Part iilxi
June 28, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 123)
Unified Agenda
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [frwais.access.gpo.gov]
DOCID: f:ua040467.wais
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F. SUBJECT INDEX TO THE UNIFIED AGENDA
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Accounting:
Audits of State and local governments and nonprofit institutions.................................................2955
Change in method definition......................................2601
Cost accounting standards.............................634, 3650, 3805
Delay rental payments............................................2743
Disclosure requirements related to derivative financial and commodity instruments........................................4324
DOI cost recovery..........................................1768, 1769
Employee stock ownership plan costs..............................3577
FMS claims.................................................2454, 2458
Foreign exchange operations......................................2457
International accounting standards...............................4321
Local exchange carrier requirements..............................4040
Maritime mobile radio services...................................3942
Mark-to-market accounting............................2667, 2733, 2738
Requirements for RUS Telecommunications borrowers.................264
Acquisition regulations:
See Government procurement
Additives:
See Fuel additives
Administrative practice and procedure:
See also Claims
Environmental impact statements
Equal access to justice
Freedom of information
Privacy
AID..............................................................3018
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.........................2507
Coast Guard......................................................1200
DOT..............................................................2038
FCC..............................................................3935
FTC..............................................................4131
FWS..............................................................1506
Hearing and appeal procedures:
Aviation economic proceedings..................................2037
BLM............................................................1779
CNCS...........................................................3029
Medicare enrollment.............................................946
NIGC.....................................................4184, 4193
OHA............................................................1495
OPM............................................................3591
Peace Corps....................................................3690
Public lands cases.............................................1497
SBA............................................................3744
Treasury Department............................................2603
USDA.............................................................28
VA.......................................................3010, 3013
HUD..............................................................1409
INS..............................................................1876
IRS........................................................2596, 2784
OPM..............................................................3612
Peace Corps................................................3691, 3696
Registration of drug producers....................................837
Rulemaking:
DOT............................................................2049
GSA............................................................3468
IRS............................................................2602
NRC............................................................4224
TSA............................................................1333
USDA............................................................175
SSA........................................................3776, 3795
USDA.........................................................112, 116
VA.........................................................2955, 3011
Adoption and foster care:
Administrative costs.............................................1049
Alien siblings...................................................1087
Intercountry adoptions...............................1085, 1176, 2018
Advertising:
Air transportation rates.........................................2056
Alcoholic beverages..............................................2526
Home insulation..................................................4137
Organic claims for alcoholic beverages...........................2521
Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4132
Television.......................................................3960
Unfair or deceptive practices....................................4133
Affirmative action plans:
See Equal employment opportunity
Aged:
See also Medicaid
Medicare
Public assistance programs
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
AOA rules revisions..............................................1056
National Senior Service Corps....................................3034
Nondiscrimination:
Department of State............................................2022
DOL............................................................1969
EEOC...........................................................3460
GSA............................................................3465
HUD............................................................1451
NARA...........................................................3544
SSA............................................................3747
Senior Community Service Employment Program......................1940
Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program..........................141
Agricultural commodities:
See also Commodity futures
Crop insurance
Fruits
Grains
Marketing quotas
Price support programs
Vegetables
AID transactions.................................................3018
Cargo preference regulations.....................................2352
Commodity Credit Corporation:
Debt collection and settlement regulations.......................31
Export Credit Guarantee Program.................................194
Procurement of commodities from HUBZone small businesses.........18
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers..........................35
Warehouses for storage contracts.................................20
Commodity Supplemental Food Program...............................153
Cotton.............................................................14
Classification service user fees.................................12
Extra long staple loan adjustment for strength...................46
Outside storage of extra long staple loan cotton.................45
Country of origin labeling.........................................11
Emerging markets program..........................................192
Exports......................................................192, 195
Fees for processed commodity analytical services..................135
Grains.............................................129, 133, 134, 135
Imports............................................................65
Karnal bunt compensation...........................................49
Mark-to-market accounting........................................2738
National Organic Program........................................1, 15
Nursery crops.....................................................111
Ocean freight claims...............................................23
Organic producers' exemption from paying assessments...............10
Pecans............................................................118
Quality Services Verification Program...............................3
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Sugar:
Marketing allotment regulations..................................30
Reexport programs...............................................193
Tobacco:
Inspection........................................................8
Marketing quotas.........................................24, 33, 43
Price support program........................................33, 43
Warehouse designation requirements...............................32
Tomato............................................................117
Agricultural research:
Funding requirements...............................................90
Matching fund requirements at Land-Grant Institutions..............93
Non-formula grant program administration...........................91
Agriculture:
See also Agricultural commodities
Agricultural research
Food assistance programs
Foods
Forests and forest products
Irrigation
Pesticides and pests
Rural areas
Acquisition regulations...........................................288
Administrative regulations...................................112, 116
Agricultural innovation centers...................................259
Bees, beekeeping byproducts, and beekeeping equipment..............59
Biobased products.................................................243
Conservation program information confidentiality..................285
Conservation security program.....................................283
Cost-sharing for animal and plant health emergency programs........77
Effluent guidelines for aquaculture industry.....................3416
Emergency Conservation Program.....................................37
Emergency Watershed Protection Program............................281
Farm Bill of 2002:
Assistance for livestock producers...............................26
Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program.........250, 255, 258
Conservation Reserve Program.....................................40
Energy efficiency improvements..................................252
Loan eligibility with prior debt forgiveness.....................41
Renewable energy systems........................................252
Rural Business Enterprise Grant program.........................254
Tree assistance program..........................................42
Farm Loan Program..................................................38
Farm Service Agency:
Annual analysis requirements for lenders.........................25
Debt collection and settlement regulations.......................31
Direct farm loan programs appraisal regulations..................44
Environmental compliance regulation..............................29
Extra long staple cotton loan adjustment for strength............46
Interest assistance program......................................22
Loan eligibility for outside storage of extra long staple loan cotton..................................................45
Minor farm loan program..........................................39
Regulatory streamlining of direct farm loan programs.............21
Rescheduling guaranteed loans with balloon payments..............25
Selection of state and county committees.........................19
Subordination requirements.......................................25
Tobacco warehouse designation requirements.......................32
Funding requirements for extension activities at Land-Grant
Institutions...............................................93, 94
Guaranteed farm loan regulations...................................17
Hatch Multistate Research Fund.....................................92
Intermediary relending program....................................256
National security emergency loans.................................251
Natural Resources Conservation Service:
Equitable relief procedures.....................................286
Nonprocurement regulations........................................242
Participation of religious organizations in USDA programs.........244
Pseudorabies in swine..............................................70
Secondary market sales of guaranteed loans........................257
Technical assistance and training..................................98
Third-party vendor assistance.....................................282
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers............................35
Value-added producer grants.......................................259
Worker protection standards................................3299, 3306
Aid to Families with Dependent Children:
See Public assistance programs
AIDS:
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program..............1465
NIH AIDS Research Loan Repayment Program..........................926
Air carriers:
See also Air rates and fares
Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of aircraft from foreign areas..................................1253
Air-ground telecommunications services...........................4015
Aircraft assembly placard requirements...........................2104
Airport certification............................................2123
Aviation data requirements.......................................2031
Cargo security...................................................1300
Civil penalties..................................................2045
Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System II:
Passenger reservation information..............................1303
Computer reservations system.....................................2050
Continuing fitness determinations................................2047
Disability related complaints....................................2052
Enhanced security rules for foreign carriers.....................1310
Fifth-freedom charters...........................................2034
Flight deck officer program......................................1329
Foreign airline operators' revenues and expenses in the US........292
Hazardous materials transportation:
International standards..................................2340, 2345
Incidents involving animals......................................2129
Income source rules..............................................2600
Maintenance of and access to records pertaining to individuals 2042, 2043
Noise certification standards..............................2090, 2118
Passengers:
Accommodations for deaf and hard of hearing individuals........2036
International-to-international program...................1291, 1292
Manifest information.....................................1270, 2030
Nondiscrimination..............................................2032
Oxygen use.....................................................2029
Passenger and Aviation Security Screening Records..............1321
Passenger facility charge rule...........................2071, 2128
Passenger Name Record information..............................1273
Security service fee.....................................1314, 1335
Transit without visa...................1287, 1288, 1293, 1294, 1296
Use of portable oxygen concentrator devices onboard............2076
Price advertising................................................2056
Prohibition against flight takeoffs or landings in the US by
Syrian air carriers..........................................2107
Required advance electronic presentation of cargo information 1298
Seats, crashworthiness standards.................................2112
Security compliance program for aircraft operators...............1324
Security infrastructure fees...............................1315, 1335
Service difficulty reports.................................2069, 2135
Suspension of privilege to transport aliens to the United
States.......................................................1258
Transportation of animals on international carriers................87
Visa Waiver Program..............................................1295
Air fares:
See Air rates and fares
Air pollution control:
See also Motor vehicle pollution
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Accidental release prevention........................3202, 3203, 3255
Acid Rain Program................................................3176
Air quality modeling.............................................3144
Air quality resources:
Class I area designations......................................3206
Air quality standards..........................3071, 3190, 3205, 3231
Alternative method approvals...............................3099, 3286
Ambient air quality monitoring.............................3078, 3097
Best available retrofit technology...............................3179
Boilers..........................................................3146
Carbon monoxide............................................3071, 3118
Chemicals............................................3260, 3266, 3329
Chromium emissions.........................................3218, 3261
Clean Air Act......................3074, 3150, 3159, 3170, 3283, 3284
Clean unit designation...........................................3232
Combustion turbines..............................................3154
Continuous parameter monitoring systems..........................3100
Delisting hazardous pollutants.................3089, 3122, 3159, 3166
Electric arc furnace.............................................3153
Electric utility steam generating unit MACT regulation...........3160
Emission control diagnostic systems..............................3113
Emissions from animal feeding operations.........................3125
Emissions monitoring program...................3100, 3152, 3223, 3265
Emissions standards:
Aircraft engines...............................................3181
Architectural coatings.........................................3135
Coke ovens...............................................3077, 3084
Heavy-duty diesel trucks.......................................3121
Highway motorcycles............................................3281
Hydrogen fluoride production...................................3077
Locomotive engines.............................................3066
Marine diesel engines....................................3066, 3288
Municipal waste combustors.....................................3118
Navajo generating station................................3141, 3142
New marine engines.............................................3077
New motor vehicles.................................3129, 3174, 3287
Nonroad diesel engines and fuel................................3173
Performance criteria...........................................3155
Permit requirements............................................3077
Radionuclides..................................................3143
Semiconductor facilities.......................................3077
Spark ignition marine vessels............................3131, 3281
Spark-ignition nonroad engines.....................3068, 3131, 3290
Test procedures for highway and nonroad engines................3132
VOC standards............................................3090, 3292
Emissions trades.................................................3229
Flexible air permit rule.........................................3134
Fuels and fuel additives....3067, 3098, 3103, 3126, 3136, 3184, 3196, 3204, 3233
Gas turbines...............................................3166, 3258
Gasoline anti-dumping program........................3101, 3172, 3183
Hazardous air pollutants....3075, 3145, 3146, 3156, 3159, 3186, 3236, 3256, 3258, 3260, 3266, 3266, 3267, 3268, 3270, 3272, 3273, 3345
Hazardous waste combustion facilities............................3382
Indian reservations in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.............3177
Inspection/maintenance programs............................3096, 3230
Interstate transport of fine particulate matter..................3106
Iron and steel industry..........................................3259
Lime manufacturing industry......................................3268
MACT standards.....................3115, 3145, 3156, 3160, 3272, 3273
Metal parts and products coating industry........................3269
Methyl bromide.......................................3114, 3187, 3282
Mineral wool production..........................................3238
Mobile sources.............................................3091, 3180
Motor Vehicle and Engine Compliance Fee Program..................3257
NESHAP:
Acrylic/modacrylic fiber production............................3245
Aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities..................3208
Asphalt processing and asphalt roofing manufacturing...........3243
Asphalt/coal tar application...................................3158
Benzene waste operations.......................................3277
Cellulose products manufacturing...............................3112
Chlorine production............................................3278
Chromium electroplating........................................3157
Chromium emissions.............................................3261
Clay ceramics industry.........................................3254
Delegations' provisions........................................3275
Elastomers...............................................3075, 3219
Ethylene oxide for sterilization facilities....................3209
Ethylene oxide hospital sterilization..........................3119
Ethylene processes.............................................3167
Ferroalloys production.........................................3237
Gasoline distribution facilities.........................3085, 3276
General provisions.............................................3165
Glass manufacturing industry...................................3244
Halogenated solvent cleaning...................................3214
Hazardous Organic NESHAP.................................3162, 3220
Hydrochloric acid production...................................3124
Industrial inorganic chemicals manufacturing...................3248
Industrial process cooling towers..............................3086
Industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers..............3252
Iron and steel foundries.......................................3250
Lead smelting............................................3069, 3212
Leather finishing..............................................3110
Magnetic tape manufacturing....................................3215
Marine tank vessel loading operations..........................3211
Metal parts and products coating industry................3267, 3269
Metal pipes....................................................3158
Miscellaneous coating manufacturing............................3262
Municipal solid waste landfills................................3117
Non-metallic minerals processing...............................3271
Off-site waste and recovery operations residual risk standard 3201
Oil and natural gas production...........................3246, 3247
Organic chemical manufacturing.................................3133
Organic liquids................................................3273
Paint stripping................................................3241
Perchloroethylene dry cleaning facilities................3087, 3279
Petroleum refineries...............................3070, 3164, 3217
Pharmaceuticals production...............................3198, 3240
Plating and polishing..........................................3251
Pollution prevention alternative compliance....................3165
Polymers and resins................................3210, 3219, 3221
Polyurethane foam production...................................3239
Portland cement manufacturing industry.........................3083
Predictive emission monitoring.................................3080
Primary aluminum reduction plants..............................3163
Printing and publishing industry.........................3082, 3216
Printing, coating, and dyeing of fabrics and textiles..........3195
Pulp and paper production......................................3200
Reinforced plastic composites..................................3192
Shipbuilding and ship repair surface coating...................3213
Site remediation.........................................3127, 3272
Solvent extraction for vegetable oil production................3161
Source categories..............................................3165
Surface coating of metal cans..................................3194
Synthetic organic chemicals....................................3220
Taconite iron ore processing...................................3274
Thermoplastics...........................................3075, 3221
Total facility low risk determination for residual risk........3249
New source performance standards...........................3076, 3153
New source review..........................................3105, 3232
New stationary sources...........................................3077
Nitrogen oxides................................3130, 3169, 3176, 3406
Non-metallic minerals processing.................................3271
Opacity measurement of emissions...........................3149, 3152
Operating permits..................3064, 3128, 3225, 3226, 3227, 3289
Ozone and ozone precursors: 8-hour standard............3104, 3107, 3109, 3123, 3151, 3189, 3235
National ambient air quality standards......3104, 3151, 3188, 3189, 3190, 3235
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Protection of stratospheric ozone......853, 3092, 3093, 3094, 3111, 3114, 3120, 3137, 3138, 3139, 3140, 3147, 3185, 3187, 3191, 3193, 3197, 3199, 3242, 3253, 3282, 3283, 3284, 3285, 3291
Transport..............................3168, 3169, 3207, 3222, 3263
Particulate matter.........................................3072, 3265
PCB manufacturing................................................3343
Performance Track program........................................3373
Performance-based measurement system for fuels...................3102
Plantwide Applicability Limit....................................3105
Plywood and composite wood products manufacturing................3156
Polymer exemption rule...........................................3323
Prevention of significant deterioration....................3105, 3232
Process heaters..................................................3146
Project XL.....................................3052, 3058, 3292, 3399
Reciprocating internal combustion engines........................3145
Risk management plans:
List of substances.............................................3203
Public access to information...................................3202
Solid waste incinerators...................................3076, 3280
Source category list.......................................3236, 3256
State implementation plans.................................3108, 3151
Sulfur oxides..............................................3095, 3205
Synthetic organic chemicals manufacturing........................3079
Transportation conformity..................................3104, 3170
Volatile organic compounds...3065, 3079, 3090, 3116, 3148, 3178, 3264
Voluntary superior monitoring....................................3234
Wood furniture industry..........................................3088
Air rates and fares:
Aviation data requirements.......................................2031
Including travel agency service fees in advertised rates.........2056
Air safety:
See Aviation safety
Air tariffs:
See Air rates and fares
Air traffic control:
Waiver of mandatory separation age for air traffic controllers...2102
Air transportation:
See also Air carriers
Air rates and fares
Aircraft
Airmen
Airports
Airspace
Aviation safety
Navigation (air)
Aviation economics...............................................2037
Electronic presentation of cargo data............................1278
Excise taxes.........................................2599, 2645, 2646
Hazardous substances.................................2312, 2340, 2345
Nondiscrimination................................................2032
Aircraft:
Aging aircraft...................................................2103
Aircraft parts...................................................2084
Airworthiness directives and standards........2064, 2066, 2077, 2083, 2108, 2109, 2110, 2120
Anti-money laundering program for businesses engaged in airplane sales...............................................2430
Area navigation..................................................2100
Aviation Radio Service...........................................4021
Certification procedures for products and parts..................2088
Child restraint systems..........................................2114
Cockpit voice recorder requirements..............................2065
Corrosion control program........................................2058
Electrical and electronic system standards.......................2068
Exhaust emissions standard for engines...........................3181
Export licensing jurisdiction.....................................320
Extended operations of multi-engine airplanes....................2119
Flight data recorder regulations...........................2065, 2087
Float plane take-off and landing.................................1192
Foreign civil aircraft...........................................2035
Fuel tank safety.................................................2103
Halon-1301 fire extinguishing vessels............................3197
Hazardous material recognition training..........................2086
Hazardous material transportation................................2313
Helicopters......................................................2090
Improved seats retrofit..........................................2112
Light sport aircraft:
Certification of pilots, repairmen and aircraft................2091
Maintenance:
Aging aircraft...........................................2067, 2078
Bilateral agreements with Canada...............................2074
Major repair data................................................2133
Noise requirements...............................................2115
Private charter security rules...................................1316
Propeller-driven small airplane noise certification........2105, 2115
Repair station security requirements.............................1308
Rotorcraft.......................................................2064
Sale of DOD aircraft to persons providing oil spill response service.......................................................624
Security programs for aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or more....1323
Transponders...............................................2079, 2097
Transport category:
Airworthiness directives and standards......2062, 2070, 2092, 2093, 2094, 2095, 2096, 2124, 2125, 2126, 2136
Crew discreet alerting systems.................................2072
Electrical equipment.........................2124, 2125, 2126, 2136
Emergency announcements on public address systems..............2092
Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures..................2082
FAR/JAR harmonization actions..................................2122
Flight deck door monitoring....................................2072
Flight requirements............................................2094
Flightdeck security considerations on foreign operated airplanes............................................2098, 2101
Fuel tank flammability reduction...............................2075
Fuselage door design standards.................................2127
Nickel cadmium battery installation and storage..........2124, 2136
Performance and handling qualities in icing conditions.........2070
Powerplant controls............................................2096
Powerplant installation requirements...........................2093
Protective breathing equipment.................................2095
Trim systems...................................................2095
Aircraft pilots:
See Airmen
Airlines:
See Air carriers
Airmen:
Civil penalties..................................................2080
Criminal history background checks...............................1326
Drug abuse.......................................................2057
Drug or alcohol test refusal.....................................2063
Flight training for aliens.......................................1320
Picture identification requirements..............................2099
Rest and duty requirements.......................................2113
Security disqualifications.......................................2117
Training and certification.......................................2121
Airplanes:
See Aircraft
Airports:
Accommodations for deaf and hard of hearing individuals..........2036
Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of aircraft from foreign areas..................................1253
Concessions:
Disadvantaged business enterprise participation................2040
Criminal history background checks for escorted access...........1299
Criminal history background checks for operators.................1326
Customs security area access.....................................1271
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Enhanced security procedures within the Washington, DC
Metropolitan Area Flight Restricted Zone.....................1309
Private land mobile radio services...............................4019
Security compliance program......................................1325
Transit without visa.......................................1293, 1294
Airspace:
Grand Canyon National Park.......................................2085
Minimum flight altitudes and restrictions in the vicinity of certain sports events........................................2106
NOAA overflight regulation........................................506
Regulations, routine issue of....................................2111
Security control of air traffic............................2132, 2134
Use and preservation of..........................................2061
Washington, DC metropolitan area.................................2073
Airways:
See Airspace
Airworthiness directives and standards:
See Aircraft
Alaska Natives:
See Indians
Alcohol abuse:
Airmen testing...................................................2063
Aviation personnel...............................................2060
Management information system reporting by transportation employers..............................................2187, 2307
Railroad employee testing..................................2302, 2303
Testing following marine incident................................1194
Transportation workplace testing.................................2048
Alcohol and alcoholic beverages:
See also Beer
Liquors
Wine
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.........................2507
Distilled spirits plant regulations..............................2474
Exports..........................................................2550
Flavored malt beverages..........................................2509
Organic claims in labeling and advertising.......................2521
Saccharin disclosure.......................................2530, 2537
Sake regulations.................................................2540
Standards of fill................................................2531
Taxpaid distilled spirits used to manufacture nonbeverage products.....................................................2478
Aliens:
See also Citizenship and naturalization
Immigration
Refugees
Address notification.............................................1353
Adjustment of status........1088, 1093, 1112, 1125, 1127, 1133, 1134, 1137, 1171
Adoption of alien siblings.......................................1087
Affidavit of support.............................................1110
American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act.....1089, 1823
Arriving aliens definition.......................................1260
Assigning SSNs to F-1 students...................................3774
Asylum...........................................................1126
Claims made at land border ports-of-entry................1102, 1878
Dismissal of application.......................................1081
Numerical limit on grants......................................1869
Battered and abused spouses and children...................1108, 1866
Border crossing cards:
Elimination of.................................................1261
Children:
Certificate of citizenship application.........................1129
Child Status Protection Act........................1152, 1177, 2007
Civil surgeon program............................................1095
Conditional residents:
Termination of marriage........................................1118
Consent to reapply for admission after removal...................1091
Countries to which aliens may be removed.........................1363
Crew list visa elimination.......................................2014
Criminal convictions.............................................1873
Early release for removal of aliens in custody for nonviolent offenses...................................................1348
Custody procedures.........................................1352, 1879
Deportability and inadmissibility on public charge grounds.......1116
Deportation proceedings:
Power of Attorney General......................................1349
Suspension.........................................1114, 1866, 1870
Detention of aliens subject to final orders of removal...........1351
Diversity visas............................................2019, 2024
Documentary requirements for returning temporary residents.......1142
Duty to surrender when ordered removed from the United States....1881
Employment:
Authorization for certificate of citizenship applicants........1124
Correcting technical and procedural violations of paperwork requirements...............................................1111
EB-5 classification......................................1151, 1880
Eligibility for certain scientists and engineers...............1158
Eligibility pilot program......................................1161
Eligibility verification.................................1147, 1170
Employer sanctions.............................................1367
International broadcasters.....................................1131
Labor certification process..............................1936, 1937
Labor condition applications.............................1935, 1938
Post-adjudication audits of H-2B petitions.....................1934
Premium processing service for petitions and applications......1132
Temporary employment of foreign professionals on H-1B1 visas..1935, 1938
Temporary nonagricultural services or labor....................1099
Verification documents...................................1162, 1168
Evidence processing timeframe....................................1104
Exchange visitors:
Student and Exchange Visitor Information System....1356, 1360, 2016
Student Exchange Visitor Information System..............1357, 2013
Waiver of two-year foreign residence requirement...............1092
Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry..............1262
Family Unity Program.............................................1169
Fingerprinting...........................1113, 1120, 1173, 1178, 2008
Firearm purchase requirements....................................1838
Flight training..................................................1320
Good conduct time for prisoners..................................1809
Guam Visa Waiver Program...................................1251, 1266
H-1B petition fees...............................................1156
Health care workers..............................................2017
Illegal entry....................................................1094
Inadmissability..................................................1077
Criminal grounds.........................................1103, 1105
Former U.S. citizens who renounced citizenship to avoid taxation...................................................1083
Inspection and expedited removal.................................1284
International-to-International Program...............1256, 1291, 1292
Juveniles........................................................1079
Criminal records...............................................1178
Processing, detention, and release of..........................1370
Legal Immigration Family Equity Act........................1134, 1136
Medical examination requirements.................................1095
Medical grounds of inadmissibility and waivers...................1096
Medicare benefits exclusion for aliens not lawfully present in
U.S..........................................................1040
National interest waivers for physicians.........................1121
NATO civilian employees..........................................1082
Non-deportation agreement........................................1346
Nonimmigrant classes:
Academic honoraria for B visa status...........................1128
Actuaries......................................................1123
Admission period for B visitors................................1141
Admission requirements.........................................1145
Automatic voiding..............................................1094
Border commuter students...........................1179, 1365, 2015
Change of status prior to pursuing a course of study...........1144
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Citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the
Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau..................1172
Construction work by B visitors................................1090
Denial of applications by schools for approval to enroll students...................................................1343
Documentation of professionals.................................2020
Duration of status limitations...........................1098, 1359
Eliminating numerical cap on Mexican TN visas..................1153
Fees for F, J, and M classes...................................1355
Firearm prohibitions.....................................1839, 1842
K classification...............................................1136
Law enforcement initiatives....................................1338
Nurses...................................................1122, 1939
Petitioning requirements.......................................1159
Plant pathologists.............................................1123
Reduced course load for students at border communities.........1361
Registration and monitoring policies...........................1358
Revocation of visas............................................1345
Spouses and children of lawful permanent residents.............1135
Student and Exchange Visitor Information System................2016
Suspension of employment authorization requirements for F-1 students...................................................1362
Temporary workers..................................1099, 1160, 1927
Victims of trafficking or criminal activity........1138, 1139, 1140
Visa exemption for nationals of the British Virgin Islands entering the U.S. through St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands..1268
Parole authority.................................................1339
Permanent resident status............................1107, 1130, 1873
Powers and duties of service officers............................1877
Public access to information.....................................2006
Refugee status...................................................1117 numerical limit on admissions..................................1869
Registration requirements..................................1147, 1157
Religious workers................................................1080
Removal of visa and passport waiver for residents of Canada and
Bermuda......................................................1264
Removal orders...................................................1347
Removal proceedings..................................1284, 1867, 1877
Reporting requirements for deposit interest paid to nonresidents.................................................2782
Returning residents..............................................1248
Security threat assessment of FAA certificate holders and applicants...................................................1332
Social security benefits for lawfully present aliens.............1109
Special immigrant status for relatives of victims of September 11, 2001 attacks.............................................2023
SSA regulations..................................................3800
Suspension of airline's privilege to transport aliens to the
United States................................................1258
Syrian nationals.................................................1137
Temporary protected status.......................................1163
Termination of lawful permanent resident status through abandonment..................................................1175
Trafficking victims..............................................1350
Transit without visa...1256, 1283, 1286, 1287, 1288, 1293, 1294, 1296
United States Visitor and Immigrant Indicator Technology
Program......................................................1277
Unlawful presence................................................1094
Verification of eligibility for public benefits..................1164
Vessel crewman detention.........................................1265
Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act................................1089
Visa Waiver Program........................................1282, 1295
Waiver of fees...................................................1086
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.................72, 75, 79, 188, 904
Bovine tuberculosis............................................73, 76
Brucellosis........................................................62
Chronic wasting disease in elk and deer............................61
Cost-sharing for emergency programs................................77
Foot-and-mouth disease.........................................60, 74
Infectious salmon anemia...........................................85
Pseudorabies in swine..............................................70
Reestablishing a region as free of a disease.......................88
Trichinae Certification Program....................................50
Animal drugs:
Presubmission conferences for applicants..........................874
Animal feeds:
See Animal drugs
Animal welfare:
Biological agents and toxins list..................................63
Definition of animal...............................................47
Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2393
Incidents occurring on air carriers..............................2129
Inspection, licensing, and procurement.............................57
Marine mammals......48, 426, 460, 462, 465, 466, 497, 581, 584, 1554, 1615, 1640, 1735
National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research chimpanzees...................................................925
Potentially dangerous animals......................................86
Transportation on international carriers.....................87, 1505
Animals:
See also Animal diseases
Animal drugs
Animal welfare
Livestock
Wildlife
Air emissions from feeding operations............................3125
Exports:
Alligators, live...............................................1647
Imports:
Dog and Cat Protection Act.....................................2393
Transgenic.......................................................3350
Annuities:
See Pensions
Antidumping:
Baseline recalculation for downstream oxygenate addition.........3183
Sunset reviews....................................................305
Antiquities:
See Historic preservation
Appeal procedures:
See Administrative practice and procedure
Appliances:
See Household appliances
Archaeology:
See Historic preservation
Architectural barriers:
See Individuals with disabilities
Archives and records:
See also Classified information
Freedom of information
Health records
Privacy
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
NARA:
Declassification of national security information..............3545
Electronic text documents......................................3552
Federal records management.....................................3539
Freedom of information.........................................3551
Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel bylaws.......3555
National Industrial Security Program...........................3543
Nondiscrimination..................................3538, 3544, 3549
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Official seals and logos.......................................3553
Phone numbers for facilities...................................3550
Presidential library facilities................................3546
Price changes for Federal Register publications................3554
Records use restrictions.......................................3548
Research room procedures.......................................3547
Standards for records storage facilities.......................3540
Testimony by employees and production of records in legal proceedings................................................3541
Use of meeting rooms and public space..........................3542
Armed forces:
See also Federal buildings and facilities
Military personnel
Selective Service System
Armed services exchange regulations...............................611
Army:
Flood control cost-sharing requirements.........................703
Publication of rules affecting the public.......................692
Army Corps of Engineers:
Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.....................700
Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking..................697
Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan.......................706
Environmental quality requirements..............................695
ESA scope of analysis...........................................702
Natural disaster procedures.....................................699
Protection of historic properties...............................696
Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........704
Special events rule.............................................705
CHAMPUS...................714, 715, 716, 717, 718, 719, 720, 723, 733
TRICARE......713, 721, 722, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729, 730, 731, 732, 734
Coast Guard:
Ballast water discharge standards..................1196, 1197, 1230
Cargo securing.................................................1226
Chemical testing management information system.................1247
Chief executive officer clarification..........................2360
Commercial diving operations...................................1224
Deep water ports...............................................1191
Escort requirements for vessels in U.S. waters...........1213, 1217
Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1219, 1227
Maritime education and training..........................2354, 2361
Merchant mariners............................1205, 1208, 2362, 2365
Notifications of arrival or departure..........................1232
Numbering of undocumented barges...............................1221
Propeller injury prevention....................................1229
Regulated navigation areas.....................................1218
Restricted areas...........................................698, 701
Rules of practice..............................................1200
Safety and security zone regulations...1207, 1210, 1236, 1245, 1246
Vessel response plans for oil......................1220, 1223, 1227
Whistleblower protection.......................................1233
Criminal jurisdiction over service members and civilians employed by or accompanying the Armed Forces outside the US 625
Discharge standards for vessels............................3410, 3425
Incidental take of migratory birds during military readiness.....1532
Navy:
Admiralty claims................................................710
Courts-martial manual regulations...............................712
Deferment of service obligations of midshipmen recipients of scholarships or fellowships................................2359
Incidental taking of marine mammals during military readiness activities.............................................465, 466
Legal assistance to military members............................711
Maritime education and training..........................2354, 2361
National Environmental Policy Act...............................709
Release of official information for litigation purposes.........708
Shipbuilding capability preservation agreements.................707
Reemployment.....................................................3597
Selective service regulation.....................................3712
Arms and munitions:
Brady Bill regulations...........................................1828
Commerce in................................................1830, 1837
DOD contractors' safety manual....................................610
Dual-use items....................................................364
Explosives and small arms manufacturing safety regulations.......1986
Explosives safety....................................1237, 1833, 1840
Export controls...........311, 313, 324, 332, 348, 358, 363, 369, 372
International Traffic in Arms Regulations............2025, 2026, 2027
Inventory requirements...........................................1843
Nonimmigrant alien prohibitions............................1839, 1842
Pistol definition................................................1831
Propellant actuated device definition............................1832
Residency requirements for purchasers............................1838
Response site prioritization protocol.............................622
Secure gun storage...............................................1829
Arts and crafts:
See Indians-arts and crafts
Asbestos:
Exposure limit...................................................1958
Model accreditation plan.........................................3338
Asylum:
See Immigration
Atomic energy:
See Nuclear energy
Attorneys:
See Lawyers
Auditing:
See Accounting
Authority delegations:
Banks............................................................2421
Civil penalty issuance...........................................1865
DHS........................................................1066, 1342
DOD Mentor-Protege Agreements...............................639, 3832
EPA..............................................................3053
FCC..............................................................4001
FEMA.............................................................1391
Forest Service....................................................226
Immigration judges...............................................1865
INS..............................................................1871
IRS..............................................................2784
Personnel and general claims settlement...........................614
VA.........................................................2992, 3007
Automatic data processing:
See Computer technology
Automobiles:
See Motor vehicles
Aviation safety:
Aging aircraft.......................................2067, 2078, 2103
Air tour and sightseeing operations..............................2081
Aircraft improved seats retrofit.................................2112
Airworthiness directives and standards........2064, 2066, 2077, 2083, 2093, 2094, 2095, 2109, 2120, 2127
Antidrug and alcohol misuse prevention programs..................2060
Aviation Security Infrastructure Fee.............................1312
Cargo security...................................................1300
Civil aviation security rules....................................1322
Civil penalty assessment procedures..............................2080
Commission on Aviation Safety and Security.......................2030
Corrosion control program........................................2058
Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures....................2082
Flight rules...............................................2108, 2110
Flight simulation device qualification...........................2089
Flightdeck officer program.......................................1329
Flightdeck security considerations on foreign operated airplanes..............................................2098, 2101
Light sport aircraft.............................................2091
Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................2029
Performance and handling qualities in icing conditions...........2070
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Pilot rest and duty requirements.................................2113
Security awareness training for flight school employees..........1320
Security compliance program for aircraft operators...............1324
Security programs for aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or more....1323
Security threat assessment for certificate holders and applicants.......................................1313, 1331, 1332
Transponder requirement....................................2079, 2097
Vision enhancing equipment.......................................2130
B
Baggage:
See Freight
Balloons:
See Aircraft
Bank deposit insurance:
Access of persons with disabilities..............................4066
Appeals process for claims.......................................4059
Assessments......................................................4058
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act............4143
Filing procedures for state nonmember banks......................4055
Living trust accounts............................................4065
Privacy notices..................................................4050
Regulatory publication and review................................4062
Risk-based guidelines................................4053, 4054, 4063
Securities disclosure regulations................................4056
Bankruptcy:
RCRA financial responsibility....................................3371
Banks, banking:
See also Bank deposit insurance
Credit
Electronic funds transfers
Federal home loan banks
Federal Reserve System
National banks
Savings associations
Automated Clearinghouse regulations........................2463, 2469
Bank Enterprise Award program....................................2410
Bank Secrecy Act......2421, 2427, 2428, 2429, 2430, 2431, 2432, 2433, 2437, 2441, 2442, 2443, 2444, 2445, 2446, 2447, 2448, 2449, 2450, 2451
Basel capital accord.............................................2556
Broker-dealer registration requirements..........................4292
Capital......................2560, 2579, 2918, 2920, 2925, 4112, 4119
Checks drawn on the U.S. Treasury..........................2464, 2470
Community Development Financial Institutions program.......2378, 2416
Community Reinvestment Act regulations........2557, 2566, 2919, 4061, 4064, 4124
Consumer regulations review................................4116, 4125
Cross-border transportation of negotiable instruments............2431
Customer identification program............................2423, 2435
Debarment and suspension.........................................2414
Deposit accounts.................................................4130
Deposit definition...............................................4051
Due diligence requirements.......................................2434
Electronic funds transfer............................2455, 3489, 4116
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act........................4140
Affiliate marketing regulations................................2555
Identity theft protection......................................2554
Proper disposal of consumer information..................2564, 2921
Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations...2565, 2568, 2922, 2923, 4049, 4057, 4120, 4121
Farm credit:
Borrower rights................................................3894
Disclosure and reporting requirements....................3892, 3893
Funding and fiscal affairs.........................3880, 3881, 3887
Golden parachute and indemnification payments..................3898
Governance of institutions.....................................3893 investments, liquidity and divestiture requirements............3886
Loan policies and operations....3880, 3881, 3887, 3888, 3889, 3895, 3896, 3897
Mission-related investments....................................3891
Preferred stock issuance.......................................3885
Priority of claims.............................................3879
Scope of financing regulations.................................3884
FBI authority to exchange criminal history record information....1882
Financial crimes enforcement network.................2436, 2439, 2452
Financial institutions:
Payment service providers......................................2405
Reporting requirements for deposit interest paid to nonresident aliens.........................................2782
Right to Financial Privacy Act.................................1075
Financial subsidiaries.....................................2406, 2407
Holding companies......4112, 4113, 4114, 4118, 4122, 4123, 4129, 4236
Information furnished to consumer reporting agencies.............2570
International banks........................................2574, 4257
Market risk measure..............................................4060
Minimum capital ratios...........................................2571
Money laundering deterrents.......2425, 2426, 2427, 2428, 2429, 2430, 2437, 2440, 2441, 2442, 2443, 2444, 2445, 2446, 2447, 2448, 2449, 2451
Privacy notices................................2569, 2924, 4050, 4136
Real estate lending and appraisals...............................2578
Regulation DD....................................................4130
Regulation W provisions..........................................4055
Risk-based capital standards......2560, 2579, 2918, 2920, 2925, 4060, 4119, 4127
Safety and soundness standards...................................2575
Securities borrowing transactions..........................2567, 4060
Securities brokers and dealers:
Qualifications for banks and securities representatives........4052
Recordkeeping requirements.....................................2551
Securities disclosure regulations................................4056
Special measures against Myanmar Mayflower Bank and Asia Wealth
Bank.........................................................2453
Special measures against the Commercial Bank of Syria............2440
State banks:
Membership in the Federal Reserve System....4111, 4112, 4114, 4117, 4118
Stored value cards...............................................4051
Thrift institutions..............................................4260
Time accounts....................................................4130
Truth in lending...........................................4116, 4125
Truth in savings.....................................4115, 4116, 4130
Visitorial powers................................................2580
Barges:
See Cargo vessels
Barrels:
See Packaging and containers
Beef:
See Livestock
Meat and meat products
Beer:
Brewery regulations..............................................2472
Flavored malt beverages..........................................2509
Labeling and advertising regulations.............................2526
Malt beverage labeling.....................................2530, 2539
Bees:
Importation........................................................59
Beverages:
See Alcohol and alcoholic beverages
Biologics:
See also Blood
Bacterial vaccines and toxoids....................................908
Biological agents and toxins list..................................63
Exports......................................................336, 368
Labeling..........................................................848
Revocation of Group A Streptococcus...............................854
Safety reporting requirements.....................................833
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Smallpox vaccine:
Injury compensation program.....................................920
Injury table....................................................919
Spore-forming microorganisms......................................909
Standardized electronic study data................................887
Vaccine Injury Compensation Program..........................916, 918
Birds:
See Wildlife
Blind:
See Medicaid
Public assistance programs
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Blood:
Bar code label requirements.......................................905
Current good manufacturing practices..............................866
Hepatitis C virus.................................................866
Hospital conditions of participation.............................1007
Labeling and storage requirements.................................876
Regulation amendments.............................................856
Safety standards..................................................899
Boats and boating safety:
See Marine safety
Navigation (water)
Bonding:
See Surety bonds
Bonds:
Continuous bond program..........................................2377
Fidelity and forgery bonds........................................643
Immigration surety bonds...................................1344, 1369
Interest payments on cancelled cash bonds........................1341
Multi-family housing bonds.......................................2623
Private activity.................................................2735
Qualified zone academy bonds...............................2673, 2907
Refunding issue..................................................2771
SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program....................3713, 3722, 3725
Surety bond issuance.............................................2467
Tax exempt.......................................................2822
Borders:
See International boundaries
Bridges:
Discretionary bridge candidate rating factor.....................2137
Drawbridge operation.......................................1195, 1216
National Bridge Inspection Standards.............................2140
Broadcasting:
See Radio
Television
Brokers:
Alternative net capital computation for holding company groups...4298
Annuity broker qualifications....................................1895
Categories of permissible collateral.............................2379
Customs broker license examination dates.........................1274
Derivatives transaction execution facilities intermediaries......3856
Financial requirements for futures commission merchants and introducing brokers..........................................3851
Information statements for individuals who receive payments in lieu of dividends............................................2915
Net capital requirements.........................................4294
Not deemed to be investment advisers.............................4270
Quotation requirements...........................................4313
Registration requirements for banks..............................4292
Buildings:
See also Federal buildings and facilities
Access for individuals with disabilities...................1822, 3026
Asbestos.........................................................3338
Buses:
See also Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Accessibility requirements for over-the-road buses...............2041
School:
Operations.....................................................2306
Business and industry:
See also Accounting
Advertising
Bankruptcy
Competitiveness
Confidential business information
Holding companies
Indians-business and finance
Labeling
Labor
Packaging and containers
Relocation assistance
Small businesses
Taxes
Trade practices
Trademarks
Acrylic/modacrylic fiber production..............................3245
Aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities:
Air pollution control..........................................3208
Airport concessions:
Disadvantaged business enterprise participation................2040
Asphalt processing and asphalt roofing manufacturing.............3243
Assumption of liabilities in corporate transactions..............2614
Cellulose products manufacturing:
Air pollution control..........................................3112
Cement manufacturing industry....................................3083
Chemicals:
Air pollution control..............................3079, 3260, 3266
Control of PMNs................................................3332
Hazardous wastes listing.......................................3379
Manufacture..................................3327, 3331, 3335, 3336
Pollution standards............................................3343
Clay ceramics industry...........................................3254
Commercial diving operations...............................1224, 1999
Construction:
Aliens working during stay.....................................1090
National Construction Safety Team Act...........................375
Effluent guidelines........................................3416, 3424
Entertainment industry...........................................2745
EPA operating permits................................3064, 3225, 3227
Financing cooperative stock.......................................246
Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................4138
Glass manufacturing industry.....................................3244
Health products:
Human cellular and tissue-based products...................865, 900
Hydrochloric acid production.....................................3124
Industrial inorganic chemicals manufacturing.....................3248
Iron and steel foundries.........................................3250
Lead smelting....................................................3069
Leather finishing NESHAP.........................................3110
Lime manufacturing industry:
Air pollution control..........................................3268
Metal parts and products coating industry:
Air pollution control..........................................3267
Miscellaneous coating manufacturing..............................3262
Motor vehicle manufacturing:
Air pollution control..........................................3270
Fuel economy credits...........................................2226
Organic chemical manufacturing...................................3133
Paint stripping..................................................3241
Perchloroethylene dry cleaning facilities:
Air pollution control....................................3087, 3279
Pharmaceuticals..................................................3198
Air pollution control..........................................3240
Manufacturing changes...........................................901
Plating and polishing............................................3251
Plywood and composite wood products manufacturing:
Air pollution control..........................................3156
Polyurethane foam production:
Air pollution control..........................................3239
Printing and publishing....................................3082, 3216
Printing, coating, and dyeing of fabrics and textiles............3195
Pulp, paper and paperboard:
Effluent limitations...........................................3426
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Emissions reduction............................................3200
Surface coating of metal cans....................................3194
Vegetable oil production:
Air pollution control..........................................3161
Wood furniture industry:
Air pollution control..........................................3088
C
Cable television:
Cable Act reform.................................................3963
Cost of service..................................................3957
Customer service standards.......................................3958
Digital must carry requirements..................................3968
Home wiring rights...............................................3961
Horizontal ownership limits......................................3969
Pole attachments.................................................3966
Rates............................................................3956
Cancer:
Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3061
Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................1950
Cargo:
See Freight
Cargo vessels:
See also Maritime carriers
Barges:
Load line requirements.........................................1190
Numbering of undocumented barges...............................1221
Cargo securing on vessels in U.S. waters.........................1226
Deepwater port regulations.......................................1191
Handling of explosive and other dangerous cargoes................1237
Manifest discrepancy reports.....................................1255
Required advance electronic presentation of cargo information....1298
Tank vessels:
Escorts..................................................1213, 1217
Response plans.....................................1220, 1223, 1227
Towing vessel safety measures..................................1201
Cemeteries:
VA burial benefits...................................2938, 2994, 3014
Census data: 2010 Census Redistricting Data Program............................301
Age search fees...................................................299
Annual Trade Survey...............................................302
Cutoff dates for recognition of boundary changes..................300
Cereals (commodity):
See Grains
CHAMPUS:
Appeals and hearings procedures...................................726
Authorized providers..............................................727
Claimcheck denials appeals process................................718
Dental benefits under retiree dental program......................722
Double coverage...................................................717
Dual compensation/conflict of interest provision..................715
Hospital payment for ambulatory care..............................714
Individual Case Management Program................................720
Methodology for coverage of NIH-sponsored clinical trials.........719
Pharmacy Benefits Program.........................................733
Prosthetic devices coverage.......................................716
Regulation amendments.............................................723
Special supplemental food and nutrition education program.........734
TRICARE.........713, 721, 722, 724, 725, 728, 729, 730, 731, 732, 733
Charter buses:
See Buses
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Checks:
See Banks, banking
Chemicals:
See also Drugs
Hazardous substances
Pesticides and pests
Air pollution control......................................3079, 3116
Assessment information rule......................................3335
Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3360
Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1856
Drinking water regulations................847, 3441, 3442, 3451, 3454
Electronic application for controlled substances.................1853
Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program......................3298, 3302
Export control....................................336, 337, 362, 3320
Flame retardant substances.......................................3328
Gamma butyrolactone..............................................1848
Health and safety reporting rule.................................3336
Helium conservation..............................................1764
High-production-volume (HPV) chemicals...........................3334
Hydroxides in household products, packaging standard for.........3871
New use rules for PMNs...........................................3332
OSHA dermal testing..............................................3353
Ozone depleting:
Essential use allowances......................853, 3138, 3140, 3291
Halon-1301.....................................................3197
Methyl bromide...............................3092, 3114, 3187, 3282
Refrigerant recycling......3137, 3139, 3185, 3191, 3253, 3283, 3284
Refrigerants.......................................3120, 3199, 3242
Sales restrictions.............................................3285
Substitutes........................................3093, 3147, 3193
Perfluorooctanoic acid...........................................3337
Phosphorus forms, red, white and hypophosphorous acid............1849
Polychlorinated biphenyls............................3330, 3343, 3344
Polymers and resins........................................3075, 3323
Registration and reregistration fees.......................1857, 1860
Reporting requirements for imports and exports of List I and
List II chemicals............................................1854
Right-to-Know initiative.............................3349, 3355, 3366
Screening Information Data Set (SIDS)............................3334
Significant New Use Rule.........................................3329
Sodium permanganate..............................................1852
Test rules...........................................3318, 3333, 3348
Toxic substances...........................................3327, 3331
Toxic Substances Control Act......3048, 3319, 3321, 3322, 3326, 3337, 3350
Toxicity profiles................................................3324
Toxicity testing, developmental and reproductive.................3325
Toxics Release Inventory:
Additions, deletions, and modifications........................3362
Coal...........................................................3363
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds...............................3356
Metal mining...................................................3365
Pollution Prevention Act information requirements..............3364
Reporting requirements...................................3359, 3365
Review of chemicals on original list...........................3361
Child abuse:
See Child welfare
Child labor:
Hazardous occupations......................................1914, 1922
Schooling, health, and well-being................................1922
Child support:
Federal Tax Refund Offset........................................1051
Payments to Indian tribes........................................1053
Safeguarding information.........................................1047
Child welfare:
See also Adoption and foster care
Child labor
Child support
Aliens:
Battered children........................................1108, 1866
At-risk afterschool suppers.......................................139
NIH training grants...............................................924
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Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1893
Reporting requirements.........................................1892
Record-keeping requirements for producers of sexually explicit material.....................................................1891
Safeguards for subjects in clinical investigations of drug products......................................................868
Use of restraint and seclusion in residential treatment facilities...............................................827, 975
Children:
See Infants and children
Cigars and cigarettes:
Cigarette papers and tubes shipped from Puerto Rico..............2510
Customs regulations..............................................2476
Elimination of statistical classes for large cigars..............2511
Importation of products, papers and tubes........................2513
In-transit stops without payment of tax..........................2482
Prohibited marks on products brought into the U.S................2536
Regulations for papers or tubes that are not in packages.........2480
Shipment of products without payment of tax......................2477
Tax computation on large cigars..................................2473
Citizens band radio service:
See Radio
Citizenship and naturalization:
See also Aliens
Immigration
Application by alternative applicant if citizen parent has died..1155
Child Citizenship Act............................................1129
Electronic signatures on applications and petitions for benefits.....................................................1149
Employment authorization.........................................1124
Judicial review of INS decisions.................................1097
Procedures for individuals with disabilities.....................1148
Revoking grants of naturalization................................1119
Civil defense:
See Disaster assistance
Civil rights:
See also Equal employment opportunity
Fair housing
Commission on Civil Rights regulations update....................3027
FMCSA financial assistance recipients............................2178
Food Stamp Program data collections...............................152
Nondiscrimination:
Age discrimination.................................1969, 3465, 3544
CNCS...........................................................3032
Department of State............................................2022
DHS................................................1063, 1064, 1065
DOJ............................................................1826
DOL............................................................1993
DOT............................................................2053
Federally assisted programs..............................1969, 3748
GSA................................................3466, 3485, 3486
HHS.............................................................818
HIPAA........................................1951, 2756, 2757, 2758
HUD............................................................1400
Individuals with disabilities................3464, 3689, 3691, 3748
NARA...............................................3538, 3544, 3549
NCUA...........................................................4149
NEA......................................................3559, 3691
NEH......................................................3559, 3691
OFHEO..........................................................3566
SSA......................................................3747, 3748
Older individuals................................................1056
Peace Corps Volunteer Discrimination Complaint Procedure.........3691
Civil service system:
See Government employees
Claims:
CCC debt collection................................................31
CFTC debt collection.............................................3853
Collection by installments.......................................2462
DHS debt collection..............................................1366
DoD authority...........................................619, 620, 621
DOT debt collection..................................2216, 2300, 2301
Filing claims against SSA........................................3784
Filing claims to TSA.............................................1334
FMS payments...............................................2454, 2458
FSA debt collection................................................31
GSA debt collection..................................3493, 3494, 3495
HHS..........................................................814, 815
Oil Pollution Act procedures.....................................1180
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2000...........1898
RBS debt collection...............................................260
SBA debt collection..............................................3729
Seized property..................................................1896
SSA debt collection........................................3750, 3794
Veterans:
Debt collection................................................2995
Classified information:
Access............................................................615
Critical infrastructure information..............................1076
Declassification of national security information................3545
Determining eligibility for access to DOE material................787
DHS regulations..................................................1062
Disclosure of official information in connection with legal proceedings..................................................1061
Disclosure of records in litigation..............................2381
Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel bylaws.........3555
National Industrial Security Program.............................3543
National security information regulations........................2010
Research involving human subjects.................................738
Sensitive security information for land modes of transportation..1307
Storage...........................................................616
Clean Air Act:
See Air pollution control
Clean Water Act:
See Water pollution control
Coal:
Abandoned refuse sites...........................................1750
Coalbed methane development......................................1776
Combustion wastes..........................................3386, 3387
Toxics Release Inventory.........................................3363
Coal mines:
See Mine safety and health
Mines
Surface mining
Coastal zone:
See also Continental shelf
Flood plains
Federal Consistency regulations...................................511
Waste deposit prevention.........................................3456
Wetlands:
Minimal effects exemptions......................................280
Wetland Program Development Grants.............................3438
Colleges and universities:
See also Medical and dental schools
Academic honoraria for B nonimmigrant aliens.....................1128
Denial of applications for approval to enroll nonimmigrant students.....................................................1343
DOT grants.......................................................2038
Funding requirements for agricultural research and extension activities at Land-Grant Institutions......................93, 94
Grants administration.................................618, 1059, 1409
INS List of Recognized American Institutions of Research.........1143
Reduced course load for nonimmigrant students at border communities..................................................1361
Transfer of excess Federal property...............................289
Commercial fisheries:
See Fisheries
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Commodities:
See Agricultural commodities
Commodity futures:
Anti-money laundering program....................................2446
Broker-dealers:
Derivatives transaction execution facilities intermediaries....3856
Commodity pool operator:
Registration exemption.........................................4285
Commodity trading advisors and pool operators:
Participant fee exemptions.....................................4315
Debt collection..................................................3853
Depository institutions..........................................3856
Derivatives transaction execution facilities.....................3856
Exempt commercial markets:
Information access and price transparency......................3852
Farm credit system institutions..................................3856
Financial requirements for futures commission merchants and introducing brokers..........................................3851
Foreign currency haircuts........................................3848
Foreign futures and options contracts............................3850
Grading and certification of livestock.............................13
Hybrid instrument regulation.....................................3855
Investment of customer funds.....................................3857
Off-centralized market transactions..............................3849
Privacy notices..................................................3847
Reporting levels.................................................3854
Reserve requirements for margin..................................4300
Security futures:
Offer and sale of products traded on foreign boards............3846
Registration requirements for banks............................4292
Common carriers:
See also Air carriers
Communications common carriers
Maritime carriers
Motor carriers
Railroads
Coloading practices by NVOCCs....................................4103
Explosive materials delivery.....................................1840
Communicable diseases:
Correctional management..........................................1804
Smallpox:
Vaccine injury compensation program.............................920
Communications:
See also Communications common carriers
News media
Telecommunications 911 Act..........................................................4013
Airport Terminal Use frequencies in the 45-470 private land mobile radio pool............................................4019
Amateur radio service............................................3920
Auction authority................................................4001
Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local exchange carriers............................................4036
Aviation Radio Service...........................................4021
Biennial review............................................3919, 4014
Broadband grant program for rural areas...........................267
Broadband service provided over power line systems...............3927
Broadcast ownership rules review.................................3984
Broadcast station construction permits...........................3965
Bundling customer premises equipment and enhanced services.......4044
Cellular service in the Gulf of Mexico...........................4024
Channelization of the 39 GHz band................................3992
Cognitive radio technologies.....................................3926
Commercial mobile radio services...............3990, 3993, 4007, 4009
Competitive bidding:
Broadband PCS..................................................3993
Process........................................................3998
Rules for auction of 218-219 MHz...............................3991
Conducted emission limits for radio frequency energy.............3932
Consolidating the 800 MHz industrial/land transportation and business pool channels.......................................4020
Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and
Marketing Act................................................3907
Digital audio broadcasting.......................................3972
Equal employment opportunity rule................................3981
Excise tax...........................................2581, 2645, 2646
Exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields................3922
FCC ex parte rules in Joint Board proceedings....................3935
FM radio.........................................................3967
Government transfer band.........................................3911
Horizontal ownership limits......................................3969
Informal complaints..............................................3904
Installment payments for Personal Communications Services licensees....................................................4005
Interference temperature operation...............................3928
International call-back service..................................3946
International service regulations................................3951
Interstate special access services...............................4043
Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz...............................4002
Licensing low power operations in the private land mobile radio 450-470 MHz band.............................................4010
Maritime...................................................3989, 4004
Multiple address systems.........................................3997
Noncommercial educational broadcast stations.....................3982
North American Numbering Plan administration.....................4026
Public safety communications...............................3996, 4020
Quiet Zone application procedures................................4011
Radio market definitions.........................................3979
Radio spectrum usage promotion through development of secondary markets......................................................4008
Reallocation of 27 MHz spectrum............................3917, 4023
Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................3939
Regulatory fees............................................3987, 3988
Satellite:
Application and licensing requirements.........................3936
Broadcasting signal carriage requirements......................3973
Coordination between non-geostationary and geostationary orbit......................................................3924
Dedicated Short Range Communications of Intelligent
Transportation Systems.....................................3929
Digital audio radio service....................................3938
Earth stations...............................3944, 3950, 3953, 3955
Fixed-satellite services.................................3912, 3945
Global mobile personal communications..........................3943
Licensing reform...............................................3947
Maritime mobile services.......................................3942
Mobile service provider flexibility............................3948
MSS spectrum allocation............................3909, 3937, 3941
Non-geostationary orbit..................................3945, 3954
Non-government operations in the 36.0-51.4 GHz portion of the
V-band.....................................................3940
Orbital debris mitigation......................................3949
Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act....................3970, 3971
Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................3939
Securities Act reform............................................4244
Software defined radios..........................................3915
Spectrum allocation........................................3923, 3929
Spectrum-based services to rural areas...........................4017
Spread spectrum systems..........................................3931
Terrestrial microwave fixed radio services.......................4003
Transfer of 3650 through 3700 MHz band...........................4006
Transfer of 4.9 GHz band from government use.....................4006
Transfer of control of non-stock entities........................3986
Truthful statements to the FCC...................................3934
TV:
Access in non-served and under-served areas.....................279
Advertising practices..........................................3960
Broadcast Auxiliary Services rules.............................3918
Cable Act................................................3957, 3963
Cable television rates.........................................3956
Children's programming...................................3977, 3978
Competitive availability of navigation devices.................3964
Digital must carry requirements................................3968
Digital television service.......3930, 3974, 3975, 3977, 3985, 4022
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Direct broadcast public interest obligations...................3976
Emergency Alert System.........................................3908
Filing of network affiliation contracts........................3959
Predicting broadcast television field strength.................3913
Public interest information....................................3980
Reallocation and service rules for the 698-746 MHz spectrum band.......................................................4012
Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act....................3970, 3971
Service rules in UHF spectrum..................................4000
Video programming accessibility..........................3962, 3964
Ultra-wideband radio transmission................................3914
Unbundled network elements.......................................4042
Unbundling local exchange carriers...............................4037
Unlicensed devices in the 5 GHz band.............................3921
Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure at 5 GHz..........3910
Vehicle location and monitoring systems..........................3999
Video teleconference technology..................................3795
Wireless systems:
Advanced services..............................................3916
Regulatory review..............................................4016
Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act..................4013
Communications common carriers:
Informal complaints..............................................3904
Service disruption reporting requirements........................3925
Streamlining procedures for transfers of control.................4048
Toll free service access codes...................................4028
Community action programs:
Empowerment zones and enterprise communities.....................1463
Community antenna television systems:
See Cable television
Community colleges:
See Colleges and universities
Community development:
See also Community action programs
Grant programs-housing and community development
Community development block grants:
Brownfields activities.........................................1464
Prohibition on use of funds for job-pirating activities........1468
Regulation revisions...........................................1466
Revitalization strategy........................................1469
Slum and blight prevention.....................................1464
Community Development Financial Institutions program.......2378, 2416
Community services block grant program:
Charitable Choice provisions...................................1055
Economic opportunities for low- and very-low-income persons......1473
SBA:
HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program..................3714, 3740
Community facilities:
See Health facilities
Compensation:
See Unemployment compensation
Wages
Competitiveness:
Agricultural commodities competitive markets......................195
American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act...........1089
American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act.................1089
Cable television companies.......................................3961
Communications Act.........................................3991, 3993
DFARS requirements...........................................640, 664
OPM regulations..................................................3602
Television marketplace.....................................3956, 3964
Computer technology:
Access to information on government-owned systems............753, 785
Acquisition regulations..........................................3498
Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and
Marketing Act................................................4142
De minimis exclusion for technology and software..................344
Electronic filing:
Investment advisers......................................1953, 4271
Electronic records...............................................3552
Electronic signatures:
TTB............................................................2547
Electronic submission:
Documents......................................................4099
Labeling information............................................903
Payee statements...............................................2882
Exports..................................326, 327, 329, 339, 350, 367
Information technology exchange program..........................3653
Internet:
Simplified Network Application Process (SNAP)...................317
Reuse, recycling, and recovery of electronic equipment...........3390
Security training................................................3647
Small businesses:
Information technology value added resellers...................3743
Stored-value cards...............................................4126
Conduct standards:
See Conflict of interests
Confidential business information:
DOT regulations..................................................2288
EPA regulations............................................3048, 3060
Conflict of interests:
See also Political activities (Government employees)
CHAMPUS requirements..............................................715
DFARS.............................................................654
DOE...............................................................803
EPA..............................................................3044
Ethical conduct..................................................3576
Ethics programs..................................................3573
Exemptions.......................................................3574
Financial disclosure.............................................3570
Post-government employment.......................................3575
Standards of conduct......................626, 1058, 3571, 3693, 3694
Conservation:
See Energy conservation
Natural resources
Construction industry:
Alien workers....................................................1090
Confined spaces for construction.................................1980
Effluent guidelines..............................................3415
Electric power line worker safety................................1982
Hearing loss prevention..........................................1974
Hoisting equipment safety........................................1975
National Construction Safety Team Act.............................375
Consumer protection:
See also Labeling
Trade practices
All-terrain vehicle ban for children under 16....................3870
Alternative fuel labeling requirements...........................4135
Baby bath seats..................................................3866
Bunk bed cornerpost standard.....................................3869
Cable home wiring rights.........................................3961
Candles and candle accessories...................................3875
Child-resistant packaging..................................3860, 3867
Contact lens.....................................................4141
Crib safety standards............................................3862
Disclosures......................................................4133
Disposable cigarette lighters....................................3877
Flammability standards:
Clothing textiles..............................................3863
Mattresses/bedding.............................................3859
Upholstered furniture..........................................3858
Household goods transportation.............................2152, 2157
Household products containing hydroxides, packaging standard for..........................................................3871
Hunting tree stands..............................................3868
Infant formula quality control....................................897
Lead-based paint.................................................3352
Lighters.........................................................3865
Natural rubber latex.............................................3876
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Nutrition health claims...........................................846
Over-the-counter drugs............................................896
Portable bed rails...............................................3864
Sulfuric acid drain openers......................................3861
Table saw blades.................................................3873
Telephone Consumer Protection Act................................3905
Weightlifting bench press benches................................3872
Contagious diseases:
See Communicable diseases
Containers:
See Packaging and containers
Continental shelf:
Exploration or development and production plans..................1740
Leasing sulphur or oil and gas...................................1747
Safety zones around petroleum and gas production facilities.....1207, 1244, 1245, 1246
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....................883
Cotton:
Classification service user fees...................................12
Cottonseed Chemist Licensing Program...............................14
Extra long staple loan adjustment for strength.....................46
Outside storage of extra long staple loan cotton...................45
Countervailing duties:
Sunset reviews....................................................305
Courts:
Civil contempt commitments.......................................1810
Courts of Indian Offenses........................................1720
CSOSA:
Acceptance of gifts............................................3039
Ethical conduct for employees standards........................3037
Use of agency seal.............................................3038
Offender supervision:
DNA collection and use.........................................1899
Crafts:
See Indians-arts and crafts
Credit:
See also Banks, banking
Credit unions
Mortgages
Anti-money laundering program....................................2447
Debt collection:
DHS............................................................1074
DoD...................................................619, 620, 621
FEMA...........................................................1383
HHS...................................................814, 815, 824
Matching of Federal employee records for salary offset.........2460
Salary offset...................................................815
SBA......................................................3729, 3736
SSA......................................................3750, 3794
Treasury...........................................2415, 2459, 2465
Delinquent debtors:
Public dissemination of identity...............................2466
Equal credit opportunity...................................4116, 4125
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act..................2554, 4140
Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations..........4049, 4057, 4120, 4121
Partners and partnerships........................................2850
Credit unions:
Bylaws...........................................................4156
Change in official or senior executive officers..................4157
Community Development Revolving Loan Program...............4160, 4170
Conversion to mutual savings banks.........................4158, 4178
Customer identification program..................................2435
Description of NCUA..............................................4176
Designation of low income status.................................4160
Disposal of consumer information.................................4161
Exchangeable Collateralized Mortgage Obligations.................4168
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act:
Address reconciliation rule....................................4153
Affiliate marketing regulations................................2555
Direct disputes with furnishers rule...........................4155
Furnisher accuracy guidelines and rules........................4154
Identity theft protection................................2554, 4152
Fair credit reporting....................4161, 4162, 4163, 4169, 4172
Health Savings Accounts..........................................4164
Information furnished to consumer reporting agencies.............2570
Information requests under Freedom of Information and Privacy
Acts.........................................................4166
Living trust accounts............................................4171
Loan participation...............................................4177
Maximum borrowing authority......................................4175
Medical information regulations..................................4169
Member business loans............................................4159
Mergers of federally-insured credit unions.......................4150
Negative credit information notice...............................4163
Newly-chartered or troubled......................................4157
Nondeposit investment sales......................................4147
Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs.................4149
OMB control numbers..............................................4173
Privacy of consumer financial information........................4151
Regulatory publication and review................................4148
Request for NCUA action..........................................4176
Share insurance rules......................................4171, 4174
Truth in Savings rule............................................4165
Unauthorized access to member information and member notice......4167
Use of consumer information for marketing solicitations..........4162
Crime:
See also Drug abuse
Fraud
Juvenile delinquency
Aliens:
Battered and abused spouses and children.................1108, 1866
Criminal convictions...........................................1873
Criminal grounds of inadmissibility......................1103, 1105
Custody procedures.......................................1352, 1879
Early release for removal of aliens in custody for nonviolent offenses...................................................1348
Trafficking victims................................1138, 1139, 1350
Victims of crime.........................................1139, 1140
Arson reporting..................................................1841
Criminal intelligence systems operating policies.................1902
DNA collection and use...........................................1899
Jurisdiction over service members and civilians employed by or accompanying the Armed Forces outside the US..................625
National Instant Criminal Background Check System................1886
Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1893
Reporting requirements.........................................1892
Record-keeping requirements for producers of sexually explicit material.....................................................1891
Seized property..................................................1896
Sex offender registration programs...............................1885
Sex offender release notification................................1797
STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.......................1910
United Nations Convention Against Torture........................1115
Victims of Crime Act.................................1904, 1905, 1911
Critical habitat:
See Endangered and threatened species
Crop insurance:
Administrative regulations.........................114, 120, 125, 127
Apples............................................................119
Application for...................................................121
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Blueberries.......................................................115
Civil penalties...................................................110
Dry beans and peas................................................128
Grains............................................................128
Movement or assumption of policies................................123
Nonstandard classification system.................................114
Nursery crops.....................................................111
Peanuts...........................................................113
Pecans............................................................118
Premiums..........................................................122
Processing tomato crop provisions.................................117
Quality Assurance and Performance Measurement System..............127
Regulation revisions.........................................124, 126
Rice..............................................................128
Safflower.........................................................128
Sunflowers........................................................128
Crops:
See Agricultural commodities
Crude oil:
See Petroleum
Crystalline silica:
Occupational exposure......................................1956, 1972
Cultural exchange programs:
Summer work/travel...............................................2005
Currency:
See Foreign currencies
Customs duties and inspection:
See also Antidumping
Countervailing duties
Imports
Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of
aircraft from foreign areas..................................1253
African Growth and Opportunity Act...............................2389
Airport security area access.....................................1271
Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act..................2397
Bond obligations.................................................1272
Broker license examination dates.................................1274
Chile Free Trade Agreement.......................................2403
Commercial information confidentiality...........................1275
Conditional release period.......................................1272
Continuous bond program..........................................2377
Country of origin marking....................................11, 2386
Customs bonded warehouses for duty-free sales enterprises........2476
Delinquent payment...............................................2417
Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2393
Drawback.........................................................2402
Harbor maintenance fees....................................2383, 2384
In-transit mail shipment examination.............................1252
In-transit truck shipments between Canada and U.S................1297
Merchandise processing fees......................................2402
North American Free Trade Agreement..................2370, 2385, 2401
Outbound redelivery procedures and liabilities...................2376
Overtime compensation and premium pay for officers...............1281
Payment methods for duties, taxes, interest, and fees............2387
Preferential treatment of brassieres.............................2395
Prior disclosure.................................................1254
Processing fees at express courier facilities....................2399
Prototypes used in product development and testing...............2394
Publication of administrative forfeiture notices.................1276
Reconciliation...................................................2372
Refund of duties paid on select wool products....................2418
Reimbursable inspectional services...............................2392
Remote location filing...........................................2373
Singapore Free Trade Agreement...................................2404
Softwood lumber from Canada................................2412, 2413
Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos...................2371
User and navigation fees.........................................2388
Watch, watch movement, and jewelry program........................309
D
Dairy products:
Inspection and grading service:
Fees.............................................................16
National Dairy Promotion and Research Program.......................4
Dangerous cargo:
See Hazardous materials transportation
Data processing:
See Computer technology
Deaf:
See Individuals with disabilities
Debarment and suspension:
CNCS.............................................................3035
DHS........................................................1067, 1392
DOD..........................................................629, 654
DOJ..............................................................1909
DOT..............................................................2051
FAR..............................................................3836
FMCS.............................................................3463
GSA..............................................................3476
NASA.............................................................3529
OPM..............................................................3688
Peace Corps......................................................3697
SBA..............................................................3739
Treasury.........................................................2414
VA...............................................................3002
Debts:
See Credit
Declassification:
See Classified information
Deepwater ports:
See Harbors
Defense:
See National defense
Defense acquisition regulations:
See Government procurement
Defense contracts:
See Government contracts
Government procurement
Delinquency:
See Juvenile delinquency
Dental schools:
See Medical and dental schools
Deportation:
See Aliens
Deposit insurance:
See Bank deposit insurance
Dietary supplements:
Current good manufacturing practice...............................867
Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease....................883
Disability benefits:
Black Lung Benefits Act..........................................1930
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Act......................958, 1010
Disabled:
See Individuals with disabilities
Medicaid
Medicare
Old-age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance
Public assistance programs
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Disability benefits
Disaster assistance: 9/11 Heroes Stamp Act program....................................1390
Corps of Engineers procedures.....................................699
Criminal and civil penalties.....................................1381
Crisis Counseling Regular Program................................1375
Definition of terms..............................................1373
Economic injury disaster loans for small businesses..............3726
Estimating eligible cost.........................................1389
Farmers:
Tree assistance program..........................................42
Fire Management Assistance Grant Program.........................1371
Floods:
Ability to pay provisions.......................................703
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Mitigation assistance program..................................1380
National Flood Insurance Program......1374, 1376, 1377, 1378, 1385, 1393
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program..................................1382
Hazard mitigation planning.......................................1386
Individual assistance programs:
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act..................................................1372, 1381
Management costs.................................................1387
National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.................1384
Public assistance insurance requirements.........................1388
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
Dispute resolution:
Access to neutrals...............................................3462
Contract dispute procedures................................3490, 3491
Distilled spirits:
See Liquors
Doctors:
See Health professions
Domestic animals:
See Livestock
Draft:
See Selective Service System
Drawbridges:
See Bridges
Drinking water:
See Water supply
Drought assistance:
See Disaster assistance
Drug abuse:
See also Alcohol abuse
Aviation personnel...............................................2060
Charitable Choice program.........................................829
Disincentives for inmates........................................1799
Drug-free workplace requirements...629, 1067, 2051, 3002, 3035, 3463, 3529, 3697, 3739
Treatment programs...............................................1799
Authority for practitioners to prescribe narcotic substances 1861
Bureau of Prisons..............................................1785
Drug testing:
Airmen...........................................................2063
Bureau of Prisons................................................1801
Coast Guard management information system........................1247
Following marine incidents.......................................1194
Management information system reporting by transportation employers..............................................2187, 2307
Railroad employees...............................................2302
Foreign-based crews............................................2303
Transportation workplace.........................................2048
Workplace guidelines.........................................828, 830
Drug traffic control:
Chemical registration fees.......................................1850
Chemical registration waivers....................................1860
Controlled substances:
Authority for practitioners to prescribe narcotic substances for maintenance or detoxification treatment................1861
Disposer definition and registration...........................1855
Electronic application forms...................................1853
Electronic ordering of Schedule I and II substances............1859
Electronic prescriptions.......................................1845
Exemption from import/export requirements for personal medical use................................................1858
Gamma butyrolactone............................................1848
Phosphorus forms, red, white, and hypophosphorous acid.........1849
Preventing accumulation at long-term care facilities...........1864
Recordkeeping requirements for drug products containing hydroxybutyric acid........................................1862
Registration requirements for practitioners practicing in more than one state........................................1851
Reorganization and clarification of DEA regulations............1847
Reporting requirements for imports and exports of List I and
List II chemicals..........................................1854
Reports of theft or significant loss...........................1863
Sodium permanganate............................................1852
Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1856
FAA regulations..................................................2057
Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1846
Drugs:
See also Animal drugs
Biologics
Over-the-counter drugs
Prescription drugs
Abbreviated new drug applications.................................884
Bar code label requirements.......................................905
Bioavailability and bioequivalence requirements...................884
Informed consent regulations......................................898
Investigational new drugs...............................850, 851, 863
Labeling................................................885, 890, 905
Manufacturing changes.............................................901
New drug applications........................................838, 887
Positron emission tomography drugs................................843
Providing controlled substances to ocean vessels.................1844
Registration and reregistration fees.............................1857
Registration of producers.........................................837
Reporting adverse events..........................................885
Safeguards for children in clinical investigations................868
Safety reporting requirements.....................................833
Self-administration criteria.....................................1034
E
Earthquakes:
See Disaster assistance
Ecology:
See Environmental protection
Economic development:
See Community development
Economics:
See Price controls
Education:
See also Colleges and universities
Education of disadvantaged
Educational facilities
Educational research
Indians-education
Libraries
School breakfast and lunch programs
Schools
Students
Teachers
Education of individuals with disabilities
Academic honoraria for B nonimmigrant aliens.....................1128
Credit Enhancement for Charter School Facilities Program..........748
Direct grant programs........................................736, 739
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.........................750
Federal loan program regulations..................................744
Good time credit for D.C. Code offenders.........................1805
Home-living programs.............................................1711
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Institutional Eligibility regulations.............................745
Magnet Schools Assistance Program.................................751
Maritime education and training............................2354, 2361
National Security Education Program...............................613
NIH loan repayment programs:
AIDS research...................................................926
For clinical researchers........................................927
For individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds..................930
Health disparities research.....................................929
Pediatric research..............................................928
Scholarships....................................................923
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.................................1719
Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs............741, 3558
Protection of human research subjects.............................737
State-administered programs.......................................739
Title IX of the Education Act Amendments.........................3467
Veterans:
Centralized certification of benefits..........................2980
Educational Assistance Text Program............................2988
Licensing and certification....................................2932
Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve.....................2985, 2987
Non-payment of VA educational assistance to fugitive felons 2986
Survivors and dependents.................................2933, 2983
Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act..................2978
Veterans Programs Enhancement Act..............................2931
Education of disadvantaged:
Academic achievement of limited English proficient students.......747
Accountability for academic achievement...........................742
Transportation regulations.......................................1052
Education of individuals with disabilities:
Early intervention and special education to eligible DoD dependents....................................................608
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act.......................746
Educational facilities:
Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act............................740
Grants administration............................................3019
Impact Aid programs...............................................743
Transfer of excess Federal property...............................289
Educational research:
Human subjects protection....................................738, 940
Eggs and egg products:
Grading..........................................................5, 7
Imported..........................................................178
Inspection........................................................171
Salmonella enteritidis............................................839
Elderly:
See Aged
Elections:
See Political activities (Government employees)
Voting rights
Electric power:
See also Electric utilities
Electric power plants
Hydroelectric licensing..........................................4074
Low density discount..............................................799
Worker safety....................................................1982
Electric power plants:
Electronic filing of FERC forms..................................4083
Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program........................793
Electric utilities:
Broadband service provided over power line systems...............3927
Cash management..................................................4084
Electronic filing of documents...................................4070
Generator interconnection agreement and procedures.........4068, 4071
Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for rural electrification purposes......................................................269
Indian electric power utilities..................................1700
Market design and structure......................................4069
Market-based rate contracts for wholesale sales..................4073
National Forest System............................................232
Pricing policy...................................................4077
Quarterly financial and Annual Report requirements...............4078
RUS standard contract forms.......................................275
Standards of conduct for transmission providers..................4067
Steam generating unit MACT regulation............................3160
Electronic data processing:
See Computer technology
Electronic funds transfers:
Federal agency disbursements.....................................2455
FRS regulation revision....................................4116, 4126
GSAR regulation..................................................3489
Employee benefit plans:
See also Pensions
Abandoned individual account plans...............................1944
Cafeteria plans..................................................2763
Participant loan rules...........................................1942
Prohibited transaction exemption procedures......................1941
Stock option programs............................................1917
Employee Retirement Income Security Act:
See Pensions
Employment:
See also Equal employment opportunity
Government employees
Aliens...........................................................1927
Authorization eligibility......................................1101
Authorization for certificate of citizenship applicants........1124
Correcting technical and procedural violations of paperwork requirements...............................................1111
Dismissal of asylum application................................1081
EB-5 classification......................................1151, 1880
Eligibility for certain scientists and engineers...............1158
Eligibility pilot program......................................1161
Eligibility verification.................................1147, 1170
Employer sanctions.............................................1367
Employment creation petitions..................................1167
Fingerprinting.................................................1120
Labor certification process..............................1936, 1937
Labor condition applications.............................1935, 1938
Post-adjudication audits of H-2B petitions.....................1934
Suspension of employment authorization requirements for F-1 students...................................................1362
Temporary employment of foreign professionals on H-1B1 visas..1935, 1938
Temporary nonagricultural services.............................1099
Verification documents...................................1162, 1168
Definitions for salary basis.....................................1928
Family and Medical Leave Act.....................................1918
Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1915
Identification of gender, race and ethnicity of applicants for employment with federal contractors..........................1926
Individuals with disabilities:
Ticket to Work Program....................................958, 3758
Jobs For Veterans Act..........................1919, 2002, 2003, 2004
Opportunities for low- and very-low-income persons...............1473
Senior Community Service Employment Program......................1940
Trade adjustment assistance for workers..........................1933
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act........2001
Welfare-to-Work Grants Program...................................1931
Workforce investment systems.....................................1967
Endangered and threatened species:
See also Marine mammals
Addax............................................................1611
American crocodile...............................................1525
Appalachian bivalve species................................1607, 1608
Army Corps of Engineers scope of analysis.........................702
Arroyo toad......................................................1619
Australian parakeets.............................................1595
Basking shark....................................................1590
Beluga sturgeon............................................1559, 1652
Boreal toad......................................................1552
Boulder darter...................................................1519
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Broad-snouted caiman.............................................1561
Brown pelican delisting..........................................1515
Buena Vista Lake Shrew...........................................1567
Bull trout.................................................1541, 1602
Cactus ferruginous pygmy owl.....................................1635
California gnatcatcher...........................................1606
California red-legged frog.......................................1638
California tiger salamander..........................1527, 1569, 1620
Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances..........1593, 1660
Captive-bred exotic birds........................................1583
Cassius blue butterfly...........................................1557
Ceraunus blue butterfly..........................................1557
Channel Islands Foxes............................................1579
CITES decisions......................................1507, 1585, 1612
Conservation education...........................................1503
Conservation permits.............................................1630
Critical habitat.......578, 1523, 1541, 1567, 1569, 1579, 1580, 1602, 1605, 1606, 1607, 1608, 1614, 1619, 1620, 1621, 1623, 1631, 1634, 1635, 1638, 1643, 1667
Dama gazelle.....................................................1611
Dolly Varden.....................................................1632
Dugong...........................................................1659
Eagles...........................................................1510
Incidental taking..............................................1648
Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1694
Transport of feathers..........................................1535
Evolutionarily Significant Units..................................464
Foreign bird species.............................................1563
Gila chub........................................................1631
Gila trout.......................................................1520
Gray wolf:
Eastern Distinct Population Segment delisting..................1536
Western Distinct Population Segment delisting..................1637
Grizzly bears....................................................1549
Guam bridled white-eye...........................................1523
Guam broadbill...................................................1523
Guam broadbill removal...........................................1645
Guam Micronesian kingfisher......................................1523
Incidental take by commercial fishing operations............579, 1565
Island fox.......................................................1655
Koster's tyronia.................................................1634
Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1509
Little Mariana fruit bat.........................................1523
Loggerhead sea turtle.............................................578
Manatees.............................................1566, 1615, 1640
Mariana crow.....................................................1523
Mariana fruit bat..........................................1523, 1589
Mariana mallard removal..........................................1645
Mexican bobcat delisting.........................................1545
Mexican gray wolf................................................1547
Mexican spotted owl........................................1614, 1667
Miami blue butterfly.......................................1518, 1557
Missouri bladder-pod.............................................1646
National Fire Plan..........................................580, 1662
Nickerbean blue butterfly........................................1557
Noel's amphipod..................................................1634
Nonessential experimental populations......................1519, 1529
Northern aplomado falcon.........................................1529
Northern sea otter, southwest Alaskan distinct population segment......................................................1601
Pahrump poolfish.................................................1666
Pecos assiminea..................................................1634
Permit exemptions.................................................457
Permits for foreign listed species...............................1604
Pesticide regulation........................................496, 1533
Picture-wing flies...............................................1586
Plants:
Arizona agave delisting........................................1528
Bigleaf mahogany...............................................1594
Black cohosh...................................................1531
Braun's rockcress..............................................1658
CITES listings.....................................1531, 1594, 1597
Coachella Valley milk-vetch....................................1575
Coastal California plants......................................1643
Colorado butterfly plant.......................................1537
Critical habitat....1537, 1538, 1539, 1540, 1575, 1576, 1609, 1610, 1613, 1654, 1657, 1658
Desert yellowhead..............................................1657
Eggert's sunflower.......................................1613, 1663
Fish Slough milk vetch.........................................1538
Gaviota tarplant...............................................1643
Hoover's wooly-star delisting..................................1642
Johnston's frankenia removal...................................1588
LaGracosa thistle..............................................1643
Lane Mountain milkvetch........................................1610
Lompac Yerba Santa.............................................1643
Mariana Island plants..........................................1641
Munz's onion...................................................1539
Nesogenes rotensis.............................................1641
Osmoxylon mariannense..........................................1641
Pierson's milkvetch............................................1609
Ramin..........................................................1597
Removal from list..............................................1663
San Jacinto Valley crownscale..................................1540
Slickspot peppergrass..........................................1656
Spanish cedar..................................................1594
Spreading navarettia...........................................1540
Tabernaemontana rotensis.......................................1641
Territory of Guam plants.......................................1641
Thread-leaved Brodiaea.........................................1576
Truckee barberry delisting.....................................1644
Ventura Marsh milkvetch........................................1654
Virginia roundleaf delisting...................................1665
Prebles Meadow jumping mouse.....................................1617
Riverside fairy shrimp...........................................1621
Roswell springsnail..............................................1634
Rota bridled white-eye...........................................1653
Safe harbor agreements.....................................1593, 1660
Salt Creek tiger beetle....................................1542, 1580
San Diego Fairy shrimp...........................................1605
Santa Ana sucker.................................................1623
Scimitar-horned oryx.............................................1611
Sea cucumber.....................................................1560
Southern sea otter translocation program.........................1546
Spotfin chub.....................................................1519
Stag beetle......................................................1590
Straight-horned markhor..........................................1513
Tibetan antelope.................................................1584
Tinian monarch flycatcher........................................1598
Topeka shiner....................................................1599
Turtle species...................................................1585
Virginia northern flying squirrel................................1548
Wood bison.......................................................1530
Energy:
See also Coal
Electric power
Energy conservation
Fuel economy
Natural gas
Nuclear energy
Petroleum
Pipelines
Acquisition.......................................................807
Cooperative audit strategy......................................802
Alternative fuels................................760, 779, 3171, 4135
Claims for damages against DOE employees..........................812
Conduct of DOE employees..........................................811
Critical energy infrastructure information.................4081, 4085
DEAR amendments:
Make or Buy Plans...............................................800
Management contractor compensation for personal services........804
Purchasing by management and operating contractors..............803
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Revisions.......................................................801
Rewrite continuation............................................809
Technical amendments............................................805
Work for others regulations.....................................806
Determining eligibility for access to classified matter...........787
Electronic registration of FERC applications.....................4075
Electronic service of FERC documents.............................4083
Emergency closure of FERC offices................................4086
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program........832
FERC fees schedule for use of government lands...................4087
Financial assistance:
For-profit organizations........................................808
Implementation of OMB grants management policies................810
Freedom of Information Act........................................790
Occupational radiation protection.................................792
Polygraph examination regulations.................................782
Prescription of fishways for non-Federal hydropower projects.....504, 1502
Renewable energy systems..........................................252
Research misconduct...............................................791
Restriction of DOE access authorizations..........................788
Review of mandatory conditions of hydropower licensing............505
Uranium mill sites................................................797
Worker's compensation benefits....................................795
Energy conservation:
See also Fuel economy
Covered products determination:
Commercial refrigeration equipment..............................775
Incandescent reflector lamps, torchieres, and ceiling fans......776
Efficiency standards:
Appliances......................................................754
Clothes dryers..................................................771
Commercial air conditioning equipment.......758, 768, 769, 777, 778
Direct heating equipment........................................772
Dishwashers.....................................................771
Electric distribution transformers..............................757
Electric motors.................................................773
Fluorescent and incandescent lamps..............................774
Furnaces and boilers.......................................754, 768
Heat pumps..................................758, 768, 769, 777, 778
High intensity discharge lamps..................................755
Mobile home furnaces............................................754
Pool heaters....................................................772
Water heaters...................................................777
Federal buildings............................................759, 762
Residential energy-efficiency rating guidelines..............762, 770
Test procedures:
Central air conditioners...................................763, 781
Clothes washers.................................................780
Commercial air conditioning equipment...........................766
Commercial heating equipment....................................765
Commercial package boilers......................................767
Commercial water heaters........................................764
Electric motors, small..........................................756
Electronic distribution transformers............................761
Heat pumps.................................................763, 781
High intensity discharge lamps..................................755
Entertainment industry:
Cost recovery....................................................2745
Environmental impact statements:
Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive
Grants Program...............................................1908
Environmental protection:
See also Air pollution control
Environmental impact statements
Natural resources
Noise control
Pesticides and pests
Reclamation
Waste treatment and disposal
Water pollution control
Award term contracting...........................................3049
Background checks of contractor employees........................3046
CERCLA amendment.................................................3407
Conducting ``all appropriate inquiry``.........................3402
Chemicals............................................3318, 3334, 3348
Class deviations incorporation into EPAAR........................3040
Coal combustion wastes.....................................3386, 3387
Coastal waste deposit prevention.................................3456
Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan.........................706
Confidential business information..........................3048, 3060
Contract bundling................................................3047
Cooling water intake structures impact.....................3411, 3421
Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.............3403
Cross-media electronic reporting and recordkeeping rule..........3054
Designation of hazardous substances under CERCLA.................3405
Developmental and reproductive toxicity testing..................3325
Drinking water regulations...............3442, 3450, 3451, 3454, 3455
Effluent guidelines..........3416, 3417, 3418, 3424, 3426, 3434, 3435
Emergency planning.........................................3355, 3366
Enforcement data concerning small entities.......................3062
EPA acquisition regulations..........................3045, 3049, 3056
Farm Service Agency regulation.....................................29
Federal water resource development................................695
Forest Service special uses program..........................220, 221
National Environmental Achievement Track Program.................3063
National Environmental Policy Act...............709, 1057, 3041, 4191
National Forest System............................................218
On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3383
Persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic pollutants................3051
Pesticides..........................496, 3300, 3304, 3308, 3315, 3317
Plant incorporated protectants.......................3311, 3312, 3313
Privacy Act regulations..........................................3042
Radon............................................................4210
RCRA Burden Reduction Initiative.................................3389
Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste at petroleum refineries......................................3388
Reporting marine casualties......................................1189
Research scientist appointment authority.........................3053
Restoration of DOD facilities.....................................606
Rural areas.......................................................102
Sale of DOD aircraft to persons providing oil spill response service.......................................................624
Significant new use rules:
Flame retardant chemical substances............................3328
Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3400
Total Maximum Daily Load program.................................3432
Toxic Substances Control Act......3048, 3319, 3321, 3322, 3326, 3337, 3350
Toxics Release Inventory:
Additions, deletions, and modifications........................3362
Coal...........................................................3363
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds...............................3356
Metal mining...................................................3365
Pollution Prevention Act information requirements..............3364
Reporting requirements.............................3357, 3359, 3365
Review of chemicals on original list...........................3361
Trade secrecy claims.............................................3366
Equal access to justice:
DHS..............................................................1073
HHS...............................................................825
Equal credit opportunity:
See Credit
Equal employment opportunity:
Aged.............................................................3460
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Broadcast outreach...............................................3981
Complaint processing.......................................3458, 3459
Discrimination complaint procedures..............................3460
HUD regulations..................................................1402
Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1919, 1923
Workforce Investment Act.........................................1967
Eskimos:
See Indians
Estuaries:
See Coastal zone
Ethical conduct:
See Conflict of interests
Ex parte communications:
See Administrative practice and procedure
Exchange visitor program:
See Cultural exchange programs
Excise taxes:
Air transportation...................................2599, 2645, 2646
Communications services..............................2581, 2645, 2646
Structured settlement factoring transactions.....................2790
Explosives:
See also Hazardous materials transportation
Hazardous substances
Criminal misuse reporting........................................1841
Fireworks........................................................1834
Handling at waterfront facilities................................1237
Identification markings for imported explosive materials.........1835
Manufacturing safety regulations.................................1986
Pest control devices.............................................1836
Safe Explosives Act..............................................1833
Transportation regulations...........................1327, 1840, 2347
Exports:
Administration regulations....314, 315, 316, 328, 331, 332, 333, 335, 336, 342, 345, 348, 349, 353, 361, 362, 366, 370, 372, 373
Agricultural commodities..........................................195
Cargo preference regulations...................................2352
Emerging markets program........................................192
Aircraft..........................................................320
Micromachined angular rate sensors..............................373
Alligators, live.................................................1647
Animal pathogens..................................................368
Aruba.............................................................359
Automated export system...........................................298
Bigeye tuna.......................................................472
Cameras...........................................................329
CCC Export Credit Guarantee Program...............................194
Chemical manufacturing facilities, equipment and related technology....................................................337
Chemical Weapons Convention........................311, 347, 363, 369
Class I substances to Article 5 countries........................3094
Commerce Control List....324, 326, 327, 329, 330, 354, 355, 357, 360, 363, 367, 368, 371
Communication intercepting devices................................351
Computer technology.................326, 327, 329, 339, 350, 356, 367
Controlled chemical substances...................................1854
Controlled substances for personal medical use...................1858
Crude oil.........................................................312
Cuba.........................................................318, 338
De minimis exclusion for technology and software..................344
Distilled spirits................................................2550
Dual-use items.....................................332, 337, 364, 371
East Timor........................................................359
Encryption items..................................................340
Energetic materials...............................................321
Humanitarian donations............................................341
India.............................................................335
Investigational new drugs.........................................863
Iraq..............................................................322
Lead-acid batteries..............................................3395
Libya........................................................318, 374
License application denial policy.................................319
License exceptions............................310, 318, 341, 343, 350
Licensing..........................................313, 328, 345, 349
Liquors....................................................2532, 2549
Military vehicles and components..................................323
Missile technology controls...................313, 324, 348, 358, 372
National Forest System timber.....................................203
National security controls........................................355
Netherlands Antilles..............................................359
No license required provisions....................................349
Non-space qualified amorphous silicon focal plane arrays..........329
North Atlantic Treaty Organization...........................333, 343
Nuclear equipment and materials...................................365
Outbound redelivery procedures and liabilities...................2376
Protective equipment..............................................357
Reexports..........................................310, 313, 343, 356
Removal of country groups.........................................315
Replacement licenses..............................................345
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements..........................342
Russian entities..................................................334
Sensitive chemical or biological items............................336
Serbia............................................................318
Simplified Network Application Process (SNAP).....................317
Space qualified parts, components and technology..................330
Special Comprehensive License program.............................346
Sudan.............................................................316
Sugar reexport programs...........................................193
Swordfish.........................................................472
Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Act.................370
Timber from western states........................................352
Toxic substances.................................................3320
United Nations....................................................343
United States munitions list.....................320, 321, 2025, 2026
Veterinary user fees...............................................84
Wassenaar Arrangement........................................332, 371
Wildlife...................................................1512, 1625
Yugoslavia........................................................325
F
Fabrics:
See Textiles
Fair housing:
Certification and funding of state and local enforcement agencies.....................................................1471
Compliance requirements.......................................95, 245
ANSI standards.................................................1472
FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulation):
See Government procurement
Farmers:
See Agriculture
Federal acquisition regulations:
See Government procurement
Federal aid programs:
See Grant programs
Loan programs
Price support programs
Federal buildings and facilities:
Access for individuals with disabilities.........................3023
Outdoor developed areas........................................3025
Classified information storage....................................616
DOD environmental restoration programs............................606
Energy performance standards.................................759, 762
GSA regulations..................................................3484
Inspection/maintenance programs..................................3230
NARA facilities:
Phone numbers for..............................................3550
Use of meeting rooms and public space..........................3542
Presidential library facilities..................................3546
Prohibition of construction in the vicinity of the private residence of the President of the United States..............2131
Telecommunications management....................................3488
Federal employees:
See Government employees
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Federal home loan banks:
Acquired member assets...........................................4092
Affordable Housing Program.......................................4097
Anti-money laundering programs...................................4090
Appointed directors..............................................4096
Community support requirements...................................4095
Governance.......................................................4093
Multiple bank memberships........................................4098
New business activities..........................................4094
Public disclosure................................................4091
Federal property management regulations:
See Government property management
Federal Reserve System:
Community reinvestment...........................................4124
Consumer leasing...........................................4116, 4128
Consumer regulations review..........................4116, 4125, 4128
Electronic funds transfers.................................4116, 4126
Equal credit opportunity...................................4116, 4125
Fair credit reporting......................................4120, 4121
Holding companies..............................4113, 4122, 4123, 4129
State banks........................4111, 4112, 4114, 4117, 4118, 4127
Truth in savings.....................................4115, 4116, 4130
Federal-State relations:
See Intergovernmental relations
Feed grains:
Karnal bunt compensation...........................................49
Fellowships:
See Scholarships and fellowships
Finance:
See Banks, banking
Credit
Indians-business and finance
Investments
Loan programs
Mortgages
Trusts and trustees
Fines and penalties:
See Penalties
Fire prevention:
Candles and candle accessories standards.........................3875
Electrical standards.............................................1984
Fire Management Assistance Grant Program.........................1371
Forest fire assistance program....................................225
National Fire Plan..........................................580, 1662
Nuclear power plants.............................................4203
Shipyard standards...............................................1989
Firearms:
See Arms and munitions
Firefighters:
Retirement.......................................................3639
Fish:
See also Fisheries
Seafood
Diseases:
Infectious salmon anemia.........................................85
Endangered Species Act.....................................1533, 1556
Fish and Seafood Promotion Act....................................429
Government acquisition regulations................................651
Injurious wildlife listings......................................1517
Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1509
National Organic Program............................................1
Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program...........................1651
Prescription of fishways for non-Federal hydropower projects......504
Fisheries:
Addition and revision of certain species codes....................414
Alaska Transient Killer Whales stock depletion....................581
Atlantic Ocean..........................................473, 484, 521
Audit resolution policy..........................................1591
Authorization for commercial fisheries............................585
Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands.......................................480
Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan............................462
Bottomfish........................................................377
Critical habitat.............................................461, 493
Crustacean........................................................378
Demersal shelf rockfish...........................................470
Dungeness crab....................................................451
Electronic reporting requirements for seafood dealers in the northeast.....................................................570
Essential fish habitat guidelines.................................416
Fisheries Observer Program........................................488
Fishing capacity reduction loans..................................451
Groundfish....................................377, 451, 488, 527, 534
Gulf of Alaska..........................................421, 470, 548
Halibut............................................400, 421, 423, 485
Hawaiian Islands.............................................392, 446
Highly migratory species................................473, 484, 521
Incidental take regulations...426, 459, 462, 465, 466, 480, 481, 579, 584
List of fisheries.................................................498
Marine Mammal Protection Act.......................458, 492, 497, 498
National standard guidelines:
Overfishing and rebuilding schedules............................394
North Pacific................................................488, 527
Northern California steelhead.....................................493
OMB control numbers and regulatory citations......................567
Pacific coast...........................................451, 485, 534
Pelagics..........................................................446
Permits......................................................391, 392
Pollock......................................................480, 548
Puerto Rico..................................................387, 513
Reef fish.........................................................513
Research set-aside program...................................490, 577
Sablefish.........................................................386
Scientific research..........................................418, 521
Sea turtle conservation..................463, 484, 572, 582, 583, 586
Seabird protection................................................446
Shrimp............................................................451
Steller sea lion protection.......................................453
U.S. Virgin Islands..........................................387, 513
Western Pacific region............................................572
Fishery management plans:
Alaska.......................................................533, 560
Alaska local time definition......................................430
Albacore..........................................................530
American Lobster..................................................385
Atka mackerel.....................................................487
Atlantic.................................410, 427, 428, 478, 520, 544
Atlantic billfish.................................................411
Atlantic bluefish............................................408, 475
Atlantic herring...................................396, 441, 531, 541
Atlantic mackerel..................................388, 407, 540, 559
Atlantic salmon...................................................531
Atlantic sea scallop....................................406, 468, 575
Atlantic striped bass.............................................479
Atlantic surf clam................................................526
Atlantic swordfish................................................476
Beluga whales.....................................................494
Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands...390, 399, 417, 433, 487, 503, 523, 536, 552, 568
Bigeye tuna..................................................472, 478
Black sea bass.................403, 404, 439, 440, 474, 538, 558, 565
Bluefin tuna.......................................420, 478, 532, 550
Bottomfish fisheries....................................380, 413, 556
Butterfish.........................................388, 407, 540, 559
Calico scallop....................................................379
Canadian waters...................................................530
Capacity reduction program........................................523
Caribbean.........................................................520
Coastal migratory pelagics........................................525
Community development quotas............................390, 432, 542
Coral reef ecosystem..............................................517
Crab.........................................................523, 536
Days-at-sea leasing program.......................................535
Deep-sea red crab.......................................409, 450, 564
Dolphin...........................................................520
Eastern Pacific...............................437, 452, 499, 529, 543
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Effective dates for regulatory changes............................551
Electronic logbook forms..........................................445
Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ)................385, 398, 479, 556, 560
Golden tilefish...................................................522
Groundfish.....399, 412, 415, 417, 419, 433, 443, 444, 477, 483, 503, 552, 554, 555, 560, 563, 566, 571
Gulf of Alaska...........................399, 415, 417, 433, 477, 483
Gulf of Mexico......381, 383, 384, 434, 438, 471, 482, 515, 518, 520, 561
Halibut...........................................................576
Hawaiian Islands.............................................377, 392
Highly migratory species.......410, 411, 472, 478, 501, 524, 532, 550
King crabs...................................................523, 568
License Limitation Program........................................536
Monkfish.....................................................393, 573
North Atlantic....................................................489
North Atlantic right whales..................................376, 491
Northeast multispecies........................406, 448, 449, 469, 535
Ocean quahog............................................405, 526, 537
Oncorhynchus mykiss...............................................464
Pacific Coast.......412, 443, 444, 464, 486, 524, 554, 555, 563, 566, 571, 576
Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan................................485
Pacific mackerel.............................................424, 545
Pacific sardine..............................................436, 546
Pelagics...........................................397, 398, 525, 572
Precious corals...................................................447
Queen conch.......................................................387
Red grouper.......................................................471
Red snapper..................................................384, 561
Reef fish..........................................381, 384, 471, 482
Salmon..................................................464, 486, 533
Sargassum.........................................................519
Scup...........................403, 404, 439, 440, 474, 538, 558, 565
Sea scallop.......................................................468
Seasonal Area Management program..................................491
Sharks...................................382, 410, 427, 428, 489, 544
Shrimp........................................383, 434, 435, 515, 574
Snapper grouper..............................................402, 522
Snowy grouper.....................................................522
South Atlantic......................379, 402, 435, 518, 519, 522, 574
Spiny dogfish...........................................395, 442, 539
Spiny lobster.....................................................518
Squid..............................................388, 407, 540, 559
Summer flounder................403, 404, 439, 440, 474, 538, 558, 565
Surf clam....................................................405, 537
Swordfish...............................................410, 472, 478
Tanner crabs.................................................523, 568
Tilefish................................................502, 557, 569
Tuna.....................................410, 437, 452, 499, 529, 543
Vermilion snapper.................................................438
Wahoo.............................................................520
Weakfish..........................................................549
Western Pacific...........380, 397, 398, 413, 419, 445, 447, 517, 572
Fishing:
Alaska............................................................516
Bycatch reduction measures.........................383, 463, 484, 516
Compensatory fishing..............................................514
Conservation programs.............................................377
Drift gillnet.....................................................579
Exempted fishing permits.....................................418, 521
Fixed gear........................................................386
Limited entry trawl fishery.......................................571
Longline..........................................................452
National Wildlife Refuges........................................1550
Port codes........................................................547
Pound net leaders.................................................583
Purse seine.............................................452, 499, 529
Quotas:
Gulf of Mexico red snapper......................................561
Halibut.........................................................423
North Atlantic sharks...........................................489
Reporting requirements.....................................431, 528
Swordfish.......................................................476
Western Alaska program..........................................425
Recreational measures..............................423, 439, 473, 474
Shallow style longline sets.......................................582
South Pacific Tuna Act............................................389
Subsistence fishing.......................421, 1553, 1616, 1622, 1661
Troll fishing.....................................................530
Turtle excluder devices...........................................586
Fishing vessels:
Catcher vessel electronic report..................................401
Compensatory fishing..............................................514
Electronic dealer reporting.......................................562
Fleet capacity control.......................................529, 530
Gear identification markings on buoys.............................422
Housing requirements for observers................................553
Individual fishing quota reporting requirements..............431, 528
Observer data transmission........................................527
Observer policy...................................................467
Safety regulations...............................................1187
South Pacific Tuna Act............................................389
Vessel Monitoring System................................389, 427, 534
Vessel permit requirements........................................569
Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program eligibility....425
Flammable materials:
Flammability standards...........................................3863
Upholstered furniture............................................3858
Flood control:
Ability to pay provisions.........................................703
Corps of Engineers procedures.....................................699
Flood insurance:
Mitigation assistance program....................................1380
National Flood Insurance Program:
Assistance to private sector insurers....................1376, 1377
Coverage and rates.............................................1385
Group Flood Insurance Policy.............................1374, 1393
Increased Cost of Compliance provision.........................1378
National Flood Insurance Act of 1994.............................96
Flood plains:
Wetlands:
Minimal effects exemptions......................................280
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..............................................149
Afterschool snacks..............................................157
At-risk afterschool suppers.....................................139
Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas..............151
Strengthening program integrity.................................162
Commodity Supplemental Food Program...............................153
Disclosure of children's eligibility information to state
Medicaid and CHIP program.....................................154
Donated foods provided under contract with food service management companies..........................................147
Food and Nutrition Service data collection........................161
Indian reservations...............................................138
Older individuals................................................1056
Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program..........................141
Uniform federal assistance regulations............................156
Women, infants, and children:
Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................146
Food delivery systems...........................................148
Food packages...................................................168
Vendor-related provisions.......................................142
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Food grades and standards:
See Meat inspection
Poultry and poultry products
Seafood
Food labeling:
Allergen information..............................................889
Beef or pork with barbeque sauce..................................183
Expressed nutrient content claims.................................186
Generic approval and regulation consolidation.....................172
Ground or chopped meat and poultry products.......................185
Nutrition labeling of meat and poultry products...................169
Prominence of calories............................................834
Serving size regulations..........................................835
Single-ingredient products........................................185
Standardized terms................................................186
Trans fatty acids.................................................886
Uniform compliance date...........................................181
Food stamps:
Alternate methods for issuing benefits............................158
Civil rights data collections.....................................152
Computer matching.................................................136
Electronic benefits transfer system.....................150, 158, 165
Eligibility and certification.....................................163
Employment and training...........................................160
High performance bonuses..........................................159
Payment adjustments...............................................137
Privacy requirements..............................................167
Quality control..............................................143, 164
Recipient claim establishment and collection standards............140
Regulation simplification.........................................166
Resource eligibility standards....................................155
State agencies administrative and management requirements.........150
State flexibility.................................................166
Foods:
See also Dairy products
Fish
Food assistance programs
Food labeling
Fruits
Meat and meat products
Nutrition
Poultry and poultry products
Seafood
Vegetables
Sugar
FDA detention of food.............................................906
FDA registration of food facilities...............................872
Food safety rulemaking............................................175
Food security plans...............................................182
Good manufacturing practices:
Manufacturing, packing, and holding.............................910
Health claims.....................................................846
Imported..........................................................873
Infant formula quality control..........................891, 892, 897
Modernization of standards...................................173, 842
Pesticide residues...............................................3310
Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease....................883
Records requirements for identifying immediate sources and recipients of foods...........................................871
Retail exemption..................................................180
Transportation in vehicles used for nonfood products.............2311
Vegetable oil production:
Air pollution control..........................................3161
Foreign air carriers:
See Air carriers
Foreign currencies:
Acquisition regulations..........................................2457
Foreign exchange:
See Foreign currencies
Foreign persons:
See Aliens
Foreign relations:
See also Citizenship and naturalization
Cultural exchange programs
Foreign trade
Immigration
International boundaries
Passports and visas
Treaties
Economic Sanctions Enforcement Guidelines........................2380
Imposition of special measures...................................2438
International accounting standards...............................4321
International call-back service..................................3946
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)....3334, 3370
Foreign trade:
See also Competitiveness
Customs duties and inspection
Exports
Imports
Maritime carriers
Trade agreements
African Growth and Opportunity Act.........................2389, 2398
Canada:
Softwood lumber..........................................2412, 2413
DFARS modification................................................636
Earnings and profits.............................................2847
Entry procedure for foreign trade zones..........................2390
Federal employee foreign rights in inventions.....................604
Financial services transactions between U.S. providers and unaffiliated foreign persons.............................290, 295
Futures and options contracts....................................3850
Multijurisdictional Disclosure System............................4254
Port restrictions:
Japanese vessels...............................................4104
Quarterly reporting requirements for international services activity.................................................292, 294
Stock transfer rules.............................................2748
U.S. direct investment abroad.....................................291
United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act..............2391
Forests and forest products:
See also National forests
Botanical products................................................222
Forest fire assistance program....................................225
Forest Land Enhancement Program...................................237
Indian allotments.................................................198
Land and resource management planning.............................238
Mineral fractions, sale...........................................233
Softwood lumber from Canada................................2412, 2413
Special products..................................................222
Special uses authorizations..................................220, 221
Timber sales:
Cancellation....................................................218
Contracts..................................................234, 241
Export controls.................................................352
Noncompetitive sale.............................................202
Surplus species.................................................199
Unmanufactured wood from Mexico....................................58
Forfeitures:
See Seizures and forfeitures
Foster care:
See Adoption and foster care
Fraud:
Corporate and Criminal Fraud Accountability Act..................1993
Microcap securities market.......................................4313
OIG regulations...................................................816
Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act...........................1072, 1379
Freedom of information:
See also Confidential business information
Amendments.......................................................4179
Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3360
DHS........................................................1060, 1166
DOD.....................................................607, 618, 655
DOE...............................................................790
DOJ..............................................................1802
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DOL........................................................1912, 1968
Electronic communication.........................................1912
Electronic Freedom of Information Act......................3556, 3604
FMCS.............................................................3461
NARA.............................................................3551
NASA regulations.................................................3522
National Security Agency/Central Security Service program.........630
NEH..............................................................3563
OPM..............................................................3604
Peace Corps......................................................3695
RRB..............................................................3710
Freight:
See also Hazardous materials transportation
Agricultural commodities:
Ocean freight claims.............................................23
Freight forwarding industry......................................2171
Transportation rate appeals......................................3491
Fruits:
Crop insurance regulations........................................119
Dried fruit wines................................................2514
Import regulations.....................................53, 54, 69, 80
Mango Promotion, Research, and Information Order....................2
Phytosanitary certificates for imports.............................71
Plum pox compensation..............................................83
Fuel:
See also Energy
Air pollution control........3067, 3102, 3103, 3126, 3180, 3184, 3196
California gasoline..............................................3182
Diesel particulate matter exposure in underground mines..........1962
Emission standards for nonroad diesel fuel.......................3173
Gasoline distribution facility emission standards................3085
Labeling requirements for alternative fuels......................4135
Low-sulfur highway diesel fuel...................................3098
Reformulated gasoline............................................3103
Ultra low sulfur diesel fuel lubricity...........................3136
Fuel additives:
Gasoline deposit control additives.........................3204, 3233
Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).........................3224, 3449
Oxygenated.................................................3183, 3347
Fuel economy:
Corporate Average Fuel Economy Program...........................2266
Fuel economy credits.......................................2226, 2278
Fuel economy standards program...................................2267
Funeral industry:
Practices rule...................................................4134
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 also Natural gas
Coalbed methane development......................................1776
Gasoline:
See Fuel economy
Gasoline additives:
See Natural gas
Gifts to Government:
See Government property
Goats:
Blood and tissue collection at slaughtering establishments.........82
Brucellosis indemnity..............................................62
Interstate movement regulations....................................56
Government buildings:
See Federal buildings and facilities
Government contracts:
See also Government procurement
Acquisition regulations:
Central Contractor Register.....................................660
Commercial items...............................................3815
Contract bundling..............................................3047
Debriefing unsuccessful offerors under competitive proposals 3839
DOL............................................................1970
EPA............................................................3045
Labor standards for contracts involving construction...........3816
NASA...........................................................3536
Pre-solicitation notice elimination............................3814
Share-in-savings contracting...................................3824
USAID..............................................3017, 3020, 3021
Vehicle fleet management and reporting.........................3524
Affirmative action...............................................1924
Commodity Credit Corporation storage contracts.....................20
Contract dispute procedures................................3490, 3491
Contractors:
Access to sensitive information................................3511
Accompanying a force deployed...................................678
Architect-engineer qualifications.........................638, 3806
Computer security..........................................753, 785
DOE contract security personnel.................................783
DOE security requirements.......................................784
Employee rights concerning payment of union dues or fees.......1929
Employee stock ownership plans.................................3577
Government property management and disposition.................3835
Hazardous material safety data.................................3821
Identification of gender, race and ethnicity of applicants for employment.............................................1926
Jobs For Veterans Act..........................................2003
Safety manual...................................................610
Security requirements for Toxic Substances Control Act confidential business information..........................3048
Use of government supply sources................................669
Defense contracts:
Contractor qualifications relating to contract placement........656
Cost accounting standards.......................................634
Deployment of contractor personnel..............................694
DFARS modification.....637, 638, 642, 643, 644, 645, 646, 660, 663, 666, 667, 668, 669, 671, 675, 676, 678, 681, 683
DoD activity address codes......................................687
Fidelity and forgery bond protection............................643
Firefighting services...........................................667
Fixed price.....................................................645
Follow-on production contracts for prototype projects......631, 650
Foreign acquisition.............................................693
Freedom of information.....................................607, 655
Government source inspection requirements.......................658
Historically black college and minority institution set-aside 663
Indian incentives..........................................652, 684
Information assurance...........................................648
Internal controls for purchase card use.........................649
Leader company contracting......................................671
Patent rights...................................................632
Payment and billing instructions................................642
Payment withholding.............................................686
Performance-based contracting for services......................668
Privacy protection..............................................655
Production surveillance and reporting...........................657
Provisional award fees..........................................685
Reporting performance outside the US............................644
Resolving tax problems..........................................637
Service contract and task order approval........................647
Small disadvantaged business subcontracting.....................671
Task or delivery order contracts................................666
Technical data conformity.......................................681
Unique item identification and property valuation...............659
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Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act.............................1915
Indians..........................................................1753
Nondiscrimination................................................1924
Research and development................................675, 676, 934
Rights to inventions.........................................603, 605
Shipbuilding capability preservation agreements...................707
Small business subcontracting assistance.........................3734
Subcontractors:
Employee rights concerning payment of union dues or fees.......1929
Transportation rate determination................................3491
Wage Determinations OnLine system................................1920
Government employees:
See also Conflict of interests
Military personnel
Political activities (Government employees)
Agents designated to accept legal process........................3686
Antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection............3598, 3599
Appeals..........................................................3628
Career and career-conditional employment...................3617, 3619
Child care subsidy program for lower income employees............3681
Civilian Marksmanship Program:
Civil service benefits for former employees....................3640
Claims for damages against DOE employees..........................812
Classification appeals...........................................3591
Competitive service and competitive status.......................3602
Computer security......................................753, 785, 3647
Contract employees:
Background investigations......................................3055
Corporation for National and Community Service:
Discrimination complaint procedures............................3029
Cost-of-living allowances........................................3634
Criminal investigators...........................................3596
Defense of tort suits............................................1897
Defense personnel:
Claims settlement.....................................619, 620, 621
Detail between Executive Branch and Legislative Branch...........3620
DHS human resources management system......................1071, 3668
District of Columbia employees:
Benefits.......................................................3637
Retirement, health, and life insurance coverage................3638
DOE polygraph examination regulations.............................782
Drug-free workplace requirements.....629, 828, 830, 1067, 1909, 2051, 3002, 3035, 3463, 3529, 3697, 3739
Employee surveys.................................................3608
Employment discrimination..................................3458, 3459
Employment of relatives..........................................3622
Enterprise Human Resource Integration............................3603
Ethical conduct standards:
Attorneys......................................................1894
CSOSA employees................................................3037
DOD employees...................................................626
PBGC employees.................................................3701
Examining system.................................................3607
Excepted service:
Career and career-conditional employment.......................3617
Operational procedures.........................................3581
Presidential Management Intern Program.........................3619
Temporary organizations........................................3618
Extended assignment incentives...................................3633
Federal executive boards.........................................3667
Federal mail management..........................................3469
Financial disclosure requirements................................3570
Foreign rights in inventions......................................604
Freedom of Information Act regulations...........................3604
Governmentwide nonprocurement common rule for debarment and suspension...629, 1067, 1909, 2051, 2414, 3002, 3035, 3463, 3529, 3688, 3697, 3739
Health benefits:
Administrative simplification provisions.......................3594
Children's equity..............................................3644
Effective dates................................................3682
Enrollment regulations.........................................3645
FEHBP changes..........................3615, 3646, 3649, 3650, 3664
Financial sanctions of health care providers...................3683
Flexible spending accounts...............................3631, 3666
Long-term care insurance regulations...........................3643
Physician's comparability allowances...........................3680
Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3655
Human reliability program for DOE employees.......................786
Information technology exchange program..........................3653
Intermittent.....................................................3585
Investigations...................................................3670
Job grading reviews..............................................3628
Leave regulations................................................3592
Life insurance...................................................3614
Federal Acquisition Regulation.................................3601
Premiums.......................................................3687
Time frame for electing optional insurance.....................3687
Merit promotion and internal placement...........................3584
OPM regulations rewrite..........................................3616
Order of release from competitive level..........................3586
Part-time........................................................3585
Pay rates:
Administration...........................................3596, 3678
Aggregate limitation on pay....................................3590
Locality-based comparability payments....................3627, 3675
Official duty station determinations...........................3674
Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.....1281
Pay retention..................................................3654
Post differentials.............................................3679
Premium pay limitations........................................3630
Prevailing rate systems......................3629, 3676, 3677, 3685
Regulation amendments..........................................3592
Superior qualifications appointments...........................3593
Within-grade increases.........................................3595
Performance appraisal systems....................................3590
Performance management...........................................3673
Personal financial interests.....................................3574
Personnel management in Federal agencies.........................3671
Post-employment conflict of interests............................3575
Posting regulations..............................................3652
Presidential Management Intern Program...........................3619
Presidential Rank Award eligibility..............................3626
Privacy Act regulations..........................................3605
Privacy procedures for personnel records.........................3619
Probation on initial appointment to competitive position.........3606
Promotion and internal placement.................................3672
Public safety officers...........................................1901
Purchases of property sold by GSA................................3487
Reasonable accommodation language for OPM vacancy announcements 3621
Recruitment and selection through competitive examination........3624
Reemployment...............................................3587, 3597
Relocation costs.........................3473, 3492, 3502, 3674, 3827
Repayment of student loans.................................3610, 3611
Research programs and demonstration projects.....................3684
Responsibilities and conduct:
OPM......................................................3651, 3657
Restriction of DOE access authorizations..........................788
Retention allowances.............................................3632
Retirement:
Court orders awarding survivor annuities.......................3612
Coverage for non-appropriated fund instrumentalities.....3636, 3663
Credit for military service....................................3662
Death benefits and employee refunds............................3642
Debt collection................................................3658
Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act..........3659
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FERS basic annuity.......................................3641, 3661
FERS coverage elections........................................3613
Record retention...............................................3660
State income tax withholding...................................3600
Salary offset..................................2460, 3495, 3750, 3794
Seasonal.........................................................3585
Security standards...............................................3669
Selective Service registration requirements......................3580
Senior Executive Service:
Aggregate limitation on pay....................................3609
Pay and performance awards...............................3609, 3623
Standards of conduct...811, 1058, 3509, 3571, 3572, 3573, 3576, 3693, 3694, 3737, 3746
Strategic human capital management assessment....................3583
Submission of claims by preference eligibles to OPM..............3648
Temporary and term employment....................................3635
Temporary change of station..........................3619, 3625, 3674
Testifying and providing records in litigation.............2381, 3541
Time-in-grade restrictions.......................................3579
Training.........................................................3588
Agency reporting requirements............................3589, 3665
Travel cost appeals..............................................3492
Travel regulations.......................3482, 3483, 3496, 3499, 3500
Veterans recruitment appointments................................3582
Voluntary separation incentive payments..........................3656
Withholding of State and local income taxes......................2456
Government procurement:
See also Government contracts
Acquisition regulations:
Agricultural....................................................288
Architect-engineer threshold for small business set-asides......662
Berry Amendment.................................................680
Blanket Purchase Agreements....................................3823
Buy American Act requirements.......................691, 3813, 3834
Commercial items...............................641, 652, 3808, 3815
Compensation for personal services.............................3811
Competition requirements...................................640, 664
Conflicts of interest...........................................654
Cost accounting standards administration.......................3805
Cost principles.......673, 3803, 3807, 3810, 3811, 3812, 3825, 3840
Debarment.................................................654, 3476
Defense Priorities and Allocation System.......................3481
Definitions clause.............................................3828
Department of Homeland Security................................1070
Department of State......................................2009, 2021
Depreciation cost principle....................................3837
DFARS modification.....632, 633, 635, 636, 639, 640, 641, 646, 651, 653, 654, 661, 662, 664, 665, 669, 670, 672, 673, 674, 677, 679, 680, 682, 683, 688, 689, 690, 691
DOE...............................800, 801, 802, 804, 805, 806, 807
DOL............................................................1970
DOT............................................................2033
Electronic representations and certifications..................3817
End items.......................................................688
Environmental services for military installations...............653
EPA................................................3044, 3049, 3056
Excluded Parties List System...................................3826
Fabrics and fibers..............................................690
Federal Business Opportunities vendor notification service.....3479
Federal Prison Industries................................3833, 3841
Federal Procurement Data System................................3844
Fish, shellfish, or seafood products............................651
Free Trade Agreements.....................................679, 3830
Gains and losses...............................................3803
Geographic use of the term United States........................635
GSA................................................3475, 3476, 3481
HUD............................................................1474
Improper business practices.....................................654
Information technology.........................................3498
Insurance and pension costs....................................3838
Insurance information...........................................674
Laws inapplicable to commercial subcontracts....................661
Maintenance and repair costs...................................3812
Major systems acquisition.......................................672
Memorandum of understanding with Sweden.........................691
Mentor-Protege Program....................................639, 3832
Missile Defense Agency.........................................3845
Multiyear contracting authority............................653, 689
NASA....3505, 3506, 3512, 3515, 3516, 3517, 3519, 3521, 3523, 3525, 3526, 3531, 3532, 3533, 3534, 3536
National Nuclear Security Administration...................752, 789
Order placement with debarred or suspended contractors.........3836
Payment withholding............................................3804
Penalties for unallowable costs................................3825
Plain language rewrite.........................................3809
Printing and duplicating through the Government Printing
Office.....................................................3822
Procedures, guidance, and information...........................677
Procurement list...............................................3818
Protests, disputes, and appeals.................................633
Purchasing by management and operating contractors..............803
Reimbursement of relocation costs on a lump-sum basis..........3827
Sealed bidding..................................................665
Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns.........3819
Small business specialist review................................670
Special emergency procurement..................................3831
Training and education.........................................3807
Transportation industry practices..............................3829
Unique contract and order identifier numbers...................3843
Unsolicited proposals..........................................3842
USAID....................................................3017, 3020
Veterans Affairs...............................................2954
Contracts:
NFS contracts..............................................218, 234
Foreign currency use.............................................2457
Government-unique standards......................................3578
Historic preference..............................................3477
HUBZone program..............................................18, 3470
Level of effort..................................................3043
Lobbying restrictions......................................1068, 3820
Recycled products................................................3375
Small, minority, and women's business utilization................3059
Voluntary consensus standards....................................3578
Government property:
See also Federal buildings and facilities
Government property management
Abandoned or forfeited personal property.........................3468
Economic development transfers of real property by DOE............794
FERC fee schedule for use of government lands....................4087
NASA property........................................3513, 3526, 3530
Purchase by GSA employees........................................3487
Transfer of excess property to institutions.......................289
Use of Government aircraft for travel............................3482
Use, handling, and disposal requirements.........................3471
Government property management:
Debt collection......................................3493, 3494, 3495
Mandatory review procedures......................................1496
Motor vehicles.............................................3480, 3524
Nondiscrimination..........................................3485, 3486
Personal property management.........................3474, 3497, 3501
Space and related services:
Rents and leases...............................................3484
Supply and procurement...........................................3472
Telecommunications management....................................3488
Government publications:
Publication of Army rules affecting the public....................692
Government securities:
See Bonds
Page 38761
Grains:
See also Feed grains
Analytical services fees..........................................135
Disguising quality................................................133
Divider tolerances................................................130
Inspection and weighing service fees..............................134
Karnal bunt compensation...........................................49
Process verification service......................................129
Reinspection or appeal inspection for grade.......................131
Grant programs:
AmeriCorps regulations...........................................3028
CNCS regulations...........................................3031, 3036
DOD Grant and Agreement regulations...............................609
DOE financial assistance regulations..............................810
Faith-based organizations' participation in Justice Department programs.....................................................1900
Fire Management Assistance Grant Program.........................1371
Freedom of information...........................................1968
Hazard mitigation planning.......................................1386
IMLS.............................................................3557
Learn & Serve regulations........................................3028
NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook revision....3503, 3504, 3507, 3518, 3527, 3528, 3535, 3537
Research grants...................................................934
Rights to inventions.........................................603, 605
State cemetery grants............................................3014
STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.......................1910
Victims of crime...........................................1905, 1911
Grant programs-agriculture:
Administration provisions..........................................91
Agricultural innovation centers...................................259
Broadband program.................................................267
Energy efficiency.................................................252
Hatch Multistate Research Fund.....................................92
High energy cost rural communities................................266
Nonprocurement regulations........................................242
Participation of religious organizations in USDA programs.........244
Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program......................247, 254
Rural business investment program.................................249
Rural Business-Cooperative Service programs.......................260
Rural economic development........................................253
Technical assistance and training.............................98, 268
Value-added producer grants.......................................259
Wastewater programs...............................................273
Water programs...............................................262, 273
Grant programs-education:
Administrative regulations........................................618
Application regulations...........................................736
Credit Enhancement for Charter School Facilities Program..........748
Eligibility regulations......................................739, 745
Freedom of Information............................................618
Impact Aid programs...............................................743
Magnet Schools Assistance Program.................................751
National Security Education Program...............................613
Grant programs-environmental protection:
Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.........................3433
Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.............3403
Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive
Grants Program review........................................1908
Water quality cooperative agreements.............................3438
Grant programs-health:
AOA rules revisions..............................................1056
Charitable Choice program.........................................829
Limitation on administrative expenses.............................921
NIH center grants.................................................933
NIH training grants...............................................924
Operation of qualified high risk pools...........................1038
Grant programs-housing and community development:
American Dream Downpayment Initiative............................1404
Community development block grants:
Brownfields activities.........................................1464
Community revitalization strategy..............................1469
Prohibition on use of funds for job-pirating activities........1468
Regulation revisions...........................................1466
Slum and blight prevention.....................................1464
Small cities and insular areas programs........................1467
Community services block grant program:
Charitable Choice provisions...................................1055
Data Universal Numbering System identifier requirement...........1401
Electronic submission of grant applications......................1394
Empowerment zones and enterprise communities.....................1463
Indian Housing Block Grant Program.........................1479, 1487
OMB Circular A-110 revisions.....................................1409
State homes for veterans.........................................2957
Uniform requirements for HUD programs............................1397
Grant programs-Indians:
Construction of jails............................................1906
Indian Housing Block Grant Program.........................1479, 1487
STOP Violence Against Indian Women Discretionary Grant Program 1910
Grant programs-natural resources:
Carey Act grants.................................................1777
North American Wetlands Conservation Act grants program..........1522
Wetland Program Development Grants...............................3438
Grant programs-transportation:
Buy America requirements.........................................2286
Uniform administrative requirements..............................2038
Grants administration:
Audit resolution policy..........................................1591
Disaster assistance................................................42
Drug-free workplace requirements....629, 1909, 2051, 3529, 3697, 3739
Jobs For Veterans Act............................................2002
Nondiscrimination........................1826, 2022, 3032, 3544, 3549
Uniform administrative requirements............1059, 1409, 2955, 3019
Grazing lands:
Authority to grant stays of decisions............................1498
Conservation.....................................................1771
Grassland Reserve Program.........................................284
National Forest System.......................................198, 211
Navajo Partitioned Lands.........................................1718
Guaranteed loans:
See Loan programs
Guns:
See Arms and munitions
H
Handicapped:
See Individuals with disabilities
Harbors:
Handling of explosive and other dangerous cargoes................1237
Maintenance fees...........................................2383, 2384
Hatch Act:
See Political activities (Government employees)
Hawaiian Natives:
Grants for services provided to older individuals................1056
Mortgage eligibility.............................................1440
NAHASDA housing assistance.......................................1493
Hazardous materials transportation:
See also Pipeline safety
Aircraft carriage................................................2312
Aluminum cylinders...............................................2316
Cargo tank requirements....................................2314, 2343
Civil monetary penalties.........................................2301
Commercial driver's license endorsement..........................2176
Security threat assessment of applicants.......................1318
Explosive materials........................................1327, 2347
FAA material recognition training................................2086
Fees for security threat assessments on drivers..................1304
Harmonization with UN recommendations......................2321, 2340
Hazard communication requirements................................2332
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Hazardous waste manifest rule....................................3377
Incident reporting...............................................2331
Infectious substances............................................2321
Intergovernmental relations......................................2330
International standards..........................................2345
Lighters and lighter refills.....................................2318
Lithium batteries................................................2334
Maritime carriers................................................1206
Motor carriers.............................................2167, 2314
Oxygen cylinders on aircraft.....................................2313
Packaging........................................................2319
Penalty guidelines...............................................2346
Radioactive materials......................................2344, 4225
Regulation revisions...............2317, 2326, 2339, 2341, 2349, 2350
Security.............................................2309, 2320, 2342
Toxic by inhalation materials....................................2309
Uranium ore......................................................1898
Visual cylinder requalification requirements.....................2351
Wastewater treatment exemptions..................................3381
Hazardous substances:
See also Explosives
Flammable materials
Hazardous materials transportation
Hazardous waste
Radioactive materials
Air pollutants...853, 3069, 3075, 3076, 3084, 3086, 3087, 3088, 3110, 3112, 3143, 3145, 3146, 3156, 3159, 3180, 3194, 3195, 3200, 3212, 3213, 3215, 3216, 3217, 3237, 3241, 3243, 3248, 3250, 3251, 3252, 3254, 3258, 3259, 3260, 3261, 3262, 3267, 3268, 3269, 3270, 3271, 3272, 3273, 3291, 3345
Delisting..........................................3089, 3122, 3166
Albuterol.........................................................853
Asbestos...................................................1958, 3338
Beryllium........................................................1973
Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3061
CERCLA corrections...............................................3407
Chemicals:
Chemical test rules......................................3333, 3345
Import of toxic chemicals......................................3324
Chromium...................................................1979, 3218
Crystalline silica.........................................1956, 1972
Designation under CERCLA.........................................3405
Developmental and reproductive toxicity testing..................3325
Drinking water regulations..........847, 3420, 3442, 3443, 3451, 3454
Enzymes and proteins.............................................3322
Ethylene oxide.................................1971, 3119, 3167, 3209
Extremely hazardous substance list.........................3355, 3358
Glycol ethers..............................................1997, 3186
Halogenated solvents.............................................3214
Hydrochloric acid................................................3124
Hydrochlorofluorocarbon..........................................3111
Isocyanates......................................................3150
Lead...................3069, 3212, 3319, 3321, 3340, 3342, 3351, 3352
Material Safety Data Sheets......................................3821
Metals...........................................................3346
Metals from electroplating operations............................3393
Method 24 amendment..............................................3073
Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).........................3224, 3449
Natural rubber latex.............................................3876
Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................2029
Ozone depleting substances...........................3092, 3120, 3282
Perchloroethylene..........................................3087, 3279
Pesticides.................................................3305, 3307
Data requirements for registering biochemical or microbial products...................................................3308
Emergency exemption regulations................................3304
Endangered species regulation.............................496, 1533
Produced by transgenic plants..................................3305
Rules of practice..............................................3315
Worker protection standards..............................3299, 3306
Pipeline safety standards................2315, 2325, 2329, 2336, 2337
Pollution contingency plan.......................................3409
Protection of human research subjects............................3314
Radon............................................................3446
Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste at petroleum refineries......................................3388
Releases on public land..........................................1780
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................3354
Semiconductors manufacture and assembly..........................3384
Sulfur oxides..............................................3095, 3205
Sulfuric acid drain openers......................................3861
Surface coatings.................................................3073
Threshold planning quantity......................................3355
Toxicological profiles:
Metals.........................................................3346
Toxics Release Inventory:
Additions, deletions, and modifications........................3362
Coal...........................................................3363
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds...............................3356
Metal mining...................................................3365
Pollution Prevention Act information requirements..............3364
Reporting requirements...................................3359, 3365
Review of chemicals on original list...........................3361
Uranium..........................................................1898
Water pollution control....................................3420, 3427
Hazardous waste:
Benzene..........................................................3277
Carbamates.......................................................3404
Cathode ray tubes................................................3380
Cement kiln dust.................................................3385
Disposal facilities:
Combustion facilities..........................................3382
Radioactive waste........................................3293, 3296
Dyes and pigments................................................3379
Groundwater contamination........................................3272
Land disposal:
Restrictions.......................................3367, 3368, 3372
Lead.............................................................3341
Lead-acid batteries..............................................3395
Manifest regulations.............................................3377
Permit program...................................................3374
Polychlorinated biphenyls..................................3330, 3344
Radioactive waste................................................4211
Advance notification to Native American tribes of transportation.............................................4212
Dose methodology...............................................3295
Licensing proceedings for receipt of high-level waste at a geologic repository........................................4209
List of approved spent fuel storage casks...4228, 4229, 4230, 4231, 4234
Recycling........................................................3380
Requirements revision............................................2335
Solid waste................................................3369, 3394
Solvents.........................................................3392
Toxic waste site.................................................3324
Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3391
Transboundary shipment within Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development member countries.................3370
Uncontrolled sites on the NPL....................................3401
Wastewater treatment sludges from automobile manufacturing.......3396
Head Start Program:
See Education of disadvantaged
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Health:
See Alcohol abuse
Drug abuse
Drugs
Health care
Health facilities
Health insurance
Health professions
Health records
Individuals with disabilities
Medical and dental schools
Medical devices
Medical research
Mental health programs
Nutrition
Occupational safety and health
Public health
Radiation protection
Health care:
See also Medicaid
Medicare
Ambulance services.....................................996, 999, 1039
Anti-kickback provisions.....................................813, 817
Financial sanctions of providers.................................3683
Fraud and abuse provisions........................................816
Grants to states for operation of qualified high risk pools......1038
Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank.....................821
Home health agencies..............................................941
Medicare conditions of participation...........................1006
Nondiscrimination in post-hospital referral....................1023
Prospective payment system......................................985
Human cellular and tissue-based products.....................865, 900
Inmate fees......................................................1808
Nondiscrimination.................................................818
Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network................914, 915
Performance standard for diagnostic x-ray systems.................870
Physicians' referrals.............................................964
Program exclusion for submitting claims containing excessive charges.......................................................820
Protection of human research subjects........................935, 939
Risk-sharing arrangements.........................................817
Underserved areas.................................................913
Veterans:
Additional disability or death due to care, treatment or program....................................................2973
Advanced health care planning..................................2956
Copayments for extended care services..........................2961
Filipino veterans..............................................2930
Non-VA service and care..................................2959, 2965
Patients' rights regarding medication prescription authorization..............................................2927
Presumptions of service connection.............................2936
Priorities for medical services................................2960
Reasonable charges for care or services..................2996, 2998
Recovery of reasonable value of medical care from tortiously liable third parties.......................................2997
Sensori-neural aids............................................2963
Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................1950
Health facilities:
See also Hospitals
Nursing homes
Ambulatory surgical centers:
Conditions for coverage.........................................954
List of covered procedures......................................971
Federally qualified health centers................................813
Fire safety requirements.........................................1004
Long-term care:
Federal long-term care insurance regulations...................3643
Hospice service.................................................960
Preventing accumulation of surplus controlled substances.......1864
Physician referrals for health services...............987, 1009, 1045
Psychiatric residential treatment facilities................975, 1013
Skilled nursing facilities........................................978
Use of restraint and seclusion.........................951, 975, 1016
Health insurance:
See also Medicare
Access:
Pre-existing condition exclusions..............................2750
Special enrollment rules.......................................2750
Benefit-specific waiting periods..................................953
Calculation of average cost of a policy...........................918
CHAMPUS:
Appeals and hearings procedures.................................726
Authorized providers............................................727
Claimcheck denials appeals process..............................718
Double coverage.................................................717
Dual compensation/conflict of interest provision................715
Individual Case Management Program..............................720
Methodology for coverage of NIH-sponsored clinical trials.......719
Payment for ambulatory care.....................................714
Pharmacy Benefits Program.......................................733
Prosthetic devices coverage.....................................716
Regulation amendments...........................................723
Special supplemental food and nutrition education program.......734
TRICARE.......713, 721, 722, 724, 725, 728, 729, 730, 731, 732, 733
Claims attachment standard........................................949
Continuation coverage notification...............................1955
District of Columbia employees...................................3638
Employer based group health plans................................1955
Federal enforcement..............................................1003
Government employees...3615, 3645, 3646, 3649, 3650, 3664, 3680, 3682
Acquisition regulations........................................3838
Children's equity..............................................3644
Flexible spending accounts...............................3631, 3666
Long-term care insurance regulations...........................3643
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.........945, 1026
Administrative simplification provisions.......................3594
Bona fide wellness programs....................................2758
Church plans...................................................2757
Civil money penalties...........................................823
Code set revisions..............................................972
Electronic transactions and code set standards..................956
Exemption for non-Federal governmental plans....................979
Health care access, portability and renewability...............1947
Nondiscrimination............................1951, 2756, 2757, 2758
VA implementation..............................................3009
Health plan identifiers...........................................945
Nondiscrimination regulations....................................1024
Portability...........................................955, 1012, 2750
Provider identifiers.............................................1026
Reduced SSA benefits due to private insurance coverage...........3760
Retirement benefits..............................................3457
State Children's Health Insurance Program:
Allotments......................................................990
Disclosure of eligibility for food assistance programs..........154
Extended availability of unexpended funds.......................989
Payment error rate measurement..................................959
Health insurance for aged:
See Medicare
Health professions:
Alien health care workers........................................2017
National Practitioner Data Bank..............................912, 922
Nurses:
Nonimmigrant aliens......................................1122, 1939
Optometrists and ophthalmologists................................4145
Physicians:
DEA registration requirements for practitioners practicing in more than one state........................................1851
Fee schedule...............................................962, 986
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Health services referrals......................964, 987, 1009, 1045
National interest waivers for alien physicians.................1121
VA medical opinions rules......................................3012
Professional shortage areas.......................................913
Provider identifiers.............................................1026
Health records:
Photocopy expenses...............................................1030
Prescription release rule........................................4145
Privacy and disclosure of SSA records and information............3749
Hearing and appeal procedures:
See Administrative practice and procedure
Helicopters:
See Aircraft
Heliports:
See Airports
Hepatitis B virus:
Correctional management..........................................1804
Hepatitis C virus:
Blood donors and recipients.......................................866
Hospital conditions of participation.............................1007
Herbicides:
See Pesticides and pests
Higher education:
See Colleges and universities
Highway safety:
Highway-rail grade crossings.....................................2170
Indian highway safety program....................................1709
Mexican motor carriers...........................................2182
Motor carrier regulations..........2143, 2151, 2167, 2170, 2172, 2186
National Bridge Inspection Standards.............................2140
Traffic control devices:
Manual revision................................................2138
Signing to assist motorists in locating 24-hour pharmacy services...................................................2142
Work zone safety.................................................2139
Highways and roads:
See also Bridges
Highway safety
Motor carriers
Motor vehicle safety
Motor vehicles
Contract administration..........................................2150
Federal lands highway program:
Forest highways program........................................2147
Indian reservations road program...................1715, 1721, 2145
Park roads and parkways program................................2144
Refuge roads program...........................................2146
Highway vehicle definition.......................................2744
Interstate system................................................2149
National Forest System road management policy.....................235
Real property acquisition........................................2141
Relocation assistance............................................2141
Historic preservation:
Army Corps of Engineers regulations...............................696
Certification of historic structures.............................1679
Import restrictions on archaeological material originating in
Honduras.....................................................2419
National Historic Preservation Act amendments....................3016
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act...........1674
Tribal lands.....................................................1696
Historical records:
See Archives and records
HIV:
Correctional management..........................................1804
Hogs:
Import restrictions................................................52
Pseudorabies indemnity payment.....................................70
Holding companies:
Change in bank control.......4112, 4113, 4114, 4118, 4122, 4123, 4129
Exemption for certain acquisitions...............................4284
Industry Guide 3 amendments......................................4236
Homeless:
VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program.................2964
Homesteads:
Disposal of reserved minerals....................................1762
Honey:
Honey wines......................................................2514
Horses:
Brucellosis indemnity..............................................62
Hospice care:
Hospice wage index................................................982
Medicare conditions of participation..............................944
Medicare policies................................................1008
Requirements for long-term care facilities........................960
Hospitals:
CHAMPUS payment for ambulatory care...............................714
Conditions of participation:
Laboratory services......................................1007, 1015
Organ transplantation centers...................................943
Patients' rights...............................................1025
Requirements of.................................................961
Disproportionate share hospitals.................................1044
DOT grants.......................................................2038
Enhanced DSH treatment............................................968
Enrollment in VA health care system..............................2962
Grants administration...........................618, 1059, 1409, 3019
Home health agency referral......................................1023
Inpatient prospective payment system..............................983
Inpatient psychiatric facilities............................975, 1013
Inpatient rehabilitation facility classification.................1042
Inpatient rehabilitation prospective payment system...............984
Institutions for mental disease..................................1044
Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................1949
Medicare:
Coinsurance amounts............................................1035
Extended care services coinsurance........................994, 1035
Inpatient deductible......................................994, 1035
Long-term care prospective payment system.................974, 1043
Outpatient prospective payment system...............957, 1020, 1033
Premium for uninsured aged and certain disabled individuals who have exhausted other entitlement..................993, 1037
Mortgage insurance...............................................1427
Patients' rights.................................................1016
Wage index classification........................................1046
Hours of work:
See Wages
Household appliances:
Energy efficiency............................................754, 771
Test procedures...................................................763
Housing:
See also Fair housing
Homeless
Housing standards
Low and moderate income housing
Manufactured homes
Mortgage insurance
Mortgages
Public housing
Relocation assistance
Accelerated claims disposition...................................1423
Affordable Housing Program.......................................4097
American Dream Downpayment Initiative............................1404
Civil penalties for violations:
Distribution of tax credit proceeds............................1444
Community development block grants:
Brownfields activities.........................................1464
Regulation revisions...........................................1466
Slum and blight prevention.....................................1464
Competitive sales procedures.....................................1421
Data Universal Numbering System identifier requirement...........1401
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Disposition of HUD-owned assets in revitalization areas..........1430
Electronic document retention....................................1410
Energy-efficiency rating guidelines..........................762, 770
Equal employment opportunity regulations.........................1402
Equal protection of the laws for faith-based and community organizations................................................1406
Federal Housing Administration:
Appraiser Watch Initiative.....................................1460
Disciplinary actions against HUD-qualified real estate brokers....................................................1422
Electronic endorsement of mortgages............................1455
Inspector roster...............................................1457
Quality control plans..........................................1429
TOTAL mortgage scorecard.......................................1448
Hawaiian Natives:
Mortgage eligibility...........................................1440
NAHASDA assistance.............................................1493
HOME Investment Partnerships Program.......................1399, 1405
Housing counseling program.......................................1420
Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS program:
Regulations....................................................1465
HUD acquisition regulations......................................1474
Indian Housing Block Grant Program.........................1479, 1487
Lead-based paint.....................................3319, 3341, 3351
Limitation of insured loans to nonprofit agencies................1443
Mark-to-Market Program...........................................1426
Migrant farmworker projects..................................107, 108
Multifamily:
Accelerated loan processing quality assurance enforcement......1437
Closing forms and documents....................................1414
Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental projects 1425
Housing bonds..................................................2623
Multifamily Housing Reform and Affordability Act...............1453
Nondiscrimination based on disability..........................1400
Previous participation certification...........................1439
NAHASDA amendments...............................................1492
One dollar home sales to local governments.......................1424
Participation of religious organizations in HUD Native American programs.....................................................1480
Restructuring Plan:
Release of information.........................................1453
Rural:
Farm labor housing..............................................104
Loan policies....................................................99
Loans and grants...........................................104, 105
Multiple-family housing.........................................104
New and existing dwellings definition...........................100
Planning and performing construction............................101
Rental housing.............................................104, 106
Section 203(k) Rehabilitation Loan Insurance Program.............1461
Specially adapted housing for disabled veterans............2934, 2990
Streamlining regulations..........................................104
Supplemental cost certification requirement......................1438
Supportive Housing Programs................................1451, 1462
Teacher Next Door Sales Program..................................1431
Uniform standards for grants and agreements......................1397
Housing assistance payments:
See Housing
Housing standards:
Manufactured homes construction standards........................1435
Manufactured housing dispute resolution program..................1433
Manufactured housing installation program........................1432
On-site construction.............................................1436
Human research subjects:
Protection of......304, 627, 737, 738, 875, 935, 938, 939, 940, 2966, 3022, 3057, 3314, 3520, 3564, 3874
Student rights...............................................735, 749
Humane treatment of animals:
See Animal welfare
Hunting:
Migratory birds........1534, 1558, 1568, 1577, 1578, 1596, 1618, 1664
National Wildlife Refuges........................................1550
Standards for tree stands........................................3868
Hydroelectric power:
See Electric power
Hydropower:
Prescription of fishways for non-Federal projects.................504
Review of mandatory conditions of licensing.......................505
I
Immigration:
See also Aliens
Citizenship and naturalization
Address notification.............................................1353
Adoption of alien siblings.......................................1087
Affidavit of support.............................................1110
Appeal fees......................................................1100
Asylum procedures:
Frivolous applications.........................................1101
Numerical limit on grants......................................1084
Authority of the DHS Secretary...................................1066
Automated inspection service.....................................1267
Benefit application fee..........................................1165
Cancellation of removal....................................1870, 1872
Child Citizenship Act............................................1129
Consent to reapply for admission after removal...................1091
Contracts with transportation lines..............................1285
Detention of aliens subject to final orders of removal...........1351
Electronic signatures on applications and petitions for benefits.....................................................1149
Employment:
Authorization eligibility......................................1101
Employer sanctions.............................................1367
Employment creation petitions..................................1167
Verification requirements................................1162, 1168
Exchange visitors:
Student Exchange Visitor Information System....................1356
Waiver of two-year foreign residence requirement...............1092
Executive Office for Immigration Review authorities..............1871
Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry..............1262
Fingerprinting certain applicants....................1120, 1173, 1178
Genealogy Program processing fee.................................1106
Hunger strikes by detainees......................................1340
Immigrant Investor Pilot Program.................................1154
Inadmissibility..................................................1077
Increasing number of officers authorized to issue notices to appear and arrest warrants for violations....................1368
Individuals with disabilities:
Naturalization procedures......................................1148
Intercountry adoptions.....................................1085, 1176
Interest payments on cancelled cash bonds........................1341
International broadcasters.......................................1131
International matchmaking organization requirements........1078, 1868
Judicial review of Immigration and Naturalization Service decisions....................................................1097
Jurisdiction over appeals of INS decisions involving administrative fines.........................................1876
Law enforcement officers training during mass influx of aliens...1354
Legal Immigration Family Equity Act..................1134, 1136, 1872
List of recognized American institutions of research.............1143
Payment of fees methods....................................1174, 1364
Powers and authorities of officers and employees.................1342
Preinspected automated lane program..............................1259
Protective orders in administration proceedings..................1874
Representative registry..........................................1875
Revoking grants of naturalization................................1119
Seizures and forfeitures.........................................1280
Surety bonds...............................................1344, 1369
Suspension of deportation............................1114, 1870, 1872
United Nations Convention Against Torture........................1115
User fee remittance..............................................1279
Violations of the Immigration and Nationality Act................1249
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Waivers for nonimmigrants........................................1146
Withholding of adjudication......................................1150
Imports:
See also Antidumping
Countervailing duties
Customs duties and inspection
Apparel articles..................................................307
Archaeological material originating in Honduras..................2419
Arms-related items...............................................1830
Bees, beekeeping byproducts, and beekeeping equipment..............59
Beluga sturgeon..................................................1559
Bigeye tuna..................................................472, 478
Bluefin tuna......................................................478
Border Release Advanced Screening and Selectivity Program........1290
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention...............72, 79, 904
Captive-bred exotic birds........................................1583
Chemicals:
Blanket certifications.............................3327, 3335, 3336
Reporting requirements for controlled substances...............1854
Cigarette papers and tubes.................................2510, 2513
Control of PMN chemicals.........................................3332
Controlled substances for personal medical use...................1858
Dairy products......................................................4
Disposable cigarette lighters....................................3877
Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2393
Duty-free entry...................................................307
Eggs..............................................................178
Endangered and threatened species..........................1559, 1561
Explosive materials:
Identification markings........................................1835
Food products.....................................................873
Fruits and vegetables..................................53, 54, 69, 80
Halon-1301 aircraft fire extinguishing vessels...................3197
Icelandic eiderdown..............................................1603
Marine mammal products............................................454
Meat and meat products........................................52, 177
Milk and milk products.............................................74
Motor vehicles.......................................2218, 2256, 3175
Canadian.......................................................2228
Commercial.....................................................2245
Orchids............................................................89
Parrots..........................................................1592
Phytosanitary certificates for fruits and vegetables...............71
Pine shoot beetle host material....................................66
Pirated audio-visual works.......................................2375
Plants.............................................................55
Polar bear trophies..............................................1526
Poultry products..................................................178
Prohibited marks on tobacco and cigarette products...............2536
Seeds..............................................................81
Single entry for entities on multiple conveyances................2396
Softwood lumber from Canada................................2412, 2413
Steel products....................................................308
Swordfish....................................................472, 478
Textiles.........................................................2369
Tobacco products..................................8, 2508, 2510, 2513
Tuberculosis risk classification...................................76
Uniform rules of origin..........................................2374
United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act:
Preferential treatment for brassieres..........................2395
Unmanufactured wood from Mexico....................................58
Veterinary user fees...............................................84
Wheat..............................................................65
Wild birds.................................................1544, 1592
Wildlife...................................................1512, 1625
Wood packing materials.............................................64
Wool:
Refund of duties paid on select products.......................2418
Worsted wool fabrics............................................306
Income taxes:
Accelerated cost recovery system.................................2786
Accelerated death benefits.......................................2848
Accrual rules for creditable foreign taxes.......................2866
Accruals and allocations reductions because of increased age.....2767
Active conduct of an insurance company defined...................2881
Active trade or business requirement.............................2692
Adjustment periods...............................................2801
Advance rental income............................................2800
Agents definition................................................2885
Allocation and apportionment rules...............................2625
Allocation of basis to distributes following a reorganization 2657
Alternative minimum tax..........................................2843
Apportioning interest expense....................................2888
Asset ownership..................................................2851
Authorized placement agency......................................2754
Automated substitute for return............................2823, 2872
Below-market loans...............................................2681
Bonds:
Allocation and accounting regulations..........................2658
Multifamily housing............................................2623
Private activity...............................................2735
Qualified zone academy bonds.............................2673, 2907
Tax exempt bond partnerships...................................2656
Tax-exempt bonds issued by State and local governments...2771, 2822
Branch remittances...............................................2587
Brief asset holding period.................................2720, 2721
Cancellation of indebtedness...............................2759, 2809
Caribbean Basin countries........................................2842
Carryback of consolidated net operating losses to separate years........................................................2776
Carryover allocation.............................................2892
Charitable contributions.........................................2846
Check the box regulations..................................2624, 2890
Claims against decedent's estate.................................2671
Collecting child support arrears through the Federal Tax Refund
Offset.......................................................1051
Collection after assessment......................................2680
Collection at source to statutory stock options..................2770
Collection due process.....................................2654, 2655
Collections:
Installment agreements.........................................2596
Levied property................................................2856
Communications excise tax........................................2581
Computation of tax attributes....................................2809
Confidential transactions..................................2908, 2909
Consolidated groups:
Application of section 108.........................2821, 2826, 2910
Computation of taxable income............................2827, 2914
Continuation of................................................2889
Duplicate tax benefits.........................................2795
Loss limitation rules..............................2640, 2772, 2912
Consolidated returns:
Intercompany obligations.................................2617, 2739
Interest income................................................2663
Regulation amendments..........................................2862
Constructive sales of appreciated financial positions............2859
Contingent at closing escrows....................................2814
Coordination of income taxes for US and certain possessions.....2670, 2832
Corporations:
Alternative minimum tax........................................2843
Assumption of liabilities......................................2614
Continuances.............................................2719, 2834
Disclosure to the Bureau of Economic Analysis..................2691
Estimated tax..................................................2608
Gain on stock distributions....................................2761
Interest on large corporate underpayments......................2708
LIFO recapture...........................................2676, 2718
No net equity value transactions...............................2688
Prohibited allocation of securities............................2818
Reorganizations....................................2717, 2871, 2898
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S corporations...................2664, 2665, 2693, 2710, 2818, 2860
Taxable stock transactions.........................2682, 2803, 2911
Cost sharing.....................................................2633
Cross-border transactions..................................2626, 2724
Current liability interest rate............................2700, 2701
Custodial account contributions..................................2641
Debt instruments.................................................2740
Deductions from intangible property..............................2760
Dependent care credit............................................2649
Depreciation computation...................................2815, 2902
Depreciation of vans and light trucks............................2820
Designated or related summons....................................2825
Determination of residency in U.S. possessions...................2686
Disclosure of relative value of distribution forms...............2778
Disclosure of return information.................................2615
Disclosures to subcontractors....................................2690
Disqualified person..............................................2714
Distributions of property........................................2789
Dollar-value last-in, first-out (LIFO) inventory method..........2610
Dual consolidated losses.........................................2699
Earnings and profits attribution principles......................2864
Electronic filing of business returns......................2813, 2905
Electronic filing of duplicate Forms 5472..................2828, 2916
Electronic payee statements......................................2882
Electronic tax administration....................................2630
Electronic transmissions.........................................2736
Elimination of forms of distribution in defined contribution plans........................................................2819
Employee benefits:
Cafeteria plans................................................2763
Employer contributions for deferred compensation.................2618
Erroneous refunds:
Abatement of interest..........................................2891
Escrow funds...............................................2705, 2732
Estimated tax regulations........................................2704
Exempt organizations.............................................2794
Extension of time for filing returns.............................2796
Federal Insurance Contributions Act..............................2770
Federal Unemployment Tax Act.........................2642, 2770, 2804
Filing corrections...............................................2867
Foreign corporations.................................2588, 2726, 2844
Definition of qualified foreign corporation....................2702
Earnings and profits.....................................2841, 2847
Foreign stapled corporations.............................2696, 2830
Income rules...................................................2607
Stock transfer rules...........................................2748
Transfer of intangibles........................................2611
Foreign governments..............................................2839
Foreign insurance companies..........................2586, 2589, 2713
Foreign investment companies.....................................2606
Foreign Investment in Real Property Act..........................2727
Foreign tax credit.................2598, 2634, 2749, 2751, 2835, 2837
Foreign tax expenditures.........................................2917
Fringe benefit income allocation.................................2590
Functional currency..............................................2841
Gasoline tax claims..............................................2619
General utilities repeal.........................................2729
Generation skipping transfer tax deemed allocations..............2636
Grantor..........................................................2851
Guarantee fees...................................................2873
Hand carry returns.........................................2632, 2895
Highly compensated employee................................2604, 2731
Income allocation................................................2760
Income from ocean and space activities...........................2858
Income from sources within specified possession..................2621
Installment obligations..........................................2870
Insurance companies..............................................2762
Attained age of the insured....................................2694
Intangible assets creation costs.................................2887
Interest.......................................2663, 2749, 2752, 2845
Interest equivalent deduction election.....................2703, 2716
Interest expense allocation......................................2893
Interest other than that of a creditor...........................2774
Interest-free adjustments........................................2730
International communications income..............................2858
International organizations......................................2839
Investigative disclosures........................................2792
Investment adjustment rules......................................2798
Life insurance and annuity contract guidance...............2661, 2806
Like-kind exchanges..................................2705, 2878, 2903
Liquidation of an interest.......................................2643
Losses:
Separate limitation............................................2840
Waiver of carryovers...........................................2798
Low-income housing credit allocation certification...............2913
Low-income taxpayer clinics......................................2884
Mark-to-market treatment for marketable stocks.......2650, 2667, 2880
Mergers or consolidations qualifying as reorganizations..........2766
Mixed use output facilities......................................2865
Multistep transactions...........................................2805
New market tax credit................................2765, 2810, 2901
NIMCRUT valuation regulations....................................2685
Non-accrual experience method of accounting......................2799
Non-shelter revisions............................................2627
Nondiscrimination cross-testing rules to cash balance pension plans........................................................2807
Normalization requirements.......................................2764
North American Industry Classification System..............2711, 2712
Notarization requirement for statements of purchase..............2812
Notional principal contracts.....................................2808
Obligation to file notice of redetermination of foreign tax......2835
Obligation-shifting transactions.................................2622
Offset of refund payments........................................2461
Partnerships:
Assumption of liabilities................................2753, 2899
Capital account bookup.........................................2787
Capital gains rollover.........................................2677
Deemed dispositions of unrealized receivables and inventory items......................................................2675
Disguised sales................................................2674
Equity for services............................................2651
Foreign tax credit allocation..................................2788
New markets tax credit allocation..............................2628
Options........................................................2863
Retiring or deceased partner...................................2861
Section 1503(d) applications...................................2595
Transactions involving long-term contracts.....................2780 transactions involving partner's stock.........................2906
Withholding tax on foreign partners' share of effectively connected income...........................................2755
Passive foreign investment companies.............................2606
Payment in lieu of dividends.....................................2915
Payments:
No return of information required..............................2707
Source of payments.............................................2853
Payments in the nature of workers compensation...................2689
Payments to attorneys......................................2603, 2742
Performance of actuarial service under ERISA.....................2583
PFIC purging elections...............................2666, 2824, 2833
Predeceased parent rule..........................................2672
Previously taxed earnings and profits............................2612
Principal residence seizure......................................2769
Procedure and administration.....................................2728
Procurement/purchasing card reporting............................2768
Public inspection of written determinations......................2698
Qualified contract provisions....................................2706
Qualified interests..............................................2644
Qualified offers.................................................2876
Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits:
Accrual for certain regular interests..........................2653
Foreign holders................................................2647
Inducement fees................................................2897
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Interest-only regular interests................................2585
Tetra rules....................................................2679
Reconsideration of Rev. Rule 69-302..............................2852
Redemptions treated as dividends.................................2779
Refund offset for HHS debt collection.............................824
Reimbursement allowance for travel or transportation.............3496
Relocation income tax allowance tax tables.......................3502
Removal of section 6152 regulations..............................2904
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................2592, 2781
Requests for information.........................................2791
Research credit............................................2783, 2883
Residence sale or exchange.......................................2785
Resident status..................................................2838
Retirement annuity contributions.................................2641
Retirement plans...............................2661, 2773, 2816, 2849
Deemed IRAs..................................2584, 2638, 2639, 2697
Exclusion of employees of 501(c)(3) organizations in 401(k) and 401(m) plans...........................................2687
Phased retirement program......................................2709
Return preparation...............................................2894
Safe harbor leases.........................................2868, 2869
Section 179 elections............................................2678
Section 59(e) elections..........................................2660
Section 6048.....................................................2594
Section 6159.....................................................2596
Section 6343.....................................................2856
Section 882......................................................2850
Section 884......................................................2850
Securities.................................................2593, 2733
Single-sum distributions from cash balance pension plans.........2652
Solid waste disposal facility definition.........................2829
Special depreciation allowance...................................2802
Stacking rules...................................................2892
Stewardship expenses.............................................2669
Stock options..................................2582, 2777, 2811, 2817
Stock transfer regulations.....................2605, 2874, 2875, 2896
Straddles:
Carrying charges...............................................2752
Definition of loss.............................................2684
Miscellaneous issues...........................................2734
Structured settlement factoring transactions.....................2790
Student FICA guidance............................................2683
Substitute dividend payments in securities lending...............2637
Substitute for return......................................2823, 2872
Summonses of third-party recordkeepers...........................2620
Support test for children of divorced parents....................2695
Swap transactions................................................2853
Tax credits:
Low-income housing.................................2635, 2892, 2913
Puerto Rico....................................................2836
Tax shelter penalties............................................2886
Tax shelter rules................................................2775
Taxable fuel entry.........................................2659, 2715
Taxable years for CFCs and FPHCs.................................2609
Taxpayer Bill of Rights....................................2596, 2856
Testimony authorizations.........................................2791
Timely mailing treatment.........................................2631
Toll telephone service definition................................2793
Transactions involving related parties, pass-through entities, or other intermediaries......................................2582
Transfer of notes or stock to provide for satisfaction of contested liabilities........................................2629
Transferor or transferee as a predecessor or successor...........2648
Travel expenses for members of Congress..........................2597
Treatment of services............................................2797
Trusts:
Charitable remainder trusts....................................2741
Distributions of loss corporation stock........................2900
Financial asset securitization investment trusts (FASIT).......2855
Foreign trusts.................................................2854
Income definition..............................................2879
Non-exempt employees...........................................2851
Qualified severance regulations................................2668
Reporting earned income........................................2705
Underpayment...............................................2722, 2723
Utility allowances...............................................2662
Vested accrued vacation pay......................................2831
Voluntary State tax withholding from retired pay of Service members.......................................................612
Widely held fixed investment trusts..............................2781
Withholding certificates.........................................2736
Withholding for qualified intermediaries.........................2616
Withholding from compensation of Federal employees...............2456
Indians:
See also Indians-arts and crafts
Indians-business and finance
Indians-education
Indians-lands
Indians-law
Indians-tribal government
Alaska resupply operation........................................1714
Appeals from administrative actions..............................1710
Certificates of degree of Indian blood...........................1713
Child support enforcement........................................1053
Electric power utilities.........................................1700
Extending wireless telecommunications services to tribal lands...4018
Food assistance programs..........................................138
Housing:
Indian Housing Block Grant Program.......................1479, 1487
NAHASDA amendments.............................................1492
Participation of religious organizations in HUD programs.......1480
Migratory bird hunting regulations.........................1578, 1664
National Environmental Policy Act................................4191
National Indian Gaming Commission.......4179, 4180, 4182, 4186, 4187, 4188, 4189, 4191, 4192
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act...........1674
Navajo generating station..................................3141, 3142
Processing requests for reindeer by non-native Alaskans..........1717
Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets in Wupatki
National Monument............................................1694
Spent fuel shipment notification.................................4212
STOP Violence Against Indian Women Discretionary Grant Program...1910
Subsistence fishing.............................421, 1553, 1622, 1661
Subsistence hunting and fishing on Federal lands in Alaska......1524, 1571, 1616, 1624
Transport of eagle feathers......................................1535
Welfare reform:
Welfare-to-Work Program........................................1931
Indians-arts and crafts:
Importation of marine mammal products.............................454
Sale of handicrafts in National Park System......................1693
Use of northern sea otter........................................1554
Indians-business and finance:
Buy Indian Act...................................................1701
Defense contract incentives..................................652, 684
Gaming operations:
Civil fines....................................................4192
Debt collection................................................4183
Facility licensing standards...................................4190
Minimum internal control standards.............................4180
Privacy Act procedures.........................................4181
Revenue allocation plans.......................................1702
Technical standards for game classifications...................4182
HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program..........................3740
Loan guaranty, insurance, and interest subsidy...................1705
Management contracts.............................................4186
Net gaming revenue...............................................4187
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Indians-education:
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.................................1719
Indians-lands:
Air pollution control implementation.......................3177, 3206
Allotments.................................................1767, 1770
EPA new source reviews...........................................3077
Federal Lands Highway Program....................................2145
Grazing permits..................................................1718
Historic preservation programs...................................1696
Indian highway safety program....................................1709
Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Program loan regulations............27
Irrigation projects..............................................1712
Leasing of trust and restricted lands............................1716
Mining regulations...............................................1753
National Forest System lands......................................198
Oil and gas leasing..............................................1729
Reservation proclamations........................................1704
Roads program..............................................1715, 1721
Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................197
Water quality standards..........................................3408
Indians-law:
BIA regulations..................................................1703
Construction of jails............................................1906
Courts of Indian Offenses........................................1720
Hearings and appeals.......................................4184, 4193
NIGC enforcement regulations.....................................4185
Use or distribution of judgment funds................1706, 1707, 1708
Indians-tribal government:
Grants for services provided to older individuals................1056
Tribal background investigations.................................4188
Individuals with disabilities:
See also Medicaid
Medicare
Public assistance programs
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Vocational rehabilitation
Disability benefits
Education of individuals with disabilities
Accessibility guidelines.........................................3023
FDIC regulations...............................................4066
Forest Service trails...........................................204
Outdoor developed areas........................................3025
Outdoor recreation facilities...................................205
Public accommodations and commercial facilities................1820
Public rights-of-way...........................................3026
Telecommunications equipment and customer premises equipment...3901
Transportation.....................................2036, 2039, 2041
Aggravation of a disability by active service....................2989
Air carrier complaints...........................................2052
Assistance to disabled veterans in acquiring specially adapted housing......................................................2934
Cardiovascular impairments.......................................3754
Contractor and subcontractor obligations...................1919, 1923
Determination of.................................................3754
Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act.....1048
Disability insurance program demonstration project...............3785
Disability ratings:
Cardiovascular conditions......................................2977
Convulsive disorders...........................................3000
Digestive system.........................................3001, 3766
Drug addiction or alcoholism...................................3786
Genito-urinary tract...........................................3752
Growth impairment..............................................3788
Hearing loss...................................................2982
Hematological disorders........................................3757
Hypertension...................................................2977
Immune system..................................................3753
Individual unemployability.....................................2967
Malignant neoplasms............................................3003
Mental disorders...............................................3755
Multiple body systems..........................................3767
Multiple scars.................................................2979
Neurological.............................................3000, 3783
Orthopedic system..............................................2999
Respiratory disorders....................................2977, 3787
Skin conditions................................................3796
Special senses.................................................3782
Vision.........................................................2968
Expedited reinstatement of SSA disability benefits...............3780
Homeownership assistance.........................................1490
Medical-vocational guidelines....................................3768
Motor vehicle modifications................................2210, 2269
Naturalization application.......................................1148
Nondiscrimination....................................3464, 3689, 3748
Accessibility standards for play areas.........................1824
Air travel.....................................................2032
CNCS...........................................................3032
Department of State programs...................................2022
DHS programs...................................................1063
DOT............................................................2053
Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation.......................3748
GSA............................................................3486
Multifamily homeownership projects.............................1400
NARA...........................................................3549
OFHEO..........................................................3566
Public accommodations and commercial facilities..........1820, 1824
State and local government services................1821, 1822, 1824
Passenger vessel access....................................2028, 3024
Plans to achieve self-support....................................3761
Small veteran-owned businesses.............................3735, 3819
Specially adapted housing eligibility for veterans...............2990
SSA disability determination process.................3792, 3793, 3798
SSA medical equivalence policy...................................3779
Supportive Housing Programs......................................1451
Telecommunications relay services..........................3902, 3903
Ticket to Work Program......................................958, 3758
TRICARE benefits for family members of active duty service members.......................................................729
Video programming accessibility..................................3962
Vocational rehabilitation services:
Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a program..................................................3773
Referral for services..........................................3789
Waiving the fingerprinting requirement for certain naturalization applicants....................................1173
Work Incentives Improvement Act............................1010, 3751
Industrial safety:
See Occupational safety and health
Industry:
See Business and industry
Infants and children:
See also Adoption and foster care
Child welfare
Youth
Aircraft child restraints........................................2114
All-terrain vehicle ban for children under 16....................3870
Baby bath seat ban...............................................3866
Bunk bed cornerpost standard.....................................3869
Child Citizenship Act............................................1129
Child Status Protection Act..........................1152, 1177, 2007
Crib safety standards............................................3862
Food assistance programs......................145, 149, 154, 157, 168
Infant formula..........................................891, 892, 897
Lead poisoning...................................................3352
Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................1949
Motor vehicle restraint systems...2203, 2209, 2232, 2258, 2259, 2275, 2282, 2287
Nutrition education participant contacts..........................148
Personal flotation device requirements...........................1202
Poison prevention..........................................3860, 3867
Portable bed rail safety.........................................3864
Television programming.....................................3977, 3978
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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.........................................938
Insurance:
See also Bank deposit insurance
Crop insurance
Flood insurance
Health insurance
Insurance companies
Life insurance
Mortgage insurance
Surety bonds
Unemployment compensation
Disability insurance program demonstration project...............3785
Disaster assistance requirements.................................1388
FCSIC regulation.................................................3898
Substitution of investment funds underlying variable products 4288
Terrorism Risk Insurance Program...............2367, 2368, 2382, 2411
Insurance companies:
Active conduct defined...........................................2881
Anti-money laundering program....................................2442
Asset acquisitions...............................................2762
Attained age of the insured......................................2694
Quarterly survey of transactions with foreign persons........296, 297
Surety bond issuance.............................................2467
Theft loss reporting requirements for motor vehicles.............2255
Insured loans:
See Loan programs
Intelligence:
See Classified information
Intergovernmental relations:
See also Grant programs
Air pollution control implementation.............................3225
Alternative fuels incentives program..............................760
Asylum claims made at land border ports-of-entry...........1102, 1878
Code of conduct for International Space Station crew.............3509
EPA............................................3152, 3377, 3427, 3431
Food assistance programs..........................................149
Hazardous materials transportation...............................2330
International agreements:
See Treaties
International boundaries:
Asylum claims made at land border ports-of-entry...........1102, 1878
Automated Permit Port programs...................................1263
Border crossing cards:
Elimination of.................................................1261
Dedicated commuter lanes.............................1250, 1257, 1263
Designated land border crossing locations........................1289
Secure Electronic Network for Travelers' Rapid Inspection
Program......................................................1250
International trade:
See Foreign trade
Inventions and patents:
Application process...............................................594
Deposit account payments..........................................593
DFARS regulations.................................................632
Electronic routing of assignment documents........................600
Fees:
Handling applications filed without appropriate fees............596
Paper processing fee............................................597
Preliminary examination fees for international applications.....599
Revisions..................................................592, 594
Foreign rights in inventions......................................604
Government-owned inventions:
Licensing.......................................................602
Intellectual property:
Inter partes reexamination proceedings..........................598
Mineral patent applications......................................1763
Nonprofit organizations...........................................603
Patent interferences..............................................589
Patent surveys...................................................1269
Patent term provisions............................................601
Representation of others before the USPTO.........................595
Rights to inventions under Cooperative Research and Development
Agreement.....................................................605
Small businesses..................................................603
US Patent and Trademark Office 21st Century Strategic Plan........590
Investigations:
Government personnel.............................................3670
National Instant Criminal Background Check System................1886
Investment advisers:
See Securities
Investment companies:
Affiliate transactions...........................................4277
Anti-money laundering program for unregistered companies.........2448
Compliance programs..............................................4286
Confirmation of transactions.....................................4302
Disclosure requirements..................4245, 4273, 4281, 4287, 4303
EDGAR system requirements..................................4253, 4283
Enhanced fund governance standards...............................4279
Form N-SAR.......................................................4265
Independent transmission companies...............................4267
Money market fund exemptions.....................................4274
Money market fund investment.....................................4289
Portfolio transaction cost disclosure............................4263
Registration form and rules................................4262, 4265
Small business investment companies:
Civil penalties for late submission of required reports........3720
Maximum leverage eligibility...................................3721
Small Business Reauthorization Act amendments..................3741
Use of brokerage commissions to finance distribution.............4276
Investments:
See also Brokers
Commodity futures
Investment companies
Securities
United States investments abroad
Annuity broker qualifications....................................1895
Cash solicitation rule...........................................4266
Exemptions regarding officers and directors of public utility holding companies............................................4268
Financial services transactions between U.S. providers and unaffiliated foreign persons.............................290, 295
Foreign direct investment in the U.S..............................293
Guaranteed investment contracts..................................2877
Investment advisers:
Anti-money laundering program..................................2443
Broker-dealer exemptions.......................................4270
Codes of ethics................................................4272
Commodity pool operators.......................................4285
Compliance programs............................................4286
Electronic filing........................................1953, 4271
Political contributions........................................4269
Principal transactions.........................................4259
Proxy voting policies..........................................4245
Registration of hedge fund advisers............................4261
Thrift institutions............................................4260
Mutual funds:
Disclosure of breakpoint discounts.............................4275
Reporting suspicious transactions..............................2437
NCUA rules.......................................................4147
Substitution of funds underlying variable insurance products.....4288
U.S. direct investment abroad.....................................291
Irrigation:
Project operation and maintenance................................1712
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J
Juvenile delinquency:
Checking aliens' records.........................................1178
K
Kidney diseases:
Medicare conditions for coverage..................................942
L
Labeling:
See also Food labeling
Packaging and containers
Alcoholic beverages..................................2521, 2530, 2537
Alternative fuels................................................4135
Blood and blood components........................................876
Country of origin marking for agricultural commodities.............11
Drugs...............................848, 849, 861, 864, 885, 890, 905
Electronic submission of information..............................903
Home insulation..................................................4137
Hydrocarbon-containing products..................................3867
Latex condoms.....................................................855
Malt beverages.............................................2526, 2539
Pesticides.......................................................3305
Labor:
See also Child labor
Employee benefit plans
Employment
Equal employment opportunity
Occupational safety and health
Retirement
Unemployment compensation
Wages
Acquisition regulations..........................................1970
Equal treatment for faith-based and community organizations to participate in DOL social service programs...................1913
Freedom of Information Act.................................1912, 1968
Nondiscrimination................................................1969
Small Business Job Protection Act................................1916
Standards of conduct for federal sector unions...................1921
Laboratories:
Clinical laboratories regulation............................973, 1015
Hospital conditions of participation.............................1007
Small business testing laboratories..............................3742
Using private laboratories with regard to FDA actions.............882
Waste management.................................................3397
Land:
See Grazing lands
Indians-lands
Public lands
Rights-of-way
Law:
See also Administrative practice and procedure
Courts
Indians-law
Lawyers
DOI proceedings..................................................1501
Legal assistance provided by Navy to military members.............711
Qualified offers.................................................2876
Release of official Navy information for litigation purposes......708
Suits against Federal employees..................................1897
Law enforcement:
See also Drug traffic control
Armor vest purchase..............................................1907
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act...1883, 1887, 1888, 1889, 3995
Exchange of criminal history record information..................1882
Fish and Wildlife Service........................................1506
Forest Service....................................................201
Indian country...................................................1703
National Indian Gaming Commission................................4185
Police department review for pattern or practice of unlawful conduct......................................................1827
Retirement.......................................................3639
Training of officers authorized to enforce immigration law during mass influx of aliens.................................1354
Use of aliens in critical initiatives............................1338
Lawyers:
Ethical standards................................................1894
Representation for aliens in immigration proceedings.............1875
Standards of conduct:
National Indian Gaming Commission..............................4193
SEC............................................................4322
TTB regulations..................................................2538
Lead poisoning:
Paint........................3319, 3321, 3340, 3341, 3342, 3351, 3352
Reducing lead consumption and use................................3339
Libraries:
Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments.................3556
Grant program regulations........................................3557
Presidential library facilities..................................3546
Title IX of the Education Act Amendments.........................3558
Life insurance:
Accelerated death benefits.......................................2848
Contract guidance................................................2806
District of Columbia employees...................................3638
Government employees.............................................3614
Federal Acquisition Regulation...........................3601, 3838
Premiums.......................................................3687
Time frame for electing optional insurance.....................3687
Veterans:
Annual risk allowance..........................................3005
Liquors:
Dealers..........................................................2512
Exports....................................................2532, 2549
Labeling regulations.............................................2530
Livestock:
See also Grazing lands
Meat and meat products
Meat inspection
Poultry and poultry products
Aquatic animals.....................................................1
Assistance for producers...........................................26
Blood and tissue collection at sheep and goat slaughtering establishments.................................................82
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention....................75, 79
Chronic wasting disease in farmed elk and deer.....................61
Commodity futures contract deliveries..............................13
Current good manufacturing practice for medicated feeds...........902
Ewe lamb incentive payment program.................................34
Foot-and-mouth disease.............................................60
Free choice medicated feed........................................907
Indemnity programs.................................................62
Interstate movement of sheep and goats.............................56
Liquid medicated feed.............................................907
Mandatory reporting program:
Lamb amendment....................................................9
Price reporting...................................................132
Loan programs:
Fishing capacity reduction loans..................................451
Maritime loan guarantee program..................................2355
Medical research..................................................931
Treasury Tax and Loan Program revision.....................2468, 2471
Loan programs-agriculture:
Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program.....246, 248, 250, 255, 258
Community programs............................................97, 103
Conservation Reserve Program.......................................40
Debt settlement...............................................36, 260
Eligibility with prior debt forgiveness............................41
Energy efficiency.................................................252
Farm Credit Administration:
Borrower rights................................................3894
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Capital adequacy...............................................3885
Disclosure and reporting requirements....................3892, 3893
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation................3882, 3883
Funding and fiscal affairs.........................3880, 3881, 3887
Governance of institutions.....................................3893
Investments, liquidity and divestiture requirements............3886
Mission-related investments....................................3891
Policies and operations...3880, 3881, 3887, 3888, 3889, 3895, 3896, 3897
Priority of claims.............................................3879
Regulatory burden..............................................3878
Scope of financing regulations.................................3884
Farm Loan Program:
Past-due period..................................................38
Regulatory streamlining..........................................21
Farm Service Agency:
Annual analysis requirements for lenders.........................25
Debt collection and settlement regulations.......................31
Direct farm loan programs appraisal regulations..................44
Eligibility for outside storage of extra long staple loan cotton.......................................................45
Extra long staple cotton loan adjustment for strength............46
Interest assistance program......................................22
Minor farm loan program..........................................39
Rescheduling guaranteed loans with balloon payments..............25
Subordination requirements.......................................25
Guaranteed farm loan regulations...................................17
Housing...........................................................245
Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Program loan regulations............27
Intermediary relending program....................................256
National security emergency loans.................................251
Regulation streamlining............................................21
Rural economic development........................................253
Rural housing......................................................99
Rural Utilities Service:
General and pre-loan policies...................................277
Household water system program..................................272
Secondary market sales of guaranteed loans........................257
Settlement of debt................................................274
Water programs....................................................262
Workout agreement for delinquent borrowers........................103
Loan programs-business:
SBA:
Certified development company program..........................3723
Economic injury disaster loans.................................3726
Small Business Lending Companies...............................3717
Loan programs-education:
Eligibility regulations...........................................745
Federal Employee Student Loan Assistance Act.....................3610
Federal program regulations.......................................744
Interest.........................................................2737
Medical research..................................................932
NIH loan repayment programs:
AIDS research...................................................926
For clinical researchers........................................927
For individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds..................930
Health disparities research.....................................929
Pediatric research..............................................928
OPM repayment regulations........................................3611
Loan programs-housing and community development:
Accelerated claims disposition...................................1423
Closing forms and documents......................................1414
Disciplinary actions against HUD-qualified real estate brokers 1422
Government-sponsored enterprises:
Conservatorship................................................3568
Corporate governance...........................................3565
High costs and predatory features..............................1408
Minimum capital................................................3567
Non-proprietary data...........................................1412
HOME Investment Partnerships Program.......................1399, 1405
Limitation of insured loans to nonprofit agencies................1443
Multifamily accelerated processing quality assurance enforcement..................................................1437
Rural areas..............................................99, 105, 106
Section 203(k) Rehabilitation Loan Insurance Program.............1461
Loan programs-veterans:
Assistance to disabled veterans in acquiring specially adapted housing......................................................2934
Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages...........................2950, 2981
Pre-purchase counseling requirements.............................2972
Property management contractor delegation of authority...........3007
Regulation amendments......................................2935, 2976
Lobbying:
Restrictions.....................................................1068
Longshore and harbor workers:
Safety and health regulations....................................1978
Security of insurance obligations................................1925
Low and moderate income housing:
See also Public housing
Section 8:
Disabled families assistance...................................1490
Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental projects 1425
Fair market rents..............................................1407
Housing Choice Voucher program.................................1483
Project-based voucher program..................................1491
Renewal of expiring project-based assistance contract..........1434
Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Program............1481
Streamlining HUD income exclusions.............................1411
Tax credits..........................................2635, 2892, 2913
Lumber:
See Forests and forest products
Lung diseases:
See Tuberculosis
M
Manufactured homes:
Construction standards...........................................1435
Dispute resolution program.......................................1433
Installation program.............................................1432
Manufactured housing program:
Minimum payments to states.....................................1452
On-site construction.............................................1436
State installation requirements..................................1417
Marine engineering:
See Vessels
Marine mammals:
See also Endangered and threatened species
Alaska Transient Killer Whales....................................581
Animal welfare standards...........................................48
Atlantic large whale..............................................426
Beluga whales.....................................................494
Captive holding and transport.....................................492
Importation of polar bear trophies...............................1526
Incidental taking.................................................466
Beaufort Sea polar bear and walrus.............................1650
Bottlenose dolphin..............................................462
Naval military readiness activities.............................465
Oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico...................460
Rocket launch operations...................................459, 584
Level B harassment...............................................1628
List of fisheries.................................................498
Manatee protection areas...................................1615, 1640
Marine mammal products created by Alaskan natives.................454
National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank:
Access to tissue specimen samples...............................495
North Atlantic whale protection.........................376, 455, 491
Northern sea otters..............................................1554
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Permits for activities otherwise prohibited......................1627
Protection regulations...........................................1735
Steller sea lions............................................453, 458
Swimming or recreational interaction with.........................456
Zero mortality rate goal..........................................497
Marine pollution:
See Water pollution control
Marine resources:
See also Fisheries
Commercial submarine cables in national marine sanctuaries........508
Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary.............................500
National Marine Sanctuaries Act...................................507
NOAA overflight regulation........................................506
Research program..................................................512
Marine safety:
See also Vessels
Alternative source to incandescent light.........................1241
Anchorage ground, safety zone and speed limit for Tongass
Narrows, AK..................................................1192
Civil monetary penalties.........................................1243
Drug and alcohol testing following casualties....................1194
Electronic Charting Display and Information System...............1228
Escort vessels for tankers...........................1213, 1217, 1235
Identification credentials.......................................1240
Marine events....................................................1182
Personal flotation device requirements.....................1184, 1202
Propeller injury prevention......................................1229
Puget Sound-area waters..........................................1225
Reporting marine casualties......................................1189
Restricted areas.............................................698, 701
Safety and security zone regulations.......................1210, 1236
Standards for marine equipment...................................1188
Standards of training, certification and watchkeeping for seafarers....................................................1181
Towing vessels...................................................1201
Maritime carriers:
See also Cargo vessels
Passenger vessels
Seamen
Vessels
Administrative appeals process for agricultural commodities........23
Cargo preference regulations for agricultural exports............2352
Carrier agreement regulations..............................4107, 4108
Civil monetary penalties.........................................1243
Communications.............................................3989, 4004
Container security...............................................1337
Electronic submission of information to MARAD....................2364
Electronic transmissions and document submission...........1206, 4099
Escort vessels for tankers.......................................1235
Filing and service fees..........................................4101
Hazardous substances.................................1206, 2340, 2345
Income source rules..............................................2600
Japanese vessels.................................................4104
Loan guarantee program...........................................2355
Maritime Security Program........................................2363
Maritime Transportation Security Act.............................1302
Merchant mariners..........................................1205, 1208
Mobile radio services............................................3942
Non-vessel-operating common carriers.......................4103, 4110
Notification of arrival and departure in U.S. ports........1206, 1232
Ocean common carrier status......................................4100
Operating agreements.......................................4102, 4106
Pilotage rates on the Great Lakes................................1183
Right whale ship strike reduction.................................376
Sensitive security information...................................2044
Tariff of tolls..................................................2308
Transportation of animals on international carriers................87
Transshipment agreements.........................................4109
Worker identification credential.................................1311
Marketing quotas:
Tobacco....................................................24, 33, 43
Mass transportation:
Accessibility requirements for over-the-road buses...............2041
School bus operations............................................2306
Meat and meat products:
See also Meat inspection
Advanced meat/bone separation machinery...........................189
Effluent guidelines and standards for the Meat Products Point
Source Category..............................................3417
Expressed nutrient content claims.................................186
Foot-and-mouth disease.............................................60
Imports.......................................................52, 177
Labeling.....................................................183, 185
Lamb reporting regulations..........................................9
Meat recovery systems.............................................189
Nutrition labeling................................................169
Preventing spread of bovine spongiform encephalopathy....72, 79, 188, 904
Rabbit grading......................................................5
Meat inspection:
Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection............................179
Emergency regulations.............................................188
Mechanically separated products...................................189
Performance standards:
Bacon...........................................................170
Ready-to-eat products...........................................184
Prohibition on use of air-injection stunners......................190
Trichinae Certification Program....................................50
Medicaid:
See also Public assistance programs
Ambulatory surgical centers:
Conditions for coverage.........................................954
Civil money penalties, assessments, and exclusions..........963, 1041
Disclosure of children's eligibility for food assistance programs......................................................154
Drug rebate program.........................................988, 1018
Extended availability of unexpended SCHIP funds...................989
Grants to states for operation of qualified high risk pools......1038
Managed care:
Civil penalties.................................................822
Organ procurement organizations...................................950
Payment error rate measurement....................................959
Use of restraint and seclusion in health care facilities....951, 975, 1016
Medical and dental schools:
NIH scholarships..................................................923
Medical assistance program:
See Medicaid
Medical care:
See Health care
Medical devices:
CHAMPUS coverage of prosthetic devices............................716
Competitive bidding...............................................970
Diagnostic x-ray systems..........................................870
Informed consent regulations......................................840
Medical gas containers and closures...............................888
Power operated vehicles...........................................981
Pressure regulators for use with medical oxygen...................841
Respiratory assist devices with bi-level capability and a back- up rate......................................................1021
Respiratory protective devices:
Quality assurance and administrative provision..................831
Surgeon and patient examination gloves............................869
Treated with antimicrobial pesticides............................3317
Medical facilities:
See Health facilities
Medical personnel:
See Health professions
Medical records:
See Health records
Medical research:
Contraception and infertility................................931, 932
National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research chimpanzees...................................................925
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NIH education loan repayment programs:
AIDS research...................................................926
For clinical researchers........................................927
For individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds..................930
Health disparities research.....................................929
Pediatric research..............................................928
Peer review.......................................................934
Medicare:
Actuarial and premium rates.......................................995
Ambulatory surgical centers:
Conditions for coverage.........................................954
List of covered procedures......................................971
Appeals process..............................................976, 980
Benefits exclusion for aliens not lawfully present in U.S........1040
Civil money penalties, assessments, and exclusions..........963, 1041
Clinical laboratories regulation............................973, 1015
Competitive acquisition of durable medical equipment..............970
Continued entitlement following substantial gainful activity.....1010
Coordination of retiree health benefits..........................3457
Cost sharing regulations.........................................1019
Coverage decisions..........................................997, 1029
DMERC service areas..............................................1014
Drugs:
Advantage Program Title II......................................965
Drug benefit effective calendar year 2006.......................967
Employer-sponsored drug programs................................966
Manufacturers' submission of average sales price data..........1022
Monthly premiums and cost-sharing coverage.....................3762
Payment regulations.......................................986, 1002
Prescription Drug Discount Card Program.........................826
Self-administration criteria...................................1034
Electronic claims submission......................................977
End-stage renal disease:
Bad debt payment...............................................1028
Conditions for coverage.........................................942
Extended care services coinsurance...............................1035
Fee schedules:
Ambulance services...................................996, 999, 1039
Physician payments.........................................962, 986
Fraud and abuse provisions........................................816
Grants to states for operation of qualified high risk pools......1038
Home health agencies:
Conditions of participation...............................941, 1006
Prospective payment system......................................985
Hospice care...........................................944, 982, 1008
Hospitals:
Coinsurance...............................................994, 1035
Inpatient deductible......................................994, 1035
Inpatient prospective payment system.......................983, 984
Long-term care prospective payment system......................1043
Organ transplantation centers...................................943
Outpatient Prospective Payment System...............957, 1020, 1033
Premium for uninsured aged and certain disabled individuals who have exhausted other entitlement..................993, 1037
Psychiatric hospitals prospective payment system...............1013
Medicare+Choice plans:
Civil penalties.................................................822
Premium reductions.............................................1032
Organ procurement organizations...................................950
Overpayments and underpayments:
Interest assessment............................................1011
Photocopy expense reimbursement..................................1030
Power operated vehicle requirements...............................981
Prior determination process.......................................969
Prospective Payment System..................................974, 1030
Provider agreement and supplier participation:
Billing numbers................................................1005
Provider reimbursement regulations:
Appeals.........................................................952
Publication of final regulations after a proposed or interim final regulation..............................................991
Quality improvement program contracts.............................992
Random prepayment review.........................................1001
Religious non-medical health care institutions coverage..........1027
Rural health clinics..............................................947
Secondary payer..................................................1000
SELECT policy:
Safe harbor for waivers of beneficiary coinsurance and deductible amounts..........................................819
Skilled nursing facilities:
Prospective payment system and consolidated billing.............978
Statement of intent..............................................1031
Supplementary Medical Insurance:
Premium surcharge agreements...................................1036
Rates..........................................................1036
Supplier standards for oxygen, orthotics and prosthetics..........948
Use of restraint and seclusion in health care facilities....951, 975, 1016
Mental health programs:
Charitable Choice program.........................................829
Group health plan benefit parity.................................1948
Mental health parity..............................................998
Psychiatric residential treatment facilities:
Prospective payment system.....................................1013
Use of restraint and seclusion..................................975
Merchant marine:
See Maritime carriers
Seamen
Metals:
Anti-money laundering program for dealers in precious metals, stones, or jewels............................................2449
EPA trace metal analysis.........................................3427
Toxics Release Inventory reporting requirements..................3365
Migratory birds:
See Wildlife
Military arms sales:
See Arms and munitions
Military installations:
See Federal buildings and facilities
Military personnel:
See also Armed forces
Claims settlement.................................................614
Courts-martial manual regulations............................623, 712
Criminal jurisdiction over personnel outside the US...............625
Deferment of service obligations of midshipmen recipients of scholarships or fellowships..................................2359
Elimination of deemed military wages.......................3775, 3777
Filing claims against SSA........................................3784
Former spouse payments from retired pay...........................628
Informed consent for human drugs and biologics....................898
Legal assistance provided by Navy.................................711
Protection of human research subjects.............................627
Reemployment.....................................................3597
Release of official Navy information for litigation purposes......708
Retirement regulations...........................................3662
Security policies for granting access to classified information...615
Voluntary State tax withholding from retired pay..................612
Milk:
Imports from countries where foot-and-mouth disease exists.........74
Mine safety and health:
Asbestos exposure limit..........................................1958
Belt entry.......................................................1966
Black Lung Benefits Act..........................................1930
Diesel particulate matter exposure...............................1962
Electrical products..............................................1961
Fees for testing, evaluation and approval of mining products.....1963
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Regulation elimination and improvement...........................1957
Respirable coal dust.......................................1964, 1965
Respirable crystalline silica standard...........................1956
Toxics Release Inventory reporting requirements for metal mining.......................................................3365
Training standards for shaft and slope construction workers......1960
Underground coal mines:
Dust control plan verification.................................1964
High-voltage continuous mining equipment standards.............1959
Mineral resources:
See also Coal
Metals
Oil and gas reserves
Public lands-mineral resources
Data disclosure..................................................1742
Fractions sale....................................................233
Locatable minerals program........................................230
Mineral patent applications......................................1763
Mining claims..............................................1782, 1783
Notice of intent for operations on National Forest System lands...229
Outer Continental Shelf operations:
Federal consistency regulations.................................509
Leasing regulations............................................1732
Pipeline rights-of-way.........................................1747
Rights-of-use and easements....................................1747
Safety requirements............................................1222
Safety zones.................................1207, 1244, 1245, 1246
Pipeline rights-of-way...........................................1521
Proprietary terms................................................1742
Service order appeals............................................1726
Valuation regulations............................................1746
Mineral royalties:
Interest and late payments.......................................1722
Offsets, recoupments, and refunds................................1722
Miners:
See Mine safety and health
Mines:
See also Mine safety and health
Reclamation
Surface mining
Abandoned............................................1749, 1750, 1757
Claims or sites..................................................1774
Funding assurances for treatment of pollutant discharges from surface mining operations....................................1752
Ownership and control settlement rule............................1756
Placement of excess soil.........................................1754
Revegetation standards...........................................1751
Surface management.........................................1755, 1782
Minimum wages:
Records to be kept by employers..................................1916
Minority groups:
See Civil rights
Mobile homes:
See Manufactured homes
Mobile offshore drilling units:
See Vessels
Mortgage insurance:
Hospitals........................................................1427
Premium remittance period........................................1446
Refinancing home equity conversion mortgages.........1419, 1428, 1449
Single-family:
Damages for failure to engage in loss mitigation activities 1403
Default reporting..............................................1418
Program revisions..............................................1416
Property flipping prohibition..................................1441
Up-front payments................................................1447
Mortgages:
See also Mortgage insurance
Adjustable rates.................................................1459
Cooperative housing developments.................................1428
Credit Watch Termination Initiative..............................1445
Disclosure of costs to consumers.................................1456
Distribution of tax credit proceeds..............................1444
Exchangeable Collateralized Mortgage Obligations.................4168
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation:
Non-program investments and liquidity..........................3883
Risk-based capital standards...................................3882
Federal Housing Administration:
Electronic endorsement of FHA-insured mortgages................1455
Inspector roster...............................................1457
Quality control plans..........................................1429
TOTAL mortgage scorecard.......................................1448
Government-sponsored enterprises:
Conservatorship................................................3568
Corporate governance...........................................3565
High costs and predatory features..............................1408
HUD regulation.................................................1396
Minimum capital................................................3567
Minimum face value requirement.................................1470
Non-proprietary data...........................................1412
Hawaiian homeland eligibility....................................1440
Home equity conversion mortgages.................................1428
Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages for veterans..............2950, 2981
Lender accountability for appraisals.............................1450
Lender compliance and accountability.............................1413
Loan correspondent and sponsor responsibilities..................1415
Loan originator registry.........................................1454
Maximum insured mortgage limits..................................1458
Mortgagee Review Board sanctions.................................1395
Nondiscrimination................................................3566
Predatory lending practices......................................1408
Prohibiting misleading words in names of non-federally supervised entities..........................................1395
Servicing approval agreement.....................................1454
Supplemental cost certification requirement......................1438
Motor carriers:
See also Buses
Acquisition regulations..........................................3829
Brake systems....................................................2239
Cargo securement standards.......................................2166
Commercial vehicles:
Employee protections information...............................2159
Federal motor vehicle safety standards.........................2175
Drivers:
Commercial Driver's License Information System.................2238
Commercial drivers' licenses with hazardous materials endorsement..........................................1318, 2176
Disqualifications..............................................2169
Entry-level....................................................2168
Hours of service regulations.............................2161, 2164
Instructor training............................................2183
Learner permits................................................2153
Licensing......................................................2180
Penalties......................................................2169
Physical fitness...............................................2155
Qualification requirements.....................................2154
Safety performance history.....................................2184
Training.................................................2168, 2183
Federal safety regulations:
Auditor certification..........................................2174
Fuel systems...................................................2179
Interstate school buses........................................2186
Parts and accessories necessary for safe operation.............2173
Waivers, exemptions, and pilot programs........................2172
Freight forwarding industry......................................2171
Hazardous materials transportation...................1327, 2167, 2342
Highway vehicle definition.......................................2744
Household goods transportation.............................2152, 2157
In-transit truck shipments between Canada and U.S................1297
Information, licensing and registration systems:
Replacement system.............................................2156
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Inspection, repair, and maintenance........................2165, 2185
Intermodal cargo containers................................2165, 2185
Investigative authority..........................................2169
Mexican:
Accelerated safety monitoring system and compliance initiative.................................................2182
Decal display requirements.....................................2160
NAFTA..........................................................2181
New entrant safety assurance process.............................2158
Qualifications to self-insure operations.........................2163
Railroad grade crossing safety...................................2170
Registration enforcement.........................................2177
Required advance electronic presentation of cargo information 1298
Rules of practice................................................2169
Safety fitness procedures..................................2151, 2162
Stopping distance requirements for truck tractors................2189
Title VI regulations for FMCSA financial assistance recipients...2178
Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2311
Truck length, width, and weight............................2143, 2148
Motor vehicle pollution:
Alternative fuels......................................760, 779, 4135
Control regulations................3067, 3091, 3131, 3136, 3196, 3287
Emission control diagnostic systems..............................3113
Emission standards:
Heavy-duty diesel trucks.......................................3121
Highway motorcycles............................................3281
New motor vehicles.......................................3129, 3174
Gasoline:
Additives................................................3204, 3233
Anti-dumping program...............................3101, 3172, 3183
Reformulated.............................................3103, 3126
Standards......................................................3184
Imported vehicles emissions standards............................3175
Inspection/maintenance programs............................3123, 3228
Low emission vehicles program....................................3171
Low-sulfur highway diesel fuel...................................3098
Motor vehicle and engine compliance fee program..................3257
Motor vehicle safety:
See also Highway safety
Add-on devices...................................................2270
All-terrain vehicle ban for children under 16....................3870
Brake systems:
Allowing roll-bar during testing...............................2244
Antilock system for heavy trucks...............................2262
Brake hoses....................................................2231
Hydraulic parking brake........................................2239
Motorcycle handlebar lever.....................................2246
Child restraint systems.....2203, 2209, 2232, 2258, 2259, 2275, 2282, 2287
Event data recorders.............................................2204
Fire performance requirements....................................2268
Frontal offset protection........................................2188
Fuel system integrity............................................2205
Horizontal discharge trailers....................................2240
Imported vehicles................................................2228
Lamps and reflective devices:
Administrative rewrite of requirements.........................2276
Daytime running lamps....................................2271, 2280
Geometric visibility requirements for lamps....................2221
Headlamp glare...........................................2197, 2249
Motorcycles..............................................2198, 2273
Performance and test requirement modifications.................2272
Signal lamps...................................................2225
Low-speed vehicles...............................................2252
Mirrors:
Convex cross view mirrors......................................2192
Convex mirrors for commercial trucks...........................2264
Passenger-side systems.........................................2265
Motorcycle helmets...............................................2199
Multi-stage vehicles.............................................2283
Occupant crash protection: 5th percentile dummy belted barrier crash test requirements....2250
Air bags.....................................2261, 2274, 2281, 2291
Designated seating position definition.........................2208
Door retention.................................................2194
Head/neck protection...........................................2227
Side impact protection...................................2211, 2260
Upper interior impact....................................2277, 2283
Vehicles built in two or more stages...........................2207
Platform lift systems............................................2253
Power-operated windows.....................................2222, 2224
Radiator safety cap..............................................2220
Recalls:
Reimbursement prior to.........................................2251
Requirements for regional recalls..............................2217
Regulation revisions.............................................2289
Reporting of information and documents about potential defects..2219, 2285, 2292
Roof crashworthiness.......................................2193, 2230
School buses:
Seat mounted child restraints..................................2284
Seat belts:
Emergency locking retractor....................................2200
Rear seats...............................................2248, 2270
Seat adjustment position.......................................2270
Seating systems:
Performance....................................................2190
Test dummies:
Adult size.....................................................2201
Child size.....................................................2241
EuroSID II.....................................................2206
Female size....................................................2250
Hybrid III...............................................2201, 2241
SID-IIs side impact............................................2213
Theft protection.................................................2215
Tires:
Disposition of replaced tires..................................2236
Labeling requirements..........................................2256
Pressure monitoring system.....................................2214
Regulation revisions...........................................2257
Trailers:
Label placement on rear impact guards..........................2234
Rear impact guards.............................................2263
Warning label for low speed vehicles.............................2247
Motor vehicles:
See also Buses
Fuel economy
Motor carriers
Motor vehicle safety
Accelerator control systems......................................2229
Alternatively fueled vehicles..............................2278, 3171
Anti-money laundering program for businesses engaged in motor vehicle sales................................................2430
Brake fluids:
Clarity test...................................................2233
Cargo tank motor vehicles........................................2314
Commercial:
Importation....................................................2245
Controls and displays............................................2235
Corporate Average Fuel Economy Program...........................2266
Customer identification programs for sellers of vehicles.........2424
Dealer notification by manufacturer..............................2223
Defects..........................................................2223
Fuel economy credits.............................................2278
Fuel economy standards program...................................2267
Government property management.............................3480, 3524
High theft lines.................................................2290
Hybrid electric vehicles:
Idle stop technology...........................................2237
Imports..........................................................3175
Schedule of fees...............................................2218
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Insurer theft loss reporting requirements........................2255
Light trucks.....................................................3223
Location and monitoring systems..................................3999
Low-speed vehicles...............................................2196
Modifications to accommodate people with disabilities............2210
Motorcycle regulatory definition.................................2212
Multistage vehicles:
Certification requirements.....................................2191
National Driver Register.........................................2238
National Stolen Passenger Motor Vehicle Information System.......1884
Parts marking requirement........................................2279
Raised or sloped roof structure..................................2230
Recreational vehicles:
Cargo carrying capacity........................................2202
Width requirements.............................................2148
Retroactive certification..................................2242, 2243
Salvage regulations..............................................1890
Small business size standards for new car dealers................3724
Special purpose vehicles.........................................2195
Theft data.......................................................2254
Wheelchair lifts and ramps.......................................2269
Motorcycles:
See Motor vehicles
Munitions:
See Arms and munitions
Museums:
See Libraries
Music:
Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos...................2371
N
Narcotics:
See Drug traffic control
National banks:
Capital regulations........................................2556, 2571
Civil money penalties............................................2562
Corporate activity rules, policies, and procedures........2553, 2558, 2561, 2562, 2573, 2577
Determining nature of financial activities.......................2409
Disclosure requirements..........................................2576
Financial subsidiaries.....................................2406, 2407
Lending limits pilot program.....................................2563
Maintenance of records...........................................2552
Real estate brokerage determination..............................2408
Treatment of financial contracts by receivers....................2572
National cemeteries:
See Cemeteries
National defense:
See also Armed forces
Arms and munitions
Classified information
Technical surveillance countermeasures............................617
National defense contracts:
See Government contracts
Government procurement
National forests:
Appeal regulations................................................212
Climbing bolts in wilderness......................................213
Fair market value for recreation residence use authorizations.....223
Federal Lands Highway Program....................................2147
Fossil collecting.................................................236
Free use approval.................................................226
Grazing permits...................................................211
Healthy Forests Restoration Act:
Predecisional administrative review and objection process.......227
Hydroelectric uses................................................232
Land and resource management planning...................207, 224, 231
National Fire Plan...............................................1662
Notice of intent and/or plan of operations for locatable mineral operations............................................229
Off-highway vehicle prohibitions..................................210
Outdoor recreation accessibility guidelines.......................205
Outfitter and guide special use authorizations...............215, 217
Predator damage management........................................214
Recreation event fees.............................................216
Road management policy............................................235
Roadless area conservation..............................208, 209, 240
Sawtooth National Recreation Area:
Increasing residential outbuilding size.........................206
Small business land use...........................................200
Special use authorizations........................................219
Stewardship contracting projects..................................239
Timber sales......................................................228
Export and substitution restrictions............................203
Trails accessibility guidelines...................................204
Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................197
Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................196
National parks:
Aircraft overflights.............................................2085
Alaska park units................................................1690
Apostle Islands......................................1681, 1682, 1683
Boating and water use activities.................................1689
Canyonlands National Park:
Prohibition of motor vehicles..................................1699
Ceremonies at First Division Monument............................1698
Commercial use permits...........................................1684
Cost recovery for special uses...................................1677
Delaware Water Gap NRA:
Commercial vehicle fees........................................1675
Federal Lands Highway Program....................................2144
Glacier Bay National Park:
Vessel management..............................................1680
Golden Gate National Recreation Area:
Pet management.................................................1695
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument:
Public demonstrations..........................................1781
Historic preservation programs for tribal lands..................1696
Ice augers.......................................................1683
Off-road vehicles................................................1682
Personal watercraft use.....1668, 1669, 1670, 1671, 1672, 1673, 1678, 1685, 1686, 1687, 1688
Presidio:
Management.....................................................3703
Right-of-way regulations.........................................1676
Sale of Native American handicrafts..............................1693
Service animal use...............................................1692
Snowmobile use.......................................1681, 1691, 1697
Wupatki National Monument:
Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1694
National Register of Historic Places:
See Historic preservation
National security information:
See Classified information
National Wildlife Refuge System:
See Wildlife refuges
Nationality:
See Citizenship and naturalization
Native Americans:
See Hawaiian Natives
Indians
Natural gas:
See also Oil and gas exploration
Oil and gas reserves
Pipelines
Blanket sales certificates.......................................4079
Creditworthiness standards for interstate pipelines..............4080
Electronic filing of documents...................................4070
Emergency reconstruction of interstate facilities................4076
Liquified natural gas:
Safety standards...............................................2348
Negotiated rate policies and practices for pipelines.............4072
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act regulations....................4089
Project cost and annual limits for pipelines.....................4088
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Quarterly financial and Annual Report requirements...............4078
Standards of conduct for transmission providers..................4067
Valuation........................................................1731
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
Soil conservation
Water resources
Wildlife
Conservation program information confidentiality..................285
Conservation security program.....................................283
Damage assessments...............................................1494
Natural Resources Conservation Service:
Equitable relief procedures.....................................286
Resource management planning.....................................1765
Wetlands:
Conservation programs..........................................1522
Minimal effects exemptions......................................280
Wetland Program Development Grants.............................3438
Naturalization:
See Citizenship and naturalization
Naval stores:
See Forests and forest products
Navigation (air):
Airspace system.............................................506, 2111
Area navigation..................................................2100
Instrument flight rules..........................................2108
Standard instrument approach procedures..........................2110
Transponder requirement..........................................2079
Use and preservation of navigable airspace.......................2061
Navigation (water):
Alternative source to incandescent light.........................1241
Certification requirements for NOAA Electronic Navigational
Chart distribution............................................510
Electronic Charting Display and Information System...............1228
Offshore pipeline hazards........................................2329
Puget Sound......................................................1225
Regulated navigation areas.......................................1218
Traffic separation schemes.......................................1185
Updating technical information...................................1239
News media:
See also Radio
Television
Newspapers:
Radio cross-ownership..........................................3983
Noise control:
Overflights of national parks....................................2085
Nondiscrimination:
See Civil rights
Nonprofit organizations:
Audits...........................................................2955
DOT grants.......................................................2038
Equal treatment for faith-based and community organizations participation in DOL social service programs.................1913
Faith-based organizations' participation in Justice Department programs.....................................................1900
Food and Nutrition Service data collection........................161
Grants administration...........................618, 1059, 1409, 3019
Limitation of insured housing loans..............................1443
Participation in HUD programs..............................1406, 1480
Participation of religious organizations in USDA programs.........244
Rights to inventions.........................................603, 605
Nuclear energy:
See also Nuclear materials
Nuclear power plants and reactors
National Nuclear Security Administration:
Acquisition regulations....................................752, 789
Computer security...............................................753
Public records...................................................4206
Radiation protection of the public and environment................796
Regulation amendments............................................4233
Nuclear materials:
Computer security............................................753, 785
Determining eligibility for access to.............................787
DOE security activities...........................................784
Economic development transfers of real property at defense nuclear facilities............................................794
Electronic submission of fingerprint records for licensees.......4227
Export controls...................................................365
Human reliability program.........................................786
Licensing and distribution of byproduct material.................4221
Medical use of byproduct material................................4207
NRC fee schedule.................................................4235
Nuclear fuel.....................................................4210
Packaging and transportation safety standards....................4225
Security requirements for portable gauges containing byproduct material.....................................................4205
Solid material control...........................................4195
Source material distribution.....................................4218
Spent fuel:
Licensing proceedings for receipt of high-level waste at a geologic repository........................................4209
List of approved storage casks.........4228, 4229, 4230, 4231, 4234
Shipment information protection requirements...................4212
Transfers of certain exempt source materials by specific licensees....................................................4215
US-IAEA safeguards agreement.....................................4220
Nuclear power plants and reactors:
ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.............................4197
Decommissioning:
Integrated rulemaking..........................................4213
Trust fund provisions..........................................4232
Decoupling assumed loss of offsite power from loss-of-coolant accidents....................................................4223
Design certification:
Changes to licensing procedures................................4201
Emergency action levels..........................................4204
Emergency core cooling systems...................................4219
Entombment options...............................................4216
Fee schedule.....................................................4235
Financial qualifications for renewal of operating licenses......4198, 4226
Fire protection..................................................4203
Industry codes and standards.....................................4208
Information collection, reporting, and posting requirements......4199
Loss-of-coolant accident break size..............................4196
NRC regulation amendments........................................4233
Adjudicatory process changes...................................4224
Performance-based acceptance criteria for fuel cladding performance..................................................4222
Personnel:
Fitness-for-Duty Program.......................................4200
Physical protection regulations..................................4214
Pressure-temperature limits......................................4217
Radiological sabotage............................................4214
Risk-informing special treatment requirements....................4202
Safety regulations..........................................796, 4220
Waste disposal...................................................4211
Worker fatigue...................................................4194
Worker safety and health at DOE facilities........................798
Nuclear safety:
See Radiation protection
Page 38779
Nursery stock:
See Plants
Nursing homes:
See also Health facilities
Number of licensed and unlicensed nursing staff per shift posting requirements.........................................1017
Veterans.........................................................2957
Nursing schools:
See Medical and dental schools
Nutrition:
See also Food assistance programs
Foods
Food labeling.....................................................185
Uniform federal assistance regulations............................156
O
Occupational safety and health:
See also Mine safety and health
Beryllium exposure...............................................1973
Cargo handling...................................................1978
Chemicals:
Dermal absorption rate testing.................................3353
Child labor regulations....................................1914, 1922
Commercial diving operations...............................1224, 1999
Commercial motor vehicle employees...............................2159
Construction industry............................................1980
Hearing loss prevention........................................1974
Hoisting equipment safety......................................1975
Crystalline silica exposure......................................1972
DOE facilities....................................................798
DOE radiation protection requirements.............................792
Electric power...................................................1982
Electrical standards.............................................1984
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program........832
Ethylene oxide...................................................1971
Excavations......................................................1976
Explosives and small arms manufacturing..........................1986
Fall protection..................................................1983
Glycol ethers....................................................1997
Hexavalent chromium exposure.....................................1979
Ionizing radiation exposure......................................1977
Noise exposure for railroad operating employees..................2295
Oregon State plan................................................1995
Personal protective equipment....................................1990
Pesticide worker protection................................3299, 3306
Physician panel determination in filing for state worker's compensation benefits.........................................795
Presence sensing device initiation of mechanical power presses...2000
Respiratory protection.....................................1988, 1992
Rollover protective structures...................................1996
Shipyard standards.........................................1981, 1989
Standards improvement............................................1991
Steel erection standards.........................................1987
Tuberculosis exposure............................................1998
Updating standards based on national consensus standards.........1985
Walking working surfaces.........................................1983
Ocean dumping:
See Water pollution control
Ocean resources:
See Marine resources
Offshore structures:
See Continental shelf
Oil and gas exploration:
Air pollutant emission.....................................3246, 3247
Application processing...........................................1766
Blowout prevention for well workover operations..................1727
Incidental taking of marine mammals in the Gulf of Mexico.........460
Leasing:
Bonding........................................................1773
Data release...................................................1728
Definitions....................................................1728
Leasing and operations regulations.............................1778
Offshore floating production facilities..........................1743
Outer Continental Shelf:
Document updates...............................................1744
Federal consistency regulations.................................509
Leasing regulations............................................1732
Pipeline rights-of-way.........................................1747
Rights-of-use and easements....................................1747
Safety measures................................................1222
Safety zone for vessels......................1207, 1244, 1245, 1246
Pipeline rights-of-way...........................................1521
Production rates.................................................1737
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................1723
Royalty relief or reduction....................1724, 1725, 1730, 1748
Royalty reporting standards................................1724, 1739
Service order appeals............................................1726
Oil and gas reserves:
Export controls...................................................312
Oil pollution:
Claims procedures under the Oil Pollution Act....................1180
Discharge-removal equipment......................................1212
Leak detection and repair of pumps and valves....................3116
National Contingency Plan........................................3409
Oil spill liability trust fund...................................1214
Oil spill response.........................................1227, 2328
Sale of DOD aircraft to persons providing oil spill response service.......................................................624
Vessel response plan.................................1220, 1223, 1227
Old-age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance:
Hemic and lymphatic system, disability criteria..................3763
Interrelationship with Railroad Retirement Program...............3802
Malignant neoplastic diseases, disability criteria...............3763
Video teleconference technology..................................3795
Organization and functions:
FAA..............................................................2116
Farm Credit Administration.......................................3890
FEMA.............................................................1391
OFHEO............................................................3569
Peace Corps......................................................3696
USDA..............................................................191
Outer continental shelf:
See Continental shelf
Over-the-counter drugs:
Drug reviews:
Antidiarrheal products..........................................911
Antihistamine products..........................................878
Antiperspirant products.........................................877
Bronchodilator products.........................................857
Cough and cold products..........................857, 858, 859, 878
External analgesic products.....................................893
Internal analgesic products.....................................860
Laxative drug products..........................................894
Nasal decongestant products.....................................859
Ophthalmic products.............................................879
Oral health care products.......................................895
Skin protectant products........................................880
Sunscreen products..............................................836
Vaginal contraceptive products..................................881
Weight control products.........................................862
Labeling..........................................................861
Safety............................................................896
Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1846
Overseas private investment:
See United States investments abroad
Overtime pay:
See Wages
P
Packaging and containers:
See also Labeling
Page 38780
Child-resistant packaging..................................3860, 3867
Dietary ingredients and dietary supplements.......................867
Household products containing hydroxides, standards for..........3871
Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4132
WIC food packages.................................................168
Paint:
See Lead poisoning
Paperwork requirements:
See Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
Parachutes:
See Aircraft
Parks:
See National parks
Passenger vessels:
See also Maritime carriers
Access for individuals with disabilities...................2028, 3024
Alternate tonnage convention.....................................1231
Coastwise trade laws.......................................2353, 2356
Effluent standards for cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters..3434
Financial responsibility requirements............................4105
Hull examination alternatives....................................1199
Manifest requirements............................................1270
Prohibited items.................................................1328
Training and qualifications for personnel........................1193
Underwater surveys...............................................1199
Passports and visas:
Crew list visa elimination.......................................2014
Diversity visas............................................2019, 2024
Electronic passports.............................................2011
Fingerprint requirements.........................................2008
Guam visa waiver program...................................1251, 1266
Removal of waiver for residents of Canada and Bermuda............1264
Transit without visa...1256, 1283, 1286, 1287, 1288, 1293, 1294, 1296
Visa Waiver Program........................................1282, 1295
Patents:
See Inventions and patents
Pay:
See Wages
Peanuts:
Crop insurance....................................................113
Penalties:
See also Seizures and forfeitures
Civil................................................1946, 2080, 2421
Aviation economic requirements.................................2045
DHS............................................................1366
DOT................................................2216, 2300, 2301
HHS.............................................................823
Inflation adjustment......................................700, 1243
Medicaid and Medicare violations..........................963, 1041
Medicaid managed care organizations.............................822
Medicare+Choice Organizations...................................822
NIGC...........................................................4192
OCC............................................................2562
OIG.............................................................826
Disaster relief and emergency assistance.........................1381
Hazardous materials transportation.........................2301, 2346
Immigration......................................................1865 international matchmaking organization violations..............1868
PBGC assessment and relief.......................................3698
Tax shelters.....................................................2886
Pensions:
See also Railroad retirement
Social security
Abandoned individual account plans...............................1944
Acquisition regulations..........................................3838
Cash or deferred arrangements..............................2746, 2747
Civil penalty for failure to provide Section 302 notice..........1946
Deductibility of employer contributions..........................2618
Disclosure of relative value of distribution forms...............2778
Elimination of forms of distribution in defined contribution plans........................................................2819
ERISA:
Adequate consideration definition..............................1954
Continuation coverage notification.............................1955
Electronic filing by investment advisers.......................1953
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act......1947, 1951
Length of hospital stay after birth of child...................1949
Mental health benefits parity..................................1948
Participant loan rules.........................................1942
Regulations governing the performance of actuarial service.....2583
Safe harbor requirements.......................................1952
Suspension of benefit regulation...............................1943
Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act...........................1950
GATT provisions affecting accrued benefits.......................2849
Income tax regulations...............................2641, 2807, 2816
Multiemployer plans:
Annual funding notice requirements.............................1945
Normal retirement age............................................2613
Participant notices..............................................3702
Payment of benefits in trusteed plans............................3700
Penalties assessment and relief..................................3698
Reductions of accruals and allocations because of increased age 2767
Required distributions from plans................................2773
Single-employer plans............................................3699
Single-sum distributions from cash balance plans.................2652
Valuation of benefits and assets.................................3699
Pesticides and pests:
Antimicrobial pesticides...................................3301, 3307
Biochemical or microbial products................................3308
Data requirements..........................................3300, 3308
Disposal and storage guidelines..................................3305
Emergency exemption regulations..................................3304
Endangered species regulation...............................496, 1533
Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program......................3298, 3302
Explosive pest control devices...................................1836
Groundwater protection...........................................3316
Gypsy moth regulations.............................................78
Importation of non-indigenous organisms............................68
Importation of pine shoot beetle host material.....................66
Medical devices treated with antimicrobial pesticides............3317
Methyl bromide authorization as official quarantine use............51
Pesticide tolerance reassessment program.........................3310
Plant incorporated protectants.......................3311, 3312, 3313
Registration review program......................................3303
Rules of practice................................................3315
Storage and disposal.............................................3305
Tolerance fees...................................................3309
Worker protection standards................................3299, 3306
Petroleum:
See also Fuel additives
Oil and gas exploration
Oil and gas reserves
Oil pollution
Pipelines
Oil valuation..............................................1729, 1745
Onshore oil pipelines............................................2328
Refineries:
Emission standards.......................................3070, 3217
Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste at petroleum refineries......................................3388
Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3391
Physically handicapped:
See Individuals with disabilities
Physicians:
See Health professions
Pilots:
See Airmen
Page 38781
Pipeline safety:
Complaint procedures.............................................1994
Gas gathering lines..............................................2310
Hazardous substances.......................................2325, 2337
Incident reporting...............................................1741
Inspection devices...............................................2327
Integrity management in high consequence areas...................2336
Liquefied natural gas facilities.................................2348
Operator qualification program...................................2322
Permanent underwater inspections.................................2329
Protecting unusually sensitive areas and commercially navigable waterways....................................................2325
Public information programs......................................2323
Standards for direct assessment..................................2324
Technical revisions to agency procedures.........................2338
Updates to safety requirements.................1736, 2315, 2333, 2348
Pipelines:
See also Natural gas
Pipeline safety
Electronic filing of documents...................................4070
Negotiated rate policies and practices for natural gas pipelines....................................................4072
Onshore oil pipelines............................................2328
Quarterly financial and Annual Report requirements...............4078
Rights of use and easement.......................................1738
Rights-of-way..............................................1521, 1747
Plant diseases and pests:
Karnal bunt........................................................65
Phytophthora ramorum regulations...................................67
Plants:
See also Seeds
Biological agents and toxins list..................................63
Cost-sharing for pest or disease emergency programs................77
Endangered and threatened........................................1656
Conservation education.........................................1503
Permits for foreign listed species.............................1604
Gypsy moth regulations.............................................78
Importation of orchids.............................................89
Imports............................................................55
International standards for wood packing materials.................64
Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III..............1509, 1531
Methyl bromide authorization for official quarantine use...........51
Plant incorporated protectants.......................3311, 3312, 3313
Plant Variety Protection Services...................................6
Transgenic.......................................................3350
Poison prevention:
See Lead poisoning
Political activities (Government employees):
Honoraria donated to charities...................................3572
Pollution:
See Environmental protection
Population census:
See Census data
Ports:
See Harbors
Poultry and poultry products:
Chilling time and temperature requirements........................176
Classes of........................................................187
Expressed nutrient content claims.................................186
Grading.............................................................5
Imported..........................................................178
Nutrition labeling...........................................169, 185
On-line reprocessing of pre-chill carcasses.......................174
Poultry inspection:
Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection............................179
Performance standards:
Ready-to-eat products...........................................184
PR/HACCP regulations..............................................176
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.......................................................838
CHAMPUS Pharmacy Benefits Program.................................733
Electronic transactions:
Ordering Schedule I and II controlled substances...............1859
Prescriptions for controlled substances........................1845
Employer-sponsored drug programs..................................966
Labeling...........................................848, 849, 864, 885
Manufacturers' submission of average sales price data for
Medicare Part B drugs........................................1022
Medicaid drug rebate program................................988, 1018
Medicare Advantage Program Title II...............................965
Medicare drug benefit effective calendar year 2006................967
Medicare monthly premium and cost-sharing coverage...............3762
Medicare payment regulations................................986, 1002
Prescription Drug Discount Card Program...........................826
Prescription Drug Marketing Act...................................852
Presidential records:
See Archives and records
Price controls:
FCC..............................................................3956
Price support programs:
Tobacco........................................................33, 43
Prisoners:
Admission and Orientation Program................................1813
Autopsy regulations..............................................1789
Central Inmate Monitoring system.................................1811
Civil contempt of court commitments..............................1810
Classification and program review................................1800
Community confinement limitations................................1790
Correspondence...................................................1803
DNA collection and use...........................................1899
Drug abuse treatment:
Disincentives and enhanced incentives..........................1799
Educational good time credit for D.C. Code offenders.............1805
Good conduct time..........................................1796, 1809
Aliens.........................................................1809
Health care service fees.........................................1808
Literacy program.................................................1793
Over-the-counter medication regulations..........................1817
Psychiatric treatment and medication safeguards..................1815
Release regulations..............................................1816
Religious beliefs and practices..................................1818
Suicide prevention program.......................................1806
Telephone regulations and financial responsibility...............1794
Prisons:
Administrative measures to prevent acts of violence or terrorism....................................................1807
Commissary account deposit procedures............................1798
Commissary privileges............................................1795
Drug abuse treatment program.....................................1785
Emergencies......................................................1814
Federal Prison Industries:
Address changes................................................1812
Increased waiver thresholds....................................3841
Market research requirement....................................3833
Infectious disease management....................................1804
Inmate discipline................................................1786
Intensive confinement centers....................................1792
Progress Reports.................................................1787
Searching and detaining or arresting non-inmates.................1791
Smoking/no smoking areas.........................................1819
Telephone privileges.............................................1795
Victim/witness notifications.....................................1788
Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive
Grants Program environmental impact review...................1908
Privacy:
See also Confidential business information
CFTC policies....................................................3847
DOD...............................................................655
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.........................750
Page 38782
FDIC policies....................................................4050
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation program records..........1932
Financial records and information....................1075, 4136, 4151
Food Stamp Program................................................136
Personnel records for government employees.......................3619
Privacy Act:
Corporation for National Service...............................3030
Crop insurance..................................................121
DHS procedures...........................................1060, 1166
DOJ implementation.............................................1802
DOT exemptions...........................................2042, 2043
EPA regulations................................................3042
Food Stamp records..............................................167
NCUA...........................................................4166
NEH Inspector General investigative files......................3562
NIGC procedures................................................4181
OPM regulations................................................3605
Passenger and Aviation Security Screening Records..............1321
Peace Corps regulations........................................3692
SBA records....................................................3738
TSA regulations....................................1305, 1306, 1319
Public access to State Department information....................2006
SEC policies...............................................4264, 4280
Social security records and information..........................3749
Treasury policies................................................2924
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....................................1050
Charitable Choice provisions...................................1054
Welfare-to-Work Program..........................................1931
Public buildings:
See Federal buildings and facilities
Public health:
See also Meat inspection
Waste treatment and disposal
``Serious adverse health consequences'' definition................845
Air pollution effects............................................3345
Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3061
Charitable Choice program.........................................829
Informed consent regulations......................................840
Liability protection for free clinic health professionals.........917
NIH center grants.................................................933
NIH training grants...............................................924
Public Health Service Act:
Length of hospital stay after birth of child...................1949
Mental health benefits parity..................................1948
NIH AIDS Research Loan Repayment Program........................926
Use of seclusion and restraint in non-medical residential facilities..................................................827
Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act...........................1950
Research misconduct...............................................936
Safeguarding food during transport...............................2311
Water contamination..............................................3444
Public housing:
See also Low and moderate income housing
Capital Fund Program.............................................1475
Consolidated plan regulations....................................1398
Conversion of developments.......................................1489
Demolition and disposition.......................................1482
Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental projects.....1425
Excess rental charges............................................1442
Fair market rents for Section 8 programs.........................1407
Homeownership program............................................1485
Housing Choice Voucher program:
Regulation revisions...........................................1483
Operating Fund allocation formula................................1486
Operating funds for debt service.................................1484
Over-income tenant treatment.....................................1488
Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Program..............1481
Section 8 homeownership program:
Disabled families assistance...................................1490
Section 8 Management Assessment Program..........................1477
Lease-up indicator.............................................1478
Streamlining income exclusions...................................1411
Streamlining mixed finance application review....................1476
Public lands:
See also Grazing lands
Homesteads
National forests
National parks
Public lands-grants
Public lands-mineral resources
Public lands-rights-of-way
Reclamation
Abandoned mine land reclamation..................................1757
Alaska Native veteran allotments.................................1767
Desert land entries..............................................1761
Hazardous substances compliance..................................1780
Indian allotments................................................1770
Leases...........................................................1775
Permit and easements.............................................1775
Policy and management......................................1760, 1775
Public conduct on reclamation lands and projects.................1758
Recreational use permits.........................................1784
Subsistence management.............1524, 1553, 1616, 1622, 1624, 1661
Wilderness management......................................1772, 1783
Woody biomass utilization........................................1500
Public lands-grants:
Carey Act grants.................................................1777
Public lands-mineral resources:
Coalbed methane development......................................1776
Disposal of reserved minerals....................................1762
Locatable minerals program........................................230
Mining claims..............................................1782, 1783
Oil and gas leasing:
Performance standards..........................................1778
Valuation of oil...............................................1729
Revegetation standards...........................................1751
User fees........................................................1768
Public lands-rights-of-way:
Regulations removal..............................................1769
Public utilities:
See Electric utilities
Natural gas
Utilities
Water supply
R
Radiation protection:
See also Radioactive materials
DOE requirements.............................................792, 796
Dose methodology.................................................3295
Exposure standards...............................................1977
Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2000...........1898
Radio:
See also Communications
Amateur radio service............................................3920
Aviation Radio Service...........................................4021
Channelization of the 39 GHz band................................3992
Cognitive radio technologies.....................................3926
Commercial mobile services:
Automatic and manual roaming obligations.......................4009
Resale of services.............................................3990
Roaming obligations............................................3990
Spectrum aggregation limits....................................4007
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Spectrum cap...................................................3993
Telephone Operator Consumer Services Improvement Act...........4025
Competitive bidding process................................3991, 3998
Conducted emission limits........................................3932
Consolidating the 800 MHz industrial/land transportation and business pool channels.......................................4020
Digital audio broadcasting system................................3972
Digital audio radio service in the 2310-2360 MHz band............3938
FM radio.........................................................3967
Government transfer band.........................................3911
Gulf of Mexico service...........................................4024
Interference temperature operation...............................3928
Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz...............................4002
Licensing low power operations in 450-470 MHz band...............4010
Maritime communications..........................................4004
Maritime mobile services.........................................3942
Market definitions...............................................3979
Multiple access systems..........................................3997
Newspaper cross-ownership........................................3983
Noncommercial educational broadcast stations.....................3982
Private land mobile services:
Airport terminal use frequencies in the 450-470 MHz band.......4019
Public safety communications...............................3996, 4020
Quiet zone application procedures................................4011
Railroad standards and procedures................................2298
Reallocation of 27 MHz spectrum............................3917, 4023
Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................3939
Software defined radios..........................................3915
Spectrum usage promotion through development of secondary markets......................................................4008
Terrestrial microwave fixed services.............................4003
Transfer of 3650 through 3700 MHz band...........................4006
Transfer of 4.9 GHz band from government use.....................4006
Ultra-wideband transmission......................................3914
Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure at 5 GHz..........3910
Wireless services................................................4016
Radioactive materials:
See also Nuclear materials
Radiation protection
Packaging and transportation.....................................4225
Radioactive waste:
See Hazardous waste
Railroad employees:
See also Railroad retirement
Drug and alcohol testing.........................................2302
Foreign-based train crews......................................2303
Railroad retirement:
Annuity:
Deductions by reason of work...................................3705
Creditability of pay.............................................3709
Disability determination...................................3706, 3707
Electronic filing of applications and claims...............3708, 3711
Employers' contributions.........................................3704
Freedom of information...........................................3710
Interrelationship with Old-Age, Survivors and Disability
Insurance Program............................................3802
Railroad safety:
Civil monetary penalties.........................................2300
Event recorder crashworthiness...................................2294
Fixed guideway systems...........................................2305
Grade crossing and signal systems................................2170
Locomotives:
Crashworthiness................................................2293
Safety standards...............................................2304
Monetary threshold for reporting rail equipment accidents/ incidents....................................................2296
Noise exposure for railroad operating employees..................2295
Radio communications and train control...........................2298
Railroad car conspicuity.........................................2299
Whistle bans at grade crossings..................................2297
Railroads:
See also Railroad employees
Railroad retirement
Railroad safety
Appellate procedures and informal complaints.....................4329
Electronic filing option for certain documents...................4330
Hazardous materials transportation.........................1327, 2309
Rail abandonment procedures................................4327, 4328
Required advance electronic presentation of cargo information....1298
Small rate guidelines............................................4326
Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2311
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..............................2429
FHWA regulations.................................................2141
GSAR tax adjustment provision....................................3478
Historic preference..............................................3477
HUBZone program..................................................3470
Reclamation:
See also Mines
Surface mining
Financing........................................................1757
Revegetation standards...........................................1751
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
Access for individuals with disabilities.........................1822
Forest Service regulations...................................213, 216
National parks regulations.......................................1689
Presidio:
Management.....................................................3703
Use permits for public lands.....................................1784
Water quality standards for coastal recreation waters............3414
Recreational fishing:
See Fishing
Recycling:
Cathode ray tubes................................................3380
Electronic equipment.............................................3390
Government purchase of recovered materials.......................3375
RCRA burden reduction initiative.................................3389
Refrigerant..................3137, 3139, 3185, 3191, 3253, 3283, 3284
Refugees:
See also Aliens
Guaranty of transportation.......................................1117
Sponsorship agreement............................................1117
Relocation assistance:
FHWA regulations.................................................2141
Renal diseases:
See Kidney diseases
Repatriation:
See Citizenship and naturalization
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements:
Air carriers.........................................2030, 2052, 2078
Page 38784
ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................4040
Bank Secrecy Act implementation......................2431, 2437, 2450
Carbamates.......................................................3404
CFTC.............................................................3854
Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3360
DEA..................................................1855, 1856, 1862
DFARS.............................................................644
DOC.....................................................292, 294, 570
DOI........................................................1723, 1724
DOT............................................2161, 2209, 2243, 2255
Electronic records management:
FERC...........................................................4083
FMC............................................................4099
EPA..............................................................3040
Cross-media electronic reporting and recordkeeping rule........3054
Electronic reporting...........................................3058
Exports...........................................................342
FAA..............................................................2084
FCC........................................................3952, 3959
FDA...............................................................871
FERC.............................................................4078
Fishing quotas...............................................431, 528
FMC........................................................4107, 4108
Hazardous materials........................................2331, 3354
HHS...............................................................833
Honoraria donated to charities...................................3572
Human cellular and tissue-based products..........................865
Infant formula testing............................................897
Intercountry adoptions...........................................2018
Investment advisers........................................4258, 4271
Investment companies.............................................4287
Livestock mandatory reporting program...............................9
Marine casualties................................................1189
NARA:
Electronic text documents......................................3552
Freedom of information.........................................3551
Plain language revisions.................................3547, 3548
National banks.............................................2552, 2577
National Practitioner Data Bank..............................912, 922
NCUA.............................................................4148
NOAA..............................................................492
Outcome and Assessment Information Set data......................1006
Peace Corps................................................3692, 3695
Railroad employers' records and reports..........................3704
RCRA.......................................................3378, 3389
Retirement record of employee transferring within same agency....3660
Securities:
Broker-dealers.....................................2551, 4270, 4291
EDGAR system...................................................4283
Large trader reporting system..................................4237
Tax determination on large cigars................................2473
Telecommunications operations support systems....................4047
Tobacco market reporting system....................................24
Toxics Release Inventory.............................3357, 3359, 3365
Treasury.........................................................2781
Uranium mill sites................................................797
Using private laboratories with regard to FDA actions.............882
VA education benefits............................................2980
Voluntary consensus standards....................................3578
Research:
See also Agricultural research
Educational research
Human research subjects
Medical research
Fisheries set-aside program..................................490, 577
Marine resources..................................................512
Misconduct...................................791, 844, 936, 937, 3510
National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research chimpanzees...................................................925
NIH center grants.................................................933
Protection of human subjects.......304, 627, 737, 935, 938, 939, 940, 2966, 3022, 3057, 3314, 3874
Research scientist appointment authority.........................3053
Tax credit for increasing research activities....................2883
Retirement:
See also Pensions
Railroad retirement
Social security
Age for pension plans............................................2613
Coordination of health benefits..................................3457
District of Columbia employees...................................3638
FEHB coverage....................................................3615
Firefighters.....................................................3639
Government employees:
Court orders awarding survivor annuities.......................3612
Coverage for non-appropriated fund instrumentalities...........3663
Credit for military service....................................3662
Death benefits and employee refunds............................3642
Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act..........3659
FERS basic annuity.......................................3641, 3661
FERS coverage elections........................................3613
IRA tax regulations............................2584, 2638, 2639, 2697
Law enforcement officers.........................................3639
Phased retirement program........................................2709
Record of employee transferring within same agency...............3660
Required distributions from plans................................2773
TRICARE retiree dental program....................................722
Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act.................628
Voluntary State tax withholding from retired pay of Service members.......................................................612
Rights-of-way:
See also Public lands-rights-of-way
Accessibility guidelines for individuals with disabilities.......3026
Roads:
See Highways and roads
Rockets:
See Aircraft
Rodenticides:
See Pesticides and pests
Rotorcraft:
See Aircraft
Royalties:
See Mineral royalties
Rubber and rubber products:
See Tires
Rural areas:
Business and industrial loan programs..............248, 251, 253, 255
Business enterprise grants........................................254
Business investment program.......................................249
Community facility projects.......................................109
Environmental policies and procedures.............................102
Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for electrification purposes......................................................269
High energy cost rural community grants...........................266
Housing:
Community Facilities Direct Loan Program....................99, 251
Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program.........................106
Loans, grants, and programs................................104, 105
New and existing dwellings definition...........................100
Planning and performing construction............................101
Regulation streamlining...........................................104
Rural Business-Cooperative Service loan and grant programs........260
Rural Utilities Service:
Accounting requirements for telecommunications borrowers........264
Broadband grant program.........................................267
Electric program standard contract forms........................275
Exemption of certain borrowers from controls....................270
General and pre-loan policies...................................277
Homeland Security requirements..................................271
Household water system program..................................272
Local television station access.................................279
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Sale or transfer of capital assets..............................265
Seismic safety requirements.....................................278
Settlement of debt authority....................................274
Special equipment contract......................................263
Technical assistance grants.....................................268
Telecommunications program......................................276
Water and wastewater grant program..............................273
Spectrum-based communications services...........................4017
Technical assistance grants and programs...........................98
Telecommunications system construction policies...................261
S
Safety:
See Aviation safety
Consumer protection
Fire prevention
Hazardous substances
Highway safety
Marine safety
Mine safety and health
Motor vehicle safety
Occupational safety and health
Pipeline safety
Radiation protection
Railroad safety
Salaries:
See Wages
Sanitation:
See Public health
Waste treatment and disposal
Satellites:
See also Space transportation and exploration
Communications:
Application and licensing requirements.........................3936
Broadcasting signal carriage requirements......................3973
Coordination between non-geostationary and geostationary orbit......................................................3924
Dedicated short range communications of intelligent transportation systems.....................................3929
Digital audio radio service....................................3938
Earth stations...............................3944, 3950, 3953, 3955
Fixed-satellite services.................................3912, 3945
Global mobile personal communications..........................3943
Licensing reform...............................................3947
Maritime mobile services.......................................3942
Mobile service provider flexibility............................3948
MSS spectrum allocation............................3909, 3937, 3941
Non-geostationary orbit..................................3945, 3954
Non-government operations in the 36.0-51.4 GHz portion of the
V-band.....................................................3940
Orbital debris mitigation......................................3949
Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................3939
Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act................3970, 3971, 3973
Savings associations:
Assessments and fees.............................................2926
Customer identification program..................................2435
Savings bonds:
See Bonds
Scholarships and fellowships:
National Institutes of Health.....................................923
School breakfast and lunch programs:
Allowable costs...................................................144
Donated foods provided under contract with food service management companies..........................................147
Serving fruits and vegetables as afterschool snacks...............145
Uniform Federal assistance regulations............................156
Schools:
See also Colleges and universities
Educational facilities
Approval for enrollment in Student and Exchange Visitor
Information System...........................................1360
Asbestos model accreditation plan................................3338
Closure and consolidation........................................1711
Science and technology:
Research misconduct..............................................3510
Rights to inventions..............................................603
Scientific equipment:
See Medical devices
Seafood:
See also Fish
Fisheries
Fish and Seafood Promotion Act....................................429
Seals:
See Marine mammals
Seamen:
Licenses and certificates of registry............................1208
Merchant marine training, certification, and watchkeeping........1181
Merchant mariner application procedure...........................1205
Seaplanes:
See Aircraft
Seashores:
See Coastal zone
Securities:
See also Bonds
Acceleration of filing date......................................4252
Affiliate transactions...........................................4277
Beneficial ownership report filing...............................2559
Best price rules.................................................4243
Blank check companies............................................4249
Borrowing transactions.....................................2567, 4060
Broker-dealers:
Alternative net capital computation for holding company groups.....................................................4298
Categories of permissible collateral...........................2379
Derivatives transaction execution facilities intermediaries 3856
Quotation requirements.........................................4313
Recordkeeping requirements.....................................2551
Cancelled security certificate destruction.......................4319
Collection of fees...............................................4301
Collection of income tax at source to statutory stock options....2770
Communications reform............................................4244
Confirmation of transactions.....................................4302
Critical accounting policies.....................................4246
Custody or possession of funds or securities.....................2379
Customer Protection Rule.........................................2379
Debt securities registration exemption...........................4240
Definition of terms..............................................4295
Delisting and deregistering......................................4296
Disclosure requirements.....4237, 4246, 4252, 4255, 4273, 4281, 4290, 4303, 4304, 4305, 4324
EDGAR system...............................................4253, 4283
Electronic signatures......................................4239, 4311
Employer-provided stock option programs..........................1917
Equity securities................................................4318
Exemption for holdings subject to fiduciary standards............2366
Financial reporting..............................................4249
Form 8-K disclosure requirements and acceleration of filing date.........................................................4256
Form F-6 eligibility requirements................................4247
Futures products:
Offer and sale of products traded on foreign boards............3846
Registration requirements for banks acting as brokers or dealers....................................................4292
Reserve requirements for margin................................4300
Held of record securities........................................4241
Holding companies....................................4236, 4268, 4284
Income taxation..................................................2733
Independent transmission companies...............................4267
Integrated financial transactions................................2593
International Financial Reporting Standards......................4248
International Securities Exchange................................4309
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Investment advisers............................4258, 4259, 4261, 4272
Investment companies:
Compliance programs............................................4286
Disclosure requirements..................................4245, 4287
Enhanced fund governance standards.............................4279
Money market fund investment...................................4289
Use of brokerage commissions to finance distribution...........4276
Lock-up agreements...............................................4242
Mark-to-market accounting............................2650, 2738, 2880
Money market fund exemptions.....................................4274
Multijurisdictional disclosure system............................4254
Mutual funds:
Anti-money laundering program..................................2441
Confirmation disclosure of transactions........................4317
Pricing regulations............................................4278
Reporting suspicious transactions..............................2437
Nasdaq-listed securities.........................................4312
Net capital requirements.........................................4294
Options markets..................................................4314
Ownership by securities intermediaries...........................4297
Penny stocks.....................................................4311
Privacy notices..................................................4280
Privacy of consumer financial information........................4264
Qualified purchaser definition...................................4251
Redemption fees for redeemable fund securities...................4282
Regulation NMS...................................................4306
Reorganization events................................2871, 2898, 4293
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................4291, 4316
Annual reports and prospectuses................................4291
Rules of practice................................................4325
Safe harbor:
Exceptions.....................................................2857
Sarbanes-Oxley Act regulations:
Disclosure requirements..................................2559, 2576
Treatment of foreign banks.....................................4257
Shareholder access to director nomination process................4250
Short sales................................................4308, 4320
SRO filing rules.................................................4310
Standards of conduct for attorneys...............................4322
Streamlining.....................................................4238
Substitute dividend payments.....................................2637
Substitution of funds underlying variable insurance products.....4288
Supervised investment bank holding companies.....................4299
Supplemental financial information...............................4323
Tender and reorganization agents.................................4293
Transactions settlement..........................................4307
Security information:
See Classified information
Security measures:
See also Classified information
Acquisition regulations..........................................1070
Airport security compliance program..............................1325
Biological agents and toxins list..................................63
Bureau of Prisons administrative measures........................1807
Classified national security information.........................1062
Critical infrastructure information handling.....................1076
Customer identification programs:
Loan and finance companies.....................................2423
Pawn brokers...................................................2420
Sellers of vehicles............................................2424
Travel agents..................................................2422
DHS human resources management system......................1071, 3668
Disclosure of official information in connection with legal proceedings..................................................1061
DOE:
Contractors.....................................................783
Nuclear security activities.....................................784
Polygraph examination regulations...............................782
Restriction of access authorization.............................788
Export controls...................................................371
FDA detention of food in response to bioterrorism threat..........906
FDA registration of food facilities...............................872
Federal mail.....................................................3469
Food security plans...............................................182
Freedom of Information.....................................1060, 1166
Grants administration............................................1059
Human reliability program for DOE employees.......................786
Identification credentials.......................................1240
Maritime and land security directives and information circulars..1301
Maritime Security Program........................................2363
National Industrial Security Program.............................3543
National Security Agency/Central Security Service Freedom of
Information Act program.......................................630
National security information regulations........................2010
Privacy Act procedures.....................................1060, 1166
Prohibition against flight takeoffs or landings in the US by
Syrian air carriers..........................................2107
Prohibition of construction in the vicinity of the private residence of the President of the United States..............2131
Protection of sensitive security information related to transportation.........................................1317, 2044
Records requirements for identifying immediate sources and recipients of foods...........................................871
Rural Utilities Services infrastructure...........................271
Security awareness training for flight school employees..........1320
Security compliance program for aircraft operators...............1324
Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1846
Standards of conduct for DHS employees...........................1058
Support of Antiterrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies
Act..........................................................1069
Technical surveillance countermeasures............................617
TSA investigative and enforcement procedures.....................1330
Vulnerability self-assessments for transportation systems........1336
Washington, DC metropolitan area special flight rules............2073
Seeds:
Import restrictions................................................81
Karnal bunt compensation...........................................49
Seizures and forfeitures:
Customs regulations..............................................2371
Immigration and Naturalization regulations.......................1280
Principal residence seizure......................................2769
Publication of administrative notices............................1276
Selective Service System:
Registration requirements........................................3580
Senior citizens:
See Aged
Serums:
See Biologics
Sewage disposal:
Sewer collection systems.........................................3412
Sludge use and disposal..............................3437, 3439, 3440
Sex discrimination:
Federally assisted programs...............741, 1064, 3558, 3560, 3561
Programs and activities receiving Federal surplus property.......3485
Sheep:
Blood and tissue collection at slaughtering establishments.........82
Brucellosis indemnity..............................................62
Ewe lamb incentive payment program.................................34
Interstate movement regulations....................................56
Lamb reporting regulations..........................................9
Shipbuilding industry:
Safety and health regulations..............................1981, 1989
Shipping:
See Air carriers
Maritime carriers
Motor carriers
Railroads
Ships:
See Vessels
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Signs and symbols:
See Trademarks
Sirup:
See Sugar
Small businesses:
Acquisition regulations................................662, 670, 3819
Administrative offset............................................3736
Administrative wage garnishment..................................3729
Business Development Program:
Electronic application.........................................3727
Technical amendments...........................................3718
CCC procurement of agricultural commodities from HUBZone businesses.....................................................18
Debarment and suspension rule....................................3739
DOT mentor/protege program.......................................2046
Drug-free workplace requirements.................................3739
EPA enforcement activities.......................................3062
Government contracting programs......................3734, 3735, 3819
HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program....................3714, 3740
Investment companies:
Civil penalties for late submission of required reports........3720
Maximum leverage eligibility...................................3721
Small Business Reauthorization Act amendments..................3741
Lending company monitoring and oversight.........................3717
Loans:
Certified Development Company program..........................3723
Economic injury disaster loans.................................3726
National forest land use..........................................200
Privacy regulations..............................................3738
Record disclosure................................................3738
Rights to inventions.........................................603, 605
Rural business investment program.................................249
SBA standards of conduct.........................................3737
SDB Program......................................................3719
Size standards:
Appeals procedures.............................................3744
Information Technology Value Added Resellers...................3743
Multiple award schedule........................................3732
New car dealers................................................3724
Restructuring..................................................3733
Service-disabled veteran-owned businesses......................3735
Small Business Innovation Research program...............3715, 3730
Surety Bond Guarantee Program..................................3722
Testing laboratories...........................................3742
Small Business Development Center Program revisions..............3716
Small Business Innovation Research Program.................3715, 3730
Small Business Technology Transfer Program.......................3731
Small Disadvantaged Businesses:
Acquisition regulations.........................................671
Electronic application.........................................3727
Participation in DOT programs..................................2040
Surety bond guarantee................................3713, 3722, 3725
Testimony and production of records to OIG.......................3728
Social security:
See also Child welfare
Medicaid
Medicare
Public assistance programs
Unemployment compensation
Administrative review process..............................3776, 3795
Annual earnings test.............................................3769
Assigning SSNs to F-1 students...................................3774
Benefits for lawfully present aliens.............................1109
Benefits to aliens residing outside the U.S......................3800
Coverage of ministers, members of the clergy and Christian
Science practitioners........................................3790
Coverage of residents in the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands..............................................3790
Debt collection............................................3750, 3794
Disability determinations:
Digestive system...............................................3766
Drug addiction or alcoholism...................................3786
Genito-urinary tract...........................................3752
Hematological disorders........................................3757
Immune System..................................................3753
Medical equivalence policy.....................................3779
Mental disorders...............................................3755
Multiple body systems..........................................3767
Neurological...................................................3783
Optometrists as acceptable medical sources.....................3793
Recontacting medical sources...................................3792
Redesigned process.............................................3798
Respiratory disorders..........................................3787
Skin disorders.................................................3796
Special senses.................................................3782
Disability insurance program demonstration project...............3785
Disability programs:
Exclusion of representative and health care providers convicted of violations....................................3756
Ticket to Work Program.........................................3758
Elimination of deemed military wages.............................3775
Expedited reinstatement of disability benefits...................3780
Filing applications and forms....................................3799
Filing claims against SSA........................................3784
HHS regulation migration to SSA..................................3747
Liability of representative payees for overpayments to deceased recipients...................................................3791
Medical-vocational guidelines....................................3768
Privacy and disclosure of records and information................3749
Reduced medical benefits due to private insurance coverage.......3760
Representative payment procedures................................3771
Self-sufficiency incentives......................................3751
Standards of conduct of SSA employees............................3746
Stepchild benefits...............................................3770
Video teleconference technology..................................3795
Vocational rehabilitation services:
Continuation of benefit payments to individuals participating in a program...............................................3773
Referral for services..........................................3789
Wage reports.....................................................3797
World War II veteran benefits....................................3801
Soil conservation:
Conservation Reserve Program.......................................40
Highly erodible land and wetlands.................................287
Solid waste disposal:
See Waste treatment and disposal
Space transportation and exploration:
Access to sensitive information..................................3511
Acquisition regulations.....3505, 3506, 3512, 3515, 3516, 3517, 3519, 3521, 3523, 3524, 3525, 3526, 3531, 3532, 3533, 3534, 3536
Availability of Agency records...................................3522
Code of conduct for International Space Station crew.............3509
Commercial launch activities:
DOT licenses...................................................2059
Cross-waiver of liability........................................3508
Debarment and suspension.........................................3529
Drug-free workplace requirements.................................3529
Government property reporting requirements.................3513, 3530
Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook revisions........3503, 3504, 3507, 3518, 3527, 3528, 3535, 3537
Incidental take of marine mammals during rocket launch operations...............................................459, 584
Income source rules..............................................2600
Protection of human research subjects............................3520
Research misconduct..............................................3510
Wind tunnel use for industry development work....................3514
Sport fishing:
See Fishing
Stamp taxes:
See Excise taxes
State-Federal relations:
See Intergovernmental relations
Statistics:
See Census data
Page 38788
Stocks:
See Securities
Strip mining:
See Surface mining
Student aid:
See Scholarships and fellowships
Students:
Border commuter students.............................1179, 1365, 2015
Student and Exchange Visitor Information System............1356, 2016
Student Exchange Visitor Information System................1357, 2013
Student FICA guidance............................................2683
Student rights in research, experimental programs, and testing...735, 749
Subsidies:
See Grant programs
Sugar:
Marketing allotment regulations....................................30
Reexport programs.................................................193
Suicide:
Prevention program...............................................1806
Superfund:
Cooperative agreements and State contracts.......................3403
Reportable quantity adjustments for carbamates...................3404
Supplemental Security Income (SSI):
Disability determinations:
Cardiovascular impairments.....................................3754
Digestive system...............................................3766
Endocrine system and obesity...................................3745
Genito-urinary tract...........................................3752
Growth impairment..............................................3788
Hematological disorders........................................3757
Hemic and lymphatic system.....................................3763
Immune system..................................................3753
Malignant neoplastic diseases..................................3763
Multiple body systems..........................................3767
Neurological...................................................3783
Optometrists as acceptable medical sources.....................3793
Skin disorders.................................................3796
Special senses.................................................3782
Expedited reinstatement of disability benefits...................3780
Income:
Deeming from ineligible parents..........................3759, 3778
Exclusions.........................................3765, 3772, 3777
Parent-to-child deeming rules....................................3759
Payment of past-due benefits.....................................3764
Plans to achieve sulf-support for blind and disabled individuals..................................................3761
Transfers of resources...........................................3781
Trusts...........................................................3781
Video teleconference technology..................................3795
Vocational rehabilitation services:
Continuation of benefit payments to individuals participating in a program...............................................3773
Surety bonds:
Immigration surety bonds...................................1344, 1369
Issuance by insurance companies..................................2467
SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program....................3713, 3722, 3725
Surface mining:
See also Coal
Mine safety and health
Coal:
Abandoned coal refuse sites....................................1750
Abandoned mine reclamation fees................................1749
Hearings and appeals...........................................1499
State programs.................................................1755
Indian lands.....................................................1753
Swine:
See Hogs
Syrup:
See Sugar
T
Tank vessels:
See Cargo vessels
Tariffs:
See Customs duties and inspection
Taxes:
See also Customs duties and inspection
Excise taxes
Income taxes
Brewery regulations..............................................2472
Computation on large cigars......................................2473
Escrow funds.....................................................2732
Excise.....................................................2645, 2646
Foreign trade....................................................2591
Real estate taxes................................................3478
Treasury Tax and Loan Program..............................2468, 2471
Teachers:
Teacher Next Door housing sales program..........................1431
Technology:
See Science and technology
Telecommunications:
See also Radio
Satellites
Telephone
Television
Access charge reform.............................................4039
Accounting requirements.....................................264, 4040
Advanced telecommunications facilities and services..............4035
Advanced wireless services.......................................3916
Air-ground services on commercial airplanes......................4015
ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................4040
Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local exchange carriers............................................4036
Bell Operating Companies and affiliates:
Enhanced services..............................................4033
Equipment manufacture..........................................4045
Broadcast ownership rules review.................................3984
Bundling customer premises equipment and enhanced services.......4044
Communication intercepting devices................................351
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act...1883, 1887, 1888, 1889, 3995
Competition matters..............................................3933
Detariffing of interstate exchange access services...............4034
Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems.....................3994, 4032
Ex parte rules...................................................3933
Extending wireless services to tribal lands......................4018
GSA management policy............................................3488
Installment payments for Personal Communications Services licensees....................................................4005
International services reporting requirements....................3952
Interstate special access services...............................4043
N11 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.............4027
North American Numbering Plan....................................4026
Numbering Resource Optimization..................................4041
Performance measurements and reporting requirements..............4047
Pole attachments.................................................3966
Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1893
Reporting requirements.........................................1892
Relay services.......................................3902, 3903, 3906
Revision of RUS Telecommunications Program........................276
Rural areas..................................................261, 264
RUS special equipment contract....................................263
Service quality reporting........................................4038
Spread spectrum devices..........................................3931
Telecommunications Act:
Access charge reform...........................................4030
Customer proprietary network information (CPNI)................4029
Equipment manufacture..........................................4045
Individuals with disabilities..................................3901
Interstate pay-per-call and other information services.........3899
Local competition provisions...................................4031
Tariff streamlining provisions.................................4046
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Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers.................3900
Toll-free service access codes...................................4028
Unbundled network elements.......................................4042
Universal service reform.........................................4039
Telephone: 900-number service...............................................4133
Access charge reform.......................................4030, 4039
Accessibility of equipment and services to persons with disabilities.................................................3901
Accounting requirements..........................................4040
Advanced telecommunications facilities and services..............4035
Advertising......................................................4133
ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................4040
Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local exchange carriers............................................4036
Customer proprietary network information.........................4029
Detariffing of interstate exchange access services...............4034
Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems.....................3994, 4032
Enhanced services................................................4033
Equipment manufacture............................................4045
International call-back service..................................3946
Interstate pay-per-call and other information services...........3899
Local competition provisions of the Telecommunications Act.......4031
N11 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.............4027
North American Numbering Plan....................................4026
Performance measurements and reporting requirements..............4047
Relay services.............................................3902, 3903
Telemarketing Sales Rule.........................................4144
Telephone Consumer Protection Act................................3905
Telephone Operator Consumer Services Improvement Act.............4025
Toll free service access codes...................................4028
Toll telephone service definition................................2793
Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers...................3900
Unbundling local exchange carriers...............................4037
Universal Service................................................4039
Television:
See also Cable television
Advertising......................................................3960
Broadcast Auxiliary Services.....................................3918
Children's programming.....................................3977, 3978
Competitive availability of navigation devices...................3964
Digital television service.......................................3930
Ancillary or supplemental use by non-commercial licensees......3974
Broadcast content protection...................................4022
Children's programming.........................................3977
Conversion rules for low power television and television translator stations........................................3985
Review of conversion process...................................3975
Direct broadcast public interest obligations.....................3976
Emergency Alert System...........................................3908
Filing of network affiliation contracts..........................3959
Predicting broadcast television field strength...................3913
Public interest information......................................3980
Reallocation and service rules for the 698-746 MHz spectrum band.........................................................4012
Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act......................3970, 3971
Service rules in UHF spectrum....................................4000
Video programming accessibility............................3962, 3964
Terrorism:
``Serious adverse health consequences'' definition................845
Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act...........................63
International Terrorism Victim Compensation Program..............1903
Support of Antiterrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies
Act..........................................................1069
Terrorism Risk Insurance Program...............2367, 2368, 2382, 2411
Textiles:
African Growth and Opportunity Act...............................2398
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act............................2400
Customs regulations..............................................2369
Flammability standards...........................................3863
Trade agreements............................................307, 2391
Timber:
See Forests and forest products
Tires:
Disposition of replaced tires....................................2236
Pressure monitoring system.......................................2214
Tobacco:
See also Cigars and cigarettes
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.........................2507
Customs regulations..............................................2476
Imported tobacco products...............................8, 2508, 2513
In-transit stops without payment of tax..........................2482
Inspection..........................................................8
Marketing quotas...........................................24, 33, 43
Price support programs.........................................33, 43
Products shipped from Puerto Rico................................2510
Prohibited marks on products brought into the U.S................2536
Regulations for tobacco products that are not in packages........2480
Shipment of products without payment of tax......................2477
Warehouse designation requirements.................................32
Tort claims:
See Claims
Tourist trade:
See Travel
Toxic substances:
See Hazardous substances
Toxins:
See Biologics
Trade agreements:
African Growth and Opportunity Act.........................2389, 2398
Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act..................2397
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act............................2400
Free Trade Agreements with Chile and Singapore.......679, 1160, 2403, 2404, 3830
North American Free Trade Agreement............1123, 2370, 2385, 2401
Textile trade agreements....................................307, 2369
U. S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act................2391, 2395
Trade practices:
Annual Trade Survey...............................................302
Economic Development Administration...............................303
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act............4143
Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................4138
Funeral industry.................................................4134
Hobby Protection Act regulations.................................4146
Home insulation labeling and advertising.........................4137
Ophthalmic practice........................................4141, 4145
Premerger notification rules.....................................4139
Quarterly reporting requirements for international services activity.................................................292, 294
Regulatory review................................................4131
Telemarketing Sales Rule.........................................4144
Telephone service................................................4133
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers............................35
Trade adjustment assistance for workers..........................1933
Trademarks:
Deposit account payments..........................................593
Electronic routing of assignment documents........................600
Fees.........................................................592, 597
Preventing importation of pirated audio-visual works.............2375
Registration amendments and corrections...........................591
Representation of others before the USPTO.........................595
Rules of practice in inter partes proceedings before the
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board..............................587
Trademark Electronic Application System...........................588
US Patent and Trademark Office 21st Century Strategic Plan........590
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Transportation:
See also Air transportation
Bridges
Common carriers
Freight
Highways and roads
Mass transportation
Noise control
Pipelines
Railroads
Space transportation and exploration
Vessels
Accessibility requirements for over-the-road buses...............2041
Acquisition regulations....................................2033, 3829
Air pollution control conformity...........................3104, 3170
Americans With Disabilities Act accessibility standards..........2039
Buy America requirements.........................................2286
Civil penalties..................................................2216
Confidential business information................................2288
Debarment and suspension regulations.............................2051
Dedicated short range communications of intelligent transportation systems.......................................3929
Disadvantaged business enterprise participation..................2040
DOT rulemaking procedure.........................................2049
Drug and alcohol management information system reporting by employers..............................................2187, 2307
Drug and alcohol testing.........................................2048
Drug-free workplace requirements.................................2051
Environmental review.............................................3229
Explosive materials..............................................1840
Filing claims to TSA.............................................1334
Hazard communication requirements................................2332
Individuals with disabilities....................................3024
Interstate ozone transport.......................................3222
Maritime and land security directives and information circulars..1301
Mentor/protege program for small businesses......................2046
Nondiscrimination................................................2053
Privacy Act provisions...............................1305, 1306, 1319
Radioactive materials............................................4225
Rate determination appeals.......................................3491
Sensitive security information for land modes....................1307
Standard time zone boundary................................2054, 2055
TSA rulemaking procedures........................................1333
Vulnerability self-assessments...................................1336
Wildlife.........................................................1512
Travel:
Anti-money laundering programs for travel agencies...............2427
Customer identification programs for travel agents...............2422
Including travel agency service fees in advertised air transportation rates.........................................2056
Travel and transportation expenses:
Appeals procedures...............................................3492
Deductions for members of Congress...............................2597 eTravel Service..................................................3499
FTR amendment............................3473, 3482, 3496, 3500, 3502
Transportation services payments.................................3483
VA beneficiary travel regulations................................2929
Treaties:
See also Trade agreements
Chemical Weapons Convention..................................311, 369
Trucks:
See Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Trusts and trustees:
Distributions of loss corporation stock..........................2900
Tuberculosis:
Bovine tuberculosis................................................73
Correctional management..........................................1804
Occupational exposure............................................1998
Turpentine:
See Forests and forest products
U
Underground mining:
See Mine safety and health
Unemployment:
See Community development
Unemployment compensation
Unemployment compensation:
Confidentiality and disclosure of State records..................1932
United States investments abroad:
Foreign utilities................................................4284
Universities:
See Colleges and universities
Upward Bound Program:
See Education of disadvantaged
Uranium:
Mill sites..................................................797, 4210
Mill workers and ore transporters................................1898
Urban renewal:
See Community development
Utilities:
See also Electric utilities
Natural gas
Water supply
Electronic filing of documents.............................4070, 4083
Exemption for certain acquisitions...............................4284
High energy cost rural community grants...........................266
Market-based rates...............................................4082
Rural Utilities Service:
Accounting requirements for telecommunications borrowers........264
Broadband grant program.........................................267
Electric program standard contract forms........................275
Exemption of certain borrowers from controls....................270
General and pre-loan policies...................................277
Homeland Security requirements..................................271
Household water system program..................................272
Sale or transfer of capital assets..............................265
Seismic safety requirements.....................................278
Settlement of debt authority....................................274
Special equipment contract......................................263
Technical assistance grants.....................................268
Telecommunications program......................................276
Water and wastewater grant program..............................273
Standards of conduct for transmission providers..................4067
V
Vaccines:
See Biologics
Vegetables:
Import regulations.................................................53
Phytosanitary certificates for imports.............................71
Vessels:
See also Cargo vessels
Fishing vessels
Marine safety
Maritime carriers
Navigation (water)
Passenger vessels
Accident reporting...............................................1186
Alien crewman detention..........................................1265
Anchorage area regulations.......................................1211
Anchorage ground, safety zone and speed limit forTongass
Narrows, AK..................................................1192
Anti-money laundering program for businesses engaged in boat sales........................................................2430
Ballast water:
Exchange guidelines............................................1230
Management program.............................................1197
Penalties for non-submission of management reports.............1196
Treatment systems installed onboard............................1242
Coast Guard escort requirements............................1213, 1217
Commercial diving operations.....................................1224
Controlled substances............................................1844
Discharge standards for Armed Forces vessels...............3410, 3425
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Discharge-removal equipment......................................1212
Documentation..............................................1238, 2357
Electronic Charting Display and Information System...............1228
Emission standards:
Marine tank vessel loading operations..........................3211
Shipbuilding and ship repair surface coating...................3213
Spark ignition marine vessels............................3131, 3281
Hull identification numbers......................................1198
Identification credentials.......................................1240
Lease financing for vessels engaged in coastwise trade....1203, 1238, 2357
Notification of arrival and departure............................1232
Numbering system...........................................1186, 1204
Outer Continental Shelf activities...............................1222
Personal flotation device requirements.....................1184, 1202
Polychlorinated biphenyls containing.............................3330
Port restrictions and fees:
Japanese vessels...............................................4104
Regattas and marine parades......................................1215
Restricted areas.............................................698, 701
Safety and security zone regulations....1207, 1210, 1236, 1244, 1245, 1246
Satellite earth stations.........................................3950
Trading restrictions.............................................2358
Traffic separation schemes.......................................1185
Unauthorized entry into Cuban territorial waters.................1209
Underwater surveys...............................................1199
Vessel Traffic Service...........................................1234
Veterans:
Acquisition regulations:
Plain language revisions.......................................2954
Additional disability or death caused by VA care or treatment 2973
Adjudication and fiduciary regulations...2937, 2939, 2941, 2975, 2984
Advanced health care planning....................................2956
Affirmative action and nondiscrimination obligations of contractors and subcontractors.........................1919, 1923
Aggravation of a disability by active service....................2989
Alaska Native veteran allotments.................................1767
Appeals regulations..............................................3010
De novo review time limit......................................2974
Delegations of authority.......................................2992
Notice of Disagreement clarification...........................2993
Notice procedures relating to withdrawal of services by a representative.............................................3013
Notification of representatives in connection with clear and unmistakable error motions.................................3011
Obtaining evidence and curing procedural defects...............2991
Beneficiary travel regulations...................................2929
Burial benefits............................................2938, 3014
Eligibility for surviving spouses who remarry and New
Philippine Scouts..........................................2994
Headstones and markers for private cemeteries..................3015
Survivors of Filipino veterans.................................2971
Claims based on aggravation of nonservice-connected disability...2969
Claims based on service in the Philippine Armed Forces...........2941
Compensation and pension regulations:
Dependents.....................................................2951
Duties of VA...................................................2943
Elections of improved pension..................................2944
General evidence requirements, effective dates, revision of decisions, and protection of existing ratings..............2953
General provisions.............................................2947
Payments to beneficiaries who are eligible for more than one benefit....................................................2952
Rights and responsibilities of claimants and beneficiaries.....2943
Special and ancillary benefits for veterans, dependents and survivors..................................................2945
Coordination of benefits with TRICARE.............................732
Debt collection..................................................2995
Dependency and indemnity compensation:
Regulation amendment...........................................2949
Surviving spouse's rates.......................................2946
Disability ratings:
Cardiovascular conditions......................................2977
Convulsive disorders...........................................3000
Digestive system...............................................3001
Eye, ear, and other sense organs...............................2968
Hearing loss...................................................2982
Hypertension...................................................2977
Individual unemployability.....................................2967
Malignant neoplasms............................................3003
Multiple scars.................................................2979
Neurological conditions........................................3000
Orthopedic system..............................................2999
Respiratory disorders..........................................2977
Disease Associated With Exposure to Certain Herbicide Agents:
Type 2 Diabetes..............................................3008
Education:
Centralized certification of benefits..........................2980
Educational Assistance Text Program............................2988
Licensing and certification....................................2932
Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve.....................2985, 2987
Non-payment of VA educational assistance to fugitive felons....2986
Survivors and dependents.................................2933, 2983
Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act..................2978
Veterans Programs Enhancement Act..............................2931
Enrollment information updating form.............................2928
Filipino veterans benefit improvements.....................2930, 2971
HIPAA implementation.............................................3009
Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program....................2964
Jobs For Veterans Act..........................2002, 2003, 2004, 3582
Life insurance:
Annual risk allowance..........................................3005
Loan guaranty:
Assistance to disabled veterans in acquiring specially adapted housing............................................2934
Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages.........................2950, 2981
Pre-purchase counseling requirements...........................2972
Property management contractor delegation of authority.........3007
Regulation amendments....................................2935, 2976
Medical benefits:
Copayments for extended care services..........................2961
Hospital and outpatient care...................................2962
Non-VA service and care..................................2959, 2965
Patients' rights regarding medication prescription authorization..............................................2927
Presumptions of service connection.............................2936
Priorities for medical services................................2960
Reasonable charges for care or services..................2996, 2998
Recovery of reasonable value of medical care from tortiously liable third parties.......................................2997
Sensori-neural aids............................................2963
Medical opinions rules...........................................3012
New and material evidence regarding effective date of awards.....3006
Payments and adjustments to payments.............................2940
Protection of human research subjects............................2966
Psychosis definition.............................................2970
Rules of practice:
Clear and unmistakable error...................................3011
Small businesses:
Government contracting programs..........................3735, 3819
Social security benefits.........................................3801
Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1919, 1923
Special ratings..................................................2948
Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2990
State homes......................................................2957
Testimony certified or under oath................................3004
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Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act........2001
Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2942
Waiver process for copayments....................................2958
Viruses:
See Biologics
Visas:
See Passports and visas
Vocational rehabilitation:
Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a program......................................................3773
Referral for services............................................3789
Self-sufficiency incentives......................................3751
Veterans.........................................................2942
Volunteers:
AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3033
DOL regulation...................................................1915
National Senior Service Corps....................................3034
Peace Corps..........................................3690, 3691, 3694
Voting rights:
Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1825
W
Wages:
See also Employee benefit plans
Minimum wages
Administrative wage garnishment:
GSA............................................................3494
SBA............................................................3729
Cost-of-living allowances........................................3634
Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1915
Hospice wage index................................................982
Hospital wage index classification...............................1046
Hourly compensation:
Computer-related occupations...................................1916
Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3655
Locality-based comparability payments......................3627, 3675
Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1281
Pay retention....................................................3654
Post differentials...............................................3679
Premium pay limitations..........................................3630
Prevailing rate systems........................3629, 3676, 3677, 3685
Regulation amendments............................................3592
Salary basis.....................................................1928
Senior Executive Service...................................3609, 3623
Service Contract Act regulations.................................1920
SSA reports......................................................3797
Tipped employees.................................................1916
Within-grade increases...........................................3595
Warehouses:
Commodity Credit Corporation storage...............................20
Tobacco warehouse designation requirements.........................32
Waste treatment and disposal:
See also Hazardous waste
Recycling
Sewage disposal
Coal combustion waste......................................3386, 3387
Effluent guidelines..................................3426, 3434, 3435
Financial test criteria..........................................3371
Hazardous waste management.......................................2335
Laboratory waste.................................................3397
Land disposal:
Restrictions.......................................3367, 3368, 3372
Metals reclamation from electroplating operations................3393
Municipal waste combustion units:
Emission standards.............................................3118
MACT standards.................................................3115
Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4211
On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3383
Project XL.........................3052, 3058, 3292, 3383, 3384, 3399
Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste at petroleum refineries......................................3388
RUS wastewater grant program......................................273
Shore Protection Act.............................................3456
Solid waste disposal:
Air pollutant standards........................................3117
Bioreactor landfills...........................................3399
Guideline revisions............................................3369
Landfill criteria........................................3081, 3369
Landfills and incinerators...............................3076, 3280
Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3376
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.......................3378
Research, development, and demonstration permits...............3398
Solid waste definition.........................................3394
Tax regulations................................................2829
Underground storage tanks:
Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3391
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
Compliance criteria......................................3294, 3297
Report to Congress.............................................3050
Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3381
Wastewater treatment sludges...............................3384, 3396
Wet weather condition requirements...............................3413
Water carriers:
See Maritime carriers
Water pollution control:
See also Oil pollution
Waste treatment and disposal
Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................700
Clean Water Act............................................3423, 3427
Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3433
Cooling water intake structures..........................3411, 3421
Product schedule listing requirements..........................3409
Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........704
Test procedures..............................3420, 3427, 3428, 3429
Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................697
Detection and quantification procedures for regulated analytes...3419
Effluent guidelines:
Aquaculture industry...........................................3416
Coal mining....................................................1754
Construction and development industry..........................3415
Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3434
Meat products point source category............................3417
Program plan...................................................3418
Recodification of..............................................3424
Marine pollution:
Ballast water management.....................1196, 1197, 1230, 1242
Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1219, 1227
Response plans for oil.............................1220, 1223, 1227
NPDES permits..............................................3412, 3431
Pretreatment regulations.........................................3422
Radon............................................................3446
Sewer collection systems.........................................3412
Sludge management programs...........................3437, 3439, 3440
Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3400
Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3430
Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3432
Trace metals criteria............................................3427
Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3410, 3425
Water quality cooperative agreements.............................3438
Water quality standards....................................3428, 3429
Alabama........................................................3436
Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3428, 3429
Indian country waters..........................................3408
Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3414
Water resources:
See also Water supply
Army Corps of Engineers:
Environmental quality requirements..............................695
Special events rule.............................................705
Ballast water discharge standards................................1230
Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan.........................706
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Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3421
Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1759
Water supply:
See also Irrigation
Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3061
Drinking water:
Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3441
Arsenic in bottled water........................................847
Coliform and E. coli detection methods.........................3455
Contaminants.................................3446, 3451, 3453, 3454
Disinfectants..................................................3448
Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3302
Fecal contamination............................................3444
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule..............3447
Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3224, 3449
Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3347
Regulation revisions...........................................3445
RUS program.....................................................272
State underground injection control programs...................3452
Test procedures for pollutants.................................3420
Total coliform rule............................................3450
Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3442
Uranium monitoring.............................................3443
Groundwater protection.....................................3316, 3444
RUS grant program.................................................273
Servicing loans and grants........................................262
Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1734
Temporary abandoned wells........................................1733
Water transportation:
See Harbors
Marine safety
Maritime carriers
Navigation (water)
Vessels
Waterfowl:
See Wildlife
Waterfront facilities:
See Harbors
Watershed:
Emergency Watershed Protection Program............................281
Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................197
Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................196
Waterways:
See Bridges
Harbors
Weapons:
See Arms and munitions
Welfare programs:
See Public assistance programs
Wetlands:
See Coastal zone
Flood plains
Whales:
See Marine mammals
Wheat:
Imports............................................................65
Karnal bunt........................................................65
Whistleblowing:
Coast Guard member protection....................................1233
Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2159
Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and
Retaliation Act........................................3598, 3599
Research misconduct...............................................937
Wildlife:
See also Marine mammals
Wildlife refuges
Audit resolution policy..........................................1591
Candidate Conservation Agreements With Assurances................1660
Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1570
Captive-reared mallards..........................................1633
Eagles...........................................................1510
Incidental taking..............................................1648
Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1694
Transport of feathers..........................................1535
Endangered and threatened........................................1584
Conservation education.........................................1503
Permits for foreign listed species.............................1604
Endangered Species Act...........................................1556
Exotic birds:
Importation....................................................1583
Explosive pest control devices...................................1836
Exportation................................................1512, 1625
Falcons and falconry.......................................1514, 1564
Gray wolf........................................................1626
Importation..........................................1512, 1544, 1625
Injurious......................................1543, 1555, 1629, 1639
Black carp.....................................................1517
Migratory birds:
Hunting regulations..............1534, 1558, 1568, 1577, 1596, 1618
Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1603
Incidental take during military readiness......................1532
List revision..................................................1581
Management of resident Canada geese population.................1600
Permits................................1508, 1562, 1564, 1636, 1649
Possession for educational purposes............................1504
Rehabilitation activities......................................1649
Spring/summer subsistence harvest........................1578, 1664
Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program...........................1651
Permit procedures................................................1582
Polar bear trophy importation....................................1526
Safe harbor agreements...........................................1660
Seabirds.....................................................446, 516
Subsistence management...............................1524, 1571, 1616
Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1511
Transportation...................................................1512
Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1516, 1544, 1592
Wildlife refuges:
Federal Lands Highway Program....................................2146
Land conservation planning.......................................1551
Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1587
Mosquito management..............................................1573
National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1587
Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1550
Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1572
Strategic growth.................................................1574
Wine:
Dried fruit wines................................................2514
Honey wines......................................................2514
Labeling regulations.............................................2530
New grape variety names petitioned...............................2479
Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2517
Sherry...........................................................2535
Standards of fill................................................2531
Taxes......................................................2533, 2534
Viticultural areas....2475, 2481, 2483, 2484, 2485, 2486, 2487, 2488, 2489, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 2515, 2516, 2518, 2519, 2520, 2522, 2523, 2524, 2525, 2527, 2528, 2529, 2541, 2542, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2546, 2548
Women:
See also Sex discrimination
Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................1949
Nutrition education participant contacts..........................148
STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.......................1910
Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................1950
Women, infants, and children:
Supplemental food program:
Education program for low-income families overseas..............734
Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................146
Food packages...................................................168
Vendor-related provisions.......................................142
Wood:
See Forests and forest products
Wool:
Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................306
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Refund of duties paid on select products.........................2418
Y
Youth:
See also Infants and children
Juvenile delinquency
Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas................151