................2536
  Cigar and cigarette classification...............................2201
  Communications services..........................................2543
  Deposits.........................................................2212
  Firearms and ammunition....................................2180, 2199
  Fuel.................................................2298, 2315, 2428
  Small alcohol excise taxpayers...................................2190
  Time for payment.................................................2212
Explosives:
  See also Hazardous materials transportation
           Hazardous substances
  Criminal misuse reporting........................................1654
  Fireworks........................................................1661
  Manufacturing safety regulations.................................1835
  Pest control devices.............................................1652
  Safe Explosives Act..............................................1660
  Transportation regulations.................................1216, 1664
Exports:
  Administration regulations....316, 320, 322, 323, 324, 325, 327, 328, 
           333, 335, 336, 337, 338, 341, 349, 350, 353, 355, 356, 359, 
                                                361, 362, 363, 364, 365
  Aircraft.....................................................330, 346
  Automated export system......................................300, 314
  Biological agents and toxins......................................362
  Chemical substances..............................................2962
    Notice of transfers of List I and List II chemicals............1687
    Threshold removal for ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and 
        phenylpropanolamine........................................1691
  Chemical Weapons Convention..................................321, 344
  Commerce Control List...............323, 328, 348, 353, 360, 594, 614
  Communication intercepting devices................................357
  Crime control and detection instrument equipment..................358
  Crude oil.........................................................342
  Cuba.........................................................319, 330
  De minimis exclusion for technology and software..................340
  Destinations of diversion concern.................................356
  Dual-use items...............................................350, 362
  End-user certificates........................................316, 328
  Export Control Classification Numbers.............................314
  Iraq.........................................................347, 355
  Lead-acid batteries..............................................2993
  Libya...................................................319, 353, 355
  License exceptions...318, 319, 327, 329, 334, 339, 351, 353, 358, 360
  Licensing...........................317, 318, 320, 324, 330, 341, 345
  Licensing jurisdiction for QRS11 micromachined angular rate 
      sensor........................................................331
  Lightweight aircraft engines......................................329
  Liquors..........................................................2216
  Meat and poultry products.........................................200
  Medical products..................................................330
  Microwave monolithic integrated circuit power amplifiers..........352
  Missile technology controls.............................333, 334, 345
  Montenegro........................................................361
  National Forest System timber.....................................207
  National security requirements....................................317
  No license required provisions....................................320
  North Atlantic Treaty Organization................................339
  North Korea controls..............................................365
  Nuclear equipment and materials...................................351
    Libya restriction..............................................3739
  Nuclear Supplier Group............................................324
  Outbound redelivery procedures and liabilities...................2084
  Ozone-depleting substances.......................................2823
  People's Republic of China........................................328
  Photovoltaic arrays...............................................359
  Plants and plant products..........................................56
  Reexports...............................................339, 345, 360
    Controlled substances..........................................1682
  Removal of country groups.........................................349
  Replacement licenses..............................................341
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements..........................337
  Serbia.......................................................319, 361
  Shippers export declaration.......................................314
  Space qualified parts, components and technology..................348
  Special Comprehensive License program.............................343
  Specially denatured alcohol......................................2166
  Sudan.............................................................338
  Sugar reexport programs...........................................201
  Thermal imaging cameras...........................................326
  United Nations....................................................339
  United States munitions list............................346, 594, 614
  Wassenaar Arrangement........................................332, 350
  Wildlife...................................................1377, 1449


                                   F

Fabrics:
  See Textiles
Fair housing:
  Certification and funding of State and local enforcement 
      agencies.....................................................1339
  Compliance requirements............................................91
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........................................2682
  Energy performance standards......................................734
  GSA regulations..................................................3069
  Inspection/maintenance programs..................................2788
  NARA facilities:
    Inspection of personal property in the possession of facility 
        visitors...................................................3098

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    Use of meeting rooms and public space..........................3088
  NRC offices......................................................3722
  Presidential library facilities..................................3085
  Security guard services contracts at military installations.......674
  Telecommunications management....................................3061
Federal employees:
  See Government employees
Federal home loan banks:
  Affordable Housing Program.......................................3605
  Anti-money laundering programs...................................3602
  Community support requirements...................................3601
  Freedom of Information Act implementation........................3607
  Governance.......................................................3603
    Directors appointive process...................................3608
  Limitations on excess stock......................................3606
  Minimum retained earnings requirement............................3606
  New business activities..........................................3604
  Privacy Act implementation.......................................3607
Federal property management regulations:
  See Government property management
Federal Reserve System:
  Broker exemptions for banks..........................3616, 3797, 3806
  Electronic fund transfers..................................3613, 3625
  Fair credit reporting......................................3622, 3624
  Holding companies....................................3618, 3623, 3626
  Prohibition on funding unlawful Internet gambling................2088
  Reserve requirements of depository institutions..................3612
  Risk-based capital guidelines....................................3615
  State banks..........................................3614, 3620, 3621
  Threshold to collect, retain, and transmit information on funds 
      transfers and transmittals...................................3617
  Truth in lending.................................................3619
Federal-State relations:
  See Intergovernmental relations
Feed grains:
  Karnal bunt compensation...........................................73
  Weighing..........................................................132
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.........................3367
  Carbon dioxide fire suppression systems on commercial vessels 
                                                                   1134
  Electrical standards.............................................1845
  Emergency response and preparedness..............................1827
  Forest fire assistance program....................................250
  Shipyard standards...............................................1847
  Sprinkler system requirements in long-term care facilities........991
  Underground mines................................................1808
Firearms:
  See Arms and munitions
Firefighters:
  Assistance to firefighters grant program...................1045, 1273
  Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grant program
                                                             1046, 1272
Fish:
  See also Fisheries
           Seafood
  Acquisition regulations...........................................672
  Country of origin labeling.........................................14
  Endangered Species Act...........................................1387
  Fish and Seafood Promotion Act....................................513
  Injurious wildlife listings......................................1455
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1374
  National Organic Program............................................1
  Paralytic shellfish poisoning toxin...............................517
  Piscicide applications on National Forest System lands............236
  Species codes.....................................................394
Fisheries:
  Alaska............................................................443
  Albacore tuna.....................................................482
  Atlantic Ocean...............................................378, 428
  Canada............................................................482
  Eastern tropical Pacific Ocean....................................467
  Groundfish...................................................388, 443
  Halibut...........................................................512
  Hawaiian Islands.............................................369, 545
  High Seas Fishing Compliance Act..................................425
  Highly migratory species.....................................378, 428
  Highly migratory species international trade program..............416
  Incidental take regulations........................462, 481, 492, 493
  Interagency Electronic Reporting System...........................388
  List of fisheries............................................551, 555
  Marine Mammal Protection Act......................................490
  National standard guidelines:
    Overfishing and rebuilding schedules............................370
  Northeastern U.S. closures due to presence of paralytic 
      shellfish poisoning toxin.....................................517
  Northeastern United States........................................476
  Permits...........................................................369
  Scientific research...............................................374
  Sea otter conservation............................................481
  Sea scallop.......................................................554
  Sea turtle conservation.......................378, 428, 464, 465, 497
  Seabird avoidance measures........................................443
  Seafood dealer reporting requirements.............................476
  Spinner dolphin protection........................................461
  Total allowable catch.............................................531
  Tuna..............................................................467
  Western Pacific region............................................410
Fishery management plans:
  Albacore tuna................................................412, 413
  American Lobster.............................................391, 505
  Aquaculture practices.............................................379
  Atlantic.......382, 391, 415, 417, 420, 423, 449, 484, 485, 487, 489, 
                                                     516, 518, 535, 542
  Atlantic billfish.................................................489
  Atlantic bluefish............................................433, 524
  Atlantic herring.............................................469, 523
  Atlantic mackerel........................368, 385, 429, 445, 522, 532
  Atlantic sea scallop.....................400, 431, 444, 486, 525, 538
  Beluga whales.....................................................491
  Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands...371, 390, 407, 414, 421, 422, 430, 440, 
                                                                    478
  Bigeye tuna........................................384, 416, 434, 483
  Biological reference points.......................................540
  Black corals............................................389, 438, 548
  Black sea bass......................376, 432, 446, 448, 480, 506, 519
  Bluefin tuna............................................413, 415, 416
  Bottomfish fisheries...............................395, 436, 526, 527
  Butterfish....................................368, 385, 445, 522, 532
  Cod...............................................................406
  Community development quotas.................................375, 441
  Crustaceans..................................................437, 527
  Electronic logbook forms..........................................470
  Essential fish habitats.................................420, 439, 518
  Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ).....................379, 421, 422, 546
  Exempted fishing permits..........................................396
  Fishery ecosystem plans......................................435, 439
  Gag...............................................................442
  Georges Bank.......................................404, 405, 406, 533
  Gold coral........................................................438
  Gray triggerfish..................................................442
  Greater amberjack.................................................442
  Groundfish.....371, 372, 373, 390, 392, 395, 407, 440, 478, 479, 529, 
                                                          531, 534, 544

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  Grouper.................................................398, 399, 528
  Gulf of Alaska.................371, 373, 387, 414, 421, 422, 441, 531
  Gulf of Mexico...........................403, 427, 450, 474, 514, 528
  Haddock...........................................................406
  Hagfish...........................................................484
  Halibut.......................................393, 414, 452, 515, 547
  Hawaiian Islands...................................369, 389, 395, 548
  Highly migratory species......383, 396, 411, 415, 420, 423, 434, 473, 
                                           485, 487, 489, 516, 540, 543
  Illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing definition............488
  Individual fishing quota program..................................414
  King crab....................................................421, 430
  King mackerel.....................................................546
  Krill.............................................................397
  Limited access privileges.........................................366
  Monkfish...........................................401, 535, 536, 537
  North Atlantic right whales..................................494, 498
  North Pacific................................................412, 479
  Northeast multispecies..................................404, 405, 533
  Ocean quahog............................................386, 447, 520
  Pacific Coast.......372, 381, 384, 392, 396, 397, 408, 409, 411, 413, 
             434, 452, 453, 473, 483, 515, 529, 534, 539, 540, 544, 547
  Pacific cod.......................................................478
  Pacific mackerel..................................................530
  Pacific sardine..............................................424, 481
  Pacific whiting...................................................451
  Pelagics.....................................................397, 429
  Precious corals....................................389, 438, 527, 548
  Red drum..........................................................382
  Red grouper.......................................................442
  Red snapper..................................................474, 514
  Reef fish..........................................442, 450, 474, 528
  Rockfish..........................................................387
  Sablefish.........................................................414
  Salmon........................................381, 390, 408, 409, 453
  Scup................................376, 432, 446, 448, 480, 506, 519
  Seamount groundfish...............................................436
  Sharks...................................417, 487, 510, 516, 539, 542
  Shrimp.............................................403, 427, 437, 474
  Snapper......................................................398, 399
  South Atlantic.....................................398, 399, 439, 546
  Squid....................................368, 380, 385, 445, 522, 532
  Summer flounder.....................376, 432, 446, 448, 480, 506, 519
  Surfclam................................................386, 447, 520
  Swordfish..........................................416, 423, 485, 539
  Tanner crab..................................................421, 430
  Tilefish.....................................................377, 521
  Vermilion snapper.................................................450
  Weakfish..........................................................449
  Western Pacific......380, 384, 389, 435, 437, 438, 470, 526, 527, 548
  Yellowtail flounder...............................................406
Fishing:
  Bycatch reduction measures..............................403, 427, 529
  Chain-mat modified dredges........................................554
  Drift gillnet.....................................................539
  Exempted fishing permits..........................................374
  Fixed gear...................................................404, 533
  Gillnetting..................................................498, 553
  Longline.....................................................483, 545
  Net mesh size measurement regulations.............................541
  Pound net leader..................................................464
  Purse seine..................................................467, 483
  Quotas:
    Cod.............................................................406
    Haddock.........................................................406
    Halibut...............................................472, 512, 515
    Red snapper.....................................................514
    Sablefish.......................................................472
    Yellowtail flounder.............................................406
  Recreational measures...................................413, 480, 512
    Circle hook use in Atlantic billfish tournaments................489
    Pacific halibut charters........................................452
  Refuge-specific regulations................................1438, 1473
  Sawfish dehooking.................................................428
  Sea turtle handling gear..........................................428
  South Pacific Tuna Act............................................511
  Subsistence fishing...................................393, 1482, 1499
  Trawl catcher/processors..........................................440
  Tribal annual funding agreements.................................1392
  Turtle excluder devices...........................................465
Fishing vessels:
  High Seas Fishing Compliance Act..................................425
  Observer Communications System....................................426
  Observer program..............................444, 468, 477, 479, 497
  Owner permits.....................................................543
  Safety regulations...............................................1126
  South Pacific Tuna Act............................................511
  State and Federal commercial permit programs......................402
  Vessel list establishing eligibility to fish for albacore tuna 
      in Canadian waters............................................482
  Vessel marking requirements.......................................411
  Vessel Monitoring System...........................386, 392, 419, 511
Flammable materials:
  Bedclothes.......................................................3377
  Carpets and rugs.................................................3372
  Flammability standards...........................................3365
  Mattresses/bedding...............................................3368
  Upholstered furniture............................................3364
Flood insurance:
  Mitigation assistance program....................................1251
  Mitigation of severe repetitive loss properties..................1254
  National Flood Insurance Program:
    Assistance to private sector insurers....................1264, 1265
    Assistance to private sector property insurers.................1256
    Compensation for FIRA implementation...........................1256
    Coverage and rates.............................................1260
    Group Flood Insurance Policy.............................1262, 1275
    Increased Cost of Compliance provision.........................1266
    National Flood Insurance Act of 1994.............................92
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..............................................152
    At-risk afterschool suppers.....................................139
    Improving management and program integrity.................148, 151
    Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas..............150
  Disclosure of children's eligibility information to state 
      Medicaid and CHIP program.....................................175
  Donated foods provided under contract with food service 
      management companies..........................................158
  Food and Nutrition Service data collection........................157
  Indian reservations...............................................138
  Processing of donated foods.......................................169
  Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program..........................176
  Women, infants, and children:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................144
    Food package revision...........................................170
    Program administration and operation............................168
    Vendor-related provisions.............................155, 159, 167
Food grades and standards:
  See Meat inspection
      Poultry and poultry products
      Seafood
Food labeling:
  Allergen labeling for meat, poultry, and egg products.............181
  Baking powder, baking soda, and pectin serving size reference 
      amount........................................................881
  Country of origin marking for agricultural commodities and 
      meats..........................................................14

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  Generic approval and regulation consolidation.....................178
  Ground or chopped meat and poultry products.......................186
  Nutrient content claims...........................................802
  Prominence of calories............................................873
  Requirement for food that has been refused admission into the 
      US............................................................812
  Serving size regulations..........................................874
  Single-ingredient products........................................186
  Trans fatty acids.................................................867
Food stamps:
  Bonding requirements for violating retailers......................141
  Computer matching.................................................147
  Electronic benefits transfer system.....................142, 145, 149
  Eligibility and certification.....................................153
  Quality control...................................................154
  Recipient claim establishment and collection standards............140
  State agencies administrative and management requirements.........149
  Trafficking in program benefits...................................171
  Unauthorized redemption...........................................171
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...........................................672
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention.......................878
  Container standards.................................................4
  Donated foods distribution and control requirements...............146
  Food safety:
    Accredited laboratory program...................................193
    Petitions for rulemaking........................................188
    School breakfast and lunch programs.............................165
  Food security plans...............................................199
  Health claims.....................................................870
  Imported..........................................................866
  Infant formula quality control...............................846, 847
  Institutional review boards.......................................837
  Modernization of standards...................................187, 868
  Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease....................882
  Recordkeeping requirements:
    Acceptance of electronic signatures by FSIS.....................180
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.....................................2152
  Economic Sanctions Enforcement Guidelines........................2089
  Economic sanctions enforcement procedures for banking 
      institutions.................................................2105
  Imposition of special measures...................................2138
  International accounting standards...............................3815
  Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).....2984
  Publication of international agreements..........................1878
Foreign trade:
  See also Competitiveness
           Customs duties and inspection
           Exports
           Imports
           Maritime carriers
           Trade agreements
  African Growth and Opportunity Act.........................2092, 2096
  Benchmark survey of transactions between U.S. and foreign 
      persons.......................................................295
  Earnings and profits.............................................2491
  Financial services transactions between U.S. providers and 
      unaffiliated foreign persons..................................297
  Port restrictions:
    Japanese vessels...............................................3610
  Quarterly survey of transactions in selected services and 
      intangible assets with foreign persons........................296
  United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act..............2093
Forests and forest products:
  See also National forests
  Botanical products................................................208
  Forest fire assistance program....................................250
  Indian allotments.................................................203
  Management of Indian lands.......................................1540
  Softwood lumber products from Canada entry.......................2106
  Special products..................................................208
  Timber sales:
    Cancellation....................................................230
    Integrated Resource Contracts...................................235
    Noncompetitive sale.............................................231
    Surplus species.................................................204
Forfeitures:
  See Seizures and forfeitures
Foster care:
  See Adoption and foster care
Fraud:
  CNCS regulations.................................................2700
  FTC regulations..................................................3639
  HHS regulations...................................................778
  HUD regulations..................................................1286
  Microcap securities market.......................................3792
  OIG regulations...................................................779
  Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act...........................1044, 2700
  SEC regulations..................................................3775
Freedom of information:
  See also Confidential business information
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................2964
  DHS........................................................1030, 1074
  DOC...............................................................305
  DOD...............................................................604
  DOE...............................................................751
  DOJ..............................................................1738
  Electronic Freedom of Information Act............................3134
  FERC.......................................................3585, 3586
  FHFB.............................................................3607
  FMCS.............................................................3047
  HUD..................................................1281, 1294, 1295
  NARA.......................................................3089, 3094
  NEH..............................................................3105
  OGE..............................................................3123
  OPM..............................................................3134
  PCLOB............................................................3233
  SSA..............................................................3303
  State Department:
    Search fees....................................................1853
  TTB..............................................................2215
Freight:
  See also Hazardous materials transportation
  Agricultural commodities:
    Ocean freight claims.............................................22
  Freight forwarding industry......................................1986
Fruits:
  Citrus canker quarantine...........................................78
  Compensation for certified citrus nursery stock destroyed to 
      control citrus canker..........................................76

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  Crop insurance provisions:
    Apples..........................................................114
    Florida citrus fruit............................................120
    Texas citrus trees..............................................117
  Import regulations.............................................60, 83
    Table grapes from Namibia........................................80
  Inspection service fees....................................13, 17, 77
  Interstate movement from Florida...................................57
  Interstate movement from Hawaii....................................81
  Phytosanitary certificates for imports.............................59
Fuel:
  See also Energy
  Air pollution control................................2723, 2813, 2825
  Alcohol fuel tax credits.........................................2319
  Alternative fuels:
    Private and Local Government Fleet determination................731
    Replacement fuel goal modification..............................748
    Vehicle acquisition requirement waivers.........................747
  Biodiesel fuel:
    Tax credits....................................................2319
  California gasoline..............................................2790
  Clean fuels grant program........................................2052
  Diesel particulate matter exposure in underground mines..........1811
  Dye injection....................................................2428
  Excise tax regulations...............................2298, 2315, 2428
  Gasoline distribution facility emission standards................2803
  Reformulated gasoline......................................2813, 2837
  Renewable Fuel Standards.........................................2816
Fuel additives:
  Gasoline deposit control additives...............................2779
  Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE)...............................3035
  Oxygenated.................................................2791, 2953
Fuel economy:
  Fuel economy labeling......................................2838, 2883
Funeral industry:
  Practices rule...................................................3630


                                   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....................................62
Government buildings:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Government contracts:
  See also Government procurement
  Acquisition regulations:
    EPA............................................................2705
    Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act............3316
    Homeland Security............................1027, 1040, 1041, 1042
    Limitation on length of noncompetitive contracts...............1042
    One-step turnkey design-build contracts for USCG...............1027
    Subcontracting limitation......................................1041
    Subcontractor award data reporting requirement.................3316
    USAID........................................2673, 2676, 2677, 2678
  Civilian Board of Contract Appeals...............................1040
    Rules of procedure.............................................3051
  Contractors:
    Employee stock ownership plans.................................3130
    Jobs For Veterans Act..........................................1849
    Safety manual...................................................606
    Security requirements for Toxic Substances Control Act 
        confidential business information..........................2703
  Debarment and suspension.........................................1897
  Defense contracts:
    Acquisition integrity...........................................655
    Architect-engineer services for military family housing.........644
    Award fee contracts.............................................647
    Closeout of contract files......................................628
    Commercial contract types......................................3341
    Contract types..................................................646
    Contracting officers' representatives...........................670
    DFARS modification.....626, 628, 631, 633, 641, 643, 644, 645, 646, 
                            647, 654, 655, 657, 658, 659, 660, 670, 674
    Evaluation factor for employing or subcontracting with 
        members of the Armed Forces Reserve.........................643
    Excessive pass-through charges..................................659
    Fixed price.....................................................646
    Information assurance contractor training and certification 
                                                                    648
    Labor reimbursement on non-commercial time-and-materials and 
        labor-hour contracts........................................645
    Military construction on Guam...................................658
    Multiyear contracting...........................................626
    Patent rights...................................................632
    Policies regarding contractor personnel authorized to 
        accompany U.S. Armed Forces.................................639
    Reporting requirements for property in contractors' 
        possession..................................................638
    Security guard services....................................657, 674
    Tiered evaluation of offers.....................................641
    Transportation and traffic management...........................631
    Transportation requirements.....................................633
    Wage determinations for construction and service contracts......654
  DOT..............................................................1966
  Javits-Wagner-O'Day Program:
    Governance standards for nonprofit agencies....................2687
  Small business programs:
    Professional, scientific, and technical services...............3248
    Status determinations..........................................3261
    Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Assistance 
        Program....................................................3257
Government employees:
  See also Conflict of interests
           Military personnel
           Political activities (Government employees)
  Administrative Law Judge Program.................................3212
  Adverse action rules.............................................3153
  Antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection..................3205
  Appeals..........................................................3204
  Assignment rights................................................3144
  Awards program, performance-based................................3202
  Civilian Marksmanship Program:
    Civil service benefits for former employees....................3183
  Classification appeals...........................................3203
  Consular officers:
    Death and estate regulations for U.S. citizens who die 
        overseas...................................................1879
  Corporation for National and Community Service:
    Discrimination complaint procedures............................2693
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3151, 3174
  Criminal investigators...........................................3150
  Debarment and suspension.........................................3157
  Defense personnel:
    Claims against the Navy.........................................686
    Financial assistance to local educational agencies..............611
    Non-appropriated fund claims....................................687
    User charges....................................................610

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  Disabled veterans documentation..................................3138
  Discrimination complaints........................................1842
  District of Columbia employees:
    Benefits.......................................................3181
    Retirement, health, and life insurance coverage................3182
  Drug-free workplace requirements..................................783
  Emergency leave transfer program.................................3175
  Employee stock ownership plan costs..............................3130
  Employment discrimination........................................3045
  Employment suitability...........................................3176
  Enterprise Human Resource Integration............................3200
  Ethical conduct standards:
    Attorneys......................................................1745
    CSOSA employees................................................2701
  Excepted service:
    Operational procedures.........................................3132
  Executive branch employees:
    Restriction on private supplementation of salaries.............3121
  Federal executive boards.........................................3195
  Federal mail management..........................................3062
  Financial disclosure requirements..........................3123, 3124
  Freedom of Information Act regulations.....................3123, 3134
  Governmentwide nonprocurement common rule for debarment and 
      suspension...................................................1897
  Health benefits:
    Dental and vision benefits.....................................3194
    Discontinuance of health plan in an emergency..................3209
    FEHBP changes..........................3155, 3193, 3207, 3208, 3210
    Flexible spending accounts...............................3168, 3211
    Long-term care insurance regulations...........................3206
  Hiring flexibilities during national emergencies.................3198
  Indemnification request procedures for states and localities.....3156
  Intermittent.....................................................3143
  Investigations...................................................3178
  IRS..............................................................2440
    Broadbanding systems...........................................3158
  Job grading reviews..............................................3204
  Life insurance...................................................3192
  Medical qualification determinations.............................3146
  Merit promotion and internal placement...........................3141
  National Security Personnel System................................617
  Order of release from competitive level..........................3144
  Part-time........................................................3143
  Pay and leave policies...........................................3201
  Pay rates:
    Administration.....................................3150, 3161, 3171
    Critical position pay authority................................3149
    Evacuation payments during pandemic health crisis..............3170
    Locality pay areas.............................................3166
    Senior executive service.......................................3197
  Performance appraisal systems....................................2440
  Personal financial interests.....................................3122
  Political activities.............................................3152
  Post-employment conflict of interests............................3128
  Presidential Rank Award eligibility..............................3164
  Privacy Act regulations..........................................3135
  Private voluntary organization contributions:
    Eligibility and public accountability standards................3213
  Qualification requirements.......................................3142
  Reasonable accommodation language for OPM vacancy announcements
                                                                   3162
  Recruitment and selection through competitive examination.......3140, 
                                                                   3163
  Recruitment, relocation, and retention bonuses...................3165
  Recruitment, selection and placement.............................3139
  Reemployment...............................................3145, 3172
  Relocation costs.................................................3065
  Repayment of student loans.......................................3167
  Representative rate..............................................3144
  Retirement:
    Air traffic controllers........................................3188
    Court orders awarding survivor annuities.......................3154
    Coverage for non-appropriated fund instrumentalities.....3179, 3191
    Credit for government service performed abroad.................3189
    Credit for military service....................................3187
    Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act..........3184
    FERS basic annuity.............................................3186
    FERS coverage elections........................................3190
    Record retention...............................................3185
    State income tax withholding...................................3180
  Seasonal.........................................................3143
  Security standards...............................................3177
  Senior Executive Service:
    Pay and leave policies.........................................3201
    Performance pay..........................................3148, 3197
  Social security number protection................................3133
  Standards of conduct.........1019, 2589, 3125, 3126, 3127, 3129, 3292
  Strategic human capital management assessment....................3160
  Submission of claims by preference eligibles to OPM..............3196
  Testifying and providing records in litigation.............3087, 3136
  Time-in grade rule...............................................3137
  Training and development.........................................3147
  Travel regulations:
    Compensatory time..............................................3169
    Privately owned automobile mileage reimbursement...............3074
    Public vouchers for transportation charges.....................3068
    Reimbursement management.......................................2159
    Relocation income tax allowance tax tables.....................3075
    Standard Mileage Rate for moving purposes......................3052
  Uniform allowance rate...........................................3173
  Veterans' preference.......................................3159, 3199
Government procurement:
  See also Government contracts
  Acquisition regulations:
    Access to Federal Procurement Data System database.............3053
    Agricultural....................................................291
    Approved authentication products and services requirement......3328
    Aviation into-plane reimbursement card..........................675
    Brand name specifications......................................3330
    Clothing materials and components..........................640, 650
    Combating trafficking in persons................................635
    Commercial items....................................642, 3318, 3347
    Common identification standard for contractors.................3323
    Computer software...............................................624
    Continuous process improvements.................................684
    Contract debts.................................................3334
    Contract pricing................................................663
    Contractor code of ethics and business conduct.................3311
    Contractor personnel in a theater of operations or at a 
        diplomatic or consular mission.............................3324
    Contractor tax delinquency.....................................3317
    Cost accounting standards................................3333, 3335
    Deletion of Shared Savings Program.............................3077
    Department of State....................1851, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860
    Department of the Navy..........................................684
    DFARS modification.....624, 625, 627, 629, 630, 632, 634, 635, 636, 
           637, 640, 642, 649, 650, 651, 652, 653, 656, 660, 661, 662, 
        663, 664, 665, 666, 667, 668, 669, 671, 672, 673, 675, 676, 677
    Document submission requirements................................656
    DOE...............................763, 765, 766, 767, 768, 769, 771
    Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade 
        Agreement...................................652, 676, 677, 3325
    Earned value management system............................637, 3082
    Electronic submission and processing of payment requests........669
    Emergency acquisitions....................................651, 3326
    Energy Policy Act of 2005 implementation.......................3338
    EPA......................................................2702, 2704
    Export-controlled information and technology....................636

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    Federal Agency Retail Pharmacy Program.........................3054
    Federal Computer Network architecture..........................3312
    Federal Supply Schedule for products and services used in 
        recovery from a major disaster or attack...................3050
    FEMA...........................................................1276
    Foreign acquisitions............................................661
    Free Trade Agreements....................................3336, 3344
    Government property in the possession of contractors...........3321
    GSA............................................................3053
    Homeland Security............................1021, 1024, 1025, 1858
    HUD..........................................1282, 1283, 1340, 1341
    Inflation adjustment of acquisition-related thresholds..........667
    Information technology.........................................3332
    Information technology security requirements.............1857, 3081
    Lease of vessels, aircraft, and combat vehicles.................625
    Levy on payments to contractors.................................666
    List of approved attorneys, abstracters, and title companies 
        for real property..........................................3315
    Lobbying restrictions..........................................3337
    Local Community Recovery Act of 2006...........................3329
    Major weapon systems............................................642
    Material inspection and receiving reports.......................664
    NASA.........................................3077, 3081, 3082, 3084
    Notification requirements for critical safety items.............665
    Numbered notes for synopses....................................3314
    Online Representations and Certification Application......627, 3331
    Payment under time-and-materials and labor-hour contracts......3342
    Performance-based payments.....................................3339
    Perishable foods................................................672
    Plain language rewrite.........................................3319
    Products containing recovered materials in service and 
        construction contracts.....................................3313
    Prohibition concerning Communist Chinese military companies 
                                                                    673
    Protests, disputes, and appeals.................................662
    Purchase order termination or cancellation.....................3345
    Purchasing by management and operating contractors..............770
    Radio frequency identification..................................671
    Receiving reports for shipments.................................649
    Religious entities exemption...................................3348
    Removal of sanctions against European Union countries..........3343
    Reporting of purchases from sources outside the US.............3327
    Restriction on carbon, alloy, and armor steel plate from 
        foreign sources.............................................668
    Small business credit for Alaskan Native Corporations and 
        Indian tribes..............................................3320
    Small business programs...................................634, 3247
    Specialty metals from foreign sources...........................630
    Taxpayer Identification Number validation.......................653
    Technical data..................................................624
    Trafficking victims protection.................................3322
    USAID..............................................2673, 2677, 2680
    Veterans Affairs...............................................2634
    Wage Determinations OnLine website.............................3346
    Wide Area WorkFlow-Receipt and Acceptance system................629
    World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement.......652
  Biobased products.......................262, 264, 265, 266, 291, 3340
  Contracts:
    NFS contracts...................................................230
  Energy efficient products requirement.............................730
  HUBZone program..................................................3071
  Javits-Wagner-O'Day program:
    Determining whether commodities are essentially the same as 
        items on the procurement list..............................2688
    Responsibilities of central nonprofit agencies.................2691
    Suitability criteria for commodities and services..............2690
  Lobbying restrictions............................................1036
  Management accountability and control............................3131
  Recycled products................................................2976
  Small, minority, and women's business utilization................2712
  Transportation management:
    Data collection standards......................................3067
    Manager authorization..........................................3066
    Reporting requirements.........................................3067
  Transporter proof of delivery.....................................595
Government property:
  See also Federal buildings and facilities
           Government property management
  Abandoned or forfeited personal property.........................1525
  Affirmative claims regulations....................................688
  Conduct on the Pentagon Reservation...............................615
  Economic development transfers of real property by DOE............754
  Reporting requirements for property in contractors' possession 
                                                                    638
  Sale or rental of sexually explicit material on DoD property......618
  Support for non-Federal entities authorized to operate on DoD 
      installations.................................................602
Government property management:
  Acquisition regulations..........................................3321
  DOE property......................................................764
  Mandatory review procedures......................................1369
  Motor vehicles...................................................3063
  Nondiscrimination..........................................3058, 3060
  Personal property management.....................................3072
    Donations to historic light stations...........................3073
    Federal Asset Sales sales centers..............................3049
    Use, handling, and disposal requirements.......................3048
  Space and related services:
    Rents and leases...............................................3069
  Supply and procurement...........................................3064
  Telecommunications management....................................3061
Government securities:
  See Bonds
Grains:
  See also Feed grains
  Barley protein testing fees.......................................135
  Clear title program...............................................134
  Karnal bunt compensation...........................................73
  Marketing assistance loans:
    Storage requirements.............................................32
  Process verification service......................................129
  Rice:
    Cultivated wild rice crop insurance provisions..................111
    Inspection service fees.........................................137
    Standards for...................................................130
Grant programs:
  AmeriCorps regulations.....................................2692, 2698
  Assistance to firefighters grant program...................1045, 1273
  Clean fuels grant program........................................2052
  CNCS regulations.................................................2694
    Equal treatment for faith-based organizations..................2699
  DHS regulations:
    Equal treatment for faith-based and community organizations 
                                                                   1026
  Employee protective provisions of the Federal Transit Act........1763
  Hazard Mitigation Grant Program..................................1258
  Hazard mitigation planning.......................................1252
  Learn & Serve regulations..................................2692, 2698
  Local rail line relocation and improvement projects..............2036
  Medical transportation demonstration grant program...............2050
  National transit database rural reporting requirements...........2045
  Public television station digital transition grant program........284

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  Public transportation security grants......................1022, 2047
  Senior Corps regulations.........................................2698
  Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER).......1046, 
                                                                   1272
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.......................1730
  Victims of crime.................................................1750
Grant programs-agriculture:
  Administration provisions..........................................88
  Equal opportunity for religious organizations.....................278
  National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program............89
  Nonprocurement regulations........................................263
  Rural Business Investment Program.................................267
  Rural economic development........................................273
  Small Business Innovation Research Grants Program..................87
  Technical assistance and training..................................94
  Water and waste disposal.....................................281, 285
  Water programs....................................................283
Grant programs-education:
  Abstinence education.............................................1010
  Administrative regulations........................................604
  Discretionary grant program performance...........................714
  Freedom of Information............................................604
  Preschool grants for children with disabilities...................721
Grant programs-environmental protection:
  Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.............2999
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program review........................................1754
Grant programs-health:
  Grants to states for construction or acquisition of VA 
      facilities...................................................2652
  Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children........................896
  High risk pools...................................................969
  Limitation on administrative expenses.............................891
  Minority Biomedical Research Support Program......................902
  Minority health disparities research endowment program............904
  NIH:
    Center grants...................................................907
    Construction grant..............................................909
    Grants..........................................................899
    Training grants.......................................901, 903, 906
  Undergraduate scholarship program sponsored by NIH................905
  VA assistance to State home program for the hiring and 
      retention of nurses..........................................2621
Grant programs-housing and community development:
  American Dream Downpayment Initiative............................1297
  Community development block grants:
    Insular Areas Program..........................................1298
    Small cities program...........................................1332
  Empowerment zones................................................1334
  Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS program..............1335
  Indian Housing Block Grant Program.........................1353, 1358
    Annual performance reports.....................................1354
    Minimum funding provision......................................1364
    Rental assistance in low-income housing tax credit projects 
                                                                   1352
    Self-insurance plans...........................................1359
    Use of census data.............................................1361
  State homes for veterans.........................................2619
  Uniform requirements for HUD programs............................1293
Grant programs-Indians:
  Construction of jails............................................1756
  Indian Housing Block Grant Program.........................1353, 1358
    Annual performance reports.....................................1354
    Minimum funding provision......................................1364
    Rental assistance in low-income housing tax credit projects 
                                                                   1352
    Self-insurance plans...........................................1359
    Use of census data.............................................1361
  STOP Violence Against Indian Women Discretionary Grant Program 
                                                                   1730
Grants administration:
  Nondiscrimination..............................1648, 2695, 3096, 3097
  Uniform administrative requirements........................1037, 2681
    DOT grants.....................................................1884
Grazing lands:
  Grassland Reserve Program.........................................289
  National Forest System.......................................203, 210
  Permit regulations...............................................1531
Guaranteed loans:
  See Loan programs
Guns:
  See Arms and munitions


                                   H

Handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Harbors:
  Civil penalties..................................................2053
  Maintenance fees...........................................2116, 2117
  Safety procedures update.........................................2054
  Tariff of tolls..................................................2055
Hatch Act:
  See Political activities (Government employees)
Hazardous materials transportation:
  See also Pipeline safety
  Cargo tank motor vehicle and cylinder specifications.............2060
  Civil and criminal penalties.....................................2037
  Commercial driver's license endorsement..........................1995
    Security threat assessment of applicants.......................1217
  Drivers licensed in Canada or Mexico transporting materials in 
      the US.......................................................1223
  Emergency response telephone numbers.............................2059
  Enforcement regulations..........................................2056
  Explosive materials........................................1216, 2073
  Fuel cells transported in passenger aircraft carry-on baggage 
                                                                   2058
  Harmonization with UN recommendations and international 
      standards....................................................2077
  Interstate shipment of etiologic agents...........................792
  List of hazardous substances and reportable quantities...........2069
  Lithium batteries..........................................2063, 2076
  Nuclear materials..........................................3731, 3735
  Oxygen cylinders on aircraft.....................................2075
  Packaging........................................................2061
  Railroad highway grade crossing safety...........................1984
  Regulation revisions.......................................2062, 2066
  Security.............................................2070, 2072, 2074
  Small business registration and fee assessment...................2067
  Toxic by inhalation materials....................................2072
Hazardous substances:
  See also Explosives
           Flammable materials
           Hazardous materials transportation
           Hazardous waste
  Air pollutants........2716, 2727, 2728, 2729, 2730, 2732, 2733, 2735, 
           2736, 2741, 2746, 2747, 2748, 2764, 2806, 2812, 2818, 2821, 
           2827, 2830, 2835, 2844, 2850, 2851, 2858, 2860, 2864, 2867, 
                                                 2880, 2884, 2887, 2951
    Delisting..........................................2846, 2847, 2855
  Asbestos...................................................1815, 2944
  Beryllium........................................................1825
  CERCLA corrections...............................................3000
  Chemicals:
    Chemical test rules......................................2949, 2951
    Import of toxic chemicals......................................2948
  Chlorofluorocarbons..........................................825, 826
  Crystalline silica.........................................1816, 1824
  Developmental and reproductive toxicity testing..................2954
  Diesel exhaust...................................................2750
  Diesel particulate matter........................................1811
  Drinking water regulations...............3025, 3031, 3032, 3038, 3039
  Enzymes and proteins.............................................2927
  Ethylene oxide...................................................2797

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  Extremely hazardous substance list...............................2963
  Flame retardant chemicals........................................3364
  Halogenated solvents.............................................2784
  Hazard Communication Standard....................................1837
  Lead.....................................1828, 2758, 2926, 2945, 2946
  Mercury........................................2827, 2829, 2895, 2934
  Metals...........................................................2952
  Method 24 amendment..............................................2717
  Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE)...............................3035
  Methylene chloride...............................................1830
  Methylmercury....................................................3010
  NIH basic research and training grants............................903
  Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................1886
  Ozone depleting substances.......................825, 826, 2882, 2888
    Substitutes for N-propyl bromide in solvent cleaning...........2833
  Pesticides.......................................................2918
    Data requirements for registering biochemical or microbial 
        products...................................................2912
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................2902
    Rules of practice..............................................2921
  Pipeline safety standards........................................2071
  Pollution contingency plan.................................3001, 3011
  Radon............................................................3033
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................2980
  Semiconductors manufacture and assembly..........................2991
  Sulfur oxides..............................................2787, 2871
  Surface coatings.................................................2717
  Threshold planning quantity......................................2963
  Toxicological profiles:
    Metals.........................................................2952
  Toxics Release Inventory:
    Additions, deletions, and modifications..................2967, 2969
    Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds...............................2965
    Metal mining...................................................2966
    Reporting requirements.........................................2966
  Water pollution control....................................3023, 3025
Hazardous waste:
  Air pollutant control for combustors.......................2850, 2851
  Cement kiln dust.................................................2979
  Comparable fuels exclusion under RCRA............................2973
  Consumer products in consumer product packaging..................2990
  Disposal facilities:
    Radioactive waste..............................................2898
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.............................................2989, 2994
  Lead-acid batteries..............................................2993
  Manifest regulations.............................................2988
  Methods innovation rule..........................................2978
  Pharmaceuticals..................................................2990
  Polychlorinated biphenyls..................................2947, 2958
  Radioactive waste..........................................2900, 3724
    Advance notification to Native American tribes of 
        transportation.............................................3711
    Dose methodology...............................................2899
  Solid waste......................................................2974
  Solvents.........................................................2983
  Testing and monitoring activities................................2978
  Toxic waste site.................................................2948
  Transboundary shipment within Organization for Economic 
      Cooperation and Development member countries.................2984
  Uncontrolled sites on the NPL....................................2997
  Wastewater treatment sludges from automobile manufacturing.......2986
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:
    Fee schedule....................................................980
  Anti-kickback provisions..........................................775
  Fraud and abuse provisions........................................779
  Home health agencies..............................................914
    Prospective payment system......................................927
  Medical transportation demonstration grant program...............2050
  Non-emergency medical transportation programs.....................929
  Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network................894, 895
  Organ transplantation:
    Blood vessels recovered with organs.............................887
  Patient Safety Organizations......................................898
  Program exclusion for submitting claims containing excessive 
      charges.......................................................777
  Protection of human research subjects.............................913
  Risk-sharing arrangements.........................................775
  Rural broadband network support mechanism........................3539
  Tax revisions.....................................................978
  Underserved areas.................................................889
  Veterans:
    Calculation of reasonable charges for inpatient and 
        outpatient services........................................2622
    Care and services during disasters and emergencies.............2598
    Claims file for VA medical examinations and opinions...........2612
    Copayments.....................................................2599
    Elimination of copayment for weight management counseling......2623
    Enrollment eligibility.........................................2599
    Hospital and outpatient care enrollment........................2639
    Non-VA service and care........................................2620
    Presumptions of service connection.............................2641
Health facilities:
  See also Hospitals
           Nursing homes
  Ambulatory surgical centers:
    Conditions for coverage.........................................918
    Payment rates for services......................................976
  Anti-kickback safe harbor statute.................................778
  Emergency preparedness requirements...............................953
  Fire safety requirements..........................................991
  Grants to states for construction or acquisition of VA 
      facilities...................................................2652
  Long-term care:
    Federal long-term care insurance regulations...................3206
    Hospice service.................................................997
  Physician referrals for health services...........................959
  Psychiatric residential treatment facilities.......917, 954, 958, 967
  Rehabilitation facilities:
    Inpatient prospective payment system............................934
  Rural health clinic services......................................925
  Skilled nursing facilities:
    Nurse aide petition for removal of information for singular 
        finding of neglect..........................................946

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    Nurse aide training program waiver of disapproval...............946
    Prospective payment system and consolidated billing.............935
  Use of restraint and seclusion...............................917, 958
Health insurance:
  See also Medicare
  Access:
    Support orders in the IV-D program.............................1015
  Astronaut Health Care Provision..................................3076
  Calculation of average cost of a policy...........................892
  CHAMPUS:
    Claimcheck denials appeals process..............................700
    Double coverage............................................693, 699
    Dual compensation/conflict of interest provision................698
    Individual Case Management Program..............................701
    Payment for ambulatory care.....................................697
    TRICARE......692, 693, 694, 695, 696, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 
                                           708, 709, 710, 711, 712, 713
  Claims attachment standard........................................982
  District of Columbia employees...................................3182
  Federal service contract health and welfare benefits.............1761
  Government employees.......................................3193, 3207
    Active duty members of the military............................3210
    Administrative sanctions.......................................3155
    Dental and vision benefits.....................................3194
    Discontinuance of health plan in an emergency..................3209
    Flexible spending accounts...............................3168, 3211
    Long-term care insurance regulations...........................3206
    Suspension of Peace Corps eligibles' enrollment in FEHB 
        program....................................................3208
  Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act:
    Church plans...................................................2541
    Code set revisions..............................................920
    Electronic transactions and code set standards..................919
    Family and Medical Leave Act interaction.......................2422
    Health care access, portability and renewability...............1792
    Nondiscrimination............................1806, 2540, 2541, 2542
    Remote security standards.......................................951
    Special enrollment procedures..................................2422
    Tolling time periods...........................................2422
    Wellness programs..............................................2542
  Health Savings Accounts:
    Employer comparable contributions..............................2477
  Nondiscrimination regulations.....................................999
  Portability.......................................................983
  Post-childbirth hospitalization length of stay requirements.......968
  Reduced SSA benefits due to private insurance coverage...........3274
  Retirement benefits..............................................3044
  State Children's Health Insurance Program:
    Allotments......................................................977
    Disclosure of eligibility for food assistance programs..........175
    Payment error rate measurement program..........................990
    Premium assistance..............................................948
    Redistribution of unexpended funds..............................926
  Veterans:
    Coverage for devices and prostheses............................2596
    Delegations of authority.......................................2596
    Dual eligibility...............................................2653
    Preventive services............................................2597
    Qualifying event date..........................................2653
Health insurance for aged:
  See Medicare
Health professions:
  Alien health care workers..................................1104, 1864
  National Practitioner Data Bank..............................890, 893
  Nurses:
    Nonimmigrant aliens......................................1087, 1779
    Nurse aide petition for removal of information for singular 
        finding of neglect..........................................946
    Nurse aide training program waiver of disapproval...............946
    VA assistance to State home program for the hiring and 
        retention of nurses........................................2621
  Physicians:
    DEA registration requirements for practitioners practicing in 
        more than one state........................................1695
    Fee schedule....................................................936
    Health services referrals.......................................959
    National interest waivers for alien physicians.................1086
  Professional shortage areas.......................................889
  Undergraduate scholarship program sponsored by NIH................905
Health records:
  Privacy and disclosure of SSA records and information............3285
Hearing and appeal procedures:
  See Administrative practice and procedure
Helicopters:
  See Aircraft
Heliports:
  See Airports
Hepatitis C virus:
  Blood donors and recipients.......................................833
  Hospital conditions of participation..............................957
Herbicides:
  See Pesticides and pests
Higher education:
  See Colleges and universities
Highway safety:
  Crash test laboratory requirements for roadside safety hardware 
      acceptance...................................................1962
  Highway-rail grade crossings.....................................1984
  Mexican motor carriers...........................................1993
  Real-time system management information program..................1969
  Traffic control devices:
    Manual revision................................................1963
    Temporary use during construction, utility, and maintenance 
        operations.................................................1965
    Uniformity of..................................................1973
  Worker visibility................................................1971
Highways and roads:
  See also Bridges
           Highway safety
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
           Motor vehicles
  Culvert pipe specifications......................................1975
  Design-build contracting.........................................1966
  Environmental review of projects...........................1960, 2044
  Evaluating and rating projects of national and regional 
      significance.................................................1964
  Express lane demonstration project...............................1968
  Indian reservation road bridge program...........................1961
  Major capital investment projects................................2042
  Metropolitan and statewide transportation planning.........1970, 2049
  Prudence and feasibility of project alternatives...........1967, 2046
  Surface Transportation Project Delivery Pilot Program............1972
Historic preservation:
  Army Corps of Engineers regulations...............................680
Historical records:
  See Archives and records
Holding companies:
  Change in bank control.........................3618, 3621, 3623, 3626
  Industry Guide 3 amendments......................................3749
  Permissible activities of savings and loan companies.............2580
  Stock benefit plans..............................................2590
Honey:
  Research and promotion program......................................2
Hospice care:
  Medicaid and Medicare conditions of participation.................981
  Requirements for long-term care facilities........................997
  Wage index........................................................941
Hospitals:
  CHAMPUS payment for ambulatory care...............................697

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  Conditions of participation:
    Laboratory services.............................................957
    Organ transplantation centers...................................996
    Patients' rights...............................................1000
    Requirements of.................................................998
  Enhanced DSH treatment............................................963
  GME affillations for a teaching hospital affected by a disaster
                                                                   1002
  Grants administration.................................604, 1037, 2681
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................1793
  Medicaid:
    Outpatient services.............................................925
  Medicare:
    Coinsurance.....................................................973
    Discharge notification procedures..............................1003
    Extended care services coinsurance..............................973
    Inpatient deductible............................................973
    Inpatient prospective payment system............................939
    Inpatient psychiatric facilities...........................954, 967
    Limitation on charges for services furnished to Indians.........897
    Long-term care prospective payment system..................955, 966
    Outpatient prospective payment system...........................940
    Premiums for uninsured aged and disabled individuals who have 
        exhausted other entitlement.................................974
  Mortgage insurance...............................................1317
  Post-childbirth length of stay requirements.......................968
  TRICARE outpatient prospective payment system.....................708
Hours of work:
  See Wages
Household appliances:
  Energy efficiency..................................725, 732, 739, 742
  Test procedures...................................................736
Housing:
  See also Fair housing
           Housing standards
           Low and moderate income housing
           Manufactured homes
           Mortgage insurance
           Mortgages
           Public housing
  Accelerated claims disposition...................................1330
  Acquisition regulations:
    Debarment and suspension...........................1282, 1283, 1340
  Affordable Housing Program.......................................3605
  American Dream Downpayment Initiative............................1297
  ANSI design and construction requirements........................1337
  Civil money penalties......................................1287, 1296
  Community development block grants:
    Small cities program...........................................1332
  Compliance with HUD statutes and regulations.....................1290
  Disposition of HUD-acquired single-family properties.............1328
  Disposition of HUD-owned assets in revitalization areas..........1313
  Energy-efficiency rating guidelines...............................734
  Environmental regulations........................................1288
  Freedom of information regulations...................1281, 1294, 1295
  Hearing procedures...............................................1285
  HOME Investment Partnerships Program.............................1289
  Housing counseling program.......................................1321
  Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS program..............1335
  HUD acquisition regulations......................................1341
  HUD independent public accountant roster.........................1279
  HUD participation and compliance requirements....................1302
  Indian Housing Block Grant Program.........................1353, 1358
    Annual performance reports.....................................1354
    Minimum funding provision......................................1364
    Self-insurance plans...........................................1359
    Use of census data.............................................1361
  Insular Areas Program............................................1298
  Lead-based paint.................................................2926
  Limited denial of participation regulations......................1282
  Mark-to-Market Program...........................................1315
  Military family housing contracts.................................644
  Multifamily:
    Closing forms and documents....................................1316
    Disposition of HUD-owned projects..............................1326
    Inspection requirements........................................1301
    Physical condition standards...................................1301
  NAHASDA amendments...............................................1360
  Nondiscrimination in programs and activities receiving Federal 
      financial assistance.........................................1277
  One dollar home sales to local governments.......................1305
  Pet ownership for the elderly and persons with disabilities......1280
  Production of material or provision of testimony by HUD 
      employees....................................................1294
  Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act regulations.....................1286
  Rural:
    Farm labor housing.........................................101, 103
    Loan policies....................................................95
    Loans and grants..................................98, 103, 104, 106
    Multiple-family housing.........................................103
    New and existing dwellings definition...........................105
    Planning and performing construction.............................96
    Rental housing...............................99, 101, 102, 103, 107
    Surety requirements.............................................100
  Streamlining regulations..........................................103
  Supportive Housing Programs......................................1333
    Project design and cost standards..............................1314
  Uniform standards for grants and agreements......................1293
  YouthBuild Program...............................................1784
Housing assistance payments:
  See Housing
Housing standards:
  Manufactured housing dispute resolution program..................1325
  Manufactured housing installation program..................1323, 1324
Human research subjects:
  Protection of.................................715, 843, 910, 912, 913
  Student rights....................................................722
Humane treatment of animals:
  See Animal welfare
Hunting:
  Migratory birds................................1435, 1459, 1490, 1500
  Refuge-specific regulations................................1438, 1473
Hydroelectric power:
  See Electric power
Hydropower:
  Licensing hearings process...................................246, 475


                                   I

Immigration:
  See also Aliens
           Citizenship and naturalization
  Appeals efficiency...............................................1072
  Authority of the DHS Secretary...................................1035
  Benefit application fee..........................................1058
  Biometric data collection........................................1055
  Biometric fee schedule...........................................1058
  Board of Immigration Appeals:
    Affirmance without opinion.....................................1716
    Composition of.................................................1715
    Professional conduct for practitioners.........................1703
    Publication of decisions as precedents.........................1716
    Referral for three-board-member review.........................1716
  Cancellation of removal....................................1704, 1706
  Child Citizenship Act............................................1092
  Concurrent filing of immigrant petition and permament residence 
      application..................................................1057
  Consent to reapply for admission after removal...................1049
  Detention of aliens subject to final orders of removal...........1235
  Disclosure of records............................................1074
  Electronic filing, processing, and adjudication of applications 
      and petitions................................................1118
  Electronic signatures on applications and petitions for 
      benefits.....................................................1102

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  Employment:
    Eligibility verification.......................................1867
    Verification requirements......................................1078
  Exchange visitors:
    Certification fees.............................................1232
    Eligibility....................................................1862
    Interns..................................................1861, 1869
    Revocation process.............................................1855
    Secondary school students......................................1856
    Sponsor site visits............................................1862
  Executive Office for Immigration Review authorities..............1705
  Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry..............1187
  Fingerprinting certain applicants................................1110
  Genealogy Program processing fee.................................1071
  Hunger strikes by detainees......................................1241
  Immigrant Investor Pilot Program.................................1115
  Immigrant visa service fee.......................................1120
  Immigration proceedings..........................................1702
  Inadmissibility..................................................1870
  Individuals with disabilities:
    Naturalization procedures......................................1114
  Intercountry adoptions.........................1063, 1852, 1871, 1877
  Interest payments on cancelled cash bonds........................1228
  International broadcasters.......................................1111
  International matchmaking organization requirements..............1700
  Jurisdiction over appeals of INS decisions involving 
      administrative fines.........................................1709
  Law enforcement officers training during mass influx of aliens 
                                                                   1193
  Legal Immigration Family Equity Act..................1095, 1096, 1706
  Permanent resident status..................................1093, 1109
  Preinspected automated lane program..............................1196
  Premium processing fee...........................................1121
  Protective orders in administration proceedings..................1707
  Refugee and asylee relative petitions............................1108
  Representative registry..........................................1708
  Revoking grants of naturalization................................1062
  Seizures and forfeitures.........................................1180
  Surety bonds.....................................................1230
  Suspension of deportation............................1082, 1704, 1706
  U.S. Citizenship and Immigrations Services:
    Filing and service locations...................................1077
  United Nations Convention Against Torture........................1083
  User fee remittance..............................................1191
  Withholding classified derogatory information from 
      naturalization applicant.....................................1119
  Withholding of adjudication......................................1068
Imports:
  See also Antidumping
           Countervailing duties
           Customs duties and inspection
  Alcohol and alcoholic products...................................2166
  Animal drugs......................................................816
  Animals and animal products...................................75, 784
  Apparel articles..................................................311
  Archaeological and ethnological material restrictions:
    Bolivia........................................................2123
    Cyprus.........................................................2111
    Peru...........................................................2110
  Border Release Advanced Screening and Selectivity Program........1200
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention....................68, 75
  Captive-bred exotic birds........................................1376
  Cattle.............................................................49
  Cement products from Mexico.................................312, 2104
  Certification of factual information during antidumping and 
      countervailing duty proceedings...............................308
  Chemicals:
    Blanket certifications.............................2935, 2936, 2955
    Information on foreign chain of distribution for List I 
        chemicals..................................................1688
    Narcotic raw material..........................................1684
    Notice of transfers of List I and List II chemicals............1687
    Quotas for List I chemicals....................................1689
    Threshold removal for ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and 
        phenylpropanolamine........................................1691
  Coffee, unroasted..................................................74
  Control of PMN chemicals.........................................2933
  Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2095
  Duty-free entry...................................................311
  Eggs..............................................................179
  Emergency relief work supplies....................................313
  Endangered and threatened species................................1388
  Firearms and ammunition....................................2180, 2199
  Food products................................................812, 866
  Fruits.....................................................60, 80, 83
  Halon-1301 aircraft fire extinguishing vessels...................2799
  HCFC pre-charged products........................................2751
  Horses.............................................................67
  Meat and meat products.............................................68
  Motor vehicles...................................................2849
  Munitions import list............................................1658
  Narcotic raw material............................................1684
  Nursery stock......................................................52
  Ozone depleting substances.................................2751, 2819
  Parrots..........................................................1457
  Phytosanitary certificates for fruits and vegetables...............59
  Pirated audio-visual works.......................................2100
  Plants.............................................................52
  Polar bear trophies..............................................1381
  Poultry products....................................69, 179, 183, 184
  Softwood lumber products from Canada.............................2106
  Tobacco products..............................................8, 2205
  Tuberculosis risk classification...................................49
  Uniform rules of origin..........................................2083
  Used ozone-depleting substances for destruction..................2749
  Vegetables.................................................60, 82, 83
  Wild birds.......................................................1457
  Wildlife...................................................1377, 1449
  Wine.............................................................2188
Income taxes:
  Accelerated death benefits.......................................2493
  Accrual rules for creditable foreign taxes.......................2266
  Accruals and allocations reductions because of increased age.....2389
  Accuracy-related penalties.................................2324, 2462
  Active trade or business requirement.............................2280
  Alcohol fuel credits.............................................2319
  Allocation and apportionment rules...............................2264
  Allocation of basis in connection with adjustments and 
      determinations...............................................2446
  Alternative minimum tax..........................................2488
  American Jobs Creation Act.......................................2571
  Arbitrage guidance...............................................2535
  Asset ownership............................................2496, 2524
  Assumption of liabilities........................................2444
  Authorized placement agency......................................2498
  Automated substitute for return..................................2508
  Below-market loans...............................................2277
  Biodiesel credits................................................2319
  Bonds:
    Allocation and accounting regulations..........................2505
    Municipal......................................................2431
    Qualified zone academy bonds.............................2276, 2482
    Tax-exempt bonds issued by Indian tribal governments...........2333
    Tax-exempt bonds issued by State and local governments.........2501
  Branch remittances...............................................2373
  Built-in gains...................................................2346
  Capital asset exclusion for accounts and notes receivable........2466
  Capital gains:
    Treatment of self-created musical works..................2531, 2532
  Capitalization of expenditures to repair or improve tangible 
      property.....................................................2432

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  Capitalized costs................................................2295
  Caribbean Basin countries........................................2487
  Carryback allowance........................................2334, 2469
  Charitable contributions of motor vehicles.................2454, 2560
  Claims against decedent's estate.................................2275
  Clean Renewable Energy Bonds credit........................2317, 2455
  Collection due process.....................................2545, 2546
  Collections:
    Installment agreements.........................................2247
  Communications excise tax........................................2543
  Computer software deduction from income..........................2562
  Consolidated groups:
    Anti-avoidance and anti-loss reimportation rules.........2358, 2575
    Loss limitation rules..........................................2269
  Consolidated returns:
    Intercompany obligations.................................2262, 2382
    Interest income................................................2409
    Regulation amendments..........................................2388
  Constructive sales of appreciated financial positions............2249
  Contingent at closing escrows....................................2507
  Controlled groups:
    Calculating and apportioning additional tax..............2364, 2481
  Converting an IRA annuity to a Roth IRA..........................2443
  Coordination of income taxes for US and certain possessions.....2273, 
                                                                   2421
  Corporations:
    Alternative minimum tax........................................2488
    Assumption of liabilities......................................2260
    Disclosure to the Bureau of Economic Analysis............2510, 2555
    Dividend limitations paid by lookthrough corporations..........2464
    Estimated tax..................................................2385
    Indian Tribal Corporations.....................................2289
    No net equity value transactions...............................2509
    Operating rules for successors in liquidations.................2423
    Organizational expenditures....................................2306
    Prohibited allocation of securities............................2549
    Reorganizations..................2328, 2355, 2360, 2424, 2574, 2576
    S corporations.........................2281, 2292, 2309, 2499, 2549
    Shareholder's basis in stock...................................2292
    Start-up expenditures..........................................2306
    Stock ownership in another corporation.........................2296
    Subchapter S banks.............................................2459
    Withholding taxes..............................................2161
  Cost sharing.....................................................2396
  Costs allocation under the simplified methods....................2349
  Custodial account contributions..................................2400
  Deadline postponement due to Presidentially Declared Disaster 
      Area...................................................2356, 2480
  Deduction for qualified film and television production costs....2362, 
                                                             2476, 2570
  Deductions of a trust or estate..................................2340
  Deferred compensation............................................2557
  Defined benefit plans:
    Mortality tables...............................................2361
    Multiple annuity starting date limitations.....................2336
  Dependent care credit............................................2404
  Dependent definition.............................................2516
  Depreciation computation.........................................2548
    MACRS property acquired in a like-kind exchange or 
        involuntary conversion.....................................2561
  Designated or related summons....................................2274
  Discharge of property............................................2302
  Disclosure of return information...........................2261, 2429
  Disclosure regulations for reportable transactions.........2434, 2435
  Disclosures to subcontractors....................................2416
  Disqualified person..............................................2287
  Disregarded entities and collections.............................2439
  Distribution requirements........................................2474
  Dollar approximate separate transactions method computations.....2564
  Dollar-value last-in, first-out (LIFO) inventory method..........2258
  Dual consolidated losses.........................................2550
  Earnings and profits attribution principles......................2394
  Election to expense certain refineries.....................2314, 2452
  Electronic filing of business returns............................2547
  Electronic filing regulations............2425, 2457, 2521, 2559, 2577
  Electronic tax administration....................................2395
  Electronic transmissions.........................................2497
  Employee benefits:
    Cafeteria plans................................................2313
    Electronic transmission of notices, elections or consents......2554
    Limitations....................................................2553
  Employer contributions for deferred compensation.................2263
  Employer's annual Federal employment tax return..................2512
  Employment tax regulations.................................2368, 2484
  Entertainment expense disallowance...............................2322
  Environmental protection:
    Capital costs incurred to comply with sulfur regulations......2310, 
                                                                   2449
  Escrow funds.....................................................2419
  Excess operating fund investment.................................2161
  Failure of authorized recipient to safeguard Federal tax 
      returns or return information................................2520
  Failure to furnish information regarding reportable 
      transactions...............................2331, 2332, 2467, 2468
  Failure to maintain list of advisees.......................2323, 2461
  Farm income averaging regulations..........................2300, 2438
  Filing corrections...............................................2399
  Filing extensions..........................................2345, 2517
  Foreign corporations.................................2241, 2371, 2489
    Definition of qualified foreign corporation....................2283
    Earnings and profits.....................................2374, 2491
    Gain recognition in connection with transfer of stock or 
        securities...........................................2351, 2573
    Income rules...................................................2256
    Information returns requirements.........................2352, 2441
    Interest expense allocable in a global dealing operation.......2337
    Interest expense deduction.....................................2470
    Ownership by former shareholders or partners of domestic 
        entities...................................................2448
    Taxpayer definition............................................2471
    Transfer of intangibles........................................2259
  Foreign currency contract..................................2518, 2519
  Foreign governments........................................2350, 2486
  Foreign insurance companies......................................2242
  Foreign investment companies.....................................2255
  Foreign Investment in Real Property Act..........................2372
  Foreign tax credit.......................2239, 2359, 2383, 2397, 2485
  Fringe benefits taxation.........................................2325
  Fuel excise tax regulations..........................2298, 2315, 2428
  Functional currency..............................................2374
  Gift tax value determination.....................................2290
  Governmental plan status.........................................2366
  Grantor..........................................................2496
  Highly compensated employee................................2244, 2539
  HIPAA portability................................................2422
  Income exclusion for international operation of ships or 
      aircraft...............................................2342, 2478
  Income from ocean and space activities...........................2537
  Income source rules involving US possessions.....................2475
  Installment agreement user fees..................................2565
  Insurance companies..............................................2450
  Interest.......................................2375, 2383, 2384, 2409
    Overpayments...................................................2365
    Ten percent shareholders test for portfolio interest...........2563
  Interest-free adjustments........................................2492
  International communications income..............................2537
  International organizations................................2350, 2486
  Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005...................2456, 2569
  Like-kind exchanges..............................................2419
    Depreciation of MACRS property.................................2561
  Liquidation of an interest.......................................2270
  Losses:
    Limitation on transfer of built-in losses......................2442

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    Separate limitation............................................2240
  Mark-to-market treatment for marketable stocks.............2272, 2405
  Measurement of income inclusion..................................2327
  Medical and accident insurance benefits..........................2353
  Mixed use output facilities......................................2504
  Non-shelter revisions............................................2392
  Nondiscrimination requirement with respect to benefits or 
      contributions................................................2304
  Normalization requirements.......................................2387
  Notarization requirement for statements of purchase..............2506
  Notices of nonjudicial sale................................2330, 2528
  Notional principal contracts.....................................2401
  Nuclear power facilities credit for production.............2320, 2458
  Nuclear power plant decommissioning costs..................2316, 2453
  Obligation to file notice of redetermination of foreign tax......2239
  Partnerships:
    Basis reduction in stock of a corporate partner................2311
    Capital gains rollover.........................................2415
    Debt satisfied by a partnership interest.......................2522
    Disallowance of loss transfers.................................2311
    Disguised sales................................................2414
    Distributive share determination...............................2291
    Equity for services............................................2406
    Exception qualification guidance...............................2437
    Foreign tax credit allocation..................................2544
    Guaranteed payments to partners................................2293
    Limitation on importation of built-in losses...................2326
    New markets tax credit allocation..............................2265
    Options........................................................2391
    Retiring or deceased partner...................................2500
    Substantiality rules...........................................2426
    Withholding reduction..........................................2427
  Passive foreign investment companies.............................2255
  Payments:
    Electronic payment system mailbox rule...................2348, 2479
    No return of information required..............................2286
    Overpayment interest calculation...............................2297
    Partial payments on offers in compromise.......................2530
    Payments in lieu of taxes......................................2523
  Payments to attorneys............................................2253
  Pension plans:
    Notice requirements for amendments significantly reducing 
        rate of future benefit accrual.............................2367
  Performance of actuarial service under ERISA.....................2278
  PFIC purging elections...........................................2411
  Previously taxed earnings and profits............................2386
  Principal accounting method......................................2294
  Procedure and administration.....................................2376
  Public inspection of written determinations......................2418
  Qualified contract provisions....................................2285
  Qualified intellectual property contributions....................2515
  Railroad track maintenance credit................................2447
  Real estate investment trusts:
    Capital gain dividends.........................................2335
  Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits:
    Accrual for certain regular interests..........................2407
    Foreign holders..........................................2402, 2558
    Interest-only regular interests................................2284
  Real estate transactions:
    Timber sales information reporting.............................2305
  Reconsideration of Rev. Rule 69-302..............................2379
  Regulated investment companies:
    Capital gain dividends.........................................2335
    Reporting of foreign taxes paid................................2430
  Regulation amendments............................................2312
  Release of lien..................................................2302
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................2490
  Request for return of wrongfully levied property...........2330, 2528
  Research credit..................................................2299
  Research expenditures resulting in inventory property............2303
  Residence involving U.S. possessions.............................2572
  Resident status..................................................2370
  Retirement annuity contributions.................................2400
  Retirement plans.................................................2494
    Deemed IRAs in governmental plans..............................2483
    Designated Roth contributions under cash or deferred 
        arrangements...............................................2451
    Hybrid plans...................................................2363
    Phased retirement program......................................2420
  Salary reduction agreement.......................................2460
  Section 6159.....................................................2247
  Section 6323.....................................................2354
  Section 751(b)...................................................2357
  Section 882......................................................2495
  Section 884......................................................2495
  Securities...........................................2245, 2329, 2377
    Abandonment of.................................................2307
    Income effectively connected with a US business................2338
  Simplified service cost and simplified production methods to 
      self-constructed assets......................................2556
  Solid waste disposal facility definition.........................2417
  Source of income from financial guarantee fees...................2339
  Special rules....................................................2465
  Standards for covered opinions...................................2344
  Stewardship expenses.............................................2413
  Stock options....................................................2410
  Stock transfer regulations...........................2254, 2288, 2552
  Straddles:
    Carrying charges...............................................2384
    Definition of loss.............................................2279
    Miscellaneous issues...........................................2378
  Subchapter T cooperatives............................2473, 2511, 2513
  Substitute dividend payments in securities lending...............2268
  Substitute for return............................................2508
  Summonses of third-party recordkeepers...........................2390
  Support test for children of divorced parents....................2282
  Suspension of interest and penalties.............................2514
  Tacking rule requirement.........................................2445
  Targeted populations.............................................2308
  Tax credits:
    Low-income housing.......................................1350, 2267
    Puerto Rico....................................................2369
  Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005.....2472, 2568
  Tax shelter rules....................................2436, 2525, 2526
  Tax-exempt organizations.........................................2534
    Forms of payment for excise taxes..............................2527
    Notification requirement.......................................2533
    Revocation standards...........................................2463
  Taxable fuel entry...............................................2408
  Taxable years for CFCs and FPHCs.................................2257
  Taxpayer assistance orders.......................................2321
  Taxpayer Bill of Rights..........................................2247
  Timely mailing treatment.........................................2502
  Toll telephone service definition................................2503
  Tort type rights test............................................2341
  Tractors, trailers, trucks, and tires............................2301
  Transactions involving related parties, pass-through entities, 
      or other intermediaries......................................2410
  Transferor or transferee as a predecessor or successor...........2403
  Transfers between an individual debtor and the bankruptcy 
      estate.......................................................2318
  Travel expenses for members of Congress..........................2248
  Treatment of services............................................2398
  Trusts:
    Excess deductions..............................................2340
    Foreign trusts.................................................2246
    Non-exempt employees...........................................2496
    Qualified severance regulations................................2412
    Reporting earned income........................................2419
  Type III supporting organization payout requirements.............2529
  Underpayment.....................................................2551
  Utility allowances...............................................2271
  Voluntary State tax withholding from retired pay of Service 
      members.......................................................590

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  Withholding and reporting obligations regarding tender offers 
                                                                   2343
  Withholding certificates...................................2433, 2497
  Withholding on payments made by government entities..............2238
  Withholding tax on U.S. source income paid to foreign persons 
                                                                   2347
Indians:
  See also Indians-business and finance
           Indians-lands
           Indians-law
           Indians-tribal government
  Energy Resource Development Program..............................1548
  Extending wireless telecommunications services to tribal lands 
                                                                   3511
  Food assistance programs..........................................138
  Housing:
    Indian Housing Block Grant Program....1352, 1353, 1354, 1358, 1359, 
                                                             1361, 1364
    NAHASDA amendments.............................................1360
  Limitation on charges by Medicare participating inpatient 
      hospitals.....................................................897
  Migratory bird hunting regulations...............................1435
  National Indian Gaming Commission........3670, 3671, 3672, 3682, 3684
  Navajo generating station..................................2777, 2778
  Peyote use in traditional religion ceremonies....................1674
  Preference in employment.........................................1537
  Religious/spiritual use of migratory bird feathers by Native 
      Americans....................................................1372
  Revision of the membership roll of the Eastern Band of Cherokee 
      of North Carolina............................................1538
  Spent fuel shipment notification.................................3711
  STOP Violence Against Indian Women Discretionary Grant Program 
                                                                   1730
  Subsistence fishing...................................393, 1482, 1499
  Subsistence hunting and fishing on Federal lands in Alaska......1421, 
                                                 1467, 1470, 1476, 1500
Indians-business and finance:
  Acquisition regulations..........................................3320
  Gaming operations:
    Audit standards................................................3679
    Background investigations and licenses for primary management 
        officials and key employees................................3680
    Civil fines....................................................3684
    Classification standards.......................................3677
    Compact negotiations between States and tribes.................1543
    Debt collection................................................3674
    Facility licensing standards...................................3673
    Key employee defined...........................................3678
    Minimum internal control standards.............................3683
    Privacy Act procedures.........................................3675
    Sole proprietary interest......................................3685
    Technical standards for gaming machines and gaming systems.....3676
    Tribal revenue allocation plans................................1542
    Trust land regulations.........................................1549
  Indian Tribal Corporations.......................................2289
  Indian tribe definition for CCC payment eligibility and 
      limitation.....................................................45
  Loan guaranty, insurance and interest subsidy....................1541
  Management contracts.............................................3670
  Net gaming revenue...............................................3671
  Unclaimed Individual Indian Moneys funds.........................1530
Indians-lands:
  Air pollution control implementation.............................2845
  Annual funding agreements........................................1392
  Business lease procedures........................................1536
  EPA new source reviews...........................................2780
  Forest land protection............................................240
  Forest management................................................1540
  Forest Service sacred sites management............................245
  Grazing permits..................................................1531
  Indian reservation road bridge program...........................1961
  Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Program:
    Loan write-downs.................................................34
  Irrigation projects..............................................1544
  Leasing for mineral development............................1535, 1539
  Mining regulations.............................1533, 1534, 1588, 1591
  National Forest System lands......................................203
  Oil and gas leases.........................................1532, 1547
  Oil valuation from leases........................................1572
  Probate of trust estates.........................................1546
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................253
Indians-law:
  BIA regulations..................................................1550
  Construction of jails............................................1756
  Hearings and appeals.............................................3681
  Use or distribution of judgment funds......................1529, 1551
Indians-tribal government:
  Tribal background investigations.................................3682
Individuals with disabilities:
  See also Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
           Vocational rehabilitation
           Education of individuals with disabilities
  Accessibility guidelines:
    Outdoor developed areas........................................2682
    Public accommodations and commercial facilities................1644
    Public rights-of-way...........................................2684
    State and local government services............................1645
    Telecommunications equipment and customer premises equipment 
                                                                   3404
    Transportation...........................................1890, 1899
  Contractor and subcontractor obligations.........................1765
  Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act.....1004
  Disability ratings.........................................3276, 3309
    Age categories.................................................3307
    Digestive system.........................................2616, 3286
    Drug addiction or alcoholism...................................3297
    Growth impairment..............................................3306
    Hearing impairments............................................3304
    Hematological disorders........................................3271
    Immune system..................................................3287
    Labyrinthine-vestibular function disturbance...................3304
    Language and speech disorders..................................3305
    Mental disorders...............................................3270
    Multiple scars...........................................2614, 2656
    Musculoskeletal disorders......................................3308
    Neurological conditions........................................3295
    Respiratory disorders..........................................3298
    Visual disorders...............................................2625
  Electronic and information technology accessibility standards 
                                                                   2685
  HUD-assisted housing:
    Pet ownership..................................................1280
  Javits-Wagner-O'Day program:
    Labor hours ratio requirements.................................2689
  Medical improvement eligibility group.............................924
  Medical-vocational guidelines....................................3296
  Naturalization application.......................................1114
  Nondiscrimination....................................3055, 3214, 3294
    Air travel.....................................................1887
    CNCS...........................................................2695
    Complaint processing...........................................3042
    DHS programs...................................................1032
    Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation.......................3294
    GSA............................................................3060
    HUD programs...................................................1277
    NARA...........................................................3096
    OFHEO..........................................................3111
  Onsite review of consultative examination providers by 
      disability determination services............................3281

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  Passenger vessel access....................................1882, 2683
  Self-Sufficiency Program...................................3282, 3302
  Telecommunications products accessibility guidelines.............2685
  Telecommunications relay services..........................3405, 3406
  Ticket to Work Program.....................................3282, 3302
  Transportation regulations.......................................1892
  Veterans:
    Amendment of Schedule for Rating Disabilities appendices.......2670
    OPM documentation requirements.................................3138
  Vocational rehabilitation services:
    Referral for services..........................................3300
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..................................................721
  Baby bath seat ban...............................................3374
  Ban request for toy jewelry containing lead................3370, 3383
  Bunk bed cornerpost standard.....................................3375
  Child Care and Development Fund............................1009, 1013
  Child Citizenship Act............................................1092
  Child Safety Lock Act of 2005....................................1651
  Child Status Protection Act................................1051, 1874
  Crib safety standards............................................3373
  Early intervention program for infants and toddlers with 
      disabilities..................................................720
  FAA-approved child restraint systems.............................1958
  Food assistance programs................................148, 152, 175
  Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children........................896
  Infant formula...............................................846, 847
  Infant pillow ban................................................3369
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................1793
  Motor vehicle restraint systems............................2006, 2016
  Portable bed rail safety.........................................3366
  Post-childbirth hospitalization length of stay requirements.......968
  State Children's Health Insurance Program:
    Allotments......................................................977
    Disclosure of eligibility for food assistance programs..........175
    Payment error rate measurement program..........................990
    Premium assistance..............................................948
    Redistribution of unexpended funds..............................926
  Television programming...........................................3462
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....................................837, 910
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.................................1267
  Terrorism Risk Insurance Program.................................2115
Insurance companies:
  Income tax regulations...........................................2450
  Passenger motor vehicle insurer theft loss reporting 
      requirements.................................................2008
Insured loans:
  See Loan programs
Intelligence:
  See Classified information
Intergovernmental relations:
  See also Grant programs
  EPA..................................................2783, 3015, 3023
  Federal-state funds transfers....................................2158
International agreements:
  See Treaties
International boundaries:
  Border crossing cards:
    Elimination of.................................................1186
International trade:
  See Foreign trade
Inventions and patents:
  Acquisition regulations..........................................1024
  Board of Appeals procedures.......................................567
  Claims containing Markush or other alternative language...........562
  Deferral of examination of applications...........................584
  DFARS regulations.................................................632
  Disclosure Document Program elimination...........................588
  Doctrine of inequitable conduct...................................559
  Duty of disclosure in applications................................559
  Electronic application exchange between intellectual property 
      offices.......................................................585
  Electronic submission of documents................................587
  Ex parte and inter partes reexamination practice...565, 566, 567, 569
  Examination of applications for subject matter eligibility........581
  Examination of claims in applications.............................577
  Examination of multiple continuation applications.................576
  Fees..............................................................564
    Revisions.......................................................570
  Information disclosure statement requirements.....................578
  Interferences.....................................................567
  Madrid Processing Unit............................................574
  Means- or step- plus-function claim elements in applications......580
  Patent Cooperation Treaty.........................................572
  Pre-brief appeal conference for applications under appeal.........579
  Preexamination search reports.....................................583
  Representation of others before the USPTO.........................560
  Submission of chemical and 3-D biological structural data in 
      electronic format.............................................575
  Time for required filing and date of availability of biological 
      deposits......................................................582
  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Office of the General Counsel 
      address.......................................................571
Investigations:
  Government personnel.............................................3178
Investment advisers:
  See Securities
Investment companies:
  Affiliate transactions...........................................3776
  Anti-money laundering program for unregistered companies.........2149
  Confirmation of transactions.....................................3798
  Custody of securities............................................3769
  Disclosure requirements....................................3748, 3787
    Mutual fund information........................................3764
    Privacy protection.............................................3782
    Transformation of company......................................3813
  Electronic filing of transfer agent forms........................3810
  Electronic submission of applications............................3767
  Eligible portfolio companies.....................................3779
  Employees' securities companies exemptions.......................3773

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  Equal voting rights defined......................................3772
  Exchange-traded funds............................................3759
  Extension of XBRL voluntary reporting program on the EDGAR 
      System.......................................................3780
  Form N-SAR.......................................................3770
  Frequency of distribution of capital gains.......................3765
  Fund board composition and chair regulations.....................3766
  Fund of funds investments........................................3768
  Income tax regulations...........................................2430
  Internal control over financial reporting requirements...........3754
  Issued ratably definition........................................3763
  Portfolio transaction cost disclosure............................3761
  Registration form and rules................................3760, 3770
  Smaller company regulatory reform................................3744
Investments:
  See also Brokers
           Commodity futures
           Investment companies
           Securities
  Cash solicitation rule...........................................3771
  Direct investment abroad reporting...........................293, 294
  Filing documents in interactive data format......................3742
  Financial services transactions between U.S. providers and 
      unaffiliated foreign persons..................................297
  Investment advisers:
    Anti-money laundering program..................................2144
    Electronic filing..............................................3774
    Political contributions........................................3757
    Proxy voting policies..........................................3748
    Thrift institutions............................................3781
  Mutual funds:
    Reporting suspicious transactions..............................2137
    Requirement threshold for information on transfers and 
        transmittals...............................................2153
  Permissible transactions for federal credit unions.........3643, 3667
  Quarterly survey of transactions in selected services and 
      intangible assets with foreign persons........................296
  Widely held fixed investment trusts........................2566, 2567
Irrigation:
  Project operation and maintenance................................1544


                                   K

Kidney diseases:
  Medicare:
    Conditions for coverage.........................................956


                                   L

Labeling:
  See also Food labeling
           Packaging and containers
  Alcoholic beverages............................2167, 2169, 2189, 2207
  Blood and blood components........................................845
  Drugs..........................795, 796, 806, 851, 857, 865, 869, 871
  Drugs, biologics, or medical devices held for the Strategic 
      National Stockpile............................................861
  Fuel economy of motor vehicles.............................2838, 2883
  Human cells, tissues, and cellular and tissue-based products......862
  Latex condoms.....................................................872
  Malt beverages...................................................2219
  Mini sparklers...................................................3382
  Natural rubber-containing medical devices.........................799
  Portable generators carbon monoxide poisoning hazard.............3384
  Recycled oil intended for use as engine oil......................3642
  Wine alcohol content.............................................2172
  Winemaking terms.................................................2214
Labor:
  See also Child labor
           Employee benefit plans
           Employment
           Equal employment opportunity
           Occupational safety and health
           Retirement
           Unemployment compensation
           Wages
  Apprenticeship programs:
    Registration standards.........................................1773
  Federal service contract health and welfare benefits.............1761
  Labor organization officer and employee reports..................1766
  Small Business Job Protection Act................................1760
  Trade adjustment assistance for workers..............1780, 1781, 1782
  Wage determinations for construction and service contracts........654
  Wagner-Peyser Act:
    Method of delivery of funded services..........................1783
  Workforce Investment Act.........................................1783
  YouthBuild Program...............................................1784
Laboratories:
  Accreditation of analytical chemistry laboratories................193
  Crash test laboratory requirements for roadside safety hardware 
      acceptance...................................................1962
  Fee rates for agricultural industry testing.........................9
  Gynecological cytology proficiency testing requirements...........928
  Hospital conditions of participation..............................957
  Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories Fee Schedule..........1838
  Waste management.................................................2987
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..............................................1753
  Carriage of concealed weapons....................................1722
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act...1724, 1725, 1726, 
                                                             3477, 3482
  Fish and Wildlife Service........................................1373
  Forest Service....................................................206
  Indian country...................................................1550
  National Instant Criminal Background Check System:
    Background checks prior to return of firearms in law 
        enforcement possession.....................................1718
  Police department review for pattern or practice of unlawful 
      conduct......................................................1649
  Private Security Officer Employment Authorization Act............1721
  Production of information or testimony by officials serving on 
      a Department of Justice Task Force...........................1735
  Training of officers authorized to enforce immigration law 
      during mass influx of aliens.................................1193
  Use of tobacco products without payment of tax...................2200
Lawyers:
  Ethical standards................................................1745
  Representation for aliens in immigration proceedings.............1708
  Standards of conduct:
    SEC............................................................3816
Lead poisoning:
  Ban request for toy jewelry containing lead................3370, 3383
  Paint................................................2926, 2945, 2946
  Reducing lead consumption and use................................2930
Libraries:
  Disposition of culturally identifiable human remains in 
      possession of museums........................................1509

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  Presidential library facilities..................................3085
  Title IX of the Education Act Amendments.........................3100
Life insurance:
  Accelerated death benefits.......................................2493
  District of Columbia employees...................................3182
  Government employees.............................................3192
  Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance:
    Traumatic injury protection rider..............................2664
Liquors:
  Exports..........................................................2216
Livestock:
  See also Grazing lands
           Meat and meat products
           Meat inspection
           Poultry and poultry products
  Aquatic animals.....................................................1
  Assistance for producers...........................................23
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention.......................855
  Cattle importation.................................................49
  Chronic wasting disease in farmed elk and deer.....................72
  Foot-and-mouth disease.............................................71
  Interstate movement of sheep and goats.............................62
  Livestock Mandatory Reporting Program...............................7
  National Forest System restrictions...............................214
  National Organic Program............................................3
    Access to pasture.................................................5
    National list of allowed and prohibited substances 
        regulations..............................................11, 12
  Packers and Stockyards Act:
    Rules of practice...............................................136
Loan programs:
  Guarantees for projects employing innovative energy 
      technologies..................................................753
  Indian loan guaranty, insurance and interest subsidy.............1541
  NIH loan repayment programs.......................................900
  Reclamation Loan Guarantee Program...............................1599
  Special Community Disaster Loans Program.........................1270
  Treasury loan program............................................2163
Loan programs-agriculture:
  Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program......268, 274, 275, 277
    Socio-economic benefit assessment system...................270, 271
  Community programs.................................................93
  Farm Credit Administration:
    Accounting and disclosure to shareholders and investors........3389
    Borrower rights................................................3388
    Capital adequacy...............................................3386
    Disclosure and reporting requirements....................3394, 3397
    Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation..........3392, 3396, 3399
    Financially related services...................................3387
    Funding and fiscal affairs.....................................3386
    Governance of institutions.....................................3397
    Loan policies and operations...................................3386
    Mission-related investments....................................3385
    Ownership requirement for eligibility of processing and 
        marketing entities.........................................3393
    Priority of claims.............................................3390
    Privacy Act and security information regulations...............3400
    Regulatory burden..............................................3395
    Scope of financing regulations.................................3391
    Termination regulations........................................3398
  Farm Loan Program:
    Regulatory streamlining..........................................21
  Farm Service Agency:
    Appraisal requirements for farm ownership loans..................35
    Debt collection and settlement regulations.......................26
    Guaranteed farm loan fees........................................29
    Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Program...........................34
    Interest assistance program......................................41
    Interest rates on guaranteed loans...............................38
    Interest to be paid on loss claims...............................20
  Farm Storage Facility Loan Program.................................36
  Guaranteed farm loan regulations..................................269
  Marketing assistance loans:
    Grain............................................................32
  National security emergency loans.................................276
  Regulation streamlining............................................21
  Renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements 
      program.......................................................271
  Rural broadband access............................................282
  Rural development guaranteed loan programs........................272
  Rural economic development........................................273
  Rural housing......................................................95
  Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Act program.....................90
  Water and waste disposal..........................................285
  Water programs....................................................283
Loan programs-business:
  SBA:
    Certified Development Company program..........................3263
    Disaster loan program..........................................3268
    Drought disaster relief........................................3269
    Economic injury disaster loans.................................3265
    Lender examination and review fees.............................3260
    Premier Certified Lenders Program..............................3253
    Small Business Lending Companies...............................3239
Loan programs-education:
  OPM repayment regulations........................................3167
  Provisions for survivors of eligible victims of September 11, 
      2001 terrorist attacks........................................719
Loan programs-housing and community development:
  Accelerated claims disposition...................................1330
  Closing forms and documents......................................1316
  Government-sponsored enterprises:
    Conservatorship................................................3112
    Minimum capital................................................3115
    Organizational structure.......................................3114
    Prohibition on indemnification payments........................3116
    Prompt corrective action regulation............................3113
    Record retention requirements..................................3119
    Regulatory reporting standards.................................3118
    Risk-based capital requirement...........................3117, 3120
  HOME Investment Partnerships Program.............................1289
  Housing Finance Agency Risk-Sharing Program......................1312
  Rural areas..........................................95, 98, 104, 106
Loan programs-veterans:
  Fees and charges.................................................2663
  Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages.................................2658
  Regulation amendments............................................2628
Lobbying:
  Restrictions.....................................................1036
Longshore and harbor workers:
  Safety and health regulations....................................1839
Low and moderate income housing:
  See also Public housing
  Housing and Community Development Act regulations................1338
  Indian Housing Block Grant Program:
    Rental assistance..............................................1352
  Section 8:
    Housing Finance Agency Risk-Sharing Program....................1312
    Renewal of expiring project-based assistance contract..........1322
    Tax credit rents...............................................1350
  Tax credits......................................................2267
Lumber:
  See Forests and forest products


                                   M

Manufactured homes:
  Dispute resolution program.......................................1325
  HUD insured as condominiums......................................1310
  Installation program.......................................1323, 1324
  Permanent foundation regulations.................................1304
Marine engineering:
  See Vessels
Marine mammals:
  See also Endangered and threatened species

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  Animal welfare standards...........................................48
  Atlantic large whale..............................................493
  Beluga whales.....................................................491
  Captive holding and transport.....................................490
  Importation of polar bear trophies...............................1381
  Incidental taking:
    Air-to-surface gunnery exercises in the northern Gulf of 
        Mexico......................................................459
    Assessment of Naval ship survivability..........................455
    Deployment of Naval at-sea gunnery scoring system...............456
    Explosive removal of offshore structures in the Gulf of 
        Mexico......................................................495
    Knik Arm Bridge construction in Anchorage, Alaska...............463
    Naval explosives ordnance testing and training exercises in 
        the northern Gulf of Mexico.................................460
    Naval military readiness activities........................462, 492
    Naval training operations at the East Coast shallow water 
        training range..............................................458
    Oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico...................454
    Oil and gas industry activities in Alaska......................1397
    Precision strike weapons exercises in the northern Gulf of 
        Mexico......................................................550
    Testing and training of the Navy's Surveillance Towed Array 
        Sensor System-Low Frequency Active Sonar....................457
  Manatee protection areas.........................................1489
  North Atlantic whale protection..............................494, 498
  Protection regulations...........................................1573
  Right whale protection............................................553
  Spinner dolphin protection........................................461
  Swimming or recreational interaction with.........................549
Marine pollution:
  See Water pollution control
Marine resources:
  See also Fisheries
  Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act..................471
  Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary....................502, 503
  Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary............................504
  Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary.............................556
  Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary..................500
  Monetary Bay National Marine Sanctuary............................501
  Research program..................................................509
Marine safety:
  See also Vessels
  Escort vessels for tankers.......................................1155
  Personal flotation device requirements...........................1165
  Propeller injury prevention......................................1123
  Puget Sound-area waters..........................................1162
  Safety and security zone regulations.................1148, 1169, 1176
  Standards for marine equipment...................................1144
  Standards of training, certification and watchkeeping for 
      seafarers....................................................1122
Maritime carriers:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Passenger vessels
           Seamen
           Vessels
  Administrative appeals process for agricultural commodities........22
  Civil penalties..................................................2053
  Communications.............................................3485, 3498
  Hazardous substances.............................................2077
  Income source rules..............................................2250
  Japanese vessels.................................................3610
  License application for ocean transportation intermediaries......3609
  Maintenance and repair reimbursement pilot program...............2079
  Merchant mariners..............................1136, 1167, 1168, 1172
  Mobile radio services............................................3436
  Pilotage rates on the Great Lakes................................1146
  Right whale ship strike reduction.................................494
  Vapor control systems............................................1133
  Worker identification credential.................................1206
Meat and meat products:
  See also Meat inspection
  Advanced meat/bone separation machinery...........................191
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention.............190, 855, 878
  Chronic wasting disease in elk and deer............................72
  Foot-and-mouth disease.............................................71
  Labeling......................................................14, 186
    Allergen labeling...............................................181
  Meat recovery systems.............................................191
  Performance standards:
    Bacon...........................................................198
    Ready-to-eat products...........................................185
  Prohibition of use of specified risk materials....................190
  Trichinae Certification Program....................................50
Meat inspection:
  Availability of distribution lists of retail consignees during 
      recalls.......................................................194
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention.......................190
  Determining net weight compliance.................................195
  Fees...............................................................15
  Horses............................................................197
  Mechanically separated products...................................191
  Prohibition on use of air-injection stunners......................192
  Rabbit grading fees................................................18
  Use of certain ingredients in products intended for export only
                                                                    200
  Veal definition...................................................182
Medicaid:
  See also Public assistance programs
  Ambulatory surgical centers:
    Conditions for coverage.........................................918
  Benchmark benefit package.........................................931
  Civil money penalties, assessments, and exclusions................962
  Contractor liability limitation...................................950
  Cost sharing options..............................................930
  Disclosure of children's eligibility for food assistance 
      programs......................................................175
  Documentation requirements for aliens.............................971
  Drugs:
    Average manufacturer price requirements.........................965
  Emergency preparedness requirements...............................953
  Governmentally-operated providers cost limit......................972
  High risk pool grants.............................................969
  Home and community-based services.................................933
  Hospice care......................................................981
  Managed care:
    Civil penalties.................................................774
  Medical improvement eligibility group.............................924
  Non-emergency medical transportation programs.....................929
  Outpatient hospital services......................................925
  Payment error rate measurement program............................990
  Payments for service provided without charge......................923
  Premium assistance:
    Children of state employees.....................................948
  Privacy Act exemption for record systems..........................938
  Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly...................1001
  Rehabilitation services...........................................945
  Rural health clinic services......................................925
  Self-directed personal assistance services........................932
  State plan options.................................929, 932, 933, 945
  Targeted case management..........................................970
  Use of restraint and seclusion in health care facilities.....917, 958
Medical assistance program:
  See Medicaid
Medical care:
  See Health care
Medical devices:
  Analyte specific reagents.........................................798
  CHAMPVA coverage of devices and prostheses.......................2596
  Classification and reclassification...............................798
  Competitive bidding...............................................964

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  Current Good Manufacturing Practice final rule....................794
  Current good manufacturing practice for combination products......817
  Economic impact analysis:
    User labeling on natural rubber-containing devices..............799
  Electronic registration and listing requirements..................823
  Electronic submission of postmarketing safety reports.............821
  Informed consent regulations......................................838
  Labeling of products held for the Strategic National Stockpile 
                                                                    861
  Laser products....................................................822
  Medical gas containers and closures...............................839
  Ozone-depleting substances........................................826
    Metered-dose inhalers...........................................825
  Postmarket safety reporting for combination products..............818
  Pressure regulators for use with medical oxygen...................803
  Radio spectrum requirements......................................3428
  Respiratory protective devices:
    Quality assurance and administrative provision..................786
  Restricted devices................................................798
  Surety bond requirement for suppliers.............................947
  Surgeon and patient examination gloves............................883
  Unlabeled or off-label uses.......................................711
  Use of materials derived from cattle..............................879
Medical facilities:
  See Health facilities
Medical personnel:
  See Health professions
Medical records:
  See Health records
Medical research:
  Minority Biomedical Research Support Program......................902
  Minority health disparities research endowment program............904
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research 
      chimpanzees...................................................908
  NIH center grants.................................................907
  NIH grants...................................................899, 901
  NIH loan repayment programs.......................................900
Medicare:
  Ambulatory surgical centers:
    Conditions for coverage.........................................918
    Payment rates for services......................................976
  Appeals process...................................................961
  Civil money penalties, assessments, and exclusions................962
  Coordination of retiree health benefits..........................3044
  Double pharmacy benefit coverage with TRICARE................693, 713
  Drugs:
    Appeals.........................................................949
    Competitive acquisition.........................................988
    Electronic prescribing.....................................937, 993
    Home infusion pharmacies........................................942
    New drug applications and abbreviated new drug applications 
                                                                    829
    Sexual or erectile dysfunction treatment........................942
  Durable medical equipment:
    Competitive bidding.............................................964
    Surety bond requirement for suppliers...........................947
  Emergency preparedness requirements...............................953
  End-stage renal disease:
    Conditions for coverage.........................................956
  Enrollment period.................................................943
  Enrollment standards:
    Provider and supplier requirements..............................952
  Fee schedules:
    Ambulance services..............................................980
    Physician payments..............................................936
  Fraud and abuse provisions...................................778, 779
  Gynecological cytology proficiency testing requirements for 
      laboratories and individuals..................................928
  Home health agencies:
    Conditions of participation.....................................914
    Prospective payment system......................................927
  Hospice care......................................................981
  Hospitals:
    Coinsurance.....................................................973
    Discharge notification procedures..............................1003
    Extended care services coinsurance..............................973
    GME affillations for a teaching hospital affected by a 
        disaster...................................................1002
    Inpatient deductible............................................973
    Inpatient prospective payment system............................939
    Limitation on charges for services furnished to Indians.........897
    Organ transplantation centers...................................996
    Outpatient prospective payment system...........................940
    Psychiatric hospitals prospective payment system...........954, 967
  Medicare Advantage:
    Contract determinations.........................................944
    Disclosure of information.......................................944
    Intermediate sanctions process..................................944
    Prohibition of mid-year benefit enhancements....................994
  Medicare Integrity Program........................................989
  Medicare+Choice plans:
    Civil penalties.................................................774
  Monthly actuarial rates...........................................975
  National Plan and Provider Enumeration System.....................921
  Overpayment recoupment............................................987
  Part D prescription drug plan:
    Contract determinations.........................................944
    Disclosure of information.......................................944
    Intermediate sanctions process..................................944
  Part D research demonstration and evaluation studies..............995
  Premium rate.................................................943, 975
  Premiums for uninsured aged and disabled individuals who have 
      exhausted other entitlement...................................974
  Prior determination process.......................................984
  Privacy Act exemption for record systems..........................938
  Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly...................1001
  Prospective Payment System:
    Long-term care hospitals...................................955, 966
  Provider reimbursement regulations:
    Appeals.........................................................960
  Quality improvement organizations.................................922
  Random prepayment review..........................................986
  Rehabilitation facilities:
    Inpatient prospective payment system............................934
  Repayment plans..............................................987, 992
  Rural health clinics..............................................916
  Secondary payer...................................................985
  SELECT policy:
    Safe harbor for waivers of beneficiary coinsurance and 
        deductible amounts..........................................776
  Skilled nursing facilities:
    Prospective payment system and consolidated billing.............935
  Use of restraint and seclusion in health care facilities.....917, 958
Mental health programs:
  Disability determinations........................................3270
  Extending sunset date for interim final regulation on parity......979
  Psychiatric residential treatment facilities:
    Prospective payment system.................................954, 967
    Use of restraint and seclusion.............................917, 958
Merchant marine:
  See Maritime carriers
      Seamen
Metals:
  Anti-money laundering program for dealers in precious metals, 
      stones, or jewels............................................2150
  EPA trace metal analysis.........................................3023
  Toxics Release Inventory reporting requirements..................2966
Migratory birds:
  See Wildlife
Military arms sales:
  See Arms and munitions

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Military installations:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Military personnel:
  See also Armed forces
  Delinquent indebtedness...........................................596
  Domestic abuse policies...........................................599
  Elimination of deemed military wages.............................3273
  Financial assistance to local educational agencies................611
  Individual mobilization augmentees management.....................597
  Management and mobilization of regular and reserve retired 
      military members..............................................609
  Naturalization of aliens serving in the Armed Forces and their 
      dependents....................................................608
  Policy concerning organizations seeking to represent or 
      organize members in negotiation or collective bargaining......619
  Ready Reservists:
    Screening policies..............................................601
  Reemployment.....................................................3172
  Retirement regulations...........................................3187
  Transition assistance.............................................592
  Voluntary State tax withholding from retired pay..................590
Milk:
  School breakfast and lunch programs...............................173
    Non-dairy beverage substitutions................................162
Mine safety and health:
  Alcohol and drug use prevention..................................1819
  Asbestos exposure limit..........................................1815
  Black Lung Benefits Act:
    Elimination of claimant's name in decisions and orders.........1770
  Civil monetary penalties.........................................1823
  Coal mine dust personal sampler units.............................788
  Diesel particulate matter exposure...............................1811
  Electrical products..............................................1817
  Emergency evacuation standard....................................1822
  Equivalency evaluation of EPA's nonroad diesel engine standards
                                                                   1820
  Field modifications of permissible mobile diesel-powered 
      equipment....................................................1818
  Mine rescue team standards and requirements......................1810
  Personal continuous dust monitors................................1821
  Respirable coal dust.......................................1813, 1814
  Respirable crystalline silica standard...........................1816
  Toxics Release Inventory reporting requirements for metal 
      mining.......................................................2966
  Underground coal mines:
    Dust control plan verification.................................1813
    Fire protection requirements...................................1808
    High-voltage continuous mining equipment standards.............1812
    Sealing of abandoned areas.....................................1809
Mineral resources:
  See also Coal
           Metals
           Oil and gas reserves
           Public lands-mineral resources
  Debt collection..................................................1577
  Leasing Indian lands.......................................1535, 1539
  Locatable minerals program........................................209
  Outer Continental Shelf operations:
    Documents incorporated by reference............................1579
    Federal consistency regulations.................................507
    Leasing regulations............................................1557
    Safety requirements............................................1140
  Phosphate lease modifications....................................1606
  Proprietary terms................................................1569
  Rights-of-way regulations..................................1380, 1604
  Unauthorized mining operations on National Forest System lands 
                                                                    215
  Valuation of sodium and potassium................................1563
Mineral royalties:
  Interest and late payments.......................................1553
  Offsets, recoupments, and refunds................................1553
Miners:
  See Mine safety and health
Mines:
  See also Mine safety and health
           Reclamation
           Surface mining
  Abandoned............................................1586, 1589, 1594
  Adjustment of fixed fees for cost recovery.......................1612
  Advance royalties and royalty rates..............................1608
  Bonds............................................................1608
  Information collection...........................................1611
  Lands available for location of mining claims or sites...........1603
  Lease modifications..............................................1608
  Leasing Indian lands.......................................1533, 1534
  Logical mining unit diligence....................................1608
  Reclamation Loan Guarantee Program...............................1599
  Requirements for maintaining claim...............................1603
  Revegetation standards...........................................1593
  Safe and environmentally protective use of granular mine 
      tailings.....................................................2977
  Unauthorized operations on National Forest System lands...........215
  Use of coal combustion byproducts in reclamation.................1583
  Valuation of coal for advance royalty purposes...................1568
Minimum wages:
  Records to be kept by employers..................................1760
Minority groups:
  See Civil rights
Mobile homes:
  See Manufactured homes
Mobile offshore drilling units:
  See Vessels
Mortgage insurance:
  Alternative water supply systems.................................1299
  Approval of condominiums in Puerto Rico upon presentation of 
      legal documents..............................................1331
  Federal Housing Administration:
    Individual units in two and three unit condominiums............1311
  Hospitals........................................................1317
  Manufactured homes in condominium................................1310
  Refinancing home equity conversion mortgages.....................1327
  Single-family:
    Program revisions..............................................1318
Mortgages:
  See also Mortgage insurance
  Cooperative housing developments.................................1327
  Delinquency, default, and loss mitigation........................1306
  Disclosure of costs to consumers.................................1329
  Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation:
    Business plan for electronic commerce activities...............3399
    Risk-based capital standards.............................3392, 3396
  Federal Housing Administration:
    Requirement for appraisers on appraiser roster...........1300, 1303
    Standards for mortgagor's investment in property...............1307
  Government-sponsored enterprises:
    Compliance with Fair Housing Act...............................1292
    Conservatorship................................................3112
    Financial reporting............................................1336
    Housing goals..................................................1291
    Minimum capital................................................3115
    Mortgage-backed securities.....................................1336
    Organizational structure.......................................3114
    Prohibiting the purchase of loans arising from unacceptable 
        lending practices..........................................1292
    Prohibition on indemnification payments........................3116
    Prompt corrective action regulation............................3113
    Record retention requirements..................................3119
    Regulatory reporting standards.................................3118
    Risk-based capital requirement...........................3117, 3120
  Home equity conversion mortgages.................................1327
    Counseling quality control and standardization.................1320
    Loan underwriting standards....................................1309

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    Mandatory escrow accounts......................................1309
    Maximum claim amount...........................................1308
  Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages:
    Index addition.................................................1319
    Loan guaranty for veterans.....................................2658
  Manufactured homes on permanent foundations......................1304
  Mortgagee Review Board regulations...............................1284
  Nondiscrimination................................................3111
Motor carriers:
  Brake systems....................................................2001
  Cargo tank motor vehicle and cylinder specifications.............2060
  Charter bus operations...........................................2043
  Civil and criminal penalties.....................................1987
  Drivers:
    Commercial driver's license testing............................1983
    Commercial drivers' licenses with hazardous materials 
        endorsement..........................................1217, 1995
    Diabetes standard..............................................1997
    Hours of service regulations.............................1978, 1980
    Learner permits................................................1983
    Medical certification requirements as part of CDL program......1991
    Minimum training requirements for entry level operations.......1985
    National registry of certified medical examiners...............1981
  Electronic on-board recorders for hours-of-service compliance 
                                                                   1980
  Federal safety regulations:
    Auditor certification..........................................1977
    Fire extinguisher exception for driveaway-towaway operations 
                                                                   1990
    Lamps and reflective devices...................................1989
  Freight forwarding industry......................................1986
  Hazardous materials transportation.........................1216, 2070
    Drivers licensed in Canada or Mexico transporting materials 
        in the US..................................................1223
  Household goods transportation...................................1979
    Consumer complaint information.................................1982
  Inspection, repair, and maintenance..............................1996
  Intermodal cargo containers......................................1996
  Interstate van operations........................................1988
  Intrastate accident and safety data used to judge the fitness 
      of interstate carriers.......................................2002
  Medical transportation demonstration grant program...............2050
  Mexican:
    Accelerated safety monitoring system and compliance 
        initiative.................................................1993
    Decal display requirements.....................................2000
    NAFTA..........................................................1992
  Minimum levels of financial responsibility.......................1998
  New entrant safety assurance process.............................1994
  Railroad grade crossing safety...................................1984
  Size and weight regulations......................................1974
  Stopping distance requirements for truck tractors................2013
  Unified carrier registration fees................................1999
  Unified registration system......................................1976
Motor vehicle pollution:
  All-terrain vehicles.............................................2776
  Alternative fuels:
    Replacement fuel goal modification..............................748
    Vehicle acquisition requirement waivers.........................747
  Component durability procedures..................................2805
  Control regulations..................................2725, 2798, 2875
  Diesel exhaust...................................................2750
  Emission control diagnostic systems..............................2793
  Emission standards:
    Defect reporting for on-highway motor vehicles and engines.....2815
    Diesel engines and fuels.......................................2810
    Exemption for US Territories...................................2889
    HOV facilities rule............................................2754
    New motor vehicles.............................................2754
  Gasoline:
    Additives......................................................2779
    Anti-dumping program...............................2786, 2789, 2791
    Reformulated.............................................2813, 2837
    Volatility standard for Alaska.................................2825
  Gasoline sulfur requirements:
    Exemption for US Territories...................................2889
  Imported vehicles emissions standards............................2849
  Nonroad diesel engines...........................................2839
  Renewable Fuel Standards.........................................2816
Motor vehicle safety:
  See also Highway safety
  All terrain vehicles.............................................3371
  Buses:
    Certification of buses manufactured in more than one stage.....2026
  Child restraint systems....................................2006, 2016
  Confidential business information................................2020
  Early warning reporting..........................................2019
  Electronic stability control.....................................2027
  Head restraints..................................................2021
  Lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment........1989, 2017
  Mirrors:
    Convex cross view mirrors......................................2009
  Motor homes:
    Cargo carrying capacity........................................2015
  Occupant crash protection:
    Air bags.......................................................2004
    Designated seating position definition.........................2011
    Door retention.................................................2023
    Side impact protection...................................2003, 2012
    Vehicles built in two or more stages...........................2010
  Platform lift systems:
    Control lighting, illumination and testing requirements........2007
  Roof crashworthiness.............................................2005
  Test dummies:
    Child size.....................................................2014
    EuroSID II.....................................................2024
    Hybrid III.....................................................2014
    SID-IIs side impact............................................2025
  Tire pressure monitoring systems:
    Phase-in.......................................................2018
  Trailers:
    Cargo carrying capacity........................................2015
Motor vehicles:
  See also Fuel economy
           Motor carriers
           Motor vehicle safety
  Anti-money laundering program for businesses engaged in motor 
      vehicle sales................................................2130
  Charitable contribution deduction..........................2454, 2560
  Customer identification programs for sellers of vehicles.........2128
  Fuel economy labeling......................................2838, 2883
  Government property management...................................3063
  Imports..........................................................2849
  Insurer theft loss reporting requirements........................2008
  Location and monitoring systems..................................3492
  Mercury switches.................................................2934
  National Stolen Passenger Motor Vehicle Information System.......1719
  Recycled oil testing and labeling................................3642
  Salvage regulations..............................................1746
  Theft prevention standard:
    Light duty truck lines.........................................2022
  Used motor vehicle trade regulation rule.........................3632
Motorcycles:
  See Motor vehicles
Munitions:
  See Arms and munitions
Museums:
  See Libraries

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                                   N

Narcotics:
  See Drug traffic control
National banks:
  Basel Capital Accord.............................................2231
  Capital regulations..............................................2232
  Corporate activity rules, policies, and procedures...............2225
  Financial subsidiaries...........................................2113
  Lending limits pilot program.....................................2228
  Real estate brokerage determination..............................2114
  Risk based capital...............................................2231
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..........................................238
  Criminal citations for unauthorized mining operations.............215
  Endangered Species Act consultation...............................243
  Escaped fire damage regulations...................................213
  Forest Service Directive System...................................227
  Forest vegetation resource planning...............................225
  Free use approval.................................................251
  Grazing permits...................................................210
  Grizzly Bear management...........................................258
  Ground water resource management policy...........................219
  Healthy Forests Reserve Program...................................254
  Healthy Forests Restoration Act:
    Predecisional administrative review and objection process.......232
  Indian forest land protection.....................................240
  Land and resource management planning...................243, 249, 259
  Land management plan..............................................244
  Linear right-of-way rental fee schedule...........................216
  Livestock and wild horse restrictions.............................214
  National Environmental Policy Act procedures......................217
  National Trail Management Classification System...................242
  Native plant materials policy.....................................239
  Oil and gas lease compliance documentation........................257
  Open space conservation...........................................229
  Outfitter and guide special use authorizations...............212, 218
  Partner, sponsor and donor recognition policy.....................220
  Piscicide applications............................................236
  Predator damage management........................................234
  Publicly managed recreation opportunities.........................226
  Recreation event fees.............................................211
  Roadless area management:
    Idaho...........................................................224
    North Carolina..................................................248
    South Carolina..................................................260
    Virginia........................................................247
  Sacred sites management...........................................245
  Sensitive species directive.......................................243
  Ski area resort activity exclusion from NEPA......................221
  Small business land use...........................................205
    Timber sale set-aside program...................................241
  Special interest areas............................................228
  Sporicide use.....................................................256
  Threatened, endangered, and sensitive species conservation........222
  Timber sales......................................................233
    Export and substitution restrictions............................207
    Integrated Resource Contracts...................................235
  Travel management.................................................237
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................253
  Unprocessed timber in southern California determined surplus to 
      domestic needs................................................255
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................252
  Wind energy development...........................................223
National parks:
  Alaskan parks....................................................1528
  Big Cypress National Preserve:
    Off-road vehicle use.....................................1518, 1519
  Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area:
    Off road vehicle use...........................................1514
  Boating and water use activities.................................1520
  Canaveral National Seashore:
    Public nudity restriction......................................1516
  Commercial filming or photography permits and fees...............1508
  Concessioner leasehold surrender interest provisions.............1512
  Disposition of abandoned or unclaimed property...................1525
  Dry Tortugas Park................................................1523
  Fire Island National Seashore:
    Off-road driving regulations...................................1511
  Gateway National Recreation Area...........................1521, 1522
  Glacier Bay National Park:
    Vessel management..............................................1527
  Grand Canyon National Park:
    Colorado River management plan.................................1513
  National Capitol Region:
    Parking violations.............................................1510
  Personal watercraft use..............................1521, 1522, 1526
  Rockefeller Parkway:
    Snowmobile use.................................................1517
  Shenandoah National Park:
    Backcountry camping............................................1524
  Yellowstone and Grand Teton:
    Snowmobile use.................................................1517
National Register of Historic Places:
  See Historic preservation
National security information:
  See Classified information
National Wildlife Refuge System:
  See Wildlife refuges
Nationality:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Native Americans:
  See Indians
Natural gas:
  See also Oil and gas exploration
           Oil and gas reserves
           Pipelines
  Blanket certification regulations................................3577
  Communication protocols..........................................3580
  Coordinating processing of authorizations for proposed projects
                                                                   3576
  Electronic filing of documents...................................3562
  Natural Gas Act standard of review...............................3574
  Rate determination...............................................3577
  Rate regulation of underground storage facilities................3592
  Reporting regulations............................................3569
  Standards for business practices.................................3580
  Standards of conduct for transmission providers............3581, 3583
  Waterfront liquefied natural gas facility requirements...........1138
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..............................28
  Conservation program information confidentiality..................290

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  Conservation security program.....................................288
  Damage assessments...............................................1368
  Use of reclamation lands, facilities, and water surfaces.........1598
    Inclusion of Hoover Dam........................................1600
Naturalization:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Naval stores:
  See Forests and forest products
Navigation (air):
  Airspace system..................................................1945
  Area navigation..................................................1921
  Instrument flight rules..........................................1942
  Standard instrument approach procedures..........................1944
  Use and preservation of navigable airspace.......................1920
Navigation (water):
  Certification requirements for NOAA Electronic Navigational 
      Chart distribution............................................557
  Puget Sound......................................................1162
  Regulated navigation areas.......................................1156
  SOLAS Chapter V navigation safety regulations....................1127
  Traffic separation schemes.......................................1142
News media:
  See also Radio
           Television
  Newspapers:
    Radio cross-ownership..........................................3466
Nondiscrimination:
  See Civil rights
Nonprofit organizations:
  Food and Nutrition Service data collection........................157
  Grants administration.................................604, 1037, 2681
  Javits-Wagner-O'Day program:
    Governance standards for participating agencies................2687
    Responsibilities of central agencies...........................2691
  Participation of religious organizations:
    CNCS programs..................................................2699
    DHS programs...................................................1026
    USDA programs...................................................278
Nuclear energy:
  See also Nuclear materials
           Nuclear power plants and reactors
  Conforming administrative changes................................3723
  DOE civil penalties...............................................773
  Electronic submissions in NRC hearings...........................3701
  Occupational radiation protection............................756, 760
  Radiation protection of the public and environment................752
  Reorganization regulations.......................................3729
Nuclear materials:
  Access authorization fees........................................3728
  Byproduct material regulations.............................3703, 3726
    Medical use....................................................3709
  Determining eligibility for access to.............................750
  Economic development transfers of real property at defense 
      nuclear facilities............................................754
  Exports:
    Libya restriction..............................................3739
  Fingerprinting and criminal history records checks.........3732, 3740
  Geological Repository Operations Area security requirements......3691
  Licensee size standards..........................................3733
  Licensing and distribution of byproduct material.................3698
  NRC office address change........................................3722
  Nuclear fuel.....................................................3710
  Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System database......3688
  Radioactive waste disposal.......................................3724
  Reorganization regulations.......................................3729
  Secure transport requirements..............................3731, 3735
  Sensitive unclassified non-safeguards information and 
      safeguards information access................................3730
  Solid material control...........................................3717
  Source material distribution.....................................3716
  Spent fuel:
    Reactivity control for dry storage or transport casks and 
        containers.................................................3737
    Shipment information protection requirements...................3711
    Storage casks................................3704, 3706, 3708, 3736
  Transfers of certain exempt source materials by specific 
      licensees....................................................3713
  Unclassified controlled nuclear information regulation............749
  Uranium in drinking water........................................3727
  US-IAEA safeguards agreement...........................315, 351, 3719
Nuclear power plants and reactors:
  ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.......................3687, 3702
  Certificate of compliance terminology............................3692
  Civil penalty authority over non-licensees.......................3700
  Decommissioning:
    Funding shortfalls reduction...................................3686
    Integrated rulemaking..........................................3712
    Tax incentive regulations................................2316, 2453
  Decoupling assumed loss of offsite power from loss-of-coolant 
      accidents....................................................3721
  Design basis threat requirements.................................3734
  Design certification:
    Changes to licensing procedures................................3695
  Emergency preparedness and guidance review.......................3693
  Entombment options...............................................3714
  Fracture toughness against pressurized thermal shock event 
      requirements.................................................3690
  Information collection, reporting, and posting requirements......3697
  Items relied on for safety.......................................3738
  License regulation requirements..................................3692
  Licensing and inspection fee schedule............................3705
  Limited work authorizations......................................3707
  Loss-of-coolant accident break size..............................3718
  Performance-based acceptance criteria for fuel cladding 
      performance..................................................3720
  Personnel:
    Fitness-for-Duty Program.......................................3694
  Physical protection regulations..................................3696
  Pressure-temperature limits......................................3715
  Protection of Safeguards Information.............................3699
  Radiological sabotage............................................3696
  Reorganization regulations.......................................3729
  Risk-informed, performance-based requirements....................3725
  Safety regulations..........................................752, 3719
  Security assessment requirements for new light-water reactors 
                                                                   3689
  Tax credit for production..................................2320, 2458
  Waste disposal...................................................2900
Nuclear safety:
  See Radiation protection
Nursery stock:
  See Plants
Nursing homes:
  See also Health facilities
  Veterans.........................................................2619
Nutrition:
  See also Food assistance programs
           Foods
  Food labeling.....................................................186
  School breakfast and lunch programs...............................143


                                   O

Occupational safety and health:
  See also Mine safety and health
  Beryllium exposure...............................................1825
  Cargo handling...................................................1839
  Child labor regulations..........................................1759
    Regulations, orders, and statements of interpretation..........1762
  Coal mine dust personal sampler units.............................788
  Commercial diving operations.....................................1161
  Construction industry............................................1831
    Crane and derrick safety.......................................1833

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    Hearing loss prevention........................................1844
  Crystalline silica exposure......................................1824
  DOE radiation protection requirements........................756, 760
  Electric power...................................................1840
  Electrical standards.............................................1845
  Emergency response and preparedness..............................1827
  Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act 
                                                              791, 1769
  Excavations......................................................1846
  Explosives and small arms manufacturing..........................1835
  Fall protection..................................................1843
  Hazard Communication Standard....................................1837
  Ionizing radiation exposure......................................1826
  Lead in Construction Standard....................................1828
  Methylene chloride standard......................................1830
  Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories fee schedule..........1838
  Personal protective equipment....................................1841
  Pesticides exposure..............................................2907
  Power press standards............................................1829
  Respiratory protection............................................787
    Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear approval........793
    Powered air-purifying respirators...............................785
  Shipyard standards.........................................1832, 1847
  Standards improvement............................................1836
  Supplier's Declaration of Conformity.............................1848
  Updating standards based on national consensus standards.........1834
  Walking working surfaces.........................................1843
Ocean dumping:
  See Water pollution control
Ocean resources:
  See Marine resources
Offshore structures:
  See Continental shelf
Oil and gas exploration:
  Air pollutant emission...........................................2877
  Application processing...........................................1609
  Forest Service regulations........................................257
  Incidental take of marine mammals in Alaska......................1397
  Incidental taking of marine mammals in the Gulf of Mexico....454, 495
  Leasing:
    In the Alaskan National Petroleum Reserve......................1602
    Indian lands.......................................1532, 1547, 1572
    Oil shale operations...........................................1605
  Outer Continental Shelf:
    Alternate energy-related uses............................1565, 1567
    Documents incorporated by reference............................1579
    Federal consistency regulations.................................507
    Leasing regulations............................................1557
    Oil, gas and sulphur operations................................1570
    Open and nondiscriminatory movement............................1562
    Safety management systems......................................1561
    Safety measures................................................1140
    Structural integrity of platforms..............................1574
  Pipeline rights-of-way...........................................1380
  Production rates.................................................1559
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................1571
  Royalty credits..................................................1580
  Royalty relief or reduction..............1554, 1555, 1556, 1564, 1566
  Royalty reporting standards......................................1554
  Well cementing requirements......................................1578
Oil and gas reserves:
  Export controls...................................................342
Oil pollution:
  Civil penalty amounts......................................1581, 1582
  Claims procedures under the Oil Pollution Act....................1151
  Discharge-removal equipment......................................1150
  Landowner defenses to liability under the Oil Pollution Act......1135
  Leak detection and repair of pumps and valves....................2794
  National Contingency Plan..................................3001, 3011
  Oil spill liability trust fund.............................1130, 1152
  Oil spill response...............................................1141
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule........2995, 2996
  Vessel response plan.................................1141, 1158, 1160
Outer continental shelf:
  See Continental shelf
Over-the-counter drugs:
  Drug reviews:
    Acne drug products containing benzoyl peroxide..................863
    Antidiarrheal drug products.....................................813
    Antihistamine products..........................................875
    Antimicrobial diaper rash ingredients...........................797
    Bismuth subsalicylate containing products for relief from 
        overindulgence..............................................856
    Bronchodilator products.........................................884
    Cough and cold products..........................848, 849, 875, 884
    Dandruff, seborrheic dermatitis, and psoriasis products.........885
    External analgesic products.....................................850
    First aid antiseptics...........................................797
    Internal analgesic products.....................................808
    Laxative drug products..........................................852
    Nasal decongestant products.....................................849
    Ophthalmic products.............................................876
    Oral health care products.......................................877
    Poison treatment drug products..................................814
    Skin bleaching products.........................................858
    Skin protectant products........................................853
    Sodium bicarbonate containing antacids..........................857
    Stimulant drug products.........................................811
    Sunscreen products..............................................809
    Topical antimicrobial drug products.............................815
    Urinary analgesic drug products.................................880
    Vaginal contraceptive products.............................797, 854
    Weight control products.........................................810
  Fixed-combination drug product regulations........................824
  Ingredients not generally recognized as safe and effective or 
      misbranded....................................................827
  Labeling..........................................................851
    Alcohol warning for products containing analgesic/antipyretic 
        active ingredients for internal use.........................796
    Warning and direction statements for oral and rectal sodium 
        phosphates for laxative use.................................795
  List of new drugs exempted from prescription-dispensing 
      requirements..................................................888
  Package size limitation for sodium phosphates oral solution.......795
  Prescription exemption procedure..................................888
  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1679
Overtime pay:
  See Wages


                                   P

Packaging and containers:
  See also Labeling
  Dietary ingredients and supplements...............................834
  Food containers.....................................................4
  Pesticide agricultural container recycling program...............2910
  Size limitation for sodium phosphates oral solution...............795
  Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................3628
Paint:
  See Lead poisoning
Paperwork requirements:
  See Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Parachutes:
  See Aircraft
Parks:
  See National parks
Passenger vessels:
  See also Maritime carriers

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  Access for individuals with disabilities...................1882, 2683
  Cruise ship security regulations.................................1175
  Effluent standards for cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters
                                                                   3003
  Financial responsibility requirements............................3611
  Inspection alternatives..........................................1128
  Manifest requirements............................................1192
Passports and visas:
  Application and issuance revision and reorganization.............1854
  Card format passport.............................................1872
  Denial of:
    Child support arrears limit....................................1880
  Diversity visas..................................................1865
  Employment eligibility verification program......................1867
  Fingerprint requirements.........................................1875
  Nonimmigrant visas:
    Treaty aliens in specialty occupations.........................1777
  Ports-of-entry requirements......................................1184
  Removal of waiver for residents of Canada and Bermuda............1198
  Surcharge for application filing.................................1873
  Transit without visa.............................................1201
  Visa Waiver Program..............................................1194
Patents:
  See Inventions and patents
Pay:
  See Wages
Peanuts:
  Country of origin labeling.........................................14
Penalties:
  See also Seizures and forfeitures
  CBP audits.......................................................1181
  Civil:
    CPSC...........................................................3381
    DOC.............................................................292
    DOE.............................................................773
    DOT................................................1987, 2037, 2053
    HUD......................................................1287, 1296
    Medicaid and Medicare violations................................962
    Medicaid managed care organizations.............................774
    Medicare+Choice Organizations...................................774
    MSHA...........................................................1823
    NIGC...........................................................3684
    NRC............................................................3700
    Oil pollution............................................1581, 1582
  Criminal:
    DOT......................................................1987, 2037
  Disaster relief and emergency assistance.........................1257
  Failure to timely pay FDIC assessments...........................3557
  Immigration......................................................1698
    International matchmaking organization violations..............1700
  PBGC assessment and relief.......................................3228
Pensions:
  See also Railroad retirement
           Social security
  Annual Financial and Actuarial Information Reporting.............3225
  Annual return/report information revision........................1796
  Deductibility of employer contributions..........................2263
  Defined benefit plans:
    Annual funding notice..........................................1800
  Domestic relations orders:
    Time and order of issuance.....................................1797
  ERISA:
    Adequate consideration definition..............................1803
    Disclosure regulations...................................1787, 3232
    Exemption for services.........................................1788
    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act......1792, 1806
    Length of hospital stay after birth of child...................1793
    Participant contributions......................................1786
    Regulations governing the performance of actuarial service.....2278
    Safe harbor for default investments............................1795
  GATT provisions affecting accrued benefits.......................2494
  Income tax regulations.....................................2400, 2451
  Individual Retirement Accounts:
    Annual contract selection standards............................1802
    Direct transfer of deceased participant's benefit to 
        designated nonspouse beneficiary...........................1798
    Prohibited transaction exemption for provision of investment 
        advice...............................................1789, 1807
    Safe harbor for distributions from terminated plans............1798
    Selection of annuity provider..................................1790
  Missing Participants program.....................................3224
  Mortality assumptions............................................3231
  Multi-employer plan information..................................1801
  Multiemployer plans:
    Reporting requirements.........................................3222
  Payment of benefits in trusteed plans............................3230
  Penalties assessment and relief..................................3228
  Periodic benefit statements......................................1791
  Premium rates and payment of premiums......................3223, 3226
  Reductions of accruals and allocations because of increased age
                                                                   2389
  Reportable events................................................3221
  Tax regulations..................................................2367
  Termination information disclosure...............................3227
  Valuation of benefits and assets.................................3229
Pesticides and pests:
  Agricultural worker protection...................................2907
  Antimicrobial pesticides...................................2904, 2918
  Boll weevil quarantine and regulations.............................64
  Certified pesticide applicator program...........................2906
  Crop grouping regulations........................................2909
  Data requirements for conventional chemicals.....................2911
  Data requirements for registering biochemical or microbial 
      products.....................................................2912
  Direct application of pesticides to waters in compliance with 
      FIFRA........................................................3028
  Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program............................2902
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1652
  Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act compliance 
                                                                   2919
  Groundwater protection...........................................2915
  Interstate movement of garbage from Hawaii.........................79
  Licensing adjudications..........................................2917
  Pesticide agricultural container recycling program...............2910
  Piscicide applications on National Forest System lands............236
  Plant incorporated protectants.....2905, 2908, 2913, 2914, 2919, 2920
  Prions...........................................................2903
  Rules of practice................................................2921
  Sporicide use on National Forest System lands.....................256
  Tolerance processing fees........................................2916
Petroleum:
  See also Fuel additives
           Oil and gas exploration
           Oil and gas reserves
           Oil pollution
           Pipelines
  Refineries:
    Emission standards.............................................2756
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................2980
Physically handicapped:
  See Individuals with disabilities
Physicians:
  See Health professions
Pilots:
  See Airmen
Pipeline safety:
  Distribution integrity management................................2057
  Hazardous substances.......................................2071, 2073
  Integrity management pipeline repair permitting..................2064
  Internal corrosion reduction.....................................2065

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  Material, personnel and pipe handling operations.................1552
  Operators' public awareness programs.............................2068
  Protecting unusually sensitive areas and commercially navigable 
      waterways....................................................2071
  Structural integrity regulations.................................1574
  Updates to safety requirements...................................1558
Pipelines:
  See also Natural gas
           Pipeline safety
  Damage reporting requirements....................................3575
  Electronic filing of documents...................................3562
  Open and nondiscriminatory movement..............................1562
  Project costs and annual limits for blanket construction 
      certificates.................................................3600
  Rights of use and easement.......................................1560
  Rights-of-way....................................................1380
Plant diseases and pests:
  Citrus canker..................................................76, 78
  Import regulations:
    Fruits and vegetables............................................83
    Non-indigenous organisms.........................................70
    Shelled garden peas from Kenya...................................82
    Table grapes from Namibia........................................80
  Interstate movement of citrus fruit from Florida...................57
  Interstate movement of fruits and vegetables from Hawaii...........81
  Phytophthora ramorum regulations...................................61
Plants:
  See also Seeds
  Endangered and threatened:
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1460
  Exports:
    User fees........................................................56
  Genetically engineered organisms...................................46
  Imports:
    Nursery stock....................................................52
  Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1374
  Mint crop insurance provisions....................................122
  National Forest System native plant materials policy..............239
  Plant incorporated protectants.....2905, 2908, 2913, 2914, 2919, 2920
  Plant Protection Act:
    Special need requests............................................65
  Transgenic.......................................................2957
Poison prevention:
  See Lead poisoning
Political activities (Government employees):
  Honoraria donated to charities...................................3126
Pollution:
  See Environmental protection
Population census:
  See Census data
Ports:
  See Harbors
Poultry and poultry products:
  Allergen labeling.................................................181
  Classes of........................................................189
  Imported................................................179, 183, 184
    Highly pathogenic avian influenza regions........................69
  Low pathogenic avian influenza.....................................66
  National Poultry Improvement Plan..................................84
  Nutrition labeling................................................186
  Performance standards:
    Ready-to-eat products...........................................185
  Weighing..........................................................132
Poultry inspection:
  Availability of distribution lists of retail consignees during 
      recalls.......................................................194
  Determining net weight compliance.................................195
  Grading fees.......................................................18
  Poultry contracts:
    Initiation, performance and termination.........................131
  Turkey operations using bar-type cuts may operate at J-type cut 
      line speeds...................................................196
  Use of certain ingredients in products intended for export only
                                                                    200
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.......................................................832
  Electronic transactions:
    Prescriptions for controlled substances........................1669
  Federal Agency Retail Pharmacy Program...........................3054
  Fixed-combination drug product regulations........................824
  Labeling................................................806, 865, 871
  Medicaid:
    Average manufacturer price requirements.........................965
  Medicare:
    Appeals.........................................................949
    Competitive acquisition.........................................988
    Contract determinations.........................................944
    Disclosure of information.......................................944
    Double coverage with TRICARE...............................693, 713
    Electronic prescribing.....................................937, 993
    Home infusion pharmacies........................................942
    Intermediate sanctions process..................................944
    New drug applications and abbreviated new drug applications 
                                                                    829
    Sexual or erectile dysfunction treatment........................942
  Multiple prescription issuance for Schedule II controlled 
      substances...................................................1683
  Prescription Drug Marketing Act...................................844
  Registration and listing requirements.............................830
  Reporting adverse events..........................................865
  Safety reporting requirements.....................................831
  Use of materials derived from cattle..............................879
Presidential records:
  See Archives and records
Price controls:
  FCC..............................................................3451
Prisoners:
  Access to Inmate Central Files...................................1618
  Autopsy regulations..............................................1632
  Central Inmate Monitoring system.................................1630
  Civil commitment of a sexually dangerous person..................1619
  Classification and program review................................1624
  Correspondence...................................................1626
  Educational good time credit for D.C. Code offenders.............1627
  Good conduct time................................................1622
  Inmate electronic message program................................1617
  Inmate furlough program..........................................1640
  Inmate work and performance pay program:
    Reduction in pay for drug- and alcohol-related offenses........1634
  Limited communication opportunities for inmates linked to 
      terrorist-related activities.................................1635
  Literacy program.................................................1620
  Psychiatric treatment and medication safeguards..................1641
  Reduction in sentence for medical reasons........................1629
  Suicide prevention program.......................................1642
  Telephone regulations and financial responsibility...............1621
Prisons:
  Administrative measures to prevent acts of violence or 
      terrorism....................................................1643
  Administrative Remedy Program....................................1616
  Drug abuse treatment program.....................................1628
    Early release consideration for D.C. Code offenders............1638
  Inmate discipline................................................1631
  Intensive confinement centers..............................1637, 1680
  Possession of personal firearms..................................1636
  Searching and detaining or arresting non-inmates.................1633

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  Smoking/no smoking areas.........................................1639
  Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive 
      Grants Program environmental impact review...................1754
Privacy:
  See also Confidential business information
  CFTC policies....................................................3350
  Defense Logistics Agency policies.................................620
  Defense Threat Reduction Agency policies..........................621
  DOD policies......................................................612
  Financial records and information..........................3635, 3645
  Food Stamp Program................................................147
  Freedom of Information Act regulations...........................3233
  Office of the Secretary of Defense pogram.........................616
  Privacy Act:
    DHS procedures...........................................1030, 1074
    DOC regulations.................................................303
    DOI regulations..........................................1367, 1575
    DOJ implementation.............................................1738
    FHFB regulations...............................................3607
    HHS regulations.................................................938
    Inspector General regulations...................................613
    NCUA...........................................................3663
    NEH Inspector General investigative files......................3104
    NIGC procedures................................................3675
    OPM regulations................................................3135
    Peace Corps regulations........................................3217
    TSA regulations................................................1205
  SBA..............................................................3266
  SEC policies...............................................3762, 3778
  Social security records and information....................3285, 3303
  Treasury policies..........................................2215, 2581
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....................................1012
    Work provisions................................................1017
Public buildings:
  See Federal buildings and facilities
Public health:
  See also Meat inspection
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Abstinence education.............................................1010
  Air pollution effects............................................2951
  Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children........................896
  Informed consent regulations......................................838
  Minority health disparities research endowment program............904
  NIH grants........................................................899
  NIH training grants...............................................906
  Prior notice of imported food.....................................866
  Public Health Service Act:
    Length of hospital stay after birth of child...................1793
    Use of seclusion and restraint in non-medical residential 
        facilities..................................................782
  Trafficking in persons:
    Limitation on use of funds made available to monitor and 
        combat.....................................................1008
  Undergraduate scholarship program sponsored by NIH................905
Public housing:
  See also Low and moderate income housing
  Capital Fund Program.............................................1345
  Energy Act revisions.............................................1346
  Energy performance contracts.....................................1347
  Homeownership program............................................1363
  Housing Choice Voucher program:
    Eligibility of units not yet under construction................1348
    Streamlining revisions.........................................1349
  Income determination.............................................1278
  Operating fund program:
    Revised transition funding provision...........................1356
    Transition funding schedule review.............................1357
  Operating funds for debt service.................................1351
  Public Housing Assessment System.................................1342
  Rental Housing Integrity Improvement Project.....................1278
  Streamlining mixed finance application review....................1355
  Streamlining programs......................................1343, 1349
  Troubled agency recovery process.................................1362
  Violence Against Women Act regulations...........................1344
Public lands:
  See also Grazing lands
           National forests
           National parks
           Public lands-mineral resources
           Reclamation
  Business lease procedures........................................1536
  FERC fee schedule for use........................................3598
  Grazing permits..................................................1531
  Public hearings and appeals................................1370, 1371
  Recreation permits.........................................1613, 1614
  Regulatory advisory committees...................................1607
  Segregation of lands proposed for sale...........................1615
  Subsistence management.............1421, 1467, 1470, 1476, 1482, 1499
  Use of reclamation lands.........................................1598
    Inclusion of Hoover Dam........................................1600
Public lands-mineral resources:
  Locatable minerals program........................................209
  Revegetation standards...........................................1593
Public utilities:
  See Electric utilities
      Natural gas
      Utilities
      Water supply


                                   R

Radiation protection:
  DOE requirements........................................752, 756, 760
  Dose methodology.................................................2899
  Exposure standards...............................................1826
Radio:
  See also Communications
  Accessibility of programming providing emergency information.....3414
  Aviation Radio Service...........................................3514
  Broadcasting Satellite Service:
    Policies and service rules.....................................3448
  Channelization of the 39 GHz band................................3488
  Cognitive radio technologies.....................................3420
  Commercial mobile services:
    Automatic and manual roaming obligations.......................3503
    Resale of services.............................................3486
    Roaming obligations............................................3486
    Spectrum aggregation limits....................................3501
    Spectrum cap...................................................3489
  Competitive bidding process................................3487, 3491
  Consolidating the 800 MHz industrial/land transportation and 
      business pool channels.......................................3513
  Digital audio broadcasting system................................3459
  Digital audio radio service in the 2310-2360 MHz band............3434
  FM allotment procedures..........................................3470
  Interference temperature operation...............................3422
  International Fixed Public Radiocommunication Services...........3447
  Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz...............................3496
  Licensing low power operations in 450-470 MHz band...............3504
  Maritime communications..........................................3498
  Maritime mobile services.........................................3436

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  Market definitions...............................................3463
  Medical technology spectrum requirements.........................3428
  Multiple access systems..........................................3490
  Newspaper cross-ownership........................................3466
  Private land mobile services:
    Airport terminal use frequencies in the 450-470 MHz band.......3512
    Narrowbanding..................................................3425
  Public safety communications...............................3478, 3513
  Quiet zone application procedures................................3505
  Spectrum usage promotion through development of secondary 
      markets......................................................3502
  Terrestrial microwave fixed services.............................3497
  Transfer of 3650 through 3700 MHz band...........................3500
  Transfer of 4.9 GHz band from government use.....................3500
  Ultra-wideband transmission......................................3415
  Wireless services................................................3509
  World Radiocommunication Conference omnibus......................3431
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...................................3236
  Disability determination...................................3234, 3235
Railroad safety:
  Accident/incident reporting requirements.........................2030
  Design standards for pressurized tank cars.......................2028
  Grade crossing and signal systems................................1984
  Handling of railroad equipment, switches, and derails............2035
  Passenger equipment safety standards:
    Front-end strength of multiple-unit locomotives and cab cars 
                                                                   2029
  Passenger train emergency systems................................2034
  Sanders..........................................................2031
  Track safety standards:
    Inspection of joints in continuous welded rail.................2038
Railroads:
  See also Railroad retirement
           Railroad safety
  Cost of capital determination....................................3819
  Electronically controlled pneumatic brake systems................2032
  Emergency relief docket and waiver relief from Federal 
      regulations..................................................2040
  FRA direct final rulemaking procedures...........................2039
  Grant program for local rail line relocation and improvement 
      projects.....................................................2036
  Hazardous materials transportation.........................1216, 2072
  Hours of service recordkeeping...................................2033
  Public participation in class exemption proceedings..............3822
  Rail abandonment procedures......................................3820
  Rail fuel surcharges.......................................3817, 3823
  Rail rate challenges.............................................3818
  Railroad track maintenance credit................................2447
  Sanders..........................................................2031
  Security regulations.............................................1207
  Stand-alone cost methodology...............................3818, 3821
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..............................2151
  GSAR tax adjustment provision....................................3070
  HUBZone program..................................................3071
Reclamation:
  See also Mines
           Surface mining
  Placement of coal combustion byproducts in active and abandoned 
      mines........................................................1583
  Reclamation Loan Guarantee Program...............................1599
  Revegetation standards...........................................1593
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...................................211, 226
  Gateway National Recreation Area...........................1521, 1522
  Golden Gate National Recreation Area:
    Leashed pet requirement........................................1515
  National parks regulations.......................................1520
  Personal watercraft use....................................1521, 1522
  Public land permits........................................1613, 1614
  Water quality standards for coastal recreation waters............3020
  Wildlife-dependent recreation..............................1438, 1473
Recreational fishing:
  See Fishing
Recycling:
  Acquisition regulations:
    Products containing recovered materials in service and 
        construction contracts.....................................3313
  Comparable fuels exclusion under RCRA............................2973
  Electronic equipment.............................................2982
  Government purchase of recovered materials.......................2976
  Oil intended for use as engine oil...............................3642
  Pesticide agricultural container recycling program...............2910
  Petroleum refinery process wastes................................2989
  RCRA Burden Reduction Initiative.................................2981
  Refrigerant..........................................2800, 2802, 2836
  Solid waste......................................................2974
Refugees:
  See also Aliens
  Guaranty of transportation.......................................1085
  Sponsorship agreement............................................1085
Renal diseases:
  See Kidney diseases
Repatriation:
  See Citizenship and naturalization
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements:
  APHIS..............................................................63
  ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................3530
  Bank Secrecy Act implementation......................2133, 2137, 2154
  CFTC.............................................................3362
  Chemical inventory reporting.....................................2964
  DEA..............................................................1694
  DFARS.............................................................638
  DHS..............................................................1118
  DOC................................................293, 294, 388, 476
  DOI..................................................1554, 1571, 1575
  DOJ..................................................1677, 1733, 1734
  DOL..................................................1764, 1766, 1796
  DOT......................................1978, 2008, 2033, 2045, 2080
  EBSA.............................................................1794
  Education Department..............................................716
  EPA..................................................2707, 2760, 2908
    Air emissions requirements.....................................2808
    Electronic reporting...........................................2709
    RCRA Burden Reduction Initiative...............................2981
  Exports...........................................................337
  FAR..............................................................3316

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  FCC........................................................3444, 3453
  FDA...............................................................821
  FDIC.............................................................3544
  FERC.........................3569, 3575, 3582, 3584, 3588, 3596, 3599
  FSIS..............................................................180
  GSA..............................................................3067
  HHS.........................................................831, 1006
  Honoraria donated to charities...................................3126
  HUD..............................................................1336
  Intercountry adoptions...........................................1852
  Investment advisers..................................3756, 3758, 3774
  Investment companies.............................................3754
  NARA:
    Freedom of information.........................................3094
  National Practitioner Data Bank..............................890, 893
  NCUA.......................................................3653, 3659
  NOAA..............................................................490
  NRC..............................................................3688
  NSF..............................................................3108
  OFHEO............................................................3119
  PBGC.......................................................3222, 3225
  Peace Corps......................................................3217
  Retirement record of employee transferring within same agency 
                                                                   3185
  Securities...........................................2582, 3742, 3814
    Broker-dealers...........................................2235, 3783
  State Department.................................................1878
  Tax determination on large cigars................................2181
  Toxics Release Inventory...................................2966, 2971
  Treasury.............................................2131, 2566, 2567
  Uranium mill sites................................................758
  VA education benefits............................................2627
Research:
  See also Agricultural research
           Educational research
           Human research subjects
           Medical research
  Marine resources..................................................509
  Misconduct..................................755, 805, 911, 1737, 1757
  National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research 
      chimpanzees...................................................908
  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Hazardous 
      Substances Basic Research and Training Grants.................903
  National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program............89
  NIH construction grant............................................909
  Protection of human subjects............................910, 912, 913
Retirement:
  See also Pensions
           Railroad retirement
           Social security
  Air traffic controllers..........................................3188
  Coordination of health benefits..................................3044
  District of Columbia employees...................................3182
  FEHB coverage....................................................3193
  Government employees:
    Court orders awarding survivor annuities.......................3154
    Coverage for non-appropriated fund instrumentalities...........3191
    Credit for government service performed abroad.................3189
    Credit for military service....................................3187
    Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act..........3184
    FERS basic annuity.............................................3186
    FERS coverage elections........................................3190
  Phased retirement program........................................2420
  Record of employee transferring within same agency...............3185
  TRICARE Retiree Dental Program..........................696, 702, 712
  Voluntary State tax withholding from retired pay of Service 
      members.......................................................590
Rights-of-way:
  Accessibility guidelines for individuals with disabilities.......2684
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........................282
  Broadband network health care support mechanism..................3539
  Business and industrial loan programs..............273, 274, 276, 277
  Business investment program.......................................267
  Environmental policies and procedures..............................97
  Grassroots source water protection program.........................37
  Housing:
    Community Facilities Direct Loan Program....................95, 276
    Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program...........99, 101, 102, 107
    Loans, grants, and programs.......................98, 103, 104, 106
    New and existing dwellings definition...........................105
    Planning and performing construction.............................96
    Surety requirements.............................................100
  National transit database rural reporting requirements...........2045
  Public television station digital transition grant program........284
  Regulation streamlining...........................................103
  Rural development guaranteed loan programs........................272
  Rural Utilities Service:
    Interconnection of distributed resources........................280
    Lien accommodations and subordinations..........................279
    Specifications for primary underground power cable..............287
    Water and waste disposal loans and grants..................281, 285
  Spectrum-based communications services...........................3510
  Technical assistance grants and programs...........................94
  Telecommunications system construction policies...................286


                                   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..................3446
    Application and licensing requirements.........................3432
    Broadcast Satellite Service..............................3448, 3450
    Coordination between non-geostationary and geostationary 
        orbit......................................................3419
    Digital audio radio service....................................3434
    Direct Broadcast Satellite service.............................3449
    Earth stations...........................................3437, 3442
    Fixed-satellite services.....................3438, 3446, 3450, 3493
    Licensing reform...............................................3439
    Maritime mobile services.......................................3436
    Mobile service provider flexibility............................3440
    MSS spectrum allocation........................................3433
    Non-geostationary orbit..................................3438, 3445

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    Non-government operations in the 36.0-51.4 GHz portion of the 
        V-band.....................................................3435
    Orbital debris mitigation......................................3441
    Program access rules...........................................3474
    Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act........3471
Savings associations:
  Basel Capital Accord.............................................2583
  Customer identification program..................................2136
  Integrity of directors...........................................2587
  Mandatorily redeemable preferred stock...........................2593
  Risk based capital.........................................2583, 2588
  Securities-related activities..............................2578, 2582
  Stock benefit plans in mutual-to-stock conversions and mutual 
      holding company structures...................................2590
  Subordinated debt securities.....................................2593
Savings bonds:
  See Bonds
School breakfast and lunch programs:
  Administrative error reduction....................................160
  Allowable costs...................................................156
  Donated foods provided under contract with food service 
      management companies..........................................158
  Eligibility determinations for free or reduced-price meals and 
      milk................................................161, 163, 164
  Fluid milk regulations:
    Non-dairy beverage substitutions................................162
    Sale and marketing regulations..................................173
  Food safety programs..............................................165
  Nutrition standards...............................................143
  Processing of donated foods.......................................169
  Severe need assistance............................................172
  Simplification of meal counting and claiming procedures...........174
  Summer food service program.......................................166
Schools:
  See also Colleges and universities
           Educational facilities
  Approval for enrollment in Student and Exchange Visitor 
      Information System...........................................1237
  Asbestos model accreditation plan................................2944
  Closure and consolidation........................................1545
  Student and Exchange Visitor Program recertification......1229, 1231, 
                                                                   1247
Scientific equipment:
  See Medical devices
Seafood:
  See also Fish
           Fisheries
  Acquisition regulations...........................................672
  Fish and Seafood Promotion Act....................................513
Seals:
  See Marine mammals
Seamen:
  Licenses and certificates of registry............................1168
  Merchant marine officers training and service requirements.......1136
  Merchant marine training, certification, and watchkeeping........1122
  Merchant mariner application procedure...........................1167
  Merchant mariner qualification credentialing.....................1172
Seaplanes:
  See Aircraft
Seashores:
  See Coastal zone
Securities:
  See also Bonds
  Abandonment of...................................................2307
  Affiliate transactions...........................................3776
  Anti-manipulation rules..........................................3804
  Broker-dealers:
    Amendments to Forms BD and BDW.................................3786
    Financial responsibility rules.................................3785
    Quotation requirements.........................................3792
    Recordkeeping requirements.....................................2235
  Concept release concerning management reports on internal 
      control of financial reporting...............................3814
  Confirmation of transactions.....................................3798
  Credit rating agency regulation..................................3793
  Critical accounting policies.....................................3750
  Cross-trading statutory exemption................................1799
  Debt securities..................................................3353
    Subordinated...................................................2593
  Disclosure requirements........................3750, 3787, 3788, 3799
  Electronic delivery of proxy materials...........................3751
  Electronic filing of transfer agent forms........................3810
  Electronic form submissions......................................3743
  Exemptions for banks.............................................3809
  Filing documents in interactive data format......................3742
  Futures products:
    Offer and sale of products traded on foreign boards............3349
    Registration requirements for banks acting as brokers or 
        dealers....................................................3784
  Held of record securities........................................3752
  Holding companies................................................3749
  Income taxation............................................2329, 2377
  Inflation-based adjustments......................................3812
  Integrated financial transactions................................2245
  Internet availability of proxy materials.........................3746
  Investment advisers..............................................3756
    Antifraud rule.................................................3775
    Disclosure and recordkeeping requirements......................3758
  Investment companies:
    Custody of securities..........................................3769
    Disclosure requirements......................3748, 3764, 3782, 3813
    Electronic submission of applications..........................3767
    Eligible portfolio companies...................................3779
    Employees' securities companies exemptions.....................3773
    Equal voting rights defined....................................3772
    Exchange-traded funds..........................................3759
    Fund board composition and chair regulations...................3766
    Fund of funds investments......................................3768
    Issued ratably definition......................................3763
  Lock-up agreements...............................................3755
  Mandatorily redeemable preferred stock...........................2593
  Mark-to-market accounting..................................2380, 2405
  Municipal securities disclosure..................................3795
    Electronic filing..............................................3790
  Mutual funds:
    Anti-money laundering program..................................2142
    Extension of XBRL voluntary reporting program on the EDGAR 
        System.....................................................3780
    Pricing regulations............................................3777
    Reporting suspicious transactions..............................2137
  Nasdaq-listed securities.........................................3807
  National Capital Market listing standards........................3802
  Options markets..................................................3808
  Privacy notices..................................................3762
  Privacy of consumer financial information........................3778
  Qualified purchaser definition...................................3745
  Reorganization events............................................3791
  Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................3783
    Annual reports and prospectuses................................3783
  Safe harbor:
    Exceptions.....................................................2381
  Sarbanes-Oxley Act regulations:
    PCAOB regulations..............................................3811
  Savings association activities.............................2578, 2582
  Self-regulatory organizations:
    Concept release on structure...................................3789
    Electronic filing of proposed rule changes.....................3794
    Fair administration, governance, and disclosure................3800
  Shareholder access to director nomination process................3747

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  Short sales regulation.....................................3803, 3805
  Short selling in connection with a public offering...............3801
  Standards of conduct for attorneys...............................3816
  Stock benefit plans in mutual-to-stock conversions and mutual 
      holding company structures...................................2590
  Streamlining.....................................................3741
  Substitute dividend payments.....................................2268
  Tender and reorganization agents.................................3791
  Termination of reporting obligations by foreign private issuers
                                                                   3753
Security information:
  See Classified information
Security measures:
  See also Classified information
  Acquisition regulations..............................1021, 1025, 1858
    Information technology.........................................1857
    Patents, data and copyrights...................................1024
  Bureau of Prisons administrative measures........................1643
  Chemical facility anti-terrorism standards.......................1029
  Cruise ship security regulations.................................1175
  Customer identification programs:
    Loan and finance companies.....................................2127
    Pawn brokers...................................................2124
    Sellers of vehicles............................................2128
    Travel agents..................................................2126
  Debarment and suspension.........................................1043
  Defense Priorities and Allocations Systems regulation revisions
                                                                    354
  Disclosure of official information in connection with legal 
      proceedings..................................................1031
  DOE:
    Background checks of employees..................................763
  Emergency Security Control of Air Traffic....................591, 622
  Federal mail.....................................................3062
  Financial record information provided to DOD by financial 
      institutions..................................................607
  Food security plans...............................................199
  Freedom of Information...........................................1030
  Geological Repository Operations Area............................3691
  Grants administration............................................1037
  Homeland Security Information sharing............................1020
  National security information regulations............1850, 3090, 3092
  National Security Personnel System................................617
  Nuclear materials transport requirements...................3731, 3735
  Prior notice of imported food.....................................866
  Privacy Act procedures...........................................1030
  Protection of sensitive security information related to 
      transportation...............................................1214
  Public transportation security grants......................1022, 2047
  Rail transportation security.....................................1207
  Registered Traveler program......................................1227
  Security awareness training for flight school employees..........1218
  Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, 
      ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1679
  Standards of conduct for DHS employees...........................1019
  US-IAEA safeguards agreement......................................315
  Washington, DC metropolitan area special flight rules............1947
Seeds:
  Karnal bunt compensation...........................................73
Seizures and forfeitures:
  Immigration and Naturalization regulations.......................1180
Senior citizens:
  See Aged
Serums:
  See Biologics
Sewage disposal:
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3016
Sex discrimination:
  Federally assisted programs....................1033, 3100, 3102, 3106
  Programs and activities receiving Federal surplus property.......3058
Sheep:
  Interstate movement regulations....................................62
Shipbuilding industry:
  Safety and health regulations..............................1832, 1847
Shipping:
  See Air carriers
      Maritime carriers
      Motor carriers
      Railroads
Ships:
  See Vessels
Signs and symbols:
  See Trademarks
Sirup:
  See Sugar
Small businesses:
  Acquisition regulations.....................................634, 3320
    Status determinations..........................................3261
  Business Development Program:
    Status determinations..........................................3244
  Debarment and suspension.........................................3251
  EPA procurement under assistance agreements......................2710
  Government contracting programs:
    Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Assistance 
        Program....................................................3257
  Hazardous materials transportation...............................2067
  HUBZone Program:
    Agricultural commodities purchase from subcontractors..........3240
    Amendments.....................................................3255
    Definition of employee.........................................3259
  Investment companies:
    Conflicts of interest..........................................3246
  Lending company oversight........................................3239
  Loans:
    Certified Development Company program..........................3263
    Disaster loan program....................................3268, 3269
    Economic injury disaster loans.................................3265
    Lender examination and review fees.............................3260
    Premier Certified Lenders Program..............................3253
  Management title changes.........................................3262
  Mentor-protege programs:
    AID............................................................2679
    DOT............................................................1896
  National forest land use..........................................205
  Privacy Impact Assessment Statements.............................3266
  Rural business investment program.................................267
  Size standards:
    Air transportation support activities..........................3254
    Calculation of the number of employees.........................3249
    Inflation adjustment...........................................3258
    Long term contracts............................................3264
    Nonmanufacturers supplying products to the Federal Government
                                                                   3242
    NRC regulations................................................3733
    Professional, scientific, and technical services...............3248
    Protest regulations............................................3247
    Restructuring..................................................3267
    Small Business Innovation Research Program.....................3245
  Small Business Development Center Program revisions..............3238
  Small Business Innovation Research Program.......87, 3245, 3252, 3267
    Increasing award amounts to adjust for inflation...............3250
  Small Business Technology Transfer Program.......................3243
  Small Disadvantaged Businesses:
    Participation in DOT programs............................1883, 1891
    Status determinations..........................................3244
  Surety bond guarantee............................................3256
  Testimony and production of records to OIG.......................3241
  Timber sale set-aside program.....................................241
  Venture capital company ownership................................3267
Social security:
  See also Child welfare
           Medicaid
           Medicare
           Public assistance programs
           Unemployment compensation

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  Administrative review process..............................3288, 3289
  Aliens:
    Additional insured status requirements for workers.............3277
    Benefits for lawfully present aliens...........................1079
    Coverage of work performed by nonresident aliens...............3279
  Child-in-care evidentiary regulation.............................3290
  Conducting personal conferences when waiver of recovery of 
      overpayment cannot be approved...............................3280
  Disability determinations:
    Age categories.................................................3307
    Digestive system...............................................3286
    Drug addiction or alcoholism...................................3297
    Growth impairments.............................................3306
    Hearing impairments............................................3304
    Hematological disorders........................................3271
    Immune system..................................................3287
    Labyrinthine-vestibular function disturbance...................3304
    Language and speech disorders..................................3305
    Mental disorders...............................................3270
    Musculoskeletal disorders......................................3308
    Neurological...................................................3295
    Onsite review of consultative examination providers by 
        disability determination services..........................3281
    Optometrists as acceptable medical sources.....................3309
    Recontacting medical sources...................................3276
    Respiratory disorders..........................................3298
  Disability programs:
    Exclusion of representative and health care providers 
        convicted of violations....................................3301
    Self-Sufficiency Program.................................3282, 3302
    Ticket to Work Program...................................3282, 3302
  Disclosure of state unemployment compensation wage record 
      information..................................................1771
  Fee withholding and payment procedures to non-attorney 
      representatives..............................................3289
  HHS regulation migration to SSA..................................3293
  Identity theft prevention........................................3133
  Liability of representative payees for overpayments to deceased 
      recipients...................................................3275
  Medical-vocational guidelines....................................3296
  Primary insurance cost of living increases.......................3310
  Privacy and disclosure of records and information..........3285, 3303
  Private printing of applications, form and publications..........3278
  Reduced medical benefits due to private insurance coverage.......3274
  Standards of conduct of SSA employees............................3292
  Stepchild benefits...............................................3299
  Trusts and transfers of resources................................3283
  Vocational rehabilitation services:
    Referral for services..........................................3300
Solid waste disposal:
  See Waste treatment and disposal
Space transportation and exploration:
  Acquisition regulations:
    Administrative changes.........................................3084
    Deletion of Shared Savings Program.............................3077
    Earned value management system.................................3082
    IT security requirements clause................................3081
  Astronaut Health Care Provision..................................3076
  Commercial space transportation:
    Crew safety regulations........................................1956
  Cross-waiver of liability........................................3078
  Income source rules..............................................2250
  Inventions and Contributions Board:
    Awards for scientific and technical contributions..............3083
    Organizational location and responsibilities...................3080
  Suborbital reusable launch vehicles..............................1955
  Wind tunnel use for industry development work....................3079
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:
  Border commuter students.........................................1245
  Exchange visitors:
    Certification fees.............................................1232
    Eligibility....................................................1862
    Interns..................................................1861, 1869
    Revocation process.............................................1855
    Secondary school students......................................1856
    Sponsor site visits............................................1862
  F-1 visas:
    Period of time students may be admitted before academic 
        program start date.........................................1076
  Student and Exchange Visitor Information System.....1229, 1231, 1237, 
                                                             1247, 1863
  Student rights in research, experimental programs, and testing 
                                                                    722
Subsidies:
  See Grant programs
Sugar:
  Marketing allocations..............................................33
  Reassignment of allocation shortfalls..............................31
  Reexport programs.................................................201
Suicide:
  Prevention program...............................................1642
Superfund:
  Cooperative agreements and State contracts.......................2999
Supplemental Security Income (SSI):
  Disability determinations:
    Digestive system...............................................3286
    Endocrine system and obesity...................................3291
    Hematological disorders........................................3271
    Immune system..................................................3287
    Mental disorders...............................................3270
    Neurological...................................................3295
    Optometrists as acceptable medical sources.....................3309
  Income:
    Deeming from ineligible parents................................3272
    Exclusions.....................................................3273
  Payment of past-due benefits.....................................3284
Surety bonds:
  Durable medical equipment supplier requirement....................947
  Immigration surety bonds.........................................1230
  SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program................................3256
Surface mining:
  See also Coal
           Mine safety and health
  Claims under general Mining Law..................................1601
  Coal:
    Abandoned coal refuse sites....................................1589
    Abandoned mine reclamation fees................................1594
    Placement of excess spoil......................................1584
    Tennesse Federal program.......................................1595
  Fees and liens...................................................1592
  Indian lands...............................................1533, 1591
  Ownership, control, transfer, assignment, or sale of permit 
      rights.......................................................1590
  Permit application packages......................................1585
  Public hearings and appeals......................................1371
  Remining incentives..............................................1587
  Tribal primacy...................................................1588
Syrup:
  See Sugar


                                   T

Tank vessels:
  See Cargo vessels

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Tariffs:
  See Customs duties and inspection
Taxes:
  See also Customs duties and inspection
           Excise taxes
           Income taxes
  Availability of TTB information..................................2215
  Brewery regulations revisions....................................2165
  Computation on large cigars......................................2181
  Foreign trade....................................................2243
  Gift tax value determination.....................................2290
  Health care-related...............................................978
  Occupational tax.................................................2211
  Payment of Federal taxes.........................................2163
  Real estate taxes................................................3070
Telecommunications:
  See also Radio
           Satellites
           Telephone
           Television
  Access charge reform.............................................3529
  Accessibility guidelines for individuals with disabilities.......2685
  Accounting requirements..........................................3530
  Advanced wireless services.......................................3416
  Air-ground services on commercial airplanes......................3508
  ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................3530
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers............................................3526
  Bell Operating Companies and affiliates:
    Enhanced services..............................................3524
  Communication intercepting devices................................357
  Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act...1724, 1725, 1726, 
                                                             3477, 3482
  Detariffing of interstate exchange access services...............3525
  Early termination fees in wireless carriers' service contracts 
                                                                   3412
  Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems.....................3476, 3484
    For IP-enabled service providers...............................3536
  Extending wireless services to tribal lands......................3511
  GSA management policy............................................3061
  Installment payments for Personal Communications Services 
      licensees....................................................3499
  International services reporting requirements....................3444
  Interstate special access services...............................3533
  N11 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.............3518
  National Exchange Carrier Association petition...................3534
  North American Numbering Plan....................................3517
  Numbering Resource Optimization..................................3531
  Prepaid calling card services....................................3538
  Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
    Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1739
    Reporting requirements.........................................1747
  Relay services.......................................3401, 3405, 3406
  Rural areas.......................................................286
  Service quality reporting........................................3528
  Telecommunications Act:
    Access charge reform...........................................3522
    Customer proprietary network information (CPNI)................3521
    Individuals with disabilities..................................3404
    Interstate pay-per-call and other information services.........3402
    Local competition provisions...................................3523
    Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers.................3403
    Universal service..............................................3519
  Toll-free service access codes...................................3520
  Truth in billing.................................................3411
  Unbundled network elements.......................................3532
  Universal service reform.........................................3529
Telephone:
  900-number service...............................................3629
  Access charge reform.......................................3522, 3529
  Accessibility of equipment and services to persons with 
      disabilities.................................................3404
  Accounting requirements..........................................3530
  Advertising......................................................3629
  ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................3530
  Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local 
      exchange carriers............................................3526
  Customer account record exchange obligations.....................3410
  Customer proprietary network information.........................3521
  Detariffing of interstate exchange access services...............3525
  Dial Equipment Minutes Weighting Program.........................3519
  Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems.....................3476, 3484
    For IP-enabled service providers...............................3536
  Enhanced services................................................3524
  Hearing aid compatibility for wireless phones....................3516
  Interstate pay-per-call and other information services...........3402
  Local competition provisions of the Telecommunications Act.......3523
  N11 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.............3518
  North American Numbering Plan....................................3517
  Prepaid calling card services....................................3538
  Relay services.............................................3405, 3406
  Telemarketing sales rule.........................................3636
  Telephone Consumer Protection Act................................3408
  Toll free service access codes...................................3520
  Toll telephone service definition................................2503
  Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers...................3403
  Unbundling local exchange carriers...............................3527
  Universal Service..........................................3519, 3529
Television:
  See also Cable television
  Advertising......................................................3454
  Children's programming...........................................3462
  Closed captioning of video programming...........................3413
  Competitive availability of navigation devices...................3456
  Digital television service:
    Broadcast content protection...................................3515
    Children's programming.........................................3462
    Conversion rules for low power television and television 
        translator stations........................................3467
    Coupon program for digital-to-analog converter boxes............558
    Distributed transmission system................................3472
    Review of conversion process...................................3460
    Tuner requirements.............................................3427
  Digital television signal strength measurement...................3429
  Direct broadcast public interest obligations.....................3461
  Emergency Alert System...........................................3481
  Filing of network affiliation contracts..........................3453
  Joint sales agreements...........................................3468
  Public interest information......................................3464
  Public television station digital transition grant program........284
  Reallocation and service rules for the 698-746 MHz spectrum 
      band.........................................................3506
  Service rules in UHF spectrum....................................3494
  Significantly viewed out-of-market broadcast stations............3469
  Unlicensed operation in the broadcast bands......................3424
  Video programming accessibility..................................3456
Terrorism:
  Bioterrorism preparedness.........................................866
  Limited communication opportunities for inmates linked to 
      terrorist-related activities.................................1635
  Terrorism Risk Insurance Program.................................2115
Textiles:
  Acquisition regulations......................................640, 650
  African Growth and Opportunity Act...............................2096
  Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act............................2098
  Flammability standards...........................................3365
  Trade agreements............................................311, 2093
Timber:
  See Forests and forest products

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Tobacco:
  See also Cigars and cigarettes
  Crop insurance provisions.........................................110
  Imported tobacco products.....................................8, 2205
  Inspection..........................................................8
  Minimum manufacturing requirements and transfer marking..........2202
  Products and cigarette papers and tubes shipped from Puerto 
      Rico to the US...............................................2203
  Removal of products without payment of tax for use in law 
      enforcement activities.......................................2200
  Tax classification of cigars and cigarettes......................2201
  Trafficking in contraband cigarettes or smokeless tobacco........1666
Tort claims:
  See Claims
Tourist trade:
  See Travel
Toxic substances:
  See Hazardous substances
Toxins:
  See Biologics
Trade agreements:
  African Growth and Opportunity Act.........................2092, 2096
  Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act............................2098
  Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism......................1183
  Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade 
      Agreement.........................652, 676, 677, 2103, 3325, 3336
  Free Trade Agreement with Morocco..........................2108, 3344
  Free Trade Agreements with Chile and Singapore.............2099, 2120
  Highly migratory species international trade program..............416
  North American Free Trade Agreement........................2101, 2119
  Textile trade agreements..........................................311
  U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement..............................2109
  U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement................................3336
  U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act.......................2093
  U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement.................................2107
  World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement.........652
Trade practices:
  Business opportunity rule........................................3639
  Economic Development Administration...............................302
  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act............3637
  Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................3641
  Funeral industry.................................................3630
  Mail or telephone order merchandise shipment rule................3633
  Premerger notification rules.....................................3631
  Regulatory review................................................3627
  Telemarketing sales rule.........................................3636
  Telephone service................................................3629
  Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers..............1780, 1781, 1782
  Used motor vehicle trade regulation rule.........................3632
  Voluntary disclosure provisions related to restrictive 
      practices or boycotts.........................................325
  Watch and jewelry producers in insular possessions................309
Trademarks:
  Fees.........................................................564, 570
  Filing requirements for request for reconsideration of final 
      refusal.......................................................563
  Intent-to-use documents filing requirements.......................586
  International trademark classification changes....................573
  Madrid Processing Unit............................................574
  Preventing importation of pirated audio-visual works.............2100
  Representation of others before the USPTO.........................560
  Rules of practice amendments......................................561
  Rules of practice in inter partes proceedings before the 
      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board..............................568
  Statement of use filing deadline..................................586
  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Office of the General Counsel 
      address.......................................................571
Transportation:
  See also Air transportation
           Bridges
           Common carriers
           Freight
           Highways and roads
           Pipelines
           Railroads
           Space transportation and exploration
           Vessels
  Acquisition regulations......................................631, 633
  Air pollution control conformity.................................2820
  Americans With Disabilities Act accessibility standards..........1899
  Buy America requirements and waiver procedures...................2048
  Civil and criminal penalties.....................................1987
  Debarment and suspension.........................................1897
  Disadvantaged business enterprise participation............1883, 1891
  Drug and alcohol testing...................................1889, 1894
  Emergency procedures for public transportation systems...........2051
  Employee protective provisions of the Federal Transit Act........1763
  Environmental review.............................................2852
  Explosive materials..............................................1664
  Grants uniform administrative requirements.......................1884
  Individuals with disabilities..............................1892, 2683
  Management regulations:
    Data collection standards......................................3067
    Manager authorization..........................................3066
    Reporting requirements.........................................3067
  Mentor/protege Program for small businesses......................1896
  National transit database rural reporting requirements...........2045
  Non-emergency medical transportation programs.....................929
  Privacy Act provisions...........................................1205
  Project management oversight.....................................2041
  Protection of sensitive security information.....................1893
  Public transportation security grants......................1022, 2047
  Registered Traveler program......................................1227
  Safe and environmentally protective use of granular mine 
      tailings in construction projects............................2977
  Safety systems for Head Start programs...........................1018
  Standard time zone boundary......................................1901
  Wildlife...................................................1377, 1449
Travel:
  Anti-money laundering programs for travel agencies...............2143
  Customer identification programs for travel agents...............2126
Travel and transportation expenses:
  Deductions for members of Congress...............................2248
  Privately owned automobile mileage reimbursement.................3074
  Public vouchers..................................................3068
  Reimbursement management.........................................2159
  Relocation allowances............................................3065
  Relocation income tax allowance tax tables.......................3075
  Standard Mileage Rate for moving purposes........................3052
  VA beneficiary travel regulations................................2595
Treaties:
  See also Trade agreements
  Publication of international agreements..........................1878
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:
  Disclosure of state wage record information......................1771
  Eligibility regulations..........................................1785

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  Interstate arrangement for combining employment and wages........1774
Universities:
  See Colleges and universities
Upward Bound Program:
  See Education of disadvantaged
Uranium:
  Mill sites..................................................758, 3710
Urban renewal:
  See Community development
Utilities:
  See also Electric utilities
           Natural gas
           Water supply
  Communication protocols..............................3580, 3587, 3589
  Continuity of Operations Plan for emergency situations...........3597
  Electronic filing by persons holding interlocking positions......3566
  Electronic filing of documents.............................3562, 3599
  Electronic filing of twenty largest purchasers information.......3566
  Federal Power Act regulations..............................3574, 3594
  Fee schedule for use of government lands.........................3598
  Financial accounting, reporting and record retention 
      requirements.....................................3584, 3588, 3596
  Generator-run status information.................................3567
  Information requirements for available transfer capability.......3568
  Intermittent generator imbalance service schedule................3565
  Market-based rates.........................................3564, 3591
  Oversight of regional transmission organizations and 
      independent system operators.................................3588
  Policy on enforcement of statutes, orders, rules and 
      regulations..................................................3590
  Preventing undue discrimination and preference in transmission 
      services.....................................................3573
  Promoting transmission investment through pricing reform.........3570
  Public Utility Holding Company Act...............................3593
  Rural Utilities Service:
    Lien accommodations and subordinations..........................279
    Specifications for primary underground power cable..............287
    Water and waste disposal loans and grants..................281, 285
  Small power production and cogeneration facility regulations.....3572
  Standards for business practices.....................3580, 3587, 3589
  Wind energy development on National Forest System lands...........223


                                   V

Vaccines:
  See Biologics
Vegetables:
  Crop insurance provisions:
    Cabbage.........................................................119
    Dry pea.........................................................116
    Mustard.........................................................123
    Northern potato.................................................124
    Sweet corn......................................................121
  Import regulations.............................................60, 83
    Shelled garden peas from Kenya...................................82
  Inspection service fees....................................13, 17, 77
  Interstate movement from Hawaii....................................81
  Phytosanitary certificates for imports.............................59
  Soybeans:
    Request for public comment on U.S. standards....................128
Vessels:
  See also Cargo vessels
           Fishing vessels
           Marine safety
           Maritime carriers
           Navigation (water)
           Passenger vessels
  Accident reporting...............................................1125
  Anchorage area regulations.......................................1149
  Anti-money laundering program for businesses engaged in boat 
      sales........................................................2130
  Automatic Identification System..................................1131
  Ballast water:
    Exchange guidelines............................................1164
  Captain of the Port areas........................................1147
  Carbon dioxide fire suppression systems on commercial vessels 
                                                                   1134
  Civil penalties..................................................2053
  Coast Guard escort requirements..................................1155
  Coast Guard marine inspection zone boundaries....................1147
  Commercial diving operations.....................................1161
  Container seals..................................................1203
  Controlled substances............................................1668
  Discharge standards for Armed Forces vessels.....................3002
  Discharge-removal equipment......................................1150
  Emission standards:
    Marine diesel engines..........................................2725
    Spark ignition marine vessels..................................2798
  Long range identification and tracking data......................1132
  Marking sunken vessels waiver....................................1171
  Notification of arrival and departure............................1131
  Numbering system.................................................1125
  Oil spill liability trust fund:
    Vessel limits of liability.....................................1130
  Outer Continental Shelf activities...............................1140
  Personal flotation device requirements...........................1165
  Pollution prevention equipment...................................1145
  Polychlorinated biphenyls containing.............................2958
  Port restrictions and fees:
    Japanese vessels...............................................3610
  Regattas and marine parades......................................1153
  Safety and security zone regulations.................1148, 1169, 1176
  Safety procedures update.........................................2054
  Satellite earth stations.........................................3442
  Tank level or pressure monitoring devices........................1137
  Tariff of tolls..................................................2055
  Towing vessel inspection regulations.............................1173
  Traffic separation schemes.......................................1142
  Vapor control systems............................................1133
  Vessel repair units consolidation................................2087
  Vessel Traffic Service...........................................1166
Veterans:
  Accrued benefits.................................................2662
  Acquisition regulations:
    Plain language revisions.......................................2634
  Adjudication and fiduciary regulations.........2603, 2640, 2642, 2643
  Affirmative action and nondiscrimination obligations of 
      contractors and subcontractors...............................1765
  Appeals regulations:
    Remand or referral to the Agency of Original Jurisdiction......2671
  Beneficiary travel regulations...................................2595
  Benefits claims..................................................2611
    Agents and attorneys accreditation and fees....................2618
  Burial benefits..................................................2602
    Headstone and marker application process.......................2635
    Survivors of Filipino veterans.................................2654
  CHAMPVA Program:
    Coverage for devices and prostheses............................2596
    Delegations of authority.......................................2596
    Dual eligibility...............................................2653
    Preventive services............................................2597
    Qualifying event date..........................................2653
  Claim substantiation regulations.................................2629
  Claims based on service in the Philippine Armed Forces...........2643
  Compensation and pension regulations:
    Bars, forfeiture and renouncement of benefits..................2649
    Concurrent receipt of military retired pay and disability 
        compensation...............................................2660

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    Dependents.....................................................2648
    Duties of VA...................................................2644
    Elections of improved pension............................2608, 2645
    General evidence requirements, effective dates, revision of 
        decisions, and protection of existing ratings..............2607
    General provisions.............................................2646
    Payments and adjustments to payments...........................2609
    Payments to beneficiaries who are eligible for more than one 
        benefit....................................................2606
    Rights and responsibilities of claimants and beneficiaries.....2644
    Service-connected disability compensation......................2610
    Special and ancillary benefits for veterans, dependents and 
        survivors..................................................2604
  Coordination of benefits with TRICARE.............................703
  Debarment and suspension.........................................2630
  Dependency and indemnity compensation:
    Regulation amendment...........................................2647
  Dependent benefits:
    Home-school programs included as educational institutions......2665
  Disability benefit claims........................................2667
  Disability ratings:
    Amendment of Schedule for Rating Disabilities appendices.......2670
    Digestive system...............................................2616
    Eye, ear, and other sense organs...............................2625
    Multiple scars...........................................2614, 2656
  Education:
    Centralized certification of benefits..........................2627
    Licensing and certification....................................2655
    Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty..........................2631, 2659
    Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve...........................2633
    Survivors and dependents.................................2601, 2659
    Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act..................2626
    Veterans Programs Enhancement Act..............................2600
  Employment discrimination complaints:
    Delegation of authority........................................2638
  Federal Agency Retail Pharmacy Program...........................3054
  Filipino veterans benefit improvements...........................2654
  Jobs For Veterans Act............................................1849
  Life insurance:
    Traumatic injury protection rider..............................2664
  Loan guaranty:
    Fees and charges...............................................2663
    Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages...............................2658
    Regulation amendments..........................................2628
  Medical benefits:
    Calculation of reasonable charges for inpatient and 
        outpatient services........................................2622
    Care and services during disasters and emergencies.............2598
    Claims file for VA medical examinations and opinions...........2612
    Copayments.....................................................2599
    Enrollment eligibility.........................................2599
    Hospital and outpatient care enrollment........................2639
    Informed consent regulations.............................2650, 2651
    Non-VA service and care........................................2620
    Presumptions of service connection.............................2641
  Notice requirements..............................................2629
  OPM disability documentation requirements........................3138
  Organ donation:
    Disclosure of information to procurement organizations.........2624
  Persian Gulf War:
    Extension of presumptive period for compensation for 
        undiagnosed illnesses......................................2632
  Personal information data breaches...............................2637
  Procedural due process exceptions................................2669
  Service organization representatives:
    Accreditation of...............................................2636
  Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era........1765
  Special ratings..................................................2605
  State homes......................................................2619
    Grants for the hiring and retention of nurses..................2621
    Grants to states for construction or acquisition of 
        facilities.................................................2652
  Supplemental statement of the case...............................2617
  Veterans' preference in Federal hiring.....................3159, 3199
  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program...........2657, 2661
    Duty to assist.................................................2613
    Effective dates of induction into a rehabilitation program.....2615
    Entitlement and termination of entitlement.....................2666
    Redetermination of entitlement to benefits and services........2668
Viruses:
  See Biologics
Visas:
  See Passports and visas
Vocational rehabilitation:
  Referral for services............................................3300
  Veterans...................................................2657, 2661
    Duty to assist.................................................2613
    Effective dates of induction into a rehabilitation program.....2615
    Entitlement and termination of entitlement.....................2666
    Redetermination of entitlement to benefits and services........2668
Volunteers:
  AmeriCorps:
    *VISTA program.................................................2696
    National Civilian Community Corps..............................2697
  Peace Corps................................................3215, 3216
    Claims Against Government Under Federal Tort Claims Act........3220
    Debarment and suspension.......................................3219
    Suspension of eligible enrollments in FEHB program.............3208
    Use of name and logo...........................................3218
Voting rights:
  Language minority provisions.....................................1650
  Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1647


                                   W

Wages:
  See also Employee benefit plans
           Minimum wages
  Administrative policies..........................................3201
  Cost-of-living allowances..................................3151, 3174
  Critical position pay authority..................................3149
  DOL determinations for construction and service contracts.........654
  Evacuation payments during pandemic health crisis................3170
  Executive branch employees:
    Restriction on private supplementation of salaries.............3121
  Hospice wage index................................................941
  Hourly compensation:
    Computer-related occupations...................................1760
  IRS broadbanding systems.........................................3158
  Locality pay areas...............................................3166
  Regulation amendments......................................3161, 3171
  Senior executive service.........................................3201
    Performance pay..........................................3148, 3197
  Tipped employees.................................................1760
Waste treatment and disposal:
  See also Hazardous waste
           Recycling
           Sewage disposal
  Coal combustion waste......................................2972, 2992
  Effluent guidelines..................................3003, 3004, 3012
  Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act...............2970
  Financial test criteria..........................................2985
  Hazardous waste management.......................................2988

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    Consumer products in consumer product packaging................2990
    Methods innovation rule........................................2978
    Pharmaceuticals................................................2990
    Testing and monitoring activities..............................2978
  Hospital/medical/infectious waste incineration units:
    Response to remand and 5-year technology review................2762
  Laboratory waste.................................................2987
  Land disposal:
    Restrictions.............................................2989, 2994
  Municipal waste combustion units:
    Emission guidelines......................................2740, 2771
    New source performance standards...............................2740
  Nuclear waste disposal.....................................2900, 3724
  Project XL.................................................2709, 2991
  Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste 
      at petroleum refineries......................................2980
  RUS loans and grants.........................................281, 285
  Shore Protection Act.............................................3040
  Solid waste disposal:
    Air pollutant standards................2766, 2795, 2811, 2892, 2893
    Solid waste definition.........................................2974
    Tax regulations................................................2417
  Wastewater treatment sludges...............................2986, 2991
    Removal credits................................................3021
  Wet weather condition requirements...............................3007
Water carriers:
  See Maritime carriers
Water pollution control:
  See also Oil pollution
           Waste treatment and disposal
  Clean Water Act..................................................3023
    Discharge of dredged material definition........................681
    Product schedule listing requirements..........................3011
    Test procedures........................3013, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3026
  Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................682
  Concentrated animal feeding operation rule.......................3008
  Direct application of pesticides to waters in compliance with 
      FIFRA........................................................3028
  Effluent guidelines:
    Airport deicing operations.....................................3018
    Construction and development activities........................3022
    Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3003
    Drinking water treatment plants................................3019
    Program plan.............................................3005, 3027
    Recodification of..............................................3017
  Grassroots source water protection program.........................37
  Marine pollution:
    Ballast water management.......................................1164
    Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1141, 1157
    Response plans for oil.............................1141, 1158, 1160
  Mining operations................................................1584
  NPDES permits..............................................3015, 3016
    Water transfers rule...........................................3009
  Radon............................................................3033
  Removal credits..................................................3021
  Sewer collection systems.........................................3016
  Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule........2996, 3006
  Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3014
  Trace metals criteria............................................3023
  Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards..................3002
  Water quality standards....................................3013, 3024
    Ambient water quality criteria for recreational waters.........3020
    Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3013, 3024
  Waterfront liquefied natural gas facility requirements...........1138
Water resources:
  See also Water supply
  Ballast water discharge standards................................1164
  Ground water resource management policy...........................219
  Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1597
Water supply:
  See also Irrigation
  Drinking water:
    Aircraft public water system regulations.......................3030
    Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3034
    Bottled water...................................................801
    Contaminants.......................................3029, 3031, 3033
    Copper levels..................................................3032
    Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................2902
    Lead levels....................................................3032
    Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).............................3035
    National Primary Drinking Water Regulations review.............3038
    Oxygenated fuel additives......................................2953
    State underground injection control programs...................3037
    Test procedures for pollutants.................................3025
    Total coliform rule............................................3036
    Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3039
    Uranium in.....................................................3727
  Groundwater protection...........................................2915
  Methylmercury water quality standards............................3010
  Reclamation Loan Guarantee Program...............................1599
  Regulating non-contract use of Colorado River water..............1596
  RUS loans and grants.........................................281, 285
  Servicing loans and grants........................................283
Water transportation:
  See Harbors
      Marine safety
      Maritime carriers
      Navigation (water)
      Vessels
Waterfowl:
  See Wildlife
Waterfront facilities:
  See Harbors
Watershed:
  Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................253
  Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................252
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....................................1143
  Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and 
      Retaliation Act..............................................3205
  Research misconduct...............................................911
Wildlife:
  See also Marine mammals
           Wildlife refuges
  Birds:
    Standards for humane handling, care, treatment and 
        transportation...............................................51
  Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1465
  Duck stamp contest regulations...................................1503
  Eagles...........................................................1453
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.....................1434, 1466
  Endangered and threatened:
    Permits for foreign listed species.............................1460
  Endangered Species Act...........................................1387
  Exotic birds:
    Importation....................................................1376
  Explosive pest control devices...................................1652
  Exportation................................................1377, 1449
  Falcons and falconry.............................................1454
  Grizzly Bear management...........................................258
  Importation................................................1377, 1449
  Injurious..................................................1461, 1479
    Black carp.....................................................1455

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  Migratory birds:
    Hunting regulations..........................1435, 1459, 1490, 1500
    Incidental take during military readiness......................1485
    List revision..................................................1451
    Permits............................................1433, 1436, 1463
    Possession for educational purposes............................1383
    Religious/spiritual use of feathers by Native Americans........1372
  Polar bear trophy importation....................................1381
  Subsistence management..............393, 1421, 1467, 1470, 1476, 1482
  Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1375
  Transportation.............................................1377, 1449
  Wild Bird Conservation Act.................................1379, 1457
Wildlife refuges:
  Hunting and fishing regulations............................1438, 1473
  Mosquito management..............................................1389
  Regional offices.................................................1475
  Tribal annual funding agreements.................................1392
  Wilderness stewardship...........................................1471
Wine:
  Alcohol content labeling.........................................2172
  Authorized materials and processes...............................2210
  Imported.........................................................2188
  New grape variety names petitioned...............................2183
  Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2206
  Sherry...........................................................2218
  Standards of fill................................................2213
  Taxes......................................................2204, 2217
  Terms used on labels and in advertisements.......................2214
  Viticultural areas....2170, 2173, 2174, 2175, 2176, 2177, 2178, 2179, 
           2184, 2187, 2191, 2192, 2193, 2194, 2195, 2196, 2197, 2198, 
                               2208, 2209, 2220, 2221, 2222, 2223, 2224
Women:
  See also Sex discrimination
  Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................1793
  STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.......................1730
  Violence Against Women Act.......................................1344
  Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Assistance Program 
                                                                   3257
Women, infants, and children:
  Supplemental food program:
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................144
    Food package revision...........................................170
    Program administration and operation............................168
    Vendor-related provisions.............................155, 159, 167
Wood:
  See Forests and forest products


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Youth:
  See also Infants and children
  Abstinence education.............................................1010
  Chafee National Youth in Transition Database.....................1014
  Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas................150
  YouthBuild Program............................................1784   
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