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April 30, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 82)

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Accounting:

Change in method definition......................................2538

EBSA accountant independence requirements........................1804

Employee stock ownership plan costs..............................3130

FDIC annual independent audits...................................3544

FMS claims.......................................................2156

HUD independent public accountant roster.........................1279

International accounting standards...............................3815

Local exchange carrier requirements..............................3530

Maritime mobile radio services...................................3436

Mark-to-market accounting............................2272, 2377, 2380

Non-operating public utilities and licensees requirements........3582

Acquisition regulations:

See Government procurement

Additives:

See Fuel additives

Administrative practice and procedure:

See also Claims

Environmental impact statements

Freedom of information

Privacy

AID..............................................................2674

Coast Guard......................................................1124

CSREES.............................................................87

DOD...............................................................685

FTC..............................................................3627

FWS..............................................................1373

Hearing and appeal procedures:

CNCS...........................................................2693

DHS............................................................1072

HUD............................................................1285

Medicare enrollment.............................................915

NIGC...........................................................3681

OPM............................................................3203

Peace Corps....................................................3215

Treasury Department............................................2253

USDA............................................................112

INS..............................................................1709

IRS..............................................................2247

OPM..............................................................3154

Peace Corps......................................................3216

Rulemaking:

IRS............................................................2252

USDA............................................................188

SSA........................................................3288, 3289

USDA..............................................................109

Adoption and foster care:

Aliens:

Classification as children of U.S. citizens....................1059

Analysis and reporting system....................................1006

Intercountry adoptions.........................1063, 1852, 1871, 1877

Privatizing functions............................................1007

TRICARE requirements for intermediaries......................694, 710

Advertising:

Alcoholic beverages..................................2167, 2169, 2219

Commodity pool operators and trading advisors regulations........3363

FDIC membership..................................................3556

Organic claims for alcoholic beverages...........................2207

Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................3628

Television.......................................................3454

Unfair or deceptive practices....................................3629

Winemaking terms.................................................2214

Affirmative action plans:

See Equal employment opportunity

Aged:

See also Medicaid

Medicare

Public assistance programs

Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

HUD-assisted housing:

Pet ownership..................................................1280

Nondiscrimination:

Coverage under ADEA............................................3043

Disparate impact...............................................3046

EPA-assisted programs..........................................2706

GSA............................................................3056

HUD............................................................1277

NARA...........................................................3097

SSA............................................................3293

Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly...................1001

Senior Community Service Employment Program......................1772

Performance accountability.....................................1778

Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program..........................176

Agricultural commodities:

See also Commodity futures

Crop insurance

Fruits

Grains

Vegetables

Acreage reporting..................................................40

AID transactions...........................................2674, 2675

Citrus canker quarantine...........................................78

Commodity Credit Corporation:

Debt collection and settlement regulations.......................26

Indian tribe definition for payment eligibility and limitation...................................................45

Procurement for foreign donation.................................42

Quality Samples Program.........................................202

Compensation for certified citrus nursery stock destroyed to control citrus canker..........................................76

Cotton:

Boll weevil quarantine and regulations...........................64

Country of origin labeling.........................................14

EPA crop grouping regulations....................................2909

Genetically engineered organisms and products:

Sharing confidential business information........................54

Grains............................................................129

Barley protein testing fees.....................................135

Marketing assistance loans.......................................32

Honey:

Research and promotion program....................................2

Hurricane Disaster Assistance Programs.............................43

Karnal bunt compensation...........................................73

Mark-to-market accounting........................................2380

National Organic Program.........................................1, 3

National list of allowed and prohibited substances regulations..................................................11

Ocean freight claims...............................................22

Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act............................10

Rice:

Inspection service fees.........................................137

Standards for...................................................130

Sorghum standards.................................................133

Soybeans:

Request for public comment on U.S. standards....................128

Sugar:

Marketing allocations............................................33

Reassignment of allocation shortfalls............................31

Reexport programs...............................................201

Tobacco:

Inspection........................................................8

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Agricultural research:

Matching fund requirements at Land-Grant Institutions..............86

Non-assistance cooperative agreements..............................19

Non-formula grant program administration...........................88

Research misconduct for extramural research.......................261

Agriculture:

See also Agricultural commodities

Agricultural research

Food assistance programs

Foods

Forests and forest products

Irrigation

Pesticides and pests

Rural areas

Administrative regulations........................................109

Biobased products.......................262, 264, 265, 266, 291, 3340

CERCLA notification requirements.................................2998

Conservation contract debt write-down..............................28

Conservation program information confidentiality..................290

Conservation Security Program.....................................288

Defense priorities and allocations system..........................39

Disaster assistance programs.......................................44

Emergency Conservation Program.....................................30

Farm Bill of 2002:

Assistance for livestock producers...............................23

Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program....270, 271, 274, 275

Farm income averaging regulations..........................2300, 2438

Farm Service Agency:

Appraisal requirements for farm ownership loans..................35

Debt collection and settlement regulations.......................26

Disaster declaration and designation.............................27

Environmental compliance regulation..............................25

Guaranteed farm loan fees........................................29

Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Program...........................34

Interest assistance program......................................41

Interest rates on guaranteed loans...............................38

Interest to be paid on loss claims...............................20

Regulatory streamlining of direct farm loan programs.............21

Selection of state and county committees.........................24

Farm Storage Facility Loan Program.................................36

Fee rates for science and technology laboratory services............9

Funding requirements for extension activities at Land-Grant

Institutions...............................................85, 86

Grassroots source water protection program.........................37

Guaranteed farm loan regulations..................................269

Socio-economic benefit assessment system...................270, 271

Hurricane Disaster Assistance Programs.............................43

National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program............89

National security emergency loans.................................276

Nonprocurement regulations........................................263

Pesticide agricultural container recycling program...............2910

Pesticides exposure protection...................................2907

Renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements program.......................................................271

Small Business Innovation Research Grants Program..................87

Technical assistance and training..................................94

Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Act program.....................90

Aid to Families with Dependent Children:

See Public assistance programs

AIDS:

Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program..............1335

Air carriers:

See also Air rates and fares

Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of aircraft from foreign areas..................................1177

Air-ground telecommunications services...........................3508

Aviation data requirements.......................................1895

Cargo security...................................................1208

Continuing fitness determinations................................1888

Denied boarding compensation.....................................1881

DOD international air freight traffic requirements................690

Domestic baggage liability.......................................1900

Enhanced security rules for foreign carriers.....................1225

FAA direct final rule process....................................1936

Fees for certification services and approvals performed outside the US.......................................................1935

Hazardous substance transportation...............................2077

Fuel cells transported in carry-on baggage.....................2058

Income source rules..............................................2250

Inspection authorization renewal period..........................1938

Lithium batteries transport prohibition..........................2063

Oversales compensation...........................................1881

Passenger facility charge program................................1931

Passengers:

Accommodations for deaf and hard of hearing individuals........1890

Child restraint systems........................................1958

Manifest information...........................................1192

Nondiscrimination..............................................1887

Oxygen use.....................................................1886

Passenger Name Record information........................1189, 1204

Security service fee...........................................1209

Pilots:

Age 65 upper age limit.........................................1919

Security infrastructure fees.....................................1210

Submission of data via the Internet..............................2080

Air fares:

See Air rates and fares

Air pollution control:

See also Motor vehicle pollution

Accidental release prevention....................................2842

Acid Rain Program..........................................2775, 2807

Air quality data affected by exceptional, natural, and international events.........................................2886

Air quality index reporting......................................2765

Air quality resources:

Class I area designations......................................2845

Air quality standards......................................2857, 2871

Alternative emissions monitoring and testing.....................2862

Ambient air quality monitoring.....2752, 2758, 2781, 2831, 2843, 2865

Carbon monoxide..................................................2843

Clean Air Act........................................2718, 2753, 2761

Clean Air Interstate Rule..................................2775, 2896

Clean Air Mercury Rules..............................2775, 2827, 2895

Continuous instrumental test methods.............................2832

Continuous parameter monitoring systems....................2722, 2826

Control techniques guidelines....................................2767

Corn milling facilities..........................................2817

Delisting hazardous pollutants.......................2846, 2847, 2855

Denver early action compact......................................2763

Electric generating units..................................2743, 2828

Electric utility steam generating units..........................2826

Emission control diagnostic systems..............................2793

Emission reporting requirements..................................2808

Emissions from animal feeding operations.........................2878

Emissions monitoring program.........................2722, 2783, 2807

Combustion flue gas stream systems.............................2829

Emissions standards:

Aerosol coatings...............................................2755

All-terrain vehicles...........................................2776

Architectural coatings.........................................2861

Coke ovens.....................................................2780

Component durability procedures................................2805

Corn wet milling operations....................................2840

Defect reporting for on-highway motor vehicles and engines.....2815

Diesel engines and fuels.......................................2810

Electric utility steam generating units........................2895

Equipment leaks................................................2814

Exemption for US Territories...................................2889

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Hospital/medical/infectious waste incineration units...........2762

HOV facilities rule............................................2754

Hydrogen fluoride production...................................2780

Large municipal waste combustors...............................2771

Locomotive engines.............................................2725

Marine diesel engines..........................................2725

Navajo generating station................................2777, 2778

New marine engines.................................2715, 2780, 2834

New motor vehicles.............................................2754

Permit requirements............................................2780

Petroleum refineries...........................................2756

Radionuclides............................................2716, 2835

Semiconductor facilities.................................2780, 2818

Spark-ignition engines.........................................2798

Stationary combustion turbine..................................2866

VOC standards..................................................2719

Emissions trades.................................................2852

Export of Class I substances.....................................2823

Fine particulate matter..........................................2781

Flexible air permit rule.........................................2731

Fuels and fuel additives.............................2779, 2813, 2837

Volatility standard for Alaska.................................2825

Gas turbines.....................................................2846

Gasoline anti-dumping program........................2786, 2789, 2791

Hazardous air pollutants....2746, 2750, 2764, 2818, 2844, 2850, 2851, 2876, 2951

HCFC pre-charged products........................................2751

Industrial-commercial-institutional steam generating units.......2894

Inspection/maintenance programs..................................2788

Lead.............................................................2758

MACT standards.................................2759, 2762, 2769, 2771

Maintenance and repair activities................................2856

Methyl bromide.................................2714, 2724, 2774, 2888

Mobile sources...................................................2875

Monitoring requirements..........................................2857

NESHAP:

Area source standards..........................................2812

Autobody refinishing...........................................2741

Chemical preparations industry.................................2747

Clay ceramics industry.........................................2880

Cogeneration unit definition...................................2775

Copper smelters................................................2887

Defense land systems...........................................2735

Elastomers.....................................................2844

Electric arc furnace manufacturing.............................2733

Ethylene oxide.................................................2797

Ferroalloys production.........................................2864

Gasoline distribution facilities...............................2803

General provisions.......................................2734, 2785

Glass manufacturing industry...................................2726

Halogenated solvent cleaning...................................2784

Hazardous Organic NESHAP.......................................2874

Hazardous waste combustors...............................2850, 2851

Industrial inorganic chemicals manufacturing...................2727

Industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers and process heaters..............................................2730, 2884

Iron and steel foundries.................................2728, 2736

Lead acid battery manufacturing................................2746

Mercury cell chlor-alkali plants...............................2863

Metal fabrication and finishing source.........................2867

Municipal solid waste landfills................................2795

Nonferrous metals..............................................2732

Oil and natural gas production.................................2877

Organic chemical manufacturing.................................2764

Organic liquid distribution....................................2860

Paint and allied products industry.............................2748

Plating and polishing..........................................2729

Pollution prevention alternative compliance....................2785

Polymers and resins............................................2873

Polyvinyl chloride and copolymers production...................2744

Portland cement manufacturing industry...................2768, 2872

Shipbuilding and ship repair operations........................2830

Site remediation.........................................2745, 2879

Source categories........................................2785, 2821

Startup, shutdown and malfunction provisions...................2841

Surface coating of automobiles and light-duty trucks...........2806

Synthetic organic chemicals....................................2874

Taconite iron ore processing...................................2858

Thermoplastics.................................................2844

New source performance standards...2766, 2804, 2814, 2826, 2866, 2894

Mineral dryers/calciners.......................................2870

Nonmetallic minerals...........................................2868

Portland Cement................................................2869

New source review.....2737, 2743, 2756, 2760, 2792, 2817, 2822, 2824, 2828, 2856, 2881

New stationary sources.........................2780, 2821, 2892, 2893

Nitrogen oxides................................2807, 2848, 2865, 2894

Opacity measurement of emissions.................................2783

Operating permits..........................................2862, 2890

Compliance monitoring..........................................2738

Ozone and ozone precursors: 8-hour standard............2763, 2813, 2828, 2854, 2859, 2891, 2897

Global lab and analytical use exemption........................2773

National ambient air quality standards......2742, 2763, 2828, 2859, 2891, 2897

Protection of stratospheric ozone.......825, 826, 2714, 2720, 2724, 2749, 2751, 2773, 2774, 2796, 2799, 2800, 2801, 2802, 2809, 2819, 2823, 2833, 2836, 2882, 2888

Transport................................................2739, 2848

Particulate matter.............................2752, 2772, 2822, 2826

PCB manufacturing................................................2923

Performance Track program........................................2975

Performance-based measurement system for fuels...................2723

Polymer exemption rule...........................................2931

Potential to emit limits.........................................2753

Prevention of significant deterioration.......2737, 2743, 2760, 2761, 2772, 2792, 2824, 2856

Project XL.......................................................2709

Reciprocating internal combustion engines..................2804, 2812

Risk and technology review.......................................2769

Risk management plans:

Public access to information...................................2842

Significant harm level...........................................2765

Solid waste incinerators.......................2766, 2811, 2892, 2893

Source category list.............................................2876

State implementation plans...............2721, 2781, 2840, 2853, 2859

Sulfur oxides..............................................2787, 2871

Synthetic organic chemicals manufacturing........................2782

Transportation conformity........................................2820

Tribal implementation plans......................................2859

Volatile organic compounds........2719, 2755, 2757, 2767, 2770, 2782, 2794, 2840, 2885

Air rates and fares:

Aviation data requirements.......................................1895

Oversales and denied boarding compensation.......................1881

Air safety:

See Aviation safety

Air tariffs:

See Air rates and fares

Air traffic control:

Automatic Dependent Surveillance--Broadcast equipage mandate.....1914

Emergency security control...................................591, 622

Retirement coverage of air traffic controllers...................3188

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Air transportation:

See also Air carriers

Air rates and fares

Aircraft

Airmen

Airports

Airspace

Aviation safety

Navigation (air)

DOD international air freight traffic requirements................690

Electronic presentation of cargo data............................1190

Excise taxes.....................................................2536

Nondiscrimination................................................1887

On-demand air taxi services:

Disclosure to consumers........................................1898

Small business size standards....................................3254

Aircraft:

Aging aircraft:

Type certificate and supplemental type certificate holder data.......................................................1930

Airworthiness directives and standards........1906, 1916, 1922, 1929, 1933, 1934, 1942, 1943, 1944

Amateur rocketry safety regulations..............................1910

Anti-money laundering program for businesses engaged in airplane sales...............................................2130

Area navigation..................................................1921

Automatic Dependent Surveillance--Broadcast equipage mandate.....1914

Aviation Radio Service...........................................3514

Cockpit voice recorder requirements..............................1923

Commuter operations in very light jets...........................1951

Electrical and electronic system standards.......................1925

Engine bird ingestion............................................1933

Engine control system requirements...............................1915

Engine standards for life-limited parts..........................1932

Export licensing jurisdiction.....................................346

Export restrictions...............................................329

Extended operations of multi-engine airplanes....................1954

Extinguishing agent container requirements.......................1940

Flight data recorder regulations.....................1907, 1923, 1946

Halon-1301 fire extinguishing vessels............................2799

Hazardous material transportation................................2075

Inspection authorization renewal period..........................1938

Light-sport aircraft.............................................1939

Maintenance:

Aging aircraft.................................................1924

Non-fixed-wing aircraft:

Nationality and registration marks.............................1941

Ownership transfer notification..................................1948

Parachute equipment and packing..................................1908

Private charter security rules...................................1213

Propeller requirements...........................................1916

Public water system regulations..................................3030

Registration re-registration and renewal.........................1911

Repair stations:

Ratings and quality system.....................................1903

Security requirements..........................................1219

Rotorcraft.......................................................1922

Rotorcraft turbine engines one-engine-inoperative ratings........1917

Security programs for aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or more 1212

Special training, experience, and operating requirements for

Mitsubishi MU-2B series airplane.............................1937

Transponders.....................................................1902

Transport category:

Airworthiness directives and standards.............1904, 1912, 1926

Crew discreet alerting systems.................................1927

Fire penetration resistance requirements.......................1957

Flight deck door monitoring....................................1927

Fuel tank flammability reduction...............................1928

Fuel tank system safety........................................1929

Ice protection activation......................................1912

Performance and handling qualities in icing conditions.........1926

Security related considerations in design and operation........1905

Thermal acoustic insulation....................................1957

Wiring system safety...........................................1929

Turbine aircraft engines.........................................1934

Aircraft pilots:

See Airmen

Airlines:

See Air carriers

Airmen:

Age 65 upper age limit for pilots................................1919

Counterfeit-resistant certification requirements.................1948

Crewmembers and aircraft dispatchers qualification, service and use..........................................................1918

Criminal history background checks...............................1215

Fees for certification services and approvals performed outside the US.......................................................1935

Flight crewmember duty limitations and rest requirements.........1952

Flight training for aliens.................................1218, 1246

Medical certificate duration.....................................1913

Special training, experience, and operating requirements for

Mitsubishi MU-2B series airplane.............................1937

Training requirements for flight under visual flight rules in the Washington, DC zone......................................1949

Training, qualification, certification and operating requirements.................................................1909

Airplanes:

See Aircraft

Airports:

Accommodations for deaf and hard of hearing individuals..........1890

Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of aircraft from foreign areas..................................1177

Chicago O'Hare International Airport:

Congestion and delay reduction.................................1959

Concessions:

Disadvantaged business enterprise participation................1891

Criminal history background checks for escorted access...........1224

Criminal history background checks for operators.................1215

Customs security area access.....................................1188

Effluent limitations for deicing operations......................3018

Enhanced security procedures within the Washington, DC

Metropolitan Area Flight Restricted Zone.....................1220

LaGuardia Airport:

Congestion management rule.....................................1950

Private land mobile radio services...............................3512

Reimbursement of general aviation operators and service providers in the Washington, DC area.........................1885

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:

Enhanced security procedures for certain operations............1222

Small business size standards....................................3254

Airspace:

Regulations, routine issue of....................................1945

Use and preservation of..........................................1920

Washington, DC metropolitan area...........................1947, 1949

Airways:

See Airspace

Airworthiness directives and standards:

See Aircraft

Alaska Natives:

See Indians

Alcohol abuse:

Mine personnel...................................................1819

Transportation workplace testing...........................1889, 1894

Alcohol and alcoholic beverages:

See also Beer

Liquors

Wine

Advertising regulations....................................2167, 2169

Distilled spirits plant regulations..............................2182

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Excise taxes.....................................................2190

Formula submission form..........................................2185

Import and export regulations....................................2166

Labeling regulations.................................2167, 2169, 2189

Nonbeverage product formulas.....................................2186

Organic claims in labeling and advertising.......................2207

Specially denatured alcohol regulations..........................2166

Standards of fill................................................2213

Standards of identity for distilled spirits......................2171

Aliens:

See also Citizenship and naturalization

Immigration

Refugees

Adjustment of status........1080, 1088, 1090, 1094, 1095, 1097, 1099, 1107, 1714

Adoptions:

Classification as children of U.S. citizens....................1059

American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act.....1048, 1646

Arriving aliens definition.......................................1197

Asylum...........................................................1089

Interpreter services during interviews.........................1073

Battered and abused spouses and children...................1060, 1699

Border crossing cards:

Elimination of.................................................1186

Children:

Care and placement of unaccompanied children...................1005

Certificate of citizenship application.........................1092

Child Status Protection Act..............................1051, 1874

Conditional residents:

Termination of marriage........................................1061

Consent to reapply for admission after removal...................1049

Criminal convictions:

Early release for removal of aliens in custody for nonviolent offenses...................................................1239

Custody procedures...............................................1236

Deportability and inadmissibility on public charge grounds.......1084

Deportation proceedings:

Power of Attorney General......................................1240

Suspension.........................................1082, 1699, 1704

Detention of aliens subject to final orders of removal.....1235, 1250

Diversity visas..................................................1865

Documents required for entering U.S. ports-of-entry..............1184

Driver's license and identification card standards...............1023

Duty to surrender when ordered removed from the United States 1713

Employment:

Australian nonimmigrants in specialty occupations..............1777

EB-5 classification......................................1050, 1712

Eligibility for certain scientists and engineers...............1070

Eligibility verification.......................................1867

International broadcasters.....................................1111

Labor certification process..............................1054, 1776

Post-adjudication audits of H-2B petitions.....................1775

Premium processing service for petitions and applications.....1064, 1117

Temporary nonagricultural services or labor....................1101

Treatment of employers who receive no-match letters............1238

Verification documents.........................................1078

Evidence processing timeframe....................................1069

Exchange visitors:

Certification fees.............................................1232

Eligibility....................................................1862

Interns..................................................1861, 1869

Revocation process.............................................1855

Secondary school students......................................1856

Sponsor site visits............................................1862

Expedited removal:

Custody and bond eligibility...................................1249

Extension of time limit on admission of Mexican nationals........1202

Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry..............1187

F-1 visas:

Period of time students may be admitted before academic program start date.........................................1076

Fingerprinting.......................................1081, 1110, 1875

Firearm purchase requirements....................................1662

Flight training............................................1218, 1246

H-1B petition fees...............................................1105

Health care workers........................................1104, 1864

Illegal entry:

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives regulations................................................1667

Inadmissability:

Trackers in persons............................................1870

Unlawful voters................................................1866

Inspection and expedited removal.................................1195

International-to-International Program...........................1201

Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program....1056, 1075, 1868

Legal Immigration Family Equity Act........................1095, 1096

Medicaid documentation requirements...............................971

Medical examination requirements..................................789

Medical grounds of inadmissibility and waivers...................1113

National interest waivers for physicians.........................1086

Naturalization of aliens serving in the Armed Forces and their dependents....................................................608

Nonimmigrant classes:

Academic honoraria for B visa status...........................1091

Border commuter students.......................................1245

Change of status prior to pursuing a course of study...........1100

Denial of applications by schools for approval to enroll students...................................................1244

Documentation of professionals.................................1876

Duration of status limitations.................................1243

Eliminating numerical cap on Mexican TN visas..................1103

Firearm prohibitions...........................................1655

K classification...............................................1096

Nurses...................................................1087, 1779

Petitioning requirements.......................................1116

Registration and monitoring policies...........................1242

Spouses and children of lawful permanent residents.............1065

Student and Exchange Visitor Program school recertification 1229, 1231, 1247

Suspension of employment authorization requirements for F-1 students...................................................1106

Temporary workers........................................1101, 1767

Victims of trafficking or criminal activity........1066, 1067, 1098

Visa exemption for nationals of the British Virgin Islands entering the U.S. through St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 1199

Permanent residence cards replacement............................1055

Powers and duties of service officers............................1710

Refugee status...................................................1085

Registration requirements........................................1052

Religious workers................................................1047

Removal of visa and passport waiver for residents of Canada and

Bermuda......................................................1198

Removal orders...................................................1233

Removal proceedings................1107, 1195, 1701, 1710, 1711, 1714

Reporting requirements for deposit interest paid to nonresidents.................................................2393

Social security regulations:

Additional insured status requirements for workers.............3277

Benefits for lawfully present aliens...........................1079

Coverage of work performed by nonresident aliens...............3279

Syrian nationals.................................................1097

Temporary protected status.......................................1053

Trafficking victims..............................................1234

Transit without visa.............................................1201

United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology

Program................................................1028, 1039

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Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act................................1048

Visa Waiver Program..............................................1194

Waiver of fees...................................................1112

Alimony:

See Child support

Amateur radio service:

See Radio

American Indians:

See Indians

Ammunition:

See Arms and munitions

Anchorage grounds:

See Harbors

Animal diseases:

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy................68, 75, 190, 855, 878

Bovine tuberculosis................................................49

Chronic wasting disease in elk and deer............................72

Contagious equine metritis:

Exemption for noncompetitive entertainment horses................58

Foot-and-mouth disease.............................................71

Highly pathogenic avian influenza..................................69

Low pathogenic avian influenza.....................................66

Quarantine facilities for horses...................................67

Trichinae..........................................................50

Animal drugs:

Designation for minor use and minor species..................859, 860

Import tolerances.................................................816

Registration and listing requirements.............................830

Supplements regulations...........................................886

Use of materials derived from cattle..............................879

Animal feeds:

See Animal drugs

Animal welfare:

Birds..............................................................51

Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2095

Marine mammals.......48, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 461, 462, 492, 493, 495, 550, 1397, 1489, 1573

Minimum age requirements for transport.............................55

National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research chimpanzees...................................................908

Transportation on international carriers.........................1384

Animals:

See also Animal diseases

Animal drugs

Animal welfare

Livestock

Wildlife

Air emissions from feeding operations............................2878

Genetically engineered animals regulation..........................47

Imports:

Dog and Cat Protection Act.....................................2095

Foreign quarantine regulations..................................784

National Veterinary Accreditation Program..........................53

Transgenic.......................................................2957

Annuities:

See Pensions

Antidumping:

Administrative Protective Order procedures........................310

Baseline recalculation for downstream oxygenate addition.........2791

Certification of factual information..............................308

Document submission procedures....................................310

Sunset reviews....................................................307

Antiquities:

See Historic preservation

Appeal procedures:

See Administrative practice and procedure

Appliances:

See Household appliances

Archaeology:

See Historic preservation

Architectural barriers:

See Individuals with disabilities

Archives and records:

See also Classified information

Freedom of information

Health records

Privacy

Reporting and recordkeeping requirements

Historical research in the files of the Office of the Secretary of Defense....................................................598

NARA:

Classified national security information.......................3090

Debarment and suspension.......................................3099

Federal records management...............................3086, 3093

Freedom of information...................................3089, 3094

Inspection of personal property in the possession of facility visitors...................................................3098

National security information standard forms...................3092

Nondiscrimination..................................3095, 3096, 3097

Presidential library facilities................................3085

Self-service reproduction fees.................................3091

Testimony by employees and production of records in legal proceedings................................................3087

Use of meeting rooms and public space..........................3088

Armed forces:

See also Federal buildings and facilities

Military personnel

Selective Service System

Air Force:

Air Force Academy Preparatory School............................691

Incidental taking of marine mammals........................459, 550

Armed services exchange regulations...............................589

Army:

Processing claims against the US................................678

Processing claims on behalf of the US...........................679

Army Corps of Engineers:

Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking..................682

Discharge of dredged material definition........................681

Nationwide Permit Program regulations...........................683

Protection of historic properties...............................680

CHAMPUS.......................................697, 698, 699, 700, 701

TRICARE......692, 693, 694, 695, 696, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712, 713

Coast Guard:

Ballast water discharge standards..............................1164

Captain of the Port areas......................................1147

Carbon dioxide fire suppression systems on commercial vessels 1134

Cargo securing.................................................1163

Commercial diving operations...................................1161

Dry cargo residue on the Great Lakes...........................1170

Escort requirements for vessels in U.S. waters.................1155

Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1141, 1157

Internal organization..........................................1147

Landowner defenses to liability under the Oil Pollution Act 1135

Marine inspection zone boundaries..............................1147

Merchant mariners............................1136, 1167, 1168, 1172

Numbering of undocumented barges...............................1159

One-step turnkey design-build contracts........................1027

Pollution prevention equipment.................................1145

Propeller injury prevention....................................1123

Regulated navigation areas.....................................1156

Rules of practice..............................................1124

Safety and security zone regulations...............1148, 1169, 1176

Towing vessel inspection regulations...........................1173

Vessel response plans for oil......................1141, 1158, 1160

Waterfront liquefied natural gas facility requirements.........1138

Whistleblower protection.......................................1143

Delinquent indebtedness of military services personnel............596

Discharge standards for vessels..................................3002

Historical research in the files of the Office of the Secretary of Defense....................................................598

Incidental take of migratory birds during military readiness.....1485

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Jury service by active duty members...............................623

Naturalization of aliens serving in the Armed Forces and their dependents....................................................608

Navy:

Acquisition regulations.........................................684

Administrative processing and consideration of claims...........685

Admiralty claims regulations....................................689

Incidental taking of marine mammals...455, 456, 457, 458, 460, 462, 492

Personnel claims regulations....................................686

Policies regarding contractor personnel authorized to accompany

U.S. Armed Forces.............................................639

Policy concerning organizations seeking to represent or organize members in negotiation or collective bargaining......619

Ready Reservists:

Screening policies..............................................601

Recruiting and program access at institutions of higher education.....................................................600

Reemployment.....................................................3172

Selected Reserve:

Evaluation factor for employing or subcontracting with..........643

Selective service regulation.....................................3237

Service Academies:

Policy, responsibilities and oversight..........................603

Arms and munitions:

Acquisition regulations......................................642, 673

Carriage of concealed weapons by law enforcement officers........1722

Child Safety Lock Act of 2005....................................1651

Commerce in......................................................1653

Bulk salutes definition........................................1659

Illegal alien definition.......................................1667

Separation distances of ammonium nitrate from explosives.......1665

Storage of shock tube with detonators..........................1659

DOD contractors' safety manual....................................606

Excise taxes...............................................2180, 2199

Explosives and small arms manufacturing safety regulations.......1835

Explosives safety..........................................1660, 1664

Export controls....................................345, 350, 594, 614

Imports..............................................1658, 2180, 2199

Nonimmigrant alien prohibitions..................................1655

Pistol definition................................................1656

Propellant actuated device definition............................1657

Residency requirements for purchasers............................1662

Secure gun storage...............................................1663

Asbestos:

Exposure limit...................................................1815

Model accreditation plan.........................................2944

Asylum:

See Immigration

Atomic energy:

See Nuclear energy

Attorneys:

See Lawyers

Auditing:

See Accounting

Authority delegations:

Civil penalty issuance...........................................1698

DHS..............................................................1035

FCC..............................................................3495

Forest Service....................................................251

HHS...............................................................790

Immigration judges...............................................1698

INS..............................................................1705

VA...................................................2596, 2638, 2672

Automatic data processing:

See Computer technology

Automobiles:

See Motor vehicles

Aviation safety:

Aging aircraft...................................................1924

Type certificate and supplemental type certificate holder data.......................................................1930

Air tour and sightseeing operations..............................1953

Airworthiness directives and standards........1906, 1916, 1922, 1929, 1933, 1934, 1943

Amateur rocketry safety regulations..............................1910

Aviation Security Infrastructure Fee.............................1221

Cargo security...................................................1208

Child restraint systems..........................................1958

Civil aviation security rules....................................1211

Crewmembers and aircraft dispatchers qualification, service and use..........................................................1918

Engine bird ingestion............................................1933

Engine control system requirements...............................1915

Engine standards for life-limited parts..........................1932

Extinguishing agent container requirements.......................1940

Fire penetration resistance requirements.........................1957

Flight crewmember duty limitations and rest requirements.........1952

Flight rules...............................................1942, 1944

Fuel tank flammability reduction.................................1928

Fuel tank system regulations.....................................1929

Hazardous substance transportation...............................2077

Fuel cells transported in passenger aircraft carry-on baggage 2058

Ice protection activation........................................1912

On-demand air taxi services:

Disclosure to consumers........................................1898

Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................1886

Performance and handling qualities in icing conditions...........1926

Pilot, flight instructor, ground instructor and pilot school certification rules..........................................1909

Propeller requirements...........................................1916

Rotorcraft turbine engines one-engine-inoperative ratings........1917

Secure Flight Program............................................1205

Security awareness training for flight school employees..........1218

Security programs for aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or more 1212

Security related considerations in design and operation of transport airplanes..........................................1905

Security threat assessment for certificate holders and applicants...................................................1226

Special training, experience, and operating requirements for

Mitsubishi MU-2B series airplane.............................1937

Thermal acoustic insulation......................................1957

Transponder requirement..........................................1902

Wiring system regulations........................................1929

B

Baggage:

See Freight

Balloons:

See Aircraft

Bank deposit insurance:

Advertisement of membership......................................3556

Annual independent audits........................................3544

Assessments......................................................3555

Base rate schedule.............................................3558

Penalties for failure to make timely payments..................3557

Risk differentiation frameworks................................3558

Corporate debt collection........................................3560

Designated reserve ratio.........................................3554

Expanded examination cycle for small insured depository institutions...........................................2234, 2592

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act............3637

Filing procedures for state nonmember banks......................3548

Industrial banks subsidiaries of financial companies.............3541

Large bank deposit insurance determination modernization.........3551

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Management official interlocks.......................2236, 2591, 3546

Reporting requirements...........................................3544

Risk-based guidelines............................................3547

Bankruptcy:

RCRA financial responsibility....................................2985

Banks, banking:

See also Bank deposit insurance

Credit

Electronic funds transfers

Federal home loan banks

Federal Reserve System

National banks

Savings associations

Affiliate marketing regulations..................................3543

Automated Clearinghouse regulations..............................2157

Bank Secrecy Act......2129, 2130, 2131, 2132, 2133, 2134, 2135, 2137, 2142, 2143, 2144, 2145, 2146, 2147, 2148, 2149, 2150, 2151, 2152, 2154

Basel Capital Accord.............................................2583

Broker exemptions....................................3616, 3797, 3806

Broker-dealer registration requirements..........................3784

Capital..................................2233, 2586, 3550, 3553, 3621

Community Reinvestment Act regulations.........2237, 2594, 3540, 3559

Conversion of insured credit unions to mutual savings banks......3666

Cross-border transportation of negotiable instruments............2133

Customer identification program............................2127, 2136

Deposit definition...............................................3542

Depositaries and financial agents of the Federal government......2162

Direct investment abroad reporting................................293

Electronic funds transfer..................................3613, 3625

Executive officers and principal shareholders:

Repeal of reports on lending...................................3561

Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act.....3543, 3545, 3552, 3622, 3640

Affiliate marketing regulations................................2230

Identity theft protection................................2229, 2585

Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations......................2584, 3624

Farm credit:

Accounting and disclosure to shareholders and investors........3389

Borrower rights................................................3388

Capital adequacy...............................................3386

Disclosure and reporting requirements....................3394, 3397

Financially related services...................................3387

Funding and fiscal affairs.....................................3386

Governance of institutions.....................................3397

Loan policies and operations...................................3386

Mission-related investments....................................3385

Ownership requirement for eligibility of processing and marketing entities.........................................3393

Priority of claims.............................................3390

Privacy Act and security information regulations...............3400

Scope of financing regulations.................................3391

Termination regulations........................................3398

Federal interest rate authority..................................3549

Federal-state funds transfers....................................2158

Financial crimes enforcement network.............................2139

Financial institutions:

Payment service providers......................................2112

Reporting requirements for deposit interest paid to nonresident aliens.........................................2393

Withholding and reporting obligations regarding tender offers 2343

Financial record information furnished to DOD.....................607

Financial subsidiaries...........................................2113

Holding companies........................3618, 3621, 3623, 3626, 3749

Permissible activities of savings and loan companies...........2580

Identity theft red flags and address discrepancies...............3545

Information furnished to consumer reporting agencies.......2227, 2579

Interstate banking...............................................3549

Market risk................................................2233, 3553

Money laundering deterrents.......2129, 2130, 2137, 2140, 2141, 2142, 2143, 2144, 2145, 2146, 2147, 2148, 2149, 2150, 2151, 2155

Privacy form.....................................................2581

Privacy notices............................................2226, 3635

Provision of banking services to money services businesses.......2125

Regulation W provisions..........................................3548

Reserve requirements of depository institutions..................3612

Risk-based capital standards.......2233, 2583, 2586, 3550, 3553, 3615

Securities brokers and dealers:

Recordkeeping requirements.....................................2235

SEC exemptions.................................................3809

Special measures against the Commercial Bank of Syria............2155

Standards of conduct for Treasury employees......................2589

State banks:

Membership in the Federal Reserve System...........3614, 3620, 3621

Stored value cards...............................................3542

Suspicious transaction reporting requirement for check cashers 2132

Threshold to collect, retain, and transmit information on funds transfers and transmittals...................................3617

Thrift institutions..............................................3781

Truth in lending.................................................3619

Barges:

See Cargo vessels

Barrels:

See Packaging and containers

Beef:

See Livestock

Meat and meat products

Beer:

Alternating brewery proprietorship...............................2168

Labeling and advertising regulations.............................2219

TTB brewery regulations revisions................................2165

Beverages:

See Alcohol and alcoholic beverages

Biologics:

See also Blood

Adverse event reporting............................................63

Current good manufacturing practice for combination products......817

Electronic submission of study data...............................804

Interstate shipment of etiologic agents...........................792

Labeling..........................................................806

Human cells, tissues, and cellular and tissue-based product donors......................................................862

Labeling of products held for the Strategic National Stockpile 861

Live vaccine processing requirements..............................820

Postmarket safety reporting:

Combination products............................................818

Electronic submission requirements..............................828

Registration and listing requirements.............................830

Safety reporting requirements.....................................831

Vaccine Injury Compensation Program...............................892

Birds:

See Wildlife

Blind:

See Medicaid

Public assistance programs

Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

Blood:

Current good manufacturing practices..............................833

Dating period regulations.........................................819

Hepatitis C virus.................................................833

Hospital conditions of participation..............................957

Labeling and storage requirements.................................845

Pooling and pH level of platelets.................................819

Regulation amendments.............................................807

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Storage temperature regulations...................................819

Boats and boating safety:

See Marine safety

Navigation (water)

Bonding:

See Surety bonds

Bonds:

Clean Renewable Energy Bonds...............................2317, 2455

Continuous bond program..........................................2085

Immigration surety bonds.........................................1230

Interest payments on cancelled cash bonds........................1228

Municipal........................................................2431

Qualified zone academy bonds...............................2276, 2482

Refunding issue..................................................2501

SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program................................3256

Borders:

See International boundaries

Bridges:

Drawbridge operation.......................................1154, 1174

Broadcasting:

See Radio

Television

Brokers:

Amendments to Forms BD and BDW...................................3786

Electronic filing of annual reports..............................3362

Exemptions for banks.................................3616, 3797, 3806

Financial responsibility rules...................................3785

Net capital rules................................................3796

Quotation requirements...........................................3792

Registration of commodity futures intermediaries.................3355

Registration recordkeeping requirements..........................2582

Registration requirements for banks..............................3784

Buildings:

See also Federal buildings and facilities

Access for individuals with disabilities.........................2684

Asbestos.........................................................2944

Buses:

See Motor carriers

Motor vehicles

Business and industry:

See also Accounting

Advertising

Bankruptcy

Competitiveness

Confidential business information

Holding companies

Indians-business and finance

Labeling

Labor

Packaging and containers

Small businesses

Taxes

Trade practices

Trademarks

Assumption of liabilities in corporate transactions..............2260

Autobody refinishing.............................................2741

Cement manufacturing industry..............................2768, 2872

Safe and environmentally protective use of granular mine tailings...................................................2977

Chemical preparations industry:

Air pollution control..........................................2747

Chemicals:

Air pollution control..........................................2782

Control of PMNs................................................2933

Manufacture..................................2932, 2935, 2936, 2955

Pollution standards............................................2923

Security anti-terrorism standards..............................1029

Chlor-alkali manufacturing:

Effluent guidelines............................................3004

Clay ceramics industry...........................................2880

Commercial diving operations.....................................1161

Effluent guidelines..............................................3017

Electric arc furnace manufacturing...............................2733

Entertainment industry...........................................2251

Financing cooperative stock.......................................268

Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................3641

Glass manufacturing industry.....................................2726

Industrial inorganic chemicals manufacturing.....................2727

Iron and steel foundries...................................2728, 2736

Lead acid battery manufacturing:

Air pollution control..........................................2746

Organic chemical manufacturing:

Air pollution control..........................................2764

Paint and allied products industry:

Air pollution control..........................................2748

Plating and polishing............................................2729

Polyvinyl chloride and copolymers production:

Air pollution control..........................................2744

Pulp, paper and paperboard:

Effluent limitations...........................................3012

Taconite iron ore processing.....................................2858

Vinyl chloride manufacturing:

Effluent guidelines............................................3004

C

Cable television:

Cable Communications Policy Act regulations......................3473

Cost of service..................................................3452

Digital must carry requirements..................................3457

Home wiring rights...............................................3455

Horizontal ownership limits......................................3458

Rates............................................................3451

Cargo:

See Freight

Cargo vessels:

See also Maritime carriers

Advance trade data elements......................................1185

Barges:

Launch barge waiver program....................................2078

Load line requirements.........................................1139

Numbering of undocumented barges...............................1159

Cargo securing on vessels in U.S. waters.........................1163

Dangerous cargo notification of arrival..........................1129

Dry cargo residue on the Great Lakes.............................1170

Manifest discrepancy reports.....................................1179

Tank vessels:

Escorts........................................................1155

Response plans.....................................1141, 1158, 1160

Cemeteries:

Delegation of authority to accept donations for national cemeteries...................................................2672

VA burial benefits...............................................2602

Headstone and marker application process.......................2635

Census data: 2010 Census Redistricting Data Program............................301

Cutoff dates for recognition of boundary changes..................299

Disclosure of income tax return information......................2429

Estimates review and update request procedures....................298

Use in the Indian Housing Block Grant Program....................1361

Cereals (commodity):

See Grains

CHAMPUS:

Claimcheck denials appeals process................................700

Dental benefits under retiree dental program............696, 702, 712

Double coverage..............................................693, 699

Dual compensation/conflict of interest provision..................698

Hospital payment for ambulatory care..............................697

Individual Case Management Program................................701

TRICARE............................................692, 702, 703, 704

Adoption intermediaries....................................694, 710

Benefits for survivors of deceased active duty members.....694, 710

Dental Program..................................................707

Eligibility of Selected Reserve members.........................709

Hospital outpatient prospective payment system..................708

Overpayments recovery...........................................695

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Pharmacy Benefits Program..................................693, 713

Reserve and guard family member benefits........................706

Routine care not directly related to study, grant, or research program............................................705

Unlabeled or off-label uses of medical devices..................711

Charter buses:

See Motor carriers

Motor vehicles

Checks:

See Banks, banking

Chemicals:

See also Drugs

Hazardous substances

Pesticides and pests

Activated phosphors..............................................2929

Air pollution control......................................2782, 2794

Aryl phosphates..................................................2960

Assessment information rule......................................2935

Chemical inventory reporting.....................................2964

Chloranil........................................................2943

Diethanolamine...................................................2938

Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1694

Drinking water regulations.....................3031, 3034, 3038, 3039

Electronic application for controlled substances.................1673

Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program............................2902

Export control..............................................321, 2962

Facility anti-terrorism standards................................1029

Flame retardant substances.................................2925, 2961

Gamma butyrolactone..............................................1671

Health and safety reporting rule.................................2936

High production volume chemicals.................................2924

Hydrogen fluoride................................................2939

Import:

Information on foreign chain of distribution for List I chemicals..................................................1688

Import and production quotas for List I chemicals................1689

Maleic anhydride.................................................2941

N-phenethyl-4-piperidone used to manufacture fentanyl............1693

Nanoscale materials stewardship program..........................2922

New use rules for PMNs...........................................2933

Notice of transfers following importation or exportation of

List I and List II chemicals.................................1687

Official order form single-sheet format for controlled substances...................................................1678

Ozone depleting............................................2714, 2774

Essential use allowances.......................................2819

Export of Class I substances...................................2823

Halon-1301.....................................................2799

Methyl bromide.................................................2724

Refrigerant recycling..............................2800, 2802, 2836

Refrigerants.............................................2796, 2801

Substitutes..............................................2720, 2809

Perfluoroalkyl sulfonates........................................2942

Perfluorooctanoic acid...........................................2959

Phosphorus forms, red, white and hypophosphorous acid............1672

Phthalic anhydride...............................................2940

Polychlorinated biphenyls............................2923, 2947, 2958

Polymers and resins........................................2844, 2931

Record requirements for chemical distributors....................1677

Registration requirements for List I chemicals...................1690

Removal of exemption for mixtures containing ephedrine and pseudoephedrine..............................................1692

Right-to-Know initiative...................................2937, 2963

Self-certification of sellers of scheduled listed chemical products...............................................1676, 1686

Significant New Use Rule...................................2942, 2943

Test rules.....................................2924, 2949, 2950, 2956

Threshold removal for ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine..........................................1691

Toxic substances...........................................2932, 2955

Toxic Substances Control Act......2703, 2927, 2928, 2929, 2942, 2957, 2959

Toxicity profiles................................................2948

Toxicity testing, developmental and reproductive.................2954

Toxics Release Inventory:

Additions, deletions, and modifications..................2968, 2969

Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds...............................2965

Metal mining...................................................2966

Reporting requirements.........................................2966

Transferring manufacture rights..................................2928

Waste management.................................................2970

Child abuse:

See Child welfare

Child labor:

Hazardous occupations............................................1759

Regulations, orders, and statements of interpretation............1762

Child support:

Deficit Reduction Act provisions.................................1016

Safeguarding information.........................................1011

Child welfare:

See also Adoption and foster care

Child labor

Child support

Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act:

Recordkeeping and inspection requirements for producers of simulated sexually explicit conduct........................1734

Aliens:

Battered children........................................1060, 1699

Care and placement of unaccompanied children...................1005

At-risk afterschool suppers.......................................139

Chafee National Youth in Transition Database.....................1014

Child Care and Development Fund............................1009, 1013

Depiction of sexually explicit performances records requirements...........................................1733, 1734

Health insurance accessibility...................................1015

Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent

Offender Registration Act....................................1740

Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:

Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1739

Reporting requirements.........................................1747

Safeguards for subjects in clinical investigations of drug products......................................................835

Use of restraint and seclusion in residential psychiatric treatment facilities................................782, 917, 958

Children:

See Infants and children

Cigars and cigarettes:

Tax classification...............................................2201

Tax computation on large cigars..................................2181

Trafficking in contraband cigarettes or smokeless tobacco........1666

Citizens band radio service:

See Radio

Citizenship and naturalization:

See also Aliens

Immigration

Child Citizenship Act............................................1092

Electronic signatures on applications and petitions for benefits.....................................................1102

Procedures for individuals with disabilities.....................1114

Revoking grants of naturalization................................1062

Civil defense:

See Disaster assistance

Civil rights:

See also Equal employment opportunity

Fair housing

Commission on Civil Rights regulations update....................2686

Freedom of Information Act regulations...........................3233

Nondiscrimination:

Age discrimination.................................2706, 3056, 3097

CNCS...........................................................2695

DHS..........................................1026, 1032, 1033, 1034

DOJ............................................................1648

Federal employee protection statutes...........................1842

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Federally assisted programs....................................3294

GSA................................................3057, 3058, 3060

HIPAA........................................1806, 2540, 2541, 2542

HUD programs...................................................1277

Individuals with disabilities....1644, 1645, 3055, 3214, 3216, 3294

NARA...............................................3095, 3096, 3097

NCUA...........................................................3644

NEA......................................................3101, 3216

NEH......................................................3101, 3216

OFHEO..........................................................3111

SSA......................................................3293, 3294

Peace Corps Volunteer Discrimination Complaint Procedure.........3216

Civil service system:

See Government employees

Claims:

CCC debt collection................................................26

Collection by installments.......................................2160

DHS debt collection..............................................1038

DOC debt collection...............................................304

DoD authority............................678, 679, 685, 686, 687, 688

DOI debt collection..............................................1577

DOJ..............................................................1744

FDIC corporate debt collection...................................3560

FMS payments.....................................................2156

FSA debt collection................................................26

HHS..........................................................780, 781

Oil Pollution Act procedures.....................................1151

Peace Corps......................................................3220

Claims Against Government Under Federal Tort Claims Act........3220

Seized property..................................................1727

Classified information:

Determining eligibility for access to DOE matters.................750

Disclosure of official information in connection with legal proceedings..................................................1031

National security information regulations............1850, 3090, 3092

Protection of DOT information....................................1893

Research involving human subjects.................................715

Clean Air Act:

See Air pollution control

Clean Water Act:

See Water pollution control

Coal:

Abandoned refuse sites...........................................1589

Combustion wastes..........................................2972, 2992

Valuation for advance royalty purposes...........................1568

Coal mines:

See Mine safety and health

Mines

Surface mining

Coastal zone:

See also Continental shelf

Federal Consistency regulations...................................508

Waste deposit prevention.........................................3040

Colleges and universities:

Academic honoraria for B nonimmigrant aliens.....................1091

Denial of applications for approval to enroll nonimmigrant students.....................................................1244

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.........................723

Funding requirements for agricultural research and extension activities at Land-Grant Institutions......................85, 86

Grants administration.......................................604, 1037

Military recruiting and Reserve Officer Training Corps program access........................................................600

Service Academies:

Policy, responsibilities and oversight..........................603

Undergraduate scholarship program sponsored by NIH................905

Commercial fisheries:

See Fisheries

Commodities:

See Agricultural commodities

Commodity futures:

Advertising by commodity pool operators and trading advisors.....3363

Anti-money laundering program....................................2147

Broker electronic filing of annual reports.......................3362

Commission's regulatory practice clarification...................3357

Conflicts of interest in designated contract markets.............3360

Debt securities..................................................3353

Electronic filing of notices of exemption or exclusion...........3361

Equity capital withdrawal limitations............................3359

Exemption from Federal speculative position limits...............3354

Net capital rules................................................3796

Off-centralized market transactions..............................3351

Position limits..................................................3358

Privacy notices..................................................3350

Registration exemption for certain foreign persons...............3352

Registration of intermediaries...................................3355

Security futures:

Offer and sale of products traded on foreign boards............3349

Registration requirements for banks............................3784

Time extension for commodity pool operators to file annual reports......................................................3356

Common carriers:

See also Air carriers

Communications common carriers

Maritime carriers

Motor carriers

Railroads

Explosive materials delivery.....................................1664

Communicable diseases:

Interstate and foreign quarantine.................................790

Public health significance definition.............................789

Communications:

See also Communications common carriers

News media

Telecommunications 911 Act..........................................................3479

Accessibility of programming providing emergency information.....3414

Airport terminal use frequencies in the 45-470 private land mobile radio pool............................................3512

Auction authority................................................3495

Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local exchange carriers............................................3526

Aviation Radio Service...........................................3514

Biennial review............................................3430, 3507

Broadband internet access service:

Compliance with Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement

Act........................................................3482

Consumer protection............................................3537

Provided over power line systems...............................3421

Rural access loans and loan guarantees..........................282

Rural health care support mechanism............................3539

Channelization of the 39 GHz band................................3488

Cognitive radio technologies.....................................3420

Commercial mobile radio services...............3486, 3489, 3501, 3503

Competitive bidding:

Broadband PCS..................................................3489

Process........................................................3491

Rules for auction of 218-219 MHz...............................3487

Consolidating the 800 MHz industrial/land transportation and business pool channels.......................................3513

Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and

Marketing Act................................................3409

Digital audio broadcasting.......................................3459

Equal employment opportunity rule................................3465

Excise tax.......................................................2543

Exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields................3418

FM radio allotment procedures....................................3470

Horizontal ownership limits......................................3458

Independent Panel Reviewing the Impact of Hurricane Katrina on

Communications Networks recommendations......................3483

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Informal complaints..............................................3407

Installment payments for Personal Communications Services licensees....................................................3499

Interference temperature operation...............................3422

International Fixed Public Radiocommunication Services...........3447

International service regulations................................3443

Interstate special access services...............................3533

IP-enabled services..............................................3535

Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz...............................3496

Licensing low power operations in the private land mobile radio 450-470 MHz band.............................................3504

Maritime...................................................3485, 3498

Medical technology spectrum requirements.........................3428

Multiple address systems.........................................3490

National Exchange Carrier Association petition...................3534

North American Numbering Plan administration.....................3517

Private land mobile radio service................................3425

Public safety communications...............................3478, 3513

Quiet Zone application procedures................................3505

Radio frequency identification....................................671

Radio market definitions.........................................3463

Radio spectrum usage promotion through development of secondary markets......................................................3502

Redesignation of the 17.7-19.7 GHz band..........................3450

Regulatory fees..................................................3475

Satellite:

Aeronautical Mobile Satellite Service systems..................3446

Application and licensing requirements.........................3432

Broadcast Satellite Service..............................3448, 3450

Coordination between non-geostationary and geostationary orbit......................................................3419

Digital audio radio service....................................3434

Direct Broadcast Satellite service.............................3449

Earth stations...........................................3437, 3442

Fixed-satellite services.....................3438, 3446, 3450, 3493

Licensing reform...............................................3439

Maritime mobile services.......................................3436

Mobile service provider flexibility............................3440

MSS spectrum allocation........................................3433

Non-geostationary orbit..................................3438, 3445

Non-government operations in the 36.0-51.4 GHz portion of the

V-band.....................................................3435

Orbital debris mitigation......................................3441

Program access rules...........................................3474

Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act........3471

Spectrum-based services to rural areas...........................3510

Terrestrial microwave fixed radio services.......................3497

Transfer of 3650 through 3700 MHz band...........................3500

Transfer of 4.9 GHz band from government use.....................3500

TV:

Advertising practices..........................................3454

Cable Act......................................................3452

Cable Communications Policy Act regulations....................3473

Cable television rates.........................................3451

Children's programming.........................................3462

Closed captioning of video programming.........................3413

Competitive availability of navigation devices.................3456

Coupon program for digital-to-analog converter boxes............558

Digital must carry requirements................................3457

Digital television distributed transmission system.............3472

Digital television service...................3460, 3462, 3467, 3515

Digital television signal strength measurement.................3429

Direct broadcast public interest obligations...................3461

DTV tuner requirements.........................................3427

Emergency Alert System.........................................3481

Filing of network affiliation contracts........................3453

Joint sales agreements.........................................3468

Public interest information....................................3464

Public television station digital transition grant program......284

Reallocation and service rules for the 698-746 MHz spectrum band.......................................................3506

Service rules in UHF spectrum..................................3494

Significantly viewed out-of-market broadcast stations..........3469

Unlicensed operation in the broadcast bands....................3424

Video programming accessibility................................3456

Ultra-wideband radio transmission................................3415

Unbundled network elements.......................................3532

Unbundling local exchange carriers...............................3527

Unlicensed devices in the 5 GHz band.............................3417

Unlicensed operation of the 3650-3700 band.......................3423

Unlicensed radiofrequency devices................................3426

Vehicle location and monitoring systems..........................3492

Wireless systems:

Advanced services..............................................3416

Early termination fees.........................................3412

Hearing aid compatibility......................................3516

Regulatory review..............................................3509

Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act..................3479

World Radiocommunication Conference omnibus......................3431

Communications common carriers:

Informal complaints..............................................3407

Service disruption reporting requirements........................3480

Toll free service access codes...................................3520

Community action programs:

Empowerment zones................................................1334

Community antenna television systems:

See Cable television

Community colleges:

See Colleges and universities

Community development:

See also Community action programs

Grant programs-housing and community development

Community development block grants:

Insular Areas Program..........................................1298

Small cities program...........................................1332

SBA:

HUBZone Program....................................3240, 3255, 3259

Community facilities:

See Health facilities

Compensation:

See Unemployment compensation

Wages

Competitiveness:

American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act...........1048

American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act.................1048

Cable television companies.......................................3455

Communications Act.........................................3487, 3489

Television marketplace.....................................3451, 3456

Computer technology:

Acquisition regulations...........................................624

Federal Computer Network architecture..........................3312

Information technology security requirements...................1857

Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) requirement.................3332

Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and

Marketing Act................................................3634

De minimis exclusion for technology and software..................340

Deduction from income for software production....................2562

Electronic filing:

Investment advisers............................................3774

Individuals with disabilities accessibility standards for electronic and information technology........................2685

Internet:

Broadband internet access provided over power line systems.....3421

Consumer protection in the broadband era.......................3537

Internet gambling transactions...................................2088

Reuse, recycling, and recovery of electronic equipment...........2982

Conduct standards:

See Conflict of interests

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Confidential business information:

EPA regulations............................................2703, 2711

USDA regulations...................................................54

Conflict of interests:

See also Political activities (Government employees)

CHAMPUS requirements..............................................698

Commodity futures designated contract markets....................3360

DOE...............................................................770

EPA..............................................................2702

Ethical conduct..................................................3129

Ethics programs..................................................3127

Exemptions.......................................................3122

Financial disclosure.............................................3124

Post-government employment.......................................3128

Small business investment company................................3246

Standards of conduct.......................................1019, 3125

Conservation:

See Energy conservation

Natural resources

Construction industry:

Confined spaces for construction.................................1831

Crane and derrick safety.........................................1833

Electric power line worker safety................................1840

Hearing loss prevention..........................................1844

Consumer protection:

See also Labeling

Trade practices

All terrain vehicles.............................................3371

Baby bath seats..................................................3374

Bunk bed cornerpost standard.....................................3375

Cable home wiring rights.........................................3455

Candles and candle accessories...................................3367

Civil penalty factors............................................3381

Crib safety standards............................................3373

Disclosures......................................................3629

Fireworks devices................................................3379

Flammability standards:

Bedclothes.....................................................3377

Carpets and rugs...............................................3372

Clothing textiles..............................................3365

Mattresses/bedding.............................................3368

Upholstered furniture..........................................3364

Household goods transportation...................................1979

Infant pillows...................................................3369

Lighters.........................................................3376

Mini sparklers labeling..........................................3382

Nutrition health claims...........................................870

Portable bed rails...............................................3366

Portable generators........................................3380, 3384

Table saw blades.................................................3378

Telemarketing sales rule.........................................3636

Telephone Consumer Protection Act................................3408

Toy jewelry containing lead................................3370, 3383

Contagious diseases:

See Communicable diseases

Containers:

See Packaging and containers

Continental shelf:

Alternate energy-related uses..............................1565, 1567

Contracts:

See Government contracts

Controlled substances:

See Drug abuse

Drug traffic control

Cooperative agreements:

See Grant programs

Corporations:

See Business and industry

Cosmetics:

Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease....................882

Use of materials derived from cattle..............................878

Countervailing duties:

Administrative Protective Order procedures........................310

Certification of factual information..............................308

Document submission procedures....................................310

Sunset reviews....................................................307

Courts:

- Production of information or testimony by officials serving on a Department of Justice Task Force........................1735

Administrative Law Judge Program.................................3212

Certification process for state capital counsel systems..........1752

CSOSA:

Ethical conduct for employees standards........................2701

Denial of claim of standing trustee for actual, necessary expenses.....................................................1731

Financial management instructional course approval...............1732

Jury service by active duty Armed Forces members..................623

Nonprofit budget and credit counseling agency approval...........1732

Suspension and removal of panel or standing trustees.............1728

US Marshals Service fees.........................................1729

Credit:

See also Banks, banking

Credit unions

Mortgages

Anti-money laundering program....................................2148

Credit rating agency regulation..................................3793

Debt collection:

DOI............................................................1575

FEMA...........................................................1274

HHS........................................................780, 781

Offset of Federal payments.....................................2164

Salary offset...................................................781

Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act.....2229, 3543, 3545, 3552, 3622, 3640

Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations....................2584, 3624

Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations............................3624

Partners and partnerships........................................2495

Refunds of excise taxes on exempt sales of fuel by credit card 2315

Truth in Lending Act.............................................3619

Credit unions:

Accuracy of advertising..........................................3668

Community charter documentation..................................3652

Community Development Revolving Loan Program.....................3649

Conversion to mutual savings banks...............................3666

Corporate credit unions..........................................3655

Credit union service organizations...............................3651

Customer identification program..................................2136

Designation of low income status.................................3649

Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act:

Address reconciliation rule....................................3646

Affiliate marketing regulations................................2230

Direct disputes with furnishers rule...........................3648

Furnisher accuracy guidelines and rules........................3647

Identity theft protection................................2229, 3660

Fair credit reporting............................................3661

Federal Credit Union Bylaws......................................3656

Financial services for nonmembers................................3669

Foreign currency investments.....................................3643

General lending maturity limit...................................3669

Incidental powers rule...........................................3650

Information furnished to consumer reporting agencies.......2227, 2579

Information requests under Freedom of Information and Privacy

Acts.........................................................3663

Investment allowances............................................3667

Member access to books, records, and minutes.....................3657

Merger disclosures...............................................3654

Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs.................3644

Notice of insured status.........................................3668

Privacy of consumer financial information........................3645

Records preservation.............................................3653

Regulatory publication and review................................3659

Sales of nondeposit investments..................................3662

Supervisory committee audits and verifications...................3664

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Technical corrections............................................3658

Truth in Savings rule............................................3665

Use of consumer information for marketing solicitations..........3661

Crime:

See also Drug abuse

Fraud

Aimee's Law......................................................1751

Aliens:

Battered and abused spouses and children.................1060, 1699

Custody procedures.............................................1236

Early release for removal of aliens in custody for nonviolent offenses...................................................1239

Trafficking victims................................1066, 1098, 1234

Victims of crime.........................................1066, 1067

Arson reporting..................................................1654

Criminal background checks for CNCS program employees............2698

Criminal intelligence systems operating policies.................1755

DNA sample collection from Federal offenders...............1736, 1741

Domestic abuse involving DoD personnel............................599

Exports of crime control and detection instrument equipment.......358

FBI criminal justice information service division user fees......1717

Inclusion of nonserious offense identification records in FBI information systems..........................................1723

National Instant Criminal Background Check System:

Background checks prior to return of firearms in law enforcement possession.....................................1718

Preservation of biological evidence..............................1742

Private Security Officer Employment Authorization Act............1721

Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:

Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1739

Reporting requirements.........................................1747

Research misconduct........................................1737, 1757

Seized property..................................................1727

Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act applicability.....1743

Sex offender registration programs.........................1720, 1740

Sex offender release notification................................1623

STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.......................1730

Trafficking in persons................................635, 1008, 3322

United Nations Convention Against Torture........................1083

Victims of Crime Act.......................................1749, 1750

Violence Against Women Act.......................................1344

Critical habitat:

See Endangered and threatened species

Crop insurance:

Almond trees......................................................126

Apples............................................................114

Cabbage...........................................................119

Civil penalties...................................................108

Common crop insurance regulations............................118, 127

Cultivated wild rice..............................................111

Dry pea...........................................................116

Emergency and disaster procedures.................................115

Florida citrus fruit..............................................120

Grape and table grape provisions..................................113

Millet............................................................125

Mint..............................................................122

Mustard...........................................................123

Northern potato...................................................124

Nursery crop provisions...........................................127

Sweet corn........................................................121

Texas citrus trees................................................117

Tobacco...........................................................110

Walnut trees......................................................126

Crops:

See Agricultural commodities

Crude oil:

See Petroleum

Crystalline silica:

Occupational exposure......................................1816, 1824

Customs duties and inspection:

See also Antidumping

Countervailing duties

Imports

Administrative rulings...........................................2086

Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of aircraft from foreign areas..................................1177

Advance trade data elements......................................1185

African Growth and Opportunity Act...............................2092

Airport security area access.....................................1188

Bond obligations.................................................2121

Certification of factual information during antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings...............................308

Chile Free Trade Agreement.......................................2120

Conditional release period.......................................2121

Consolidation of collections for reimbursable services...........1182

Continuous bond program....................................1183, 2085

Country of origin marking........................................2090

Country of origin of textile and apparel products................2102

Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism......................1183

Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2095

Fees for inspectional services...................................2122

Harbor maintenance fees....................................2116, 2117

Land Border Carrier Initiative Program...........................1183

Merchandise processing fee exemption.............................2101

North American Free Trade Agreement........................2101, 2119

Outbound redelivery procedures and liabilities...................2084

Payment methods for duties, taxes, interest, and fees............2082

Post-entry claims................................................2101

Prior disclosure.................................................1178

Processing fees at express courier facilities....................2097

Protest filings..................................................2086

Reconciliation...................................................2118

Reimbursable inspectional services...............................2094

Remote location filing...........................................2081

Sampling methods in CBP audits...................................1181

Singapore Free Trade Agreement...................................2099

User and navigation fees.........................................2091

Vessel repair units consolidation................................2087

Watch and jewelry producers in insular possessions................309

D

Dairy products:

Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting Program...........................6

Grading and inspection service fees................................16

Dangerous cargo:

See Hazardous materials transportation

Data processing:

See Computer technology

Deaf:

See Individuals with disabilities

Debarment and suspension:

DOC...............................................................306

DOD...............................................................593

DOE...............................................................772

DOI..............................................................1366

DOJ..............................................................1758

DOT..............................................................1897

EPA..............................................................2713

Homeland Security................................................1043

HUD..................................................1282, 1283, 1340

NARA.............................................................3099

NEA..............................................................3103

NEH..............................................................3107

NSF........................................................3109, 3110

OPM..............................................................3157

Peace Corps......................................................3219

SBA..............................................................3251

VA...............................................................2630

Debts:

See Credit

Declassification:

See Classified information

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Deepwater ports:

See Harbors

Defense acquisition regulations:

See Government procurement

Defense contracts:

See Government contracts

Government procurement

Deportation:

See Aliens

Deposit insurance:

See Bank deposit insurance

Dietary supplements:

Current good manufacturing practice...............................834

Nutrient content claims...........................................802

Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease....................882

Use of materials derived from cattle..............................878

Disabled:

See Individuals with disabilities

Medicaid

Medicare

Public assistance programs

Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

Disaster assistance: 9/11 Heroes Stamp Act program....................................1269

Acquisition regulations..........................................1276

Agricultural disaster assistance programs..........................44

Criminal and civil penalties.....................................1257

Crisis Counseling Regular Program................................1263

Crop insurance provisions.........................................115

Economic injury disaster loans for small businesses..............3265

Emergency Conservation Program.....................................30

Estimating eligible cost.........................................1268

Floods:

Mitigation Assistance Program..................................1251

Mitigation of severe repetitive loss properties................1254

National Flood Insurance Program......1256, 1260, 1262, 1264, 1265, 1266, 1275

FSA disaster declaration and designation...........................27

Hazard Mitigation Grant Program..................................1258

Hazard mitigation planning.......................................1252

Hurricane disaster assistance programs.............................43

Individual assistance programs:

Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance

Act..................................................1257, 1261

Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005...................2456, 2569

Local Community Recovery Act of 2006.............................3329

Management costs.................................................1253

National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.................1259

Public assistance eligibility....................................1255

Public assistance insurance requirements.........................1267

Public assistance repetitive damage..............................1271

SBA disaster loan program:

Disaster loan program....................................3268, 3269

Special Community Disaster Loans Program.........................1270

Transfer of food commodities.....................................2675

Discrimination:

See Civil rights

Discrimination against aged:

See Aged

Discrimination against handicapped:

See Individuals with disabilities

Discrimination in employment:

See Equal employment opportunity

Discrimination in housing:

See Fair housing

Diseases:

See Animal diseases

Communicable diseases

Distilled spirits:

See Liquors

Doctors:

See Health professions

Domestic animals:

See Livestock

Draft:

See Selective Service System

Drawbridges:

See Bridges

Drinking water:

See Water supply

Drought assistance:

See Disaster assistance

Drug abuse:

See also Alcohol abuse

Mine personnel...................................................1819

Treatment programs:

Bureau of Prisons..............................................1628

Early release consideration for D.C. Code offenders............1638

Drug testing:

Bureau of Prisons................................................1625

Transportation workplace.........................................1889

Workplace guidelines..............................................783

Drug traffic control:

Controlled substances:

Anabolic steroid name corrections..............................1697

Authorized sources of narcotic raw material....................1684

Dispensing and prescribing approved narcotic substances for maintenance or detoxification treatment....................1675

Electronic application forms...................................1673

Electronic prescriptions.......................................1669

Exempt anabolic steroid products.........................1685, 1696

Gamma butyrolactone............................................1671

Import and production quotas for List I chemicals..............1689

Information requirements for foreign chain of distribution for List I chemicals.......................................1688

Multiple prescription issuance.................................1683

N-phenethyl-4-piperidone used to manufacture fentanyl..........1693

Notice of transfers following importation or exportation.......1687

Official order form single-sheet format........................1678

Peyote use in traditional Indian religion ceremonies...........1674

Phosphorus forms, red, white, and hypophosphorous acid.........1672

Positional isomer definition...................................1681

Record requirements for chemical distributors..................1677

Reexportation of...............................................1682

Registration requirements for List I chemicals.................1690

Registration requirements for practitioners practicing in more than one state........................................1695

Removal of exemption for mixtures containing ephedrine and pseudoephedrine............................................1692

Removal of patient limitation for dispensing or prescribing by individual practitioners................................1675

Reorganization and clarification of DEA regulations............1670

Self-certification of sellers of scheduled listed chemical products.............................................1676, 1686

Threshold removal for ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine........................................1691

Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1694

Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1679

Drugs:

See also Animal drugs

Biologics

Over-the-counter drugs

Prescription drugs

Abbreviated new drug applications.................................864

Bioavailability and bioequivalence requirements...................864

Current good manufacturing practice for combination products......817

Financial disclosure by clinical investigators....................800

Hazardous waste management.......................................2990

Institutional review boards.......................................837

Investigational new drugs.........................................841

Expanded access programs........................................842

Labeling..........................................................869

Labeling of products held for the Strategic National Stockpile 861

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New drug applications.............................................832

Electronic submission of study data.............................804

Positron emission tomography drugs................................840

Postmarket safety reporting:

Combination products............................................818

Electronic submission requirements..............................828

Providing controlled substances to ocean vessels.................1668

Safeguards for children in clinical investigations................835

E

Earthquakes:

See Disaster assistance

Ecology:

See Environmental protection

Economic development:

See Community development

Economics:

See Price controls

Education:

See also Colleges and universities

Education of disadvantaged

Educational facilities

Educational research

Libraries

School breakfast and lunch programs

Schools

Students

Education of individuals with disabilities

Abstinence education.............................................1010

Academic honoraria for B nonimmigrant aliens.....................1091

Discretionary grant program performance...........................714

DOD financial assistance to local educational agencies............611

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.........................723

Good time credit for D.C. Code offenders.........................1627

Home-living programs.............................................1545

Loan programs for survivors of eligible victims of September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks....................................719

Migrant Education Program.........................................717

Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs.................3100

State administered program reports................................716

Title IX of the Education Act Amendments.........................3059

Veterans:

Centralized certification of benefits..........................2627

Licensing and certification....................................2655

Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty..........................2631, 2659

Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve...........................2633

Survivors and dependents.................................2601, 2659

Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act..................2626

Veterans Programs Enhancement Act..............................2600

Education of disadvantaged:

Transportation regulations.......................................1018

Education of individuals with disabilities:

Assistance to states for the education of children with disabilities.............................................718, 721

Early intervention and special education to eligible DoD dependents....................................................605

Early intervention program for infants and toddlers with disabilities..................................................720

Preschool grants for children with disabilities...................721

Educational facilities:

Grants administration............................................2681

Educational research:

Human subjects protection....................................715, 912

Eggs and egg products:

Allergen labeling.................................................181

Grading fees.......................................................18

Imported..........................................................179

Inspection........................................................177

Salmonella enteritidis prevention.................................836

Elderly:

See Aged

Elections:

See Political activities (Government employees)

Voting rights

Electric power:

See also Electric utilities

Worker safety....................................................1840

Electric utilities:

Accounting and reporting requirements for non-operating public utilities and licensees......................................3582

Broadband service provided over power line systems...............3421

Clean Air Interstate Rule..................................2743, 2828

Communication protocols....................................3580, 3587

Coordination of Federal authorization of electric transmission 759

Critical energy infrastructure information.................3585, 3586

Electronic filing of documents...................................3562

Federal Power Act regulations..............................3574, 3594

Fee schedule for use of government lands.........................3598

Interconnection of distributed resources..........................280

Interstate electric transmission facilities application requirements.................................................3578

Long-term transmission rights....................................3571

Mandatory reliability standards..................................3579

Market-based rate authorization rules............................3595

Market-based rate contracts for wholesale sales..................3563

Promoting transmission investment through pricing reform.........3570

Standards for business practices...........................3580, 3587

Steam generating unit regulations................................2826

Coal combustion wastes.........................................2972

Electronic data processing:

See Computer technology

Electronic funds transfers:

Payroll card accounts............................................3625

Receipt requirement..............................................3613

Employee benefit plans:

See also Pensions

Accountant independence requirements.............................1804

Cafeteria plans..................................................2313

Electronic filing of annual reports..............................1794

Electronic transmission of notices, elections or consents........2554

Limitations......................................................2553

Multi-employer plan information..................................1801

Participant contributions..................................1786, 1805

Safe harbor for default investments..............................1795

Statutory exemption for cross-trading of securities..............1799

Employee Retirement Income Security Act:

See Pensions

Employment:

See also Equal employment opportunity

Government employees

Aliens...........................................................1767

Australian nonimmigrants in specialty occupations..............1777

EB-5 classification......................................1050, 1712

Eligibility for certain scientists and engineers...............1070

Eligibility verification.......................................1867

Fingerprinting.................................................1110

Labor certification process..............................1054, 1776

Post-adjudication audits of H-2B petitions.....................1775

Premium processing service for petitions and applications.....1064, 1117

Social security coverage.......................................3279

Suspension of employment authorization requirements for F-1 students...................................................1106

Temporary nonagricultural services.............................1101

Treatment of employers who receive no-match letters............1238

Verification documents.........................................1078

American Jobs Creation Act.......................................2571

Employee protective provisions of the Federal Transit Act........1763

Employment eligibility verification:

Electronic signature and retention.............................1248

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Family and Medical Leave Act.....................................1768

Indian preference................................................1537

Individuals with disabilities:

Self-Sufficiency Program.................................3282, 3302

Ticket to Work Program...................................3282, 3302

Jobs For Veterans Act......................................1765, 1849

Occupational tax.................................................2211

Senior Community Service Employment Program......................1772

Performance accountability.....................................1778

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families:

Work provisions................................................1017

Trade adjustment assistance for workers..............1780, 1781, 1782

Veterans:

Delegation of authority in discrimination complaints...........2638

Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program...........2657, 2661

Duty to assist.................................................2613

Effective dates of induction into a rehabilitation program.....2615

Endangered and threatened species:

See also Marine mammals

Alabama Beach Mouse..............................................1495

American crocodile...............................................1483

Arctic grayling..................................................1405

Australian parakeets.............................................1458

Bay checkerspot butterfly........................................1442

Black-footed ferrets.............................................1480

Broad-snouted caiman.............................................1388

Brown pelican delisting..........................................1446

California Bighorn Sheep, Sierra Nevada Distinct Population

Segment......................................................1429

Canada lynx, distinct population segment.........................1507

Cape Sable seaside sparrow.......................................1411

Captive-bred exotic birds........................................1376

CITES decisions............................................1396, 1452

Civil procedures.................................................1395

Comal Springs dryopid beetle.....................................1407

Comal Springs riffle beetle......................................1407

Concho watersnake delisting......................................1423

Critical habitat........466, 552, 1390, 1394, 1399, 1405, 1406, 1407, 1410, 1411, 1413, 1416, 1418, 1419, 1420, 1429, 1431, 1432, 1441, 1442, 1443, 1472, 1477, 1478, 1484, 1492, 1495, 1497, 1505

Cui-ui delisting.................................................1391

Delistings.......................................................1502

Devils River minnow..............................................1443

Eagles...........................................................1453

Elkhorn corals.........................................418, 466, 1506

Fishes, Tennessee rivers.........................................1468

Flatwoods salamander.............................................1416

Foreign bird species.............................................1464

Format amendment.................................................1401

Georgia pigtoe...................................................1419

Gray wolf........................................................1501

Eastern Distinct Population Segment delisting..................1486

Great Lakes distinct population segment delisting..............1498

Western distinct population segment delisting............1400, 1487

Green sturgeon, Southern Distinct Population Segment.............1506

Grizzly bears....................................................1488

Guajon...........................................................1410

Hawaiian hawk delisting..........................................1422

Hawaiian picture-wing flies......................................1477

Hine's emerald dragonfly.........................................1406

Idaho springsnail delisting......................................1474

Interrupted rocksnail............................................1419

Killer whales, Northwest region...................................367

Killer whales, Southern resident............................552, 1506

Kootenai River White Sturgeon....................................1472

Laguna Mountains Skipper.........................................1497

Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1374

Loachminnow......................................................1492

Manatees.........................................................1489

Marbled murrelet.................................................1420

Mexican bobcat delisting.........................................1462

Morelet's crocodile removal......................................1440

Morro shoulderband snail.........................................1444

Mountain yellow-legged frog......................................1505

Mussels, freshwater........................................1418, 1468

Nonessential experimental populations................1403, 1468, 1480

Northern spotted owl.............................................1394

Peck's Cave amphipod.............................................1407

Peninsular Bighorn Sheep.........................................1432

Permits for foreign listed species...............................1460

Plants:

Ash-grey Indian paintbrush.....................................1412

Astelia waialealae.............................................1425

Astelia waialealae (painiu)....................................1450

Bear Valley sandwort...........................................1412

California Taraxacum...........................................1428

Carbonate plants in San Bernardino Mountains...................1430

Catesbaea melanocarpa..........................................1408

Critical habitat....1393, 1404, 1408, 1409, 1412, 1414, 1415, 1417, 1424, 1426, 1427, 1428, 1430, 1450, 1478, 1493, 1494, 1496

Cyrtandra kaulanatha...........................................1425

Delistings.....................................................1445

Deseret milk vetch.......................................1404, 1445

Galax..........................................................1396

Graham's Penstemon.............................................1496

Hidden Lake bluecurls..........................................1409

Holmgren milk vetch............................................1494

Johnston's frankenia removal...................................1456

La Graciosa Thistle............................................1427

Maguire daisy delisting........................................1402

Mexican flannelbush............................................1409

Monterey spineflower...........................................1414

Nevin's barberry...............................................1415

Pecos Sunflower................................................1426

Phyllostegia hispida...........................................1425

Pierson's milk vetch...........................................1424

Running buffalo clover.........................................1481

San Bernardino Bluegrass.......................................1428

San Diego thornmint............................................1417

Shivwits milk vetch............................................1494

Slickpot peppergrass...........................................1504

Soft birds beak................................................1493

Southern Mountain wild-buckwheat...............................1412

Suisun thistle.................................................1493

Ute ladies'-tresses orchid removal.............................1448

Vail Lake ceanothus............................................1409

Vernal pool plants.............................................1478

Yadeon's piperia...............................................1393

Polar bear.......................................................1437

Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse delisting..........................1491

Puget Sound steelhead........................................496, 499

Queen Charlotte Goshawk..........................................1398

Quino checkerspot butterfly......................................1441

Right whale.......................................................553

Rio Grande silvery minnow........................................1403

Salt Creek tiger beetle..........................................1390

San Bernardino kangaroo rat......................................1431

San Diego Fairy shrimp...........................................1484

Snail, freshwater................................................1468

Southern sea otter translocation program.........................1385

Spikedace........................................................1492

Staghorn corals........................................418, 466, 1506

Straight-horned markhor..........................................1378

Tidewater goby...................................................1413

Tube-nosed seabirds..............................................1439

Valley elderberry longhorn beetle delisting......................1447

Vernal pool crustaceans..........................................1478

Virginia northern flying squirrel................................1386

Western Snowy Plover.............................................1469

Wintering Piping Plover..........................................1399

Wood bison.......................................................1382

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Energy:

See also Coal

Electric power

Energy conservation

Fuel economy

Natural gas

Nuclear energy

Petroleum

Pipelines

Acquisition:

Cooperative audit strategy......................................769

Energy Policy Act of 2005 implementation.......................3338

Alternate energy-related uses on the OCS...................1565, 1567

Clean Renewable Energy Bonds...............................2317, 2455

DEAR amendments:

Background checks of employees..................................763

Intellectual property provisions................................771

National Nuclear Security Administration supplement.............766

Price Anderson Amendments on nuclear indemnification............765

Purchasing by management and operating contractors..............770

Revisions.......................................................768

Technical amendments............................................767

Debarment and suspension..........................................772

Energy Policy Act................................................3638

Freedom of Information Act........................................751

Geothermal resource leasing and utilization......................1610

Geothermal valuation.............................................1576

Health, Safety, and Security Office, establishment of.............761

Hydropower licensing hearings process........................246, 475

Indian Energy Resource Development Program.......................1548

Loan guarantees for projects that employ innovative technologies..................................................753

Occupational radiation protection............................756, 760

Priorities and allocations of domestic energy supplies............762

Research misconduct...............................................755

Uranium mill sites................................................758

Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Program...................757

Wind energy......................................................3565

Development on National Forest System lands.....................223

Worker's compensation benefits..............................791, 1769

Energy conservation:

See also Fuel economy

Efficiency standards:

Battery chargers and power supplies.............................744

Ceiling fan light kits..........................................746

Clothes dryers..................................................739

Commercial air conditioning equipment......................728, 737

Commercial clothes washers......................................725

Commercial heating equipment....................................737

Commercial refrigeration equipment..............................727

Dehumidifiers...................................................725

Direct heating equipment........................................740

Dishwashers................................................725, 739

Electric distribution transformers..............................733

Electric motors.................................................741

Electric ranges and ovens.......................................725

Fluorescent and incandescent lamps..............................724

Fluorescent lamp ballasts.......................................743

Furnaces and boilers.......................................732, 737

Gas ranges and ovens............................................725

Heat pumps.................................................728, 742

High intensity discharge lamps..................................738

Microwave ovens.................................................725

Pool heaters....................................................740

Refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machines........726

Residential central air conditioners............................742

Water heating equipment.........................................737

Energy performance contracts for PHAs............................1347

EPACT 2005 test procedures........................................745

Federal buildings.................................................734

Federal procurement of energy efficient products requirement......730

Household definition..............................................735

Private and Local Government Fleet determination..................731

Residential energy-efficiency rating guidelines...................734

Test procedures:

Central air conditioners........................................736

Heat pumps......................................................736

High intensity discharge lamps..................................738

Waivers for manufacturers of consumer products and certain industrial equipment........................................729

Entertainment industry:

Cost recovery....................................................2251

Environmental impact statements:

Intelligent transportation infrastructure and system regulations............................................1960, 2044

Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive

Grants Program...............................................1754

Environmental protection:

See also Air pollution control

Environmental impact statements

Natural resources

Pesticides and pests

Reclamation

Waste treatment and disposal

Water pollution control

Award term contracting...........................................2704

CERCLA amendment.................................................3000

CERCLA notification requirements for agricultural sector.........2998

Chemicals..............2924, 2938, 2939, 2940, 2950, 2956, 2960, 2961

Maleic anhydride...............................................2941

Nanoscale materials stewardship program........................2922

Transferring manufacture rights................................2928

Class deviations incorporation into EPAAR........................2707

Clean Renewable Energy Bonds...............................2317, 2455

Coal combustion wastes.....................................2972, 2992

Coastal waste deposit prevention.................................3040

Comparable fuels exclusion under RCRA............................2973

Confidential business information..........................2703, 2711

Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.............2999

Debarment and suspension.........................................2713

Developmental and reproductive toxicity testing..................2954

Drinking water regulations.....................3031, 3036, 3038, 3039

Effluent guidelines......................3003, 3004, 3012, 3017, 3022

Emergency planning...............................................2963

EPA acquisition regulations................................2704, 2705

Farm Service Agency regulation.....................................25

Hearing-protector regulations....................................2901

HUD regulations..................................................1288

National Environmental Policy Act.....................217, 1365, 2708

Justice Department regulations.................................1748

Ski area resort activity exclusion..............................221

National Forest System............................................230

Oil and gas lease compliance documentation......................257

Sporicide use...................................................256

Nondiscrimination................................................2706

Pesticides.....................................2902, 2906, 2916, 2921

Agricultural container recycling program.......................2910

Data requirements for conventional chemicals...................2911

Data requirements for registering biochemical or microbial products...................................................2912

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act compliance.................................................2919

Licensing adjudications........................................2917

Plant incorporated protectants...........2905, 2913, 2914, 2919, 2920

Radon............................................................3710

RCRA Burden Reduction Initiative.................................2981

Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste at petroleum refineries......................................2980

Risk and technology review.......................................2759

Rural areas........................................................97

Significant new use rules:

Chloranil......................................................2943

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Flame retardant chemical substances............................2925

Mercury switches in motor vehicles.............................2934

Perfluoroalkyl sulfonates......................................2942

Small, minority, and women's business utilization................2710

Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule........2996, 3006

Toxic Substances Control Act......2703, 2927, 2928, 2929, 2942, 2957, 2959, 2962

Toxics Release Inventory:

Additions, deletions, and modifications............2967, 2968, 2969

Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds...............................2965

Metal mining...................................................2966

Reporting requirements...................................2966, 2971

Equal credit opportunity:

See Credit

Equal employment opportunity:

Broadcast outreach...............................................3465

Complaint processing.......................................3042, 3045

Coordination of retiree health benefits with Medicare and state health benefits..............................................3044

Coverage under ADEA..............................................3043

Disparate impact and reasonable factors other than age...........3046

Employer Information Report requirements.........................1764

Race and ethnicity data collection method........................3041

Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era........1765

Eskimos:

See Indians

Estuaries:

See Coastal zone

Ethical conduct:

See Conflict of interests

Ex parte communications:

See Administrative practice and procedure

Excise taxes:

Air transportation...............................................2536

Cigar and cigarette classification...............................2201

Communications services..........................................2543

Deposits.........................................................2212

Firearms and ammunition....................................2180, 2199

Fuel.................................................2298, 2315, 2428

Small alcohol excise taxpayers...................................2190

Time for payment.................................................2212

Explosives:

See also Hazardous materials transportation

Hazardous substances

Criminal misuse reporting........................................1654

Fireworks........................................................1661

Manufacturing safety regulations.................................1835

Pest control devices.............................................1652

Safe Explosives Act..............................................1660

Transportation regulations.................................1216, 1664

Exports:

Administration regulations....316, 320, 322, 323, 324, 325, 327, 328, 333, 335, 336, 337, 338, 341, 349, 350, 353, 355, 356, 359, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365

Aircraft.....................................................330, 346

Automated export system......................................300, 314

Biological agents and toxins......................................362

Chemical substances..............................................2962

Notice of transfers of List I and List II chemicals............1687

Threshold removal for ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine........................................1691

Chemical Weapons Convention..................................321, 344

Commerce Control List...............323, 328, 348, 353, 360, 594, 614

Communication intercepting devices................................357

Crime control and detection instrument equipment..................358

Crude oil.........................................................342

Cuba.........................................................319, 330

De minimis exclusion for technology and software..................340

Destinations of diversion concern.................................356

Dual-use items...............................................350, 362

End-user certificates........................................316, 328

Export Control Classification Numbers.............................314

Iraq.........................................................347, 355

Lead-acid batteries..............................................2993

Libya...................................................319, 353, 355

License exceptions...318, 319, 327, 329, 334, 339, 351, 353, 358, 360

Licensing...........................317, 318, 320, 324, 330, 341, 345

Licensing jurisdiction for QRS11 micromachined angular rate sensor........................................................331

Lightweight aircraft engines......................................329

Liquors..........................................................2216

Meat and poultry products.........................................200

Medical products..................................................330

Microwave monolithic integrated circuit power amplifiers..........352

Missile technology controls.............................333, 334, 345

Montenegro........................................................361

National Forest System timber.....................................207

National security requirements....................................317

No license required provisions....................................320

North Atlantic Treaty Organization................................339

North Korea controls..............................................365

Nuclear equipment and materials...................................351

Libya restriction..............................................3739

Nuclear Supplier Group............................................324

Outbound redelivery procedures and liabilities...................2084

Ozone-depleting substances.......................................2823

People's Republic of China........................................328

Photovoltaic arrays...............................................359

Plants and plant products..........................................56

Reexports...............................................339, 345, 360

Controlled substances..........................................1682

Removal of country groups.........................................349

Replacement licenses..............................................341

Reporting and recordkeeping requirements..........................337

Serbia.......................................................319, 361

Shippers export declaration.......................................314

Space qualified parts, components and technology..................348

Special Comprehensive License program.............................343

Specially denatured alcohol......................................2166

Sudan.............................................................338

Sugar reexport programs...........................................201

Thermal imaging cameras...........................................326

United Nations....................................................339

United States munitions list............................346, 594, 614

Wassenaar Arrangement........................................332, 350

Wildlife...................................................1377, 1449

F

Fabrics:

See Textiles

Fair housing:

Certification and funding of State and local enforcement agencies.....................................................1339

Compliance requirements............................................91

FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulation):

See Government procurement

Farmers:

See Agriculture

Federal acquisition regulations:

See Government procurement

Federal aid programs:

See Grant programs

Loan programs

Federal buildings and facilities:

Access for individuals with disabilities:

Outdoor developed areas........................................2682

Energy performance standards......................................734

GSA regulations..................................................3069

Inspection/maintenance programs..................................2788

NARA facilities:

Inspection of personal property in the possession of facility visitors...................................................3098

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Use of meeting rooms and public space..........................3088

NRC offices......................................................3722

Presidential library facilities..................................3085

Security guard services contracts at military installations.......674

Telecommunications management....................................3061

Federal employees:

See Government employees

Federal home loan banks:

Affordable Housing Program.......................................3605

Anti-money laundering programs...................................3602

Community support requirements...................................3601

Freedom of Information Act implementation........................3607

Governance.......................................................3603

Directors appointive process...................................3608

Limitations on excess stock......................................3606

Minimum retained earnings requirement............................3606

New business activities..........................................3604

Privacy Act implementation.......................................3607

Federal property management regulations:

See Government property management

Federal Reserve System:

Broker exemptions for banks..........................3616, 3797, 3806

Electronic fund transfers..................................3613, 3625

Fair credit reporting......................................3622, 3624

Holding companies....................................3618, 3623, 3626

Prohibition on funding unlawful Internet gambling................2088

Reserve requirements of depository institutions..................3612

Risk-based capital guidelines....................................3615

State banks..........................................3614, 3620, 3621

Threshold to collect, retain, and transmit information on funds transfers and transmittals...................................3617

Truth in lending.................................................3619

Federal-State relations:

See Intergovernmental relations

Feed grains:

Karnal bunt compensation...........................................73

Weighing..........................................................132

Finance:

See Banks, banking

Credit

Indians-business and finance

Investments

Loan programs

Mortgages

Fines and penalties:

See Penalties

Fire prevention:

Candles and candle accessories standards.........................3367

Carbon dioxide fire suppression systems on commercial vessels 1134

Electrical standards.............................................1845

Emergency response and preparedness..............................1827

Forest fire assistance program....................................250

Shipyard standards...............................................1847

Sprinkler system requirements in long-term care facilities........991

Underground mines................................................1808

Firearms:

See Arms and munitions

Firefighters:

Assistance to firefighters grant program...................1045, 1273

Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grant program 1046, 1272

Fish:

See also Fisheries

Seafood

Acquisition regulations...........................................672

Country of origin labeling.........................................14

Endangered Species Act...........................................1387

Fish and Seafood Promotion Act....................................513

Injurious wildlife listings......................................1455

Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1374

National Organic Program............................................1

Paralytic shellfish poisoning toxin...............................517

Piscicide applications on National Forest System lands............236

Species codes.....................................................394

Fisheries:

Alaska............................................................443

Albacore tuna.....................................................482

Atlantic Ocean...............................................378, 428

Canada............................................................482

Eastern tropical Pacific Ocean....................................467

Groundfish...................................................388, 443

Halibut...........................................................512

Hawaiian Islands.............................................369, 545

High Seas Fishing Compliance Act..................................425

Highly migratory species.....................................378, 428

Highly migratory species international trade program..............416

Incidental take regulations........................462, 481, 492, 493

Interagency Electronic Reporting System...........................388

List of fisheries............................................551, 555

Marine Mammal Protection Act......................................490

National standard guidelines:

Overfishing and rebuilding schedules............................370

Northeastern U.S. closures due to presence of paralytic shellfish poisoning toxin.....................................517

Northeastern United States........................................476

Permits...........................................................369

Scientific research...............................................374

Sea otter conservation............................................481

Sea scallop.......................................................554

Sea turtle conservation.......................378, 428, 464, 465, 497

Seabird avoidance measures........................................443

Seafood dealer reporting requirements.............................476

Spinner dolphin protection........................................461

Total allowable catch.............................................531

Tuna..............................................................467

Western Pacific region............................................410

Fishery management plans:

Albacore tuna................................................412, 413

American Lobster.............................................391, 505

Aquaculture practices.............................................379

Atlantic.......382, 391, 415, 417, 420, 423, 449, 484, 485, 487, 489, 516, 518, 535, 542

Atlantic billfish.................................................489

Atlantic bluefish............................................433, 524

Atlantic herring.............................................469, 523

Atlantic mackerel........................368, 385, 429, 445, 522, 532

Atlantic sea scallop.....................400, 431, 444, 486, 525, 538

Beluga whales.....................................................491

Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands...371, 390, 407, 414, 421, 422, 430, 440, 478

Bigeye tuna........................................384, 416, 434, 483

Biological reference points.......................................540

Black corals............................................389, 438, 548

Black sea bass......................376, 432, 446, 448, 480, 506, 519

Bluefin tuna............................................413, 415, 416

Bottomfish fisheries...............................395, 436, 526, 527

Butterfish....................................368, 385, 445, 522, 532

Cod...............................................................406

Community development quotas.................................375, 441

Crustaceans..................................................437, 527

Electronic logbook forms..........................................470

Essential fish habitats.................................420, 439, 518

Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ).....................379, 421, 422, 546

Exempted fishing permits..........................................396

Fishery ecosystem plans......................................435, 439

Gag...............................................................442

Georges Bank.......................................404, 405, 406, 533

Gold coral........................................................438

Gray triggerfish..................................................442

Greater amberjack.................................................442

Groundfish.....371, 372, 373, 390, 392, 395, 407, 440, 478, 479, 529, 531, 534, 544

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Grouper.................................................398, 399, 528

Gulf of Alaska.................371, 373, 387, 414, 421, 422, 441, 531

Gulf of Mexico...........................403, 427, 450, 474, 514, 528

Haddock...........................................................406

Hagfish...........................................................484

Halibut.......................................393, 414, 452, 515, 547

Hawaiian Islands...................................369, 389, 395, 548

Highly migratory species......383, 396, 411, 415, 420, 423, 434, 473, 485, 487, 489, 516, 540, 543

Illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing definition............488

Individual fishing quota program..................................414

King crab....................................................421, 430

King mackerel.....................................................546

Krill.............................................................397

Limited access privileges.........................................366

Monkfish...........................................401, 535, 536, 537

North Atlantic right whales..................................494, 498

North Pacific................................................412, 479

Northeast multispecies..................................404, 405, 533

Ocean quahog............................................386, 447, 520

Pacific Coast.......372, 381, 384, 392, 396, 397, 408, 409, 411, 413, 434, 452, 453, 473, 483, 515, 529, 534, 539, 540, 544, 547

Pacific cod.......................................................478

Pacific mackerel..................................................530

Pacific sardine..............................................424, 481

Pacific whiting...................................................451

Pelagics.....................................................397, 429

Precious corals....................................389, 438, 527, 548

Red drum..........................................................382

Red grouper.......................................................442

Red snapper..................................................474, 514

Reef fish..........................................442, 450, 474, 528

Rockfish..........................................................387

Sablefish.........................................................414

Salmon........................................381, 390, 408, 409, 453

Scup................................376, 432, 446, 448, 480, 506, 519

Seamount groundfish...............................................436

Sharks...................................417, 487, 510, 516, 539, 542

Shrimp.............................................403, 427, 437, 474

Snapper......................................................398, 399

South Atlantic.....................................398, 399, 439, 546

Squid....................................368, 380, 385, 445, 522, 532

Summer flounder.....................376, 432, 446, 448, 480, 506, 519

Surfclam................................................386, 447, 520

Swordfish..........................................416, 423, 485, 539

Tanner crab..................................................421, 430

Tilefish.....................................................377, 521

Vermilion snapper.................................................450

Weakfish..........................................................449

Western Pacific......380, 384, 389, 435, 437, 438, 470, 526, 527, 548

Yellowtail flounder...............................................406

Fishing:

Bycatch reduction measures..............................403, 427, 529

Chain-mat modified dredges........................................554

Drift gillnet.....................................................539

Exempted fishing permits..........................................374

Fixed gear...................................................404, 533

Gillnetting..................................................498, 553

Longline.....................................................483, 545

Net mesh size measurement regulations.............................541

Pound net leader..................................................464

Purse seine..................................................467, 483

Quotas:

Cod.............................................................406

Haddock.........................................................406

Halibut...............................................472, 512, 515

Red snapper.....................................................514

Sablefish.......................................................472

Yellowtail flounder.............................................406

Recreational measures...................................413, 480, 512

Circle hook use in Atlantic billfish tournaments................489

Pacific halibut charters........................................452

Refuge-specific regulations................................1438, 1473

Sawfish dehooking.................................................428

Sea turtle handling gear..........................................428

South Pacific Tuna Act............................................511

Subsistence fishing...................................393, 1482, 1499

Trawl catcher/processors..........................................440

Tribal annual funding agreements.................................1392

Turtle excluder devices...........................................465

Fishing vessels:

High Seas Fishing Compliance Act..................................425

Observer Communications System....................................426

Observer program..............................444, 468, 477, 479, 497

Owner permits.....................................................543

Safety regulations...............................................1126

South Pacific Tuna Act............................................511

State and Federal commercial permit programs......................402

Vessel list establishing eligibility to fish for albacore tuna in Canadian waters............................................482

Vessel marking requirements.......................................411

Vessel Monitoring System...........................386, 392, 419, 511

Flammable materials:

Bedclothes.......................................................3377

Carpets and rugs.................................................3372

Flammability standards...........................................3365

Mattresses/bedding...............................................3368

Upholstered furniture............................................3364

Flood insurance:

Mitigation assistance program....................................1251

Mitigation of severe repetitive loss properties..................1254

National Flood Insurance Program:

Assistance to private sector insurers....................1264, 1265

Assistance to private sector property insurers.................1256

Compensation for FIRA implementation...........................1256

Coverage and rates.............................................1260

Group Flood Insurance Policy.............................1262, 1275

Increased Cost of Compliance provision.........................1266

National Flood Insurance Act of 1994.............................92

Floods:

See Disaster assistance

Follow Through Program:

See Education of disadvantaged

Food assistance programs:

See also Food stamps

School breakfast and lunch programs

Child and adult care:

Afterschool snacks..............................................152

At-risk afterschool suppers.....................................139

Improving management and program integrity.................148, 151

Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas..............150

Disclosure of children's eligibility information to state

Medicaid and CHIP program.....................................175

Donated foods provided under contract with food service management companies..........................................158

Food and Nutrition Service data collection........................157

Indian reservations...............................................138

Processing of donated foods.......................................169

Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program..........................176

Women, infants, and children:

Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................144

Food package revision...........................................170

Program administration and operation............................168

Vendor-related provisions.............................155, 159, 167

Food grades and standards:

See Meat inspection

Poultry and poultry products

Seafood

Food labeling:

Allergen labeling for meat, poultry, and egg products.............181

Baking powder, baking soda, and pectin serving size reference amount........................................................881

Country of origin marking for agricultural commodities and meats..........................................................14

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Generic approval and regulation consolidation.....................178

Ground or chopped meat and poultry products.......................186

Nutrient content claims...........................................802

Prominence of calories............................................873

Requirement for food that has been refused admission into the

US............................................................812

Serving size regulations..........................................874

Single-ingredient products........................................186

Trans fatty acids.................................................867

Food stamps:

Bonding requirements for violating retailers......................141

Computer matching.................................................147

Electronic benefits transfer system.....................142, 145, 149

Eligibility and certification.....................................153

Quality control...................................................154

Recipient claim establishment and collection standards............140

State agencies administrative and management requirements.........149

Trafficking in program benefits...................................171

Unauthorized redemption...........................................171

Foods:

See also Dairy products

Fish

Food assistance programs

Food labeling

Fruits

Meat and meat products

Nutrition

Poultry and poultry products

Seafood

Vegetables

Sugar

Acquisition regulations...........................................672

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention.......................878

Container standards.................................................4

Donated foods distribution and control requirements...............146

Food safety:

Accredited laboratory program...................................193

Petitions for rulemaking........................................188

School breakfast and lunch programs.............................165

Food security plans...............................................199

Health claims.....................................................870

Imported..........................................................866

Infant formula quality control...............................846, 847

Institutional review boards.......................................837

Modernization of standards...................................187, 868

Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease....................882

Recordkeeping requirements:

Acceptance of electronic signatures by FSIS.....................180

Foreign air carriers:

See Air carriers

Foreign persons:

See Aliens

Foreign relations:

See also Citizenship and naturalization

Foreign trade

Immigration

International boundaries

Passports and visas

Treaties

Bank Secrecy Act regulations.....................................2152

Economic Sanctions Enforcement Guidelines........................2089

Economic sanctions enforcement procedures for banking institutions.................................................2105

Imposition of special measures...................................2138

International accounting standards...............................3815

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).....2984

Publication of international agreements..........................1878

Foreign trade:

See also Competitiveness

Customs duties and inspection

Exports

Imports

Maritime carriers

Trade agreements

African Growth and Opportunity Act.........................2092, 2096

Benchmark survey of transactions between U.S. and foreign persons.......................................................295

Earnings and profits.............................................2491

Financial services transactions between U.S. providers and unaffiliated foreign persons..................................297

Port restrictions:

Japanese vessels...............................................3610

Quarterly survey of transactions in selected services and intangible assets with foreign persons........................296

United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act..............2093

Forests and forest products:

See also National forests

Botanical products................................................208

Forest fire assistance program....................................250

Indian allotments.................................................203

Management of Indian lands.......................................1540

Softwood lumber products from Canada entry.......................2106

Special products..................................................208

Timber sales:

Cancellation....................................................230

Integrated Resource Contracts...................................235

Noncompetitive sale.............................................231

Surplus species.................................................204

Forfeitures:

See Seizures and forfeitures

Foster care:

See Adoption and foster care

Fraud:

CNCS regulations.................................................2700

FTC regulations..................................................3639

HHS regulations...................................................778

HUD regulations..................................................1286

Microcap securities market.......................................3792

OIG regulations...................................................779

Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act...........................1044, 2700

SEC regulations..................................................3775

Freedom of information:

See also Confidential business information

Chemical inventory reporting.....................................2964

DHS........................................................1030, 1074

DOC...............................................................305

DOD...............................................................604

DOE...............................................................751

DOJ..............................................................1738

Electronic Freedom of Information Act............................3134

FERC.......................................................3585, 3586

FHFB.............................................................3607

FMCS.............................................................3047

HUD..................................................1281, 1294, 1295

NARA.......................................................3089, 3094

NEH..............................................................3105

OGE..............................................................3123

OPM..............................................................3134

PCLOB............................................................3233

SSA..............................................................3303

State Department:

Search fees....................................................1853

TTB..............................................................2215

Freight:

See also Hazardous materials transportation

Agricultural commodities:

Ocean freight claims.............................................22

Freight forwarding industry......................................1986

Fruits:

Citrus canker quarantine...........................................78

Compensation for certified citrus nursery stock destroyed to control citrus canker..........................................76

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Crop insurance provisions:

Apples..........................................................114

Florida citrus fruit............................................120

Texas citrus trees..............................................117

Import regulations.............................................60, 83

Table grapes from Namibia........................................80

Inspection service fees....................................13, 17, 77

Interstate movement from Florida...................................57

Interstate movement from Hawaii....................................81

Phytosanitary certificates for imports.............................59

Fuel:

See also Energy

Air pollution control................................2723, 2813, 2825

Alcohol fuel tax credits.........................................2319

Alternative fuels:

Private and Local Government Fleet determination................731

Replacement fuel goal modification..............................748

Vehicle acquisition requirement waivers.........................747

Biodiesel fuel:

Tax credits....................................................2319

California gasoline..............................................2790

Clean fuels grant program........................................2052

Diesel particulate matter exposure in underground mines..........1811

Dye injection....................................................2428

Excise tax regulations...............................2298, 2315, 2428

Gasoline distribution facility emission standards................2803

Reformulated gasoline......................................2813, 2837

Renewable Fuel Standards.........................................2816

Fuel additives:

Gasoline deposit control additives...............................2779

Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE)...............................3035

Oxygenated.................................................2791, 2953

Fuel economy:

Fuel economy labeling......................................2838, 2883

Funeral industry:

Practices rule...................................................3630

G

Garnishment of wages:

See Wages

Gas exploration:

See Oil and gas exploration

Gas reserves:

See Oil and gas reserves

Gas utilities:

See Natural gas

Gases:

See Natural gas

Gasoline:

See Fuel economy

Gasoline additives:

See Natural gas

Gifts to Government:

See Government property

Goats:

Interstate movement regulations....................................62

Government buildings:

See Federal buildings and facilities

Government contracts:

See also Government procurement

Acquisition regulations:

EPA............................................................2705

Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act............3316

Homeland Security............................1027, 1040, 1041, 1042

Limitation on length of noncompetitive contracts...............1042

One-step turnkey design-build contracts for USCG...............1027

Subcontracting limitation......................................1041

Subcontractor award data reporting requirement.................3316

USAID........................................2673, 2676, 2677, 2678

Civilian Board of Contract Appeals...............................1040

Rules of procedure.............................................3051

Contractors:

Employee stock ownership plans.................................3130

Jobs For Veterans Act..........................................1849

Safety manual...................................................606

Security requirements for Toxic Substances Control Act confidential business information..........................2703

Debarment and suspension.........................................1897

Defense contracts:

Acquisition integrity...........................................655

Architect-engineer services for military family housing.........644

Award fee contracts.............................................647

Closeout of contract files......................................628

Commercial contract types......................................3341

Contract types..................................................646

Contracting officers' representatives...........................670

DFARS modification.....626, 628, 631, 633, 641, 643, 644, 645, 646, 647, 654, 655, 657, 658, 659, 660, 670, 674

Evaluation factor for employing or subcontracting with members of the Armed Forces Reserve.........................643

Excessive pass-through charges..................................659

Fixed price.....................................................646

Information assurance contractor training and certification 648

Labor reimbursement on non-commercial time-and-materials and labor-hour contracts........................................645

Military construction on Guam...................................658

Multiyear contracting...........................................626

Patent rights...................................................632

Policies regarding contractor personnel authorized to accompany U.S. Armed Forces.................................639

Reporting requirements for property in contractors' possession..................................................638

Security guard services....................................657, 674

Tiered evaluation of offers.....................................641

Transportation and traffic management...........................631

Transportation requirements.....................................633

Wage determinations for construction and service contracts......654

DOT..............................................................1966

Javits-Wagner-O'Day Program:

Governance standards for nonprofit agencies....................2687

Small business programs:

Professional, scientific, and technical services...............3248

Status determinations..........................................3261

Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Assistance

Program....................................................3257

Government employees:

See also Conflict of interests

Military personnel

Political activities (Government employees)

Administrative Law Judge Program.................................3212

Adverse action rules.............................................3153

Antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection..................3205

Appeals..........................................................3204

Assignment rights................................................3144

Awards program, performance-based................................3202

Civilian Marksmanship Program:

Civil service benefits for former employees....................3183

Classification appeals...........................................3203

Consular officers:

Death and estate regulations for U.S. citizens who die overseas...................................................1879

Corporation for National and Community Service:

Discrimination complaint procedures............................2693

Cost-of-living allowances..................................3151, 3174

Criminal investigators...........................................3150

Debarment and suspension.........................................3157

Defense personnel:

Claims against the Navy.........................................686

Financial assistance to local educational agencies..............611

Non-appropriated fund claims....................................687

User charges....................................................610

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Disabled veterans documentation..................................3138

Discrimination complaints........................................1842

District of Columbia employees:

Benefits.......................................................3181

Retirement, health, and life insurance coverage................3182

Drug-free workplace requirements..................................783

Emergency leave transfer program.................................3175

Employee stock ownership plan costs..............................3130

Employment discrimination........................................3045

Employment suitability...........................................3176

Enterprise Human Resource Integration............................3200

Ethical conduct standards:

Attorneys......................................................1745

CSOSA employees................................................2701

Excepted service:

Operational procedures.........................................3132

Executive branch employees:

Restriction on private supplementation of salaries.............3121

Federal executive boards.........................................3195

Federal mail management..........................................3062

Financial disclosure requirements..........................3123, 3124

Freedom of Information Act regulations.....................3123, 3134

Governmentwide nonprocurement common rule for debarment and suspension...................................................1897

Health benefits:

Dental and vision benefits.....................................3194

Discontinuance of health plan in an emergency..................3209

FEHBP changes..........................3155, 3193, 3207, 3208, 3210

Flexible spending accounts...............................3168, 3211

Long-term care insurance regulations...........................3206

Hiring flexibilities during national emergencies.................3198

Indemnification request procedures for states and localities.....3156

Intermittent.....................................................3143

Investigations...................................................3178

IRS..............................................................2440

Broadbanding systems...........................................3158

Job grading reviews..............................................3204

Life insurance...................................................3192

Medical qualification determinations.............................3146

Merit promotion and internal placement...........................3141

National Security Personnel System................................617

Order of release from competitive level..........................3144

Part-time........................................................3143

Pay and leave policies...........................................3201

Pay rates:

Administration.....................................3150, 3161, 3171

Critical position pay authority................................3149

Evacuation payments during pandemic health crisis..............3170

Locality pay areas.............................................3166

Senior executive service.......................................3197

Performance appraisal systems....................................2440

Personal financial interests.....................................3122

Political activities.............................................3152

Post-employment conflict of interests............................3128

Presidential Rank Award eligibility..............................3164

Privacy Act regulations..........................................3135

Private voluntary organization contributions:

Eligibility and public accountability standards................3213

Qualification requirements.......................................3142

Reasonable accommodation language for OPM vacancy announcements 3162

Recruitment and selection through competitive examination.......3140, 3163

Recruitment, relocation, and retention bonuses...................3165

Recruitment, selection and placement.............................3139

Reemployment...............................................3145, 3172

Relocation costs.................................................3065

Repayment of student loans.......................................3167

Representative rate..............................................3144

Retirement:

Air traffic controllers........................................3188

Court orders awarding survivor annuities.......................3154

Coverage for non-appropriated fund instrumentalities.....3179, 3191

Credit for government service performed abroad.................3189

Credit for military service....................................3187

Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act..........3184

FERS basic annuity.............................................3186

FERS coverage elections........................................3190

Record retention...............................................3185

State income tax withholding...................................3180

Seasonal.........................................................3143

Security standards...............................................3177

Senior Executive Service:

Pay and leave policies.........................................3201

Performance pay..........................................3148, 3197

Social security number protection................................3133

Standards of conduct.........1019, 2589, 3125, 3126, 3127, 3129, 3292

Strategic human capital management assessment....................3160

Submission of claims by preference eligibles to OPM..............3196

Testifying and providing records in litigation.............3087, 3136

Time-in grade rule...............................................3137

Training and development.........................................3147

Travel regulations:

Compensatory time..............................................3169

Privately owned automobile mileage reimbursement...............3074

Public vouchers for transportation charges.....................3068

Reimbursement management.......................................2159

Relocation income tax allowance tax tables.....................3075

Standard Mileage Rate for moving purposes......................3052

Uniform allowance rate...........................................3173

Veterans' preference.......................................3159, 3199

Government procurement:

See also Government contracts

Acquisition regulations:

Access to Federal Procurement Data System database.............3053

Agricultural....................................................291

Approved authentication products and services requirement......3328

Aviation into-plane reimbursement card..........................675

Brand name specifications......................................3330

Clothing materials and components..........................640, 650

Combating trafficking in persons................................635

Commercial items....................................642, 3318, 3347

Common identification standard for contractors.................3323

Computer software...............................................624

Continuous process improvements.................................684

Contract debts.................................................3334

Contract pricing................................................663

Contractor code of ethics and business conduct.................3311

Contractor personnel in a theater of operations or at a diplomatic or consular mission.............................3324

Contractor tax delinquency.....................................3317

Cost accounting standards................................3333, 3335

Deletion of Shared Savings Program.............................3077

Department of State....................1851, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860

Department of the Navy..........................................684

DFARS modification.....624, 625, 627, 629, 630, 632, 634, 635, 636, 637, 640, 642, 649, 650, 651, 652, 653, 656, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 665, 666, 667, 668, 669, 671, 672, 673, 675, 676, 677

Document submission requirements................................656

DOE...............................763, 765, 766, 767, 768, 769, 771

Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade

Agreement...................................652, 676, 677, 3325

Earned value management system............................637, 3082

Electronic submission and processing of payment requests........669

Emergency acquisitions....................................651, 3326

Energy Policy Act of 2005 implementation.......................3338

EPA......................................................2702, 2704

Export-controlled information and technology....................636

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Federal Agency Retail Pharmacy Program.........................3054

Federal Computer Network architecture..........................3312

Federal Supply Schedule for products and services used in recovery from a major disaster or attack...................3050

FEMA...........................................................1276

Foreign acquisitions............................................661

Free Trade Agreements....................................3336, 3344

Government property in the possession of contractors...........3321

GSA............................................................3053

Homeland Security............................1021, 1024, 1025, 1858

HUD..........................................1282, 1283, 1340, 1341

Inflation adjustment of acquisition-related thresholds..........667

Information technology.........................................3332

Information technology security requirements.............1857, 3081

Lease of vessels, aircraft, and combat vehicles.................625

Levy on payments to contractors.................................666

List of approved attorneys, abstracters, and title companies for real property..........................................3315

Lobbying restrictions..........................................3337

Local Community Recovery Act of 2006...........................3329

Major weapon systems............................................642

Material inspection and receiving reports.......................664

NASA.........................................3077, 3081, 3082, 3084

Notification requirements for critical safety items.............665

Numbered notes for synopses....................................3314

Online Representations and Certification Application......627, 3331

Payment under time-and-materials and labor-hour contracts......3342

Performance-based payments.....................................3339

Perishable foods................................................672

Plain language rewrite.........................................3319

Products containing recovered materials in service and construction contracts.....................................3313

Prohibition concerning Communist Chinese military companies 673

Protests, disputes, and appeals.................................662

Purchase order termination or cancellation.....................3345

Purchasing by management and operating contractors..............770

Radio frequency identification..................................671

Receiving reports for shipments.................................649

Religious entities exemption...................................3348

Removal of sanctions against European Union countries..........3343

Reporting of purchases from sources outside the US.............3327

Restriction on carbon, alloy, and armor steel plate from foreign sources.............................................668

Small business credit for Alaskan Native Corporations and

Indian tribes..............................................3320

Small business programs...................................634, 3247

Specialty metals from foreign sources...........................630

Taxpayer Identification Number validation.......................653

Technical data..................................................624

Trafficking victims protection.................................3322

USAID..............................................2673, 2677, 2680

Veterans Affairs...............................................2634

Wage Determinations OnLine website.............................3346

Wide Area WorkFlow-Receipt and Acceptance system................629

World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement.......652

Biobased products.......................262, 264, 265, 266, 291, 3340

Contracts:

NFS contracts...................................................230

Energy efficient products requirement.............................730

HUBZone program..................................................3071

Javits-Wagner-O'Day program:

Determining whether commodities are essentially the same as items on the procurement list..............................2688

Responsibilities of central nonprofit agencies.................2691

Suitability criteria for commodities and services..............2690

Lobbying restrictions............................................1036

Management accountability and control............................3131

Recycled products................................................2976

Small, minority, and women's business utilization................2712

Transportation management:

Data collection standards......................................3067

Manager authorization..........................................3066

Reporting requirements.........................................3067

Transporter proof of delivery.....................................595

Government property:

See also Federal buildings and facilities

Government property management

Abandoned or forfeited personal property.........................1525

Affirmative claims regulations....................................688

Conduct on the Pentagon Reservation...............................615

Economic development transfers of real property by DOE............754

Reporting requirements for property in contractors' possession 638

Sale or rental of sexually explicit material on DoD property......618

Support for non-Federal entities authorized to operate on DoD installations.................................................602

Government property management:

Acquisition regulations..........................................3321

DOE property......................................................764

Mandatory review procedures......................................1369

Motor vehicles...................................................3063

Nondiscrimination..........................................3058, 3060

Personal property management.....................................3072

Donations to historic light stations...........................3073

Federal Asset Sales sales centers..............................3049

Use, handling, and disposal requirements.......................3048

Space and related services:

Rents and leases...............................................3069

Supply and procurement...........................................3064

Telecommunications management....................................3061

Government securities:

See Bonds

Grains:

See also Feed grains

Barley protein testing fees.......................................135

Clear title program...............................................134

Karnal bunt compensation...........................................73

Marketing assistance loans:

Storage requirements.............................................32

Process verification service......................................129

Rice:

Cultivated wild rice crop insurance provisions..................111

Inspection service fees.........................................137

Standards for...................................................130

Grant programs:

AmeriCorps regulations.....................................2692, 2698

Assistance to firefighters grant program...................1045, 1273

Clean fuels grant program........................................2052

CNCS regulations.................................................2694

Equal treatment for faith-based organizations..................2699

DHS regulations:

Equal treatment for faith-based and community organizations 1026

Employee protective provisions of the Federal Transit Act........1763

Hazard Mitigation Grant Program..................................1258

Hazard mitigation planning.......................................1252

Learn & Serve regulations..................................2692, 2698

Local rail line relocation and improvement projects..............2036

Medical transportation demonstration grant program...............2050

National transit database rural reporting requirements...........2045

Public television station digital transition grant program........284

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Public transportation security grants......................1022, 2047

Senior Corps regulations.........................................2698

Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER).......1046, 1272

STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.......................1730

Victims of crime.................................................1750

Grant programs-agriculture:

Administration provisions..........................................88

Equal opportunity for religious organizations.....................278

National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program............89

Nonprocurement regulations........................................263

Rural Business Investment Program.................................267

Rural economic development........................................273

Small Business Innovation Research Grants Program..................87

Technical assistance and training..................................94

Water and waste disposal.....................................281, 285

Water programs....................................................283

Grant programs-education:

Abstinence education.............................................1010

Administrative regulations........................................604

Discretionary grant program performance...........................714

Freedom of Information............................................604

Preschool grants for children with disabilities...................721

Grant programs-environmental protection:

Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.............2999

Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive

Grants Program review........................................1754

Grant programs-health:

Grants to states for construction or acquisition of VA facilities...................................................2652

Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children........................896

High risk pools...................................................969

Limitation on administrative expenses.............................891

Minority Biomedical Research Support Program......................902

Minority health disparities research endowment program............904

NIH:

Center grants...................................................907

Construction grant..............................................909

Grants..........................................................899

Training grants.......................................901, 903, 906

Undergraduate scholarship program sponsored by NIH................905

VA assistance to State home program for the hiring and retention of nurses..........................................2621

Grant programs-housing and community development:

American Dream Downpayment Initiative............................1297

Community development block grants:

Insular Areas Program..........................................1298

Small cities program...........................................1332

Empowerment zones................................................1334

Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS program..............1335

Indian Housing Block Grant Program.........................1353, 1358

Annual performance reports.....................................1354

Minimum funding provision......................................1364

Rental assistance in low-income housing tax credit projects 1352

Self-insurance plans...........................................1359

Use of census data.............................................1361

State homes for veterans.........................................2619

Uniform requirements for HUD programs............................1293

Grant programs-Indians:

Construction of jails............................................1756

Indian Housing Block Grant Program.........................1353, 1358

Annual performance reports.....................................1354

Minimum funding provision......................................1364

Rental assistance in low-income housing tax credit projects 1352

Self-insurance plans...........................................1359

Use of census data.............................................1361

STOP Violence Against Indian Women Discretionary Grant Program 1730

Grants administration:

Nondiscrimination..............................1648, 2695, 3096, 3097

Uniform administrative requirements........................1037, 2681

DOT grants.....................................................1884

Grazing lands:

Grassland Reserve Program.........................................289

National Forest System.......................................203, 210

Permit regulations...............................................1531

Guaranteed loans:

See Loan programs

Guns:

See Arms and munitions

H

Handicapped:

See Individuals with disabilities

Harbors:

Civil penalties..................................................2053

Maintenance fees...........................................2116, 2117

Safety procedures update.........................................2054

Tariff of tolls..................................................2055

Hatch Act:

See Political activities (Government employees)

Hazardous materials transportation:

See also Pipeline safety

Cargo tank motor vehicle and cylinder specifications.............2060

Civil and criminal penalties.....................................2037

Commercial driver's license endorsement..........................1995

Security threat assessment of applicants.......................1217

Drivers licensed in Canada or Mexico transporting materials in the US.......................................................1223

Emergency response telephone numbers.............................2059

Enforcement regulations..........................................2056

Explosive materials........................................1216, 2073

Fuel cells transported in passenger aircraft carry-on baggage 2058

Harmonization with UN recommendations and international standards....................................................2077

Interstate shipment of etiologic agents...........................792

List of hazardous substances and reportable quantities...........2069

Lithium batteries..........................................2063, 2076

Nuclear materials..........................................3731, 3735

Oxygen cylinders on aircraft.....................................2075

Packaging........................................................2061

Railroad highway grade crossing safety...........................1984

Regulation revisions.......................................2062, 2066

Security.............................................2070, 2072, 2074

Small business registration and fee assessment...................2067

Toxic by inhalation materials....................................2072

Hazardous substances:

See also Explosives

Flammable materials

Hazardous materials transportation

Hazardous waste

Air pollutants........2716, 2727, 2728, 2729, 2730, 2732, 2733, 2735, 2736, 2741, 2746, 2747, 2748, 2764, 2806, 2812, 2818, 2821, 2827, 2830, 2835, 2844, 2850, 2851, 2858, 2860, 2864, 2867, 2880, 2884, 2887, 2951

Delisting..........................................2846, 2847, 2855

Asbestos...................................................1815, 2944

Beryllium........................................................1825

CERCLA corrections...............................................3000

Chemicals:

Chemical test rules......................................2949, 2951

Import of toxic chemicals......................................2948

Chlorofluorocarbons..........................................825, 826

Crystalline silica.........................................1816, 1824

Developmental and reproductive toxicity testing..................2954

Diesel exhaust...................................................2750

Diesel particulate matter........................................1811

Drinking water regulations...............3025, 3031, 3032, 3038, 3039

Enzymes and proteins.............................................2927

Ethylene oxide...................................................2797

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Extremely hazardous substance list...............................2963

Flame retardant chemicals........................................3364

Halogenated solvents.............................................2784

Hazard Communication Standard....................................1837

Lead.....................................1828, 2758, 2926, 2945, 2946

Mercury........................................2827, 2829, 2895, 2934

Metals...........................................................2952

Method 24 amendment..............................................2717

Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE)...............................3035

Methylene chloride...............................................1830

Methylmercury....................................................3010

NIH basic research and training grants............................903

Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................1886

Ozone depleting substances.......................825, 826, 2882, 2888

Substitutes for N-propyl bromide in solvent cleaning...........2833

Pesticides.......................................................2918

Data requirements for registering biochemical or microbial products...................................................2912

Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................2902

Rules of practice..............................................2921

Pipeline safety standards........................................2071

Pollution contingency plan.................................3001, 3011

Radon............................................................3033

Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste at petroleum refineries......................................2980

Semiconductors manufacture and assembly..........................2991

Sulfur oxides..............................................2787, 2871

Surface coatings.................................................2717

Threshold planning quantity......................................2963

Toxicological profiles:

Metals.........................................................2952

Toxics Release Inventory:

Additions, deletions, and modifications..................2967, 2969

Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds...............................2965

Metal mining...................................................2966

Reporting requirements.........................................2966

Water pollution control....................................3023, 3025

Hazardous waste:

Air pollutant control for combustors.......................2850, 2851

Cement kiln dust.................................................2979

Comparable fuels exclusion under RCRA............................2973

Consumer products in consumer product packaging..................2990

Disposal facilities:

Radioactive waste..............................................2898

Land disposal:

Restrictions.............................................2989, 2994

Lead-acid batteries..............................................2993

Manifest regulations.............................................2988

Methods innovation rule..........................................2978

Pharmaceuticals..................................................2990

Polychlorinated biphenyls..................................2947, 2958

Radioactive waste..........................................2900, 3724

Advance notification to Native American tribes of transportation.............................................3711

Dose methodology...............................................2899

Solid waste......................................................2974

Solvents.........................................................2983

Testing and monitoring activities................................2978

Toxic waste site.................................................2948

Transboundary shipment within Organization for Economic

Cooperation and Development member countries.................2984

Uncontrolled sites on the NPL....................................2997

Wastewater treatment sludges from automobile manufacturing.......2986

Head Start Program:

See Education of disadvantaged

Health:

See Alcohol abuse

Drug abuse

Drugs

Health care

Health facilities

Health insurance

Health professions

Health records

Individuals with disabilities

Medical devices

Medical research

Mental health programs

Nutrition

Occupational safety and health

Public health

Radiation protection

Health care:

See also Medicaid

Medicare

Ambulance services:

Fee schedule....................................................980

Anti-kickback provisions..........................................775

Fraud and abuse provisions........................................779

Home health agencies..............................................914

Prospective payment system......................................927

Medical transportation demonstration grant program...............2050

Non-emergency medical transportation programs.....................929

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network................894, 895

Organ transplantation:

Blood vessels recovered with organs.............................887

Patient Safety Organizations......................................898

Program exclusion for submitting claims containing excessive charges.......................................................777

Protection of human research subjects.............................913

Risk-sharing arrangements.........................................775

Rural broadband network support mechanism........................3539

Tax revisions.....................................................978

Underserved areas.................................................889

Veterans:

Calculation of reasonable charges for inpatient and outpatient services........................................2622

Care and services during disasters and emergencies.............2598

Claims file for VA medical examinations and opinions...........2612

Copayments.....................................................2599

Elimination of copayment for weight management counseling......2623

Enrollment eligibility.........................................2599

Hospital and outpatient care enrollment........................2639

Non-VA service and care........................................2620

Presumptions of service connection.............................2641

Health facilities:

See also Hospitals

Nursing homes

Ambulatory surgical centers:

Conditions for coverage.........................................918

Payment rates for services......................................976

Anti-kickback safe harbor statute.................................778

Emergency preparedness requirements...............................953

Fire safety requirements..........................................991

Grants to states for construction or acquisition of VA facilities...................................................2652

Long-term care:

Federal long-term care insurance regulations...................3206

Hospice service.................................................997

Physician referrals for health services...........................959

Psychiatric residential treatment facilities.......917, 954, 958, 967

Rehabilitation facilities:

Inpatient prospective payment system............................934

Rural health clinic services......................................925

Skilled nursing facilities:

Nurse aide petition for removal of information for singular finding of neglect..........................................946

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Nurse aide training program waiver of disapproval...............946

Prospective payment system and consolidated billing.............935

Use of restraint and seclusion...............................917, 958

Health insurance:

See also Medicare

Access:

Support orders in the IV-D program.............................1015

Astronaut Health Care Provision..................................3076

Calculation of average cost of a policy...........................892

CHAMPUS:

Claimcheck denials appeals process..............................700

Double coverage............................................693, 699

Dual compensation/conflict of interest provision................698

Individual Case Management Program..............................701

Payment for ambulatory care.....................................697

TRICARE......692, 693, 694, 695, 696, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712, 713

Claims attachment standard........................................982

District of Columbia employees...................................3182

Federal service contract health and welfare benefits.............1761

Government employees.......................................3193, 3207

Active duty members of the military............................3210

Administrative sanctions.......................................3155

Dental and vision benefits.....................................3194

Discontinuance of health plan in an emergency..................3209

Flexible spending accounts...............................3168, 3211

Long-term care insurance regulations...........................3206

Suspension of Peace Corps eligibles' enrollment in FEHB program....................................................3208

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act:

Church plans...................................................2541

Code set revisions..............................................920

Electronic transactions and code set standards..................919

Family and Medical Leave Act interaction.......................2422

Health care access, portability and renewability...............1792

Nondiscrimination............................1806, 2540, 2541, 2542

Remote security standards.......................................951

Special enrollment procedures..................................2422

Tolling time periods...........................................2422

Wellness programs..............................................2542

Health Savings Accounts:

Employer comparable contributions..............................2477

Nondiscrimination regulations.....................................999

Portability.......................................................983

Post-childbirth hospitalization length of stay requirements.......968

Reduced SSA benefits due to private insurance coverage...........3274

Retirement benefits..............................................3044

State Children's Health Insurance Program:

Allotments......................................................977

Disclosure of eligibility for food assistance programs..........175

Payment error rate measurement program..........................990

Premium assistance..............................................948

Redistribution of unexpended funds..............................926

Veterans:

Coverage for devices and prostheses............................2596

Delegations of authority.......................................2596

Dual eligibility...............................................2653

Preventive services............................................2597

Qualifying event date..........................................2653

Health insurance for aged:

See Medicare

Health professions:

Alien health care workers..................................1104, 1864

National Practitioner Data Bank..............................890, 893

Nurses:

Nonimmigrant aliens......................................1087, 1779

Nurse aide petition for removal of information for singular finding of neglect..........................................946

Nurse aide training program waiver of disapproval...............946

VA assistance to State home program for the hiring and retention of nurses........................................2621

Physicians:

DEA registration requirements for practitioners practicing in more than one state........................................1695

Fee schedule....................................................936

Health services referrals.......................................959

National interest waivers for alien physicians.................1086

Professional shortage areas.......................................889

Undergraduate scholarship program sponsored by NIH................905

Health records:

Privacy and disclosure of SSA records and information............3285

Hearing and appeal procedures:

See Administrative practice and procedure

Helicopters:

See Aircraft

Heliports:

See Airports

Hepatitis C virus:

Blood donors and recipients.......................................833

Hospital conditions of participation..............................957

Herbicides:

See Pesticides and pests

Higher education:

See Colleges and universities

Highway safety:

Crash test laboratory requirements for roadside safety hardware acceptance...................................................1962

Highway-rail grade crossings.....................................1984

Mexican motor carriers...........................................1993

Real-time system management information program..................1969

Traffic control devices:

Manual revision................................................1963

Temporary use during construction, utility, and maintenance operations.................................................1965

Uniformity of..................................................1973

Worker visibility................................................1971

Highways and roads:

See also Bridges

Highway safety

Motor carriers

Motor vehicle safety

Motor vehicles

Culvert pipe specifications......................................1975

Design-build contracting.........................................1966

Environmental review of projects...........................1960, 2044

Evaluating and rating projects of national and regional significance.................................................1964

Express lane demonstration project...............................1968

Indian reservation road bridge program...........................1961

Major capital investment projects................................2042

Metropolitan and statewide transportation planning.........1970, 2049

Prudence and feasibility of project alternatives...........1967, 2046

Surface Transportation Project Delivery Pilot Program............1972

Historic preservation:

Army Corps of Engineers regulations...............................680

Historical records:

See Archives and records

Holding companies:

Change in bank control.........................3618, 3621, 3623, 3626

Industry Guide 3 amendments......................................3749

Permissible activities of savings and loan companies.............2580

Stock benefit plans..............................................2590

Honey:

Research and promotion program......................................2

Hospice care:

Medicaid and Medicare conditions of participation.................981

Requirements for long-term care facilities........................997

Wage index........................................................941

Hospitals:

CHAMPUS payment for ambulatory care...............................697

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Conditions of participation:

Laboratory services.............................................957

Organ transplantation centers...................................996

Patients' rights...............................................1000

Requirements of.................................................998

Enhanced DSH treatment............................................963

GME affillations for a teaching hospital affected by a disaster 1002

Grants administration.................................604, 1037, 2681

Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................1793

Medicaid:

Outpatient services.............................................925

Medicare:

Coinsurance.....................................................973

Discharge notification procedures..............................1003

Extended care services coinsurance..............................973

Inpatient deductible............................................973

Inpatient prospective payment system............................939

Inpatient psychiatric facilities...........................954, 967

Limitation on charges for services furnished to Indians.........897

Long-term care prospective payment system..................955, 966

Outpatient prospective payment system...........................940

Premiums for uninsured aged and disabled individuals who have exhausted other entitlement.................................974

Mortgage insurance...............................................1317

Post-childbirth length of stay requirements.......................968

TRICARE outpatient prospective payment system.....................708

Hours of work:

See Wages

Household appliances:

Energy efficiency..................................725, 732, 739, 742

Test procedures...................................................736

Housing:

See also Fair housing

Housing standards

Low and moderate income housing

Manufactured homes

Mortgage insurance

Mortgages

Public housing

Accelerated claims disposition...................................1330

Acquisition regulations:

Debarment and suspension...........................1282, 1283, 1340

Affordable Housing Program.......................................3605

American Dream Downpayment Initiative............................1297

ANSI design and construction requirements........................1337

Civil money penalties......................................1287, 1296

Community development block grants:

Small cities program...........................................1332

Compliance with HUD statutes and regulations.....................1290

Disposition of HUD-acquired single-family properties.............1328

Disposition of HUD-owned assets in revitalization areas..........1313

Energy-efficiency rating guidelines...............................734

Environmental regulations........................................1288

Freedom of information regulations...................1281, 1294, 1295

Hearing procedures...............................................1285

HOME Investment Partnerships Program.............................1289

Housing counseling program.......................................1321

Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS program..............1335

HUD acquisition regulations......................................1341

HUD independent public accountant roster.........................1279

HUD participation and compliance requirements....................1302

Indian Housing Block Grant Program.........................1353, 1358

Annual performance reports.....................................1354

Minimum funding provision......................................1364

Self-insurance plans...........................................1359

Use of census data.............................................1361

Insular Areas Program............................................1298

Lead-based paint.................................................2926

Limited denial of participation regulations......................1282

Mark-to-Market Program...........................................1315

Military family housing contracts.................................644

Multifamily:

Closing forms and documents....................................1316

Disposition of HUD-owned projects..............................1326

Inspection requirements........................................1301

Physical condition standards...................................1301

NAHASDA amendments...............................................1360

Nondiscrimination in programs and activities receiving Federal financial assistance.........................................1277

One dollar home sales to local governments.......................1305

Pet ownership for the elderly and persons with disabilities......1280

Production of material or provision of testimony by HUD employees....................................................1294

Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act regulations.....................1286

Rural:

Farm labor housing.........................................101, 103

Loan policies....................................................95

Loans and grants..................................98, 103, 104, 106

Multiple-family housing.........................................103

New and existing dwellings definition...........................105

Planning and performing construction.............................96

Rental housing...............................99, 101, 102, 103, 107

Surety requirements.............................................100

Streamlining regulations..........................................103

Supportive Housing Programs......................................1333

Project design and cost standards..............................1314

Uniform standards for grants and agreements......................1293

YouthBuild Program...............................................1784

Housing assistance payments:

See Housing

Housing standards:

Manufactured housing dispute resolution program..................1325

Manufactured housing installation program..................1323, 1324

Human research subjects:

Protection of.................................715, 843, 910, 912, 913

Student rights....................................................722

Humane treatment of animals:

See Animal welfare

Hunting:

Migratory birds................................1435, 1459, 1490, 1500

Refuge-specific regulations................................1438, 1473

Hydroelectric power:

See Electric power

Hydropower:

Licensing hearings process...................................246, 475

I

Immigration:

See also Aliens

Citizenship and naturalization

Appeals efficiency...............................................1072

Authority of the DHS Secretary...................................1035

Benefit application fee..........................................1058

Biometric data collection........................................1055

Biometric fee schedule...........................................1058

Board of Immigration Appeals:

Affirmance without opinion.....................................1716

Composition of.................................................1715

Professional conduct for practitioners.........................1703

Publication of decisions as precedents.........................1716

Referral for three-board-member review.........................1716

Cancellation of removal....................................1704, 1706

Child Citizenship Act............................................1092

Concurrent filing of immigrant petition and permament residence application..................................................1057

Consent to reapply for admission after removal...................1049

Detention of aliens subject to final orders of removal...........1235

Disclosure of records............................................1074

Electronic filing, processing, and adjudication of applications and petitions................................................1118

Electronic signatures on applications and petitions for benefits.....................................................1102

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Employment:

Eligibility verification.......................................1867

Verification requirements......................................1078

Exchange visitors:

Certification fees.............................................1232

Eligibility....................................................1862

Interns..................................................1861, 1869

Revocation process.............................................1855

Secondary school students......................................1856

Sponsor site visits............................................1862

Executive Office for Immigration Review authorities..............1705

Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry..............1187

Fingerprinting certain applicants................................1110

Genealogy Program processing fee.................................1071

Hunger strikes by detainees......................................1241

Immigrant Investor Pilot Program.................................1115

Immigrant visa service fee.......................................1120

Immigration proceedings..........................................1702

Inadmissibility..................................................1870

Individuals with disabilities:

Naturalization procedures......................................1114

Intercountry adoptions.........................1063, 1852, 1871, 1877

Interest payments on cancelled cash bonds........................1228

International broadcasters.......................................1111

International matchmaking organization requirements..............1700

Jurisdiction over appeals of INS decisions involving administrative fines.........................................1709

Law enforcement officers training during mass influx of aliens 1193

Legal Immigration Family Equity Act..................1095, 1096, 1706

Permanent resident status..................................1093, 1109

Preinspected automated lane program..............................1196

Premium processing fee...........................................1121

Protective orders in administration proceedings..................1707

Refugee and asylee relative petitions............................1108

Representative registry..........................................1708

Revoking grants of naturalization................................1062

Seizures and forfeitures.........................................1180

Surety bonds.....................................................1230

Suspension of deportation............................1082, 1704, 1706

U.S. Citizenship and Immigrations Services:

Filing and service locations...................................1077

United Nations Convention Against Torture........................1083

User fee remittance..............................................1191

Withholding classified derogatory information from naturalization applicant.....................................1119

Withholding of adjudication......................................1068

Imports:

See also Antidumping

Countervailing duties

Customs duties and inspection

Alcohol and alcoholic products...................................2166

Animal drugs......................................................816

Animals and animal products...................................75, 784

Apparel articles..................................................311

Archaeological and ethnological material restrictions:

Bolivia........................................................2123

Cyprus.........................................................2111

Peru...........................................................2110

Border Release Advanced Screening and Selectivity Program........1200

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention....................68, 75

Captive-bred exotic birds........................................1376

Cattle.............................................................49

Cement products from Mexico.................................312, 2104

Certification of factual information during antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings...............................308

Chemicals:

Blanket certifications.............................2935, 2936, 2955

Information on foreign chain of distribution for List I chemicals..................................................1688

Narcotic raw material..........................................1684

Notice of transfers of List I and List II chemicals............1687

Quotas for List I chemicals....................................1689

Threshold removal for ephedrine, pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine........................................1691

Coffee, unroasted..................................................74

Control of PMN chemicals.........................................2933

Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2095

Duty-free entry...................................................311

Eggs..............................................................179

Emergency relief work supplies....................................313

Endangered and threatened species................................1388

Firearms and ammunition....................................2180, 2199

Food products................................................812, 866

Fruits.....................................................60, 80, 83

Halon-1301 aircraft fire extinguishing vessels...................2799

HCFC pre-charged products........................................2751

Horses.............................................................67

Meat and meat products.............................................68

Motor vehicles...................................................2849

Munitions import list............................................1658

Narcotic raw material............................................1684

Nursery stock......................................................52

Ozone depleting substances.................................2751, 2819

Parrots..........................................................1457

Phytosanitary certificates for fruits and vegetables...............59

Pirated audio-visual works.......................................2100

Plants.............................................................52

Polar bear trophies..............................................1381

Poultry products....................................69, 179, 183, 184

Softwood lumber products from Canada.............................2106

Tobacco products..............................................8, 2205

Tuberculosis risk classification...................................49

Uniform rules of origin..........................................2083

Used ozone-depleting substances for destruction..................2749

Vegetables.................................................60, 82, 83

Wild birds.......................................................1457

Wildlife...................................................1377, 1449

Wine.............................................................2188

Income taxes:

Accelerated death benefits.......................................2493

Accrual rules for creditable foreign taxes.......................2266

Accruals and allocations reductions because of increased age.....2389

Accuracy-related penalties.................................2324, 2462

Active trade or business requirement.............................2280

Alcohol fuel credits.............................................2319

Allocation and apportionment rules...............................2264

Allocation of basis in connection with adjustments and determinations...............................................2446

Alternative minimum tax..........................................2488

American Jobs Creation Act.......................................2571

Arbitrage guidance...............................................2535

Asset ownership............................................2496, 2524

Assumption of liabilities........................................2444

Authorized placement agency......................................2498

Automated substitute for return..................................2508

Below-market loans...............................................2277

Biodiesel credits................................................2319

Bonds:

Allocation and accounting regulations..........................2505

Municipal......................................................2431

Qualified zone academy bonds.............................2276, 2482

Tax-exempt bonds issued by Indian tribal governments...........2333

Tax-exempt bonds issued by State and local governments.........2501

Branch remittances...............................................2373

Built-in gains...................................................2346

Capital asset exclusion for accounts and notes receivable........2466

Capital gains:

Treatment of self-created musical works..................2531, 2532

Capitalization of expenditures to repair or improve tangible property.....................................................2432

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Capitalized costs................................................2295

Caribbean Basin countries........................................2487

Carryback allowance........................................2334, 2469

Charitable contributions of motor vehicles.................2454, 2560

Claims against decedent's estate.................................2275

Clean Renewable Energy Bonds credit........................2317, 2455

Collection due process.....................................2545, 2546

Collections:

Installment agreements.........................................2247

Communications excise tax........................................2543

Computer software deduction from income..........................2562

Consolidated groups:

Anti-avoidance and anti-loss reimportation rules.........2358, 2575

Loss limitation rules..........................................2269

Consolidated returns:

Intercompany obligations.................................2262, 2382

Interest income................................................2409

Regulation amendments..........................................2388

Constructive sales of appreciated financial positions............2249

Contingent at closing escrows....................................2507

Controlled groups:

Calculating and apportioning additional tax..............2364, 2481

Converting an IRA annuity to a Roth IRA..........................2443

Coordination of income taxes for US and certain possessions.....2273, 2421

Corporations:

Alternative minimum tax........................................2488

Assumption of liabilities......................................2260

Disclosure to the Bureau of Economic Analysis............2510, 2555

Dividend limitations paid by lookthrough corporations..........2464

Estimated tax..................................................2385

Indian Tribal Corporations.....................................2289

No net equity value transactions...............................2509

Operating rules for successors in liquidations.................2423

Organizational expenditures....................................2306

Prohibited allocation of securities............................2549

Reorganizations..................2328, 2355, 2360, 2424, 2574, 2576

S corporations.........................2281, 2292, 2309, 2499, 2549

Shareholder's basis in stock...................................2292

Start-up expenditures..........................................2306

Stock ownership in another corporation.........................2296

Subchapter S banks.............................................2459

Withholding taxes..............................................2161

Cost sharing.....................................................2396

Costs allocation under the simplified methods....................2349

Custodial account contributions..................................2400

Deadline postponement due to Presidentially Declared Disaster

Area...................................................2356, 2480

Deduction for qualified film and television production costs....2362, 2476, 2570

Deductions of a trust or estate..................................2340

Deferred compensation............................................2557

Defined benefit plans:

Mortality tables...............................................2361

Multiple annuity starting date limitations.....................2336

Dependent care credit............................................2404

Dependent definition.............................................2516

Depreciation computation.........................................2548

MACRS property acquired in a like-kind exchange or involuntary conversion.....................................2561

Designated or related summons....................................2274

Discharge of property............................................2302

Disclosure of return information...........................2261, 2429

Disclosure regulations for reportable transactions.........2434, 2435

Disclosures to subcontractors....................................2416

Disqualified person..............................................2287

Disregarded entities and collections.............................2439

Distribution requirements........................................2474

Dollar approximate separate transactions method computations.....2564

Dollar-value last-in, first-out (LIFO) inventory method..........2258

Dual consolidated losses.........................................2550

Earnings and profits attribution principles......................2394

Election to expense certain refineries.....................2314, 2452

Electronic filing of business returns............................2547

Electronic filing regulations............2425, 2457, 2521, 2559, 2577

Electronic tax administration....................................2395

Electronic transmissions.........................................2497

Employee benefits:

Cafeteria plans................................................2313

Electronic transmission of notices, elections or consents......2554

Limitations....................................................2553

Employer contributions for deferred compensation.................2263

Employer's annual Federal employment tax return..................2512

Employment tax regulations.................................2368, 2484

Entertainment expense disallowance...............................2322

Environmental protection:

Capital costs incurred to comply with sulfur regulations......2310, 2449

Escrow funds.....................................................2419

Excess operating fund investment.................................2161

Failure of authorized recipient to safeguard Federal tax returns or return information................................2520

Failure to furnish information regarding reportable transactions...............................2331, 2332, 2467, 2468

Failure to maintain list of advisees.......................2323, 2461

Farm income averaging regulations..........................2300, 2438

Filing corrections...............................................2399

Filing extensions..........................................2345, 2517

Foreign corporations.................................2241, 2371, 2489

Definition of qualified foreign corporation....................2283

Earnings and profits.....................................2374, 2491

Gain recognition in connection with transfer of stock or securities...........................................2351, 2573

Income rules...................................................2256

Information returns requirements.........................2352, 2441

Interest expense allocable in a global dealing operation.......2337

Interest expense deduction.....................................2470

Ownership by former shareholders or partners of domestic entities...................................................2448

Taxpayer definition............................................2471

Transfer of intangibles........................................2259

Foreign currency contract..................................2518, 2519

Foreign governments........................................2350, 2486

Foreign insurance companies......................................2242

Foreign investment companies.....................................2255

Foreign Investment in Real Property Act..........................2372

Foreign tax credit.......................2239, 2359, 2383, 2397, 2485

Fringe benefits taxation.........................................2325

Fuel excise tax regulations..........................2298, 2315, 2428

Functional currency..............................................2374

Gift tax value determination.....................................2290

Governmental plan status.........................................2366

Grantor..........................................................2496

Highly compensated employee................................2244, 2539

HIPAA portability................................................2422

Income exclusion for international operation of ships or aircraft...............................................2342, 2478

Income from ocean and space activities...........................2537

Income source rules involving US possessions.....................2475

Installment agreement user fees..................................2565

Insurance companies..............................................2450

Interest.......................................2375, 2383, 2384, 2409

Overpayments...................................................2365

Ten percent shareholders test for portfolio interest...........2563

Interest-free adjustments........................................2492

International communications income..............................2537

International organizations................................2350, 2486

Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005...................2456, 2569

Like-kind exchanges..............................................2419

Depreciation of MACRS property.................................2561

Liquidation of an interest.......................................2270

Losses:

Limitation on transfer of built-in losses......................2442

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Separate limitation............................................2240

Mark-to-market treatment for marketable stocks.............2272, 2405

Measurement of income inclusion..................................2327

Medical and accident insurance benefits..........................2353

Mixed use output facilities......................................2504

Non-shelter revisions............................................2392

Nondiscrimination requirement with respect to benefits or contributions................................................2304

Normalization requirements.......................................2387

Notarization requirement for statements of purchase..............2506

Notices of nonjudicial sale................................2330, 2528

Notional principal contracts.....................................2401

Nuclear power facilities credit for production.............2320, 2458

Nuclear power plant decommissioning costs..................2316, 2453

Obligation to file notice of redetermination of foreign tax......2239

Partnerships:

Basis reduction in stock of a corporate partner................2311

Capital gains rollover.........................................2415

Debt satisfied by a partnership interest.......................2522

Disallowance of loss transfers.................................2311

Disguised sales................................................2414

Distributive share determination...............................2291

Equity for services............................................2406

Exception qualification guidance...............................2437

Foreign tax credit allocation..................................2544

Guaranteed payments to partners................................2293

Limitation on importation of built-in losses...................2326

New markets tax credit allocation..............................2265

Options........................................................2391

Retiring or deceased partner...................................2500

Substantiality rules...........................................2426

Withholding reduction..........................................2427

Passive foreign investment companies.............................2255

Payments:

Electronic payment system mailbox rule...................2348, 2479

No return of information required..............................2286

Overpayment interest calculation...............................2297

Partial payments on offers in compromise.......................2530

Payments in lieu of taxes......................................2523

Payments to attorneys............................................2253

Pension plans:

Notice requirements for amendments significantly reducing rate of future benefit accrual.............................2367

Performance of actuarial service under ERISA.....................2278

PFIC purging elections...........................................2411

Previously taxed earnings and profits............................2386

Principal accounting method......................................2294

Procedure and administration.....................................2376

Public inspection of written determinations......................2418

Qualified contract provisions....................................2285

Qualified intellectual property contributions....................2515

Railroad track maintenance credit................................2447

Real estate investment trusts:

Capital gain dividends.........................................2335

Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits:

Accrual for certain regular interests..........................2407

Foreign holders..........................................2402, 2558

Interest-only regular interests................................2284

Real estate transactions:

Timber sales information reporting.............................2305

Reconsideration of Rev. Rule 69-302..............................2379

Regulated investment companies:

Capital gain dividends.........................................2335

Reporting of foreign taxes paid................................2430

Regulation amendments............................................2312

Release of lien..................................................2302

Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................2490

Request for return of wrongfully levied property...........2330, 2528

Research credit..................................................2299

Research expenditures resulting in inventory property............2303

Residence involving U.S. possessions.............................2572

Resident status..................................................2370

Retirement annuity contributions.................................2400

Retirement plans.................................................2494

Deemed IRAs in governmental plans..............................2483

Designated Roth contributions under cash or deferred arrangements...............................................2451

Hybrid plans...................................................2363

Phased retirement program......................................2420

Salary reduction agreement.......................................2460

Section 6159.....................................................2247

Section 6323.....................................................2354

Section 751(b)...................................................2357

Section 882......................................................2495

Section 884......................................................2495

Securities...........................................2245, 2329, 2377

Abandonment of.................................................2307

Income effectively connected with a US business................2338

Simplified service cost and simplified production methods to self-constructed assets......................................2556

Solid waste disposal facility definition.........................2417

Source of income from financial guarantee fees...................2339

Special rules....................................................2465

Standards for covered opinions...................................2344

Stewardship expenses.............................................2413

Stock options....................................................2410

Stock transfer regulations...........................2254, 2288, 2552

Straddles:

Carrying charges...............................................2384

Definition of loss.............................................2279

Miscellaneous issues...........................................2378

Subchapter T cooperatives............................2473, 2511, 2513

Substitute dividend payments in securities lending...............2268

Substitute for return............................................2508

Summonses of third-party recordkeepers...........................2390

Support test for children of divorced parents....................2282

Suspension of interest and penalties.............................2514

Tacking rule requirement.........................................2445

Targeted populations.............................................2308

Tax credits:

Low-income housing.......................................1350, 2267

Puerto Rico....................................................2369

Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005.....2472, 2568

Tax shelter rules....................................2436, 2525, 2526

Tax-exempt organizations.........................................2534

Forms of payment for excise taxes..............................2527

Notification requirement.......................................2533

Revocation standards...........................................2463

Taxable fuel entry...............................................2408

Taxable years for CFCs and FPHCs.................................2257

Taxpayer assistance orders.......................................2321

Taxpayer Bill of Rights..........................................2247

Timely mailing treatment.........................................2502

Toll telephone service definition................................2503

Tort type rights test............................................2341

Tractors, trailers, trucks, and tires............................2301

Transactions involving related parties, pass-through entities, or other intermediaries......................................2410

Transferor or transferee as a predecessor or successor...........2403

Transfers between an individual debtor and the bankruptcy estate.......................................................2318

Travel expenses for members of Congress..........................2248

Treatment of services............................................2398

Trusts:

Excess deductions..............................................2340

Foreign trusts.................................................2246

Non-exempt employees...........................................2496

Qualified severance regulations................................2412

Reporting earned income........................................2419

Type III supporting organization payout requirements.............2529

Underpayment.....................................................2551

Utility allowances...............................................2271

Voluntary State tax withholding from retired pay of Service members.......................................................590

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Withholding and reporting obligations regarding tender offers 2343

Withholding certificates...................................2433, 2497

Withholding on payments made by government entities..............2238

Withholding tax on U.S. source income paid to foreign persons 2347

Indians:

See also Indians-business and finance

Indians-lands

Indians-law

Indians-tribal government

Energy Resource Development Program..............................1548

Extending wireless telecommunications services to tribal lands 3511

Food assistance programs..........................................138

Housing:

Indian Housing Block Grant Program....1352, 1353, 1354, 1358, 1359, 1361, 1364

NAHASDA amendments.............................................1360

Limitation on charges by Medicare participating inpatient hospitals.....................................................897

Migratory bird hunting regulations...............................1435

National Indian Gaming Commission........3670, 3671, 3672, 3682, 3684

Navajo generating station..................................2777, 2778

Peyote use in traditional religion ceremonies....................1674

Preference in employment.........................................1537

Religious/spiritual use of migratory bird feathers by Native

Americans....................................................1372

Revision of the membership roll of the Eastern Band of Cherokee of North Carolina............................................1538

Spent fuel shipment notification.................................3711

STOP Violence Against Indian Women Discretionary Grant Program 1730

Subsistence fishing...................................393, 1482, 1499

Subsistence hunting and fishing on Federal lands in Alaska......1421, 1467, 1470, 1476, 1500

Indians-business and finance:

Acquisition regulations..........................................3320

Gaming operations:

Audit standards................................................3679

Background investigations and licenses for primary management officials and key employees................................3680

Civil fines....................................................3684

Classification standards.......................................3677

Compact negotiations between States and tribes.................1543

Debt collection................................................3674

Facility licensing standards...................................3673

Key employee defined...........................................3678

Minimum internal control standards.............................3683

Privacy Act procedures.........................................3675

Sole proprietary interest......................................3685

Technical standards for gaming machines and gaming systems.....3676

Tribal revenue allocation plans................................1542

Trust land regulations.........................................1549

Indian Tribal Corporations.......................................2289

Indian tribe definition for CCC payment eligibility and limitation.....................................................45

Loan guaranty, insurance and interest subsidy....................1541

Management contracts.............................................3670

Net gaming revenue...............................................3671

Unclaimed Individual Indian Moneys funds.........................1530

Indians-lands:

Air pollution control implementation.............................2845

Annual funding agreements........................................1392

Business lease procedures........................................1536

EPA new source reviews...........................................2780

Forest land protection............................................240

Forest management................................................1540

Forest Service sacred sites management............................245

Grazing permits..................................................1531

Indian reservation road bridge program...........................1961

Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Program:

Loan write-downs.................................................34

Irrigation projects..............................................1544

Leasing for mineral development............................1535, 1539

Mining regulations.............................1533, 1534, 1588, 1591

National Forest System lands......................................203

Oil and gas leases.........................................1532, 1547

Oil valuation from leases........................................1572

Probate of trust estates.........................................1546

Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................253

Indians-law:

BIA regulations..................................................1550

Construction of jails............................................1756

Hearings and appeals.............................................3681

Use or distribution of judgment funds......................1529, 1551

Indians-tribal government:

Tribal background investigations.................................3682

Individuals with disabilities:

See also Medicaid

Medicare

Public assistance programs

Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

Vocational rehabilitation

Education of individuals with disabilities

Accessibility guidelines:

Outdoor developed areas........................................2682

Public accommodations and commercial facilities................1644

Public rights-of-way...........................................2684

State and local government services............................1645

Telecommunications equipment and customer premises equipment 3404

Transportation...........................................1890, 1899

Contractor and subcontractor obligations.........................1765

Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act.....1004

Disability ratings.........................................3276, 3309

Age categories.................................................3307

Digestive system.........................................2616, 3286

Drug addiction or alcoholism...................................3297

Growth impairment..............................................3306

Hearing impairments............................................3304

Hematological disorders........................................3271

Immune system..................................................3287

Labyrinthine-vestibular function disturbance...................3304

Language and speech disorders..................................3305

Mental disorders...............................................3270

Multiple scars...........................................2614, 2656

Musculoskeletal disorders......................................3308

Neurological conditions........................................3295

Respiratory disorders..........................................3298

Visual disorders...............................................2625

Electronic and information technology accessibility standards 2685

HUD-assisted housing:

Pet ownership..................................................1280

Javits-Wagner-O'Day program:

Labor hours ratio requirements.................................2689

Medical improvement eligibility group.............................924

Medical-vocational guidelines....................................3296

Naturalization application.......................................1114

Nondiscrimination....................................3055, 3214, 3294

Air travel.....................................................1887

CNCS...........................................................2695

Complaint processing...........................................3042

DHS programs...................................................1032

Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation.......................3294

GSA............................................................3060

HUD programs...................................................1277

NARA...........................................................3096

OFHEO..........................................................3111

Onsite review of consultative examination providers by disability determination services............................3281

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Passenger vessel access....................................1882, 2683

Self-Sufficiency Program...................................3282, 3302

Telecommunications products accessibility guidelines.............2685

Telecommunications relay services..........................3405, 3406

Ticket to Work Program.....................................3282, 3302

Transportation regulations.......................................1892

Veterans:

Amendment of Schedule for Rating Disabilities appendices.......2670

OPM documentation requirements.................................3138

Vocational rehabilitation services:

Referral for services..........................................3300

Industrial safety:

See Occupational safety and health

Industry:

See Business and industry

Infants and children:

See also Adoption and foster care

Child welfare

Youth

Assistance to states for the education of children with disabilities..................................................721

Baby bath seat ban...............................................3374

Ban request for toy jewelry containing lead................3370, 3383

Bunk bed cornerpost standard.....................................3375

Child Care and Development Fund............................1009, 1013

Child Citizenship Act............................................1092

Child Safety Lock Act of 2005....................................1651

Child Status Protection Act................................1051, 1874

Crib safety standards............................................3373

Early intervention program for infants and toddlers with disabilities..................................................720

FAA-approved child restraint systems.............................1958

Food assistance programs................................148, 152, 175

Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children........................896

Infant formula...............................................846, 847

Infant pillow ban................................................3369

Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................1793

Motor vehicle restraint systems............................2006, 2016

Portable bed rail safety.........................................3366

Post-childbirth hospitalization length of stay requirements.......968

State Children's Health Insurance Program:

Allotments......................................................977

Disclosure of eligibility for food assistance programs..........175

Payment error rate measurement program..........................990

Premium assistance..............................................948

Redistribution of unexpended funds..............................926

Television programming...........................................3462

Information:

See Archives and records

Classified information

Confidential business information

Freedom of information

Privacy

Reporting and recordkeeping requirements

Insecticides:

See Pesticides and pests

Institutional review boards:

Registration requirements....................................837, 910

Insurance:

See also Bank deposit insurance

Crop insurance

Flood insurance

Health insurance

Insurance companies

Life insurance

Mortgage insurance

Surety bonds

Unemployment compensation

Disaster assistance requirements.................................1267

Terrorism Risk Insurance Program.................................2115

Insurance companies:

Income tax regulations...........................................2450

Passenger motor vehicle insurer theft loss reporting requirements.................................................2008

Insured loans:

See Loan programs

Intelligence:

See Classified information

Intergovernmental relations:

See also Grant programs

EPA..................................................2783, 3015, 3023

Federal-state funds transfers....................................2158

International agreements:

See Treaties

International boundaries:

Border crossing cards:

Elimination of.................................................1186

International trade:

See Foreign trade

Inventions and patents:

Acquisition regulations..........................................1024

Board of Appeals procedures.......................................567

Claims containing Markush or other alternative language...........562

Deferral of examination of applications...........................584

DFARS regulations.................................................632

Disclosure Document Program elimination...........................588

Doctrine of inequitable conduct...................................559

Duty of disclosure in applications................................559

Electronic application exchange between intellectual property offices.......................................................585

Electronic submission of documents................................587

Ex parte and inter partes reexamination practice...565, 566, 567, 569

Examination of applications for subject matter eligibility........581

Examination of claims in applications.............................577

Examination of multiple continuation applications.................576

Fees..............................................................564

Revisions.......................................................570

Information disclosure statement requirements.....................578

Interferences.....................................................567

Madrid Processing Unit............................................574

Means- or step- plus-function claim elements in applications......580

Patent Cooperation Treaty.........................................572

Pre-brief appeal conference for applications under appeal.........579

Preexamination search reports.....................................583

Representation of others before the USPTO.........................560

Submission of chemical and 3-D biological structural data in electronic format.............................................575

Time for required filing and date of availability of biological deposits......................................................582

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Office of the General Counsel address.......................................................571

Investigations:

Government personnel.............................................3178

Investment advisers:

See Securities

Investment companies:

Affiliate transactions...........................................3776

Anti-money laundering program for unregistered companies.........2149

Confirmation of transactions.....................................3798

Custody of securities............................................3769

Disclosure requirements....................................3748, 3787

Mutual fund information........................................3764

Privacy protection.............................................3782

Transformation of company......................................3813

Electronic filing of transfer agent forms........................3810

Electronic submission of applications............................3767

Eligible portfolio companies.....................................3779

Employees' securities companies exemptions.......................3773

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Equal voting rights defined......................................3772

Exchange-traded funds............................................3759

Extension of XBRL voluntary reporting program on the EDGAR

System.......................................................3780

Form N-SAR.......................................................3770

Frequency of distribution of capital gains.......................3765

Fund board composition and chair regulations.....................3766

Fund of funds investments........................................3768

Income tax regulations...........................................2430

Internal control over financial reporting requirements...........3754

Issued ratably definition........................................3763

Portfolio transaction cost disclosure............................3761

Registration form and rules................................3760, 3770

Smaller company regulatory reform................................3744

Investments:

See also Brokers

Commodity futures

Investment companies

Securities

Cash solicitation rule...........................................3771

Direct investment abroad reporting...........................293, 294

Filing documents in interactive data format......................3742

Financial services transactions between U.S. providers and unaffiliated foreign persons..................................297

Investment advisers:

Anti-money laundering program..................................2144

Electronic filing..............................................3774

Political contributions........................................3757

Proxy voting policies..........................................3748

Thrift institutions............................................3781

Mutual funds:

Reporting suspicious transactions..............................2137

Requirement threshold for information on transfers and transmittals...............................................2153

Permissible transactions for federal credit unions.........3643, 3667

Quarterly survey of transactions in selected services and intangible assets with foreign persons........................296

Widely held fixed investment trusts........................2566, 2567

Irrigation:

Project operation and maintenance................................1544

K

Kidney diseases:

Medicare:

Conditions for coverage.........................................956

L

Labeling:

See also Food labeling

Packaging and containers

Alcoholic beverages............................2167, 2169, 2189, 2207

Blood and blood components........................................845

Drugs..........................795, 796, 806, 851, 857, 865, 869, 871

Drugs, biologics, or medical devices held for the Strategic

National Stockpile............................................861

Fuel economy of motor vehicles.............................2838, 2883

Human cells, tissues, and cellular and tissue-based products......862

Latex condoms.....................................................872

Malt beverages...................................................2219

Mini sparklers...................................................3382

Natural rubber-containing medical devices.........................799

Portable generators carbon monoxide poisoning hazard.............3384

Recycled oil intended for use as engine oil......................3642

Wine alcohol content.............................................2172

Winemaking terms.................................................2214

Labor:

See also Child labor

Employee benefit plans

Employment

Equal employment opportunity

Occupational safety and health

Retirement

Unemployment compensation

Wages

Apprenticeship programs:

Registration standards.........................................1773

Federal service contract health and welfare benefits.............1761

Labor organization officer and employee reports..................1766

Small Business Job Protection Act................................1760

Trade adjustment assistance for workers..............1780, 1781, 1782

Wage determinations for construction and service contracts........654

Wagner-Peyser Act:

Method of delivery of funded services..........................1783

Workforce Investment Act.........................................1783

YouthBuild Program...............................................1784

Laboratories:

Accreditation of analytical chemistry laboratories................193

Crash test laboratory requirements for roadside safety hardware acceptance...................................................1962

Fee rates for agricultural industry testing.........................9

Gynecological cytology proficiency testing requirements...........928

Hospital conditions of participation..............................957

Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories Fee Schedule..........1838

Waste management.................................................2987

Land:

See Grazing lands

Indians-lands

Public lands

Rights-of-way

Law:

See Administrative practice and procedure

Courts

Indians-law

Lawyers

Law enforcement:

See also Drug traffic control

Armor vest purchase..............................................1753

Carriage of concealed weapons....................................1722

Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act...1724, 1725, 1726, 3477, 3482

Fish and Wildlife Service........................................1373

Forest Service....................................................206

Indian country...................................................1550

National Instant Criminal Background Check System:

Background checks prior to return of firearms in law enforcement possession.....................................1718

Police department review for pattern or practice of unlawful conduct......................................................1649

Private Security Officer Employment Authorization Act............1721

Production of information or testimony by officials serving on a Department of Justice Task Force...........................1735

Training of officers authorized to enforce immigration law during mass influx of aliens.................................1193

Use of tobacco products without payment of tax...................2200

Lawyers:

Ethical standards................................................1745

Representation for aliens in immigration proceedings.............1708

Standards of conduct:

SEC............................................................3816

Lead poisoning:

Ban request for toy jewelry containing lead................3370, 3383

Paint................................................2926, 2945, 2946

Reducing lead consumption and use................................2930

Libraries:

Disposition of culturally identifiable human remains in possession of museums........................................1509

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Presidential library facilities..................................3085

Title IX of the Education Act Amendments.........................3100

Life insurance:

Accelerated death benefits.......................................2493

District of Columbia employees...................................3182

Government employees.............................................3192

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance:

Traumatic injury protection rider..............................2664

Liquors:

Exports..........................................................2216

Livestock:

See also Grazing lands

Meat and meat products

Meat inspection

Poultry and poultry products

Aquatic animals.....................................................1

Assistance for producers...........................................23

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention.......................855

Cattle importation.................................................49

Chronic wasting disease in farmed elk and deer.....................72

Foot-and-mouth disease.............................................71

Interstate movement of sheep and goats.............................62

Livestock Mandatory Reporting Program...............................7

National Forest System restrictions...............................214

National Organic Program............................................3

Access to pasture.................................................5

National list of allowed and prohibited substances regulations..............................................11, 12

Packers and Stockyards Act:

Rules of practice...............................................136

Loan programs:

Guarantees for projects employing innovative energy technologies..................................................753

Indian loan guaranty, insurance and interest subsidy.............1541

NIH loan repayment programs.......................................900

Reclamation Loan Guarantee Program...............................1599

Special Community Disaster Loans Program.........................1270

Treasury loan program............................................2163

Loan programs-agriculture:

Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program......268, 274, 275, 277

Socio-economic benefit assessment system...................270, 271

Community programs.................................................93

Farm Credit Administration:

Accounting and disclosure to shareholders and investors........3389

Borrower rights................................................3388

Capital adequacy...............................................3386

Disclosure and reporting requirements....................3394, 3397

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation..........3392, 3396, 3399

Financially related services...................................3387

Funding and fiscal affairs.....................................3386

Governance of institutions.....................................3397

Loan policies and operations...................................3386

Mission-related investments....................................3385

Ownership requirement for eligibility of processing and marketing entities.........................................3393

Priority of claims.............................................3390

Privacy Act and security information regulations...............3400

Regulatory burden..............................................3395

Scope of financing regulations.................................3391

Termination regulations........................................3398

Farm Loan Program:

Regulatory streamlining..........................................21

Farm Service Agency:

Appraisal requirements for farm ownership loans..................35

Debt collection and settlement regulations.......................26

Guaranteed farm loan fees........................................29

Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Program...........................34

Interest assistance program......................................41

Interest rates on guaranteed loans...............................38

Interest to be paid on loss claims...............................20

Farm Storage Facility Loan Program.................................36

Guaranteed farm loan regulations..................................269

Marketing assistance loans:

Grain............................................................32

National security emergency loans.................................276

Regulation streamlining............................................21

Renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements program.......................................................271

Rural broadband access............................................282

Rural development guaranteed loan programs........................272

Rural economic development........................................273

Rural housing......................................................95

Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Act program.....................90

Water and waste disposal..........................................285

Water programs....................................................283

Loan programs-business:

SBA:

Certified Development Company program..........................3263

Disaster loan program..........................................3268

Drought disaster relief........................................3269

Economic injury disaster loans.................................3265

Lender examination and review fees.............................3260

Premier Certified Lenders Program..............................3253

Small Business Lending Companies...............................3239

Loan programs-education:

OPM repayment regulations........................................3167

Provisions for survivors of eligible victims of September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks........................................719

Loan programs-housing and community development:

Accelerated claims disposition...................................1330

Closing forms and documents......................................1316

Government-sponsored enterprises:

Conservatorship................................................3112

Minimum capital................................................3115

Organizational structure.......................................3114

Prohibition on indemnification payments........................3116

Prompt corrective action regulation............................3113

Record retention requirements..................................3119

Regulatory reporting standards.................................3118

Risk-based capital requirement...........................3117, 3120

HOME Investment Partnerships Program.............................1289

Housing Finance Agency Risk-Sharing Program......................1312

Rural areas..........................................95, 98, 104, 106

Loan programs-veterans:

Fees and charges.................................................2663

Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages.................................2658

Regulation amendments............................................2628

Lobbying:

Restrictions.....................................................1036

Longshore and harbor workers:

Safety and health regulations....................................1839

Low and moderate income housing:

See also Public housing

Housing and Community Development Act regulations................1338

Indian Housing Block Grant Program:

Rental assistance..............................................1352

Section 8:

Housing Finance Agency Risk-Sharing Program....................1312

Renewal of expiring project-based assistance contract..........1322

Tax credit rents...............................................1350

Tax credits......................................................2267

Lumber:

See Forests and forest products

M

Manufactured homes:

Dispute resolution program.......................................1325

HUD insured as condominiums......................................1310

Installation program.......................................1323, 1324

Permanent foundation regulations.................................1304

Marine engineering:

See Vessels

Marine mammals:

See also Endangered and threatened species

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Animal welfare standards...........................................48

Atlantic large whale..............................................493

Beluga whales.....................................................491

Captive holding and transport.....................................490

Importation of polar bear trophies...............................1381

Incidental taking:

Air-to-surface gunnery exercises in the northern Gulf of

Mexico......................................................459

Assessment of Naval ship survivability..........................455

Deployment of Naval at-sea gunnery scoring system...............456

Explosive removal of offshore structures in the Gulf of

Mexico......................................................495

Knik Arm Bridge construction in Anchorage, Alaska...............463

Naval explosives ordnance testing and training exercises in the northern Gulf of Mexico.................................460

Naval military readiness activities........................462, 492

Naval training operations at the East Coast shallow water training range..............................................458

Oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico...................454

Oil and gas industry activities in Alaska......................1397

Precision strike weapons exercises in the northern Gulf of

Mexico......................................................550

Testing and training of the Navy's Surveillance Towed Array

Sensor System-Low Frequency Active Sonar....................457

Manatee protection areas.........................................1489

North Atlantic whale protection..............................494, 498

Protection regulations...........................................1573

Right whale protection............................................553

Spinner dolphin protection........................................461

Swimming or recreational interaction with.........................549

Marine pollution:

See Water pollution control

Marine resources:

See also Fisheries

Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act..................471

Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary....................502, 503

Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary............................504

Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary.............................556

Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary..................500

Monetary Bay National Marine Sanctuary............................501

Research program..................................................509

Marine safety:

See also Vessels

Escort vessels for tankers.......................................1155

Personal flotation device requirements...........................1165

Propeller injury prevention......................................1123

Puget Sound-area waters..........................................1162

Safety and security zone regulations.................1148, 1169, 1176

Standards for marine equipment...................................1144

Standards of training, certification and watchkeeping for seafarers....................................................1122

Maritime carriers:

See also Cargo vessels

Passenger vessels

Seamen

Vessels

Administrative appeals process for agricultural commodities........22

Civil penalties..................................................2053

Communications.............................................3485, 3498

Hazardous substances.............................................2077

Income source rules..............................................2250

Japanese vessels.................................................3610

License application for ocean transportation intermediaries......3609

Maintenance and repair reimbursement pilot program...............2079

Merchant mariners..............................1136, 1167, 1168, 1172

Mobile radio services............................................3436

Pilotage rates on the Great Lakes................................1146

Right whale ship strike reduction.................................494

Vapor control systems............................................1133

Worker identification credential.................................1206

Meat and meat products:

See also Meat inspection

Advanced meat/bone separation machinery...........................191

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention.............190, 855, 878

Chronic wasting disease in elk and deer............................72

Foot-and-mouth disease.............................................71

Labeling......................................................14, 186

Allergen labeling...............................................181

Meat recovery systems.............................................191

Performance standards:

Bacon...........................................................198

Ready-to-eat products...........................................185

Prohibition of use of specified risk materials....................190

Trichinae Certification Program....................................50

Meat inspection:

Availability of distribution lists of retail consignees during recalls.......................................................194

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention.......................190

Determining net weight compliance.................................195

Fees...............................................................15

Horses............................................................197

Mechanically separated products...................................191

Prohibition on use of air-injection stunners......................192

Rabbit grading fees................................................18

Use of certain ingredients in products intended for export only 200

Veal definition...................................................182

Medicaid:

See also Public assistance programs

Ambulatory surgical centers:

Conditions for coverage.........................................918

Benchmark benefit package.........................................931

Civil money penalties, assessments, and exclusions................962

Contractor liability limitation...................................950

Cost sharing options..............................................930

Disclosure of children's eligibility for food assistance programs......................................................175

Documentation requirements for aliens.............................971

Drugs:

Average manufacturer price requirements.........................965

Emergency preparedness requirements...............................953

Governmentally-operated providers cost limit......................972

High risk pool grants.............................................969

Home and community-based services.................................933

Hospice care......................................................981

Managed care:

Civil penalties.................................................774

Medical improvement eligibility group.............................924

Non-emergency medical transportation programs.....................929

Outpatient hospital services......................................925

Payment error rate measurement program............................990

Payments for service provided without charge......................923

Premium assistance:

Children of state employees.....................................948

Privacy Act exemption for record systems..........................938

Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly...................1001

Rehabilitation services...........................................945

Rural health clinic services......................................925

Self-directed personal assistance services........................932

State plan options.................................929, 932, 933, 945

Targeted case management..........................................970

Use of restraint and seclusion in health care facilities.....917, 958

Medical assistance program:

See Medicaid

Medical care:

See Health care

Medical devices:

Analyte specific reagents.........................................798

CHAMPVA coverage of devices and prostheses.......................2596

Classification and reclassification...............................798

Competitive bidding...............................................964

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Current Good Manufacturing Practice final rule....................794

Current good manufacturing practice for combination products......817

Economic impact analysis:

User labeling on natural rubber-containing devices..............799

Electronic registration and listing requirements..................823

Electronic submission of postmarketing safety reports.............821

Informed consent regulations......................................838

Labeling of products held for the Strategic National Stockpile 861

Laser products....................................................822

Medical gas containers and closures...............................839

Ozone-depleting substances........................................826

Metered-dose inhalers...........................................825

Postmarket safety reporting for combination products..............818

Pressure regulators for use with medical oxygen...................803

Radio spectrum requirements......................................3428

Respiratory protective devices:

Quality assurance and administrative provision..................786

Restricted devices................................................798

Surety bond requirement for suppliers.............................947

Surgeon and patient examination gloves............................883

Unlabeled or off-label uses.......................................711

Use of materials derived from cattle..............................879

Medical facilities:

See Health facilities

Medical personnel:

See Health professions

Medical records:

See Health records

Medical research:

Minority Biomedical Research Support Program......................902

Minority health disparities research endowment program............904

National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research chimpanzees...................................................908

NIH center grants.................................................907

NIH grants...................................................899, 901

NIH loan repayment programs.......................................900

Medicare:

Ambulatory surgical centers:

Conditions for coverage.........................................918

Payment rates for services......................................976

Appeals process...................................................961

Civil money penalties, assessments, and exclusions................962

Coordination of retiree health benefits..........................3044

Double pharmacy benefit coverage with TRICARE................693, 713

Drugs:

Appeals.........................................................949

Competitive acquisition.........................................988

Electronic prescribing.....................................937, 993

Home infusion pharmacies........................................942

New drug applications and abbreviated new drug applications 829

Sexual or erectile dysfunction treatment........................942

Durable medical equipment:

Competitive bidding.............................................964

Surety bond requirement for suppliers...........................947

Emergency preparedness requirements...............................953

End-stage renal disease:

Conditions for coverage.........................................956

Enrollment period.................................................943

Enrollment standards:

Provider and supplier requirements..............................952

Fee schedules:

Ambulance services..............................................980

Physician payments..............................................936

Fraud and abuse provisions...................................778, 779

Gynecological cytology proficiency testing requirements for laboratories and individuals..................................928

Home health agencies:

Conditions of participation.....................................914

Prospective payment system......................................927

Hospice care......................................................981

Hospitals:

Coinsurance.....................................................973

Discharge notification procedures..............................1003

Extended care services coinsurance..............................973

GME affillations for a teaching hospital affected by a disaster...................................................1002

Inpatient deductible............................................973

Inpatient prospective payment system............................939

Limitation on charges for services furnished to Indians.........897

Organ transplantation centers...................................996

Outpatient prospective payment system...........................940

Psychiatric hospitals prospective payment system...........954, 967

Medicare Advantage:

Contract determinations.........................................944

Disclosure of information.......................................944

Intermediate sanctions process..................................944

Prohibition of mid-year benefit enhancements....................994

Medicare Integrity Program........................................989

Medicare+Choice plans:

Civil penalties.................................................774

Monthly actuarial rates...........................................975

National Plan and Provider Enumeration System.....................921

Overpayment recoupment............................................987

Part D prescription drug plan:

Contract determinations.........................................944

Disclosure of information.......................................944

Intermediate sanctions process..................................944

Part D research demonstration and evaluation studies..............995

Premium rate.................................................943, 975

Premiums for uninsured aged and disabled individuals who have exhausted other entitlement...................................974

Prior determination process.......................................984

Privacy Act exemption for record systems..........................938

Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly...................1001

Prospective Payment System:

Long-term care hospitals...................................955, 966

Provider reimbursement regulations:

Appeals.........................................................960

Quality improvement organizations.................................922

Random prepayment review..........................................986

Rehabilitation facilities:

Inpatient prospective payment system............................934

Repayment plans..............................................987, 992

Rural health clinics..............................................916

Secondary payer...................................................985

SELECT policy:

Safe harbor for waivers of beneficiary coinsurance and deductible amounts..........................................776

Skilled nursing facilities:

Prospective payment system and consolidated billing.............935

Use of restraint and seclusion in health care facilities.....917, 958

Mental health programs:

Disability determinations........................................3270

Extending sunset date for interim final regulation on parity......979

Psychiatric residential treatment facilities:

Prospective payment system.................................954, 967

Use of restraint and seclusion.............................917, 958

Merchant marine:

See Maritime carriers

Seamen

Metals:

Anti-money laundering program for dealers in precious metals, stones, or jewels............................................2150

EPA trace metal analysis.........................................3023

Toxics Release Inventory reporting requirements..................2966

Migratory birds:

See Wildlife

Military arms sales:

See Arms and munitions

Page 23741

Military installations:

See Federal buildings and facilities

Military personnel:

See also Armed forces

Delinquent indebtedness...........................................596

Domestic abuse policies...........................................599

Elimination of deemed military wages.............................3273

Financial assistance to local educational agencies................611

Individual mobilization augmentees management.....................597

Management and mobilization of regular and reserve retired military members..............................................609

Naturalization of aliens serving in the Armed Forces and their dependents....................................................608

Policy concerning organizations seeking to represent or organize members in negotiation or collective bargaining......619

Ready Reservists:

Screening policies..............................................601

Reemployment.....................................................3172

Retirement regulations...........................................3187

Transition assistance.............................................592

Voluntary State tax withholding from retired pay..................590

Milk:

School breakfast and lunch programs...............................173

Non-dairy beverage substitutions................................162

Mine safety and health:

Alcohol and drug use prevention..................................1819

Asbestos exposure limit..........................................1815

Black Lung Benefits Act:

Elimination of claimant's name in decisions and orders.........1770

Civil monetary penalties.........................................1823

Coal mine dust personal sampler units.............................788

Diesel particulate matter exposure...............................1811

Electrical products..............................................1817

Emergency evacuation standard....................................1822

Equivalency evaluation of EPA's nonroad diesel engine standards 1820

Field modifications of permissible mobile diesel-powered equipment....................................................1818

Mine rescue team standards and requirements......................1810

Personal continuous dust monitors................................1821

Respirable coal dust.......................................1813, 1814

Respirable crystalline silica standard...........................1816

Toxics Release Inventory reporting requirements for metal mining.......................................................2966

Underground coal mines:

Dust control plan verification.................................1813

Fire protection requirements...................................1808

High-voltage continuous mining equipment standards.............1812

Sealing of abandoned areas.....................................1809

Mineral resources:

See also Coal

Metals

Oil and gas reserves

Public lands-mineral resources

Debt collection..................................................1577

Leasing Indian lands.......................................1535, 1539

Locatable minerals program........................................209

Outer Continental Shelf operations:

Documents incorporated by reference............................1579

Federal consistency regulations.................................507

Leasing regulations............................................1557

Safety requirements............................................1140

Phosphate lease modifications....................................1606

Proprietary terms................................................1569

Rights-of-way regulations..................................1380, 1604

Unauthorized mining operations on National Forest System lands 215

Valuation of sodium and potassium................................1563

Mineral royalties:

Interest and late payments.......................................1553

Offsets, recoupments, and refunds................................1553

Miners:

See Mine safety and health

Mines:

See also Mine safety and health

Reclamation

Surface mining

Abandoned............................................1586, 1589, 1594

Adjustment of fixed fees for cost recovery.......................1612

Advance royalties and royalty rates..............................1608

Bonds............................................................1608

Information collection...........................................1611

Lands available for location of mining claims or sites...........1603

Lease modifications..............................................1608

Leasing Indian lands.......................................1533, 1534

Logical mining unit diligence....................................1608

Reclamation Loan Guarantee Program...............................1599

Requirements for maintaining claim...............................1603

Revegetation standards...........................................1593

Safe and environmentally protective use of granular mine tailings.....................................................2977

Unauthorized operations on National Forest System lands...........215

Use of coal combustion byproducts in reclamation.................1583

Valuation of coal for advance royalty purposes...................1568

Minimum wages:

Records to be kept by employers..................................1760

Minority groups:

See Civil rights

Mobile homes:

See Manufactured homes

Mobile offshore drilling units:

See Vessels

Mortgage insurance:

Alternative water supply systems.................................1299

Approval of condominiums in Puerto Rico upon presentation of legal documents..............................................1331

Federal Housing Administration:

Individual units in two and three unit condominiums............1311

Hospitals........................................................1317

Manufactured homes in condominium................................1310

Refinancing home equity conversion mortgages.....................1327

Single-family:

Program revisions..............................................1318

Mortgages:

See also Mortgage insurance

Cooperative housing developments.................................1327

Delinquency, default, and loss mitigation........................1306

Disclosure of costs to consumers.................................1329

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation:

Business plan for electronic commerce activities...............3399

Risk-based capital standards.............................3392, 3396

Federal Housing Administration:

Requirement for appraisers on appraiser roster...........1300, 1303

Standards for mortgagor's investment in property...............1307

Government-sponsored enterprises:

Compliance with Fair Housing Act...............................1292

Conservatorship................................................3112

Financial reporting............................................1336

Housing goals..................................................1291

Minimum capital................................................3115

Mortgage-backed securities.....................................1336

Organizational structure.......................................3114

Prohibiting the purchase of loans arising from unacceptable lending practices..........................................1292

Prohibition on indemnification payments........................3116

Prompt corrective action regulation............................3113

Record retention requirements..................................3119

Regulatory reporting standards.................................3118

Risk-based capital requirement...........................3117, 3120

Home equity conversion mortgages.................................1327

Counseling quality control and standardization.................1320

Loan underwriting standards....................................1309

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Mandatory escrow accounts......................................1309

Maximum claim amount...........................................1308

Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages:

Index addition.................................................1319

Loan guaranty for veterans.....................................2658

Manufactured homes on permanent foundations......................1304

Mortgagee Review Board regulations...............................1284

Nondiscrimination................................................3111

Motor carriers:

Brake systems....................................................2001

Cargo tank motor vehicle and cylinder specifications.............2060

Charter bus operations...........................................2043

Civil and criminal penalties.....................................1987

Drivers:

Commercial driver's license testing............................1983

Commercial drivers' licenses with hazardous materials endorsement..........................................1217, 1995

Diabetes standard..............................................1997

Hours of service regulations.............................1978, 1980

Learner permits................................................1983

Medical certification requirements as part of CDL program......1991

Minimum training requirements for entry level operations.......1985

National registry of certified medical examiners...............1981

Electronic on-board recorders for hours-of-service compliance 1980

Federal safety regulations:

Auditor certification..........................................1977

Fire extinguisher exception for driveaway-towaway operations 1990

Lamps and reflective devices...................................1989

Freight forwarding industry......................................1986

Hazardous materials transportation.........................1216, 2070

Drivers licensed in Canada or Mexico transporting materials in the US..................................................1223

Household goods transportation...................................1979

Consumer complaint information.................................1982

Inspection, repair, and maintenance..............................1996

Intermodal cargo containers......................................1996

Interstate van operations........................................1988

Intrastate accident and safety data used to judge the fitness of interstate carriers.......................................2002

Medical transportation demonstration grant program...............2050

Mexican:

Accelerated safety monitoring system and compliance initiative.................................................1993

Decal display requirements.....................................2000

NAFTA..........................................................1992

Minimum levels of financial responsibility.......................1998

New entrant safety assurance process.............................1994

Railroad grade crossing safety...................................1984

Size and weight regulations......................................1974

Stopping distance requirements for truck tractors................2013

Unified carrier registration fees................................1999

Unified registration system......................................1976

Motor vehicle pollution:

All-terrain vehicles.............................................2776

Alternative fuels:

Replacement fuel goal modification..............................748

Vehicle acquisition requirement waivers.........................747

Component durability procedures..................................2805

Control regulations..................................2725, 2798, 2875

Diesel exhaust...................................................2750

Emission control diagnostic systems..............................2793

Emission standards:

Defect reporting for on-highway motor vehicles and engines.....2815

Diesel engines and fuels.......................................2810

Exemption for US Territories...................................2889

HOV facilities rule............................................2754

New motor vehicles.............................................2754

Gasoline:

Additives......................................................2779

Anti-dumping program...............................2786, 2789, 2791

Reformulated.............................................2813, 2837

Volatility standard for Alaska.................................2825

Gasoline sulfur requirements:

Exemption for US Territories...................................2889

Imported vehicles emissions standards............................2849

Nonroad diesel engines...........................................2839

Renewable Fuel Standards.........................................2816

Motor vehicle safety:

See also Highway safety

All terrain vehicles.............................................3371

Buses:

Certification of buses manufactured in more than one stage.....2026

Child restraint systems....................................2006, 2016

Confidential business information................................2020

Early warning reporting..........................................2019

Electronic stability control.....................................2027

Head restraints..................................................2021

Lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment........1989, 2017

Mirrors:

Convex cross view mirrors......................................2009

Motor homes:

Cargo carrying capacity........................................2015

Occupant crash protection:

Air bags.......................................................2004

Designated seating position definition.........................2011

Door retention.................................................2023

Side impact protection...................................2003, 2012

Vehicles built in two or more stages...........................2010

Platform lift systems:

Control lighting, illumination and testing requirements........2007

Roof crashworthiness.............................................2005

Test dummies:

Child size.....................................................2014

EuroSID II.....................................................2024

Hybrid III.....................................................2014

SID-IIs side impact............................................2025

Tire pressure monitoring systems:

Phase-in.......................................................2018

Trailers:

Cargo carrying capacity........................................2015

Motor vehicles:

See also Fuel economy

Motor carriers

Motor vehicle safety

Anti-money laundering program for businesses engaged in motor vehicle sales................................................2130

Charitable contribution deduction..........................2454, 2560

Customer identification programs for sellers of vehicles.........2128

Fuel economy labeling......................................2838, 2883

Government property management...................................3063

Imports..........................................................2849

Insurer theft loss reporting requirements........................2008

Location and monitoring systems..................................3492

Mercury switches.................................................2934

National Stolen Passenger Motor Vehicle Information System.......1719

Recycled oil testing and labeling................................3642

Salvage regulations..............................................1746

Theft prevention standard:

Light duty truck lines.........................................2022

Used motor vehicle trade regulation rule.........................3632

Motorcycles:

See Motor vehicles

Munitions:

See Arms and munitions

Museums:

See Libraries

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N

Narcotics:

See Drug traffic control

National banks:

Basel Capital Accord.............................................2231

Capital regulations..............................................2232

Corporate activity rules, policies, and procedures...............2225

Financial subsidiaries...........................................2113

Lending limits pilot program.....................................2228

Real estate brokerage determination..............................2114

Risk based capital...............................................2231

National cemeteries:

See Cemeteries

National defense:

See Armed forces

Arms and munitions

Classified information

National defense contracts:

See Government contracts

Government procurement

National forests:

Advertising and sponsorship in concessions with privately developed facilities..........................................238

Criminal citations for unauthorized mining operations.............215

Endangered Species Act consultation...............................243

Escaped fire damage regulations...................................213

Forest Service Directive System...................................227

Forest vegetation resource planning...............................225

Free use approval.................................................251

Grazing permits...................................................210

Grizzly Bear management...........................................258

Ground water resource management policy...........................219

Healthy Forests Reserve Program...................................254

Healthy Forests Restoration Act:

Predecisional administrative review and objection process.......232

Indian forest land protection.....................................240

Land and resource management planning...................243, 249, 259

Land management plan..............................................244

Linear right-of-way rental fee schedule...........................216

Livestock and wild horse restrictions.............................214

National Environmental Policy Act procedures......................217

National Trail Management Classification System...................242

Native plant materials policy.....................................239

Oil and gas lease compliance documentation........................257

Open space conservation...........................................229

Outfitter and guide special use authorizations...............212, 218

Partner, sponsor and donor recognition policy.....................220

Piscicide applications............................................236

Predator damage management........................................234

Publicly managed recreation opportunities.........................226

Recreation event fees.............................................211

Roadless area management:

Idaho...........................................................224

North Carolina..................................................248

South Carolina..................................................260

Virginia........................................................247

Sacred sites management...........................................245

Sensitive species directive.......................................243

Ski area resort activity exclusion from NEPA......................221

Small business land use...........................................205

Timber sale set-aside program...................................241

Special interest areas............................................228

Sporicide use.....................................................256

Threatened, endangered, and sensitive species conservation........222

Timber sales......................................................233

Export and substitution restrictions............................207

Integrated Resource Contracts...................................235

Travel management.................................................237

Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................253

Unprocessed timber in southern California determined surplus to domestic needs................................................255

Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................252

Wind energy development...........................................223

National parks:

Alaskan parks....................................................1528

Big Cypress National Preserve:

Off-road vehicle use.....................................1518, 1519

Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area:

Off road vehicle use...........................................1514

Boating and water use activities.................................1520

Canaveral National Seashore:

Public nudity restriction......................................1516

Commercial filming or photography permits and fees...............1508

Concessioner leasehold surrender interest provisions.............1512

Disposition of abandoned or unclaimed property...................1525

Dry Tortugas Park................................................1523

Fire Island National Seashore:

Off-road driving regulations...................................1511

Gateway National Recreation Area...........................1521, 1522

Glacier Bay National Park:

Vessel management..............................................1527

Grand Canyon National Park:

Colorado River management plan.................................1513

National Capitol Region:

Parking violations.............................................1510

Personal watercraft use..............................1521, 1522, 1526

Rockefeller Parkway:

Snowmobile use.................................................1517

Shenandoah National Park:

Backcountry camping............................................1524

Yellowstone and Grand Teton:

Snowmobile use.................................................1517

National Register of Historic Places:

See Historic preservation

National security information:

See Classified information

National Wildlife Refuge System:

See Wildlife refuges

Nationality:

See Citizenship and naturalization

Native Americans:

See Indians

Natural gas:

See also Oil and gas exploration

Oil and gas reserves

Pipelines

Blanket certification regulations................................3577

Communication protocols..........................................3580

Coordinating processing of authorizations for proposed projects 3576

Electronic filing of documents...................................3562

Natural Gas Act standard of review...............................3574

Rate determination...............................................3577

Rate regulation of underground storage facilities................3592

Reporting regulations............................................3569

Standards for business practices.................................3580

Standards of conduct for transmission providers............3581, 3583

Waterfront liquefied natural gas facility requirements...........1138

Natural resources:

See also Coastal zone

Continental shelf

Energy

Environmental protection

Fish

Forests and forest products

Marine resources

Mineral resources

National forests

Public lands

Reclamation

Recreation and recreation areas

Water resources

Wildlife

Conservation contract debt write-down..............................28

Conservation program information confidentiality..................290

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Conservation security program.....................................288

Damage assessments...............................................1368

Use of reclamation lands, facilities, and water surfaces.........1598

Inclusion of Hoover Dam........................................1600

Naturalization:

See Citizenship and naturalization

Naval stores:

See Forests and forest products

Navigation (air):

Airspace system..................................................1945

Area navigation..................................................1921

Instrument flight rules..........................................1942

Standard instrument approach procedures..........................1944

Use and preservation of navigable airspace.......................1920

Navigation (water):

Certification requirements for NOAA Electronic Navigational

Chart distribution............................................557

Puget Sound......................................................1162

Regulated navigation areas.......................................1156

SOLAS Chapter V navigation safety regulations....................1127

Traffic separation schemes.......................................1142

News media:

See also Radio

Television

Newspapers:

Radio cross-ownership..........................................3466

Nondiscrimination:

See Civil rights

Nonprofit organizations:

Food and Nutrition Service data collection........................157

Grants administration.................................604, 1037, 2681

Javits-Wagner-O'Day program:

Governance standards for participating agencies................2687

Responsibilities of central agencies...........................2691

Participation of religious organizations:

CNCS programs..................................................2699

DHS programs...................................................1026

USDA programs...................................................278

Nuclear energy:

See also Nuclear materials

Nuclear power plants and reactors

Conforming administrative changes................................3723

DOE civil penalties...............................................773

Electronic submissions in NRC hearings...........................3701

Occupational radiation protection............................756, 760

Radiation protection of the public and environment................752

Reorganization regulations.......................................3729

Nuclear materials:

Access authorization fees........................................3728

Byproduct material regulations.............................3703, 3726

Medical use....................................................3709

Determining eligibility for access to.............................750

Economic development transfers of real property at defense nuclear facilities............................................754

Exports:

Libya restriction..............................................3739

Fingerprinting and criminal history records checks.........3732, 3740

Geological Repository Operations Area security requirements......3691

Licensee size standards..........................................3733

Licensing and distribution of byproduct material.................3698

NRC office address change........................................3722

Nuclear fuel.....................................................3710

Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System database......3688

Radioactive waste disposal.......................................3724

Reorganization regulations.......................................3729

Secure transport requirements..............................3731, 3735

Sensitive unclassified non-safeguards information and safeguards information access................................3730

Solid material control...........................................3717

Source material distribution.....................................3716

Spent fuel:

Reactivity control for dry storage or transport casks and containers.................................................3737

Shipment information protection requirements...................3711

Storage casks................................3704, 3706, 3708, 3736

Transfers of certain exempt source materials by specific licensees....................................................3713

Unclassified controlled nuclear information regulation............749

Uranium in drinking water........................................3727

US-IAEA safeguards agreement...........................315, 351, 3719

Nuclear power plants and reactors:

ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.......................3687, 3702

Certificate of compliance terminology............................3692

Civil penalty authority over non-licensees.......................3700

Decommissioning:

Funding shortfalls reduction...................................3686

Integrated rulemaking..........................................3712

Tax incentive regulations................................2316, 2453

Decoupling assumed loss of offsite power from loss-of-coolant accidents....................................................3721

Design basis threat requirements.................................3734

Design certification:

Changes to licensing procedures................................3695

Emergency preparedness and guidance review.......................3693

Entombment options...............................................3714

Fracture toughness against pressurized thermal shock event requirements.................................................3690

Information collection, reporting, and posting requirements......3697

Items relied on for safety.......................................3738

License regulation requirements..................................3692

Licensing and inspection fee schedule............................3705

Limited work authorizations......................................3707

Loss-of-coolant accident break size..............................3718

Performance-based acceptance criteria for fuel cladding performance..................................................3720

Personnel:

Fitness-for-Duty Program.......................................3694

Physical protection regulations..................................3696

Pressure-temperature limits......................................3715

Protection of Safeguards Information.............................3699

Radiological sabotage............................................3696

Reorganization regulations.......................................3729

Risk-informed, performance-based requirements....................3725

Safety regulations..........................................752, 3719

Security assessment requirements for new light-water reactors 3689

Tax credit for production..................................2320, 2458

Waste disposal...................................................2900

Nuclear safety:

See Radiation protection

Nursery stock:

See Plants

Nursing homes:

See also Health facilities

Veterans.........................................................2619

Nutrition:

See also Food assistance programs

Foods

Food labeling.....................................................186

School breakfast and lunch programs...............................143

O

Occupational safety and health:

See also Mine safety and health

Beryllium exposure...............................................1825

Cargo handling...................................................1839

Child labor regulations..........................................1759

Regulations, orders, and statements of interpretation..........1762

Coal mine dust personal sampler units.............................788

Commercial diving operations.....................................1161

Construction industry............................................1831

Crane and derrick safety.......................................1833

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Hearing loss prevention........................................1844

Crystalline silica exposure......................................1824

DOE radiation protection requirements........................756, 760

Electric power...................................................1840

Electrical standards.............................................1845

Emergency response and preparedness..............................1827

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act 791, 1769

Excavations......................................................1846

Explosives and small arms manufacturing..........................1835

Fall protection..................................................1843

Hazard Communication Standard....................................1837

Ionizing radiation exposure......................................1826

Lead in Construction Standard....................................1828

Methylene chloride standard......................................1830

Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories fee schedule..........1838

Personal protective equipment....................................1841

Pesticides exposure..............................................2907

Power press standards............................................1829

Respiratory protection............................................787

Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear approval........793

Powered air-purifying respirators...............................785

Shipyard standards.........................................1832, 1847

Standards improvement............................................1836

Supplier's Declaration of Conformity.............................1848

Updating standards based on national consensus standards.........1834

Walking working surfaces.........................................1843

Ocean dumping:

See Water pollution control

Ocean resources:

See Marine resources

Offshore structures:

See Continental shelf

Oil and gas exploration:

Air pollutant emission...........................................2877

Application processing...........................................1609

Forest Service regulations........................................257

Incidental take of marine mammals in Alaska......................1397

Incidental taking of marine mammals in the Gulf of Mexico....454, 495

Leasing:

In the Alaskan National Petroleum Reserve......................1602

Indian lands.......................................1532, 1547, 1572

Oil shale operations...........................................1605

Outer Continental Shelf:

Alternate energy-related uses............................1565, 1567

Documents incorporated by reference............................1579

Federal consistency regulations.................................507

Leasing regulations............................................1557

Oil, gas and sulphur operations................................1570

Open and nondiscriminatory movement............................1562

Safety management systems......................................1561

Safety measures................................................1140

Structural integrity of platforms..............................1574

Pipeline rights-of-way...........................................1380

Production rates.................................................1559

Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................1571

Royalty credits..................................................1580

Royalty relief or reduction..............1554, 1555, 1556, 1564, 1566

Royalty reporting standards......................................1554

Well cementing requirements......................................1578

Oil and gas reserves:

Export controls...................................................342

Oil pollution:

Civil penalty amounts......................................1581, 1582

Claims procedures under the Oil Pollution Act....................1151

Discharge-removal equipment......................................1150

Landowner defenses to liability under the Oil Pollution Act......1135

Leak detection and repair of pumps and valves....................2794

National Contingency Plan..................................3001, 3011

Oil spill liability trust fund.............................1130, 1152

Oil spill response...............................................1141

Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule........2995, 2996

Vessel response plan.................................1141, 1158, 1160

Outer continental shelf:

See Continental shelf

Over-the-counter drugs:

Drug reviews:

Acne drug products containing benzoyl peroxide..................863

Antidiarrheal drug products.....................................813

Antihistamine products..........................................875

Antimicrobial diaper rash ingredients...........................797

Bismuth subsalicylate containing products for relief from overindulgence..............................................856

Bronchodilator products.........................................884

Cough and cold products..........................848, 849, 875, 884

Dandruff, seborrheic dermatitis, and psoriasis products.........885

External analgesic products.....................................850

First aid antiseptics...........................................797

Internal analgesic products.....................................808

Laxative drug products..........................................852

Nasal decongestant products.....................................849

Ophthalmic products.............................................876

Oral health care products.......................................877

Poison treatment drug products..................................814

Skin bleaching products.........................................858

Skin protectant products........................................853

Sodium bicarbonate containing antacids..........................857

Stimulant drug products.........................................811

Sunscreen products..............................................809

Topical antimicrobial drug products.............................815

Urinary analgesic drug products.................................880

Vaginal contraceptive products.............................797, 854

Weight control products.........................................810

Fixed-combination drug product regulations........................824

Ingredients not generally recognized as safe and effective or misbranded....................................................827

Labeling..........................................................851

Alcohol warning for products containing analgesic/antipyretic active ingredients for internal use.........................796

Warning and direction statements for oral and rectal sodium phosphates for laxative use.................................795

List of new drugs exempted from prescription-dispensing requirements..................................................888

Package size limitation for sodium phosphates oral solution.......795

Prescription exemption procedure..................................888

Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1679

Overtime pay:

See Wages

P

Packaging and containers:

See also Labeling

Dietary ingredients and supplements...............................834

Food containers.....................................................4

Pesticide agricultural container recycling program...............2910

Size limitation for sodium phosphates oral solution...............795

Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................3628

Paint:

See Lead poisoning

Paperwork requirements:

See Reporting and recordkeeping requirements

Parachutes:

See Aircraft

Parks:

See National parks

Passenger vessels:

See also Maritime carriers

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Access for individuals with disabilities...................1882, 2683

Cruise ship security regulations.................................1175

Effluent standards for cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters 3003

Financial responsibility requirements............................3611

Inspection alternatives..........................................1128

Manifest requirements............................................1192

Passports and visas:

Application and issuance revision and reorganization.............1854

Card format passport.............................................1872

Denial of:

Child support arrears limit....................................1880

Diversity visas..................................................1865

Employment eligibility verification program......................1867

Fingerprint requirements.........................................1875

Nonimmigrant visas:

Treaty aliens in specialty occupations.........................1777

Ports-of-entry requirements......................................1184

Removal of waiver for residents of Canada and Bermuda............1198

Surcharge for application filing.................................1873

Transit without visa.............................................1201

Visa Waiver Program..............................................1194

Patents:

See Inventions and patents

Pay:

See Wages

Peanuts:

Country of origin labeling.........................................14

Penalties:

See also Seizures and forfeitures

CBP audits.......................................................1181

Civil:

CPSC...........................................................3381

DOC.............................................................292

DOE.............................................................773

DOT................................................1987, 2037, 2053

HUD......................................................1287, 1296

Medicaid and Medicare violations................................962

Medicaid managed care organizations.............................774

Medicare+Choice Organizations...................................774

MSHA...........................................................1823

NIGC...........................................................3684

NRC............................................................3700

Oil pollution............................................1581, 1582

Criminal:

DOT......................................................1987, 2037

Disaster relief and emergency assistance.........................1257

Failure to timely pay FDIC assessments...........................3557

Immigration......................................................1698

International matchmaking organization violations..............1700

PBGC assessment and relief.......................................3228

Pensions:

See also Railroad retirement

Social security

Annual Financial and Actuarial Information Reporting.............3225

Annual return/report information revision........................1796

Deductibility of employer contributions..........................2263

Defined benefit plans:

Annual funding notice..........................................1800

Domestic relations orders:

Time and order of issuance.....................................1797

ERISA:

Adequate consideration definition..............................1803

Disclosure regulations...................................1787, 3232

Exemption for services.........................................1788

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act......1792, 1806

Length of hospital stay after birth of child...................1793

Participant contributions......................................1786

Regulations governing the performance of actuarial service.....2278

Safe harbor for default investments............................1795

GATT provisions affecting accrued benefits.......................2494

Income tax regulations.....................................2400, 2451

Individual Retirement Accounts:

Annual contract selection standards............................1802

Direct transfer of deceased participant's benefit to designated nonspouse beneficiary...........................1798

Prohibited transaction exemption for provision of investment advice...............................................1789, 1807

Safe harbor for distributions from terminated plans............1798

Selection of annuity provider..................................1790

Missing Participants program.....................................3224

Mortality assumptions............................................3231

Multi-employer plan information..................................1801

Multiemployer plans:

Reporting requirements.........................................3222

Payment of benefits in trusteed plans............................3230

Penalties assessment and relief..................................3228

Periodic benefit statements......................................1791

Premium rates and payment of premiums......................3223, 3226

Reductions of accruals and allocations because of increased age 2389

Reportable events................................................3221

Tax regulations..................................................2367

Termination information disclosure...............................3227

Valuation of benefits and assets.................................3229

Pesticides and pests:

Agricultural worker protection...................................2907

Antimicrobial pesticides...................................2904, 2918

Boll weevil quarantine and regulations.............................64

Certified pesticide applicator program...........................2906

Crop grouping regulations........................................2909

Data requirements for conventional chemicals.....................2911

Data requirements for registering biochemical or microbial products.....................................................2912

Direct application of pesticides to waters in compliance with

FIFRA........................................................3028

Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program............................2902

Explosive pest control devices...................................1652

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act compliance 2919

Groundwater protection...........................................2915

Interstate movement of garbage from Hawaii.........................79

Licensing adjudications..........................................2917

Pesticide agricultural container recycling program...............2910

Piscicide applications on National Forest System lands............236

Plant incorporated protectants.....2905, 2908, 2913, 2914, 2919, 2920

Prions...........................................................2903

Rules of practice................................................2921

Sporicide use on National Forest System lands.....................256

Tolerance processing fees........................................2916

Petroleum:

See also Fuel additives

Oil and gas exploration

Oil and gas reserves

Oil pollution

Pipelines

Refineries:

Emission standards.............................................2756

Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste at petroleum refineries......................................2980

Physically handicapped:

See Individuals with disabilities

Physicians:

See Health professions

Pilots:

See Airmen

Pipeline safety:

Distribution integrity management................................2057

Hazardous substances.......................................2071, 2073

Integrity management pipeline repair permitting..................2064

Internal corrosion reduction.....................................2065

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Material, personnel and pipe handling operations.................1552

Operators' public awareness programs.............................2068

Protecting unusually sensitive areas and commercially navigable waterways....................................................2071

Structural integrity regulations.................................1574

Updates to safety requirements...................................1558

Pipelines:

See also Natural gas

Pipeline safety

Damage reporting requirements....................................3575

Electronic filing of documents...................................3562

Open and nondiscriminatory movement..............................1562

Project costs and annual limits for blanket construction certificates.................................................3600

Rights of use and easement.......................................1560

Rights-of-way....................................................1380

Plant diseases and pests:

Citrus canker..................................................76, 78

Import regulations:

Fruits and vegetables............................................83

Non-indigenous organisms.........................................70

Shelled garden peas from Kenya...................................82

Table grapes from Namibia........................................80

Interstate movement of citrus fruit from Florida...................57

Interstate movement of fruits and vegetables from Hawaii...........81

Phytophthora ramorum regulations...................................61

Plants:

See also Seeds

Endangered and threatened:

Permits for foreign listed species.............................1460

Exports:

User fees........................................................56

Genetically engineered organisms...................................46

Imports:

Nursery stock....................................................52

Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1374

Mint crop insurance provisions....................................122

National Forest System native plant materials policy..............239

Plant incorporated protectants.....2905, 2908, 2913, 2914, 2919, 2920

Plant Protection Act:

Special need requests............................................65

Transgenic.......................................................2957

Poison prevention:

See Lead poisoning

Political activities (Government employees):

Honoraria donated to charities...................................3126

Pollution:

See Environmental protection

Population census:

See Census data

Ports:

See Harbors

Poultry and poultry products:

Allergen labeling.................................................181

Classes of........................................................189

Imported................................................179, 183, 184

Highly pathogenic avian influenza regions........................69

Low pathogenic avian influenza.....................................66

National Poultry Improvement Plan..................................84

Nutrition labeling................................................186

Performance standards:

Ready-to-eat products...........................................185

Weighing..........................................................132

Poultry inspection:

Availability of distribution lists of retail consignees during recalls.......................................................194

Determining net weight compliance.................................195

Grading fees.......................................................18

Poultry contracts:

Initiation, performance and termination.........................131

Turkey operations using bar-type cuts may operate at J-type cut line speeds...................................................196

Use of certain ingredients in products intended for export only 200

Poverty:

See Community action programs

Food assistance programs

Public assistance programs

Power resources:

See Energy

Practice and procedure:

See Administrative practice and procedure

Prescription drugs:

Antibiotics.......................................................832

Electronic transactions:

Prescriptions for controlled substances........................1669

Federal Agency Retail Pharmacy Program...........................3054

Fixed-combination drug product regulations........................824

Labeling................................................806, 865, 871

Medicaid:

Average manufacturer price requirements.........................965

Medicare:

Appeals.........................................................949

Competitive acquisition.........................................988

Contract determinations.........................................944

Disclosure of information.......................................944

Double coverage with TRICARE...............................693, 713

Electronic prescribing.....................................937, 993

Home infusion pharmacies........................................942

Intermediate sanctions process..................................944

New drug applications and abbreviated new drug applications 829

Sexual or erectile dysfunction treatment........................942

Multiple prescription issuance for Schedule II controlled substances...................................................1683

Prescription Drug Marketing Act...................................844

Registration and listing requirements.............................830

Reporting adverse events..........................................865

Safety reporting requirements.....................................831

Use of materials derived from cattle..............................879

Presidential records:

See Archives and records

Price controls:

FCC..............................................................3451

Prisoners:

Access to Inmate Central Files...................................1618

Autopsy regulations..............................................1632

Central Inmate Monitoring system.................................1630

Civil commitment of a sexually dangerous person..................1619

Classification and program review................................1624

Correspondence...................................................1626

Educational good time credit for D.C. Code offenders.............1627

Good conduct time................................................1622

Inmate electronic message program................................1617

Inmate furlough program..........................................1640

Inmate work and performance pay program:

Reduction in pay for drug- and alcohol-related offenses........1634

Limited communication opportunities for inmates linked to terrorist-related activities.................................1635

Literacy program.................................................1620

Psychiatric treatment and medication safeguards..................1641

Reduction in sentence for medical reasons........................1629

Suicide prevention program.......................................1642

Telephone regulations and financial responsibility...............1621

Prisons:

Administrative measures to prevent acts of violence or terrorism....................................................1643

Administrative Remedy Program....................................1616

Drug abuse treatment program.....................................1628

Early release consideration for D.C. Code offenders............1638

Inmate discipline................................................1631

Intensive confinement centers..............................1637, 1680

Possession of personal firearms..................................1636

Searching and detaining or arresting non-inmates.................1633

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Smoking/no smoking areas.........................................1639

Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive

Grants Program environmental impact review...................1754

Privacy:

See also Confidential business information

CFTC policies....................................................3350

Defense Logistics Agency policies.................................620

Defense Threat Reduction Agency policies..........................621

DOD policies......................................................612

Financial records and information..........................3635, 3645

Food Stamp Program................................................147

Freedom of Information Act regulations...........................3233

Office of the Secretary of Defense pogram.........................616

Privacy Act:

DHS procedures...........................................1030, 1074

DOC regulations.................................................303

DOI regulations..........................................1367, 1575

DOJ implementation.............................................1738

FHFB regulations...............................................3607

HHS regulations.................................................938

Inspector General regulations...................................613

NCUA...........................................................3663

NEH Inspector General investigative files......................3104

NIGC procedures................................................3675

OPM regulations................................................3135

Peace Corps regulations........................................3217

TSA regulations................................................1205

SBA..............................................................3266

SEC policies...............................................3762, 3778

Social security records and information....................3285, 3303

Treasury policies..........................................2215, 2581

Procurement:

See Government procurement

Prosthetic devices:

See Medical devices

Public assistance programs:

See also Child welfare

Food assistance programs

Medicaid

Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families:

Administrative cost sharing....................................1012

Work provisions................................................1017

Public buildings:

See Federal buildings and facilities

Public health:

See also Meat inspection

Waste treatment and disposal

Abstinence education.............................................1010

Air pollution effects............................................2951

Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children........................896

Informed consent regulations......................................838

Minority health disparities research endowment program............904

NIH grants........................................................899

NIH training grants...............................................906

Prior notice of imported food.....................................866

Public Health Service Act:

Length of hospital stay after birth of child...................1793

Use of seclusion and restraint in non-medical residential facilities..................................................782

Trafficking in persons:

Limitation on use of funds made available to monitor and combat.....................................................1008

Undergraduate scholarship program sponsored by NIH................905

Public housing:

See also Low and moderate income housing

Capital Fund Program.............................................1345

Energy Act revisions.............................................1346

Energy performance contracts.....................................1347

Homeownership program............................................1363

Housing Choice Voucher program:

Eligibility of units not yet under construction................1348

Streamlining revisions.........................................1349

Income determination.............................................1278

Operating fund program:

Revised transition funding provision...........................1356

Transition funding schedule review.............................1357

Operating funds for debt service.................................1351

Public Housing Assessment System.................................1342

Rental Housing Integrity Improvement Project.....................1278

Streamlining mixed finance application review....................1355

Streamlining programs......................................1343, 1349

Troubled agency recovery process.................................1362

Violence Against Women Act regulations...........................1344

Public lands:

See also Grazing lands

National forests

National parks

Public lands-mineral resources

Reclamation

Business lease procedures........................................1536

FERC fee schedule for use........................................3598

Grazing permits..................................................1531

Public hearings and appeals................................1370, 1371

Recreation permits.........................................1613, 1614

Regulatory advisory committees...................................1607

Segregation of lands proposed for sale...........................1615

Subsistence management.............1421, 1467, 1470, 1476, 1482, 1499

Use of reclamation lands.........................................1598

Inclusion of Hoover Dam........................................1600

Public lands-mineral resources:

Locatable minerals program........................................209

Revegetation standards...........................................1593

Public utilities:

See Electric utilities

Natural gas

Utilities

Water supply

R

Radiation protection:

DOE requirements........................................752, 756, 760

Dose methodology.................................................2899

Exposure standards...............................................1826

Radio:

See also Communications

Accessibility of programming providing emergency information.....3414

Aviation Radio Service...........................................3514

Broadcasting Satellite Service:

Policies and service rules.....................................3448

Channelization of the 39 GHz band................................3488

Cognitive radio technologies.....................................3420

Commercial mobile services:

Automatic and manual roaming obligations.......................3503

Resale of services.............................................3486

Roaming obligations............................................3486

Spectrum aggregation limits....................................3501

Spectrum cap...................................................3489

Competitive bidding process................................3487, 3491

Consolidating the 800 MHz industrial/land transportation and business pool channels.......................................3513

Digital audio broadcasting system................................3459

Digital audio radio service in the 2310-2360 MHz band............3434

FM allotment procedures..........................................3470

Interference temperature operation...............................3422

International Fixed Public Radiocommunication Services...........3447

Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz...............................3496

Licensing low power operations in 450-470 MHz band...............3504

Maritime communications..........................................3498

Maritime mobile services.........................................3436

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Market definitions...............................................3463

Medical technology spectrum requirements.........................3428

Multiple access systems..........................................3490

Newspaper cross-ownership........................................3466

Private land mobile services:

Airport terminal use frequencies in the 450-470 MHz band.......3512

Narrowbanding..................................................3425

Public safety communications...............................3478, 3513

Quiet zone application procedures................................3505

Spectrum usage promotion through development of secondary markets......................................................3502

Terrestrial microwave fixed services.............................3497

Transfer of 3650 through 3700 MHz band...........................3500

Transfer of 4.9 GHz band from government use.....................3500

Ultra-wideband transmission......................................3415

Wireless services................................................3509

World Radiocommunication Conference omnibus......................3431

Radioactive materials:

See Nuclear materials

Radiation protection

Radioactive waste:

See Hazardous waste

Railroad employees:

See Railroad retirement

Railroad retirement:

Annuity:

Deductions by reason of work...................................3236

Disability determination...................................3234, 3235

Railroad safety:

Accident/incident reporting requirements.........................2030

Design standards for pressurized tank cars.......................2028

Grade crossing and signal systems................................1984

Handling of railroad equipment, switches, and derails............2035

Passenger equipment safety standards:

Front-end strength of multiple-unit locomotives and cab cars 2029

Passenger train emergency systems................................2034

Sanders..........................................................2031

Track safety standards:

Inspection of joints in continuous welded rail.................2038

Railroads:

See also Railroad retirement

Railroad safety

Cost of capital determination....................................3819

Electronically controlled pneumatic brake systems................2032

Emergency relief docket and waiver relief from Federal regulations..................................................2040

FRA direct final rulemaking procedures...........................2039

Grant program for local rail line relocation and improvement projects.....................................................2036

Hazardous materials transportation.........................1216, 2072

Hours of service recordkeeping...................................2033

Public participation in class exemption proceedings..............3822

Rail abandonment procedures......................................3820

Rail fuel surcharges.......................................3817, 3823

Rail rate challenges.............................................3818

Railroad track maintenance credit................................2447

Sanders..........................................................2031

Security regulations.............................................1207

Stand-alone cost methodology...............................3818, 3821

Rates and fares:

See Air rates and fares

Communications common carriers

Maritime carriers

Motor carriers

Natural gas

Railroads

Real property acquisition:

Anti-money laundering program for persons involved in real estate closings and settlements..............................2151

GSAR tax adjustment provision....................................3070

HUBZone program..................................................3071

Reclamation:

See also Mines

Surface mining

Placement of coal combustion byproducts in active and abandoned mines........................................................1583

Reclamation Loan Guarantee Program...............................1599

Revegetation standards...........................................1593

Record retention:

See Reporting and recordkeeping requirements

Records:

See Archives and records

Freedom of information

Health records

Privacy

Reporting and recordkeeping requirements

Recreation and recreation areas:

See also Fishing

Hunting

National forests

National parks

Forest Service regulations...................................211, 226

Gateway National Recreation Area...........................1521, 1522

Golden Gate National Recreation Area:

Leashed pet requirement........................................1515

National parks regulations.......................................1520

Personal watercraft use....................................1521, 1522

Public land permits........................................1613, 1614

Water quality standards for coastal recreation waters............3020

Wildlife-dependent recreation..............................1438, 1473

Recreational fishing:

See Fishing

Recycling:

Acquisition regulations:

Products containing recovered materials in service and construction contracts.....................................3313

Comparable fuels exclusion under RCRA............................2973

Electronic equipment.............................................2982

Government purchase of recovered materials.......................2976

Oil intended for use as engine oil...............................3642

Pesticide agricultural container recycling program...............2910

Petroleum refinery process wastes................................2989

RCRA Burden Reduction Initiative.................................2981

Refrigerant..........................................2800, 2802, 2836

Solid waste......................................................2974

Refugees:

See also Aliens

Guaranty of transportation.......................................1085

Sponsorship agreement............................................1085

Renal diseases:

See Kidney diseases

Repatriation:

See Citizenship and naturalization

Reporting and recordkeeping requirements:

APHIS..............................................................63

ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................3530

Bank Secrecy Act implementation......................2133, 2137, 2154

CFTC.............................................................3362

Chemical inventory reporting.....................................2964

DEA..............................................................1694

DFARS.............................................................638

DHS..............................................................1118

DOC................................................293, 294, 388, 476

DOI..................................................1554, 1571, 1575

DOJ..................................................1677, 1733, 1734

DOL..................................................1764, 1766, 1796

DOT......................................1978, 2008, 2033, 2045, 2080

EBSA.............................................................1794

Education Department..............................................716

EPA..................................................2707, 2760, 2908

Air emissions requirements.....................................2808

Electronic reporting...........................................2709

RCRA Burden Reduction Initiative...............................2981

Exports...........................................................337

FAR..............................................................3316

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FCC........................................................3444, 3453

FDA...............................................................821

FDIC.............................................................3544

FERC.........................3569, 3575, 3582, 3584, 3588, 3596, 3599

FSIS..............................................................180

GSA..............................................................3067

HHS.........................................................831, 1006

Honoraria donated to charities...................................3126

HUD..............................................................1336

Intercountry adoptions...........................................1852

Investment advisers..................................3756, 3758, 3774

Investment companies.............................................3754

NARA:

Freedom of information.........................................3094

National Practitioner Data Bank..............................890, 893

NCUA.......................................................3653, 3659

NOAA..............................................................490

NRC..............................................................3688

NSF..............................................................3108

OFHEO............................................................3119

PBGC.......................................................3222, 3225

Peace Corps......................................................3217

Retirement record of employee transferring within same agency 3185

Securities...........................................2582, 3742, 3814

Broker-dealers...........................................2235, 3783

State Department.................................................1878

Tax determination on large cigars................................2181

Toxics Release Inventory...................................2966, 2971

Treasury.............................................2131, 2566, 2567

Uranium mill sites................................................758

VA education benefits............................................2627

Research:

See also Agricultural research

Educational research

Human research subjects

Medical research

Marine resources..................................................509

Misconduct..................................755, 805, 911, 1737, 1757

National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research chimpanzees...................................................908

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Hazardous

Substances Basic Research and Training Grants.................903

National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program............89

NIH construction grant............................................909

Protection of human subjects............................910, 912, 913

Retirement:

See also Pensions

Railroad retirement

Social security

Air traffic controllers..........................................3188

Coordination of health benefits..................................3044

District of Columbia employees...................................3182

FEHB coverage....................................................3193

Government employees:

Court orders awarding survivor annuities.......................3154

Coverage for non-appropriated fund instrumentalities...........3191

Credit for government service performed abroad.................3189

Credit for military service....................................3187

Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act..........3184

FERS basic annuity.............................................3186

FERS coverage elections........................................3190

Phased retirement program........................................2420

Record of employee transferring within same agency...............3185

TRICARE Retiree Dental Program..........................696, 702, 712

Voluntary State tax withholding from retired pay of Service members.......................................................590

Rights-of-way:

Accessibility guidelines for individuals with disabilities.......2684

Roads:

See Highways and roads

Rockets:

See Aircraft

Rodenticides:

See Pesticides and pests

Rotorcraft:

See Aircraft

Royalties:

See Mineral royalties

Rural areas:

Broadband access loans and loan guarantees........................282

Broadband network health care support mechanism..................3539

Business and industrial loan programs..............273, 274, 276, 277

Business investment program.......................................267

Environmental policies and procedures..............................97

Grassroots source water protection program.........................37

Housing:

Community Facilities Direct Loan Program....................95, 276

Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program...........99, 101, 102, 107

Loans, grants, and programs.......................98, 103, 104, 106

New and existing dwellings definition...........................105

Planning and performing construction.............................96

Surety requirements.............................................100

National transit database rural reporting requirements...........2045

Public television station digital transition grant program........284

Regulation streamlining...........................................103

Rural development guaranteed loan programs........................272

Rural Utilities Service:

Interconnection of distributed resources........................280

Lien accommodations and subordinations..........................279

Specifications for primary underground power cable..............287

Water and waste disposal loans and grants..................281, 285

Spectrum-based communications services...........................3510

Technical assistance grants and programs...........................94

Telecommunications system construction policies...................286

S

Safety:

See Aviation safety

Consumer protection

Fire prevention

Hazardous substances

Highway safety

Marine safety

Mine safety and health

Motor vehicle safety

Occupational safety and health

Pipeline safety

Radiation protection

Railroad safety

Salaries:

See Wages

Sanitation:

See Public health

Waste treatment and disposal

Satellites:

See also Space transportation and exploration

Communications:

Aeronautical Mobile Satellite Service systems..................3446

Application and licensing requirements.........................3432

Broadcast Satellite Service..............................3448, 3450

Coordination between non-geostationary and geostationary orbit......................................................3419

Digital audio radio service....................................3434

Direct Broadcast Satellite service.............................3449

Earth stations...........................................3437, 3442

Fixed-satellite services.....................3438, 3446, 3450, 3493

Licensing reform...............................................3439

Maritime mobile services.......................................3436

Mobile service provider flexibility............................3440

MSS spectrum allocation........................................3433

Non-geostationary orbit..................................3438, 3445

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Non-government operations in the 36.0-51.4 GHz portion of the

V-band.....................................................3435

Orbital debris mitigation......................................3441

Program access rules...........................................3474

Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act........3471

Savings associations:

Basel Capital Accord.............................................2583

Customer identification program..................................2136

Integrity of directors...........................................2587

Mandatorily redeemable preferred stock...........................2593

Risk based capital.........................................2583, 2588

Securities-related activities..............................2578, 2582

Stock benefit plans in mutual-to-stock conversions and mutual holding company structures...................................2590

Subordinated debt securities.....................................2593

Savings bonds:

See Bonds

School breakfast and lunch programs:

Administrative error reduction....................................160

Allowable costs...................................................156

Donated foods provided under contract with food service management companies..........................................158

Eligibility determinations for free or reduced-price meals and milk................................................161, 163, 164

Fluid milk regulations:

Non-dairy beverage substitutions................................162

Sale and marketing regulations..................................173

Food safety programs..............................................165

Nutrition standards...............................................143

Processing of donated foods.......................................169

Severe need assistance............................................172

Simplification of meal counting and claiming procedures...........174

Summer food service program.......................................166

Schools:

See also Colleges and universities

Educational facilities

Approval for enrollment in Student and Exchange Visitor

Information System...........................................1237

Asbestos model accreditation plan................................2944

Closure and consolidation........................................1545

Student and Exchange Visitor Program recertification......1229, 1231, 1247

Scientific equipment:

See Medical devices

Seafood:

See also Fish

Fisheries

Acquisition regulations...........................................672

Fish and Seafood Promotion Act....................................513

Seals:

See Marine mammals

Seamen:

Licenses and certificates of registry............................1168

Merchant marine officers training and service requirements.......1136

Merchant marine training, certification, and watchkeeping........1122

Merchant mariner application procedure...........................1167

Merchant mariner qualification credentialing.....................1172

Seaplanes:

See Aircraft

Seashores:

See Coastal zone

Securities:

See also Bonds

Abandonment of...................................................2307

Affiliate transactions...........................................3776

Anti-manipulation rules..........................................3804

Broker-dealers:

Amendments to Forms BD and BDW.................................3786

Financial responsibility rules.................................3785

Quotation requirements.........................................3792

Recordkeeping requirements.....................................2235

Concept release concerning management reports on internal control of financial reporting...............................3814

Confirmation of transactions.....................................3798

Credit rating agency regulation..................................3793

Critical accounting policies.....................................3750

Cross-trading statutory exemption................................1799

Debt securities..................................................3353

Subordinated...................................................2593

Disclosure requirements........................3750, 3787, 3788, 3799

Electronic delivery of proxy materials...........................3751

Electronic filing of transfer agent forms........................3810

Electronic form submissions......................................3743

Exemptions for banks.............................................3809

Filing documents in interactive data format......................3742

Futures products:

Offer and sale of products traded on foreign boards............3349

Registration requirements for banks acting as brokers or dealers....................................................3784

Held of record securities........................................3752

Holding companies................................................3749

Income taxation............................................2329, 2377

Inflation-based adjustments......................................3812

Integrated financial transactions................................2245

Internet availability of proxy materials.........................3746

Investment advisers..............................................3756

Antifraud rule.................................................3775

Disclosure and recordkeeping requirements......................3758

Investment companies:

Custody of securities..........................................3769

Disclosure requirements......................3748, 3764, 3782, 3813

Electronic submission of applications..........................3767

Eligible portfolio companies...................................3779

Employees' securities companies exemptions.....................3773

Equal voting rights defined....................................3772

Exchange-traded funds..........................................3759

Fund board composition and chair regulations...................3766

Fund of funds investments......................................3768

Issued ratably definition......................................3763

Lock-up agreements...............................................3755

Mandatorily redeemable preferred stock...........................2593

Mark-to-market accounting..................................2380, 2405

Municipal securities disclosure..................................3795

Electronic filing..............................................3790

Mutual funds:

Anti-money laundering program..................................2142

Extension of XBRL voluntary reporting program on the EDGAR

System.....................................................3780

Pricing regulations............................................3777

Reporting suspicious transactions..............................2137

Nasdaq-listed securities.........................................3807

National Capital Market listing standards........................3802

Options markets..................................................3808

Privacy notices..................................................3762

Privacy of consumer financial information........................3778

Qualified purchaser definition...................................3745

Reorganization events............................................3791

Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................3783

Annual reports and prospectuses................................3783

Safe harbor:

Exceptions.....................................................2381

Sarbanes-Oxley Act regulations:

PCAOB regulations..............................................3811

Savings association activities.............................2578, 2582

Self-regulatory organizations:

Concept release on structure...................................3789

Electronic filing of proposed rule changes.....................3794

Fair administration, governance, and disclosure................3800

Shareholder access to director nomination process................3747

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Short sales regulation.....................................3803, 3805

Short selling in connection with a public offering...............3801

Standards of conduct for attorneys...............................3816

Stock benefit plans in mutual-to-stock conversions and mutual holding company structures...................................2590

Streamlining.....................................................3741

Substitute dividend payments.....................................2268

Tender and reorganization agents.................................3791

Termination of reporting obligations by foreign private issuers 3753

Security information:

See Classified information

Security measures:

See also Classified information

Acquisition regulations..............................1021, 1025, 1858

Information technology.........................................1857

Patents, data and copyrights...................................1024

Bureau of Prisons administrative measures........................1643

Chemical facility anti-terrorism standards.......................1029

Cruise ship security regulations.................................1175

Customer identification programs:

Loan and finance companies.....................................2127

Pawn brokers...................................................2124

Sellers of vehicles............................................2128

Travel agents..................................................2126

Debarment and suspension.........................................1043

Defense Priorities and Allocations Systems regulation revisions 354

Disclosure of official information in connection with legal proceedings..................................................1031

DOE:

Background checks of employees..................................763

Emergency Security Control of Air Traffic....................591, 622

Federal mail.....................................................3062

Financial record information provided to DOD by financial institutions..................................................607

Food security plans...............................................199

Freedom of Information...........................................1030

Geological Repository Operations Area............................3691

Grants administration............................................1037

Homeland Security Information sharing............................1020

National security information regulations............1850, 3090, 3092

National Security Personnel System................................617

Nuclear materials transport requirements...................3731, 3735

Prior notice of imported food.....................................866

Privacy Act procedures...........................................1030

Protection of sensitive security information related to transportation...............................................1214

Public transportation security grants......................1022, 2047

Rail transportation security.....................................1207

Registered Traveler program......................................1227

Security awareness training for flight school employees..........1218

Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1679

Standards of conduct for DHS employees...........................1019

US-IAEA safeguards agreement......................................315

Washington, DC metropolitan area special flight rules............1947

Seeds:

Karnal bunt compensation...........................................73

Seizures and forfeitures:

Immigration and Naturalization regulations.......................1180

Senior citizens:

See Aged

Serums:

See Biologics

Sewage disposal:

Sewer collection systems.........................................3016

Sex discrimination:

Federally assisted programs....................1033, 3100, 3102, 3106

Programs and activities receiving Federal surplus property.......3058

Sheep:

Interstate movement regulations....................................62

Shipbuilding industry:

Safety and health regulations..............................1832, 1847

Shipping:

See Air carriers

Maritime carriers

Motor carriers

Railroads

Ships:

See Vessels

Signs and symbols:

See Trademarks

Sirup:

See Sugar

Small businesses:

Acquisition regulations.....................................634, 3320

Status determinations..........................................3261

Business Development Program:

Status determinations..........................................3244

Debarment and suspension.........................................3251

EPA procurement under assistance agreements......................2710

Government contracting programs:

Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Assistance

Program....................................................3257

Hazardous materials transportation...............................2067

HUBZone Program:

Agricultural commodities purchase from subcontractors..........3240

Amendments.....................................................3255

Definition of employee.........................................3259

Investment companies:

Conflicts of interest..........................................3246

Lending company oversight........................................3239

Loans:

Certified Development Company program..........................3263

Disaster loan program....................................3268, 3269

Economic injury disaster loans.................................3265

Lender examination and review fees.............................3260

Premier Certified Lenders Program..............................3253

Management title changes.........................................3262

Mentor-protege programs:

AID............................................................2679

DOT............................................................1896

National forest land use..........................................205

Privacy Impact Assessment Statements.............................3266

Rural business investment program.................................267

Size standards:

Air transportation support activities..........................3254

Calculation of the number of employees.........................3249

Inflation adjustment...........................................3258

Long term contracts............................................3264

Nonmanufacturers supplying products to the Federal Government 3242

NRC regulations................................................3733

Professional, scientific, and technical services...............3248

Protest regulations............................................3247

Restructuring..................................................3267

Small Business Innovation Research Program.....................3245

Small Business Development Center Program revisions..............3238

Small Business Innovation Research Program.......87, 3245, 3252, 3267

Increasing award amounts to adjust for inflation...............3250

Small Business Technology Transfer Program.......................3243

Small Disadvantaged Businesses:

Participation in DOT programs............................1883, 1891

Status determinations..........................................3244

Surety bond guarantee............................................3256

Testimony and production of records to OIG.......................3241

Timber sale set-aside program.....................................241

Venture capital company ownership................................3267

Social security:

See also Child welfare

Medicaid

Medicare

Public assistance programs

Unemployment compensation

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Administrative review process..............................3288, 3289

Aliens:

Additional insured status requirements for workers.............3277

Benefits for lawfully present aliens...........................1079

Coverage of work performed by nonresident aliens...............3279

Child-in-care evidentiary regulation.............................3290

Conducting personal conferences when waiver of recovery of overpayment cannot be approved...............................3280

Disability determinations:

Age categories.................................................3307

Digestive system...............................................3286

Drug addiction or alcoholism...................................3297

Growth impairments.............................................3306

Hearing impairments............................................3304

Hematological disorders........................................3271

Immune system..................................................3287

Labyrinthine-vestibular function disturbance...................3304

Language and speech disorders..................................3305

Mental disorders...............................................3270

Musculoskeletal disorders......................................3308

Neurological...................................................3295

Onsite review of consultative examination providers by disability determination services..........................3281

Optometrists as acceptable medical sources.....................3309

Recontacting medical sources...................................3276

Respiratory disorders..........................................3298

Disability programs:

Exclusion of representative and health care providers convicted of violations....................................3301

Self-Sufficiency Program.................................3282, 3302

Ticket to Work Program...................................3282, 3302

Disclosure of state unemployment compensation wage record information..................................................1771

Fee withholding and payment procedures to non-attorney representatives..............................................3289

HHS regulation migration to SSA..................................3293

Identity theft prevention........................................3133

Liability of representative payees for overpayments to deceased recipients...................................................3275

Medical-vocational guidelines....................................3296

Primary insurance cost of living increases.......................3310

Privacy and disclosure of records and information..........3285, 3303

Private printing of applications, form and publications..........3278

Reduced medical benefits due to private insurance coverage.......3274

Standards of conduct of SSA employees............................3292

Stepchild benefits...............................................3299

Trusts and transfers of resources................................3283

Vocational rehabilitation services:

Referral for services..........................................3300

Solid waste disposal:

See Waste treatment and disposal

Space transportation and exploration:

Acquisition regulations:

Administrative changes.........................................3084

Deletion of Shared Savings Program.............................3077

Earned value management system.................................3082

IT security requirements clause................................3081

Astronaut Health Care Provision..................................3076

Commercial space transportation:

Crew safety regulations........................................1956

Cross-waiver of liability........................................3078

Income source rules..............................................2250

Inventions and Contributions Board:

Awards for scientific and technical contributions..............3083

Organizational location and responsibilities...................3080

Suborbital reusable launch vehicles..............................1955

Wind tunnel use for industry development work....................3079

Sport fishing:

See Fishing

Stamp taxes:

See Excise taxes

State-Federal relations:

See Intergovernmental relations

Statistics:

See Census data

Stocks:

See Securities

Strip mining:

See Surface mining

Students:

Border commuter students.........................................1245

Exchange visitors:

Certification fees.............................................1232

Eligibility....................................................1862

Interns..................................................1861, 1869

Revocation process.............................................1855

Secondary school students......................................1856

Sponsor site visits............................................1862

F-1 visas:

Period of time students may be admitted before academic program start date.........................................1076

Student and Exchange Visitor Information System.....1229, 1231, 1237, 1247, 1863

Student rights in research, experimental programs, and testing 722

Subsidies:

See Grant programs

Sugar:

Marketing allocations..............................................33

Reassignment of allocation shortfalls..............................31

Reexport programs.................................................201

Suicide:

Prevention program...............................................1642

Superfund:

Cooperative agreements and State contracts.......................2999

Supplemental Security Income (SSI):

Disability determinations:

Digestive system...............................................3286

Endocrine system and obesity...................................3291

Hematological disorders........................................3271

Immune system..................................................3287

Mental disorders...............................................3270

Neurological...................................................3295

Optometrists as acceptable medical sources.....................3309

Income:

Deeming from ineligible parents................................3272

Exclusions.....................................................3273

Payment of past-due benefits.....................................3284

Surety bonds:

Durable medical equipment supplier requirement....................947

Immigration surety bonds.........................................1230

SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program................................3256

Surface mining:

See also Coal

Mine safety and health

Claims under general Mining Law..................................1601

Coal:

Abandoned coal refuse sites....................................1589

Abandoned mine reclamation fees................................1594

Placement of excess spoil......................................1584

Tennesse Federal program.......................................1595

Fees and liens...................................................1592

Indian lands...............................................1533, 1591

Ownership, control, transfer, assignment, or sale of permit rights.......................................................1590

Permit application packages......................................1585

Public hearings and appeals......................................1371

Remining incentives..............................................1587

Tribal primacy...................................................1588

Syrup:

See Sugar

T

Tank vessels:

See Cargo vessels

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Tariffs:

See Customs duties and inspection

Taxes:

See also Customs duties and inspection

Excise taxes

Income taxes

Availability of TTB information..................................2215

Brewery regulations revisions....................................2165

Computation on large cigars......................................2181

Foreign trade....................................................2243

Gift tax value determination.....................................2290

Health care-related...............................................978

Occupational tax.................................................2211

Payment of Federal taxes.........................................2163

Real estate taxes................................................3070

Telecommunications:

See also Radio

Satellites

Telephone

Television

Access charge reform.............................................3529

Accessibility guidelines for individuals with disabilities.......2685

Accounting requirements..........................................3530

Advanced wireless services.......................................3416

Air-ground services on commercial airplanes......................3508

ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................3530

Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local exchange carriers............................................3526

Bell Operating Companies and affiliates:

Enhanced services..............................................3524

Communication intercepting devices................................357

Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act...1724, 1725, 1726, 3477, 3482

Detariffing of interstate exchange access services...............3525

Early termination fees in wireless carriers' service contracts 3412

Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems.....................3476, 3484

For IP-enabled service providers...............................3536

Extending wireless services to tribal lands......................3511

GSA management policy............................................3061

Installment payments for Personal Communications Services licensees....................................................3499

International services reporting requirements....................3444

Interstate special access services...............................3533

N11 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.............3518

National Exchange Carrier Association petition...................3534

North American Numbering Plan....................................3517

Numbering Resource Optimization..................................3531

Prepaid calling card services....................................3538

Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:

Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1739

Reporting requirements.........................................1747

Relay services.......................................3401, 3405, 3406

Rural areas.......................................................286

Service quality reporting........................................3528

Telecommunications Act:

Access charge reform...........................................3522

Customer proprietary network information (CPNI)................3521

Individuals with disabilities..................................3404

Interstate pay-per-call and other information services.........3402

Local competition provisions...................................3523

Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers.................3403

Universal service..............................................3519

Toll-free service access codes...................................3520

Truth in billing.................................................3411

Unbundled network elements.......................................3532

Universal service reform.........................................3529

Telephone: 900-number service...............................................3629

Access charge reform.......................................3522, 3529

Accessibility of equipment and services to persons with disabilities.................................................3404

Accounting requirements..........................................3530

Advertising......................................................3629

ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................3530

Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local exchange carriers............................................3526

Customer account record exchange obligations.....................3410

Customer proprietary network information.........................3521

Detariffing of interstate exchange access services...............3525

Dial Equipment Minutes Weighting Program.........................3519

Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems.....................3476, 3484

For IP-enabled service providers...............................3536

Enhanced services................................................3524

Hearing aid compatibility for wireless phones....................3516

Interstate pay-per-call and other information services...........3402

Local competition provisions of the Telecommunications Act.......3523

N11 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.............3518

North American Numbering Plan....................................3517

Prepaid calling card services....................................3538

Relay services.............................................3405, 3406

Telemarketing sales rule.........................................3636

Telephone Consumer Protection Act................................3408

Toll free service access codes...................................3520

Toll telephone service definition................................2503

Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers...................3403

Unbundling local exchange carriers...............................3527

Universal Service..........................................3519, 3529

Television:

See also Cable television

Advertising......................................................3454

Children's programming...........................................3462

Closed captioning of video programming...........................3413

Competitive availability of navigation devices...................3456

Digital television service:

Broadcast content protection...................................3515

Children's programming.........................................3462

Conversion rules for low power television and television translator stations........................................3467

Coupon program for digital-to-analog converter boxes............558

Distributed transmission system................................3472

Review of conversion process...................................3460

Tuner requirements.............................................3427

Digital television signal strength measurement...................3429

Direct broadcast public interest obligations.....................3461

Emergency Alert System...........................................3481

Filing of network affiliation contracts..........................3453

Joint sales agreements...........................................3468

Public interest information......................................3464

Public television station digital transition grant program........284

Reallocation and service rules for the 698-746 MHz spectrum band.........................................................3506

Service rules in UHF spectrum....................................3494

Significantly viewed out-of-market broadcast stations............3469

Unlicensed operation in the broadcast bands......................3424

Video programming accessibility..................................3456

Terrorism:

Bioterrorism preparedness.........................................866

Limited communication opportunities for inmates linked to terrorist-related activities.................................1635

Terrorism Risk Insurance Program.................................2115

Textiles:

Acquisition regulations......................................640, 650

African Growth and Opportunity Act...............................2096

Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act............................2098

Flammability standards...........................................3365

Trade agreements............................................311, 2093

Timber:

See Forests and forest products

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Tobacco:

See also Cigars and cigarettes

Crop insurance provisions.........................................110

Imported tobacco products.....................................8, 2205

Inspection..........................................................8

Minimum manufacturing requirements and transfer marking..........2202

Products and cigarette papers and tubes shipped from Puerto

Rico to the US...............................................2203

Removal of products without payment of tax for use in law enforcement activities.......................................2200

Tax classification of cigars and cigarettes......................2201

Trafficking in contraband cigarettes or smokeless tobacco........1666

Tort claims:

See Claims

Tourist trade:

See Travel

Toxic substances:

See Hazardous substances

Toxins:

See Biologics

Trade agreements:

African Growth and Opportunity Act.........................2092, 2096

Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act............................2098

Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism......................1183

Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade

Agreement.........................652, 676, 677, 2103, 3325, 3336

Free Trade Agreement with Morocco..........................2108, 3344

Free Trade Agreements with Chile and Singapore.............2099, 2120

Highly migratory species international trade program..............416

North American Free Trade Agreement........................2101, 2119

Textile trade agreements..........................................311

U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement..............................2109

U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement................................3336

U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act.......................2093

U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement.................................2107

World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement.........652

Trade practices:

Business opportunity rule........................................3639

Economic Development Administration...............................302

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act............3637

Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................3641

Funeral industry.................................................3630

Mail or telephone order merchandise shipment rule................3633

Premerger notification rules.....................................3631

Regulatory review................................................3627

Telemarketing sales rule.........................................3636

Telephone service................................................3629

Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers..............1780, 1781, 1782

Used motor vehicle trade regulation rule.........................3632

Voluntary disclosure provisions related to restrictive practices or boycotts.........................................325

Watch and jewelry producers in insular possessions................309

Trademarks:

Fees.........................................................564, 570

Filing requirements for request for reconsideration of final refusal.......................................................563

Intent-to-use documents filing requirements.......................586

International trademark classification changes....................573

Madrid Processing Unit............................................574

Preventing importation of pirated audio-visual works.............2100

Representation of others before the USPTO.........................560

Rules of practice amendments......................................561

Rules of practice in inter partes proceedings before the

Trademark Trial and Appeal Board..............................568

Statement of use filing deadline..................................586

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Office of the General Counsel address.......................................................571

Transportation:

See also Air transportation

Bridges

Common carriers

Freight

Highways and roads

Pipelines

Railroads

Space transportation and exploration

Vessels

Acquisition regulations......................................631, 633

Air pollution control conformity.................................2820

Americans With Disabilities Act accessibility standards..........1899

Buy America requirements and waiver procedures...................2048

Civil and criminal penalties.....................................1987

Debarment and suspension.........................................1897

Disadvantaged business enterprise participation............1883, 1891

Drug and alcohol testing...................................1889, 1894

Emergency procedures for public transportation systems...........2051

Employee protective provisions of the Federal Transit Act........1763

Environmental review.............................................2852

Explosive materials..............................................1664

Grants uniform administrative requirements.......................1884

Individuals with disabilities..............................1892, 2683

Management regulations:

Data collection standards......................................3067

Manager authorization..........................................3066

Reporting requirements.........................................3067

Mentor/protege Program for small businesses......................1896

National transit database rural reporting requirements...........2045

Non-emergency medical transportation programs.....................929

Privacy Act provisions...........................................1205

Project management oversight.....................................2041

Protection of sensitive security information.....................1893

Public transportation security grants......................1022, 2047

Registered Traveler program......................................1227

Safe and environmentally protective use of granular mine tailings in construction projects............................2977

Safety systems for Head Start programs...........................1018

Standard time zone boundary......................................1901

Wildlife...................................................1377, 1449

Travel:

Anti-money laundering programs for travel agencies...............2143

Customer identification programs for travel agents...............2126

Travel and transportation expenses:

Deductions for members of Congress...............................2248

Privately owned automobile mileage reimbursement.................3074

Public vouchers..................................................3068

Reimbursement management.........................................2159

Relocation allowances............................................3065

Relocation income tax allowance tax tables.......................3075

Standard Mileage Rate for moving purposes........................3052

VA beneficiary travel regulations................................2595

Treaties:

See also Trade agreements

Publication of international agreements..........................1878

Trucks:

See Motor carriers

Motor vehicles

Turpentine:

See Forests and forest products

U

Underground mining:

See Mine safety and health

Unemployment:

See Community development

Unemployment compensation

Unemployment compensation:

Disclosure of state wage record information......................1771

Eligibility regulations..........................................1785

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Interstate arrangement for combining employment and wages........1774

Universities:

See Colleges and universities

Upward Bound Program:

See Education of disadvantaged

Uranium:

Mill sites..................................................758, 3710

Urban renewal:

See Community development

Utilities:

See also Electric utilities

Natural gas

Water supply

Communication protocols..............................3580, 3587, 3589

Continuity of Operations Plan for emergency situations...........3597

Electronic filing by persons holding interlocking positions......3566

Electronic filing of documents.............................3562, 3599

Electronic filing of twenty largest purchasers information.......3566

Federal Power Act regulations..............................3574, 3594

Fee schedule for use of government lands.........................3598

Financial accounting, reporting and record retention requirements.....................................3584, 3588, 3596

Generator-run status information.................................3567

Information requirements for available transfer capability.......3568

Intermittent generator imbalance service schedule................3565

Market-based rates.........................................3564, 3591

Oversight of regional transmission organizations and independent system operators.................................3588

Policy on enforcement of statutes, orders, rules and regulations..................................................3590

Preventing undue discrimination and preference in transmission services.....................................................3573

Promoting transmission investment through pricing reform.........3570

Public Utility Holding Company Act...............................3593

Rural Utilities Service:

Lien accommodations and subordinations..........................279

Specifications for primary underground power cable..............287

Water and waste disposal loans and grants..................281, 285

Small power production and cogeneration facility regulations.....3572

Standards for business practices.....................3580, 3587, 3589

Wind energy development on National Forest System lands...........223

V

Vaccines:

See Biologics

Vegetables:

Crop insurance provisions:

Cabbage.........................................................119

Dry pea.........................................................116

Mustard.........................................................123

Northern potato.................................................124

Sweet corn......................................................121

Import regulations.............................................60, 83

Shelled garden peas from Kenya...................................82

Inspection service fees....................................13, 17, 77

Interstate movement from Hawaii....................................81

Phytosanitary certificates for imports.............................59

Soybeans:

Request for public comment on U.S. standards....................128

Vessels:

See also Cargo vessels

Fishing vessels

Marine safety

Maritime carriers

Navigation (water)

Passenger vessels

Accident reporting...............................................1125

Anchorage area regulations.......................................1149

Anti-money laundering program for businesses engaged in boat sales........................................................2130

Automatic Identification System..................................1131

Ballast water:

Exchange guidelines............................................1164

Captain of the Port areas........................................1147

Carbon dioxide fire suppression systems on commercial vessels 1134

Civil penalties..................................................2053

Coast Guard escort requirements..................................1155

Coast Guard marine inspection zone boundaries....................1147

Commercial diving operations.....................................1161

Container seals..................................................1203

Controlled substances............................................1668

Discharge standards for Armed Forces vessels.....................3002

Discharge-removal equipment......................................1150

Emission standards:

Marine diesel engines..........................................2725

Spark ignition marine vessels..................................2798

Long range identification and tracking data......................1132

Marking sunken vessels waiver....................................1171

Notification of arrival and departure............................1131

Numbering system.................................................1125

Oil spill liability trust fund:

Vessel limits of liability.....................................1130

Outer Continental Shelf activities...............................1140

Personal flotation device requirements...........................1165

Pollution prevention equipment...................................1145

Polychlorinated biphenyls containing.............................2958

Port restrictions and fees:

Japanese vessels...............................................3610

Regattas and marine parades......................................1153

Safety and security zone regulations.................1148, 1169, 1176

Safety procedures update.........................................2054

Satellite earth stations.........................................3442

Tank level or pressure monitoring devices........................1137

Tariff of tolls..................................................2055

Towing vessel inspection regulations.............................1173

Traffic separation schemes.......................................1142

Vapor control systems............................................1133

Vessel repair units consolidation................................2087

Vessel Traffic Service...........................................1166

Veterans:

Accrued benefits.................................................2662

Acquisition regulations:

Plain language revisions.......................................2634

Adjudication and fiduciary regulations.........2603, 2640, 2642, 2643

Affirmative action and nondiscrimination obligations of contractors and subcontractors...............................1765

Appeals regulations:

Remand or referral to the Agency of Original Jurisdiction......2671

Beneficiary travel regulations...................................2595

Benefits claims..................................................2611

Agents and attorneys accreditation and fees....................2618

Burial benefits..................................................2602

Headstone and marker application process.......................2635

Survivors of Filipino veterans.................................2654

CHAMPVA Program:

Coverage for devices and prostheses............................2596

Delegations of authority.......................................2596

Dual eligibility...............................................2653

Preventive services............................................2597

Qualifying event date..........................................2653

Claim substantiation regulations.................................2629

Claims based on service in the Philippine Armed Forces...........2643

Compensation and pension regulations:

Bars, forfeiture and renouncement of benefits..................2649

Concurrent receipt of military retired pay and disability compensation...............................................2660

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Dependents.....................................................2648

Duties of VA...................................................2644

Elections of improved pension............................2608, 2645

General evidence requirements, effective dates, revision of decisions, and protection of existing ratings..............2607

General provisions.............................................2646

Payments and adjustments to payments...........................2609

Payments to beneficiaries who are eligible for more than one benefit....................................................2606

Rights and responsibilities of claimants and beneficiaries.....2644

Service-connected disability compensation......................2610

Special and ancillary benefits for veterans, dependents and survivors..................................................2604

Coordination of benefits with TRICARE.............................703

Debarment and suspension.........................................2630

Dependency and indemnity compensation:

Regulation amendment...........................................2647

Dependent benefits:

Home-school programs included as educational institutions......2665

Disability benefit claims........................................2667

Disability ratings:

Amendment of Schedule for Rating Disabilities appendices.......2670

Digestive system...............................................2616

Eye, ear, and other sense organs...............................2625

Multiple scars...........................................2614, 2656

Education:

Centralized certification of benefits..........................2627

Licensing and certification....................................2655

Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty..........................2631, 2659

Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve...........................2633

Survivors and dependents.................................2601, 2659

Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act..................2626

Veterans Programs Enhancement Act..............................2600

Employment discrimination complaints:

Delegation of authority........................................2638

Federal Agency Retail Pharmacy Program...........................3054

Filipino veterans benefit improvements...........................2654

Jobs For Veterans Act............................................1849

Life insurance:

Traumatic injury protection rider..............................2664

Loan guaranty:

Fees and charges...............................................2663

Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages...............................2658

Regulation amendments..........................................2628

Medical benefits:

Calculation of reasonable charges for inpatient and outpatient services........................................2622

Care and services during disasters and emergencies.............2598

Claims file for VA medical examinations and opinions...........2612

Copayments.....................................................2599

Enrollment eligibility.........................................2599

Hospital and outpatient care enrollment........................2639

Informed consent regulations.............................2650, 2651

Non-VA service and care........................................2620

Presumptions of service connection.............................2641

Notice requirements..............................................2629

OPM disability documentation requirements........................3138

Organ donation:

Disclosure of information to procurement organizations.........2624

Persian Gulf War:

Extension of presumptive period for compensation for undiagnosed illnesses......................................2632

Personal information data breaches...............................2637

Procedural due process exceptions................................2669

Service organization representatives:

Accreditation of...............................................2636

Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era........1765

Special ratings..................................................2605

State homes......................................................2619

Grants for the hiring and retention of nurses..................2621

Grants to states for construction or acquisition of facilities.................................................2652

Supplemental statement of the case...............................2617

Veterans' preference in Federal hiring.....................3159, 3199

Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program...........2657, 2661

Duty to assist.................................................2613

Effective dates of induction into a rehabilitation program.....2615

Entitlement and termination of entitlement.....................2666

Redetermination of entitlement to benefits and services........2668

Viruses:

See Biologics

Visas:

See Passports and visas

Vocational rehabilitation:

Referral for services............................................3300

Veterans...................................................2657, 2661

Duty to assist.................................................2613

Effective dates of induction into a rehabilitation program.....2615

Entitlement and termination of entitlement.....................2666

Redetermination of entitlement to benefits and services........2668

Volunteers:

AmeriCorps:

*VISTA program.................................................2696

National Civilian Community Corps..............................2697

Peace Corps................................................3215, 3216

Claims Against Government Under Federal Tort Claims Act........3220

Debarment and suspension.......................................3219

Suspension of eligible enrollments in FEHB program.............3208

Use of name and logo...........................................3218

Voting rights:

Language minority provisions.....................................1650

Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1647

W

Wages:

See also Employee benefit plans

Minimum wages

Administrative policies..........................................3201

Cost-of-living allowances..................................3151, 3174

Critical position pay authority..................................3149

DOL determinations for construction and service contracts.........654

Evacuation payments during pandemic health crisis................3170

Executive branch employees:

Restriction on private supplementation of salaries.............3121

Hospice wage index................................................941

Hourly compensation:

Computer-related occupations...................................1760

IRS broadbanding systems.........................................3158

Locality pay areas...............................................3166

Regulation amendments......................................3161, 3171

Senior executive service.........................................3201

Performance pay..........................................3148, 3197

Tipped employees.................................................1760

Waste treatment and disposal:

See also Hazardous waste

Recycling

Sewage disposal

Coal combustion waste......................................2972, 2992

Effluent guidelines..................................3003, 3004, 3012

Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act...............2970

Financial test criteria..........................................2985

Hazardous waste management.......................................2988

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Consumer products in consumer product packaging................2990

Methods innovation rule........................................2978

Pharmaceuticals................................................2990

Testing and monitoring activities..............................2978

Hospital/medical/infectious waste incineration units:

Response to remand and 5-year technology review................2762

Laboratory waste.................................................2987

Land disposal:

Restrictions.............................................2989, 2994

Municipal waste combustion units:

Emission guidelines......................................2740, 2771

New source performance standards...............................2740

Nuclear waste disposal.....................................2900, 3724

Project XL.................................................2709, 2991

Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste at petroleum refineries......................................2980

RUS loans and grants.........................................281, 285

Shore Protection Act.............................................3040

Solid waste disposal:

Air pollutant standards................2766, 2795, 2811, 2892, 2893

Solid waste definition.........................................2974

Tax regulations................................................2417

Wastewater treatment sludges...............................2986, 2991

Removal credits................................................3021

Wet weather condition requirements...............................3007

Water carriers:

See Maritime carriers

Water pollution control:

See also Oil pollution

Waste treatment and disposal

Clean Water Act..................................................3023

Discharge of dredged material definition........................681

Product schedule listing requirements..........................3011

Test procedures........................3013, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3026

Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................682

Concentrated animal feeding operation rule.......................3008

Direct application of pesticides to waters in compliance with

FIFRA........................................................3028

Effluent guidelines:

Airport deicing operations.....................................3018

Construction and development activities........................3022

Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3003

Drinking water treatment plants................................3019

Program plan.............................................3005, 3027

Recodification of..............................................3017

Grassroots source water protection program.........................37

Marine pollution:

Ballast water management.......................................1164

Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1141, 1157

Response plans for oil.............................1141, 1158, 1160

Mining operations................................................1584

NPDES permits..............................................3015, 3016

Water transfers rule...........................................3009

Radon............................................................3033

Removal credits..................................................3021

Sewer collection systems.........................................3016

Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule........2996, 3006

Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3014

Trace metals criteria............................................3023

Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards..................3002

Water quality standards....................................3013, 3024

Ambient water quality criteria for recreational waters.........3020

Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3013, 3024

Waterfront liquefied natural gas facility requirements...........1138

Water resources:

See also Water supply

Ballast water discharge standards................................1164

Ground water resource management policy...........................219

Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1597

Water supply:

See also Irrigation

Drinking water:

Aircraft public water system regulations.......................3030

Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3034

Bottled water...................................................801

Contaminants.......................................3029, 3031, 3033

Copper levels..................................................3032

Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................2902

Lead levels....................................................3032

Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).............................3035

National Primary Drinking Water Regulations review.............3038

Oxygenated fuel additives......................................2953

State underground injection control programs...................3037

Test procedures for pollutants.................................3025

Total coliform rule............................................3036

Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3039

Uranium in.....................................................3727

Groundwater protection...........................................2915

Methylmercury water quality standards............................3010

Reclamation Loan Guarantee Program...............................1599

Regulating non-contract use of Colorado River water..............1596

RUS loans and grants.........................................281, 285

Servicing loans and grants........................................283

Water transportation:

See Harbors

Marine safety

Maritime carriers

Navigation (water)

Vessels

Waterfowl:

See Wildlife

Waterfront facilities:

See Harbors

Watershed:

Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................253

Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................252

Waterways:

See Bridges

Harbors

Weapons:

See Arms and munitions

Welfare programs:

See Public assistance programs

Wetlands:

See Coastal zone

Whales:

See Marine mammals

Whistleblowing:

Coast Guard member protection....................................1143

Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and

Retaliation Act..............................................3205

Research misconduct...............................................911

Wildlife:

See also Marine mammals

Wildlife refuges

Birds:

Standards for humane handling, care, treatment and transportation...............................................51

Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1465

Duck stamp contest regulations...................................1503

Eagles...........................................................1453

Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.....................1434, 1466

Endangered and threatened:

Permits for foreign listed species.............................1460

Endangered Species Act...........................................1387

Exotic birds:

Importation....................................................1376

Explosive pest control devices...................................1652

Exportation................................................1377, 1449

Falcons and falconry.............................................1454

Grizzly Bear management...........................................258

Importation................................................1377, 1449

Injurious..................................................1461, 1479

Black carp.....................................................1455

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Migratory birds:

Hunting regulations..........................1435, 1459, 1490, 1500

Incidental take during military readiness......................1485

List revision..................................................1451

Permits............................................1433, 1436, 1463

Possession for educational purposes............................1383

Religious/spiritual use of feathers by Native Americans........1372

Polar bear trophy importation....................................1381

Subsistence management..............393, 1421, 1467, 1470, 1476, 1482

Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1375

Transportation.............................................1377, 1449

Wild Bird Conservation Act.................................1379, 1457

Wildlife refuges:

Hunting and fishing regulations............................1438, 1473

Mosquito management..............................................1389

Regional offices.................................................1475

Tribal annual funding agreements.................................1392

Wilderness stewardship...........................................1471

Wine:

Alcohol content labeling.........................................2172

Authorized materials and processes...............................2210

Imported.........................................................2188

New grape variety names petitioned...............................2183

Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2206

Sherry...........................................................2218

Standards of fill................................................2213

Taxes......................................................2204, 2217

Terms used on labels and in advertisements.......................2214

Viticultural areas....2170, 2173, 2174, 2175, 2176, 2177, 2178, 2179, 2184, 2187, 2191, 2192, 2193, 2194, 2195, 2196, 2197, 2198, 2208, 2209, 2220, 2221, 2222, 2223, 2224

Women:

See also Sex discrimination

Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................1793

STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.......................1730

Violence Against Women Act.......................................1344

Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Assistance Program 3257

Women, infants, and children:

Supplemental food program:

Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................144

Food package revision...........................................170

Program administration and operation............................168

Vendor-related provisions.............................155, 159, 167

Wood:

See Forests and forest products

Y

Youth:

See also Infants and children

Abstinence education.............................................1010

Chafee National Youth in Transition Database.....................1014

Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas................150

YouthBuild Program...............................................1784