Part ii-lxii
December 13, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 238)
Unified Agenda
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F. SUBJECT INDEX TO THE UNIFIED AGENDA
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Accounting:
Audits of State and local governments and nonprofit institutions.................................................2945
Change in method definition......................................2830
Cost accounting standards.............................749, 3603, 3757
Delay rental payments............................................2860
DOI cost recovery..........................................1822, 1828
Employee stock ownership plan costs..............................3540
FMS claims.................................................2461, 2462
Foreign exchange operations......................................2473
International accounting standards...............................4248
Local exchange carrier requirements..............................3992
Maritime mobile radio services...................................3896
Mark-to-market accounting............................2633, 2694, 2699
Requirements for RUS Telecommunications borrowers.................433
Unallowable costs................................................3755
Administrative practice and procedure:
See also Claims
Environmental impact statements
Freedom of information
Privacy
AID..............................................................3001
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.........................2514
Coast Guard......................................................1301
DOI..............................................................1566
DOT..............................................................2101
FTC..............................................................4075
FWS..............................................................1572
Hearing and appeal procedures:
Aviation economic proceedings..................................2092
BLM............................................................1832
CNCS...........................................................3013
DHS............................................................1186
Medicare enrollment............................................1035
NIGC...........................................................4120
OHA............................................................1560
OPM............................................................3627
Peace Corps....................................................3647
Treasury Department............................................2585
USDA............................................................194
HUD..............................................................1472
INS..............................................................1936
IRS........................................................2581, 2733
OPM..............................................................3570
Peace Corps......................................................3648
Rulemaking:
GSA............................................................3442
IRS............................................................2583
USDA............................................................341
SSA...............................................................167
USDA.........................................................272, 275
VA...............................................................2945
Adoption and foster care:
Administrative costs.............................................1136
Alien siblings...................................................1174
Intercountry adoptions.....................................1172, 2072
Advertising:
Alcoholic beverages..............................................2529
Home insulation..................................................4080
Organic claims for alcoholic beverages...........................2524
Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4076
Television.......................................................3914
Unfair or deceptive practices....................................4077
Aged:
See also Medicaid
Medicare
Public assistance programs
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
AOA rules revisions..............................................1142
National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
Nondiscrimination:
GSA............................................................3447
HUD............................................................1515
NARA...........................................................3502
SSA............................................................3697
Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program............................6
Agricultural commodities:
See also Commodity futures
Crop insurance
Fruits
Grains
Marketing quotas
Price support programs
Vegetables
AID transactions...........................................2995, 3001
Cargo preference regulations.....................................2375
Commodity Credit Corporation:
Debt collection and settlement regulations......................198
Export Credit Guarantee Program.................................366
Noninsured crop disaster assistance program for tropical crops.......................................................204
Procurement of commodities from HUBZone small businesses........210
Quality samples program.........................................364
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers.........................201
Warehouses for storage contracts................................187
Commodity Supplemental Food Program................................10
Cotton:
Classification service user fees................................185
Country of origin labeling..........................................2
Emerging markets program..........................................365
Exports......................................................365, 367
Grains............................................................282
Honey:
Nonrecourse marketing assistance loan and loan deficiency payment.....................................................203
Research and promotion program..................................177
Imports...........................................................225
Karnal bunt compensation..........................................215
Mark-to-market accounting........................................2699
National Organic Program.......................................1, 178
Nursery crops.....................................................274
Ocean freight claims..............................................190
Organic producers' exemption from paying assessments..............179
Peanuts:
Designated marketing associations...............................205
Pecans............................................................278
Quality Services Verification Program.............................172
Quarantine and inspection services user fees......................231
Sales policies....................................................206
Sugar:
Marketing allotment regulations.................................209
Program revisions...............................................211
Reexport programs...............................................363
Tobacco:
Inspection.................................................175, 176
Marketing quotas...........................................191, 199
Price support program...........................................199
Warehouse designation requirements..............................186
Tomato............................................................277
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Agricultural research:
Funding requirements..............................................251
Matching fund requirements at Land-Grant Institutions.............254
Non-formula grant program administration..........................252
Agriculture:
See also Agricultural commodities
Agricultural research
Food assistance programs
Foods
Forests and forest products
Irrigation
Pesticides and pests
Rural areas
Acquisition regulations...........................................449
Administrative regulations...................................272, 275
Bees, beekeeping byproducts, and beekeeping equipment.............246
Biobased products.................................................409
Conservation contract debt write-down.............................207
Conservation program information confidentiality...................29
Conservation security program......................................27
Cost-sharing for animal and plant health emergency programs.......240
Effluent guidelines for aquaculture industry.....................3413
Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
Farm Bill of 2002:
Assistance for livestock producers..............................192
Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program.........415, 423, 426
Energy efficiency improvements..................................417
Renewable energy systems........................................417
Rural Business Enterprise Grant program.........................422
Farm Service Agency:
Annual analysis requirements for lenders........................208
Debt collection and settlement regulations......................198
Disaster declaration and designation............................202
Environmental compliance regulation.............................196
Interest assistance program.....................................189
Regulatory streamlining of direct farm loan programs............188
Rescheduling guaranteed loans with balloon payments.............208
Selection of state and county committees........................195
Subordination requirements......................................208
Tobacco warehouse designation requirements......................186
Funding requirements for extension activities at Land-Grant
Institutions.............................................254, 255
Guaranteed farm loan regulations..................................197
Hatch Multistate Research Fund....................................253
Intermediary relending program....................................424
National security emergency loans.................................416
Natural Resources Conservation Service:
Equitable relief procedures.....................................448
Nonprocurement regulations........................................408
Participation of religious organizations in USDA programs.........410
Pseudorabies in swine.............................................245
Secondary market pooling by fiscal transfer agent.................418
Secondary market sales of guaranteed loans........................425
Technical assistance and training.................................260
Third-party vendor assistance......................................26
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers...........................201
Worker protection standards................................3277, 3295
AIDS:
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS......................1529
NIH AIDS Research Loan Repayment Program.........................1016
Air carriers:
See also Air rates and fares
Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of aircraft from foreign areas..................................1318
Air-ground telecommunications services...........................3968
Aircraft assembly placard requirements...........................2180
Aviation data requirements.......................................2082
Cargo security...................................................1363
Civil penalties..................................................2106
Commuter air carrier registrations...............................2089
Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System II:
Passenger reservation information..............................1392
Computer reservations systems regulations........................2090
Continuing fitness determinations................................2084
Enhanced security rules for foreign carriers.....................1371
Fifth-freedom charters...........................................2086
Flight deck officer program......................................1390
Foreign airline operators' revenues and expenses in the US........454
Hazardous materials transportation:
International standards........................................2363
Income source rules..............................................2582
Maintenance of and access to records pertaining to individuals 2103, 2104
Noise certification standards..............................2148, 2173
Passengers:
Accommodations for deaf and hard of hearing individuals........2088
Baggage liability..............................................2107
Baggage limitation for travelers to Cuba........................499
Manifest information.....................................1324, 2100
Nondiscrimination..............................................2083
Oxygen use.....................................................2098
Passenger and Aviation Security Screening Records..............1393
Passenger facility charge rule.................................2166
Passenger Name Record information........................1327, 1375
Security service fee...........................................1376
Transit without visa.....................................1349, 1352
Use of portable oxygen concentrator devices onboard............2168
Prohibition against flight takeoffs or landings in the US by
Syrian air carriers..........................................2181
Pyrotechnic signaling devices....................................2156
Seats, crashworthiness standards.................................2131
Security compliance program for aircraft operators...............1385
Security infrastructure fees.....................................1377
Service difficulty reports.......................................2118
Suspension of privilege to transport aliens to the United
States.......................................................1343
Air pollution control:
See also Motor vehicle pollution
Accidental release prevention..............................3188, 3189
Acid Rain Program................................................3254
Air quality modeling.............................................3131
Air quality resources:
Class I area designations......................................3194
Air quality standards....................3047, 3048, 3167, 3192, 3215
Alternative method approvals.....................................3074
Ambient air quality monitoring..............................118, 3072
Best available retrofit technology................................126
Boilers..........................................................3120
Carbon monoxide............................................3048, 3260
Chemicals........................................................3307
Chromium emissions...............................................3064
Clean Air Act..................................3050, 3134, 3140, 3252
Clean unit designation...........................................3217
Combustion turbines........................................3119, 3245
Continuous parameter monitoring systems..........................3075
Delisting hazardous pollutants.................3065, 3093, 3140, 3146
Electric arc furnace.............................................3138
Electric utility steam generating units.....................127, 3120
Emission control diagnostic systems..............................3084
Emissions from animal feeding operations.........................3097
Emissions monitoring program.........................3075, 3137, 3149
Emissions standards:
Aircraft engines...............................................3159
Architectural coatings.........................................3107
Coke ovens.........................................3052, 3122, 3142
Heavy-duty diesel trucks.......................................3170
Hydrochloric acid production...................................3267
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Hydrogen fluoride production...................................3052
Locomotive engines.............................................3088
Marine diesel engines..........................................3088
Municipal waste combustors.....................................3260
Navajo generating station................................3128, 3129
New marine engines.............................................3052
New motor vehicles.......................................3102, 3152
Nonroad diesel engines and fuel................................3253
Performance criteria...........................................3139
Permit requirements............................................3052
Radionuclides..................................................3130
Semiconductor facilities.......................................3052
Spark ignition marine vessels..................................3104
Spark-ignition nonroad engines...........................3104, 3263
Test procedures for highway and nonroad engines................3173
VOC standards..................................................3067
Emissions trades.................................................3213
Flexible air permit rule.........................................3106
Fuels and fuel additives....3073, 3098, 3108, 3125, 3160, 3162, 3164, 3174, 3184, 3191, 3262
Gas turbines.....................................................3146
Gasoline anti-dumping program........................3077, 3151, 3163
Hazardous air pollutants....3140, 3166, 3193, 3222, 3242, 3247, 3267, 3328
Indian reservations in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.............3156
Inspection/maintenance programs............................3071, 3214
Interstate transport of fine particulate matter............3127, 3165
MACT standards..................................127, 3086, 3242, 3246
Maintenance and repair activities................................3113
Methyl bromide.............................................3085, 3257
Mineral wool production..........................................3224
Mobile sources.............................................3068, 3076
Monitoring requirements..........................................3047
NESHAP:
Acrylic/modacrylic fiber production............................3229
Aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities..................3196
Asphalt processing and asphalt roofing manufacturing...........3169
Asphalt/coal tar application...................................3249
Cellulose products manufacturing...............................3083
Chromium electroplating........................................3248
Clay ceramics industry.........................................3236
Coating manufacturing..........................................3181
Coke ovens.....................................................3122
Defense land systems...........................................3241
Elastomers...............................................3193, 3205
Electric arc furnace manufacturing.............................3115
Ethylene oxide...........................................3058, 3230
Ethylene processes.............................................3147
Ferroalloys production.........................................3223
Gasoline distribution facilities.........................3059, 3239
General provisions.......................................3116, 3145
Glass manufacturing industry...................................3228
Halogenated solvent cleaning...................................3202
Hazardous Organic NESHAP.................................3063, 3066
Hazardous waste combustion facilities...........................131
Hydrochloric acid production...................................3096
Industrial inorganic chemicals manufacturing...................3232
Industrial process cooling towers..............................3060
Industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers and process heaters..............................................3235, 3243
Iron and steel foundries...........................3117, 3123, 3233
Lead smelting............................................3199, 3264
Leather finishing..............................................3081
Magnetic tape manufacturing....................................3062
Marine tank vessel loading operations..........................3198
Metal pipes....................................................3249
Municipal solid waste landfills................................3089
Nonferrous metals........................................3237, 3238
Off-site waste and recovery operations residual risk standard 3187
Oil and natural gas production...........................3092, 3231
Organic chemical manufacturing.................................3105
Organic liquid distribution....................................3182
Paint stripping................................................3227
Perchloroethylene dry cleaning facilities......................3061
Petroleum refineries...............................3144, 3204, 3265
Pharmaceuticals production...............................3177, 3226
Plastic parts and products.....................................3247
Plating and polishing..........................................3234
Plywood and composite wood products manufacturing........3118, 3246
Pollution prevention alternative compliance....................3145
Polymers and resins................................3197, 3205, 3206
Polyurethane foam production...................................3225
Portland cement manufacturing industry.........................3057
Predictive emission monitoring.................................3054
Primary aluminum reduction plants..............................3143
Printing and publishing industry.........................3056, 3203
Printing, coating, and dyeing of fabrics and textiles..........3261
Pulp and paper production......................................3271
Refractory products manufacturing..............................3185
Reinforced plastic composites..................................3171
Secondary aluminum production..................................3183
Shipbuilding and ship repair surface coating...................3200
Site remediation...............................................3100
Solvent extraction for vegetable oil production................3250
Source categories..............................................3145
Surface coating of metal cans..................................3099
Synthetic organic chemicals....................................3066
Taconite iron ore processing...................................3124
Thermoplastics...........................................3193, 3206
Total facility low risk determination for residual risk........3095
New source performance standards...3051, 3119, 3120, 3121, 3138, 3240
New source review..............119, 129, 3113, 3126, 3179, 3217, 3266
New stationary sources...........................................3052
Nitrogen oxides................................3103, 3148, 3254, 3391
Opacity measurement of emissions...........................3133, 3137
Operating permits..................3101, 3186, 3209, 3210, 3211, 3255
Ozone and ozone precursors: 8-hour standard......128, 3078, 3094, 3219, 3220, 3221, 3259, 3268, 3270
National ambient air quality standards.......128, 3078, 3167, 3221, 3258, 3259, 3270
Nonattainment area reclassification............................3269
Protection of stratospheric ozone.......57, 3069, 3082, 3085, 3090, 3091, 3109, 3110, 3111, 3112, 3114, 3154, 3155, 3168, 3172, 3175, 3176, 3178, 3244, 3256, 3257
Transport..............................3127, 3148, 3195, 3207, 3251
Particulate matter...............................................3190
PCB manufacturing................................................3326
Performance Track program............................3354, 3355, 3356
Performance-based measurement system for fuels...................3216
Plantwide Applicability Limit.....................................119
Plywood and composite wood products manufacturing................3118
Polymer exemption rule...........................................3301
Prevention of significant deterioration........119, 3113, 3126, 3179, 3217, 3266
Project XL.................................................3032, 3037
Reciprocating internal combustion engines............3121, 3240, 3242
Risk management plans:
List of substances.............................................3189
Public access to information...................................3188
Solid waste incinerators.........................................3051
Source category list.............................................3222
State implementation plans..................................128, 3080
Sulfur oxides..............................................3070, 3192
Synthetic organic chemicals manufacturing........................3136
Transportation conformity..................................3078, 3252
Volatile organic compounds.........3046, 3067, 3087, 3132, 3136, 3157
Voluntary superior monitoring....................................3218
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Wood furniture industry..........................................3201
Air rates and fares:
Aviation data requirements.......................................2082
Air traffic control:
Emergency security control........................................728
Waiver of mandatory separation age for air traffic controllers 2150
Air transportation:
See also Air carriers
Air rates and fares
Aircraft
Airmen
Airports
Airspace
Aviation safety
Navigation (air)
Aviation economics...............................................2092
Electronic presentation of cargo data............................1330
Excise taxes.........................................2750, 2827, 2881
Hazardous substances.......................................2329, 2363
Nondiscrimination................................................2083
Aircraft:
Aging aircraft...................................................2167
Aircraft parts...................................................2137
Airworthiness directives and standards....105, 106, 2113, 2115, 2157, 2158, 2159, 2172
Anti-money laundering program for businesses engaged in airplane sales...............................................2438
Area navigation..................................................2145
Aviation Radio Service...........................................3974
Certification procedures for products and parts..................2108
Child restraint systems..............................2124, 2162, 2313
Cockpit voice recorder requirements..............................2114
Corrosion control program........................................2171
Electrical and electronic system standards.......................2117
Exhaust emissions standard for engines...........................3159
Export licensing jurisdiction.....................................481
Extended operations of multi-engine airplanes....................2149
Flight data recorder regulations...........................2114, 2140
Float plane take-off and landing.................................1270
Foreign civil aircraft...........................................2087
Fuel tank safety.................................................2167
Halon-1301 fire extinguishing vessels............................3175
Hazardous material recognition training..........................2139
Hazardous material transportation................................2330
Helicopters......................................................2173
Improved seats retrofit..........................................2131
Light sport aircraft:
Certification of pilots, repairmen and aircraft................2174
Maintenance:
Aging aircraft............................................104, 2133
Bilateral agreements with Canada...............................2151
Noise requirements...............................................2164
Ownership transfer notification..................................2127
Private charter security rules...................................1378
Propeller-driven small airplane noise certification........2153, 2164
Repair station security requirements.............................1369
Restrictions on flights between the U.S. and Libya...............2184
Rotorcraft.......................................................2113
Sale of DOD aircraft to persons providing oil spill response service.......................................................739
Security programs for aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or more 1384
Transponders...............................................2134, 2142
Transport category:
Airworthiness directives and standards......2111, 2119, 2169, 2175, 2176, 2177, 2178, 2179, 2182
Crew discreet alerting systems.................................2120
Emergency announcements on public address systems..............2175
Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures..................2136
Flight deck door monitoring....................................2120
Flight guidance systems........................................2169
Flight requirements............................................2177
Flightdeck security considerations on foreign operated airplanes............................................2143, 2147
Fuel tank flammability reduction................................108
Performance and handling qualities in icing conditions.........2119
Powerplant controls......................................2179, 2182
Powerplant installation requirements.....................2176, 2182
Protective breathing equipment...........................2178, 2182
Public address system..........................................2182
Trim systems.............................................2178, 2182
Airmen:
Civil penalties..................................................2170
Counterfeit-resistant certification requirements.................2127
Criminal history background checks...............................1387
Drug abuse.......................................................2132
Drug or alcohol test refusal.....................................2112
Flight training for aliens.................................1381, 1403
Picture identification requirements..............................2144
Rest and duty requirements.......................................2161
Second-in-command type rating....................................2125
Security disqualifications.......................................2165
Airports:
Accommodations for deaf and hard of hearing individuals..........2088
Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of aircraft from foreign areas..................................1318
Concessions:
Disadvantaged business enterprise participation................2094
Criminal history background checks for escorted access...........1362
Criminal history background checks for operators.................1387
Customs security area access.....................................1325
Enhanced security procedures within the Washington, DC
Metropolitan Area Flight Restricted Zone.....................1370
Limitations for unscheduled operations at Chicago's O'Hare
International Airport........................................2130
Noise compatibility regulations..................................2155
Private land mobile radio services...............................3972
Security compliance program......................................1386
Airspace:
Flight limitation in the proximity of space flight operations 2183
Grand Canyon National Park.......................................2138
Minimum flight altitudes and restrictions in the vicinity of certain sports events........................................2154
NOAA overflight regulation........................................658
Regulations, routine issue of....................................2160
Restrictions on flights between the U.S. and Libya...............2184
Use and preservation of..........................................2110
Washington, DC metropolitan area.................................2121
Alcohol abuse:
Airmen testing...................................................2112
Aviation personnel...............................................2163
Management information system reporting by transportation employers....................................................2105
Testing following marine incident..................................73
Transportation workplace testing...........................2095, 2097
Alcohol and alcoholic beverages:
See also Beer
Liquors
Wine
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.........................2514
Distilled spirits plant regulations..............................2482
Flavored malt beverages..........................................2517
Organic claims in labeling and advertising.......................2524
Saccharin disclosure.......................................2539, 2549
Standards of fill................................................2479
Taxpaid distilled spirits used to manufacture nonbeverage products.....................................................2485
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Aliens:
See also Citizenship and naturalization
Immigration
Refugees
Address notification.............................................1413
Adjustment of status...1175, 1190, 1199, 1201, 1206, 1207, 1212, 1240
Adoption of alien siblings.......................................1174
Affidavit of support.............................................1189
American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act.....1176, 1884
Arriving aliens definition.......................................1337
Assigning SSNs to F-1 students...................................3751
Asylum...........................................................1200
Claims made at land border ports-of-entry................1222, 1938
Dismissal of application.......................................1168
Numerical limit on grants......................................1930
Battered and abused spouses and children...................1188, 1927
Border crossing cards:
Elimination of.................................................1322
Children:
Certificate of citizenship application.........................1203
Child Status Protection Act..............................1223, 2061
Civil surgeon program............................................1180
Conditional residents:
Termination of marriage........................................1195
Consent to reapply for admission after removal...................1177
Countries to which aliens may be removed.............1423, 1427, 1941
Crew list visa elimination.......................................2080
Criminal convictions.............................................1946
Early release for removal of aliens in custody for nonviolent offenses...................................................1407
Custody procedures.........................................1412, 1939
Deportability and inadmissibility on public charge grounds.......1193
Deportation proceedings:
Power of Attorney General......................................1408
Suspension.........................................1192, 1927, 1932
Detention of aliens subject to final orders of removal...........1411
Diversity visas..................................................2073
Documentary requirements for returning temporary residents.......1214
Duty to surrender when ordered removed from the United States 1942
Employment:
Authorization for certificate of citizenship applicants........1251
Correcting technical and procedural violations of paperwork requirements...............................................1249
EB-5 classification......................................1221, 1940
Eligibility for certain scientists and engineers...............1228
Eligibility pilot program......................................1231
Eligibility verification.......................................1217
Employer sanctions.............................................1429
International broadcasters.....................................1239
Labor certification process................................92, 1997
Labor condition applications.............................1992, 1998
Post-adjudication audits of H-2B petitions.....................1991
Premium processing service for petitions and applications......1205
Temporary employment of foreign professionals on H-1B1 visas 1992, 1998
Temporary nonagricultural services or labor....................1243
Verification documents.........................................1233
Evidence processing timeframe....................................1184
Exchange visitors:
Student and Exchange Visitor Information System.....75, 1416, 1420, 1428, 2070
Student Exchange Visitor Information System..............1417, 2068
Waiver of two-year foreign residence requirement...............1178
Extension of time limit on admission of Mexican nationals........1333
Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry..............1323
Fingerprinting.......................................1191, 1197, 2062
Firearm purchase requirements....................................1898
Flight training............................................1381, 1403
Good conduct time for prisoners..................................1870
Guam Visa Waiver Program...................................1351, 1354
H-1B petition fees...............................................1226
Health care workers........................................1248, 2071
Illegal entry....................................................1179
Inadmissability..................................................1164
Criminal grounds.........................................1244, 1246
Former U.S. citizens who renounced citizenship to avoid taxation...................................................1170
Inspection and expedited removal.................................1335
International-to-International Program...........................1321
Juveniles........................................................1166
Legal Immigration Family Equity Act........................1207, 1209
Medical examination requirements.................................1180
Medical grounds of inadmissibility and waivers...................1181
National interest waivers for physicians.........................1237
NATO civilian employees..........................................1169
Non-deportation agreement........................................1405
Nonimmigrant classes:
Academic honoraria for B visa status...........................1202
Actuaries......................................................1198
Admission period for B visitors................................1252
Admission requirements.........................................1215
Application processing fee exemption...........................2077
Automatic voiding..............................................1179
Border commuter students.................................1425, 2069
Change of status prior to pursuing a course of study...........1242
Construction work by B visitors................................1241
Denial of applications by schools for approval to enroll students...................................................1400
Documentation of professionals.................................2075
Duration of status limitations...........................1255, 1419
Eliminating numerical cap on Mexican TN visas..................1245
Fees for F, J, and M classes...................................1415
Firearm prohibitions.....................................1901, 1904
K classification...............................................1209
Law enforcement initiatives....................................1395
Nurses...................................................1238, 1999
Petitioning requirements.......................................1229
Plant pathologists.............................................1198
Reduced course load for students at border communities.........1421
Registration and monitoring policies...........................1418
Revocation of visas............................................1402
Spouses and children of lawful permanent residents.............1208
Student and Exchange Visitor Information System................2070
Student and Exchange Visitor Program school recertification 75, 1428
Suspension of employment authorization requirements for F-1 students...................................................1422
Temporary workers..................................1230, 1243, 1988
Victims of trafficking or criminal activity........1210, 1211, 1213
Visa exemption for nationals of the British Virgin Islands entering the U.S. through St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 1339
Parole authority.................................................1396
Permanent resident status............................1187, 1204, 1946
Powers and duties of service officers............................1937
Public access to information.....................................2074
Refugee status...................................................1194
Numerical limit on admissions..................................1930
Registration requirements..................................1217, 1227
Religious workers................................................1167
Removal of visa and passport waiver for residents of Canada and
Bermuda......................................................1338
Removal orders...................................................1406
Removal proceedings............................1335, 1928, 1937, 1943
Reporting requirements for deposit interest paid to nonresidents.................................................2731
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Returning residents..............................................1344
Social security benefits for lawfully present aliens.............1235
Suspension of airline's privilege to transport aliens to the
United States................................................1343
Syrian nationals.................................................1240
Temporary protected status.......................................1234
Trafficking victims........................................1409, 2079
Transit without visa.....................1321, 1342, 1348, 1349, 1352
United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology
Program..................................................74, 1360
Unlawful presence................................................1179
Verification of eligibility for public benefits..................1250
Vessel crewman detention.........................................1353
Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act................................1176
Visa Waiver Program..............................................1334
Waiver of fees...................................................1173
Animal diseases:
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy.......22, 44, 58, 224, 235, 238, 242
Bovine tuberculosis..........................................236, 239
Brucellosis.......................................................247
Chronic wasting disease in elk and deer.............................5
Cost-sharing for emergency programs...............................240
Foot-and-mouth disease.........................................4, 237
Pseudorabies in swine.............................................245
Trichinae Certification Program...................................249
Animal drugs:
Presubmission conferences for applicants..........................996
Registration and listing requirements..............................43
Use of materials derived from cattle...........................45, 46
Animal welfare:
Biological agents and toxins list.................................222
Definition of animal.........................................212, 250
Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2398
Inspection, licensing, and procurement............................243
Marine mammals....214, 615, 617, 618, 619, 651, 652, 698, 1627, 1680, 1705, 1719, 1791
National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research chimpanzees..................................................1015
Transportation on international carriers.........................1570
Animals:
See also Animal diseases
Animal drugs
Animal welfare
Livestock
Wildlife
Air emissions from feeding operations............................3097
Imports:
Dog and Cat Protection Act.....................................2398
Transgenic.......................................................3334
Antidumping:
Baseline recalculation for downstream oxygenate addition.........3163
Certification of factual information..............................463
Sunset reviews....................................................464
Archives and records:
See also Classified information
Freedom of information
Health records
Privacy
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
NARA:
Classified national security information.......................3510
Declassification of national security information..............3503
Electronic mail................................................3504
Facility locations and hours...................................3511
Federal records management..........................143, 3506, 3508
Freedom of information...................................3507, 3514
National Historical Publications and Records Commission Grant
Program....................................................3509
National Industrial Security Program...........................3501
Nondiscrimination..................................3496, 3502, 3513
Phone numbers for facilities...................................3517
Presidential library facilities................................3512
Presidential Records Act regulations...........................3505
Records use restrictions.......................................3516
Research room procedures.......................................3515
Standards for records storage facilities.......................3498
Testimony by employees and production of records in legal proceedings................................................3499
Use of meeting rooms and public space..........................3500
Armed forces:
See also Federal buildings and facilities
Military personnel
Selective Service System
Armed services exchange regulations...............................726
Army:
Flood control cost-sharing requirements.........................821
Publication of rules affecting the public.......................811
Army Corps of Engineers:
Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.....................825
Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking..................814
Danger zones...............................................818, 819
Environmental quality requirements..............................813
ESA scope of analysis...........................................820
Nationwide Permit Program regulations...........................815
Natural disaster procedures.....................................823
Protection of historic properties...............................812
Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
Special events rule.............................................822
CHAMPUS........................828, 829, 830, 831, 832, 833, 834, 837
TRICARE......835, 836, 838, 839, 840, 841, 842, 843, 844, 845, 846, 847, 848
Coast Guard:
Ballast water discharge standards..................1296, 1308, 1309
Cargo securing.................................................1292
Chief executive officer clarification..........................2378
Commercial diving operations...................................1290
Deep water ports...............................................1289
Dry cargo residue on the Great Lakes...........................1305
Escort requirements for vessels in U.S. waters...........1280, 1283
Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
Maritime education and training..........................2367, 2372
Merchant mariners......................1276, 1303, 2370, 2373, 2381
Notifications of arrival or departure..........................1298
Numbering of undocumented barges...............................1260
Pollution prevention equipment.................................1267
Propeller injury prevention....................................1295
Regulated navigation areas.....................................1284
Restricted areas...........................................816, 817
Rules of practice..............................................1301
Safety and security zone regulations...............1277, 1304, 1315
Vessel response plans for oil......................1286, 1288, 1293
Whistleblower protection.......................................1299
Criminal jurisdiction over service members and civilians employed by or accompanying the Armed Forces outside the US 741
Discharge standards for vessels............................3393, 3420
Incidental take of migratory birds during military readiness.....1669
Navy:
Deferment of service obligations of midshipmen recipients of scholarships or fellowships................................2371
Incidental taking of marine mammals during military readiness activities.............................................619, 651
Maritime education and training..........................2367, 2372
Release of official information for litigation purposes.........827
Shipbuilding capability preservation agreements.................826
Reemployment.....................................................3559
Selective service regulation.....................................3664
Arms and munitions:
Brady Bill regulations...........................................1900
Commerce in................................................1890, 1895
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DOD contractors' safety manual....................................725
Explosives and small arms manufacturing safety regulations.......2041
Explosives safety..........................................1896, 1903
Export controls...............................470, 472, 483, 490, 514
International Traffic in Arms Regulations........................2078
Nonimmigrant alien prohibitions............................1901, 1904
Pistol definition................................................1891
Propellant actuated device definition............................1892
Residency requirements for purchasers............................1898
Response site prioritization protocol.............................737
Secure gun storage...............................................1902
Asbestos:
Environmental differential pay for exposure......................3558
Exposure limit.....................................................97
Model accreditation plan.........................................3322
Authority delegations:
Banks............................................................2431
Civil penalty issuance...........................................1944
DHS........................................................1152, 1399
DOD Mentor-Protege Agreements...............................772, 3763
EPA..............................................................3038
FCC..............................................................3954
Forest Service....................................................394
Immigration judges...............................................1944
INS..............................................................1933
IRS..............................................................2733
Personnel and general claims settlement...........................730
VA...............................................................2976
Aviation safety:
Aging aircraft........................................104, 2133, 2167
Air tour and sightseeing operations..............................2135
Aircraft improved seats retrofit.................................2131
Airworthiness directives and standards....105, 106, 2113, 2115, 2158, 2172, 2176, 2177, 2178
Antidrug and alcohol misuse prevention programs..................2163
Aviation Security Infrastructure Fee.............................1373
Cargo security...................................................1363
Civil aviation security rules....................................1383
Civil penalty assessment procedures..............................2170
Commission on Aviation Safety and Security.......................2100
Corrosion control program........................................2171
Emergency evacuation demonstration procedures....................2136
Flight guidance systems..........................................2169
Flight rules...............................................2157, 2159
Flight simulation device qualification............................107
Flightdeck officer program.......................................1390
Flightdeck security considerations on foreign operated airplanes..............................................2143, 2147
Light sport aircraft.............................................2174
Moutainous area designation in Alaska............................2128
Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................2098
Performance and handling qualities in icing conditions...........2119
Pilot rest and duty requirements.................................2161
Quality control in procurement of items...........................792
Security awareness training for flight school employees..........1381
Security compliance program for aircraft operators...............1385
Security programs for aircraft weighing 12,500 pounds or more 1384
Security threat assessment for certificate holders and applicants...................................................1374
Transponder requirement....................................2134, 2142
B
Bank deposit insurance:
Appeals process for claims.......................................4013
Assessments................................................3998, 4007
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act............4084
Filing procedures for state nonmember banks......................4002
Privacy notices..................................................4012
Regulatory publication and review................................4011
Risk-based guidelines................................4001, 4014, 4015
Securities disclosure regulations................................4016
Bankruptcy:
RCRA financial responsibility....................................3379
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..................................4006
Automated Clearinghouse regulations..................2468, 2477, 2478
Bank Enterprise Award program....................................2419
Bank Secrecy Act......2431, 2435, 2436, 2437, 2438, 2439, 2440, 2441, 2445, 2451, 2452, 2453, 2454, 2455, 2456, 2457, 2458, 2459, 2460
Basel Capital Accord..............................................113
Broker-dealer registration requirements..........................4222
Capital............................2569, 2902, 2912, 4058, 4064, 4072
Capital treatment of asset-backed commercial paper programs......4063
Checks drawn on the U.S. Treasury................................2467
Civil money penalties............................................4017
Community Development Financial Institutions program.............2420
Community Reinvestment Act regulations........2551, 2564, 2909, 2910, 4005, 4010, 4068
Consumer regulations review......................................4071
Cross-border transportation of negotiable instruments............2439
Customer identification program............................2433, 2443
Deposit definition...............................................4003
Due diligence requirements.......................................2442
Electronic funds transfer............................2474, 3457, 4071
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act............4006, 4067, 4085
Affiliate marketing regulations................................2560
Identity theft protection................................2553, 2904
Proper disposal of consumer information..................2558, 2905
Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations...2559, 2566, 2906, 2907, 2911, 4000, 4004, 4065, 4066
Farm credit:
Assessment and apportionment of administrative expenses........3834
Borrower rights................................................3842
Capital adequacy...............................................3833
Disclosure and reporting requirements....................3837, 3839
Funding and fiscal affairs...................3833, 3836, 3846, 3850
Golden parachute and indemnification payments..................3851
Governance of institutions.....................................3839
Investments, liquidity and divestiture requirements............3841
Loan policies and operations.....3833, 3836, 3846, 3848, 3849, 3850
Mission-related investments....................................3835
Preferred stock issuance.......................................3845
Priority of claims.............................................3832
Receivership repudiation authorities...........................3843
Scope of financing regulations.................................3840
FBI authority to exchange criminal history record information 1947
Financial crimes enforcement network.......................2444, 2447
Financial institutions:
Payment service providers......................................2410
Reporting requirements for deposit interest paid to nonresident aliens.........................................2731
Financial subsidiaries.....................................2411, 2412
Holding companies............4058, 4059, 4062, 4069, 4070, 4073, 4171
Information furnished to consumer reporting agencies.............2565
International banking regulations................................4008
Market risk measure..............................................4009
Money laundering deterrents.......2435, 2436, 2437, 2438, 2445, 2448, 2449, 2450, 2451, 2452, 2453, 2454, 2455, 2456, 2457, 2458, 2459
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Privacy notices................................2563, 2913, 4012, 4079
Privacy of financial records and information.....................1163
Regulation W provisions..........................................4002
Risk-based capital standards.......2569, 2902, 2912, 4009, 4064, 4072
Securities borrowing transactions..........................2561, 4009
Securities brokers and dealers:
Qualifications for banks and securities representatives........3999
Recordkeeping requirements.....................................2550
SEC exemptions.................................................4226
Securities disclosure regulations................................4016
Special measures against the Commercial Bank of Syria............2448
State banks:
Membership in the Federal Reserve System....4057, 4058, 4061, 4062, 4069
Stored value cards...............................................4003
Thrift institutions..............................................4201
Truth in lending.................................................4071
Truth in savings.....................................4060, 4071, 4074
Unauthorized access to customer information......................2562
Beer:
Brewery regulations..............................................2538
Flavored malt beverages..........................................2517
Labeling and advertising regulations.............................2529
Malt beverage labeling...........................................2549
Bees:
Importation.......................................................246
Biologics:
See also Blood
Biological agents and toxins list............................222, 925
Exports...........................................................494
Labeling......................................................47, 938
Registration and listing requirements..............................43
Revocation of Group A Streptococcus...............................943
Safety reporting requirements......................................48
Smallpox vaccine:
Injury compensation program....................................1008
Injury table...................................................1007
Standardized electronic study data................................931
Vaccine Injury Compensation Program........................1003, 1004
Blood:
Current good manufacturing practices...............................50
Hepatitis C virus..................................................50
Hospital conditions of participation.............................1068
Labeling and storage requirements.................................976
Regulation amendments.............................................945
Bonds:
Continuous bond program..........................................2389
Fidelity and forgery bonds........................................779
Immigration surety bonds...................................1401, 1404
Interest payments on cancelled cash bonds........................1398
Multi-family housing bonds.......................................2604
Private activity.................................................2696
Qualified zone academy bonds.....................................2777
Refunding issue..................................................2724
SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program....................3665, 3669, 3671
Surety bond issuance.............................................2472
Tax exempt.......................................................2886
Bridges:
Discretionary bridge candidate rating factor.....................2186
Drawbridge operation.......................................1282, 1297
National Bridge Inspection Standards.............................2187
Brokers:
Alternative net capital computation for holding company groups 4239
Annuity broker qualifications....................................1957
Categories of permissible collateral.............................2421
Customs broker license examination dates.........................1359
Financial requirements for futures commission merchants and introducing brokers..........................................3810
Net capital requirements.........................................4225
Not deemed to be investment advisers.............................4200
Quotation requirements...........................................4237
Registration requirements for banks..............................4222
Buildings:
See also Federal buildings and facilities
Access for individuals with disabilities...................1888, 3004
Asbestos.........................................................3322
Buses:
See also Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Accessibility requirements for over-the-road buses...............2102
School:
Operations.....................................................2326
Business and industry:
See also Accounting
Advertising
Bankruptcy
Competitiveness
Confidential business information
Holding companies
Indians-business and finance
Labeling
Labor
Packaging and containers
Relocation assistance
Small businesses
Taxes
Trade practices
Trademarks
Acrylic/modacrylic fiber production..............................3229
Aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities:
Air pollution control..........................................3196
Airport concessions:
Disadvantaged business enterprise participation................2094
Asphalt processing and asphalt roofing manufacturing.............3169
Assumption of liabilities in corporate transactions..............2595
Cellulose products manufacturing:
Air pollution control..........................................3083
Cement manufacturing industry....................................3057
Chemicals:
Air pollution control..........................................3136
Control of PMNs................................................3313
Hazardous wastes listing.......................................3362
Manufacture..................................3305, 3312, 3315, 3316
Pollution standards............................................3326
Clay ceramics industry...........................................3236
Coating manufacturing............................................3181
Commercial diving operations.....................................1290
Construction:
Aliens working during stay.....................................1241
National Construction Safety Team Act...........................525
Effluent guidelines........................................3395, 3413
Electric arc furnace manufacturing...............................3115
Entertainment industry...........................................2704
EPA operating permits................................3209, 3211, 3255
Financing cooperative stock.......................................412
Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................4081
Glass manufacturing industry.....................................3228
Hydrochloric acid production.....................................3096
Industrial inorganic chemicals manufacturing.....................3232
Iron and steel foundries.............................3117, 3123, 3233
Lead smelting....................................................3264
Leather finishing NESHAP.........................................3081
Motor vehicle manufacturing:
Fuel economy credits...........................................2253
Organic chemical manufacturing...................................3105
Paint stripping..................................................3227
Perchloroethylene dry cleaning facilities:
Air pollution control..........................................3061
Pharmaceuticals..................................................3177
Air pollution control..........................................3226
Plastic parts industry:
Air pollution control..........................................3247
Plating and polishing............................................3234
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Plywood and composite wood products manufacturing................3118
Air pollution control..........................................3246
Polyurethane foam production:
Air pollution control..........................................3225
Printing and publishing....................................3056, 3203
Printing, coating, and dyeing of fabrics and textiles............3261
Pulp, paper and paperboard:
Effluent limitations...........................................3403
Emissions reduction............................................3271
Refractory products manufacturing................................3185
Secondary aluminum production....................................3183
Surface coating of metal cans....................................3099
Taconite iron ore processing.....................................3124
Vegetable oil production:
Air pollution control..........................................3250
Wood furniture industry:
Air pollution control..........................................3201
C
Cable television:
Cable Act reform.................................................3917
Cost of service..................................................3911
Customer service standards.......................................3912
Digital must carry requirements..................................3922
Home wiring rights...............................................3915
Horizontal ownership limits......................................3923
Pole attachments.................................................3920
Rates............................................................3910
Cancer:
Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Cargo vessels:
See also Maritime carriers
Barges:
Launch barge waiver program....................................2368
Load line requirements.........................................1269
Numbering of undocumented barges...............................1260
Cargo securing on vessels in U.S. waters.........................1292
Deepwater port regulations.......................................1289
Dry cargo residue on the Great Lakes.............................1305
Manifest discrepancy reports.....................................1320
Tank vessels:
Escorts..................................................1280, 1283
Response plans.....................................1286, 1288, 1293
Towing vessel safety measures..................................1312
Cemeteries:
VA burial benefits...................................2924, 2978, 2991
Census data: 2010 Census Redistricting Data Program............................458
Age search fees...................................................459
Cutoff dates for recognition of boundary changes..................457
CHAMPUS:
Appeals and hearings procedures...................................846
Authorized providers..............................................847
Claimcheck denials appeals process................................832
Dental benefits under retiree dental program......................836
Double coverage...................................................831
Dual compensation/conflict of interest provision..................829
Hospital payment for ambulatory care..............................828
Individual Case Management Program................................834
Methodology for coverage of NIH-sponsored clinical trials.........833
Prosthetic devices coverage.......................................830
Regulation amendments.............................................837
TRICARE.........835, 836, 838, 839, 840, 841, 842, 843, 844, 845, 848
Chemicals:
See also Drugs
Hazardous substances
Pesticides and pests
Air pollution control......................................3087, 3136
Aryl phosphates..................................................3336
Assessment information rule......................................3315
Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3345
Diethanolamine...................................................3318
Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1917
Drinking water regulations................937, 3422, 3427, 3429, 3432
Electronic application for controlled substances.................1913
Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program.......................115, 3285
Export control..........................................116, 494, 495
Flame retardant substances.................................3306, 3337
Gamma butyrolactone..............................................1908
Glycol ethers....................................................3309
Health and safety reporting rule.................................3316
Helium conservation..............................................1824
High-production-volume chemicals..................................130
Hydrogen fluoride................................................3319
Hydroxides in household products, packaging standard for.........3813
Maleic anhydride.................................................3321
New use rules for PMNs...........................................3313
Ozone depleting:
Albuterol........................................................57
Essential use allowances.............................57, 3110, 3112
Halon-1301.....................................................3175
Methyl bromide.....................................3085, 3154, 3257
N-propyl bromide...............................................3114
Refrigerant recycling..................3109, 3111, 3168, 3176, 3256
Refrigerants.......................................3090, 3091, 3178
Substitutes........................................3155, 3172, 3244
Perfluorooctanoic acid...........................................3317
Phosphorus forms, red, white and hypophosphorous acid............1909
Phthalic anhydride...............................................3320
Polychlorinated biphenyls............................3308, 3326, 3327
Polymers and resins........................................3193, 3301
Registration and reregistration fees.......................1918, 1921
Reporting requirements for imports and exports of List I and
List II chemicals............................................1914
Right-to-Know initiative...................................3333, 3338
Significant New Use Rule.........................................3307
Sodium permanganate..............................................1912
Test rules......................................130, 3296, 3303, 3332
Toxic substances...........................................3305, 3312
Toxic Substances Control Act.......3023, 3297, 3300, 3304, 3317, 3334
Toxicity profiles................................................3302
Toxicity testing, developmental and reproductive.................3331
Toxics Release Inventory:
Additions, deletions, and modifications........................3339
Coal...........................................................3347
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds...............................3340
Metal mining...................................................3349
Pollution Prevention Act information requirements..............3348
Reporting requirements...................................3344, 3349
Review of chemicals on original list...........................3346
Child labor:
Hazardous occupations........................................89, 1974
Regulations, orders, and statements of interpretation..............89
Child support:
Federal Tax Refund Offset........................................1141
Safeguarding information.........................................1134
Standards for review and adjustment..............................1140
Child welfare:
See also Adoption and foster care
Child labor
Child support
Aliens:
Battered children........................................1188, 1927
At-risk afterschool suppers.......................................285
Child Care and Development Fund..................................1138
NIH training grants..............................................1014
Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1955
Reporting requirements.........................................1954
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Record-keeping requirements for producers of sexually explicit material.....................................................1958
Safeguards for subjects in clinical investigations of drug products......................................................965
Use of restraint and seclusion in residential psychiatric treatment facilities................................64, 922, 1090
Cigars and cigarettes:
Cigarette papers and tubes shipped from Puerto Rico..............2540
Customs regulations..............................................2483
Elimination of statistical classes for large cigars..............2541
Importation of products, papers and tubes........................2542
In-transit stops without payment of tax..........................2489
Prohibited marks on products brought into the U.S................2537
Regulations for papers or tubes that are not in packages.........2487
Shipment of products without payment of tax......................2484
Tax computation on large cigars..................................2481
Citizenship and naturalization:
See also Aliens
Immigration
Application by alternative applicant if citizen parent has died 1225
Child Citizenship Act............................................1203
Electronic signatures on applications and petitions for benefits.....................................................1219
Employment authorization.........................................1251
Judicial review of INS decisions.................................1253
Procedures for individuals with disabilities.....................1218
Revoking grants of naturalization................................1196
Civil rights:
See also Equal employment opportunity
Fair housing
Commission on Civil Rights regulations update....................3006
FMCSA financial assistance recipients............................2213
Food Stamp Program data collections...............................301
Nondiscrimination:
Age discrimination.......................................3447, 3502
CNCS...........................................................3015
DHS................................................1149, 1150, 1151
DOJ............................................................1886
DOL............................................................2056
Federally assisted programs....................................3698
GSA................................................3448, 3449, 3451
HHS.............................................................912
HIPAA..........................................96, 2712, 2713, 2714
HUD............................................................1463
Individuals with disabilities........86, 87, 3446, 3646, 3648, 3698
NARA...............................................3496, 3502, 3513
NCUA...........................................................4091
NEA......................................................3521, 3648
NEH......................................................3521, 3648
OFHEO..........................................................3530
SSA......................................................3697, 3698
Older individuals................................................1142
Peace Corps Volunteer Discrimination Complaint Procedure.........3648
Claims:
CCC debt collection...............................................198
CFTC debt collection.............................................3805
Collection by installments.......................................2466
DHS debt collection........................................1162, 1426
DoD authority...........................................735, 736, 745
DOT debt collection..................................2278, 2323, 2324
Filing claims against SSA........................................3749
FMS payments...............................................2461, 2462
FSA debt collection...............................................198
HHS..........................................................916, 917
Oil Pollution Act procedures.....................................1258
Presidio debt collection.........................................3657
SBA debt collection..............................................3678
Seized property..................................................1961
SSA debt collection...............................................151
Veterans:
Debt collection................................................2992
Classified information:
Access............................................................731
Declassification of national security information................3503
DHS regulations..................................................1148
Disclosure of official information in connection with legal proceedings..................................................1147
Disclosure of records in litigation..............................2422
National Industrial Security Program.............................3501
National security information regulations..................2064, 3510
NRC regulations..................................................4162
Research involving human subjects.................................850
Sensitive security information for land modes of transportation 1368
Storage...........................................................732
Coal:
Abandoned refuse sites...........................................1809
Coalbed methane development......................................1835
Combustion wastes..........................................3370, 3371
Toxics Release Inventory.........................................3347
Coastal zone:
See also Continental shelf
Flood plains
Federal Consistency regulations...................................662
Waste deposit prevention.........................................3436
Wetlands:
Minimal effects exemptions......................................442
Colleges and universities:
See also Medical and dental schools
Academic honoraria for B nonimmigrant aliens.....................1202
Denial of applications for approval to enroll nonimmigrant students.....................................................1400
DOT grants.......................................................2101
Funding requirements for agricultural research and extension activities at Land-Grant Institutions....................254, 255
Grants administration.................................734, 1144, 1472
INS List of Recognized American Institutions of Research.........1254
Reduced course load for nonimmigrant students at border communities..................................................1421
Commodity futures:
Anti-money laundering program....................................2456
Civil monetary penalties.........................................3812
Customer permission for futures commission merchants to take the opposite side of an order................................3803
Debt collection..................................................3805
Designated contract market clearing services for over-the- counter options on exempt commodities........................3804
Exempt commercial markets:
Information access and price transparency......................3811
Financial requirements for futures commission merchants and introducing brokers..........................................3810
Foreign currency haircuts........................................3800
Foreign futures and options contracts............................3809
Investment of customer funds and record of investments...........3802
National Futures Association decisions...........................3801
Off-centralized market transactions..............................3806
Privacy notices..................................................3799
Procedures for registration as derivatives transaction execution facility or contract market........................3808
Reporting levels.................................................3807
Reserve requirements for margin..................................4241
Security futures:
Offer and sale of products traded on foreign boards............3798
Registration requirements for banks............................4222
Common carriers:
See also Air carriers
Communications common carriers
Maritime carriers
Motor carriers
Railroads
Coloading practices by NVOCCs....................................4053
Explosive materials delivery.....................................1903
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Communicable diseases:
Correctional management..........................................1864
Smallpox:
Vaccine injury compensation program............................1008
Communications:
See also Communications common carriers
News media
Telecommunications 911 Act..........................................................3966
Airport Terminal Use frequencies in the 45-470 private land mobile radio pool............................................3972
Amateur radio service............................................3887
Auction authority................................................3954
Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local exchange carriers............................................3988
Aviation Radio Service...........................................3974
Biennial review............................................3870, 3967
Broadband grant program for rural areas...........................440
Broadband service provided over power line systems...............3877
Broadcast ownership rules review.................................3937
Broadcast station construction permits...........................3919
Bundling customer premises equipment and enhanced services.......3997
Channelization of the 39 GHz band................................3945
Cognitive radio technologies.....................................3876
Commercial mobile radio services...............3943, 3946, 3960, 3962
Competitive bidding:
Broadband PCS..................................................3946
Process........................................................3951
Rules for auction of 218-219 MHz...............................3944
Consolidating the 800 MHz industrial/land transportation and business pool channels.......................................3973
Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and
Marketing Act................................................3860
Digital audio broadcasting.......................................3925
Equal employment opportunity rule................................3934
Excise tax...........................................2611, 2750, 2881
Exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields................3872
FM radio.........................................................3921
Government transfer band.........................................3864
Horizontal ownership limits......................................3923
Informal complaints..............................................3858
Installment payments for Personal Communications Services licensees....................................................3958
Interference temperature operation...............................3878
International call-back service..................................3900
International service regulations................................3905
Interstate special access services...............................3995
IP-enabled services..............................................3996
Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz...............................3955
Licensing low power operations in the private land mobile radio 450-470 MHz band.............................................3963
Maritime...................................................3942, 3957
Multiple address systems.........................................3950
National Exchange Carrier Association petition...................3976
Noncommercial educational broadcast stations.....................3935
North American Numbering Plan administration.....................3977
Private land mobile radio service................................3882
Public safety communications...............................3949, 3973
Quiet Zone application procedures................................3964
Radio market definitions.........................................3932
Radio spectrum usage promotion through development of secondary markets......................................................3961
Reallocation of 27 MHz spectrum..................................3886
Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................3893
Redesignation of the 17.7-19.7 GHz band..........................3909
Regulatory fees..................................................3941
Satellite:
Application and licensing requirements.........................3890
Broadcast Satellite Service....................................3909
Broadcasting signal carriage requirements......................3926
Coordination between non-geostationary and geostationary orbit......................................................3874
Digital audio radio service....................................3892
Earth stations.....................................3898, 3904, 3907
Fixed-satellite services...........................3865, 3899, 3909
Global mobile personal communications..........................3897
Licensing reform...............................................3901
Maritime mobile services.......................................3896
Mobile service provider flexibility............................3902
MSS spectrum allocation............................3863, 3891, 3895
Non-geostationary orbit..................................3899, 3908
Non-government operations in the 36.0-51.4 GHz portion of the
V-band.....................................................3894
Orbital debris mitigation......................................3903
Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act....................3924, 3940
Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................3893
Securities Act reform............................................4179
Software defined radios..........................................3867
Spectrum allocation..............................................3873
Spectrum-based services to rural areas...........................3970
Terrestrial microwave fixed radio services.......................3956
Transfer of 3650 through 3700 MHz band...........................3959
Transfer of 4.9 GHz band from government use.....................3959
Truthful statements to the FCC...................................3889
TV:
Advertising practices..........................................3914
Broadcast Auxiliary Services rules.............................3869
Cable Act................................................3911, 3917
Cable television rates.........................................3910
Children's programming...................................3930, 3931
Competitive availability of navigation devices.................3918
Digital must carry requirements................................3922
Digital television service.............3927, 3928, 3930, 3938, 3975
Direct broadcast public interest obligations...................3929
Emergency Alert System...................................3861, 3862
Filing of network affiliation contracts........................3913
Joint sales agreements.........................................3939
Predicting broadcast television field strength.................3885
Public interest information....................................3933
Reallocation and service rules for the 698-746 MHz spectrum band.......................................................3965
Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act....................3924, 3940
Service rules in UHF spectrum..................................3953
Unlicensed operation in the broadcast bands....................3881
Video programming accessibility..........................3916, 3918
Ultra-wideband radio transmission................................3866
Unbundled network elements.......................................3994
Unbundling local exchange carriers...............................3989
Unlicensed devices in the 5 GHz band.............................3871
Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure at 5 GHz..........3884
Unlicensed operation of the 3650-3700 band.......................3879
Unlicensed radiofrequency devices................................3883
Vehicle location and monitoring systems..........................3952
Wireless systems:
Advanced services..............................................3868
Regulatory review..............................................3969
Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act..................3966
World Radiocommunication Conference omnibus......................3880
Communications common carriers:
Informal complaints..............................................3858
Service disruption reporting requirements........................3875
Toll free service access codes...................................3980
Community action programs:
Empowerment zones..................................................79
Community development:
See also Community action programs
Grant programs-housing and community development
Community development block grants:
Brownfields activities.........................................1535
Prohibition on use of funds for job-pirating activities........1534
Regulation revisions...........................................1530
Revitalization strategy........................................1532
Slum and blight prevention.....................................1535
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Community Development Financial Institutions program.............2420
Economic opportunities for low- and very-low-income persons......1538
SBA:
HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program........................3672
Competitiveness:
Agricultural commodities competitive markets......................367
American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act...........1176
American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act.................1176
Cable television companies.......................................3915
Communications Act.........................................3944, 3946
DFARS requirements...........................................767, 774
OPM regulations..................................................3606
Television marketplace.....................................3910, 3918
Computer technology:
Access to information on government-owned systems.................860
Acquisition regulations..........................................3766
Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and
Marketing Act................................................4083
De minimis exclusion for technology and software..................511
Electronic filing:
Investment advisers......................................2014, 4202
Electronic submission:
Documents......................................................4050
Exports.......................................485, 487, 496, 516, 522
Information technology exchange program..........................3608
Internet:
Simplified Network Application Process (SNAP)...................477
Reuse, recycling, and recovery of electronic equipment...........3374
Security training................................................3642
Confidential business information:
EPA regulations............................................3023, 3034
Conflict of interests:
See also Political activities (Government employees)
CHAMPUS requirements..............................................829
DFARS.............................................................755
DOE...............................................................904
EPA..............................................................3022
Ethical conduct..................................................3539
Ethics programs..................................................3536
Exemptions.......................................................3533
Financial disclosure.............................................3534
Post-government employment.................................3538, 3612
Standards of conduct..................................742, 1143, 3537
Construction industry:
Alien workers....................................................1241
Confined spaces for construction.................................2036
Effluent guidelines..............................................3412
Electric power line worker safety................................2038
Hearing loss prevention..........................................2053
Hoisting equipment safety........................................2040
National Construction Safety Team Act.............................525
Consumer protection:
See also Labeling
Trade practices
All-terrain vehicle ban for children under 16....................3825
Alternative fuel labeling requirements...........................4086
Baby bath seats..................................................3822
Bunk bed cornerpost standard.....................................3824
Cable home wiring rights.........................................3915
Candles and candle accessories...................................3826
Child-resistant packaging..................................3814, 3823
Contact lens.....................................................4087
Crib safety standards............................................3818
Disclosures......................................................4077
Flammability standards:
Clothing textiles..............................................3819
Mattresses/bedding..............................................170
Upholstered furniture...........................................169
Household goods transportation.............................2194, 2208
Household products containing hydroxides, packaging standard for..........................................................3813
Hunting tree stands..............................................3828
Lighters.........................................................3821
Nutrition health claims...........................................936
Portable bed rails...............................................3820
Sulfuric acid drain openers......................................3827
Table saw blades.................................................3815
Telephone Consumer Protection Act................................3859
Weightlifting bench press benches................................3829
Continental shelf:
Exploration or development and production plans..................1797
Safety zones around petroleum and gas production facilities......1315
Cosmetics:
Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease....................987
Use of materials derived from cattle...............................58
Recordkeeping requirements.......................................59
Cotton:
Classification service user fees..................................185
Countervailing duties:
Certification of factual information..............................463
Sunset reviews....................................................464
Courts:
Civil contempt commitments.......................................1871
Courts of Indian Offenses........................................1777
CSOSA:
Ethical conduct for employees standards........................3020
Equal Access to Justice Act:
DHS proceedings................................................1161
DOI proceedings................................................1564
Credit:
See also Banks, banking
Credit unions
Mortgages
Anti-money laundering program....................................2457
Debt collection:
DoD...................................................735, 736, 745
FEMA...........................................................1435
HHS........................................................916, 917
Matching of Federal employee records for salary offset.........2464
Salary offset...................................................917
SBA......................................................3678, 3685
SSA.............................................................151
Treasury.................................................2463, 2470
Delinquent debtors:
Public dissemination of identity...............................2471
Equal credit opportunity.........................................4071
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act......2553, 4006, 4067, 4085
Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations.......2559, 2566, 2906, 2907, 2911, 4000, 4004, 4065, 4066
Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations..........4000, 4004, 4065, 4066
Partners and partnerships........................................2820
Credit unions:
Bylaws...........................................................4097
Change in official or senior executive officers..................4111
Community Development Revolving Loan Program...............4098, 4110
Conversion to mutual savings banks...............................4106
Customer identification program..................................2443
Designation of low income status.................................4098
Disposal of consumer information.................................4107
Exchangeable Collateralized Mortgage Obligations.................4109
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act:
Address reconciliation rule....................................4094
Affiliate marketing regulations................................2560
Direct disputes with furnishers rule...........................4096
Furnisher accuracy guidelines and rules........................4095
Identity theft protection................................2553, 4093
Fair credit reporting..........................4099, 4105, 4107, 4108
Health Savings Accounts..........................................4114
Information furnished to consumer reporting agencies.............2565
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Information requests under Freedom of Information and Privacy
Acts.........................................................4102
Living trust accounts............................................4113
Loans and lines of credit regulations............................4100
Medical information regulations..................................4105
Member business loans............................................4112
Mergers of federally-insured credit unions.......................4103
Negative credit information notice...............................4099
Newly-chartered or troubled......................................4111
Nondeposit investment sales......................................4089
Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs.................4091
Privacy of consumer financial information........................4092
Regulatory publication and review................................4090
Share insurance rules............................................4113
Truth in Savings rule............................................4101
Unauthorized access to member information and member notice......4104
Use of consumer information for marketing solicitations..........4108
Crime:
See also Drug abuse
Fraud
Aliens:
Battered and abused spouses and children.................1188, 1927
Criminal convictions...........................................1946
Criminal grounds of inadmissibility......................1244, 1246
Custody procedures.......................................1412, 1939
Early release for removal of aliens in custody for nonviolent offenses...................................................1407
Trafficking victims..........................1210, 1211, 1409, 2079
Victims of crime.........................................1211, 1213
Arson reporting..................................................1899
Criminal intelligence systems operating policies.................1963
Exports of crime control and detection instrument equipment.......507
Jurisdiction over service members and civilians employed by or accompanying the Armed Forces outside the US..................741
National Instant Criminal Background Check System................1953
Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1955
Reporting requirements.........................................1954
Record-keeping requirements for producers of sexually explicit material.....................................................1958
Seized property..................................................1961
Sex offender registration programs...............................1949
Sex offender release notification................................1858
STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971
United Nations Convention Against Torture........................1236
Victims of Crime Act.......................................1965, 1966
Crop insurance:
Administrative regulations...................................273, 281
Apples............................................................279
Blueberries.......................................................276
Civil penalties...................................................271
Nonstandard classification system.................................273
Nursery crops.....................................................274
Peanuts...........................................................280
Pecans............................................................278
Processing tomato crop provisions.................................277
Crystalline silica:
Occupational exposure........................................99, 2016
Cultural exchange programs:
Summer work/travel...............................................2060
Customs duties and inspection:
See also Antidumping
Countervailing duties
Imports
Advance notice requirements for landings and arrivals of aircraft from foreign areas..................................1318
African Growth and Opportunity Act...............................2394
Airport security area access.....................................1325
Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act..................2402
Bond obligations.................................................1326
Broker license examination dates.................................1359
Certification of factual information during antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings...............................463
Chile Free Trade Agreement.......................................2408
Commercial information confidentiality...........................1328
Conditional release period.......................................1326
Continuous bond program..........................................2389
Country of origin marking........................................2391
Customs bonded warehouses for duty-free sales enterprises........2483
Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2398
Drawback.........................................................2407
Harbor maintenance fees....................................2415, 2416
In-transit mail shipment examination.............................1357
Merchandise processing fees......................................2407
North American Free Trade Agreement..................2406, 2418, 2426
Outbound redelivery procedures and liabilities...................2388
Overtime compensation and premium pay for officers...............1361
Payment methods for duties, taxes, interest, and fees............2392
Preferential treatment of brassieres.............................2400
Prior disclosure.................................................1319
Processing fees at express courier facilities....................2404
Prototypes used in product development and testing...............2399
Publication of administrative forfeiture notices.................1329
Reconciliation...................................................2417
Reimbursable inspectional services...............................2397
Remote location filing...........................................2385
Singapore Free Trade Agreement...................................2409
Softwood lumber from Canada................................2428, 2429
Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos...................2427
User and navigation fees.........................................2393
Watch and jewelry duty-exemptions under insular program...........468
D
Dairy products:
National Dairy Promotion and Research Program.....................182
Debarment and suspension:
DHS..............................................................1153
DOD...............................................................755
DOJ..............................................................1970
DOT..............................................................2091
GSA..............................................................3461
Dietary supplements:
Current good manufacturing practice................................51
Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease....................987
Use of materials derived from cattle...............................58
Disability benefits:
Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Act.....................1106, 1112
Disaster assistance: 9/11 Heroes Stamp Act program....................................1447
Corps of Engineers procedures.....................................823
Criminal and civil penalties.....................................1433
Crisis Counseling Regular Program................................1441
Definition of terms..............................................1455
Economic injury disaster loans for small businesses..............3673
Estimating eligible cost.........................................1446
Fire Management Assistance Grant Program.........................1442
Floods:
Ability to pay provisions.......................................821
Mitigation assistance program............................1432, 1450
Mitigation of severe repetitive loss properties..........1449, 1451
National Flood Insurance Program......1430, 1437, 1440, 1443, 1444, 1448, 1454
FSA disaster declaration and designation..........................202
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program............................1434, 1452
Hazard mitigation planning.......................................1431
Individual assistance programs:
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act..................................................1433, 1438
Management costs.................................................1439
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National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.................1436
Noninsured crop disaster assistance program for tropical crops 204
Pre-disaster mitigation program..................................1453
Public assistance insurance requirements.........................1445
Transfer of food commodities.....................................2995
Dispute resolution:
Access to neutrals...............................................3441
Drug abuse:
See also Alcohol abuse
Aviation personnel...............................................2163
Disincentives for inmates........................................1859
Drug-free workplace requirements.................................1153
Treatment programs...............................................1859
Authority for practitioners to prescribe narcotic substances 1922
Bureau of Prisons..............................................1867
Drug testing:
Airmen...........................................................2112
Bureau of Prisons................................................1861
Following marine incidents.........................................73
Management information system reporting by transportation employers....................................................2105
Transportation workplace...................................2095, 2097
Workplace guidelines..............................................923
Drug traffic control:
Chemical registration fees.......................................1910
Chemical registration waivers....................................1921
Controlled substances:
Authority for practitioners to prescribe narcotic substances for maintenance or detoxification treatment................1922
Disposer definition and registration...........................1916
Electronic application forms...................................1913
Electronic ordering of Schedule I and II substances............1919
Electronic prescriptions.......................................1906
Exemption from import/export requirements for personal medical use................................................1926
Gamma butyrolactone............................................1908
Phosphorus forms, red, white, and hypophosphorous acid.........1909
Preventing accumulation at long-term care facilities...........1925
Recordkeeping requirements for drug products containing hydroxybutyric acid........................................1923
Registration requirements for practitioners practicing in more than one state........................................1911
Reorganization and clarification of DEA regulations............1907
Reporting requirements for imports and exports of List I and
List II chemicals..........................................1914
Reports of theft or significant loss...........................1924
Sodium permanganate............................................1912
Domestic Chemical Diversion Act..................................1917
FAA regulations..................................................2132
Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1920
Drugs:
See also Animal drugs
Biologics
Over-the-counter drugs
Prescription drugs
Abbreviated new drug applications.................................988
Bioavailability and bioequivalence requirements...................988
Institutional review boards.......................................967
Investigational new drugs...............................940, 941, 958
Labeling..........................................................992
New drug applications........................................931, 962
Positron emission tomography drugs................................934
Providing controlled substances to ocean vessels.................1905
Registration and reregistration fees.............................1918
Safeguards for children in clinical investigations................965
E
Education:
See also Colleges and universities
Education of disadvantaged
Educational facilities
Educational research
Indians-education
Libraries
School breakfast and lunch programs
Schools
Students
Teachers
Education of individuals with disabilities
Academic honoraria for B nonimmigrant aliens.....................1202
Credit Enhancement for Charter School Facilities Program..........857
Direct grant programs.............................................851
Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate
Fellowship Grants Program.....................................256
Good time credit for D.C. Code offenders.........................1865
Home-living programs.............................................1769
Maritime education and training............................2367, 2372
NASA Science and Technology Scholarship..........................3472
National Security Education Program...............................729
NIH loan repayment programs:
AIDS research..................................................1016
For clinical researchers.......................................1017
For individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.................1020
Health disparities research....................................1019
Pediatric research.............................................1018
Scholarships...................................................1013
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.................................1776
Nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs............853, 3520
Protection of human research subjects.............................849
Title IX of the Education Act Amendments.........................3450
Veterans:
Centralized certification of benefits..........................2919
Educational Assistance Text Program............................2988
Licensing and certification....................................2918
Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty..........................2973, 2975
Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve.....................2969, 2987
Non-payment of VA educational assistance to fugitive felons 2971
Survivors and dependents...........................2920, 2975, 2986
Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act..................2965
Veterans Programs Enhancement Act..............................2917
Education of disadvantaged:
Academic achievement of limited English proficient students......854, 856
Transportation regulations.......................................1139
Education of individuals with disabilities:
Early intervention and special education to eligible DoD dependents....................................................740
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act........................35
Educational facilities:
Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act............................852
Grants administration............................................2996
Educational research:
Human subjects protection...................................850, 1029
Eggs and egg products:
Grading......................................................173, 181
Imported..........................................................343
Inspection.........................................................17
Salmonella enteritidis prevention..................................52
Electric power:
See also Electric utilities
Electric power plants
Hydroelectric licensing..........................................4033
Worker safety....................................................2038
Electric power plants:
Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program........................894
Electric utilities:
Broadband service provided over power line systems...............3877
Bulk system reliability policy statement.........................4032
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Electronic filing of documents...................................4022
Generator interconnection agreement and procedures.........4020, 4023
Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for rural electrification purposes......................................................436
Indian electric power utilities..................................1758
Market design and structure......................................4021
Market-based rate contracts for wholesale sales..................4025
Pricing policy...................................................4027
Quarterly financial and Annual Report requirements...............4035
Standards of conduct for transmission providers..................4019
Steam generating unit regulations...........................127, 3120
Electronic funds transfers:
Federal agency disbursements.....................................2474
FRS regulation revision..........................................4071
GSAR regulation..................................................3457
Employee benefit plans:
See also Pensions
Abandoned individual account plans.................................93
Cafeteria plans..................................................2719
Electronic transmission of notices, elections or consents........2674
Limitations......................................................2667
Participant contributions..........................................94
Participant loan rules...........................................2001
Prohibited transaction exemption procedures......................2000
Stock option programs............................................1989
Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program...........................2006
Employment:
See also Equal employment opportunity
Government employees
Aliens...........................................................1988
Authorization eligibility......................................1183
Authorization for certificate of citizenship applicants........1251
Correcting technical and procedural violations of paperwork requirements...............................................1249
Dismissal of asylum application................................1168
EB-5 classification......................................1221, 1940
Eligibility for certain scientists and engineers...............1228
Eligibility pilot program......................................1231
Eligibility verification.......................................1217
Employer petitions.............................................1232
Employer sanctions.............................................1429
Employment creation petitions..................................1247
Fingerprinting.................................................1197
Labor certification process................................92, 1997
Labor condition applications.............................1992, 1998
Post-adjudication audits of H-2B petitions.....................1991
Suspension of employment authorization requirements for F-1 students...................................................1422
Temporary employment of foreign professionals on H-1B1 visas 1992, 1998
Temporary nonagricultural services.............................1243
Verification documents.........................................1233
Family and Medical Leave Act.......................................88
Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
Identification of gender, race and ethnicity of applicants for employment with federal contractors..........................1987
Individuals with disabilities:
Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a program...................................................166
Excepted service...............................................3544
Self-Sufficiency Program........................................154
Ticket to Work Program....................................154, 1112
Jobs For Veterans Act................................1979, 2058, 2059
Opportunities for low- and very-low-income persons...............1538
Trade adjustment assistance for workers........................90, 91
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
Welfare-to-Work Grants Program...................................1995
Workforce investment systems.....................................2026
Endangered and threatened species:
See also Marine mammals
Addax......................................................1639, 1668
Alameda whipsnake................................................1637
American crocodile...............................................1590
Appalachian bivalve species................................1713, 1714
Arkansas River shiner............................................1628
Army Corps of Engineers scope of analysis.........................820
Arroyo toad......................................................1676
Australian parakeets.............................................1658
Basking shark....................................................1654
Beluga sturgeon..................................................1681
Boreal toad......................................................1606
Boulder darter...................................................1585
Broad-snouted caiman.............................................1612
Brown pelican delisting..........................................1581
Buena Vista Lake shrew...........................................1687
Bull trout.................................................1675, 1711
Butterfly species................................................1571
Cactus ferruginous pygmy owl.....................................1699
California gnatcatcher...........................................1666
California red-legged frog.......................................1703
California tiger salamander..........................1677, 1688, 1712
Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances................1707
Captive-bred exotic birds........................................1647
Cassius blue butterfly...........................................1610
Ceraunus blue butterfly..........................................1610
Channel Islands foxes............................................1624
CITES decisions......................................1573, 1650, 1716
Conservation education...........................................1568
Conservation permits.............................................1649
Critical habitat........31, 1624, 1625, 1628, 1632, 1633, 1634, 1637, 1665, 1666, 1675, 1676, 1677, 1678, 1682, 1687, 1688, 1690, 1694, 1698, 1699, 1703, 1710, 1711, 1713, 1714, 1718
Cui-ui delisting.................................................1629
Dama gazelle...............................................1639, 1668
Dolly Varden.....................................................1696
Eagles...........................................................1576
Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
Transport of feathers..........................................1701
Evolutionarily Significant Units...............................31, 34
Fishes, Tennessee rivers.........................................1644
Foreign bird species.............................................1614
Gila chub........................................................1694
Gila trout.......................................................1586
Gray wolf:
Eastern Distinct Population Segment delisting..................1670
Western Distinct Population Segment delisting..................1702
Grizzly bears....................................................1605
Guam bridled white-eye...........................................1710
Guam broadbill...................................................1710
Guam Micronesian kingfisher......................................1710
Incidental take by commercial fishing operations.................1685
Koster's tyronia.................................................1698
Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1575
Little Mariana fruit bat.........................................1710
Manatees.............................................1686, 1705, 1719
Mariana crow.....................................................1710
Mariana fruit bat..........................................1653, 1710
Mexican bobcat delisting.........................................1601
Mexican gray wolf................................................1603
Mexican spotted owl..............................................1718
Miami blue butterfly.......................................1610, 1706
Mussels, freshwater..............................................1644
Nickerbean blue butterfly........................................1610
Noel's amphipod..................................................1698
Nonessential experimental populations..........1585, 1593, 1643, 1644
Northern aplomado falcon.........................................1593
Northern sea otter, southwest Alaskan distinct population segment......................................................1662
Oncorhynchus mykiss............................................31, 34
Pacific salmon.....................................................34
Pecos assiminea..................................................1698
Permit exemptions.................................................613
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Permits for foreign listed species...............................1664
Pesticide regulation........................................697, 1717
Picture-wing flies...............................................1695
Plants:
Arizona agave delisting........................................1592
Bigleaf mahogany...............................................1657
Black cohosh...................................................1595
CITES listings.....................................1595, 1657, 1660
Coachella Valley milk-vetch....................................1620
Colorado butterfly plant.......................................1671
Critical habitat....1597, 1620, 1621, 1630, 1635, 1636, 1667, 1671, 1672, 1673, 1674, 1715
Eggert's sunflower.............................................1672
Fender's Blue Butterfly........................................1635
Fish Slough milk vetch.........................................1673
Johnston's frankenia removal...................................1652
Kincaid's Lupine...............................................1635
Lane Mountain milkvetch........................................1667
Munz's onion...................................................1674
Pierson's milkvetch............................................1715
Ramin..........................................................1660
San Jacinto Valley crownscale..................................1597
Spanish cedar..................................................1657
Spreading navarettia.....................................1597, 1630
Thread-leaved Brodiaea.........................................1621
Willamette Daisy...............................................1635
Willowy monardella.............................................1636
Prebles Meadow jumping mouse.....................................1721
Riverside fairy shrimp...........................................1678
Roswell springsnail..............................................1698
Sacramento Mountains Checkerspot butterfly.......................1690
Safe harbor agreements...........................................1707
Salt Creek tiger beetle....................................1598, 1625
San Diego Fairy shrimp...........................................1665
Santa Ana sucker.................................................1682
Scimitar-horned oryx.......................................1639, 1668
Sea cucumber.....................................................1611
Snail, freshwater................................................1644
Southern sea otter translocation program.........................1602
Southwestern Willow Flycatcher...................................1632
Spotfin chub.....................................................1585
St. Andrew Beach Mouse...........................................1634
Stag beetle......................................................1654
Straight-horned markhor..........................................1579
Tibetan antelope.................................................1648
Tinian monarch flycatcher........................................1708
Topeka shiner..............................................1643, 1709
Turtle species...................................................1650
Virginia northern flying squirrel................................1604
Western Snowy Plover.............................................1633
Wood bison.......................................................1594
Energy:
See also Coal
Electric power
Energy conservation
Fuel economy
Natural gas
Nuclear energy
Petroleum
Pipelines
Acquisition:
Cooperative audit strategy......................................902
Alternative fuels.....................................864, 3150, 4086
Claims for damages against DOE employees..........................909
Conduct of DOE employees..........................................908
Critical energy infrastructure information.......................4029
DEAR amendments:
Biobased content products.......................................903
Make or Buy Plans...............................................900
Management contractor compensation for personal services........905
Purchasing by management and operating contractors..............904
Revisions.......................................................901
Technical amendments............................................906
Work for others regulations.....................................907
Electronic notification of Commission issuances..................4031
Electronic registration of FERC applications.....................4034
Electronic service of documents..................................4018
Filing fees......................................................4039
Freedom of Information Act........................................890
Notice format....................................................4038
Occupational radiation protection.................................892
Polygraph examination regulations.................................887
Prescription of fishways for non-Federal hydropower projects.....692, 1584
Protection of human research subjects.............................897
Record request fees..............................................4037
Renewable energy systems..........................................417
Research misconduct...............................................891
Review of mandatory conditions of hydropower licensing.......609, 693
Uranium mill sites................................................898
Worker's compensation benefits....................................899
Energy conservation:
See also Fuel economy
Covered products determination:
Commercial refrigeration equipment..............................877
Incandescent reflector lamps, torchieres, and ceiling fans......878
Efficiency standards:
Clothes dryers..................................................873
Commercial air conditioning equipment........38, 879, 880, 881, 886
Direct heating equipment........................................874
Dishwashers.....................................................873
Electric distribution transformers...............................37
Electric motors.................................................875
Fluorescent and incandescent lamps..............................876
Furnaces and boilers........................................36, 880
Heat pumps...................................38, 879, 880, 881, 886
High intensity discharge lamps..................................862
Pool heaters....................................................874
Water heaters...................................................879
Federal buildings............................................863, 868
Residential energy-efficiency rating guidelines..............868, 871
Test procedures:
Central air conditioners........................................869
Commercial air conditioning equipment...........................884
Commercial heating equipment....................................883
Commercial package boilers......................................885
Commercial water heaters........................................882
Electric motors, small..........................................872
Electronic distribution transformers............................870
Heat pumps......................................................869
High intensity discharge lamps..................................862
Entertainment industry:
Cost recovery....................................................2704
Environmental impact statements:
Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive
Grants Program...............................................1969
Environmental protection:
See also Air pollution control
Environmental impact statements
Natural resources
Noise control
Pesticides and pests
Reclamation
Waste treatment and disposal
Water pollution control
Award term contracting...........................................3024
Background checks of contractor employees........................3042
Biobased content products.........................................903
CERCLA amendment.................................................3387
Conducting ``all appropriate inquiry''.........................3392
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Chemicals...............130, 3303, 3318, 3319, 3320, 3332, 3336, 3337
Maleic anhydride...............................................3321
Class deviations incorporation into EPAAR........................3026
Coal combustion wastes.....................................3370, 3371
Coastal waste deposit prevention.................................3436
Confidential business information..........................3023, 3034
Contract bundling................................................3043
Cooling water intake structures impact......................140, 3417
Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.............3389
Cross-Media Electronic Reporting and Recordkeeping Rule...........141
Designation of hazardous substances under CERCLA.................3390
Developmental and reproductive toxicity testing..................3331
Drinking water regulations.....................3422, 3427, 3431, 3432
Effluent guidelines..........3395, 3396, 3403, 3411, 3413, 3414, 3415
Emergency planning...............................................3338
EPA acquisition regulations....................3024, 3025, 3029, 3041
Farm Service Agency regulation....................................196
Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
Federal water resource development................................813
Forest Service special uses program..........................404, 405
HUD regulations..................................................1464
National Environmental Policy Act....................1156, 3021, 4127
National Forest System............................................388
On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
Persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic pollutants................3036
Pesticides...........115, 120, 121, 697, 3281, 3282, 3284, 3285, 3293
Plant incorporated protectants.......................3287, 3288, 3289
Privacy Act regulations..........................................3028
Radon............................................................4146
RCRA Burden Reduction Initiative............................134, 3373
RCRA hazardous waste management facilities........................133
Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste at petroleum refineries......................................3372
Reporting marine casualties......................................1268
Research scientist appointment authority.........................3038
Restoration of DOD facilities.....................................723
Rural areas.......................................................264
Sale of DOD aircraft to persons providing oil spill response service.......................................................739
Significant new use rules:
Flame retardant chemical substances............................3306
Glycol ethers..................................................3309
Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
Total Maximum Daily Load program.................................3410
Toxic Substances Control Act.......116, 3023, 3297, 3300, 3304, 3310, 3317, 3334
Toxics Release Inventory:
Additions, deletions, and modifications........................3339
Coal...........................................................3347
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds...............................3340
Metal mining...................................................3349
Pollution Prevention Act information requirements..............3348
Reporting requirements........................125, 3342, 3344, 3349
Review of chemicals on original list...........................3346
Equal employment opportunity:
Broadcast outreach...............................................3934
Complaint processing.......................................3438, 3439
HUD regulations..................................................1474
Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 1984
Workforce Investment Act.........................................2026
Excise taxes:
Air transportation...................................2750, 2827, 2881
Communications services..............................2611, 2750, 2881
Structured settlement factoring transactions.....................2874
Explosives:
See also Hazardous materials transportation
Hazardous substances
Criminal misuse reporting........................................1899
Fireworks........................................................1897
Identification markings for imported explosive materials.........1893
Manufacturing safety regulations.................................2041
Pest control devices.............................................1894
Safe Explosives Act..............................................1896
Transportation regulations.................................1388, 1903
Exports:
Administration regulations....473, 474, 476, 486, 489, 490, 491, 493, 494, 498, 501, 503, 504, 505, 506, 509, 512, 514, 515, 524
Agricultural commodities..........................................367
Cargo preference regulations...................................2375
Emerging markets program........................................365
Aircraft..........................................................481
Automated export system...........................................456
Bigeye tuna.......................................................629
Cameras...........................................................487
CCC Export Credit Guarantee Program...............................366
Chemical manufacturing facilities, equipment and related technology....................................................495
Chemical substances...............................................116
Chemical Weapons Convention.............................470, 501, 513
Class I substances to Article 5 countries........................3069
Commerce Control List...............483, 485, 487, 488, 501, 522, 524
Communication intercepting devices................................517
Computer technology...........................485, 487, 496, 516, 522
Controlled chemical substances...................................1914
Controlled substances for personal medical use...................1926
Crime control and detection instrument equipment..................507
Crude oil.........................................................471
Cuba.........................................................478, 523
De minimis exclusion for technology and software..................511
Deemed exports....................................................503
Dual-use items...............................................490, 495
Encryption items..................................................497
Energetic materials...............................................520
Humanitarian donations............................................519
India.............................................................493
International Traffic in Arms Regulations........................2078
Investigational new drugs.........................................958
Iraq..............................................................482
Lead-acid batteries..............................................3380
Libya.............................................................478
License application denial policy.................................480
License exceptions.............469, 478, 507, 508, 510, 516, 518, 519
Licensing...........................472, 486, 498, 500, 512, 515, 524
Liquors..........................................................2533
Military vehicles and components..................................521
Missile technology controls.............................472, 483, 514
National Forest System timber.....................................373
Night vision equipment............................................508
No license required provisions....................................515
Non-space qualified amorphous silicon focal plane arrays..........487
North Atlantic Treaty Organization...........................491, 510
Nuclear equipment and materials..................502, 518, 4133, 4145
Outbound redelivery procedures and liabilities...................2388
Reexports.....................................469, 472, 503, 508, 510
Removal of country groups.........................................474
Replacement licenses..............................................512
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements..........................509
Russian entities..................................................492
Sensitive chemical or biological items............................494
Serbia............................................................478
Simplified Network Application Process (SNAP).....................477
Space qualified parts, components and technology..................488
Special Comprehensive License program.............................479
Special intra-company license.....................................498
Sudan.............................................................476
Sugar reexport programs...........................................363
Swordfish.........................................................629
United Nations....................................................510
United States munitions list.................................481, 520
Wassenaar Arrangement.............................................490
Wildlife...................................................1578, 1683
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Yugoslavia........................................................484
F
Fair housing:
Certification and funding of state and local enforcement agencies.....................................................1537
Compliance requirements......................................257, 411
ANSI standards.................................................1539
Federal buildings and facilities:
Access for individuals with disabilities.........................3005
Outdoor developed areas........................................3003
Classified information storage....................................732
DOD environmental restoration programs............................723
Energy performance standards.................................863, 868
GSA regulations..................................................3445
Inspection/maintenance programs..................................3214
NARA facilities:
Locations and hours............................................3511
Phone numbers for..............................................3517
Use of meeting rooms and public space..........................3500
NRC offices......................................................4144
Presidential library facilities..................................3512
Telecommunications management....................................3452
Vending facility program for the blind............................746
Federal home loan banks:
Acquired member assets...........................................4048
Affordable Housing Program.......................................4045
Anti-money laundering programs...................................4046
Appointed directors..............................................4044
Community support requirements...................................4043
Data reporting requirements......................................4047
Governance.......................................................4041
New business activities..........................................4042
Public disclosure................................................4049
Federal Reserve System:
Capital..........................................................4064
Capital treatment of asset-backed commercial paper programs......4063
Community reinvestment...........................................4068
Consumer leasing.................................................4071
Consumer regulations review......................................4071
Electronic funds transfers.......................................4071
Equal credit opportunity.........................................4071
Fair credit reporting................................4065, 4066, 4067
Holding companies....................................4059, 4070, 4073
Risk-based capital standards.....................................4064
State banks..............................4057, 4058, 4061, 4062, 4069
Truth in savings.....................................4060, 4071, 4074
Feed grains:
Karnal bunt compensation..........................................215
Fire prevention:
Candles and candle accessories standards.........................3826
Electrical standards.............................................2046
Emergency response and preparedness..............................2033
Fire Management Assistance Grant Program.........................1442
Forest fire assistance program....................................393
Nuclear power plants.......................................4136, 4163
Shipyard standards.........................................2052, 2054
Firefighters:
Retirement.......................................................3595
Fish:
See also Fisheries
Seafood
Country of origin labeling..........................................2
Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1717
Fish and Seafood Promotion Act....................................569
Government acquisition regulations................................799
Injurious wildlife listings......................................1583
Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III....................1575
National Organic Program............................................1
Prescription of fishways for non-Federal hydropower projects.....609, 692
Fisheries:
Addition and revision of certain species codes....................561
Alaska............................................................691
Atlantic Ocean.....................................526, 630, 676, 690
Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands..................................588, 672
Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan............................617
Bottomfish........................................................528
Cod...............................................................603
Critical habitat...............................................30, 31
Crustacean........................................................529
Demersal shelf rockfish...........................................628
Dungeness crab....................................................587
Essential fish habitat guidelines............................563, 596
Fisheries Observer Program........................................685
Fishing capacity reduction loans.............................587, 588
Groundfish..............................................528, 587, 685
Gulf of Alaska...............................................628, 637
Haddock...........................................................603
Halibut............................................548, 567, 637, 677
Hawaiian Islands.............................................542, 582
Highly migratory species...........................526, 630, 676, 690
Incidental take regulations....614, 617, 618, 619, 651, 652, 672, 673
King crab.........................................................588
List of fisheries............................................606, 700
Marine Mammal Protection Act.......................647, 695, 698, 700
National standard guidelines:
Overfishing and rebuilding schedules............................544
North Pacific.....................................................685
Northern California steelhead......................................30
Pacific coast................................................587, 677
Pelagics.....................................................582, 690
Permits......................................................541, 542
Pollock...........................................................672
Puerto Rico.......................................................537
Research set-aside program........................................641
Sablefish.........................................................536
Scientific research...............................................564
Sea turtle conservation.............526, 622, 653, 676, 690, 699, 702
Seabird protection................................................582
Shrimp..................................................587, 653, 702
Steller sea lion protection.......................................644
Tanner crab.......................................................588
U.S. Virgin Islands...............................................537
Yellowtail flounder...............................................603
Fishery management plans:
Alaska local time definition......................................682
American Lobster..................................................535
Aquaculture practices.............................................655
Atka mackerel.....................................................681
Atlantic......................................527, 557, 633, 639, 680
Atlantic billfish.................................................558
Atlantic bluefish............................................555, 669
Atlantic herring.............................................545, 578
Atlantic mackerel............................................538, 554
Atlantic sea scallop.........................................635, 665
Atlantic striped bass.............................................550
Atlantic swordfish................................................631
Beluga whales.....................................................648
Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands..........32, 540, 547, 586, 636, 681, 684
Bigeye tuna..................................................629, 633
Black corals......................................................595
Black sea bass................................552, 576, 577, 634, 668
Bluefin tuna.................................................565, 633
Bottomfish fisheries....................................530, 560, 594
Butterfish...................................................538, 554
Calico scallop....................................................664
Coastal migratory fisheries..................................590, 656
Community development quotas.................................540, 570
Deep-sea red crab............................................556, 585
Eastern Pacific.........................................574, 643, 701
Electronic logbook forms..........................................581
Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ)................535, 550, 632, 655, 691
Fishing capacity reduction program................................645
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Groundfish.....547, 559, 562, 586, 636, 640, 671, 675, 678, 684, 686, 688, 689
Gulf of Alaska...........................547, 562, 636, 671, 675, 684
Gulf of Mexico......531, 533, 534, 571, 575, 590, 596, 597, 598, 599, 656, 667, 674
Halibut...........................................................605
Hawaiian Islands........................................528, 542, 595
Highly migratory species......................557, 558, 627, 629, 633
King crab..........................................................32
Monkfish.....................................................543, 601
North Atlantic....................................................687
North Atlantic right whales..................................649, 657
Northeast multispecies...................584, 607, 608, 635, 642, 666
Ocean quahog......................................................553
Pacific Coast..................559, 605, 640, 646, 679, 686, 688, 689
Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan...........................593, 677
Pacific mackerel.............................................592, 638
Pacific sardine...................................................573
Pacific whiting...................................................689
Pelagics................................................546, 590, 632
Precious corals...................................................583
Queen conch.......................................................537
Red crab..........................................................602
Red grouper.......................................................667
Red snapper..................................................534, 597
Reef fish................................531, 534, 598, 599, 667, 674
Salmon.......................................................646, 679
Scup..........................................552, 576, 577, 634, 668
Sea scallop..................................................527, 665
Seasonal Area Management program..................................649
Sharks...................................532, 557, 639, 645, 680, 687
Shrimp..................................................533, 571, 572
Snapper grouper...................................................551
South Atlantic................................551, 572, 590, 656, 664
Spiny dogfish................................................579, 670
Squid...................................................538, 554, 600
Summer flounder...............................552, 576, 577, 634, 668
Surf clam.........................................................553
Swordfish...............................................557, 629, 633
Tanner crab........................................................32
Tilefish..........................................................580
Tuna...............................................557, 574, 643, 701
U.S. Virgin Islands...............................................591
Vermilion snapper.................................................575
Western Pacific...........530, 546, 560, 581, 583, 594, 600, 632, 678
Yellowfin grouper.................................................591
Fishing:
Bycatch reduction measures..............................533, 676, 699
Conservation programs.............................................528
Exempted fishing permits..........................................564
Fixed gear........................................................536
Longline.....................................................643, 690
National Wildlife Refuges........................................1723
Purse seine.............................................643, 652, 701
Quotas:
Adjustment of overages in the U.S./Canada area..................603
Halibut....................................................567, 605
North Atlantic sharks...........................................687
Red snapper.....................................................597
Reporting requirements..........................................683
Swordfish.......................................................631
Western Alaska program..........................................568
Recreational measures..............................567, 576, 630, 668
South Pacific Tuna Act............................................539
Subsistence fishing.......................637, 1607, 1640, 1679, 1720
Trawl.............................................................691
Fishing vessels:
Catcher vessel electronic report..................................549
Gear identification markings on buoys.............................566
Individual fishing quota reporting requirements...................683
Observer policy...................................................626
Safety regulations.................................................72
South Pacific Tuna Act............................................539
Vessel Monitoring System.....................................539, 680
Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program eligibility 568
Flammable materials:
Flammability standards...........................................3819
Mattresses/bedding................................................170
Upholstered furniture.............................................169
Flood control:
Ability to pay provisions.........................................821
Corps of Engineers procedures.....................................823
Flood insurance:
Mitigation assistance program..............................1432, 1450
Mitigation of severe repetitive loss properties............1449, 1451
National Flood Insurance Program:
Appeal of decisions relating to coverage.......................1454
Assistance to private sector insurers....................1443, 1444
Coverage and rates.............................................1437
Group Flood Insurance Policy.............................1440, 1448
Increased Cost of Compliance provision.........................1430
National Flood Insurance Act of 1994............................258
Flood plains:
Wetlands:
Minimal effects exemptions......................................442
Food assistance programs:
See also Food stamps
School breakfast and lunch programs
Child and adult care:
Afterschool snacks..............................................305
At-risk afterschool suppers.....................................285
For-profit center participation.................................328
Improving management and program integrity...................9, 334
Meal supplements for teenagers in low-income areas..............300
Overpayments....................................................330
Permanent agreements for day care home providers................331
Reimbursements for meals served to children in homeless shelters....................................................319
Tiering status determinations for family day care homes.........329
Commodity Supplemental Food Program................................10
Disclosure of children's eligibility information to state
Medicaid and CHIP program.....................................303
Donated foods provided under contract with food service management companies..........................................294
Food and Nutrition Service data collection........................311
Indian reservations...............................................284
Older individuals................................................1142
Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program............................6
Uniform federal assistance regulations............................304
Women, infants, and children:
Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
Food delivery systems...........................................297
Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Food labeling:
Allergen information..............................................991
Beef or pork with barbeque sauce..................................360
Country of origin marking for agricultural commodities and meats...........................................................2
Expressed nutrient content claims.................................352
Generic approval and regulation consolidation.....................338
Ground or chopped meat and poultry products........................21
Nutrition labeling of meat and poultry products..............361, 362
Prominence of calories.............................................41
Serving size regulations...........................................42
Single-ingredient products.........................................21
Standardized terms................................................352
Trans fatty acids.................................................990
Uniform compliance date...........................................358
Food stamps:
Alternate methods for issuing benefits............................306
Bonding requirements for violating retailers......................293
Civil rights data collections.....................................301
Computer matching.................................................283
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Electronic benefits transfer system.....................295, 299, 306
Eligibility and certification......................................12
Employment and training............................................14
High performance bonuses...........................................11
Payment adjustments...............................................333
Quality control.................................................7, 13
Recipient claim establishment and collection standards............286
Resource eligibility standards....................................335
State agencies administrative and management requirements.........299
Foods:
See also Dairy products
Fish
Food assistance programs
Food labeling
Fruits
Meat and meat products
Nutrition
Poultry and poultry products
Seafood
Vegetables
Sugar
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention........................58
FDA registration of food facilities................................55
Food safety:
Accredited laboratory program...................................347
Foreign inspection system supervisory visits....................359
Petitions for rulemaking........................................341
School breakfast and lunch programs........................326, 327
Food security plans...............................................346
Health claims.....................................................936
Imported...........................................................56
Infant formula quality control...............................977, 978
Institutional review boards.......................................967
Modernization of standards....................................18, 933
Pesticide residues...............................................3286
Preventing exposure to chronic wasting disease....................987
Recordkeeping requirements:
Foods containing material from cattle............................59
Identifying immediate sources and recipients of foods............54
Retail exemption..................................................345
Transportation in vehicles used for nonfood products.............2328
Vegetable oil production:
Air pollution control..........................................3250
Foreign currencies:
Acquisition regulations..........................................2473
Foreign relations:
See also Citizenship and naturalization
Cultural exchange programs
Foreign trade
Immigration
International boundaries
Passports and visas
Treaties
Economic Sanctions Enforcement Guidelines........................2390
Imposition of special measures...................................2446
International accounting standards...............................4248
International call-back service..................................3900
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).....3378
Foreign trade:
See also Competitiveness
Customs duties and inspection
Exports
Imports
Maritime carriers
Trade agreements
African Growth and Opportunity Act.........................2394, 2403
Canada:
Softwood lumber..........................................2428, 2429
DFARS modification................................................762
Earnings and profits.............................................2817
Entry procedure for foreign trade zones..........................2395
Federal employee foreign rights in inventions.....................722
Financial services transactions between U.S. providers and unaffiliated foreign persons........................450, 452, 455
Futures and options contracts....................................3809
Port restrictions:
Japanese vessels...............................................4054
Quarterly reporting requirements for international services activity......................................................454
Stock transfer rules.............................................2706
U.S. direct investment abroad................................451, 453
United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act..............2396
Forests and forest products:
See also National forests
Botanical products................................................390
Forest fire assistance program....................................393
Indian allotments.................................................368
Softwood lumber from Canada................................2428, 2429
Special products..................................................390
Special uses authorizations..................................404, 405
Timber sales:
Cancellation....................................................388
Integrated Resource Contracts...................................400
Noncompetitive sale.............................................372
Surplus species.................................................369
Unmanufactured wood from Mexico...................................244
Fraud:
Corporate and Criminal Fraud Accountability Act..................2056
Microcap securities market.......................................4237
OIG regulations...................................................918
Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act...........................1154, 1456
Tax return affiliates............................................2855
Freedom of information:
See also Confidential business information
Amendments.......................................................4115
Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3345
DHS........................................................1146, 1257
DOC...............................................................462
DOD.....................................................724, 734, 756
DOE...............................................................890
DOJ..............................................................1862
DOL........................................................1972, 2027
Electronic communication.........................................1972
Electronic Freedom of Information Act......................3518, 3565
FMCS.............................................................3440
NARA.......................................................3507, 3514
NASA regulations.................................................3480
NEH..............................................................3525
OPM..............................................................3565
SSA...............................................................163
TTB..............................................................2480
Freight:
See also Hazardous materials transportation
Agricultural commodities:
Ocean freight claims............................................190
Freight forwarding industry......................................2215
Fruits:
Crop insurance regulations........................................279
Dried fruit wines................................................2519
Import regulations.................................218, 227, 229, 233
Mango Promotion, Research, and Information Order..................184
Phytosanitary certificates for imports............................234
Fuel:
See also Energy
Air pollution control.......3076, 3098, 3125, 3160, 3164, 3174, 3184, 3216, 3262
California gasoline..............................................3161
Diesel particulate matter exposure in underground mines............98
Emission standards for nonroad diesel fuel.......................3253
Gasoline distribution facility emission standards..........3059, 3239
Labeling requirements for alternative fuels......................4086
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Low-sulfur highway diesel fuel...................................3073
Reformulated gasoline............................................3160
Ultra low sulfur diesel fuel lubricity...........................3108
Fuel additives:
Gasoline deposit control additives.........................3162, 3191
Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).........................3208, 3430
Oxygenated.................................................3163, 3330
Fuel economy:
Corporate Average Fuel Economy Program...........................2277
Fuel economy credits.............................................2253
Fuel economy standards program...................................2289
Funeral industry:
Practices rule...................................................4078
G
Gases:
See also Natural gas
Coalbed methane development......................................1835
Goats:
Brucellosis indemnity.............................................247
Interstate movement regulations...................................230
Government contracts:
See also Government procurement
Acquisition regulations:
Central Contractor Register.....................................760
Commercial items...............................................3773
Contract bundling..............................................3043
EPA......................................................3025, 3041
Federal Technical Data Solution................................3756
Government property rental.....................................3782
Labor standards for contracts involving construction...........3760
Pre-solicitation notice elimination............................3792
Share-in-savings contracting...................................3772
Special tooling................................................3782
USAID..............................................2994, 2997, 2998
Affirmative action...............................................1985
Commodity Credit Corporation storage contracts....................187
Contractors:
Access to sensitive information................................3476
Accompanying a force deployed...................................785
Architect-engineer qualifications.........................764, 3786
Computer security...............................................860
DOE contract security personnel.................................889
DOE security requirements.......................................888
Employee stock ownership plans.................................3540
Hazardous material safety data.................................3768
Identification of gender, race and ethnicity of applicants for employment.............................................1987
Immigration and Nationality Act compliance.....................3797
Jobs For Veterans Act..........................................2058
Safety manual...................................................725
Security requirements for Toxic Substances Control Act confidential business information..........................3023
Use of government supply sources................................771
Debarment and suspension.........................................2091
Defense contracts:
Commercial contract types......................................3753
Contractor qualifications relating to contract placement........757
Cost accounting standards.......................................749
Deployment of contractor personnel..............................810
DFARS modification.....751, 752, 760, 763, 764, 766, 769, 770, 771, 776, 777, 779, 782, 783, 785, 787, 788, 789, 790, 791, 796, 803, 806
Fidelity and forgery bond protection............................779
Firefighting services...........................................770
Fixed price.....................................................751
Follow-on production contracts for prototype projects......790, 798
Foreign acquisition.............................................809
Freedom of information.....................................724, 756
Government source inspection requirements.......................758
Historically black college and minority institution set-aside 766
Indian incentives...............................................800
Information assurance...........................................797
Internal controls for purchase card use.........................754
Leader company contracting......................................776
Patent rights...................................................747
Payment and billing instructions................................777
Performance-based contracting for services................803, 3781
Personal services contracts.....................................791
Privacy protection..............................................756
Production surveillance and reporting...........................802
Radio frequency identification..................................796
Reporting performance outside the US............................788
Resolving tax problems..........................................763
Service contract and task order approval........................753
Small disadvantaged business subcontracting.....................776
Task or delivery order contracts................................769
Technical data conformity.......................................787
Terrorist countries list........................................806
Unique item identification and property valuation...............759
Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act.............................1976
Indians..........................................................1813
Javits-Wagner-O'Day program:
Governance standards for nonprofit agencies....................3007
Nondiscrimination................................................1985
Research and development.....................................782, 783
Rights to inventions..............................................721
Shipbuilding capability preservation agreements...................826
Small business subcontracting assistance..........................149
Wage Determinations OnLine system................................1980
Government employees:
See also Conflict of interests
Military personnel
Political activities (Government employees)
Antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection............3561, 3562
Appeals..........................................................3587
Career and career-conditional employment...................3576, 3578
Civilian Marksmanship Program:
Civil service benefits for former employees....................3596
Claims for damages against DOE employees..........................909
Classification appeals...........................................3627
Competitive service and competitive status.......................3606
Computer security...........................................860, 3642
Contract employees:
Background investigations......................................3040
Corporation for National and Community Service:
Discrimination complaint procedures............................3013
Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
Criminal investigators...........................................3628
Defense personnel:
Claims settlement.....................................735, 736, 745
Detail between Executive Branch and Legislative Branch...........3579
DHS human resources management system........................71, 3623
District of Columbia employees:
Benefits.......................................................3593
Retirement, health, and life insurance coverage................3594
DOE polygraph examination regulations.............................887
Drug-free workplace requirements......................923, 1153, 1970
Employee stock ownership plan costs..............................3540
Employee surveys.................................................3644
Employment discrimination..................................3438, 3439
Employment of relatives..........................................3581
Enterprise Human Resource Integration............................3564
Ethical conduct standards:
Attorneys......................................................1956
CSOSA employees................................................3020
DOD employees...................................................742
Examining system.................................................3607
Excepted service:
Career and career-conditional employment.......................3576
Individuals with disabilities..................................3544
Operational procedures.........................................3547
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Presidential Management Intern Program.........................3578
Student Career Experience Program..............................3545
Temporary organizations........................................3577
Extended assignment incentives...................................3638
Federal executive boards.........................................3622
Federal mail management..........................................3454
Financial disclosure requirements................................3534
Foreign rights in inventions......................................722
Freedom of Information Act regulations...........................3565
Governmentwide nonprocurement common rule for debarment and suspension.......................................1153, 1970, 2091
Health benefits:
Administrative simplification provisions.......................3556
Children's equity..............................................3641
Enrollment regulations.........................................3599
FEHBP changes..........................3572, 3600, 3602, 3603, 3619
Flexible spending accounts...............................3589, 3621
Long-term care insurance regulations...........................3598
Hiring flexibilities during national emergencies.................3543
Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
Indemnification request procedures for states and localities.....3573
Information technology exchange program..........................3608
Intermittent.....................................................3550
Investigations...................................................3569
Job grading reviews..............................................3587
Leave regulations..........................................3574, 3636
Life insurance...................................................3634
Federal Acquisition Regulation.................................3604
Merit promotion and internal placement...........................3625
OPM regulations rewrite..........................................3575
Order of release from competitive level..........................3551
Part-time........................................................3550
Pay rates:
Administration.................................................3628
Aggregate limitation on pay....................................3584
Biweekly pay periods...........................................3590
Locality-based comparability payments..........................3586
Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.....1361
Pay retention..................................................3610
Pay-for-performance appraisal systems..........................3554
Premium pay limitations........................................3637
Prevailing rate systems..................................3558, 3588
Regulation amendments....................................3574, 3636
Superior qualifications appointments...........................3555
Within-grade increases.........................................3557
Performance appraisal systems....................................3584
Personal financial interests.....................................3533
Post-employment conflict of interests......................3538, 3612
Posting regulations..............................................3643
Presidential Management Intern Program...........................3578
Presidential Rank Award eligibility..............................3585
Privacy Act regulations..........................................3566
Privacy procedures for personnel records.........................3578
Probation on initial appointment to competitive position.........3630
Public safety officers...........................................1962
Purchases of property sold by GSA................................3463
Reasonable accommodation language for OPM vacancy announcements 3580
Recruitment and selection through competitive examination........3626
Reemployment...............................................3552, 3559
Regulation revisions.............................................3567
Relocation costs...........................................3443, 3775
Repayment of student loans.................................3631, 3645
Responsibilities and conduct:
OPM......................................................3605, 3613
Retention allowances.............................................3629
Retirement:
Court orders awarding survivor annuities.......................3570
Coverage for non-appropriated fund instrumentalities.....3592, 3618
Credit for military service....................................3617
Death benefits and employee refunds............................3597
Debt collection................................................3614
Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act..........3633
FERS basic annuity.......................................3616, 3640
FERS coverage elections........................................3571
Record retention...............................................3615
State income tax withholding...................................3563
Salary offset...............................................151, 2464
Seasonal.........................................................3550
Security standards...............................................3568
Selective Service registration requirements......................3546
Senior Executive Service:
Aggregate limitation on pay....................................3609
Pay and performance awards...............................3582, 3609
Post-employment conflict-of-interest restrictions..............3612
Standards of conduct...908, 1143, 3475, 3535, 3536, 3537, 3539, 3693, 3695
Strategic human capital management assessment....................3549
Submission of claims by preference eligibles to OPM..............3601
Temporary and term employment....................................3591
Temporary change of station................................3578, 3583
Testifying and providing records in litigation.............2422, 3499
Time-in-grade restrictions.......................................3624
Training.........................................................3553
Agency reporting requirements............................3620, 3635
Travel regulations.........................................3466, 3467
Veterans recruitment appointments................................3548
Voluntary separation incentive payments..........................3611
Withholding of State and local income taxes......................2475
Government procurement:
See also Government contracts
Acquisition regulations:
Accounting for unallowable costs...............................3755
Agricultural....................................................449
Architect-engineer threshold for small business set-asides......765
Aviation critical safety items..................................792
Berry Amendment.................................................804
Blanket Purchase Agreements....................................3788
Buy American Act requirements............................3780, 3791
Commercial items...............................775, 800, 3770, 3773
Compensation for personal services.............................3758
Competition requirements...................................767, 774
Conflicts of interest...........................................755
Corrosion prevention and mitigation.............................805
Cost accounting standards administration.......................3757
Cost principles.............780, 3758, 3759, 3769, 3778, 3789, 3790
Debarment.................................................755, 3461
Defense Priorities and Allocation System.......................3465
Definitions clause.............................................3794
Department of Homeland Security................................1159
Department of State......................................2063, 2066
DFARS modification.....747, 748, 750, 752, 755, 761, 762, 765, 767, 768, 771, 772, 773, 774, 775, 778, 780, 781, 784, 786, 789, 792, 793, 794, 795, 799, 801, 804, 805
Disputes and appeals...........................................3462
DOE...............................900, 901, 902, 903, 905, 906, 907
DOT............................................................2085
Electronic representations and certifications..................3761
Environmental services for military installations...............801
EPA................................................3022, 3024, 3029
Excluded Parties List System...................................3774
Federal Business Opportunities vendor notification service.....3458
Federal Prison Industries.................................795, 3764
Fish, shellfish, or seafood products............................799
Free Trade Agreements.....................................786, 3795
Gains and losses...............................................3778
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Geographic use of the term United States........................750
GSA..........................................3461, 3462, 3465, 3468
HUD............................................................1540
Improper business practices.....................................755
Insurance information...........................................781
Laws inapplicable to commercial subcontracts....................761
Maintenance and repair costs...................................3790
Major systems acquisition.......................................778
Mentor-Protege Program....................................772, 3763
Micro-purchase exemption for purchasing electronic and information technology.....................................3766
Multiyear contracting authority.................................801
NASA....3471, 3477, 3485, 3486, 3487, 3488, 3489, 3492, 3493, 3494, 3495
National Nuclear Security Administration........................861
Notification of employee rights concerning payment of union dues or fees...............................................3785
Partnership agreement between DoD and SBA.......................794
Payment withholding............................................3779
Penalties for unallowable costs................................3759
Performance-based service acquisition..........................3783
Plain language rewrite.........................................3771
Polyacrylonitrile carbon fiber..................................793
Powers of attorney for bid bonds...............................3784
Printing and duplicating through the Government Printing
Office.....................................................3787
Procedures, guidance, and information...........................784
Procurement list...............................................3793
Protests, disputes, and appeals.................................748
Purchasing by management and operating contractors..............904
Reimbursement of relocation costs on a lump-sum basis..........3775
Sealed bidding..................................................768
Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns.........3777
Small business specialist review................................773
Small Disadvantaged Businesses.................................3754
Special emergency procurement..................................3762
Telecommuting for Federal contractors..........................3765
Training and education.........................................3769
Transportation industry practices..............................3776
USAID....................................................2994, 2997
Veterans Affairs...............................................2944
World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement......3796
Contracts:
NFS contracts...................................................388
Foreign currency use.............................................2473
Government-unique standards......................................3542
Historic preference..............................................3464
HUBZone program.......................................210, 3455, 3754
Javits-Wagner-O'Day program:
Determining whether commodities are essentially the same as items on the procurement list..............................3008
Responsibilities of central nonprofit agencies.................3011
Suitability criteria for commodities and services..............3010
Level of effort..................................................3039
Lobbying restrictions......................................1155, 3767
Management accountability and control............................3541
Recycled products................................................3358
Small, minority, and women's business utilization................3033
Voluntary consensus standards....................................3542
Government property:
See also Federal buildings and facilities
Government property management
Abandoned or forfeited personal property.........................3442
Economic development transfers of real property by DOE............896
NASA property....................................................3484
Purchase by GSA employees........................................3463
Rental...........................................................3782
Use of Government aircraft for travel............................3466
Use, handling, and disposal requirements.........................3456
Government property management:
Mandatory review procedures......................................1561
Motor vehicles...................................................3459
Nondiscrimination..........................................3449, 3451
Personal property management.....................................3444
Space and related services:
Rents and leases...............................................3445
Supply and procurement...........................................3460
Telecommunications management....................................3452
Government publications:
Publication of Army rules affecting the public....................811
Grains:
See also Feed grains
Karnal bunt compensation..........................................215
Process verification service......................................282
Grant programs:
AmeriCorps regulations.....................................3012, 3018
CNCS regulations.................................................3014
DOD Grant and Agreement regulations...............................743
Fire Management Assistance Grant Program.........................1442
Freedom of information...........................................2027
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program............................1434, 1452
Hazard mitigation planning.......................................1431
IMLS.............................................................3519
Learn & Serve regulations........................................3012
NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook revision....3469, 3483, 3490, 3491
National Historical Publications and Records Commission Grant
Program......................................................3509
Participation by religious organizations in USAID programs.......2999
Rights to inventions..............................................721
STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971
Victims of crime.................................................1966
Grant programs-agriculture:
Administration provisions.........................................252
Broadband program.................................................440
Energy efficiency.................................................417
Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate
Fellowship Grants Program.....................................256
Hatch Multistate Research Fund....................................253
High energy cost rural communities................................430
Nonprocurement regulations........................................408
Participation of religious organizations in USDA programs.........410
Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program......................413, 422
Rural business investment program.................................421
Rural economic development........................................420
Technical assistance and training............................260, 432
Wastewater programs...............................................441
Water programs...............................................428, 441
Grant programs-education:
Administrative regulations........................................734
Application regulations...........................................851
Credit Enhancement for Charter School Facilities Program..........857
Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate
Fellowship Grants Program.....................................256
Freedom of Information............................................734
National Security Education Program...............................729
Grant programs-environmental protection:
Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.........................3419
Cooperative agreements and Superfund state contracts.............3389
Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive
Grants Program review........................................1969
Grant programs-health:
AOA rules revisions..............................................1142
Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children.......................1006
Limitation on administrative expenses............................1009
NIH center grants................................................1023
NIH training grants..............................................1014
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Participation of religious organizations in HHS programs..........921
Public Health Service grant appeals procedures...................1005
Grant programs-housing and community development:
American Dream Downpayment Initiative............................1468
Community development block grants:
Brownfields activities.........................................1535
Community revitalization strategy..............................1532
Prohibition on use of funds for job-pirating activities........1534
Regulation revisions...........................................1530
Slum and blight prevention.....................................1535
Small cities and insular areas programs........................1531
Data Universal Numbering System identifier requirement...........1465
Electronic submission of grant applications......................1457
Empowerment zones..................................................79
Indian Housing Block Grant Program...........................82, 1557
OMB Circular A-110 revisions.....................................1472
State homes for veterans.........................................2947
Uniform requirements for HUD programs............................1460
Grant programs-Indians:
Construction of jails............................................1967
Indian Housing Block Grant Program...........................82, 1557
STOP Violence Against Indian Women Discretionary Grant Program 1959, 1971
Grant programs-natural resources:
Carey Act grants.................................................1838
North American Wetlands Conservation Act grants program..........1588
Grant programs-transportation:
Uniform administrative requirements..............................2101
Grants administration:
Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
Drug-free workplace requirements.................................1970
Jobs For Veterans Act............................................2059
Nondiscrimination..............................1886, 3015, 3502, 3513
Uniform administrative requirements............1144, 1472, 2945, 2996
Grazing lands:
Conservation.......................................................85
Grassland Reserve Program..........................................28
National Forest System.......................................368, 378
Navajo Partitioned Lands.........................................1775
H
Harbors:
Maintenance fees...........................................2415, 2416
Hawaiian Natives:
Grants for services provided to older individuals................1142
Mortgage eligibility.............................................1511
Hazardous materials transportation:
See also Pipeline safety
Aircraft carriage................................................2329
Aluminum cylinders...............................................2333
Cargo tank requirements....................................2331, 2357
Civil monetary penalties.........................................2324
Commercial driver's license endorsement..........................2219
Security threat assessment of applicants.......................1380
Explosive materials..............................................1388
FAA material recognition training................................2139
Fees for security threat assessments on drivers..................1366
Harmonization with UN recommendations......................2336, 2363
Hazard communication requirements................................2359
Hazardous Materials Table........................................2365
Hazardous waste manifest rule.....................................132
Incident reporting...............................................2358
Infectious substances............................................2336
Intergovernmental relations......................................2343
International standards..........................................2350
Lighters and lighter refills.....................................2349
Lithium batteries................................................2352
Maritime carriers................................................1314
Motor carriers.............................................2221, 2331
Oxygen cylinders on aircraft.....................................2330
Packaging........................................................2334
Regulation revisions.....................2340, 2341, 2347, 2348, 2364
Security.............................................2353, 2354, 2362
Toxic by inhalation materials....................................2354
UN standard cylinder requirements................................2335
Wastewater treatment exemptions..................................3364
Hazardous substances:
See also Explosives
Flammable materials
Hazardous materials transportation
Hazardous waste
Air pollutants.....57, 131, 3051, 3060, 3061, 3062, 3076, 3081, 3083, 3099, 3114, 3115, 3117, 3118, 3122, 3123, 3124, 3130, 3140, 3142, 3169, 3181, 3182, 3183, 3185, 3193, 3199, 3200, 3201, 3203, 3204, 3223, 3227, 3232, 3233, 3234, 3235, 3236, 3237, 3238, 3241, 3242, 3243, 3246, 3247, 3261, 3264, 3267, 3271, 3328
Delisting..........................................3065, 3093, 3146
Albuterol..........................................................57
Asbestos...............................................97, 3322, 3558
Beryllium........................................................2030
Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
CERCLA corrections...............................................3387
Chemicals:
Chemical test rules......................................3296, 3328
Import of toxic chemicals......................................3302
Chromium....................................................100, 3064
Crystalline silica...........................................99, 2016
Designation under CERCLA.........................................3390
Developmental and reproductive toxicity testing..................3331
Drinking water regulations..........937, 3397, 3422, 3427, 3432, 3435
Enzymes and proteins.............................................3300
Ethylene oxide.................................2028, 3058, 3147, 3230
Extremely hazardous substance list.........................3338, 3343
Glycol ethers....................................................3166
Halogenated solvents.............................................3202
Hydrochloric acid................................................3096
Hydrochlorofluorocarbon..........................................3082
Isocyanates......................................................3134
Lead..............117, 2034, 3199, 3264, 3297, 3310, 3324, 3325, 3335
Material Safety Data Sheets......................................3768
Metals...........................................................3329
Metals from electroplating operations.............................123
Method 24 amendment..............................................3049
Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).........................3208, 3430
Oxygen use by air carrier passengers.............................2098
Ozone depleting substances.................................3091, 3154
Perchloroethylene................................................3061
Pesticides.................................................3290, 3292
Data requirements for registering biochemical or microbial products...................................................3284
Emergency exemption regulations.................................121
Endangered species regulation.............................697, 1717
Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program.....................115, 3285
Produced by transgenic plants..................................3290
Registration review program....................................3282
Rules of practice..............................................3281
Worker protection standards..............................3277, 3295
Pipeline safety standards................2332, 2339, 2356, 2360, 2361
Pollution contingency plan.......................................3402
Protection of human research subjects.............................122
Radon............................................................3428
Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste at petroleum refineries......................................3372
Releases on public land..........................................1840
Semiconductors manufacture and assembly..........................3368
Sulfur oxides..............................................3070, 3192
Sulfuric acid drain openers......................................3827
Surface coatings.................................................3049
Threshold planning quantity......................................3338
Toxicological profiles:
Metals.........................................................3329
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Toxics Release Inventory:
Additions, deletions, and modifications........................3339
Coal...........................................................3347
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds...............................3340
Metal mining...................................................3349
Pollution Prevention Act information requirements..............3348
Reporting requirements...................................3344, 3349
Review of chemicals on original list...........................3346
Water pollution control....................................3397, 3405
Hazardous waste:
Carbamates.......................................................3388
Cathode ray tubes.................................................135
Cement kiln dust.................................................3369
Disposal facilities:
Combustion facilities...........................................131
Radioactive waste........................................3273, 3274
Dyes and pigments................................................3362
Land disposal:
Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
Lead.............................................................3311
Lead-acid batteries..............................................3380
Manifest regulations........................................132, 3382
Mercury-containing equipment......................................136
Permit program....................................................133
Polychlorinated biphenyls..................................3308, 3327
Radioactive waste................................................4147
Advance notification to Native American tribes of transportation.............................................4149
Dose methodology...............................................3272
Licensing proceedings for receipt of high-level waste at a geologic repository........................................4166
Spent fuel storage casks.......................................4168
Recycling.........................................................135
Requirements revision............................................2345
Solid waste................................................3350, 3377
Solvents.........................................................3376
Toxic waste site.................................................3302
Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3375
Transboundary shipment within Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development member countries.................3378
Uncontrolled sites on the NPL....................................3386
Wastewater treatment sludges from automobile manufacturing........124
Health care:
See also Medicaid
Medicare
Ambulance services.........................................1100, 1130
Anti-kickback provisions.....................................911, 919
Fraud and abuse provisions........................................918
Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank.....................920
Home health agencies.............................................1030
Medicare conditions of participation...........................1088
Nondiscrimination in post-hospital referral....................1099
Prospective payment system...............................1057, 1117
Human cellular and tissue-based products...........................49
Inmate fees......................................................1869
Nondiscrimination.................................................912
Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network..............1002, 1011
Participation of religious organizations in HHS programs..........921
Performance standard for diagnostic x-ray systems.................969
Physicians' referrals............................................1046
Program exclusion for submitting claims containing excessive charges.......................................................914
Protection of human research subjects......................1024, 1028
Risk-sharing arrangements.........................................911
Underserved areas................................................1001
Veterans:
Additional disability or death due to care, treatment or program....................................................2960
Advanced health care planning..................................2946
Copayments for extended care services..........................2982
Filipino veterans..............................................2916
Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
Patients' rights regarding medication prescription authorization..............................................2950
Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
Priorities for medical services................................2981
Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Health facilities:
See also Hospitals
Nursing homes
Ambulatory surgical centers:
Conditions for coverage........................................1041
List of covered procedures.....................................1050
Federally qualified health centers................................919
Fire safety requirements.........................................1082
Long-term care:
Federal long-term care insurance regulations...................3598
Hospice service................................................1044
Preventing accumulation of surplus controlled substances.......1925
Physician referrals for health services....................1091, 1121
Psychiatric residential treatment facilities...........64, 1070, 1090
Rehabilitation facilities........................................1056
Skilled nursing facilities.................................1067, 1109
Use of restraint and seclusion.........................64, 1090, 1108
Health insurance:
See also Medicare
Access:
Pre-existing condition exclusions..............................2708
Special enrollment rules.......................................2708
State alternative mechanisms...................................1105
Astronaut Health Care Provision..................................3473
Benefit-specific waiting periods.................................1071
Calculation of average cost of a policy..........................1004
CHAMPUS:
Appeals and hearings procedures.................................846
Authorized providers............................................847
Claimcheck denials appeals process..............................832
Double coverage.................................................831
Dual compensation/conflict of interest provision................829
Individual Case Management Program..............................834
Methodology for coverage of NIH-sponsored clinical trials.......833
Payment for ambulatory care.....................................828
Prosthetic devices coverage.....................................830
Regulation amendments...........................................837
TRICARE.......835, 836, 838, 839, 840, 841, 842, 843, 844, 845, 848
Claims attachment standard.......................................1038
District of Columbia employees...................................3594
Federal enforcement..............................................1103
Government employees...............3572, 3599, 3600, 3602, 3603, 3619
Children's equity..............................................3641
Flexible spending accounts...............................3589, 3621
Long-term care insurance regulations...........................3598
Guaranteed availability and renewability to small employers......1104
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act..............1034
Administrative simplification provisions.......................3556
Church plans...................................................2713
Civil money penalties...........................................910
Code set revisions.............................................1051
Electronic transactions and code set standards.................1043
Exemption for non-Federal governmental plans...................1110
Family and Medical Leave Act interaction.......................2666
Health care access, portability and renewability.................95
Nondiscrimination..............................96, 2712, 2713, 2714
Special enrollment procedures..................................2666
Tolling time periods...........................................2666
Wellness programs..............................................2714
Health plan identifiers..........................................1034
Nondiscrimination regulations....................................1101
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Portability....................................1042, 1069, 1105, 2708
Reduced SSA benefits due to private insurance coverage...........3710
Retirement benefits...............................................142
State Children's Health Insurance Program:
Allotments...............................................1086, 1126
Disclosure of eligibility for food assistance programs..........303
Extended availability of unexpended funds......................1123
Payment error rate measurement.................................1116
Health professions:
Alien health care workers..................................1248, 2071
National Practitioner Data Bank............................1000, 1010
Nurses:
Nonimmigrant aliens......................................1238, 1999
Physicians:
DEA registration requirements for practitioners practicing in more than one state........................................1911
Fee schedule.............................................1076, 1120
Health services referrals..........................1046, 1091, 1121
National interest waivers for alien physicians.................1237
Professional shortage areas......................................1001
Health records:
Privacy and disclosure of SSA records and information.............150
Hepatitis B virus:
Correctional management..........................................1864
Hepatitis C virus:
Blood donors and recipients........................................50
Hospital conditions of participation.............................1068
Highway safety:
Highway-rail grade crossings.....................................2207
Indian highway safety program....................................1767
Mexican motor carriers...........................................2217
Motor carrier regulations................2192, 2193, 2207, 2221, 2223
National Bridge Inspection Standards.............................2187
Traffic control devices:
Manual revision................................................2185
Signing to assist motorists in locating 24-hour pharmacy services...................................................2189
Work zone safety.................................................2191
Highways and roads:
See also Bridges
Highway safety
Motor carriers
Motor vehicle safety
Motor vehicles
Federal lands highway program:
Indian reservations road program...............................1779
Highway traffic noise abatement..................................2190
Highway vehicle definition.......................................2703
Real property acquisition........................................2188
Relocation assistance............................................2188
Historic preservation:
Army Corps of Engineers regulations...............................812
Certification of historic structures.............................1735
National Historic Preservation Act amendments....................2993
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act...........1731
HIV:
Correctional management..........................................1864
Hogs:
Import restrictions...............................................217
Pseudorabies indemnity payment....................................245
Holding companies:
Change in bank control.............4058, 4059, 4062, 4069, 4070, 4073
Exemption for certain acquisitions.........................4198, 4211
Industry Guide 3 amendments......................................4171
Homeless:
CACFP reimbursements for meals served to children in shelters 319
Eligibility for free school meals.................................324
VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program.................2984
Homesteads:
Disposal of reserved minerals....................................1836
Honey:
Honey wines......................................................2519
Nonrecourse marketing assistance loan and loan deficiency payment.......................................................203
Research and promotion program....................................177
Horses:
Brucellosis indemnity.............................................247
Hospice care:
Hospice wage index...............................................1111
Medicaid and Medicare conditions of participation..................62
Medicare policies................................................1089
Requirements for long-term care facilities.......................1044
Hospitals:
CHAMPUS payment for ambulatory care...............................828
Conditions of participation:
Laboratory services......................................1068, 1095
Organ transplantation centers....................................61
Patients' rights...............................................1102
Requirements of................................................1045
DOT grants.......................................................2101
Enhanced DSH treatment...........................................1047
Grants administration...........................734, 1144, 1472, 2996
Home health agency referral......................................1099
Inpatient prospective payment system.......................1063, 1113
Inpatient psychiatric facilities.................................1070
Inpatient rehabilitation prospective payment system..............1115
Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
Medicare:
Disproportionate share of low-income patients payment formula 1061
Extended care services coinsurance.............................1128
Inpatient deductible...........................................1128
Long-term care prospective payment system......................1053
Outpatient prospective payment system..............1058, 1075, 1119
Oversight and validation program.................................65
Premium for uninsured aged and certain disabled individuals who have exhausted other entitlement.......................1127
Mortgage insurance...............................................1489
Patients' rights.................................................1108
Household appliances:
Energy efficiency.............................................36, 873
Test procedures...................................................869
Housing:
See also Fair housing
Homeless
Housing standards
Low and moderate income housing
Manufactured homes
Mortgage insurance
Mortgages
Public housing
Relocation assistance
Accelerated claims disposition...................................1484
Affordable Housing Program.......................................4045
American Dream Downpayment Initiative............................1468
Civil penalties for violations:
Distribution of tax credit proceeds............................1506
Community development block grants:
Brownfields activities.........................................1535
Regulation revisions...........................................1530
Slum and blight prevention.....................................1535
Competitive sales procedures.....................................1483
Data Universal Numbering System identifier requirement...........1465
Disposition of HUD-acquired single family properties.............1494
Disposition of HUD-owned assets in revitalization areas..........1492
Electronic document retention....................................1473
Energy-efficiency rating guidelines..........................868, 871
Environmental review procedures..................................1464
Equal employment opportunity regulations.........................1474
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Equal protection of the laws for faith-based and community organizations................................................1476
Federal Housing Administration:
Disciplinary actions against HUD-qualified real estate brokers....................................................1503
Electronic endorsement of mortgages............................1519
Quality control plans..........................................1491
TOTAL mortgage scorecard.......................................1512
Hawaiian Natives:
Mortgage eligibility...........................................1511
HOME Investment Partnerships Program.......................1467, 1471
Housing counseling program.........................................78
Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS program:
Regulations....................................................1529
HUD acquisition regulations......................................1540
Indian Housing Block Grant Program...........................82, 1557
Lead-based paint.....................................3297, 3311, 3335
Limitation of insured loans to nonprofit agencies................1505
Mark-to-Market Program...........................................1487
Multifamily:
Accelerated loan processing quality assurance enforcement......1488
Closing forms and documents....................................1507
Disposition of HUD-owned projects..............................1490
Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental projects 1486
Housing bonds..................................................2604
Multifamily Housing Reform and Affordability Act...............1525
Nondiscrimination based on disability..........................1463
Previous participation certification...........................1500
NAHASDA amendments...............................................1556
Office of Inspector General subpoenas............................1541
One dollar home sales to local governments.......................1485
Participation of religious organizations in HUD Native American programs.....................................................1559
Restructuring Plan:
Release of information.........................................1525
Rural:
Farm labor housing..............................................267
Loan policies...................................................261
Loans and grants.................................265, 266, 267, 268
Multiple-family housing.........................................267
New and existing dwellings definition...........................262
Planning and performing construction............................263
Rental housing.............................................267, 269
State nonmetropolitan median household income...................435
Self-Help Opportunity Program....................................1528
Specially adapted housing for disabled veterans............2921, 2989
Streamlining regulations..........................................267
Supplemental cost certification requirement......................1522
Supportive Housing Programs................................1515, 1533
Teacher Next Door Sales Program..................................1493
Uniform standards for grants and agreements......................1460
Housing standards:
Manufactured homes construction standards........................1498
Manufactured housing dispute resolution program..................1497
Manufactured housing installation program..................1495, 1496
On-site construction.............................................1499
Human research subjects:
Protection of....122, 461, 744, 849, 850, 897, 974, 1024, 1027, 1028, 1029, 2952, 3000, 3031, 3479, 3526, 3830
Student rights....................................................858
Hunting:
Migratory birds........1596, 1616, 1622, 1623, 1631, 1659, 1722, 1725
National Wildlife Refuges........................................1723
Standards for tree stands........................................3828
Hydropower:
Prescription of fishways for non-Federal projects.................692
Review of mandatory conditions of licensing..................609, 693
I
Immigration:
See also Aliens
Citizenship and naturalization
Address notification.............................................1413
Adoption of alien siblings.......................................1174
Affidavit of support.............................................1189
Appeal fees......................................................1182
Appeals efficiency...............................................1186
Asylum procedures:
Frivolous applications.........................................1183
Numerical limit on grants......................................1171
Authority of the DHS Secretary...................................1152
Automated inspection service.....................................1355
Benefit application fee..........................................1256
Cancellation of removal....................................1932, 1945
Child Citizenship Act............................................1203
Consent to reapply for admission after removal...................1177
Contracts with transportation lines..............................1345
Detention of aliens subject to final orders of removal...........1411
Electronic signatures on applications and petitions for benefits.....................................................1219
Employment:
Authorization eligibility......................................1183
Employer petitions.............................................1232
Employer sanctions.............................................1429
Employment creation petitions..................................1247
Verification requirements......................................1233
Exchange visitors:
Student Exchange Visitor Information System....................1416
Waiver of two-year foreign residence requirement...............1178
Executive Office for Immigration Review authorities..............1933
Extension of travel limit at Arizona ports-of-entry..............1323
Fingerprinting certain applicants................................1197
Genealogy Program processing fee.................................1185
Hunger strikes by detainees......................................1397
Immigrant Investor Pilot Program.................................1224
Immigration proceedings..........................................1931
Inadmissibility..................................................1164
Increasing number of officers authorized to issue notices to appear and arrest warrants for violations....................1410
Individuals with disabilities:
Naturalization procedures......................................1218
Intercountry adoptions...........................................1172
Interest payments on cancelled cash bonds........................1398
International broadcasters.......................................1239
International matchmaking organization requirements........1165, 1929
Judicial review of Immigration and Naturalization Service decisions....................................................1253
Jurisdiction over appeals of INS decisions involving administrative fines.........................................1936
Law enforcement officers training during mass influx of aliens 1414
Legal Immigration Family Equity Act..................1207, 1209, 1945
List of recognized American institutions of research.............1254
Payment of fees methods..........................................1424
Powers and authorities of officers and employees.................1399
Preinspected automated lane program..............................1336
Protective orders in administration proceedings..................1934
Representative registry..........................................1935
Revoking grants of naturalization................................1196
Schedule of fees for consular services, State Department and embassies and consulates...............................2076, 2077
Seizures and forfeitures.........................................1332
Surety bonds...............................................1401, 1404
Suspension of deportation............................1192, 1932, 1945
United Nations Convention Against Torture........................1236
User fee remittance..............................................1331
Violations of the Immigration and Nationality Act................1346
Waivers for nonimmigrants........................................1216
Withholding of adjudication......................................1220
Imports:
See also Antidumping
Countervailing duties
Customs duties and inspection
Apparel articles..................................................466
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Arms-related items...............................................1890
Bees, beekeeping byproducts, and beekeeping equipment.............246
Beluga sturgeon..................................................1681
Bigeye tuna..................................................629, 633
Bluefin tuna......................................................633
Border Release Advanced Screening and Selectivity Program........1340
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention..................224, 235
Captive-bred exotic birds........................................1647
Certification of factual information during antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings...............................463
Chemicals:
Blanket certifications.............................3305, 3315, 3316
Reporting requirements for controlled substances...............1914
Cigarette papers and tubes.................................2540, 2542
Control of PMN chemicals.........................................3313
Controlled substances for personal medical use...................1926
Dairy products....................................................182
Dog and Cat Protection Act.......................................2398
Duty-free entry...................................................466
Eggs..............................................................343
Endangered and threatened species..........................1612, 1681
Explosive materials:
Identification markings........................................1893
Food products......................................................56
Fruits and vegetables..............................218, 227, 229, 233
Halon-1301 aircraft fire extinguishing vessels...................3175
Icelandic eiderdown..............................................1663
Marine mammal products............................................694
Meat and meat products.......................................217, 355
Milk and milk products............................................237
Motor vehicles.......................................2279, 2308, 3153
Canadian.......................................................2297
Commercial.....................................................2268
Nuclear equipment and materials............................4133, 4145
Nursery stock.......................................................3
Parrots..........................................................1656
Phytosanitary certificates for fruits and vegetables..............234
Pine shoot beetle host material...................................226
Pirated audio-visual works.......................................2387
Plants............................................................219
Polar bear trophies..............................................1591
Poultry products..................................................343
Prohibited marks on tobacco and cigarette products...............2537
Seeds.............................................................228
Single entry for entities on multiple conveyances................2401
Softwood lumber from Canada................................2428, 2429
Steel products....................................................467
Swordfish....................................................629, 633
Textiles.........................................................2425
Tobacco products...........................175, 176, 2516, 2540, 2542
Tuberculosis risk classification..................................239
Uniform rules of origin..........................................2386
United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act:
Preferential treatment for brassieres..........................2400
Unmanufactured wood from Mexico...................................244
Wheat.............................................................225
Wild birds.................................................1600, 1656
Wildlife...................................................1578, 1683
Wood packing materials............................................248
Wool:
Worsted wool fabrics............................................465
Income taxes:
Accelerated cost recovery system.................................2872
Accelerated death benefits.......................................2818
Accrual rules for creditable foreign taxes.......................2841
Accruals and allocations reductions because of increased age.....2722
Active trade or business requirement.............................2647
Adjustment periods...............................................2876
Advance rental income............................................2875
Allocation and apportionment rules...............................2605
Allocation of basis to distributes following a reorganization 2756
Alternative minimum tax..........................................2812
Asset ownership..................................................2821
Authorized placement agency......................................2711
Automated substitute for return............................2771, 2845
Below-market loans...............................................2639
Bonds:
Allocation and accounting regulations..........................2629
Multifamily housing............................................2604
Private activity...............................................2696
Qualified zone academy bonds...................................2777
Tax exempt bond partnerships...................................2755
Tax-exempt bonds issued by State and local governments...2724, 2886
Branch remittances...............................................2572
Brief asset holding period.................................2850, 2851
Cancellation of indebtedness...............................2715, 2882
Capitalized costs................................................2684
Caribbean Basin countries........................................2811
Carryback of consolidated net operating losses to separate years........................................................2728
Charitable contributions...................................2796, 2856
Check the box regulations........................................2726
Claims against decedent's estate.................................2636
Collecting child support arrears through the Federal Tax Refund
Offset.......................................................1141
Collection after assessment......................................2638
Collection at source to statutory stock options..................2863
Collection due process.....................................2627, 2628
Collections:
Installment agreements.........................................2581
Levied property................................................2697
Communications excise tax........................................2611
Computation of tax attributes....................................2882
Consolidated groups:
Application of section 108...............................2770, 2781
Computation of taxable income..................................2784
Duplicate tax benefits.........................................2739
Intercompany transactions......................................2800
Loss limitation rules....................................2616, 2725
Consolidated returns:
Intercompany obligations.................................2598, 2700
Interest income................................................2764
Regulation amendments..........................................2836
Constructive sales of appreciated financial positions............2829
Contingent at closing escrows....................................2761
Coordination of income taxes for US and certain possessions.....2635, 2791
Corporations:
Alternative minimum tax........................................2812
Assumption of liabilities......................................2595
Continuances.............................................2794, 2897
Disclosure to the Bureau of Economic Analysis..................2646
Estimated tax..................................................2590
Gain on stock distributions....................................2717
Indian Tribal Corporations.....................................2670
Interest on large corporate underpayments......................2659
LIFO recapture...........................................2793, 2887
No net equity value transactions...............................2643
Operating rules for successors in liquidations.................2668
Prohibited allocation of securities............................2768
Reorganizations....................................2662, 2844, 2854
S corporations.............2648, 2678, 2766, 2767, 2768, 2832, 2892
Shareholder's basis in stock...................................2678
Stock ownership in another corporation.........................2685
Taxable stock transactions...............................2640, 2746
Withholding taxes..............................................2469
Cost sharing.....................................................2612
Cross-border transactions..................................2606, 2664
Current liability interest rate............................2652, 2789
Custodial account contributions..................................2618
Debt instruments.................................................2859
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Deductions from intangible property..............................2716
Dependent care credit............................................2622
Depreciation computation.........................................2762
Depreciation of vans and light trucks............................2885
Designated or related summons....................................2774
Determination of residency in U.S. possessions...................2642
Disclosure of relative value of distribution forms...............2867
Disclosure of return information.................................2596
Disclosures to subcontractors....................................2645
Disqualified person..............................................2661
Distributions of property........................................2735
Dollar-value last-in, first-out (LIFO) inventory method..........2831
Dual consolidated losses.........................................2651
Earnings and profits attribution principles......................2838
Electronic filing of business returns............................2760
Electronic filing of duplicate Forms 5472........................2889
Electronic filing requirements...................................2671
Electronic tax administration....................................2609
Electronic transmissions.........................................2698
Elimination of forms of distribution in defined contribution plans........................................................2769
Employee benefits:
Cafeteria plans................................................2719
Electronic transmission of notices, elections or consents......2674
Limitations....................................................2667
Employer contributions for deferred compensation.................2599
Escrow funds...............................................2656, 2693
Estimated tax regulations........................................2654
Excess operating fund investment.................................2469
Exempt organizations.............................................2738
Extension of time for filing returns.............................2740
Federal Insurance Contributions Act..............................2863
Federal Unemployment Tax Act.........................2747, 2748, 2863
Filing corrections...............................................2842
Foreign corporations.................................2573, 2688, 2813
Definition of qualified foreign corporation....................2653
Earnings and profits.....................................2810, 2817
Entity classification....................................2681, 2682
Foreign stapled corporations.............................2786, 2848
Income rules...................................................2589
Pro rata share determination...................................2798
Statutory mergers..............................................2680
Stock transfer rules...........................................2706
Transfer of intangibles........................................2593
Foreign governments..............................................2808
Foreign insurance companies..........................2571, 2574, 2849
Foreign investment companies.....................................2588
Foreign Investment in Real Property Act..........................2689
Foreign tax credit.................2613, 2707, 2804, 2806, 2857, 2861
Fraud committed by return affiliate..............................2855
Fringe benefit income allocation.................................2815
Functional currency..............................................2810
Gasoline tax claims..............................................2600
General utilities repeal.........................................2816
Generation skipping transfer tax deemed allocations..............2744
Gift tax value determination.....................................2673
Grantor..........................................................2821
Guarantee fees...................................................2775
Hand carry returns...............................................2870
Highly compensated employee................................2586, 2692
HIPAA portability................................................2666
Income allocation................................................2716
Income from labor or personal services...........................2801
Income from ocean and space activities...........................2828
Income from sources within specified possession..................2602
Installment obligations..........................................2843
Insurance companies..............................................2718
Attained age of the insured....................................2649
Interest.......................................2707, 2709, 2764, 2814
Interest equivalent deduction election.....................2790, 2896
Interest other than that of a creditor...........................2865
Interest-free adjustments........................................2691
International communications income..............................2828
International organizations......................................2808
Investigative disclosures........................................2839
Investment adjustment rules......................................2742
Life insurance and annuity contract guidance.........2686, 2751, 2763
Like-kind exchanges..............................................2656
Liquidation of an interest.......................................2619
Losses:
Extention of time to elect determination method..........2900, 2901
Separate limitation............................................2809
Waiver of carryovers.....................................2742, 2898
Mark-to-market treatment for marketable stocks.............2623, 2633
Mergers or consolidations qualifying as reorganizations..........2835
Mixed use output facilities......................................2840
Multistep transactions...........................................2880
New market tax credit......................................2721, 2754
NIMCRUT valuation regulations....................................2888
Non-accrual experience method of accounting......................2743
Non-shelter revisions............................................2607
Nondiscrimination cross-testing rules to cash balance pension plans........................................................2752
Normalization requirements.......................................2720
North American Industry Classification System..............2893, 2894
Notarization requirement for statements of purchase..............2758
Notional principal contracts.....................................2753
Obligation to file notice of redetermination of foreign tax......2804
Obligation-shifting transactions.................................2603
Offset of refund payments........................................2465
Partnerships:
Assumption of liabilities......................................2710
Capital account bookup.........................................2873
Capital gains rollover.........................................2778
Deemed dispositions of unrealized receivables and inventory items......................................................2846
Disguised sales................................................2637
Disregarded entities...........................................2797
Distributive share determination...............................2677
Equity for services............................................2624
Foreign tax credit allocation..................................2734
Guaranteed payments to partners................................2679
New markets tax credit allocation..............................2608
Options........................................................2837
Retiring or deceased partner...................................2834
Section 1503(d) applications...................................2579
Substantiality rules...........................................2676
Transactions involving long-term contracts.....................2868
Withholding reduction..........................................2803
Withholding tax on foreign partners' share of effectively connected income...........................................2591
Passive foreign investment companies.............................2588
Payments:
No return of information required..............................2658
Overpayment interest calculation...............................2687
Source of payments.............................................2823
Payments in the nature of workers compensation...................2644
Payments to attorneys......................................2585, 2702
Performance of actuarial service under ERISA.....................2847
PFIC purging elections...............................2632, 2772, 2792
Predeceased parent rule..........................................2776
Previously taxed earnings and profits............................2594
Principal accounting method......................................2683
Principal residence seizure......................................2723
Procedure and administration.....................................2690
Procurement/purchasing card reporting............................2862
Public inspection of written determinations......................2788
Qualified contract provisions....................................2657
Qualified interests..............................................2749
Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits:
Accrual for certain regular interests..........................2626
Foreign holders..........................................2620, 2672
Interest-only regular interests................................2655
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Tetra rules....................................................2780
Reconsideration of Rev. Rule 69-302..............................2822
Redemptions treated as dividends.................................2729
Regulations repeal...............................................2802
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements...................2576, 2730
Requests for information.........................................2736
Research credit............................................2669, 2732
Residence sale or exchange.......................................2871
Resident status..................................................2807
Retirement annuity contributions.................................2618
Retirement plans...............................2763, 2765, 2819, 2864
Deemed IRAs..................................2787, 2877, 2878, 2890
Exclusion of employees of 501(c)(3) organizations in 401(k) and 401(m) plans...........................................2783
Phased retirement program......................................2660
Safe harbor leases.........................................2617, 2879
Salary reduction agreement.......................................2665
Section 179 elections............................................2779
Section 59(e) elections..........................................2759
Section 6048.....................................................2578
Section 6159.....................................................2581
Section 6343.....................................................2697
Section 882......................................................2820
Section 884......................................................2820
Securities.................................................2577, 2694
Settlement funds in the allocation of purchase price.............2899
Single-sum distributions from cash balance pension plans.........2625
Small businesses:
Disabled access credit.........................................2675
Solid waste disposal facility definition.........................2785
Special depreciation allowance...................................2745
Stewardship expenses.............................................2634
Stock options..................................2631, 2866, 2883, 2884
Stock transfer regulations...........................2587, 2852, 2853
Continuity of interest.........................................2799
Straddles:
Carrying charges...............................................2709
Definition of loss.............................................2641
Miscellaneous issues...........................................2695
Structured settlement factoring transactions.....................2874
Student FICA guidance............................................2782
Substitute dividend payments in securities lending...............2615
Substitute for return......................................2771, 2845
Summonses of third-party recordkeepers...........................2601
Support test for children of divorced parents....................2650
Swap transactions................................................2823
Tax credits:
Low-income housing.............................................2614
Puerto Rico....................................................2805
Tax shelter rules................................................2727
Taxable fuel entry.........................................2757, 2895
Taxable years for CFCs and FPHCs.................................2592
Taxpayer Bill of Rights....................................2581, 2697
Testimony authorizations.........................................2736
Timely mailing treatment.........................................2610
Toll telephone service definition................................2737
Transactions involving related parties, pass-through entities, or other intermediaries......................................2631
Transfer of notes or stock to provide for satisfaction of contested liabilities........................................2869
Transferor or transferee as a predecessor or successor...........2621
Travel expenses for members of Congress..........................2825
Treatment of services............................................2741
Trusts:
Charitable remainder trusts....................................2701
Financial asset securitization investment trusts (FASIT).......2824
Foreign trusts.................................................2580
Non-exempt employees...........................................2821
Qualified severance regulations................................2773
Reporting earned income........................................2656
Underpayment...............................................2663, 2795
Utility allowances...............................................2630
Vested accrued vacation pay......................................2891
Voluntary State tax withholding from retired pay of Service members.......................................................727
Widely held fixed investment trusts..............................2730
Withholding certificates.........................................2698
Withholding for qualified intermediaries.........................2597
Withholding from compensation of Federal employees...............2475
Indians:
See also Indians-arts and crafts
Indians-business and finance
Indians-education
Indians-lands
Indians-law
Indians-tribal government
Alaska resupply operation........................................1772
Appeals from administrative actions..............................1768
Certificates of degree of Indian blood...........................1771
Electric power utilities.........................................1758
Extending wireless telecommunications services to tribal lands 3971
Food assistance programs..........................................284
Housing:
Indian Housing Block Grant Program.........................82, 1557
NAHASDA amendments.............................................1556
Participation of religious organizations in HUD programs.......1559
Migratory bird hunting regulations...............................1623
National Environmental Policy Act................................4127
National Indian Gaming Commission.......4115, 4116, 4118, 4122, 4123, 4124, 4125, 4127, 4128
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act...........1731
Navajo generating station..................................3128, 3129
Processing requests for reindeer by non-native Alaskans..........1774
Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets in Wupatki
National Monument............................................1747
Spent fuel shipment notification.................................4149
STOP Violence Against Indian Women Discretionary Grant Program 1959, 1971
Subsistence fishing.............................637, 1607, 1640, 1679
Subsistence hunting and fishing on Federal lands in Alaska......1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720, 1726
Transport of eagle feathers......................................1701
Welfare reform:
Welfare-to-Work Program........................................1995
Indians-arts and crafts:
Importation of marine mammal products.............................694
Sale of handicrafts in National Park System......................1743
Use of northern sea otter........................................1680
Indians-business and finance:
Buy Indian Act...................................................1759
Defense contract incentives.......................................800
Gaming operations:
Civil fines....................................................4128
Debt collection................................................4119
Facility licensing standards...................................4126
Minimum internal control standards.............................4116
Privacy Act procedures.........................................4117
Revenue allocation plans.......................................1760
Technical standards for game classifications...................4118
Indian Tribal Corporations.......................................2670
Loan guaranty, insurance, and interest subsidy...................1763
Management contracts.............................................4122
Net gaming revenue...............................................4123
Indians-education:
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.................................1776
Indians-lands:
Air pollution control implementation.......................3156, 3194
Allotments.................................................1826, 1837
American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act.................1567
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EPA new source reviews...........................................3052
Grazing permits..................................................1775
Indian highway safety program....................................1767
Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Program loan regulations...........193
Irrigation projects..............................................1770
Leasing of trust and restricted lands............................1773
Mining regulations...............................................1813
National Forest System lands......................................368
Oil valuation from leases..........................................84
Reservation proclamations........................................1762
Roads program....................................................1779
Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
Water quality standards..........................................3404
Indians-law:
BIA regulations..................................................1761
Construction of jails............................................1967
Courts of Indian Offenses..................................1777, 1780
Hearings and appeals.............................................4120
NIGC enforcement regulations.....................................4121
Probate adjudication.............................................1565
Use or distribution of judgment funds................1764, 1765, 1766
Indians-tribal government:
Grants for services provided to older individuals................1142
Tribal background investigations.................................4124
Individuals with disabilities:
See also Medicaid
Medicare
Public assistance programs
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Vocational rehabilitation
Disability benefits
Education of individuals with disabilities
Accessibility guidelines.........................................3005
Forest Service trails...........................................374
Outdoor developed areas........................................3003
Outdoor recreation facilities...................................375
Public accommodations and commercial facilities..................86
Public rights-of-way...........................................3004
Telecommunications equipment and customer premises equipment 3856
Transportation.....................................2088, 2093, 2102
Aggravation of a disability by active service....................2972
Assistance to disabled veterans in acquiring specially adapted housing......................................................2921
Cardiovascular impairments.......................................3706
Contractor and subcontractor obligations...................1979, 1984
Determination of.................................................3706
Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act.....1135
Disability insurance program demonstration project...............3705
Disability ratings:
Cardiovascular conditions......................................2964
Digestive system...............................................3725
Drug addiction or alcoholism...................................3742
Genito-urinary tract...........................................3739
Growth impairment..............................................3744
Hearing loss...................................................2985
Hematological disorders........................................3746
Hypertension...................................................2964
Immune system...................................................153
Individual unemployability.....................................2954
Mental disorders...............................................3745
Multiple body systems..........................................3726
Multiple scars.................................................2966
Neurological...................................................3741
Respiratory disorders....................................2964, 3743
Special senses.................................................3740
Vision.........................................................2955
Excepted appointment for employment..............................3544
Exemption of work activity as basis for continuing disability review........................................................152
Expedited reinstatement of SSA disability benefits...............3724
Homeownership assistance...................................1462, 1554
Javits-Wagner-O'Day program:
Labor hours ratio requirements.................................3009
Malignant neoplastic diseases.....................................164
Medical-vocational guidelines....................................3727
Motor vehicle modifications......................................2245
Naturalization application.......................................1218
Nondiscrimination....................................3446, 3646, 3698
Accessibility standards for play areas.........................1889
Air travel.....................................................2083
CNCS...........................................................3015
DHS programs...................................................1149
Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation.......................3698
GSA............................................................3451
Multifamily homeownership projects.............................1463
NARA...........................................................3513
OFHEO..........................................................3530
Public accommodations and commercial facilities............86, 1889
State and local government services..................87, 1888, 1889
Passenger vessel access....................................2081, 3002
Plans to achieve self-support.....................................156
Self-Sufficiency Program..........................................154
Small veteran-owned businesses.............................3683, 3777
Specially adapted housing eligibility for veterans...............2989
SSA disability determination process.......................3747, 3748
SSA medical equivalence policy...................................3702
Supportive Housing Programs......................................1515
Telecommunications relay services..........................3852, 3857
Ticket to Work Program......................................154, 1112
TRICARE benefits for family members of active duty service members.......................................................848
Vending facility program for the blind on Federal property........746
Video programming accessibility..................................3916
Vocational rehabilitation services:
Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a program...................................................166
Referral for services..........................................3730
Work Incentives Improvement Act..................................1106
Infants and children:
See also Adoption and foster care
Child welfare
Youth
Aircraft child restraints............................2124, 2162, 2313
All-terrain vehicle ban for children under 16....................3825
Baby bath seat ban...............................................3822
Bunk bed cornerpost standard.....................................3824
Child Care and Development Fund..................................1138
Child Citizenship Act............................................1203
Child Status Protection Act................................1223, 2061
Child support....................................................1140
Crib safety standards............................................3818
Food assistance programs....9, 291, 303, 305, 319, 328, 329, 330, 331
Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children.......................1006
Infant formula...............................................977, 978
Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
Motor vehicle restraint systems....2240, 2249, 2273, 2280, 2300, 2310
Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
Personal flotation device requirements...........................1313
Poison prevention..........................................3814, 3823
Portable bed rail safety.........................................3820
State Children's Health Insurance Program:
Allotments...............................................1086, 1126
Disclosure of eligibility for food assistance programs..........303
Extended availability of unexpended funds......................1123
Payment error rate measurement.................................1116
Television programming.....................................3930, 3931
Institutional review boards:
Registration requirements...................................967, 1027
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Insurance:
See also Bank deposit insurance
Crop insurance
Flood insurance
Health insurance
Insurance companies
Life insurance
Mortgage insurance
Surety bonds
Unemployment compensation
Disability insurance program demonstration project...............3705
Disaster assistance requirements.................................1445
FCSIC regulation.................................................3851
Terrorism Risk Insurance Program...............2383, 2384, 2423, 2424
Insurance companies:
Anti-money laundering program....................................2452
Asset acquisitions...............................................2718
Attained age of the insured......................................2649
Surety bond issuance.............................................2472
Theft loss reporting requirements for motor vehicles.............2307
Intergovernmental relations:
See also Grant programs
Air pollution control implementation.............................3209
Alternative fuels incentives program..............................864
Asylum claims made at land border ports-of-entry...........1222, 1938
Code of conduct for International Space Station crew.............3475
EPA..................................................3137, 3405, 3409
Hazardous materials transportation...............................2343
International boundaries:
Asylum claims made at land border ports-of-entry...........1222, 1938
Automated Permit Port programs...................................1347
Border crossing cards:
Elimination of.................................................1322
Dedicated commuter lanes.............................1341, 1347, 1350
Designated land border crossing locations........................1356
Secure Electronic Network for Travelers' Rapid Inspection
Program......................................................1350
Inventions and patents:
Application process...............................................709
Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement Act...............710
Deposit account payments..........................................717
DFARS regulations.................................................747
Electronic application exchange between intellectual property offices.......................................................708
Ex parte and inter partes reexamination practice..................711
Fees:
Handling applications filed without appropriate fees.......712, 715
Refund provisions...............................................712
Revisions.............................................705, 709, 716
Foreign rights in inventions......................................722
Government-owned inventions:
Licensing.......................................................720
Mineral patent applications......................................1823
Nonprofit organizations...........................................721
NSF regulation...................................................3528
Patent interferences..............................................713
Patent surveys...................................................1358
Representation of others before the USPTO.........................706
Small businesses..................................................721
US Patent and Trademark Office 21st Century Strategic Plan........707
Investigations:
Government personnel.............................................3569
National Instant Criminal Background Check System................1953
Investment companies:
Affiliate transactions...........................................4205
Anti-money laundering program for unregistered companies.........2458
Confirmation of transactions.....................................4227
Disclosure requirements........................4180, 4207, 4216, 4228
EDGAR system requirements..................................4176, 4210
Eligible portfolio companies.....................................4194
Enhanced fund governance standards...............................4219
Form N-SAR.......................................................4195
Independent transmission companies...............................4196
Money market fund exemptions.....................................4204
Portfolio transaction cost disclosure............................4192
Registration form and rules................................4191, 4195
Small business investment companies:
Civil penalties for late submission of required reports........3689
Maximum leverage eligibility...................................3668
Use of brokerage commissions to finance distribution.............4218
Investments:
See also Brokers
Commodity futures
Investment companies
Securities
United States investments abroad
Annuity broker qualifications....................................1957
Cash solicitation rule...........................................4213
Exemptions regarding officers and directors of public utility holding companies............................................4197
Financial services transactions between U.S. providers and unaffiliated foreign persons........................450, 452, 455
Investment advisers:
Anti-money laundering program..................................2453
Broker-dealer exemptions.......................................4200
Codes of ethics................................................4215
Electronic filing........................................2014, 4202
Political contributions........................................4199
Principal transactions.........................................4214
Proxy voting policies..........................................4180
Registration of hedge fund advisers............................4203
Thrift institutions............................................4201
Mutual funds:
Disclosure of breakpoint discounts.............................4217
Reporting suspicious transactions..............................2445
NCUA rules.......................................................4089
U.S. direct investment abroad................................451, 453
Irrigation:
Project operation and maintenance................................1770
K
Kidney diseases:
Medicare:
Composite rate exceptions......................................1062
Conditions for coverage..........................................60
L
Labeling:
See also Food labeling
Packaging and containers
Alcoholic beverages..................................2524, 2539, 2549
Alternative fuels................................................4086
Blood and blood components........................................976
Drugs............................47, 53, 938, 939, 950, 985, 992, 999
Home insulation..................................................4080
Hydrocarbon-containing products..................................3823
Latex condoms.....................................................944
Malt beverages...................................................2529
Pesticides.......................................................3290
Labor:
See also Child labor
Employee benefit plans
Employment
Equal employment opportunity
Occupational safety and health
Retirement
Unemployment compensation
Wages
Equal treatment for faith-based and community organizations to participate in DOL social service programs...................1973
Freedom of Information Act.................................1972, 2027
Labor organization officer and employee reports..................1982
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Local, intermediate, national or international status of labor organizations................................................1975
Notification of employee rights concerning payment of union dues or fees.................................................3785
Small Business Job Protection Act................................1977
Standards of conduct for federal sector unions...................1981
Laboratories:
Accreditation of analytical chemistry laboratories................347
Clinical laboratories regulation...........................1052, 1095
Hospital conditions of participation.............................1068
Using private laboratories with regard to FDA actions.............986
Waste management.................................................3381
Law:
See also Administrative practice and procedure
Courts
Indians-law
Lawyers
Release of official Navy information for litigation purposes......827
Law enforcement:
See also Drug traffic control
Armor vest purchase..............................................1968
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act...1950, 1951, 1952, 3948
Exchange of criminal history record information..................1947
Fish and Wildlife Service........................................1572
Forest Service....................................................371
Indian country...................................................1761
National Indian Gaming Commission................................4121
Police department review for pattern or practice of unlawful conduct......................................................1887
Retirement.......................................................3595
Training of officers authorized to enforce immigration law during mass influx of aliens.................................1414
Use of aliens in critical initiatives............................1395
Use of tobacco products without payment of tax...................2515
Lawyers:
Ethical standards................................................1956
Indian probate adjudication......................................1565
Reimbursement for attorney's fees in DOI legal proceedings.......1564
Reimbursement for fees in DHS proceedings........................1161
Representation for aliens in immigration proceedings.............1935
Standards of conduct:
SEC............................................................4249
TTB regulations..................................................2546
Lead poisoning:
Paint.........................117, 3297, 3310, 3311, 3324, 3325, 3335
Reducing lead consumption and use................................3323
Libraries:
Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments.................3518
Grant program regulations........................................3519
Presidential library facilities..................................3512
Title IX of the Education Act Amendments.........................3520
Life insurance:
Accelerated death benefits.......................................2818
Contract guidance................................................2751
District of Columbia employees...................................3594
Government employees.............................................3634
Federal Acquisition Regulation.................................3604
Group term.......................................................2686
Liquors:
Dealers..........................................................2518
Exports..........................................................2533
Labeling regulations.............................................2549
Livestock:
See also Grazing lands
Meat and meat products
Meat inspection
Poultry and poultry products
Aquatic animals.....................................................1
Assistance for producers..........................................192
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention.........44, 224, 238, 242
Chronic wasting disease in farmed elk and deer......................5
Ewe lamb incentive payment program................................200
Foot-and-mouth disease..............................................4
Indemnity programs................................................247
Interstate movement of sheep and goats............................230
Mandatory reporting program:
Lamb amendment..................................................183
National Organic Program..........................................178
Loan programs:
Credit union loans to members....................................4100
Fishing capacity reduction loans.............................587, 588
Maritime loan guarantee program..................................2380
Medical research.................................................1021
Treasury Tax and Loan Program revision...........................2476
Loan programs-agriculture:
Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program.....412, 414, 415, 419, 423, 426
Community programs...........................................259, 270
Energy efficiency.................................................417
Farm Credit Administration:
Assessment and apportionment of administrative expenses........3834
Borrower rights................................................3842
Capital adequacy.........................................3833, 3845
Disclosure and reporting requirements....................3837, 3839
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation................3838, 3844
Funding and fiscal affairs...................3833, 3836, 3846, 3850
Governance of institutions.....................................3839
Investments, liquidity and divestiture requirements............3841
Loan policies and operations...................................3833
Mission-related investments....................................3835
Policies and operations................3836, 3846, 3848, 3849, 3850
Priority of claims.............................................3832
Receivership repudiation authorities...........................3843
Regulatory burden..............................................3831
Scope of financing regulations.................................3840
Farm Loan Program:
Regulatory streamlining.........................................188
Farm Service Agency:
Annual analysis requirements for lenders........................208
Debt collection and settlement regulations......................198
Interest assistance program.....................................189
Rescheduling guaranteed loans with balloon payments.............208
Subordination requirements......................................208
Guaranteed farm loan regulations..................................197
Housing...........................................................411
Indian Tribal Land Acquisition Program loan regulations...........193
Intermediary relending program....................................424
National security emergency loans.................................416
Nonrecourse marketing assistance loan and loan deficiency payment for honey.............................................203
Regulation streamlining...........................................188
Rural economic development........................................420
Rural housing.....................................................261
Rural Utilities Service:
Household water system program..................................439
Secondary market sales of guaranteed loans........................425
Water programs....................................................428
Workout agreement for delinquent borrowers........................270
Loan programs-business:
SBA:
Certified development company program..........................3670
Economic injury disaster loans.................................3673
Premier Certified Lenders Program..............................3677
Small Business Lending Companies................................146
Loan programs-education:
Federal Employee Student Loan Assistance Act.....................3645
Interest.........................................................2858
Medical research.................................................1022
NIH loan repayment programs:
AIDS research..................................................1016
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For clinical researchers.......................................1017
For individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.................1020
Health disparities research....................................1019
Pediatric research.............................................1018
OPM repayment regulations........................................3631
Loan programs-housing and community development:
Accelerated claims disposition...................................1484
Closing forms and documents......................................1507
Disciplinary actions against HUD-qualified real estate brokers 1503
Government-sponsored enterprises:
Conservatorship................................................3532
Corporate governance...........................................3529
High costs and predatory features..............................1470
Minimum capital................................................3531
Mortgage data..................................................1459
Non-proprietary data...........................................1521
HOME Investment Partnerships Program.......................1467, 1471
Limitation of insured loans to nonprofit agencies................1505
Multifamily accelerated processing quality assurance enforcement..................................................1488
Rural areas...................................261, 265, 266, 268, 269
Loan programs-veterans:
Assistance to disabled veterans in acquiring specially adapted housing......................................................2921
Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages...........................2967, 2979
Pre-purchase counseling requirements.............................2959
Regulation amendments......................................2922, 2963
Lobbying:
Restrictions.....................................................1155
Longshore and harbor workers:
Safety and health regulations....................................2043
Security of insurance obligations................................1986
Low and moderate income housing:
See also Public housing
Section 8:
Disabled families assistance...................................1554
Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental projects 1486
Fair market rents..............................................1469
Housing Choice Voucher program.................................1549
Renewal of expiring project-based assistance contract..........1514
Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Program............1547
Tax credits......................................................2614
M
Manufactured homes:
Construction standards...........................................1498
Dispute resolution program.......................................1497
Installation program.......................................1495, 1496
Manufactured housing program:
Minimum payments to states.....................................1516
On-site construction.............................................1499
State installation requirements..................................1523
Marine mammals:
See also Endangered and threatened species
Animal welfare standards..........................................214
Atlantic large whale..............................................618
Beluga whales.....................................................648
Captive holding and transport.....................................647
Importation of polar bear trophies...............................1591
Incidental taking.................................................619
Bottlenose dolphin..............................................617
Naval military readiness activities.............................651
Oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico...................615
Oil and gas industry activities in Alaska......................1627
Rocket launch operations........................................614
Tuna purse seine vessels........................................652
Level B harassment...............................................1692
List of fisheries............................................606, 700
Manatee protection areas...................................1705, 1719
Marine mammal products created by Alaskan natives.................694
National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank:
Access to tissue specimen samples...............................696
North Atlantic whale protection....................610, 620, 649, 657
Northern sea otters..............................................1680
Permits for activities otherwise prohibited......................1691
Protection regulations...........................................1791
Steller sea lions............................................644, 695
Swimming or recreational interaction with.........................611
Zero mortality rate goal..........................................698
Marine resources:
See also Fisheries
Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act..................604
Commercial submarine cables in national marine sanctuaries........660
Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary.............................654
National Marine Sanctuaries Program...........................33, 659
NOAA overflight regulation........................................658
Northwest Hawaiian Islands.........................................33
Research program..................................................663
Marine safety:
See also Vessels
Anchorage ground, safety zone and speed limit for Tongass
Narrows, AK..................................................1270
Drug and alcohol testing following casualties......................73
Electronic Charting Display and Information System...............1294
Escort vessels for tankers...........................1280, 1283, 1302
Marine events....................................................1262
Personal flotation device requirements.....................1263, 1313
Propeller injury prevention......................................1295
Puget Sound-area waters..........................................1291
Reporting marine casualties......................................1268
Restricted areas.............................................816, 817
Safety and security zone regulations.......................1277, 1304
Standards for marine equipment...................................1275
Standards of training, certification and watchkeeping for seafarers....................................................1261
Towing vessels...................................................1312
Maritime carriers:
See also Cargo vessels
Passenger vessels
Seamen
Vessels
Administrative appeals process for agricultural commodities.......190
Cargo preference regulations for agricultural exports............2375
Communications.............................................3942, 3957
Electronic submission of information to MARAD....................2379
Electronic transmissions and document submission...........1314, 4050
Escort vessels for tankers.......................................1302
Filing and service fees..........................................4052
Hazardous substances.......................................1314, 2363
Income source rules..............................................2582
Japanese vessels.................................................4054
Loan guarantee program...........................................2380
Maritime Security Program........................................2374
Maritime Transportation Security Act.............................1365
Merchant mariners..........................................1276, 1303
Mobile radio services............................................3896
Non-vessel-operating common carriers.............................4053
Notification of arrival and departure in U.S. ports........1298, 1314
Ocean common carrier status......................................4051
Operating agreements.............................................4056
Pilotage rates on the Great Lakes................................1272
Right whale ship strike reduction.................................657
Sensitive security information...................................2096
Worker identification credential.................................1372
Marketing quotas:
Tobacco......................................................191, 199
Mass transportation:
Accessibility requirements for over-the-road buses...............2102
School bus operations............................................2326
Meat and meat products:
See also Meat inspection
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Advanced meat/bone separation machinery...........................356
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention.....22, 44, 58, 224, 235, 242
Chronic wasting disease in elk and deer.............................5
E. coli O157:H7 test results location requirements................349
Effluent guidelines and standards for the Meat Products Point
Source Category..............................................3414
Expressed nutrient content claims.................................352
Foot-and-mouth disease..............................................4
Imports......................................................217, 355
Labeling...................................................2, 21, 360
Lamb reporting regulations........................................183
Meat recovery systems.............................................356
Nutrition labeling...........................................361, 362
Performance standards:
Bacon............................................................16
Ready-to-eat products............................................20
Rabbit grading....................................................173
Meat inspection:
Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection............................344
Availability of distribution lists of retail consignees during recalls.......................................................348
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy prevention........................22
Foreign inspection system supervisory visits......................359
Mechanically separated products...................................356
Prohibition on use of air-injection stunners......................357
Trichinae Certification Program...................................249
Medicaid:
See also Public assistance programs
Ambulatory surgical centers:
Conditions for coverage........................................1041
Civil money penalties, assessments, and exclusions...............1097
Disclosure of children's eligibility for food assistance programs......................................................303
Drug rebate program........................................1114, 1122
Extended availability of unexpended SCHIP funds..................1123
Hospice care.......................................................62
Managed care:
Civil penalties.................................................915
Organ procurement organizations....................................63
Payment error rate measurement...................................1116
Use of restraint and seclusion in health care facilities....64, 1090, 1108
Medical and dental schools:
NIH scholarships.................................................1013
Medical devices:
CHAMPUS coverage of prosthetic devices............................830
Competitive bidding..............................................1049
Diagnostic x-ray systems..........................................969
Informed consent regulations......................................989
Medical gas containers and closures...............................932
Medicare coverage of prosthetics and orthotics...................1066
Power operated vehicles..........................................1074
Pressure regulators for use with medical oxygen...................930
Respiratory assist devices with bi-level capability and a back- up rate......................................................1098
Respiratory protective devices:
Quality assurance and administrative provision..................924
Surgeon and patient examination gloves............................968
Treated with antimicrobial pesticides............................3293
Use of materials derived from cattle...........................45, 46
Medical research:
Contraception and infertility..............................1021, 1022
National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research chimpanzees..................................................1015
NIH education loan repayment programs:
AIDS research..................................................1016
For clinical researchers.......................................1017
For individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.................1020
Health disparities research....................................1019
Pediatric research.............................................1018
Medicare:
Actuarial and premium rates......................................1129
Advantage Program Title II.........................................66
Ambulatory surgical centers:
Conditions for coverage........................................1041
List of covered procedures.....................................1050
Appeals process............................................1072, 1073
Civil money penalties, assessments, and exclusions.........1059, 1097
Clinical laboratories regulation...........................1052, 1095
Competitive acquisition of durable medical equipment.............1049
Continued entitlement following substantial gainful activity.....1106
Coordination of retiree health benefits...........................142
Cost sharing regulations.........................................1118
Coverage decisions...............................................1131
DMERC service areas..............................................1093
Drugs:
Competitive acquisition........................................1064
Drug benefit effective calendar year 2006........................67
Electronic prescribing.........................................1060
Employer-sponsored drug programs...............................1125
Manufacturers' submission of average sales price data..........1124
Medigap policies...............................................1084
Payment regulations......................................1120, 1133
Premium and cost-sharing subsidies..............................157
Recordkeeping requirements under the Drug Rebate Program.......1085
Electronic claims submission.....................................1094
End-stage renal disease:
Composite rate exceptions......................................1062
Conditions for coverage..........................................60
Fee schedules:
Ambulance services.......................................1100, 1130
Physician payments.......................................1076, 1120
Fraud and abuse provisions........................................918
Home health agencies:
Conditions of participation..............................1030, 1088
Prospective payment system...............................1057, 1117
Hospice care...........................................62, 1089, 1111
Hospitals:
Coinsurance....................................................1128
Disproportionate share of low-income patients payment formula 1061
Inpatient deductible...........................................1128
Inpatient prospective payment system...............1063, 1113, 1115
Organ transplantation centers....................................61
Outpatient prospective payment system..............1058, 1075, 1119
Oversight and validation program.................................65
Premium for uninsured aged and certain disabled individuals who have exhausted other entitlement.......................1127
Psychiatric hospitals prospective payment system...............1070
Income related Part B premium subsidy reduction...................161
Managed care regulations.........................................1083
Medicare+Choice plans:
Civil penalties.................................................915
Organ procurement organizations....................................63
Overpayment recoupment...........................................1055
Overpayments and underpayments:
Interest assessment............................................1107
Power operated vehicle requirements..............................1074
Prior determination process......................................1048
Prospective Payment System.......................................1053
Prosthetics and orthotics........................................1066
Provider agreement and supplier participation:
Billing numbers................................................1087
Provider reimbursement regulations:
Appeals........................................................1092
Publication of final regulations after a proposed or interim final regulation.............................................1079
Quality improvement program contracts............................1080
Random prepayment review.........................................1054
Rehabilitation facilities:
Inpatient prospective payment system...........................1056
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Repayment plans..................................................1055
Rural health clinics.............................................1036
Secondary payer..................................................1081
SELECT policy:
Safe harbor for waivers of beneficiary coinsurance and deductible amounts..........................................913
Skilled nursing facilities:
Prospective payment system and consolidated billing......1067, 1109
Supplier standards for oxygen, orthotics and prosthetics.........1037
Use of restraint and seclusion in health care facilities....64, 1090, 1108
Mental health programs:
Group health plan benefit parity.................................2008
Mental health parity.............................................1132
Psychiatric residential treatment facilities:
Prospective payment system.....................................1070
Use of restraint and seclusion.............................64, 1090
Metals:
Anti-money laundering program for dealers in precious metals, stones, or jewels............................................2459
EPA trace metal analysis.........................................3405
Toxics Release Inventory reporting requirements..................3349
Military personnel:
See also Armed forces
Claims settlement.................................................730
Courts-martial manual regulations.................................738
Criminal jurisdiction over personnel outside the US...............741
Deferment of service obligations of midshipmen recipients of scholarships or fellowships..................................2371
Elimination of deemed military wages.......................3709, 3734
Filing claims against SSA........................................3749
Military awards...................................................807
Military Police Reports...........................................808
Protection of human research subjects.............................744
Reemployment.....................................................3559
Release of official Navy information for litigation purposes......827
Retirement regulations...........................................3617
Security policies for granting access to classified information 731
Troops-to-Teachers program........................................859
Voluntary State tax withholding from retired pay..................727
Milk:
Imports from countries where foot-and-mouth disease exists........237
School breakfast and lunch program regulations............8, 318, 320
Mine safety and health:
Asbestos exposure limit............................................97
Diesel particulate matter exposure.................................98
Electrical products..............................................2018
Fees for testing, evaluation and approval of mining products.....2023
Regulation elimination and improvement...........................2019
Respirable coal dust.......................................2024, 2025
Respirable crystalline silica standard...........................2016
Toxics Release Inventory reporting requirements for metal mining.......................................................3349
Training standards for shaft and slope construction workers......2022
Underground coal mines:
Dust control plan verification.................................2024
High-voltage continuous mining equipment standards.............2021
Mineral resources:
See also Coal
Metals
Oil and gas reserves
Public lands-mineral resources
Data disclosure..................................................1799
Locatable minerals program........................................401
Mineral patent applications......................................1823
Mining claims..............................................1843, 1844
Notice of intent for operations on National Forest System lands 398
Outer Continental Shelf operations:
Federal consistency regulations.................................661
Leasing regulations............................................1789
Safety requirements............................................1287
Safety zones...................................................1315
Pipeline rights-of-way...........................................1587
Proprietary terms................................................1799
Service order appeals............................................1807
Mineral royalties:
Interest and late payments.......................................1782
Offsets, recoupments, and refunds................................1782
Mines:
See also Mine safety and health
Reclamation
Surface mining
Abandoned............................................1809, 1817, 1818
Claims or sites..................................................1845
Funding assurances for treatment of pollutant discharges from surface mining operations....................................1811
Ownership and control settlement rule......................1812, 1816
Placement of excess soil.........................................1814
Revegetation standards...........................................1810
Surface management.........................................1815, 1843
Minimum wages:
Records to be kept by employers..................................1977
Mortgage insurance:
Damages for failure to engage in loss mitigation activities........77
Hospitals........................................................1489
Premium remittance period........................................1509
Refinancing home equity conversion mortgages.........1477, 1513, 1518
Single-family:
Debenture interest payments....................................1504
Default reporting..............................................1481
Program revisions..............................................1480
Property flipping prohibition..................................1501
Up-front payments................................................1510
Mortgages:
See also Mortgage insurance
Adjustable rate mortgages........................................1502
Cooperative housing developments.................................1518
Credit Watch Termination Initiative..............................1508
Disclosure of costs to consumers.................................1520
Distribution of tax credit proceeds..............................1506
Exchangeable Collateralized Mortgage Obligations.................4109
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation:
Non-program investments and liquidity..........................3844
Risk-based capital standards...................................3838
Federal Housing Administration:
Electronic endorsement of FHA-insured mortgages................1519
Quality control plans..........................................1491
TOTAL mortgage scorecard.......................................1512
Government-sponsored enterprises:
Conservatorship................................................3532
Corporate governance...........................................3529
Data release...................................................1459
High costs and predatory features..............................1470
HUD regulation.................................................1475
Minimum capital................................................3531
Minimum face value requirement.................................1536
Non-proprietary data...........................................1521
Hawaiian homeland eligibility....................................1511
Home equity conversion mortgages.................................1518
Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages for veterans..............2967, 2979
Lender accountability for appraisals.............................1526
Lender compliance and accountability.............................1478
Loan correspondent and sponsor responsibilities..................1479
Loan originator registry.........................................1517
Mortgagee Review Board sanctions.................................1458
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Nondiscrimination................................................3530
Predatory lending practices......................................1470
Prohibiting misleading words in names of non-federally supervised entities..........................................1458
Servicing approval agreement.....................................1517
Supplemental cost certification requirement......................1522
Motor carriers:
See also Buses
Acquisition regulations..........................................3776
Brake systems....................................................2264
Cargo securement standards.......................................2206
Commercial vehicles:
Employee protections information...............................2224
Federal motor vehicle safety standards.........................2210
Drivers:
Commercial Driver's License Information System.................2288
Commercial drivers' licenses with hazardous materials endorsement..........................................1380, 2219
Disqualifications..............................................2199
Entry-level....................................................2222
Hours of service regulations........................110, 2195, 2220
Learner permits................................................2196
Licensing......................................................2214
Penalties......................................................2199
Physical fitness...............................................2198
Qualification requirements.....................................2197
Training.......................................................2222
Electronic on-board recorders for hours-of-service compliance 2195
Federal safety regulations:
Auditor certification..........................................2218
Bus emergency exits and window safety..........................2283
Fuel systems...................................................2225
Parts and accessories necessary for safe operation.............2209
Waivers, exemptions, and pilot programs........................2223
Freight forwarding industry......................................2215
Hazardous materials transportation...................1388, 2221, 2353
Highway vehicle definition.......................................2703
Household goods transportation.............................2194, 2208
Information, licensing and registration systems:
Replacement system..............................................109
Inspection, repair, and maintenance..............................2205
Intermodal cargo containers......................................2205
Investigative authority..........................................2199
Mexican:
Accelerated safety monitoring system and compliance initiative.................................................2217
Decal display requirements.....................................2211
NAFTA..........................................................2216
New entrant safety assurance process.............................2201
Qualifications to self-insure operations.........................2204
Railroad grade crossing safety...................................2207
Registration enforcement.........................................2212
Rules of practice................................................2199
Safety fitness procedures..................................2193, 2203
Stopping distance requirements for truck tractors................2230
Tank cars:
Manufacturing, maintenance and use requirements................2357
Title VI regulations for FMCSA financial assistance recipients 2213
Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2328
Truck length, width, and weight..................................2192
Motor vehicle pollution:
Alternative fuels...........................................864, 4086
Control regulations......................3068, 3104, 3108, 3174, 3262
Emission control diagnostic systems..............................3084
Emission standards:
Heavy-duty diesel trucks.......................................3170
New motor vehicles.......................................3102, 3152
Gasoline:
Additives................................................3162, 3191
Anti-dumping program...............................3077, 3151, 3163
Reformulated.............................................3098, 3160
Standards......................................................3164
Imported vehicles emissions standards............................3153
Inspection/maintenance programs............................3094, 3212
Low emission vehicles program....................................3150
Low-sulfur highway diesel fuel...................................3073
Motor vehicle safety:
See also Highway safety
All-terrain vehicle ban for children under 16....................3825
Brake systems:
Allowing roll-bar during testing...............................2267
Antilock system for heavy trucks...............................2286
Brake hoses....................................................2258
Hydraulic parking brake........................................2264
Motorcycle handlebar lever.....................................2269
Buses:
Emergency exits and windows....................................2283
Child restraint systems......2240, 2249, 2273, 2280, 2300, 2310, 2311
Event data recorders.............................................2270
Frontal offset protection........................................2234
Fuel system integrity......................................2241, 2312
Horizontal discharge trailers....................................2239
Imported vehicles................................................2297
Lamps and reflective devices:
Geometric visibility requirements for lamps....................2292
Headlamp glare...........................................2228, 2299
Motorcycles....................................................2301
Signal lamps...................................................2296
Low-speed vehicles...............................................2276
Mirrors:
Convex cross view mirrors......................................2231
Convex mirrors for commercial trucks...........................2237
Passenger-side systems.........................................2238
Motorcycle helmets...............................................2235
Occupant crash protection: 5th percentile dummy belted barrier crash test requirements 2274
Air bags.......................................................2226
Designated seating position definition.........................2244
Door retention.................................................2233
Head/neck protection...........................................2254
Side impact protection...................................2275, 2285
Vehicles built in two or more stages...........................2243
Platform lift systems............................................2305
Power-operated windows.....................................2293, 2295
Radiator safety cap..............................................2291
Recalls:
Reimbursement prior to.........................................2304
Requirements for regional recalls..............................2290
Reporting of information and documents about potential defects 2281
Roof crashworthiness.......................................2232, 2256
Seat belts:
Emergency locking retractor....................................2262
Rear seats.....................................................2272
Seating systems:
Performance....................................................2251
Test dummies:
Adult size.....................................................2227
Child size...............................................2250, 2303
EuroSID II.....................................................2242
Female size....................................................2274
Hybrid III.........................................2227, 2250, 2303
SID-IIs side impact............................................2246
Test procedures................................................2311
Theft protection.................................................2248
Tires:
Disposition of replaced tires..................................2302
Labeling requirements..........................................2279
Pressure monitoring system......................................111
Regulation revisions...........................................2309
Trailers:
Label placement on rear impact guards..........................2260
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Rear impact guards.............................................2287
Warning label for low speed vehicles.............................2271
Windshields:
Safety glazing.................................................2282
Motor vehicles:
See also Buses
Fuel economy
Motor carriers
Motor vehicle safety
Accelerator control systems......................................2255
Alternatively fueled vehicles....................................3150
Anti-money laundering program for businesses engaged in motor vehicle sales................................................2438
Brake fluids:
Clarity test...................................................2259
Cargo tank motor vehicles........................................2331
Commercial:
Importation....................................................2268
Controls and displays............................................2261
Corporate Average Fuel Economy Program...........................2277
Customer identification programs for sellers of vehicles.........2434
Dealer notification by manufacturer........................2284, 2294
Defects....................................................2284, 2294
Fuel economy standards program...................................2289
Government property management...................................3459
Hybrid electric vehicles:
Idle stop technology...........................................2263
Imports..........................................................3153
Schedule of fees...............................................2308
Insurer theft loss reporting requirements........................2307
Light trucks.....................................................3149
Location and monitoring systems..................................3952
Low-speed vehicles...............................................2298
Modifications to accommodate people with disabilities............2245
Motorcycle regulatory definition.................................2229
Multistage vehicles:
Certification requirements.....................................2252
National Driver Register.........................................2288
National Stolen Passenger Motor Vehicle Information System.......1948
Raised or sloped roof structure..................................2256
Recreational vehicles:
Cargo carrying capacity........................................2236
Retroactive certification..................................2265, 2266
Salvage regulations..............................................1960
Small business size standards for new car dealers................3690
Special purpose vehicles.........................................2257
Theft data.......................................................2306
Music:
Unauthorized sound recordings and music videos...................2427
N
National banks:
Capital regulations...............................................113
Civil money penalties............................................2557
Corporate activity rules, policies, and procedures........2552, 2556, 2557, 2568
Determining nature of financial activities.......................2414
Financial subsidiaries.....................................2411, 2412
Lending limits pilot program.....................................2570
Maintenance of records...........................................2567
Real estate brokerage determination..............................2413
National defense:
See also Armed forces
Arms and munitions
Classified information
Technical surveillance countermeasures............................733
National forests:
Appeal regulations...........................................379, 387
Climbing bolts in wilderness......................................403
Fair market value for recreation residence use authorizations 391
Free use approval.................................................394
Grazing permits...................................................378
Healthy Forests Reserve Program...................................382
Healthy Forests Restoration Act:
Predecisional administrative review and objection process.......396
Land and resource management planning....................24, 376, 407
Notice of intent and/or plan of operations for locatable mineral operations............................................398
Off-highway vehicle prohibitions..................................395
Outdoor recreation accessibility guidelines.......................375
Outfitter and guide special use authorizations...............385, 399
Predator damage management........................................383
Recreation event fees.............................................384
Roadless area conservation....................................23, 402
Sawtooth National Recreation Area:
Increasing residential outbuilding size.........................406
Small business land use...........................................370
Special use authorizations........................................389
Timber sales......................................................397
Export and substitution restrictions............................373
Integrated Resource Contracts...................................400
Trails accessibility guidelines...................................374
Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
Unprocessed timber in southern California determined surplus to domestic needs................................................386
Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
National parks:
Aircraft overflights.............................................2138
Alaska park units................................................1742
Apostle Islands......................................1744, 1745, 1757
Boating and water use activities.................................1741
Commercial filming or photography permits........................1737
Commercial use permits...........................................1738
Cost recovery for special uses...................................1733
Delaware Water Gap NRA:
Commercial vehicle fees........................................1754
Glacier Bay National Park:
Vessel management..............................................1736
Golden Gate National Recreation Area:
Pet management.................................................1748
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument:
Public demonstrations..........................................1841
Grand Teton National Park........................................1746
Ice augers.......................................................1757
Off-road vehicles................................................1745
Personal watercraft use.....1728, 1729, 1730, 1734, 1739, 1740, 1749, 1750, 1751, 1752, 1753
Presidio:
Debt collection procedures.....................................3657
Management.....................................................3656
Right-of-way regulations.........................................1732
Sale of Native American handicrafts..............................1743
Service animal use...............................................1756
Snowmobile use.......................................1744, 1746, 1755
Wupatki National Monument:
Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
Yellowstone National Park........................................1746
Natural gas:
See also Oil and gas exploration
Oil and gas reserves
Pipelines
Blanket sales certificates.......................................4036
Creditworthiness standards for interstate pipelines..............4028
Electronic filing of documents...................................4022
Emergency reconstruction of interstate facilities................4026
Negotiated rate policies and practices for pipelines.............4024
Quarterly financial and Annual Report requirements...............4035
Standards of conduct for transmission providers..................4019
Valuation........................................................1804
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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.............................207
Conservation program information confidentiality...................29
Conservation security program......................................27
Damage assessments...............................................1562
Natural Resources Conservation Service:
Equitable relief procedures.....................................448
Resource management planning.....................................1831
Wetlands:
Conservation programs..........................................1588
Minimal effects exemptions......................................442
Navigation (air):
Airspace system.............................................658, 2160
Area navigation..................................................2145
Incorporation by reference revisions.............................2126
Instrument flight rules..........................................2157
Standard instrument approach procedures..........................2159
Transponder requirement..........................................2134
Use and preservation of navigable airspace.......................2110
Navigation (water):
Certification requirements for NOAA Electronic Navigational
Chart distribution............................................623
Danger zones.................................................818, 819
Electronic Charting Display and Information System...............1294
Offshore pipeline hazards........................................2356
Puget Sound......................................................1291
Quality assurance program for hydrographic products...............624
Regulated navigation areas.......................................1284
Traffic separation schemes.......................................1264
News media:
See also Radio
Television
Newspapers:
Radio cross-ownership..........................................3936
Noise control:
Airport noise compatibility regulations..........................2155
Highway traffic noise abatement..................................2190
Overflights of national parks....................................2138
Nonprofit organizations:
Audits...........................................................2945
DOT grants.......................................................2101
Equal treatment for faith-based and community organizations participation in DOL social service programs.................1973
Food and Nutrition Service data collection........................311
Grants administration...........................734, 1144, 1472, 2996
Javits-Wagner-O'Day program:
Governance standards for participating agencies................3007
Responsibilities of central agencies...........................3011
Limitation of insured housing loans..............................1505
Participation in HUD programs..............................1476, 1559
Participation of religious organizations:
HHS programs....................................................921
USAID programs.................................................2999
USDA programs...................................................410
Rights to inventions..............................................721
Nuclear energy:
See also Nuclear materials
Nuclear power plants and reactors
Civil penalties..................................................4170
National Nuclear Security Administration:
Acquisition regulations.........................................861
Computer security...............................................860
Public records...................................................4141
Radiation protection of the public and environment.................40
Nuclear materials:
Computer security.................................................860
DOE security activities...........................................888
Economic development transfers of real property at defense nuclear facilities............................................896
Export and import regulations.........................502, 4133, 4145
Licensing and distribution of byproduct material.................4158
Medical use of byproduct material..........................4142, 4167
NRC office address change........................................4144
Nuclear fuel.....................................................4146
Security requirements for portable gauges containing byproduct material.....................................................4140
Solid material control...........................................4129
Source material distribution.....................................4155
Source tracking system...........................................4135
Spent fuel:
Licensing proceedings for receipt of high-level waste at a geologic repository........................................4166
List of approved storage casks.................................4168
Shipment information protection requirements...................4149
Transfers of certain exempt source materials by specific licensees....................................................4152
US-IAEA safeguards agreement...........................475, 518, 4157
Nuclear power plants and reactors:
Access authorization and facility security clearance.............4162
ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.............................4143
Decommissioning:
Funding shortfalls reduction...................................4161
Integrated rulemaking..........................................4150
Decoupling assumed loss of offsite power from loss-of-coolant accidents....................................................4160
Design certification:
Changes to licensing procedures................................4137
Emergency action levels..........................................4139
Emergency core cooling systems...................................4156
Entombment options...............................................4153
Financial qualifications for renewal of operating licenses.......4131
Fire protection............................................4136, 4163
Industry codes and standards.....................................4165
Information collection, reporting, and posting requirements......4132
Inspections of reactor pressure vessel heads and head penetrations.................................................4134
Loss-of-coolant accident break size..............................4130
Performance-based acceptance criteria for fuel cladding performance..................................................4159
Personnel:
Criminal history check.........................................4169
Fitness-for-Duty Program.......................................4148
Physical protection regulations..................................4151
Pressure-temperature limits......................................4154
Radiological sabotage............................................4151
Risk-informing special treatment requirements....................4138
Safety regulations...........................................40, 4157
Waste disposal...................................................4147
Worker fatigue...................................................4164
Worker safety and health at DOE facilities.........................39
Nursing homes:
See also Health facilities
Number of licensed and unlicensed nursing staff per shift posting requirements.........................................1096
Veterans.........................................................2947
Nutrition:
See also Food assistance programs
Foods
Food labeling............................................21, 361, 362
School breakfast and lunch programs..........................321, 325
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Uniform federal assistance regulations............................304
O
Occupational safety and health:
See also Mine safety and health
Asbestos exposure................................................3558
Beryllium exposure...............................................2030
Cargo handling...................................................2043
Child labor regulations......................................89, 1974
Commercial diving operations.....................................1290
Commercial motor vehicle employees...............................2224
Construction industry............................................2036
Hearing loss prevention........................................2053
Hoisting equipment safety......................................2040
Crystalline silica exposure........................................99
DOE facilities.....................................................39
DOE radiation protection requirements.............................892
Electric power...................................................2038
Electrical standards.............................................2046
Emergency response and preparedness..............................2033
Ethylene oxide...................................................2028
Excavations......................................................2031
Explosives and small arms manufacturing..........................2041
Fall protection..................................................2039
Hexavalent chromium exposure......................................100
Ionizing radiation exposure......................................2032
Lead in Construction Standard....................................2034
Noise exposure for railroad operating employees..................2322
Oregon State plan................................................2049
Personal protective equipment....................................2044
Pesticide worker protection................................3277, 3295
Physician panel determination in filing for state worker's compensation benefits.........................................899
Respiratory protection......................................101, 2055
Rollover protective structures...................................2051
Shipyard standards...................................2037, 2052, 2054
Standards improvement.............................................102
Steel erection standards.........................................2050
Updating standards based on national consensus standards.........2047
Walking working surfaces.........................................2039
Oil and gas exploration:
Air pollutant emission.....................................3092, 3231
Application processing...........................................1825
Blowout prevention for well workover operations..................1802
Incidental take of marine mammals in Alaska......................1627
Incidental taking of marine mammals in the Gulf of Mexico.........615
Leasing:
Bonding........................................................1830
Data release...................................................1786
Definitions....................................................1786
Leasing and operations regulations.............................1839
Oil valuation..............................................84, 1803
Offshore floating production facilities..........................1800
Outer Continental Shelf:
Administrative cost recovery...................................1795
Document updates...............................................1801
Federal consistency regulations.................................661
Leasing regulations............................................1789
Open and nondiscriminatory movement............................1796
Safety management systems......................................1794
Safety measures................................................1287
Safety zone for vessels........................................1315
Pipeline regulation revisions....................................4040
Pipeline rights-of-way...........................................1587
Production rates.................................................1793
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................1783
Royalty relief or reduction....................1784, 1785, 1788, 1827
Royalty reporting standards................................1784, 1806
Service order appeals............................................1807
Oil and gas reserves:
Export controls...................................................471
Oil pollution:
Claims procedures under the Oil Pollution Act....................1258
Discharge-removal equipment......................................1279
Leak detection and repair of pumps and valves....................3087
National Contingency Plan........................................3402
Oil spill liability trust fund...................................1259
Oil spill response.........................................1293, 2342
Sale of DOD aircraft to persons providing oil spill response service.......................................................739
Vessel response plan.................................1286, 1288, 1293
Organization and functions:
DOI..............................................................1566
FAA..............................................................2146
Farm Credit Administration.......................................3847
Over-the-counter drugs:
Drug reviews:
Antihistamine products..........................................979
Antiperspirant products.........................................998
Bismuth subsalicylate containing products for relief from overindulgence..............................................954
Bronchodilator products.........................................946
Cough and cold products..........................946, 947, 948, 979
Dandruff, seborrheic dermatitis, and psoriasis products.........953
External analgesic products.....................................993
Internal analgesic products.....................................949
Laxative drug products..........................................994
Nasal decongestant products.....................................948
Ophthalmic products.............................................980
Oral health care products.......................................995
Skin bleaching products.........................................955
Skin protectant products........................................981
Sodium bicarbonate containing antacids..........................985
Sodium content labeling for rectal drug products containing sodium phosphates...........................................999
Sunscreen products..............................................928
Vaginal contraceptive products..................................982
Weight control products.........................................951
Labeling.....................................................950, 999
Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1920
P
Packaging and containers:
See also Labeling
Child-resistant packaging..................................3814, 3823
Dietary ingredients and supplements................................51
Household products containing hydroxides, standards for..........3813
Smokeless tobacco health warnings................................4076
Passenger vessels:
See also Maritime carriers
Access for individuals with disabilities...................2081, 3002
Alternate tonnage convention.....................................1307
Coastwise trade laws.......................................2366, 2376
Effluent standards for cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters 3411
Financial responsibility requirements............................4055
Hull examination alternatives....................................1311
Manifest requirements............................................1324
Prohibited items.................................................1389
Training and qualifications for personnel........................1306
Underwater surveys...............................................1311
Passports and visas:
Crew list visa elimination.......................................2080
Diversity visas..................................................2073
Electronic passports.............................................2065
Fingerprint requirements.........................................2062
Guam visa waiver program...................................1351, 1354
Nonimmigrant visas:
Application processing fee exemption...........................2077
Removal of waiver for residents of Canada and Bermuda............1338
Schedule of fees for consular services, State Department and embassies and consulates...............................2076, 2077
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Transit without visa.....................1321, 1342, 1348, 1349, 1352
Visa Waiver Program..............................................1334
Peanuts:
Country of origin labeling..........................................2
Crop insurance....................................................280
Designated marketing associations.................................205
Penalties:
See also Seizures and forfeitures
Civil................................................2012, 2170, 2431
Aviation economic requirements.................................2106
CFTC...........................................................3812
DHS............................................................1426
DOT................................................2278, 2323, 2324
FDIC...........................................................4017
HHS.............................................................910
Inflation adjustment............................................825
Medicaid and Medicare violations.........................1059, 1097
Medicaid managed care organizations.............................915
Medicare+Choice Organizations...................................915
NIGC...........................................................4128
NOAA............................................................621
NRC............................................................4170
OCC............................................................2557
SSA.............................................................158
Disaster relief and emergency assistance.........................1433
Hazardous materials transportation...............................2324
Immigration......................................................1944
International matchmaking organization violations..............1929
PBGC assessment and relief.......................................3655
Pensions:
See also Railroad retirement
Social security
Abandoned individual account plans.................................93
Cash or deferred arrangements..............................2584, 2705
Civil penalty for failure to provide Section 302 notice..........2012
Computing liability..............................................3652
Deductibility of employer contributions..........................2599
Disclosure of relative value of distribution forms...............2867
Electronic filing................................................3651
Elimination of forms of distribution in defined contribution plans........................................................2769
ERISA:
Adequate consideration definition..............................2011
Electronic filing by investment advisers.......................2014
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act..........95, 96
Length of hospital stay after birth of child...................2009
Mental health benefits parity..................................2008
Participant contributions........................................94
Participant loan rules.........................................2001
Regulations governing the performance of actuarial service.....2847
Safe harbor requirements.......................................2013
Suspension of benefit regulation...............................2015
Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act...........................2002
GATT provisions affecting accrued benefits.......................2819
Income tax regulations...............................2618, 2752, 2765
Multiemployer plans:
Annual funding notice requirements.............................2004
Normal retirement age............................................2833
Payment of benefits in trusteed plans............................3654
Penalties assessment and relief..................................3655
Reductions of accruals and allocations because of increased age 2722
Required distributions from plans................................2864
Single-employer plans.............................................144
Single-sum distributions from cash balance plans.................2625
Transparency of information related to plan liabilities...........145
Valuation of benefits and assets..................................144
Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program...........................2006
Pesticides and pests:
Antimicrobial pesticides...................................3279, 3292
Biochemical or microbial products................................3284
Data requirements...........................................120, 3284
Disposal and storage guidelines..................................3290
Emergency exemption regulations...................................121
Endangered species regulation...............................697, 1717
Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program.......................115, 3285
Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
Groundwater protection...........................................3291
Gypsy moth regulations............................................223
Importation of non-indigenous organisms...........................232
Importation of pine shoot beetle host material....................226
Medical devices treated with antimicrobial pesticides............3293
Methyl bromide authorization as official quarantine use...........216
Nursery stock regulations...........................................3
Pesticide tolerance reassessment program.........................3286
Plant incorporated protectants.......................3287, 3288, 3289
Registration review program......................................3282
Rules of practice................................................3281
Storage and disposal.............................................3290
Tobacco testing requirements......................................176
Tolerance fees...................................................3294
Worker protection standards................................3277, 3295
Petroleum:
See also Fuel additives
Oil and gas exploration
Oil and gas reserves
Oil pollution
Pipelines
Onshore oil pipelines............................................2342
Refineries:
Emission standards.......................................3204, 3265
Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste at petroleum refineries......................................3372
Toxicity characteristic rule.....................................3375
Pipeline safety:
Complaint procedures.............................................2048
Gas gathering lines..............................................2327
Hazardous substances.......................................2339, 2361
Incident reporting...............................................1798
Inspection devices...............................................2355
Integrity management in high consequence areas...................2360
Material, personnel and pipe handling operations.................1781
Operator qualification program...................................2337
Permanent underwater inspections.................................2356
Protecting unusually sensitive areas and commercially navigable waterways....................................................2339
Public information programs......................................2351
Standards for direct assessment..................................2338
Technical revisions to agency procedures.........................2346
Updates to safety requirements.......................1792, 2332, 2344
Pipelines:
See also Natural gas
Pipeline safety
Electronic filing of documents...................................4022
Negotiated rate policies and practices for natural gas pipelines....................................................4024
Onshore oil pipelines............................................2342
Open and nondiscriminatory movement..............................1796
Quarterly financial and Annual Report requirements...............4035
Regulation revisions.............................................4040
Rights of use and easement.......................................1805
Rights-of-way....................................................1587
Plant diseases and pests:
Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Phytophthora ramorum regulations..................................241
Plants:
See also Seeds
Biological agents and toxins list.................................222
Cost-sharing for pest or disease emergency programs...............240
Endangered and threatened:
Conservation education.........................................1568
Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
Gypsy moth regulations............................................223
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Imports...........................................................219
Nursery stock.....................................................3
International standards for wood packing materials................248
Listing of U.S. species in CITES Appendix III..............1575, 1595
Methyl bromide authorization for official quarantine use..........216
Plant incorporated protectants.......................3287, 3288, 3289
Plant Variety Protection Services.................................174
Transgenic.......................................................3334
Political activities (Government employees):
Honoraria donated to charities...................................3535
Poultry and poultry products:
Classes of........................................................353
Expressed nutrient content claims.................................352
Grading...........................................................173
Imported..........................................................343
Nutrition labeling.......................................21, 361, 362
On-line reprocessing of pre-chill carcasses.......................340
Performance standards:
Chilling of ready-to-cook products...............................19
Ready-to-eat products............................................20
Poultry inspection:
Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection............................344
Availability of distribution lists of retail consignees during recalls.......................................................348
Foreign inspection system supervisory visits......................359
Prescription drugs:
Antibiotics.......................................................962
Electronic transactions:
Ordering Schedule I and II controlled substances...............1919
Prescriptions for controlled substances........................1906
Employer-sponsored drug programs.................................1125
Labeling.............................................47, 53, 938, 939
Medicaid drug rebate program...............................1114, 1122
Medicare:
Competitive acquisition........................................1064
Drug benefit effective calendar year 2006........................67
Electronic prescribing.........................................1060
Manufacturers' submission of average sales price data for
Part B drugs...............................................1124
Medigap policies...............................................1084
Payment regulations......................................1120, 1133
Premium and cost-sharing subsidies..............................157
Recordkeeping requirements under the Drug Rebate Program.......1085
Prescription Drug Marketing Act...................................942
Registration and listing requirements..............................43
Reporting adverse events...........................................53
Safety reporting requirements......................................48
Use of materials derived from cattle...........................45, 46
Price controls:
FCC..............................................................3910
Price support programs:
Tobacco...........................................................199
Prisoners:
Admission and Orientation Program................................1880
Autopsy regulations..............................................1849
Central Inmate Monitoring system.................................1872
Civil contempt of court commitments..............................1871
Classification and program review................................1860
Community confinement limitations................................1876
Correspondence...................................................1863
Drug abuse treatment:
Disincentives and enhanced incentives..........................1859
Educational good time credit for D.C. Code offenders.............1865
Good conduct time..........................................1857, 1870
Aliens.........................................................1870
Health care service fees.........................................1869
Literacy program.................................................1854
Over-the-counter medication regulations..........................1877
Psychiatric treatment and medication safeguards..................1874
Release regulations..............................................1875
Suicide prevention program.......................................1866
Telephone regulations and financial responsibility...............1855
Prisons:
Administrative measures to prevent acts of violence or terrorism....................................................1868
Classification and program review................................1852
Commissary account deposit procedures............................1878
Commissary privileges............................................1856
Drug abuse treatment program.....................................1867
Emergencies......................................................1873
Federal Prison Industries:
Address changes................................................1879
Defense FAR purchases...........................................795
Market research requirement....................................3764
Incoming publications............................................1851
Infectious disease management....................................1864
Inmate discipline................................................1847
Intensive confinement centers..............................1853, 1915
Progress Reports.................................................1881
Searching and detaining or arresting non-inmates.................1850
Telephone privileges.............................................1856
Victim/witness notifications.....................................1848
Violent Offender Incarceration/Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive
Grants Program environmental impact review...................1969
Privacy:
See also Confidential business information
CFTC policies....................................................3799
DOD...............................................................756
FDIC policies....................................................4012
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program records..........1996
Financial records and information....................1163, 4079, 4092
Food Stamp Program................................................283
NSF policies.....................................................3527
Personnel records for government employees.......................3578
Privacy Act:
Corporation for National Service...............................3019
DHS procedures...........................................1146, 1257
DOJ implementation.............................................1862
DOT exemptions...........................................2103, 2104
EPA regulations................................................3028
NCUA...........................................................4102
NEH Inspector General investigative files......................3524
NIGC procedures................................................4117
OPM regulations................................................3566
Passenger and Aviation Security Screening Records..............1393
Peace Corps regulations........................................3649
TSA regulations....................................1367, 1382, 1391
Public access to State Department information....................2074
SBA policies.....................................................3675
SEC policies...............................................4193, 4209
Social security records and information......................150, 163
Treasury policies..........................................2480, 2913
Public assistance programs:
See also Child welfare
Food assistance programs
Medicaid
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families:
Administrative cost sharing....................................1137
Welfare-to-Work Program..........................................1995
Public health:
See also Meat inspection
Waste treatment and disposal
``Serious adverse health consequences'' definition................997
Air pollution effects............................................3328
Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
Grant appeals procedures.........................................1005
Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children.......................1006
Informed consent regulations......................................989
Liability protection for free clinic health professionals........1012
NIH center grants................................................1023
NIH training grants..............................................1014
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Public Health Service Act:
Length of hospital stay after birth of child...................2009
Mental health benefits parity..................................2008
NIH AIDS Research Loan Repayment Program.......................1016
Use of seclusion and restraint in non-medical residential facilities..................................................922
Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act...........................2002
Research misconduct..............................................1026
Safeguarding food during transport...............................2328
Water contamination...............................................137
Public housing:
See also Low and moderate income housing
Capital Fund Program...............................................80
Consolidated plan regulations......................................76
Conversion of developments.......................................1553
Demolition and disposition.......................................1548
Disabled veterans' assistance....................................1462
Distributions to nonprofit owners of certain rental projects.....1486
Excess rental charges............................................1524
Fair market rents for Section 8 programs.........................1469
Homeownership program............................................1551
Housing Choice Voucher program:
Regulation revisions...........................................1549
Operating fund allocation formula..................................81
Operating funds for debt service.................................1550
Over-income tenant treatment.....................................1552
Project-based voucher program......................................83
Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Program..............1547
Section 8 homeownership program:
Disabled families assistance...................................1554
Section 8 Management Assessment Program..........................1544
Lease-up indicator.............................................1558
Streamlining mixed finance application review....................1543
Public lands:
See also Grazing lands
Homesteads
National forests
National parks
Public lands-grants
Public lands-mineral resources
Public lands-rights-of-way
Reclamation
Alaska Native veteran allotments.................................1826
Desert land entries..............................................1821
Hazardous substances compliance..................................1840
Indian allotments................................................1837
Leases...........................................................1833
Payment in Lieu of Taxes program.................................1846
Permit and easements.............................................1833
Policy and management......................................1833, 1834
Public conduct on reclamation lands and projects.................1819
Subsistence management......1589, 1607, 1626, 1640, 1641, 1642, 1679, 1720, 1726
Wilderness management......................................1842, 1844
Woody biomass utilization........................................1563
Public lands-grants:
Carey Act grants.................................................1838
Public lands-mineral resources:
Coalbed methane development......................................1835
Disposal of reserved minerals....................................1836
Locatable minerals program........................................401
Mining claims..............................................1843, 1844
Oil and gas leasing:
Performance standards..........................................1839
Valuation of oil.................................................84
Revegetation standards...........................................1810
User fees........................................................1822
Public lands-rights-of-way:
Regulations removal..............................................1828
R
Radiation protection:
DOE requirements..............................................40, 892
Dose methodology.................................................3272
Exposure standards...............................................2032
Radio:
See also Communications
Amateur radio service............................................3887
Aviation Radio Service...........................................3974
Channelization of the 39 GHz band................................3945
Cognitive radio technologies.....................................3876
Commercial mobile services:
Automatic and manual roaming obligations.......................3962
Resale of services.............................................3943
Roaming obligations............................................3943
Spectrum aggregation limits....................................3960
Spectrum cap...................................................3946
Competitive bidding process................................3944, 3951
Consolidating the 800 MHz industrial/land transportation and business pool channels.......................................3973
Digital audio broadcasting system................................3925
Digital audio radio service in the 2310-2360 MHz band............3892
FM radio.........................................................3921
Government transfer band.........................................3864
Interference temperature operation...............................3878
Licensing fixed services at 24 GHz...............................3955
Licensing low power operations in 450-470 MHz band...............3963
Maritime communications..........................................3957
Maritime mobile services.........................................3896
Market definitions...............................................3932
Multiple access systems..........................................3950
Newspaper cross-ownership........................................3936
Noncommercial educational broadcast stations.....................3935
Private land mobile services:
Airport terminal use frequencies in the 450-470 MHz band.......3972
Narrowbanding..................................................3882
Public safety communications...............................3949, 3973
Quiet zone application procedures................................3964
Railroad standards and procedures................................2317
Reallocation of 27 MHz spectrum..................................3886
Redesignation of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..............................3893
Software defined radios..........................................3867
Spectrum usage promotion through development of secondary markets......................................................3961
Terrestrial microwave fixed services.............................3956
Transfer of 3650 through 3700 MHz band...........................3959
Transfer of 4.9 GHz band from government use.....................3959
Ultra-wideband transmission......................................3866
Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure at 5 GHz..........3884
Wireless services................................................3969
World Radiocommunication Conference omnibus......................3880
Railroad retirement:
Annuity:
Deductions by reason of work...................................3658
Creditability of pay.............................................3663
Disability determination...................................3659, 3661
Electronic filing of applications and claims.....................3662
Employers' contributions.........................................3660
Railroad safety:
Civil monetary penalties.........................................2323
Event recorder crashworthiness...................................2318
Fixed guideway systems...........................................2325
Grade crossing and signal systems................................2207
Life vest requirements for bridge workers........................2320
Locomotives:
Crashworthiness................................................2314
Monetary threshold for reporting rail equipment accidents/ incidents....................................................2315
Noise exposure for railroad operating employees..................2322
Radio communications and train control...........................2317
Railroad car conspicuity.........................................2319
Whistle bans at grade crossings...................................112
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Railroads:
See also Railroad retirement
Railroad safety
Exemption authority citations....................................4253
Expediting resolution of rail rate challenges....................4252
Hazardous materials transportation.........................1388, 2354
Inspection and maintenance standards for steam locomotives.......2321
Rail abandonment procedures......................................4251
Small rate guidelines............................................4250
Stand-alone cost methodology.....................................4252
Transport of foods, drugs, and cosmetics.........................2328
Real property acquisition:
Anti-money laundering program for persons involved in real estate closings and settlements..............................2437
FHWA regulations.................................................2188
GSAR tax adjustment provision....................................3453
Historic preference..............................................3464
HUBZone program..................................................3455
Reclamation:
See also Mines
Surface mining
Revegetation standards...........................................1810
Recreation and recreation areas:
See also Fishing
Hunting
National forests
National parks
Access for individuals with disabilities.........................1888
Forest Service regulations...................................384, 403
National parks regulations.......................................1741
Presidio:
Debt collection procedures.....................................3657
Management.....................................................3656
Water quality standards for coastal recreation waters............3401
Recycling:
Cathode ray tubes.................................................135
Electronic equipment.............................................3374
Government purchase of recovered materials.......................3358
Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
RCRA Burden Reduction Initiative............................134, 3373
Refrigerant..............................3109, 3111, 3168, 3176, 3256
Standardized permit for RCRA hazardous waste management facilities....................................................133
Refugees:
See also Aliens
Guaranty of transportation.......................................1194
Sponsorship agreement............................................1194
Relocation assistance:
FHWA regulations.................................................2188
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements:
Air carriers...............................................2100, 2133
ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................3992
Bank Secrecy Act implementation......................2439, 2445, 2460
Carbamates.......................................................3388
CFTC.............................................................3807
Chemical inventory reporting.....................................3345
DEA..................................................1916, 1917, 1923
DFARS.............................................................788
DOC..........................................................450, 454
DOD...............................................................808
DOI........................................................1783, 1784
DOL..............................................................1982
DOT.............................................110, 2266, 2273, 2307
Electronic records management:
FMC............................................................4050
EPA..............................................................3026
Cross-Media Electronic Reporting and Recordkeeping Rule.........141
Electronic reporting...........................................3032
RCRA Burden Reduction Initiative..........................134, 3373
Exports...........................................................509
FAA..............................................................2137
FCC........................................................3906, 3913
FDA............................................................54, 59
Federal Home Loan Banks..........................................4047
FERC.............................................................4035
Fishing quotas....................................................683
Hazardous materials..............................................2358
HHS......................................................48, 49, 1085
Honoraria donated to charities...................................3535
Intercountry adoptions...........................................2072
Investment advisers........................................4202, 4212
Livestock mandatory reporting program.............................183
Marine casualties................................................1268
NARA:
Electronic mail................................................3504
Freedom of information.........................................3514
Plain language revisions.................................3515, 3516
National banks...................................................2567
National Practitioner Data Bank............................1000, 1010
NCUA.............................................................4090
NOAA..............................................................647
NSF..............................................................3528
OTS..............................................................2908
Outcome and Assessment Information Set data......................1088
PBGC........................................................145, 3651
Peace Corps......................................................3649
Railroad employers' records and reports..........................3660
Retirement record of employee transferring within same agency 3615
Securities:
Accelerated filers.......................................4174, 4185
Broker-dealers.....................................2550, 4200, 4221
EDGAR system.............................................4176, 4210
Large trader reporting system..................................4181
Tax determination on large cigars................................2481
Tobacco market reporting system...................................191
Toxics Release Inventory........................125, 3342, 3344, 3349
Treasury.........................................................2730
Uranium mill sites................................................898
Using private laboratories with regard to FDA actions.............986
VA education benefits............................................2919
Voluntary consensus standards....................................3542
Research:
See also Agricultural research
Educational research
Human research subjects
Medical research
Fisheries set-aside program.......................................641
Marine resources..................................................663
Misconduct.................................891, 935, 1025, 1026, 3482
National chimpanzee sanctuary system for retirement of research chimpanzees..................................................1015
NIH center grants................................................1023
Protection of human subjects.....122, 461, 744, 849, 897, 1024, 1027, 1028, 1029, 2952, 3000, 3031, 3830
Research scientist appointment authority.........................3038
Retirement:
See also Pensions
Railroad retirement
Social security
Age for pension plans............................................2833
Coordination of health benefits...................................142
District of Columbia employees...................................3594
FEHB coverage....................................................3572
Firefighters.....................................................3595
Government employees:
Court orders awarding survivor annuities.......................3570
Coverage for non-appropriated fund instrumentalities...........3618
Credit for military service....................................3617
Death benefits and employee refunds............................3597
Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act..........3633
FERS basic annuity.......................................3616, 3640
FERS coverage elections........................................3571
IRA tax regulations............................2787, 2877, 2878, 2890
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Law enforcement officers.........................................3595
Phased retirement program........................................2660
Record of employee transferring within same agency...............3615
Required distributions from plans................................2864
TRICARE retiree dental program....................................836
Voluntary State tax withholding from retired pay of Service members.......................................................727
Rights-of-way:
See also Public lands-rights-of-way
Accessibility guidelines for individuals with disabilities.......3004
Rural areas:
Business and industrial loan programs.........414, 416, 419, 420, 423
Business enterprise grants........................................422
Business investment program.......................................421
Business secondary market pooling by fiscal transfer agent........418
Environmental policies and procedures.............................264
Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for electrification purposes......................................................436
High energy cost rural community grants...........................430
Housing:
Community Facilities Direct Loan Program...................261, 416
Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program.........................269
Loans, grants, and programs......................265, 266, 267, 268
New and existing dwellings definition...........................262
Planning and performing construction............................263
Regulation streamlining...........................................267
Rural Utilities Service:
Accounting requirements for telecommunications borrowers........433
Broadband grant program.........................................440
Exemption of certain borrowers from controls....................434
Homeland Security requirements..................................438
Household water system program..................................439
Operational controls............................................431
Sale or transfer of capital assets..............................437
Special equipment contract......................................429
Technical assistance grants.....................................432
Water and wastewater grant program..............................441
Spectrum-based communications services...........................3970
State nonmetropolitan median household income.....................435
Technical assistance grants and programs..........................260
Telecommunications system construction policies...................427
S
Satellites:
See also Space transportation and exploration
Communications:
Application and licensing requirements.........................3890
Broadcast Satellite Service....................................3909
Broadcasting signal carriage requirements......................3926
Coordination between non-geostationary and geostationary orbit......................................................3874
Digital audio radio service....................................3892
Earth stations.....................................3898, 3904, 3907
Fixed-satellite services...........................3865, 3899, 3909
Global mobile personal communications..........................3897
Licensing reform...............................................3901
Maritime mobile services.......................................3896
Mobile service provider flexibility............................3902
MSS spectrum allocation............................3863, 3891, 3895
Non-geostationary orbit..................................3899, 3908
Non-government operations in the 36.0-51.4 GHz portion of the
V-band.....................................................3894
Orbital debris mitigation......................................3903
Sharing of 27.5-29.5 GHz band..................................3893
Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act................3924, 3926, 3940
Savings associations:
Application and reporting requirements...........................2908
Customer identification program..................................2443
Securities-related activities....................................2903
Scholarships and fellowships:
NASA Science and Technology Scholarship..........................3472
National Institutes of Health....................................1013
School breakfast and lunch programs:
Administrative error reduction....................................315
Allowable costs...................................................290
Donated foods provided under contract with food service management companies..........................................294
Eligibility determinations for free or reduced-price meals...15, 317, 323, 324
Fluid milk regulations....................................8, 318, 320
Food safety programs.........................................326, 327
Nutrition standards...............................................321
Serving fruits and vegetables as afterschool snacks...............291
Severe need reimbursements........................................313
Simplification of meal counting and claiming procedures...........314
State administrative expenses.....................................316
Summer food service program.......................................332
Uniform Federal assistance regulations............................304
Weighted averages requirement.....................................325
Schools:
See also Colleges and universities
Educational facilities
Approval for enrollment in Student and Exchange Visitor
Information System...........................................1420
Asbestos model accreditation plan................................3322
Closure and consolidation........................................1769
Student and Exchange Visitor Program recertification.........75, 1428
Science and technology:
NSF patents regulation...........................................3528
Privacy regulations..............................................3527
Research misconduct..............................................3482
Rights to inventions..............................................721
Seafood:
See also Fish
Fisheries
Fish and Seafood Promotion Act....................................569
Seamen:
Licenses and certificates of registry............................1276
Merchant marine training, certification, and watchkeeping........1261
Merchant mariner application procedure...........................1303
Service obligation reporting requirements........................2370
Securities:
See also Bonds
Affiliate transactions...........................................4205
Beneficial ownership report filing...............................2555
Best price rules.................................................4178
Blank check companies............................................4186
Borrowing transactions.....................................2561, 4009
Broker-dealers:
Alternative net capital computation for holding company groups.....................................................4239
Categories of permissible collateral...........................2421
Quotation requirements.........................................4237
Recordkeeping requirements.....................................2550
Collection of fees...............................................4242
Collection of income tax at source to statutory stock options 2863
Communications reform............................................4179
Confirmation of transactions.....................................4227
Continuity of interest...........................................2799
Critical accounting policies.....................................4182
Custody or possession of funds or securities.....................2421
Customer Protection Rule.........................................2421
Debt securities registration exemption...........................4190
Definition of terms..............................................4246
Delisting and deregistering......................................4233
Disclosure requirements......4181, 4182, 4207, 4216, 4228, 4229, 4230
EDGAR system...............................................4176, 4210
Electronic signatures......................................4173, 4232
Employer-provided stock option programs..........................1989
Exemption for holdings subject to fiduciary standards............2382
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Exemptions for banks.............................................4226
Financial reporting..............................................4186
Form F-6 eligibility requirements................................4183
Futures products:
Offer and sale of products traded on foreign boards............3798
Registration requirements for banks acting as brokers or dealers....................................................4222
Reserve requirements for margin................................4241
Held of record securities........................................4175
Holding companies..............................4171, 4197, 4198, 4211
Income taxation..................................................2694
Independent transmission companies...............................4196
Integrated financial transactions................................2577
International Financial Reporting Standards......................4184
International Securities Exchange................................4244
Investment advisers............................4203, 4212, 4214, 4215
Investment companies:
Disclosure requirements........................................4180
Eligible portfolio companies...................................4194
Enhanced fund governance standards.............................4219
Use of brokerage commissions to finance distribution...........4218
Lock-up agreements...............................................4177
Mark-to-market accounting..................................2623, 2699
Money market fund exemptions.....................................4204
Mutual funds:
Anti-money laundering program..................................2451
Pricing regulations............................................4206
Reporting suspicious transactions..............................2445
Nasdaq-listed securities.........................................4235
Net capital requirements.........................................4225
Options markets..................................................4238
Ownership by securities intermediaries...........................4234
Ownership reports................................................4188
Penny stocks.....................................................4232
Privacy notices..................................................4193
Privacy of consumer financial information........................4209
Qualified purchaser definition...................................4189
Redemption fees for redeemable fund securities...................4208
Regulation NMS...................................................4231
Reorganization events......................................2844, 4224
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.........................4221
Accelerated filers.......................................4174, 4185
Annual reports and prospectuses................................4221
Safe harbor:
Exceptions.....................................................2826
Sarbanes-Oxley Act regulations:
Disclosure requirements........................................2555
PCAOB regulations..............................................4247
Savings association activities...................................2903
Self-regulatory organizations:
Concept release on structure...................................4220
Fair administration, governance, and disclosure................4223
SRO filing rules...............................................4245
Shareholder access to director nomination process................4187
Short sales......................................................4243
Standards of conduct for attorneys...............................4249
Streamlining.....................................................4172
Substitute dividend payments.....................................2615
Supervised investment bank holding companies.....................4240
Tender and reorganization agents.................................4224
Trading by officers, directors, and principal security holders 4188
Transactions settlement..........................................4236
Security measures:
See also Classified information
Acquisition regulations..........................................1159
Airport security compliance program..............................1386
Biological agents and toxins list............................222, 925
Bureau of Prisons administrative measures........................1868
Classified national security information.........................1148
Critical infrastructure information handling.......................69
Customer identification programs:
Loan and finance companies.....................................2433
Pawn brokers...................................................2430
Sellers of vehicles............................................2434
Travel agents..................................................2432
DHS human resources management system........................71, 3623
Disclosure of official information in connection with legal proceedings..................................................1147
DOE:
Contractors.....................................................889
Nuclear security activities.....................................888
Polygraph examination regulations...............................887
Emergency Security Control of Air Traffic.........................728
FDA registration of food and animal feed facilities................55
Federal mail.....................................................3454
Food security plans...............................................346
Freedom of Information.....................................1146, 1257
Grants administration............................................1144
Homeland Security Information sharing..............................68
Maritime and land security directives and information circulars 1364
Maritime Security Program........................................2374
National Industrial Security Program.............................3501
National security information regulations..................2064, 3510
Prior notice of imported food......................................56
Privacy Act procedures.....................................1146, 1257
Prohibition against flight takeoffs or landings in the US by
Syrian air carriers..........................................2181
Protection of sensitive security information related to transportation.........................................1379, 2096
Records requirements for identifying immediate sources and recipients of foods............................................54
Rural Utilities Services infrastructure...........................438
Security awareness training for flight school employees..........1381
Security compliance program for aircraft operators...............1385
Security requirements for handlers of pseudoephedrine, ephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine...........................1920
Standards of conduct for DHS employees...........................1143
Support Antiterrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act 70
Technical surveillance countermeasures............................733
US-IAEA safeguards agreement......................................475
Washington, DC metropolitan area special flight rules............2121
Seeds:
Import restrictions...............................................228
Karnal bunt compensation..........................................215
Seizures and forfeitures:
Customs regulations..............................................2427
Immigration and Naturalization regulations.......................1332
NOAA regulations..................................................621
Principal residence seizure......................................2723
Publication of administrative notices............................1329
Selective Service System:
Registration requirements........................................3546
Sewage disposal:
Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
Sex discrimination:
Federally assisted programs...............853, 1150, 3520, 3522, 3523
Programs and activities receiving Federal surplus property.......3449
Sheep:
Brucellosis indemnity.............................................247
Ewe lamb incentive payment program................................200
Interstate movement regulations...................................230
Lamb reporting regulations........................................183
Shipbuilding industry:
Safety and health regulations........................2037, 2052, 2054
Small businesses:
Acquisition regulations...........................765, 773, 794, 3777
Administrative offset............................................3685
Administrative wage garnishment..................................3678
Business Development Program:
Electronic application.........................................3684
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Technical amendments...........................................3687
CCC procurement of agricultural commodities from HUBZone businesses....................................................210
Disabled access credit...........................................2675
DOT mentor/protege program.......................................2099
Government contracting programs.......................149, 3683, 3777
Group health insurance availability and renewability.............1104
HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program..........................3672
HUBZone price evaluation factor..................................3754
Investment companies:
Civil penalties for late submission of required reports........3689
Maximum leverage eligibility...................................3668
Lending company monitoring and oversight..........................146
Loans:
Certified Development Company program..........................3670
Economic injury disaster loans.................................3673
Premier Certified Lenders Program..............................3677
NASA contractor rights...........................................3471
NASA subcontracting..............................................3470
National forest land use..........................................370
Privacy Impact Assessment Statements.............................3675
Rights to inventions..............................................721
Rural business investment program.................................421
SDB Program......................................................3688
Size standards:
Multiple award schedule........................................3681
New car dealers................................................3690
Restructuring............................................3666, 3691
Service-disabled veteran-owned businesses......................3683
Small Business Innovation Research program...............3679, 3692
Surety Bond Guarantee Program..................................3669
Small Business Development Center Program revisions..............3686
Small Business Innovation Research Program......147, 3666, 3679, 3692
Small Business Technology Transfer Program........................148
Small Disadvantaged Businesses:
Acquisition regulations...................................776, 3754
Electronic application.........................................3684
Participation in DOT programs..................................2094
Standards of conduct for SBA employees...........................3693
Surety bond guarantee................................3665, 3669, 3671
Testimony and production of records to OIG.......................3674
Venture capital company ownership................................3666
Social security:
See also Child welfare
Medicaid
Medicare
Public assistance programs
Unemployment compensation
Administrative review process.....................................167
Annual earnings test.............................................3728
Assigning SSNs to F-1 students...................................3751
Benefits for lawfully present aliens.............................1235
Civil monetary penalties..........................................158
Coverage of ministers, members of the clergy and Christian
Science practitioners........................................3752
Coverage of residents in the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands..............................................3752
Debt collection...................................................151
Denial of benefits to persons fleeing prosecution or custody, or violating probation or parole..............................162
Disability determinations:
Digestive system...............................................3725
Drug addiction or alcoholism...................................3742
Exemption of work activity as basis for continuing disability review......................................................152
Genito-urinary tract...........................................3739
Hematological disorders........................................3746
Immune system...................................................153
Medical equivalence policy.....................................3702
Mental disorders...............................................3745
Multiple body systems..........................................3726
Neurological...................................................3741
Optometrists as acceptable medical sources.....................3748
Recontacting medical sources...................................3747
Respiratory disorders..........................................3743
Special senses.................................................3740
Disability insurance program demonstration project...............3705
Disability programs:
Exclusion of representative and health care providers convicted of violations....................................3732
Self-Sufficiency Program........................................154
Ticket to Work Program..........................................154
Elimination of deemed military wages.............................3734
Expedited reinstatement of disability benefits...................3724
Federal Advisory Committee Act:
Income consideration of persons working as committee members 3737
Filing claims against SSA........................................3749
Fraud:
Nonpayable benefits for trial work period after fraud conviction..................................................160
HHS regulation migration to SSA..................................3697
Liability of representative payees for overpayments to deceased recipients...................................................3712
Medical-vocational guidelines....................................3727
Privacy and disclosure of records and information............150, 163
Recognition, disqualification and reinstatement of representatives..............................................3721
Recovery of benefit overpayments..................................168
Reduced medical benefits due to private insurance coverage.......3710
Representative payment procedures...........................159, 3750
Standards of conduct of SSA employees............................3695
Stepchild benefits...............................................3729
Student Earned Income Exclusion...................................160
Vocational rehabilitation services:
Continuation of benefit payments to individuals participating in a program................................................166
Referral for services..........................................3730
Work report receipts issuance.....................................160
Space transportation and exploration:
Access to sensitive information..................................3476
Acquisition regulations.....3471, 3477, 3485, 3486, 3487, 3488, 3489, 3492, 3493, 3494, 3495
Astronaut Health Care Provision..................................3473
Availability of Agency records...................................3480
Code of conduct for International Space Station crew.............3475
Commercial space transportation:
Licensing and safety requirements..............................2109
Regulation revisions...........................................2129
Cross-waiver of liability........................................3474
Flight restrictions in the proximity of space flight operations 2183
Government property reporting requirements.......................3484
Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook revisions........3469, 3483, 3490, 3491
Incidental take of marine mammals during rocket launch operations....................................................614
Income source rules..............................................2582
Protection of human research subjects............................3479
Research misconduct..............................................3482
Science and Technology Scholarship...............................3472
Small business contractor rights.................................3471
Small business subcontracting plans..............................3470
Small self-contained payloads....................................3481
Wind tunnel use for industry development work....................3478
Students:
Border commuter students...................................1425, 2069
Student and Exchange Visitor Information System.......75, 1416, 1428, 2070
Student Career Experience Program................................3545
Student Exchange Visitor Information System................1417, 2068
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Student FICA guidance............................................2782
Student rights in research, experimental programs, and testing 858
Sugar:
Marketing allotment regulations...................................209
Program revisions.................................................211
Reexport programs.................................................363
Suicide:
Prevention program...............................................1866
Superfund:
Cooperative agreements and State contracts.......................3389
Reportable quantity adjustments for carbamates...................3388
Supplemental Security Income (SSI):
Disability determinations:
Cardiovascular impairments.....................................3706
Digestive system...............................................3725
Endocrine system and obesity...................................3694
Exemption of work activity as basis for continuing disability review......................................................152
Genito-urinary tract...........................................3739
Growth impairment..............................................3744
Hematological disorders........................................3746
Immune system...................................................153
Malignant neoplastic diseases...................................164
Multiple body systems..........................................3726
Neurological...................................................3741
Optometrists as acceptable medical sources.....................3748
Special senses.................................................3740
Expedited reinstatement of disability benefits...................3724
Income:
Deeming from ineligible parents...........................155, 3696
Determination of...............................................3719
Exclusions..........................................165, 3709, 3723
Payment of past-due benefits.....................................3738
Plans to achieve sulf-support for blind and disabled individuals...................................................156
Social Security Protection Act...................................3719
Transfers of resources...........................................3703
Trusts...........................................................3703
Vocational rehabilitation services:
Continuation of benefit payments to individuals participating in a program................................................166
Surety bonds:
Immigration surety bonds...................................1401, 1404
Issuance by insurance companies..................................2472
SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program....................3665, 3669, 3671
Surface mining:
See also Coal
Mine safety and health
Coal:
Abandoned coal refuse sites....................................1809
Abandoned mine reclamation fees..........................1817, 1818
State programs.................................................1815
Indian lands.....................................................1813
T
Taxes:
See also Customs duties and inspection
Excise taxes
Income taxes
Availability of TTB information..................................2480
Brewery regulations..............................................2538
Computation on large cigars......................................2481
Escrow funds.....................................................2693
Excise.....................................................2750, 2881
Foreign trade....................................................2575
Gift tax value determination.....................................2673
Real estate taxes................................................3453
Treasury Tax and Loan Program....................................2476
Teachers:
Teacher Next Door housing sales program..........................1493
Troops-to-Teachers program........................................859
Telecommunications:
See also Radio
Satellites
Telephone
Television
Access charge reform.............................................3991
Accounting requirements.....................................433, 3992
Advanced telecommunications facilities and services..............3987
Advanced wireless services.......................................3868
Air-ground services on commercial airplanes......................3968
ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................3992
Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local exchange carriers............................................3988
Bell Operating Companies and affiliates:
Enhanced services..............................................3985
Broadcast ownership rules review.................................3937
Bundling customer premises equipment and enhanced services.......3997
Communication intercepting devices................................517
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act...1950, 1951, 1952, 3948
Competition matters..............................................3888
Detariffing of interstate exchange access services...............3986
Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems.....................3947, 3984
Ex parte rules...................................................3888
Extending wireless services to tribal lands......................3971
GSA management policy............................................3452
Installment payments for Personal Communications Services licensees....................................................3958
International services reporting requirements....................3906
Interstate special access services...............................3995
N11 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.............3978
National Exchange Carrier Association petition...................3976
North American Numbering Plan....................................3977
Numbering Resource Optimization..................................3993
Pole attachments.................................................3920
Protection of Children From Sexual Predators Act:
Designation of agencies to receive and investigate reports.....1955
Reporting requirements.........................................1954
Relay services.......................................3852, 3853, 3857
Rural areas..................................................427, 433
RUS special equipment contract....................................429
Service quality reporting........................................3990
Telecommunications Act:
Access charge reform...........................................3982
Customer proprietary network information (CPNI)................3981
Individuals with disabilities..................................3856
Interstate pay-per-call and other information services.........3854
Local competition provisions...................................3983
Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers.................3855
Universal service..............................................3979
Toll-free service access codes...................................3980
Unbundled network elements.......................................3994
Universal service reform.........................................3991
Telephone: 900-number service...............................................4077
Access charge reform.......................................3982, 3991
Accessibility of equipment and services to persons with disabilities.................................................3856
Accounting requirements..........................................3992
Advanced telecommunications facilities and services..............3987
Advertising......................................................4077
ARMIS reporting requirements.....................................3992
Authorized rate of return for interstate services of local exchange carriers............................................3988
Customer proprietary network information.........................3981
Detariffing of interstate exchange access services...............3986
Dial Equipment Minutes Weighting Program.........................3979
Enhanced 911 emergency calling systems.....................3947, 3984
Enhanced services................................................3985
International call-back service..................................3900
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Interstate pay-per-call and other information services...........3854
Local competition provisions of the Telecommunications Act.......3983
N11 codes and other abbreviated dialing arrangements.............3978
North American Numbering Plan....................................3977
Relay services.............................................3852, 3857
Telemarketing Sales Rule.........................................4088
Telephone Consumer Protection Act................................3859
Toll free service access codes...................................3980
Toll telephone service definition................................2737
Unauthorized changes of long distance carriers...................3855
Unbundling local exchange carriers...............................3989
Universal Service..........................................3979, 3991
Television:
See also Cable television
Advertising......................................................3914
Broadcast Auxiliary Services.....................................3869
Children's programming.....................................3930, 3931
Competitive availability of navigation devices...................3918
Digital television service:
Ancillary or supplemental use by non-commercial licensees......3927
Broadcast content protection...................................3975
Children's programming.........................................3930
Conversion rules for low power television and television translator stations........................................3938
Review of conversion process...................................3928
Direct broadcast public interest obligations.....................3929
Emergency Alert System.....................................3861, 3862
Filing of network affiliation contracts..........................3913
Joint sales agreements...........................................3939
Predicting broadcast television field strength...................3885
Public interest information......................................3933
Reallocation and service rules for the 698-746 MHz spectrum band.........................................................3965
Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act......................3924, 3940
Service rules in UHF spectrum....................................3953
Unlicensed operation in the broadcast bands......................3881
Video programming accessibility............................3916, 3918
Terrorism:
``Serious adverse health consequences'' definition................997
Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act..........................222
Bioterrorism preparedness..................................54, 55, 56
International Terrorism Victim Compensation Program..............1964
Support Antiterrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act 70
Terrorism Risk Insurance Program...............2383, 2384, 2423, 2424
Textiles:
African Growth and Opportunity Act...............................2403
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act............................2405
Customs regulations..............................................2425
Flammability standards...........................................3819
Trade agreements............................................466, 2396
Tires:
Disposition of replaced tires....................................2302
Pressure monitoring system........................................111
Tobacco:
See also Cigars and cigarettes
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.........................2514
Customs regulations..............................................2483
Imported tobacco products........................175, 176, 2516, 2542
In-transit stops without payment of tax..........................2489
Inspection...................................................175, 176
Marketing quotas.............................................191, 199
Pesticide residue testing.........................................176
Price support programs............................................199
Products shipped from Puerto Rico................................2540
Prohibited marks on products brought into the U.S................2537
Regulations for tobacco products that are not in packages........2487
Removal of products without payment of tax for use in law enforcement activities.......................................2515
Shipment of products without payment of tax......................2484
Warehouse designation requirements................................186
Trade agreements:
African Growth and Opportunity Act.........................2394, 2403
Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act..................2402
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act............................2405
Free Trade Agreements with Chile and Singapore.......786, 1230, 2408, 2409, 3795
North American Free Trade Agreement............1198, 2406, 2418, 2426
Textile trade agreements....................................466, 2425
Trade Agreements Act.............................................3796
U. S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act................2396, 2400
Trade practices:
Acquisition regulations..........................................3796
Economic Development Administration...............................460
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act............4084
Franchising and business opportunity ventures....................4081
Funeral industry.................................................4078
Home insulation labeling and advertising.........................4080
Ophthalmic practice..............................................4087
Premerger notification rules.....................................4082
Quarterly reporting requirements for international services activity......................................................454
Regulatory review................................................4075
Telemarketing Sales Rule.........................................4088
Telephone service................................................4077
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers...........................201
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers........................90, 91
Trademarks:
Deposit account payments..........................................717
Fees.........................................................705, 716
Madrid Protocol rules.............................................718
Mailing addresses for correspondence submission...................718
Preventing importation of pirated audio-visual works.............2387
Registration amendments and corrections...........................714
Representation of others before the USPTO.........................706
Rules of practice in inter partes proceedings before the
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board..............................703
Trademark Electronic Application System......................704, 719
US Patent and Trademark Office 21st Century Strategic Plan........707
Transportation:
See also Air transportation
Bridges
Common carriers
Freight
Highways and roads
Mass transportation
Noise control
Pipelines
Railroads
Space transportation and exploration
Vessels
Accessibility requirements for over-the-road buses...............2102
Acquisition regulations....................................2085, 3776
Air pollution control conformity...........................3078, 3252
Americans With Disabilities Act accessibility standards..........2093
Civil penalties..................................................2278
Debarment and suspension.........................................2091
Disadvantaged business enterprise participation..................2094
Drug and alcohol management information system reporting by employers....................................................2105
Drug and alcohol testing...................................2095, 2097
Environmental review.............................................3213
Equipment cleaning point source category effluent guidelines.....3396
Explosive materials..............................................1903
Hazard communication requirements................................2359
Individuals with disabilities....................................3002
Interstate ozone transport.......................................3207
Maritime and land security directives and information circulars 1364
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Mentor/protege program for small businesses......................2099
Privacy Act provisions...............................1367, 1382, 1391
Sensitive security information for land modes....................1368
Wildlife.........................................................1578
Travel:
Anti-money laundering programs for travel agencies...............2435
Customer identification programs for travel agents...............2432
Travel and transportation expenses:
Deductions for members of Congress...............................2825
FTR amendment..............................................3443, 3466
Transportation services payments.................................3467
VA beneficiary travel regulations................................2915
Treaties:
See also Trade agreements
Chemical Weapons Convention.......................................470
Tuberculosis:
Bovine tuberculosis...............................................236
Correctional management..........................................1864
U
Unemployment compensation:
Confidentiality and disclosure of State records..................1996
United States investments abroad:
Foreign utilities................................................4211
Uranium:
Mill sites..................................................898, 4146
Utilities:
See also Electric utilities
Natural gas
Water supply
Electronic filing of documents...................................4022
Exemption for certain acquisitions.........................4198, 4211
High energy cost rural community grants...........................430
Market-based rates...............................................4030
Rural Utilities Service:
Accounting requirements for telecommunications borrowers........433
Broadband grant program.........................................440
Exemption of certain borrowers from controls....................434
Homeland Security requirements..................................438
Household water system program..................................439
Operational controls............................................431
Sale or transfer of capital assets..............................437
Special equipment contract......................................429
State nonmetropolitan median household income...................435
Technical assistance grants.....................................432
Water and wastewater grant program..............................441
Standards of conduct for transmission providers..................4019
V
Vegetables:
Import regulations................................................218
Phytosanitary certificates for imports............................234
Vessels:
See also Cargo vessels
Fishing vessels
Marine safety
Maritime carriers
Navigation (water)
Passenger vessels
Accident reporting...............................................1265
Alien crewman detention..........................................1353
Anchorage area regulations.......................................1278
Anchorage ground, safety zone and speed limit for Tongass
Narrows, AK..................................................1270
Anti-money laundering program for businesses engaged in boat sales........................................................2438
Ballast water:
Exchange guidelines............................................1296
Management program.............................................1309
Penalties for non-submission of management reports.............1308
Coast Guard escort requirements............................1280, 1283
Commercial diving operations.....................................1290
Controlled substances............................................1905
Discharge standards for Armed Forces vessels...............3393, 3420
Discharge-removal equipment......................................1279
Documentation....................................................2369
Electronic Charting Display and Information System...............1294
Emission standards:
Marine tank vessel loading operations..........................3198
Shipbuilding and ship repair surface coating...................3200
Spark ignition marine vessels..................................3104
Hull identification numbers......................................1310
Lease financing for vessels engaged in coastwise trade.....1273, 2369
Notification of arrival and departure............................1298
Numbering system...........................................1265, 1274
Outer Continental Shelf activities...............................1287
Personal flotation device requirements.....................1263, 1313
Pollution prevention equipment...................................1267
Polychlorinated biphenyls containing.............................3308
Port restrictions and fees:
Japanese vessels...............................................4054
Regattas and marine parades......................................1281
Restricted areas.............................................816, 817
Safety and security zone regulations.................1277, 1304, 1315
Satellite earth stations.........................................3904
Trading restrictions.............................................2377
Traffic separation schemes.......................................1264
Unauthorized entry into Cuban territorial waters.................1316
Underwater surveys...............................................1311
Vessel Traffic Service...........................................1300
Veterans:
Acquisition regulations:
Plain language revisions.......................................2944
Additional disability or death caused by VA care or treatment 2960
Adjudication and fiduciary regulations...2923, 2925, 2927, 2962, 2968
Advanced health care planning....................................2946
Affirmative action and nondiscrimination obligations of contractors and subcontractors.........................1979, 1984
Aggravation of a disability by active service....................2972
Alaska Native veteran allotments.................................1826
Appeals regulations:
De novo review time limit......................................2961
Delegations of authority.......................................2976
Notice of Disagreement clarification...........................2977
Obtaining evidence and curing procedural defects...............2990
Beneficiary travel regulations...................................2915
Burial benefits............................................2924, 2978
Eligibility for surviving spouses who remarry and New
Philippine Scouts..........................................2991
Survivors of Filipino veterans.................................2958
Claims based on aggravation of nonservice-connected disability 2956
Claims based on service in the Philippine Armed Forces...........2927
Compensation and pension regulations:
Bars, forfeiture and renouncement of benefits..................2940
Concurrent receipt of military retired pay and disability compensation...............................................2943
Dependents.....................................................2936
Duties of VA...................................................2929
Elections of improved pension............................2930, 2939
General evidence requirements, effective dates, revision of decisions, and protection of existing ratings..............2938
General provisions.............................................2933
Payments and adjustments to payments.....................2926, 2941
Payments to beneficiaries who are eligible for more than one benefit....................................................2937
Rights and responsibilities of claimants and beneficiaries.....2929
Service-connected disability compensation......................2942
Special and ancillary benefits for veterans, dependents and survivors..................................................2931
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Coordination of benefits with TRICARE.............................843
Debt collection..................................................2992
Dependency and indemnity compensation:
Regulation amendment...........................................2935
Surviving spouse's rates.......................................2932
Disability ratings:
Cardiovascular conditions......................................2964
Eye, ear, and other sense organs...............................2955
Hearing loss...................................................2985
Hypertension...................................................2964
Individual unemployability.....................................2954
Multiple scars.................................................2966
Respiratory disorders..........................................2964
Education:
Centralized certification of benefits..........................2919
Educational Assistance Text Program............................2988
Licensing and certification....................................2918
Montgomery GI Bill--Active Duty..........................2973, 2975
Montgomery GI Bill--Selected Reserve.....................2969, 2987
Non-payment of VA educational assistance to fugitive felons 2971
Survivors and dependents...........................2920, 2975, 2986
Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act..................2965
Veterans Programs Enhancement Act..............................2917
Enrollment information updating form.............................2914
Filipino veterans benefit improvements.....................2916, 2958
Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program....................2984
Housing assistance for disabled veterans.........................1462
Jobs For Veterans Act................................2058, 2059, 3548
Loan guaranty:
Assistance to disabled veterans in acquiring specially adapted housing............................................2921
Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages.........................2967, 2979
Pre-purchase counseling requirements...........................2959
Regulation amendments....................................2922, 2963
Medical benefits:
Copayments for extended care services..........................2982
Elimination of co-pay for smoking cessation counseling.........2953
Hospital and outpatient care....................................114
Non-VA service and care..................................2948, 2951
Patients' rights regarding medication prescription authorization..............................................2950
Presumptions of service connection.......................2970, 2974
Priorities for medical services................................2981
Sensori-neural aids............................................2983
Protection of human research subjects............................2952
Psychosis definition.............................................2957
Small businesses:
Government contracting programs..........................3683, 3777
Special disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.......1979, 1984
Special ratings..................................................2934
Specially adapted housing eligibility............................2989
State homes......................................................2947
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.........103
Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.................2928
Waiver process for copayments....................................2980
Vocational rehabilitation:
Continuation of SSA benefits to individuals participating in a program.......................................................166
Referral for services............................................3730
Veterans.........................................................2928
Volunteers:
AmeriCorps*VISTA program.........................................3016
DOL regulation...................................................1976
National Senior Service Corps....................................3017
Peace Corps................................................3647, 3648
Voting rights:
Preclearance of proposed changes.................................1885
W
Wages:
See also Employee benefit plans
Minimum wages
Administrative wage garnishment:
SBA............................................................3678
Cost-of-living allowances..................................3560, 3639
Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act amendments..................1976
Hospice wage index...............................................1111
Hourly compensation:
Computer-related occupations...................................1977
Human Capital Performance Fund...................................3632
Locality-based comparability payments............................3586
Overtime compensation and premium pay for Customs officers.......1361
Pay retention....................................................3610
Pay-for-performance appraisal systems............................3554
Premium pay limitations..........................................3637
Prevailing rate systems....................................3558, 3588
Regulation amendments................................3574, 3590, 3636
Senior Executive Service...................................3582, 3609
Service Contract Act regulations.................................1980
Tipped employees.................................................1977
Within-grade increases...........................................3557
Warehouses:
Commodity Credit Corporation storage..............................187
Tobacco warehouse designation requirements........................186
Waste treatment and disposal:
See also Hazardous waste
Recycling
Sewage disposal
Coal combustion waste......................................3370, 3371
Effluent guidelines..................................3396, 3403, 3411
Financial test criteria..........................................3379
Hazardous waste management............................136, 2345, 3382
Laboratory waste.................................................3381
Land disposal:
Restrictions.......................................3352, 3383, 3384
Metals reclamation from electroplating operations.................123
Municipal waste combustion units:
Emission standards.............................................3260
MACT standards.................................................3086
Nuclear waste disposal...........................................4147
On-site treatment of low-level mixed wastes......................3367
Project XL.....................................3032, 3037, 3367, 3368
Regulation of gasification devices processing hazardous waste at petroleum refineries......................................3372
RUS wastewater grant program......................................441
Shore Protection Act.............................................3436
Solid waste disposal:
Air pollutant standards........................................3089
Guideline revisions............................................3350
Landfill criteria........................................3055, 3350
Landfills and incinerators.....................................3051
Physical/chemical evaluation methods...........................3359
Solid waste definition.........................................3377
Tax regulations................................................2785
Underground storage tanks:
Toxicity characteristic rule...................................3375
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant:
Compliance criteria......................................3045, 3275
Report to Congress.......................................3035, 3044
Wastewater treatment exemptions for hazardous waste mixtures.....3364
Wastewater treatment sludges................................124, 3368
Wet weather condition requirements...............................3400
Water pollution control:
See also Oil pollution
Waste treatment and disposal
Analytic test methods sensitivity................................3416
Civil monetary penalty inflation adjustment.......................825
Clean Water Act............................................3405, 3418
Clean Water State Revolving Fund program.......................3419
Cooling water intake structures...........................140, 3417
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Product schedule listing requirements..........................3402
Regulatory definition of ``waters of the United States''........824
Test procedures..............................3397, 3405, 3406, 3407
Compensatory mitigation and mitigation banking....................814
Effluent guidelines:
Aquaculture industry...........................................3413
Coal mining....................................................1814
Construction and development industry..........................3412
Cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters.......................3411
Meat products point source category............................3414
Program plan...................................................3415
Recodification of..............................................3395
Marine pollution:
Ballast water management...........................1296, 1308, 1309
Facility response plans for hazardous substances.........1285, 1293
Response plans for oil.............................1286, 1288, 1293
NPDES permits..............................................3394, 3409
Pretreatment regulations.........................................3399
Radon............................................................3428
Sewer collection systems.........................................3394
Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures rule..............3385
Test procedures for the analysis of pollutants...................3408
Total Maximum Daily Load Program.................................3410
Trace metals criteria............................................3405
Vessels of the Armed Forces discharge standards............3393, 3420
Water quality standards....................................3406, 3407
Criteria for acute aquatic life..........................3406, 3407
Indian country waters..........................................3404
Pathogens in coastal recreation waters.........................3401
Water resources:
See also Water supply
Army Corps of Engineers:
Environmental quality requirements..............................813
Special events rule.............................................822
Ballast water discharge standards................................1296
Cooling water intake structures environmental impact.............3417
Federal water quality criteria...................................3421
Truckee River Operating Agreement................................1820
Water supply:
See also Irrigation
Carcinogen risk assessment.......................................3030
Drinking water:
Aldicarb and atrazine..........................................3429
Arsenic in bottled water........................................937
Contaminants.................................3423, 3427, 3428, 3432
Disinfection byproducts.........................................139
Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program..........................3285
Enhanced surface water treatment................................138
Fecal contamination.............................................137
Methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).......................3208, 3430
Oxygenated fuel additives......................................3330
Regulation revisions...........................................3434
RUS program.....................................................439
State underground injection control programs...................3433
Test procedures for pollutants.................................3397
Total coliform rule............................................3431
Unregulated contaminant monitoring.............................3422
Uranium monitoring.............................................3435
Groundwater protection......................................137, 3291
RUS grant program.................................................441
Servicing loans and grants........................................428
Suspension of operations for ultra-deep drilling.................1790
Temporary abandoned wells........................................1808
Watershed:
Emergency Watershed Protection Program.............................25
Tribal Watershed Forestry Assistance Program......................381
Watershed Forestry Assistance Program.............................380
Wheat:
Imports...........................................................225
Karnal bunt.......................................................225
Whistleblowing:
Coast Guard member protection....................................1299
Commercial motor vehicle employee protections....................2224
Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and
Retaliation Act........................................3561, 3562
Research misconduct..............................................1025
Wildlife:
See also Marine mammals
Wildlife refuges
Audit resolution policy..........................................1655
Captive Wildlife Safety Act......................................1617
Captive-bred antelope............................................1639
Captive-reared mallards..........................................1697
Eagles...........................................................1576
Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act...........................1638
Religious ceremonial collection of golden eaglets..............1747
Transport of feathers..........................................1701
Endangered and threatened..................................1639, 1648
Conservation education.........................................1568
Permits for foreign listed species.............................1664
Endangered Species Act.....................................1609, 1639
Exotic birds:
Importation....................................................1647
Explosive pest control devices...................................1894
Exportation................................................1578, 1683
Falcons and falconry.......................................1580, 1615
Gray wolf........................................................1684
Importation..........................................1578, 1600, 1683
Injurious......................................1599, 1608, 1693, 1704
Black carp.....................................................1583
Migratory birds:
Hunting regulations..............1596, 1616, 1622, 1659, 1722, 1725
Importation of Icelandic eiderdown.............................1663
Incidental take during military readiness......................1669
List revision..................................................1645
Management of resident Canada geese population.................1661
Nontoxic nickel shot approval..................................1631
Permits......................................1574, 1613, 1615, 1700
Possession for educational purposes............................1569
Spring/summer subsistence harvest..............................1623
Permit procedures................................................1646
Polar bear trophy importation....................................1591
Seabirds..........................................................582
Subsistence management.............1589, 1626, 1641, 1642, 1689, 1720
Transport standards for reptiles and amphibians..................1577
Transportation...................................................1578
Wild Bird Conservation Act...........................1582, 1600, 1656
Wildlife refuges:
Land conservation planning.......................................1724
Mission, goals, and purposes.....................................1651
Mosquito management..............................................1618
National Wildlife Refuge System..................................1651
Hunting and sport fishing regulations..........................1723
Reserved/excepted rights management..............................1727
Strategic growth.................................................1619
Wine:
Authorized materials and processes...............................2532
Dried fruit wines................................................2519
Honey wines......................................................2519
Labeling regulations.............................................2549
New grape variety names petitioned...............................2486
Recognition of synonyms for grape varieties proposed.............2521
Sherry...........................................................2536
Standards of fill................................................2479
Taxes......................................................2534, 2535
Viticultural areas....2488, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 2507, 2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2520, 2522, 2523, 2525, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2530, 2531, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 2548
Women:
See also Sex discrimination
Length of hospital stay after birth of child.....................2009
Nutrition education participant contacts..........................297
STOP Violence Against Women Grant Programs.................1959, 1971
Page 74403
Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.............................2002
Women, infants, and children:
Supplemental food program:
Farmers' Market Nutrition Program...............................292
Vendor-related provisions..................................288, 312
Wool:
Import of certain worsted wool fabrics............................465
Y
Youth:
See also Infants and children
Eligibility for free school meals for migratory, homeless, and runaway youth.................................................324