FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January -- December 2000

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Occupational Safety and Health Administration

    RULES

        Consultation agreements; procedural changes, 64282

        Longshoring safety and health standards:

            Cargo handling and related activities conducted aboard

            vessels and at marine terminals; technical amendments,

            40936

        Marine terminals safety and health standards:

            Cargo handling and related activities conducted aboard

            vessels and at marine terminals; technical amendments,

            40936

        Occupational safety and health standards:

            Ergonomics Program, 68262

        Safety and health standards:

            Cotton dust; occupational exposure, 76563

            Nationally recognized testing laboratories; fees; public

            comment period on recognition notices, 46798

        State plans; development, enforcement, etc.:

            Nevada, 20735

            North Carolina_

                American National Red Cross coverage; Federal

                enforcement level change, 62610

            Postal Service coverage issues; Federal enforcement level

            changes in various States, 36617

                Correction, 38429

    PROPOSED RULES

        Occupational safety and health standards:

            Ergonomics program_

                Hearing and clarification, 10042

                Hearings, 4795, 11948, 13254, 19702

                State and local governments, Postal Service, and

                railroads; economic impact; hearing location change,

                33263, 37322

        Safety and health standards:

            Cotton dust; occupational exposure, 76598

        State plans; standards approval, etc.:

            New Jersey, 67672

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Proposed collection; comment request, 3977, 3978, 3979,

            8747, 11085, 11086, 11087, 11088, 12318, 15018, 15650,

            15651, 15652, 16967, 35127, 35128, 39944, 41749, 42034,

            44858, 45623, 49597, 57388, 58106, 58107, 58108, 58109,

            58568, 58569, 65008, 65009, 65010, 71122, 75316, 75317

            Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 7896, 10824,

            24512, 26662, 42035, 42036, 51854, 56007

        Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

            Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and

            Health, 3740, 13325, 41099

        Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

            Internet-based OSHA expert compliance assistance system;

            training program, 21028

            Susan Harwood Training Program, 17316, 24512, 50220

        Meetings:

            Construction Safety and Health Advisory Committee, 4261,

            20836, 49840

            Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and

            Health, 4842, 69051

            Occupational Safety and Health Federal Advisory Committee,

            4843, 30449, 54077, 81896

            Occupational Safety and Health National Advisory

            Committee, 12578, 31194, 49598, 68161

        Nationally recognized testing laboratories, etc.:

            Applied Research Laboratories, Inc., 19023

            Curtis-Straus LLC, 26637

            Intertek Testing Services, NA, Inc., 71122

            NSF International, 11344, 39944

            SGS U.S. Testing Company, Inc., 2438, 30638

            Southwest Research Institute, 46078, 70366

            TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc., 11345, 39946

            Wyle Laboratories, Inc., 11804, 39949

        Occupational safety and health of contractor employees at DOE

        sites; jurisdiction and enforcement responsibilities;

        clarification, 41492

        Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

            Hazardous energy control (Lockout/Tagout Standard);

            lookback review, 38302

            Safe and healthful working conditions; voluntary

            protection programs; revisions, 45650

            Voluntary employer safety and health self-audits; policy

            statement, 46498

        Safety and health standards:

            Cotton dust; occupational exposure; lookback review

            availability, 76667

        State plans; development, enforcement, etc.:

            Oregon, 51855

        State plans; standards approval, etc.:

            Nevada, 1915, 1916

            Washington, 34738, 38604

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Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

    RULES

        Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 24128

        Practice and procedure:

            Settlement judge procedure; settlement part procedure

            addition; pilot program, 7434

                Expiration date elimination, 58350

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Proposed collection; comment request, 34755

            Submission for OMB review; comment request, 25965, 48767

        Meetings; Sunshine Act, 5707, 54567

        Senior Executive Service:

            Performance Review Board; membership, 76312

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Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight

    See Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Office

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Office of Management and Budget

    See Management and Budget Office

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Office of Motor Carrier Safety

    NOTICES

        Motor carrier safety standards:

            Driver qualifications_

                Bailey, Herman, Jr., et al.; vision requirement

                exemptions, 159

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Office of the Special Counsel

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Submission for OMB review; comment request, 41512

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Office of United States Trade Representative

    See Trade Representative, Office of United States

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Oklahoma City National Memorial Trust

    RULES

        Oklahoma City National Memorial regulations, 14760

    PROPOSED RULES

        Oklahoma City National Memorial regulations, 8010

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Overseas Private Investment Corporation

    RULES

        Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 64342

    PROPOSED RULES

        Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 30369

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Proposed collection; comment request, 10821, 10822, 15007,

            54861, 63640

            Submission for OMB review; comment request, 789, 12031,

            26853, 26854, 35394

        Hearings, 70847

        Meetings; Sunshine Act, 12279, 13015, 33574, 35665, 37575,

        52783, 54299, 70369, 71337

        Sub-Saharan African Infrastructure Fund; prospective fund

        managers; call for proposals, 80964

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Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council

    NOTICES

        Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program; amendments,

        53237

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Parole Commission

    RULES

        Federal prisoners; paroling and releasing, etc.:

            District of Columbia Code_

                Parole of prisoners serving sentences, 70663

                Prisoners serving sentences, 19996, 45885, 53095,

                63291

                Supervision of released prisoners serving terms of

                supervised release, 70466

    PROPOSED RULES

        Federal prisoners; paroling and releasing, etc.:

            District of Columbia Code_

                Prisoners serving sentences, 20006, 26789

    NOTICES

        Meetings; Sunshine Act, 15925, 15926, 42392, 45106, 61189,

        63264

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Patent and Trademark Office

    RULES

        Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 52916

        Inventors' Rights Act; implementation:

            Invention promoters; complaints, 3127

        Patent cases:

            American Inventors Protection Act; implementation_

                Inter partes reexamination proceedings, optional,

                76756

                Twenty-year patent term; patent term adjustment;

                implementation, 56366

            Application examination and provisional application

            practice; changes, 14865, 50092

            Fee revisions (2000 FY), 49193

            Interference practice; simplification of requirements,

            56792, 70489

            Patent and trademark fees; credit card payment, 33452

            Patent applications, pending; eighteen-month publication;

            implementation, 57024

                Correction, 66502

            Patent business goals, 54604

                Correction, 78958, 80755

            Treatment of unlocatable application and patent files,

            69446

        Privacy Act; implementation, 52916

        Trademark Law Treaty Implementation Act; implementation;

        correction, 36633

    PROPOSED RULES

        Civil actions and claims; legal processes, 80810

        Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 41903

        Patent cases:

            American Inventors Protection Act; implementation_

                Inter Partes reexamination proceedings, optional,

                18154

            Patent applications, pending; eighteen-month publication;

            implementation, 17946

            Treatment of unlocatable application and patent files,

            42309

            Twenty-year patent term; patent term adjustment;

            implementation, 17215

        Privacy Act; implementation, 41903

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Proposed collection; comment request, 14948, 14950, 16895,

            47717, 50679, 55224, 63568

            Submission for OMB review; comment request, 39369, 39370,

            41638, 50186, 63236, 65845, 77591, 80420

        Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

            Public Advisory Committees, 16564

        Hague Conference on Private International Law; jurisdiction

        and foreign judgments in civil and commercial matters;

        convention; comment request, 61306, 77347

        Intellectual property:

            National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement

            Coordination Council; policies and agenda; comment

            request, 35611, 39601

        Meetings:

            Computer-implemented business method patent issues

            roundtable, 38811

            Intellectual Property Symposium of the Americas;

            Protecting Intellectual Property in the Digital Age, 41639

            National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement

            Coordination Council, 60619

            Protection of Audiovisual Performances Diplomatic

            Conference, 70886

            State sovereign immunity and Federal intellectual property

            rights; conference, 11987

            Trademark Affairs Public Advisory Committee, 2587

        Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

            Agency reestablishment as United States Patent and

            Trademark Office and adoption of seal, 17858

        Patent interference declaration, 79809

        Patent Law Treaty; comment request, 12515

        Patents:

            Human drug products_

                Roboxetine mesylate; interim term expansion, 8124

            Patent application examination_

                Revised utility examination guidelines; comment

                request, 3425

                Supplemental guidelines, 38510

        Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

            Alternative fee structures; study, 58746

        Senior Executive Service:

            Performance Review Board; membership, 51812

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Peace Corps

    PROPOSED RULES

        Semi-annual agenda, 23698, 74742

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Submission for OMB review; comment request, 11614, 12595,

            36479, 36741, 45117, 65887

        Privacy Act:

            Systems of records, 53772, 63641

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Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration

    RULES

        Employee Retirement Income Security Act:

            Annual reporting and disclosure requirements, 21068

                Correction, 35568

            Civil penalties; assessment, 7181, 7185

            Employee benefit plans; claims procedures, 70246

            Insurance company general accounts; guidance, 614

            Medical care to employees of two or more employers;

            multiple employer welfare arrangements and other entities

            providing coverage; reporting requirements, 7152

            Small pension plan assets; security, 62958

            Summary plan description regulations, 70226

        Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board; fiduciary

        responsibilities allocation, 34393

            Correction, 35703

        Group health plans; access, portability, and renewability

        requirements:

            National Medical Support Notice; child support orders;

            health care provisions, 82128

    PROPOSED RULES

        Employee Retirement Income Security Act:

            Section 3(40) collective bargaining agreements_

                Plans established or maintained, 64482, 64498, 69609

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Proposed collection; comment request, 2647, 3741, 4262,

            4263, 4264, 4442, 12579, 15653, 51037, 51038

            Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 13025, 31932,

            39952, 42769, 55302, 58822, 59877, 61192

            Submission for OMB review; comment request, 77911

        Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

            ERISA Section 3(40) Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory

            Committee, 52445

        Employee benefit plans; class exemptions:

            Interest free loans, 17540

        Employee benefit plans; prohibited transaction exemptions:

            Actuarial Sciences Associates, Inc., et al., 62755

            Allfirst Bank et al., 80461

            Anvil Construction Co., Inc., et al., 10825

            Banc Funds Co., LLC, et al., 33360, 49018

            Bank of Oklahoma et al., 42248, 56337

            Barclays Bank PLC et al., 13836, 37165

            Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc., et al., 51454, 67765

            Business Men's Assurance Co. of America et al., 6223

            Care Services Employees et al., 65011

            Columbia Energy Group et al., 60452

            Country Securities Corp. et al., 67774

            Deutsche Bank AG et al., 4843, 6228, 56708, 70618

            Earl R. Waddell & Sons, Inc., 25949

            Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Co. et al., 41732

            FINA, Inc. Capital Accumulation Plan et al., 526

            First Tennessee National Corp. et al., 51039

            Fish Lake Beach, Inc., 35129

            Fish Lake Beach, Inc., et al., 10826

            Fortis, Inc., 25954

            General Electric et al., 18132

            Goldman, Sachs & Co., et al., 37175

            IRA FBO Floyd A. Ross et al., 62755

            Journal Co., Inc., et al., 54303

            Kwik-Copy Corp. et al., 50223, 65331

            Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. et al., 532

            Masters, Mates and Pilots et al., 57389

            McPhail, H. Ray, et al., 18354

            Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., et al., 62756, 76306, 80497

            Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. et al., 13326

            Millcraft Industries, Inc.; withdrawn, 70625

            Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. of New York et al., 6229, 35129,

            39431

            Nysether, Eldon, et al., 76292

            Salomon Smith Barney Inc., 35138, 54315, 57401

            SEI Investments Co. et al., 60456

            South Central New York District Council of Carpenters et

            al., 4852

            Southco, Inc., 39432

            Standard & Poor's et al., 15360

            Texas Iron Workers and Employers et al., 33376

        Employee Retirement Income Security Act:

            Agency policy and operational objectives; strategic

            enforcement plan, 18208

            Disclosure obligations of fiduciaries of employee benefit

            plans governed by ERISA; information request, 55858

            Employee pension, welfare, and fringe benefit plans;

            annual return/report forms (Form 5500 Series); adoption,

            5026

            Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program, 14164

        Meetings:

            2001 National Summit on Retirement Savings; information

            request, 75578

            Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans Advisory

            Committee, 14319, 20205, 20206, 31350, 31351, 37581,

            37582, 46179, 46180, 51859, 51860, 57846, 63624, 63625

            Medical Child Support Working Group, 13795, 31933

        Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

            Multiple employer welfare arrangements and certain

            entities claiming exception; annual report (Year 2000 Form

            M-1); publication, 78052

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Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

    RULES

        Multiemployer plans:

            Premium payments, 75160

                Correction, 77429

        Single employer plans:

            Allocation of assets_

                Interest assumptions for valuing and paying benefits,

                49737, 55894, 68892, 78414

                Interest assumptions for valuing benefits, 2329, 7435,

                13905, 20083, 30880, 37482, 43694, 60859

                Valuation of benefits and assets; expected retirement

                age, 75165

            Lump sum payment assumptions, 14753

            Maximum guaranteeable pension benefit, 75164

            Premium payments, 75160

                Correction, 77429

            Valuation of benefits; use of single set of assumptions

            for all benefits, 14752

    PROPOSED RULES

        Semi-annual agenda, 23702, 74746

        Single-employer plans:

            Allocation of assets_

                Benefit payments; amendments, 81456

            Title IV aspects of cash balance plans with variable

            indices, 41610

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Proposed collection; comment request, 16672, 18383, 48539,

            58299

            Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 83105

            Submission for OMB review; comment request, 39208, 63266,

            75319

        Employee Retirement Income Security Act:

            Employee pension, welfare, and fringe benefit plans;

            annual return/report forms (Form 5500 Series); adoption,

            5026

        Multiemployer plans:

            Interest rates and assumptions, 2445, 7577, 13999, 20210,

            31022, 37584, 43790, 49841, 56013, 60988, 69071, 78516

        Privacy Act:

            Systems of records, 25397, 57629

        Single employer plans:

            Interest rates and assumptions, 2445, 20210, 43790, 60988

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Personnel Management Office

    RULES

        Absence and leave:

            Family and Medical Leave Act; implementation, 26483

                Correction, 38409

            Sick leave for family care purposes, 37234

        Acquisition regulations:

            Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and Defense

            Department demonstration project and other miscellaneous

            changes, 36382

                Correction, 39470

        Allowances and differentials:

            Cost-of-living allowances (nonforeign areas)_

                Guam and Northern Mariana Islands, 44100

                Hawaii County, HI, et al., 58901

                Honolulu, HI, 44101

        Career and career-conditional employment:

            Federal Career Intern Program; staffing provisions, 78077

        Employment:

            Displaced Defense Department employees; full

            consideration; interagency career transition assistance

            plan; regulations removed, 20893

            Displaced former Panama Canal Zone employees; interagency

            career transition assistance, 52293

            Placement assistance and reduction in force notices, 64133

            Positions restricted to preference eligibles, 52641

            Recruitment, selection, and placement_

                Displaced employees; interagency career transition

                assistance plan; duration; CFR correction, 63765

            Reduction in force_

                Defense Department employees; notice requirements

                removed, 25623

                Retreat rights, 62991

            Senior Executive Service; career and limited appointments;

            Qualifications Review Board certification, 33738

            Suitability for employment in competitive service

            positions and Senior Executive Service career

            appointments; determinations and procedures, 82239

            Surplus and displaced Federal employees; career transition

            assistance, 47829

        Excepted service:

            Federal Career Intern Program; staffing provisions, 78077

            Persons with psychiatric disabilities; appointments, 41867

        Excepted service, career conditional employment system, and

        promotion and internal placement:

            Veterans Employment Opportunities Act; staffing

            provisions, 14431

        Federal Tort Claims Act; administrative claims, 44945

        Health and counseling programs, Federal employees:

            Child care costs for lower income employees; appropriated

            funds use, 13659

        Health benefits, Federal employees:

            Defense Department demonstration project, 35259

            Health insurance premiums_

                Pre-tax allotment, 44643

                Pre-tax premium conversion, 44644

        Pay administration:

            Back pay, holidays, and physicians' comparability

            allowances, 48135

            Child support, alimony, and commercial garnishment of

            Federal employees' pay; processing, 4753

            Dual compensation reductions for military retirees;

            repeal, 19643

            Locality-based comparability payments, 75153

            Payments during evacuation, 41868

        Practice and procedures:

            Claims settlement procedures, 40967

        Prevailing rate systems, 10673, 10674, 15521, 17755, 26119,

        26120, 30831, 42597, 43215, 50127, 55431, 64337, 79305, 79306

        Retirement:

            Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS)_

                Intra-agency transfer; automation and simplification

                of employee recordkeeping, 21119

            Nuclear materials couriers under CSRS and FERS;

            eligibility, 2521, 52295

            Voluntary early retirement authority; correction, 2281

        Senior Executive Service:

            Performance appraisal regulations, 60837

    PROPOSED RULES

        Absence and leave:

            Sick leave for family care purposes, 6339

        Administrative law judges; appointment, pay, and removal;

        withdrawn, 64168

        Excepted service:

            Persons with psychiatric disabilities; appointments, 14477

        Group life insurance, Federal employees:

            Miscellaneous changes, clarifications, and plain language

            rewrite, 64530

        Pay administration:

            Grade and pay retention; discretionary authority by

            agencies, 33785

            Locality-based comparability payments, 15875

        Pay under General Schedule:

            Locality-based comparability payments, 49948

        Prevailing rate systems, 48641, 50165, 79320

        Semi-annual agenda, 23670, 74714

        Senior Executive Service:

            Performance appraisal regulations, 38442

        Student loans; repayment by Federal agencies, 38791

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Proposed collection; comment request, 3497, 10845, 16232,

            16233, 18143, 19034, 41111, 48018, 51370, 55065, 67418,

            67419, 82411, 82412, 82413

            Submission for OMB review; comment request, 539, 3497,

            3498, 7403, 10845, 36742, 38612, 48018, 48019, 49277,

            50033, 50034, 53238, 63902, 67419

        Allowances and differentials:

            Cost-of-living allowances (nonforeign areas)_

                1998 surveys; report, 44103

        Excepted service:

            Schedules A, B, and C; positions placed or revoked_

                Consolidated list, 60726

                Update, 7577, 15664, 19034, 32133, 38867, 45117,

                48019, 56966, 59233, 60226, 63903, 76675

        Health benefits, Federal employees:

            Medically underserved areas (2001 CY), 55308

        Internal Revenue Service broadbanding systems; OPM criteria,

        79433

        Meetings:

            Expanding Training Opportunities Presidential Advisory

            Committee, 42736, 55309, 70369

            Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee, 539, 7579,

            16978, 32135, 41111, 50723, 75977, 82413

            Federal Salary Council, 57848

            National Partnership Council, 21797, 67021

        Pay under General Schedule:

            Basic and locality pay for certain Federal employees;

            adjustments, 36743

        Personnel management demonstration projects:

            Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright Patterson Air Force

            Base, OH, 3498

            Army Department_

                Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD, 3500

                Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and

                Engineering Center, Redstone Arsenal, AL, 53142

                U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center,

                Vicksburg, MS, 32135

            Navy Department_

                Naval Sea Systems Command Warfare Centers, 52453

        Privacy Act:

            Computer matching programs, 19035, 63904, 76676

            Systems of records, 540, 14635, 24732, 25775, 30643

        Senior Executive Service:

            Career positions reserved during 1999; list, 11112

            Performance Review Board; membership, 64265

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Postal Rate Commission

    RULES

        Practice and procedure:

            International mail services; cost, revenue, and volume

            data analysis, 10012

            Proceedings; efficiency and effectiveness improvement;

            electronic filing, etc., 6536

    NOTICES

        Domestic mail classifications and rates:

            Postal rate and fee changes; docket no. R2000-1 opinion

            and recommended decision; reconsideration, 79140

        Domestic rates, fees, and mail classifications:

            Omnibus rate and classification request, 51944

        Meetings; Sunshine Act, 45118, 57408

        Post office closings; petitions for appeal:

            Roanoke, WV, 31368

*****

Postal Service

    RULES

        Domestic Mail Manual:

            Address list sequencing service, 79311

            Anchorage and Fairbanks, AK; new pallet height limitation,

            61102

            Basic carrier route periodicals; line-of-travel

            sequencing, 46363

            Commercial mail receiving agency; mail delivery, 49917

            Deceptive written, printed, and graphic matter;

            nonmailability, 17593

            Delivery record filing system; electronic storage and

            retrieval system implementation, 17766

            Experimental nonletter-size business reply mail categories

            and fees; termination, 4517

            Invalid ancillary service endorsements; transitional

            provisions eliminated, 75167

            Miscellaneous amendments, 1318

            NetPost Mailing OnLine experiment; domestic classification

            and fee changes, 52308

            Nonautomation mail processing instructions and letter tray

            label revisions, 5788

            Nonmailable written, printed, and graphic matter, 75863

            Nonprofit standard mail rate matter; substantially related

            eligibility requirements, 6903

            Palletized standard mail, and bound printed matter, etc.;

            preparation changes, 31815, 48385

            Periodicals mail; experimental ride-along rate, 7288

            Postage and fees refunds; unused adhesive stamps and

            stamps affixed to unmailed matter, 12946

            Rate, fee, and classification changes, 78538

            Sacking and palletizing periodicals nonletters and

            standard mail (A) flats, traying first-class flats, and

            labeling pallets, 50054

            Sack preparation changes for periodicals nonletter-size

            mailing jobs that include automation flat rate and

            presorted rate mailings, 46361, 77515

            SAVE verification procedures and revisions; First-Class

            and Standard Mail (A) automation letter and card mail;

            combined postage payment standards, 41877

            Special services labels; barcode requirements, 3609, 26750

                Correction, 4864

            Standard Mail Destination Entry Mailings; procedure

            changes, 12946

        Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 3857

        International Mail Manual:

            Express Mail Service; five percent discount, 48171, 60361

            Global Direct_Canada Admail service, 47322

            Global Direct_Canada Publications Mail, 55462

            Global Direct_Mexico service, 56242

            Global Express Guaranteed service, 76154

                Name change from Priority Mail Global Guaranteed

                service, etc., 58350

                Postal rate changes, 77302, 82278

            Global Package Link Service_

                European Union, Australia, and Japan, 44438

            International surface mail; postal rate changes, 29955

            Postal rates, fees, and mail classifications; changes,

            77076

            Priority Mail Global Guaranteed; enhanced expedited

            service from selected U.S. locations to_

                Selected European countries, 34096

                Selected European countries and China; amendment,

                52023

            Special services labels; barcode requirements, 3609

                Correction, 4864

        National Environmental Policy Act; implementation; correction,

        41011

        Practice and procedure:

            Administrative subpoenas; issuance procedures in

            investigations of false representations and lotteries,

            31265

            False representation and lottery orders; proceedings;

            subpoenas and civil penalties, 32026

    PROPOSED RULES

        Domestic Mail Manual:

            Address list sequencing service, 56518

            Basic carrier route periodicals; line-of-travel

            sequencing, 31506

            Commercial mail receiving agency; mail delivery, 4918,

            13258

            Curbside mailboxes design standards; revision, 65274

            Free matter for blind and other physically handicapped

            persons; eligibility standards, 53212

            Invalid ancillary service endorsements; transitional

            provisions eliminated, 47362

            Palletized standard mail and bound printed matter, etc.;

            preparation changes, 264

            Plant Verified Drop Shipment (PVDS) mailings; loading

            requirements; withdrawn, 6950, 26792

            Postal security devices and information-based indicia;

            production, distribution, and use, 58682

            Rate, fee, and classification changes, 52480

            Refunds and exchanges, 58499

            Sacking and palletizing periodicals nonletters and

            standard mail (A) flats, traying first-class flats, and

            labeling pallets, 10735, 16859

            Sack preparation changes for periodicals nonletter-size

            mailing jobs that include automation flat rate and

            presorted rate mailings, 31118, 64643

            Shipping label requirements, 75210

        International Mail Manual:

            International surface mail; postal rate changes, 11023

            Postal rates, fees, and mail classifications; changes,

            57864

        Postage meters:

            Postal security devices and information-based indicia;

            production, distribution, and use, 58682

        Practice and procedure:

            Administrative subpoenas; issuance procedures in

            investigations of false representations and lotteries,

            14229

            False representation and lottery orders; proceedings;

            subpoenas and civil penalties, 13707

        Privacy Act; implementation, 81784, 81785

    NOTICES

        Discounted letters (presorted/automation rate mail); quality

        control reviews, 141

        Domestic Mail Manual:

            Discounted letters (presorted/automation rate mail);

            quality control reviews, 36744

        Domestic rates, fees, and mail classifications:

            Changes, 81578

            Permanent nonletter-size business reply mail

            classification and fees; establishment, etc., 3742

        Government Performance and Results Act:

            Five-year strategic plan development, 17930

        Meetings:

            Consensus Committee; curbside mailboxes design; postal

            standard revision; recommendations, 51370

        Meetings; Sunshine Act, 1095, 4629, 10123, 15021, 21797,

        33851, 40145, 46187, 51048, 57408, 57848, 58117, 66268, 70848,

        80965

        Postage meters:

            Information based indicia program; performance criteria

            and security architecture for_

                Open IBI postal evidencing systems, 13063

                Postage evidencing product submission procedures,

                20211

            Manually set postage meters; retirement plan, 25399, 77934

            Secure technology plan, 50723

        Privacy Act:

            Computer matching programs, 75320

            Systems of records, 142, 32136, 39446, 39970, 47522,

            81937, 81939

*****

Presidential Commission on Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces

    RULES

        CFR Chapter removed, 30542

*****

Presidential Documents

    PROCLAMATIONS

        African Growth and Opportunity Act; implementation (Proc.

        7350), 59321

        Agua Fria National Monument; establishment (Proc. 7263), 2817

        Albania and Kyrgyzstan; extending normal trade relations

        status (Proc. 7326), 41547

        Armed Forces, U.S.; Military Selective Service Act;

        registration (Proc. 7275), 9199

        California Coastal National Monument; establishment (Proc.

        7264), 2821

        Canyons of the Ancients National Monument; establishment

        (Proc. 7317), 37243

        Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act; implementation (Proc.

        7351), 59329

        Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument; establishment (Proc.

        7318), 37249

        Circular welded carbon-quality line pipe; imports (Proc.

        7274), 9193

        Craters of the Moon National Monument; boundary enlargement

        (Proc. 7373), 69221

        Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument; establishment (Proc.

        7265), 2825

        Grand Sequoia National Monument; establishment (Proc. 7295),

        24095

        Hanford Reach National Monument; establishment (Proc. 7319),

        37253

        Ironwood Forest National Monument; establishment (Proc. 7320),

        37259

        Nigeria; designation under the Generalized System of

        Preferences (Proc. 7335), 52903

        Pinnacles National Monument; boundary enlargement (Proc.

        7266), 2831

        President Lincoln and Soldiers' Home National Monument;

        establishment (Proc. 7329), 43673

        Sierra Leone, suspension of entry of persons impeding the

        peace process (Proc. 7359), 60831

        Steel wire rod; adjustment to competition from imports (Proc.

        7273), 8621

        Sub-Saharan African countries; modification of duty-free

        treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences (Proc.

        7388), 80723

        Taliban; continuation of national emergency (Notice of June

        30, 2000), 41549

        Trade:

            Generalized System of Preferences; amendments (Proc.

            7328), 42595

            Generalized System of Preferences; modification and

            implementation of Title V of Trade and Development Act of

            2000 (Proc. 7383), 41315, 76551

        Vermilion Cliffs National Monument; establishment (Proc.

        7374), 69227

        Wheat gluten; imports (Proc. 7314), 34899

        Special observances:

            ADA Month, Spirit of the (Proc. 7327), 41865

            Adoption Month, National (Proc. 7371), 67605

            African American History Month, National (Proc. 7270),

            5217

            Afterschool Week (Proc. 7353), 60569

            AIDS Day, World (Proc. 7382), 75851

                Correction, 76348

            America Goes Back to School (Proc. 7336), 53887

            American Indian Heritage Month, National (Proc. 7372),

            68871

            America Recycles Day (Proc. 7377), 69653

            Army, U.S.; 225th anniversary (Proc. 7322), 37687

            Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month (Proc. 7299), 25825

            Biotechnology Month, National (Proc. 7269), 3779

            Breast Cancer Awareness Month, National (Proc. 7346),

            59311

            Cancer Control Month (Proc. 7284), 17981

            Captive Nations Week (Proc. 7330), 44641

            Census Day (Proc. 7286), 17985

            Character Counts Week, National (Proc. 7365), 62985

            Charter Schools Week, National (Proc. 7297), 25821

            Child Abuse Prevention Month, National (Proc. 7285), 17983

            Child Health Day (Proc. 7349), 59317

            Children's Day, National (Proc. 7356), 60575

            Citizenship Day and Constitution Week (Proc. 7343), 56771

            Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, National (Proc. 7276),

            11197

            Columbus Day (Proc. 7357), 60577

            Consumer Protection Week, National (Proc. 7272), 7709

            Crime Victims' Rights Week, National (Proc. 7290), 19823

            D.A.R.E. Day, National (Proc. 7291), 21111

            Defense Transportation Day and National Transportation

            Week, National (Proc. 7308), 31783

            Disability Employment Awareness Month, National (Proc.

            7347), 59313

            Domestic Violence Awareness Month, National (Proc. 7348),

            59315

            Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month, National

            (Proc. 7384), 76913

            Education Week, International (Proc. 7376), 69235

            Eleanor Roosevelt Day (Proc. 7360), 60833

            Equal Pay Day, National (Proc. 7306), 30829

            Family Caregivers Month, National (Proc. 7370), 67247

            Family Week, National (Proc. 7380), 70275

            Farm-City Week, National (Proc. 7379), 70273

            Farm Safety and Health Week, National (Proc. 7341), 56767

            Father's Day (Proc. 7323), 38407

            Fire Prevention Week (Proc. 7354), 60571

            Flag Day and National Flag Week (Proc. 7321), 37263

            Forest Products Week, National (Proc. 7366), 62987

            Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day, National (Proc.

            7289), 19821

            Gay and Lesbian Pride Month (Proc. 7316), 36051

            General Pulaski Memorial Day (Proc. 7361), 60835

            German-American Day (Proc. 7352), 60567

            Gold Star Mother's Day (Proc. 7344), 57935

            Great American Smokeout Day, National (Proc. 7378), 69849

            Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of

            Greek and American Democracy (Proc. 7283), 16509

                Correction, 17552

            Health in Aging Month (Proc. 7337), 54397

            Heart Month, American (Proc. 7271), 5219

            Hispanic Heritage Month, National (Proc. 7338), 56457

            Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week,

            National (Proc. 7339), 56459

            Honor, Day of (Proc. 7313), 34567

            Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights

            Week (Proc. 7386), 78075

            Human Rights Day, Helsinki (Proc. 7332), 47825

            Irish-American Heritage Month (Proc. 7279), 11733

            Jewish Heritage Week (Proc. 7302), 26117

            King, Martin Luther, Jr., Federal Holiday (Proc. 7268),

            2837

            Korean War, 50th Anniversary, and National Korean War

            Veterans Armistice Day (Proc. 7324), 39773

            Law Day, U.S.A. (Proc. 7298), 25823

            Leif Erikson Day (Proc. 7358), 60579

            Library of Congress; bicentennial (Proc. 7296), 24379

            Loyalty Day (Proc. 7300), 25827

            Maritime Day, National (Proc. 7312), 34375

            Minority Enterprise Development Week (Proc. 7333), 52287

            Mother's Day (Proc. 7305), 30827

            National Park Week (Proc. 7293), 21115

            National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 2000 (Proc 7385),

            77495

            Navy submarine force; 100th anniversary (Proc. 7363),

            61257

            Older Americans Month (Proc. 7301), 26113

            Older Workers Employment Week, National (Proc. 7345),

            57937

            Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week, National (Proc.

            7292), 21113

            Ovarian Cancer Awareness Week, (Proc. 7342), 56769

            Pan American Day and Pan American Week (Proc. 7288), 19819

            Parents' Day (Proc. 7331), 45701

            Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week (Proc. 7307),

            31071

            Poison Prevention Week, National (Proc. 7281), 15201

            POW/MIA Recognition Day, National (Proc. 7340), 56461

            Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day, 2000 (Proc. 7315), 34907

            Prayer, National Day of (Proc. 7303), 26481

            Recall Round-Up Day, National (Proc. 7294), 21117

            Red Cross Month, American (Proc. 7278), 11455

            Religious Freedom Day (Proc. 7267), 2835

            Safe Boating Week, National (Proc. 7309), 33247

            Save Your Vision Week (Proc. 7280), 12903

            School Lunch Week, National (Proc. 7355), 60573

            Science and Technology Week, Global (Proc. 7304), 30335

            Small Business Week (Proc. 7311), 33431

            Thanksgiving Day (Proc. 7381), 70277

            Trade Week, World (Proc. 7310), 33429

            U.S.S. Cole_

                Death of servicemembers aboard (Proc. 7362), 61255

                Extending display of flag at half-staff for those who

                died aboard (Proc. 7364), 62575

            United Nations Day (Proc. 7369), 64335

            Veterans Day (Proc. 7375), 69231

            Volunteer Week, National (Proc. 7287), 19641

            White Cane Safety Day (Proc. 7367), 62989

            Women's Equality Day (Proc. 7334), 52639

            Women's History Month (Proc. 7277), 11199

            Wright Brothers Day (Proc. 7387), 80721

            Young People and Gun Violence, National Day of Concern

            About (Proc. 7368), 63763

    EXECUTIVE ORDERS

        Adults with Disabilities, National Task Force on Employment

        of; amendment (EO 13172), 64577

        Africa, sub-Saharan; granting access to HIV/AIDS

        pharmaceuticals and medical technologies (EO 13155), 30521

        Central San Joaquin Valley, Interagency Task Force on the

        Economic Development of, establishment (EO 13173), 64579

        Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

            Communities Dependent on Tobacco Production While

            Protecting Public Health, President's Commission on

            Improving Economic Opportunity in; establishment (EO

            13168), 58217

            Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy, White House

            Commission on; establishment (EO 13147), 13233

            Defense Trade, National Commission on the Use of Offsets

            in, amendment and President's Council on the Use of

            Offsets in Commercial Trade, establishment (EO 13177),

            76558

            Drug Use in Sports, White House Task Force on;

            establishment (EO 13165), 49469

            Medicine Policy, White House Commission on Complementary

            and Alternative; membership (EO 13167), 57079

                Correction, 57436

            Partnership Council, National; amendment (EO 13156), 31785

            Presidential Transition Coordinating Council;

            establishment (EO 13176), 71233

            Princeville, North Carolina, President's Council on the

            Future of; establishment (EO 13146), 11201

                Correction, 12318

            Puerto Rico's Status, President's Task Force on;

            establishment (EO 13183), 82889

            Traffic Organization; establishment (EO 13180), 77493

            Workers, Communities, and Economic Change in the New

            Economy, Commission on; establishment (EO 13174), 65705

        Disadvantaged businesses, increasing opportunities and access

        (EO 13170), 60827

        Education; actions to improve low-performing schools (EO

        13153), 26475

        Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A. (Proc. 7282), 16507

        Emergency preparedness; global disaster information network

        (EO 13151), 25619

        Environment; marine protected areas (EO 13158), 34909

        Government agencies and employees:

            Education/training programs, nondiscrimination on basis of

            race, sex, color, national origin, disability, religion,

            age, sexual orientation, parent status, 39775

            Environmental management_

                Federal fleet and transportation efficiency (EO

                13149), 24607

                Leadership in greening the Government (EO 13148),

                24595

                Work force transportation (EO 13150), 24613

            Equal employment opportunity; amendment (EO 13152), 26115

            Federal Career Intern Program (EO 13162), 43211

            Genetic information; prohibiting discrimination in Federal

            employment (EO 13145), 6877

            Hispanic employment (EO 13171), 61251

            Individuals with disabilities; increasing employment

            opportunity (EO 13163), 46563

            Individuals with limited English proficiency; improving

            access to services (EO 13166), 50121

            Rates of pay; adjustments (EO 13182), 82879

            Reasonable accommodation; procedures to facilitate (EO

            13164), 46565

            Women-owned small businesses, increasing opportunities (EO

            13157), 34035

        Health information, protecting privacy in oversight

        investigations (EO 13181), 81321

        Indian tribal governments, consultation and coordination with

        (EO 13175), 67249

        Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve;

        establishment (EO 13178), 76903

        Nuclear weapons workers, providing compensation for (EO

        13179), 77487

        Presidential Medal of Valor for Public Safety Officers;

        establishment (EO 13161), 41543

        Russia; blocking property of the Government relating to

        disposition of highly enriched uranium extracted from nuclear

        weapons (EO 13159), 39279

        Small business exporters and dislocated workers; assistance

        (EO 13169), 60581

        U.S. Armed Forces:

            Kosovo Campaign Medal; establishment (EO 13154), 26479

    ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS

        Africa, southern; drawdown for emergency disaster assistance

        (Presidential Determination No. 2000-17 of March 2, 2000),

        15821

        Air Force operating location near Groom Lake, NV; classified

        information (Presidential Determination No. 2000-30 of

        September 19, 2000), 59339

        Angola (UNITA), National Union for the Total Independence of;

        state of emergency (Notice of September 22, 2000), 57721

        Belarus; trade (Presidential Determination No. 2000-22 of June

        2, 2000), 36311

        Burma_

            Conditions and U.S. policy (Memorandum of April 19, 2000),

            24851

            Continuation of emergency (Notice of May 18, 2000), 32005

            Report on conditions and U.S. policy (Memorandum of

            October 31, 2000), 66599

        China; trade (Presidential Determination No. 2000-23 of June

        2, 2000), 36313

        Circular welded carbon-quality line pipe; imports (Memorandum

        of February 18, 2000), 9197

        Colombia_

            Certification on assistance (Presidential Determination

            No. 2000-28 of August 22, 2000), 52291

            Continuation of U.S. emergency (Notice of October 19,

            2000), 63193

        Computers, high-performance, exports to China; delegation of

        authority under National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal

        Year 2000 (Memorandum of January 5, 2000),

            January 5, 2000), 15823

        Cuba; anchorage and movement of vessels, regulation;

        continuation of emergency (Notice of February 25, 2000), 10929

        Defense, national; exports of high-performance computers and

        transfers of militarily sensitive technology (Memorandum of

        January 5, 2000), 2279, 3119

        East Timor; U.S. military activities (Presidential

        Determination No. 2000-12 of February 10, 2000), 8243

        Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS); military

        assistance (Presidential Determination No. 2000-13 of February

        16, 2000), 10669

        Export control regulations; continuation of emergency (Notice

        of August 3, 2000), 48347

        Flammable fuels; assessment of risk of terrorism and other

        criminal activity associated with released risk-management

        plans (Memorandum of January 27, 2000), 8631

        Government agencies and employees:

            Diplomatic facilities; security requirements (Memorandum

            of July 17, 2000), 45511

        India; waiver of sanctions (Presidential Determination No.

        2000-18), 16297

        International entities; certification against withholding

        funds (Presidential Determination No. 2000-10), 5407

        Iran_

            Continuation of emergency (Notice of March 13, 2000),

            13863

            Continuation of emergency (Notice of November 9, 2000),

            68061

            Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000; delegation of authority

            (Memorandum of September 11, 2000), 56209

        Iraq; continuation of emergency (Notice of July 28, 2000),

        47241

        Jerusalem Embassy Act; suspension of limitations (Presidential

        Determination No. 2000-24 of June 16, 2000), 38713

        Korea and Thailand; transfer of obsolete or surplus defense

        articles (Memorandum of July 5, 2000), 43213

        Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO); U.S.

        contribution (Presidential Determination No. 2000-31 of

        September 28, 2000), 10931, 42273, 59695

        Libya; state of emergency (Notice of December 29, 1999), 199

        Middle East peace process; state of emergency (Notice of

        January 19, 2000), 3581

        Narcotics; certification of major illicit drug producing and

        transit countries (Presidential Determination No. 2000-16 of

        February 29, 2000), 15797

        Palestine Liberation Organization; U.S. relations

        (Presidential Determination No. 2000-19 of April 21, 2000),

        24852

        Puerto Rico, range facilities on Vieques_

            Community assistance (Directive of January 31, 2000), 5731

            Referendum (Directive of January 31, 2000), 5729

        Refugee admissions for fiscal year 2001 (Presidential

        Determination No. 2000-32 of September 29, 2000), 59697

        Satellites; privatization of intergovernmental organizations

        (Memorandum of August 21, 2000), 52289

        Sierra Leone_

            Military assistance (Presidential Determination No.

            2000-27 of July 21, 2000), 47827

            Military drawdown (Presidential Determination No.

            2001-04), 78895

            Peacekeeping assistance (Presidential Determination No.

            2000-20 of May 31, 2000), 36307

        Soviet Union, Independent States of the Former; assistance

        (Presidential Determination No. 2000-11 of February 1, 2000),

        6523

        Steel wire rod; imports (Memorandum of February 16, 2000),

        8629

        Sudan; continuation of U.S. emergency (Notice of October 31,

        2000), 66163

        Terrorist-list states; waiver of provisions relating to

        blocked property (Presidential Determination No. 2001-03),

        66483

        Trading With the Enemy Act; continuation of exercise of

        authorities (Presidential Determination No. 2000-29 of

        September 12, 2000), 55883

        Tunisia; military drawdown (Presidential Determination No.

        2000-33 of September 29, 2000), 59699

        Turkey; nuclear energy cooperation agreement (Presidential

        Determination No. 2000-26 of July 7, 2000), 44403

        Venezuela; emergency disaster relief assistance (Presidential

        Determination No. 2000-9 of December 23, 1999), 689

        Vietnam_

            Prisoners of war and missing in action, cooperation in

            accounting for (Presidential Determination No. 2000-14 of

            February 18, 2000), 10671

            Trade (Presidential Determination No. 2000-21 of June 2,

            2000), 36309

        Weapons of mass destruction; continuation of emergency, 68063

        Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of, Bosnian Serbs, and Kosovo;

        continuation of emergency (Notice of May 25, 2000), 34379

*****

President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency

    NOTICES

        Senior Executive Service:

            Performance Review Board; membership, 13341

*****

Presidio Trust

    RULES

        Management of Presidio; general provisions, etc.:

            Environmental quality, 55896

    PROPOSED RULES

        Semi-annual agenda, 23708, 74752

    NOTICES

        Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

            Area B, Presidio of San Francisco, CA; general management

            plan, etc., 67783, 80474

            Letterman Complex, Presidio of San Francisco, CA, 13064,

            34756

        Environmental statements; notice of intent:

            Area B, Presidio of San Francisco, CA; general management

            plan, etc., 40707, 60477

            Mountain Lake enhancement, Presidio of San Francisco, CA,

            7899

            Presidio Theatre Building 99; rehabilitation and

            expansion, 20218, 36746, 62402

        Letterman Complex; programmatic agreement regarding

        deconstruction, new construction, and associated leases

        execution, 13064

        Meetings, 16978, 58300

        Wireless telecommunications facilities sites; applications:

            Bay Area Cellular Telephone Co., 60478

            Cellular One, 26645

            Nextel Communications, 40708

*****

Prisons Bureau

    RULES

        Inmate control, custody, care, etc.:

            Civil contempt of court commitments, 34362

            Drug abuse treatment and intensive confinement center

            programs; early release consideration, 80745

            Federal Tort Claims Act, 34363

            Inmate discipline respecting violations of telephone and

            smoking policies, 59724

    PROPOSED RULES

        Inmate control, custody, care, etc.:

            Administrative Remedy Program; excluded matters, 39768

            Drug abuse treatment programs; participation requirements,

            56840

            Inmate drug testing programs, 57126

            Occupational education programs, 44401

            Postsecondary education programs, 44400

            Suicide prevention program, 67670

    NOTICES

        Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

            Merced County, CA; Federal penitentiary at Castle Airport

            and Aviation Development Center, 3740

            South Carolina; medium-security Federal correctional

            facility, 21471

        Environmental statements; notice of intent:

            Arizona and California; private correctional facilities

            construction, 56595

            Criminal alien population in non-Federal low-security

            correctional facilities; cancellation, 30622

            Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi; private correctional

            facilities construction, 46178

            Fresno County, CA; medium-security or high-security

            Federal correctional facility, 33357

            Northumberland County, PA; medium-security Federal

            correctional institution development, 30622

            Pollock, LA; medium-security Federal correctional

            facility, 62368

            Terre Haute, IN; medium/high-security Federal correctional

            facility construction, 24988

            Yuma/Tucson, AZ; Federal correctional facility

            construction, 75310

*****

Program Support Center

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Proposed collection; comment request, 11793

*****

Public Debt Bureau

    See Fiscal Service

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Proposed collection; comment request, 7102, 7103, 14645,

            14646, 14647, 14648, 31061, 31062, 31063, 31064, 31065,

            42766, 42767, 42768, 51408, 51409, 56023, 56024, 56025,

            66803, 66804, 66805, 66806, 77072

*****

Public Health Service

    See Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    See Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

    See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    See Food and Drug Administration

    See Health Resources and Services Administration

    See Indian Health Service

    See National Institutes of Health

    See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

    NOTICES

        Meetings:

            National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences et al.

            in vitro methods for assessing acute systemic toxicity;

            international workshop, 57203

            National Toxicology Program_

                Acute oral toxicity assessment; up-and-down procedure;

                independent peer review evaluation, 8385

                Alternative Toxicological Methods Advisory Committee,

                7878, 66549

                Center for Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction;

                phthalates review; comment request, 33343

                Endocrine disruptors; low-dose issues; peer review,

                20478, 58097

                Frog embryo teratogenesis assay-Xenopus expert panel

                assessment, 13289

                In vitro methods for assessing acute systemic

                toxicity; workshop, 37400

                Revised up-and-down procedure as alternative test

                method for assessing acute oral toxicity; peer review,

                35109

                Scientific Counselors Board, 21004, 24495, 61352,

                75726

        National Toxicology Program:

            Carcinogens Report, Tenth Edition_

                Substances, mixtures, and exposure circumstances for

                listing or delisting, 17889, 17891

            Center for Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction_

                Methanol review; expert panel nomination solicitation

                and comment request, 50211

                Phthalate esters; expert panel reports; comment

                request, 60206

            Chemicals nominated for toxicology studies; testing

            recommendations; comment request, 11329, 14997, 75727

            Low-dose issues for endocrine disruptors; peer review;

            comment request, 784

*****

Railroad Retirement Board

    RULES

        Railroad Retirement Act:

            Disability determination, 14458

                Reviews for medical recovery of annuitants;

                discontinuance, 20371

            Evidence required for payment, 19829

            Family relationships; inheritance rights, 20725

        Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act:

            Remuneration; definition, 14459

            Sickness and unemployment benefits; waiting period

            shortened, etc., 19647

            Sickness benefits; execution of statement of sickness by

            nurse practitioner, 66498

            Unemployment and sickness benefits; finality of decisions,

            66499

    PROPOSED RULES

        Railroad Retirement Act:

            Annuity or lump sum application; divorced spouse benefits,

            30366

        Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act:

            Sickness benefits; execution of statement of sickness by

            nurse practitioner, 26161

            Unemployment and sickness benefits; finality of decisions,

            21164

        Semi-annual agenda, 23712, 74756

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Proposed collection; comment request, 1188, 2650, 2997,

            3746, 5918, 6644, 11614, 14324, 20492, 30451, 31198,

            31620, 34235, 36480, 36746, 40145, 47523, 53238, 64265,

            65888, 66785, 80965

            Submission for OMB review; comment request, 2998, 3747,

            21212, 25009, 25010, 26245, 30452, 36480, 48540, 50577,

            54865, 55065, 57848, 58577, 63106

        Meetings:

            Actuarial Advisory Committee, 5707, 33379

        Meetings; Sunshine Act, 14325, 30452, 31620, 37584, 38309,

        69072

        Privacy Act:

            Computer matching programs, 50724, 53240, 59881

            Systems of records, 53241, 64266, 70637

        Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act:

            Monthly compensation base and other determinations (2001

            CY), 75977

        Supplemental annuity program; determination of quarterly rate

        of excise tax, 14636, 36747, 55066, 77938

*****

Reclamation Bureau

    RULES

        Farm operations in excess of 960 acres, information

        requirements; and formerly excess land eligibility to receive

        non-full cost irrigation water, 4304

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Proposed collection; comment request, 7562

            Submission for OMB review; comment request, 9295, 36162

        Central Valley Project Improvement Act:

            Water management plans; evaluation criteria, 31601, 67400,

            67761

        Contract negotiations:

            Tabulation of water service and repayment; quarterly

            status report, 3475, 21011, 45404, 61187

        Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

            Animas-La Plata Project, CO and NM, 2428, 12574, 43783

            Arrowrock Dam; ID; outlet works rehabilitation, 64234

            CALFED Bay-Delta Program, CA, 45104

            Central Arizona Project, AZ; water supply allocation and

            long-term contract execution, 39177, 43037

            Coachella and Imperial Counties, CA; Salton Sea

            Restoration Project, 4258

            Coachella Canal Lining Project, CA, 45799, 57370

            Colorado River interim surplus criteria, 42028, 47516,

            48531, 57371, 78511

            Contra Costa Water District, Central Valley Project, CA,

            52130

            Contra Costa Water District's Multi-Purpose Pipeline

            Project, CA, 42391

            East Bay Municipal Utility District Supplemental Water

            Supply Project, CA, 59013, 77671

            Glenn, Colusa, and Yolo Counties, CA; Colusa Basin flood

            control program, 35392

            Keechelus Dam, Yakima Project, WA; dams modification

            safety, 77390

            Orange County, CA; groundwater replenishment system

            establishment, 15649

            Republican River basin, NE and KS_

                Bostwick, Frenchman-Cambridge, and Kanaska Divisions,

                Almena Unit; long-term water service contracts, 37999

                Long-term water supply contracts; renewal, 15351

            Rio Grande and Low Flow Conveyance Channel, NM, 54546

            Salton Sea Restoration Project, CA, 7889, 21470

            San Joaquin County, CA; Woodbridge Irrigation District and

            City of Lodi's Lower Mokelumne River Restoration Program,

            36842

            San Joaquin River Agreement flow objectives (2000-2010),

            81894

            San Luis and Delta-Mendota Water Authority; Grassland

            Bypass Project, Fresno, Merced, and Stanislaus Counties,

            CA, 81545

            Trinity River Mainstem Fishery Restoration, CA, 63087,

            63888, 69570

            Upper Rio Grande Basin, TX; water operations review, 35664

        Environmental statements; notice of intent:

            Flaming Gorge Dam, Colorado River Storage Project, UT,

            35957

            Imperial Irrigation District/San Diego County Water

            Authority Water Conservation and Transfer Project, CA,

            66557

            Lower Colorado River, AZ, CA, and NV; multi-species

            conservation program, 43031

            Marina Coast Water District Recycled Water Pipeline

            Project, CA, 16631

            Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project, NM, 16219

            Newlands Project, NV_

                Derby Dam fish passage, 504

                Surface water rights, 21209

            San Joaquin River Agreement (2001-2010); additional water

            acquisition to meet flow objectives, 51627

            Solano Project-Lake Berryessa, CA, 66763

            Tehama and Shasta Counties, CA; Battle Creek salmon and

            steelhead restoration project, 1912

            Upper Rio Grande Basin, TX; water operations review, 12030

            Yakima Project, WA; Keechelus Dam; Safety of Dams Program

            modification, 16961

        Meetings:

            Bay-Delta Advisory Council, 1416, 3736, 13306, 15352,

            25501, 25757, 30131, 35665, 38301, 41726, 56328, 62366,

            63888

            CALFED Bay-Delta Ecosystem Restoration Program; pre-

            submittal workshop, 17307

            CALFED Bay-Delta Program Policy Group, 1417, 5368, 15006,

            25502, 71120

            Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Advisory Council,

            59200

            Conservation Advisory Group, Yakima River Basin Water

            Enhancement Project, 19924

            Ecosystem Restoration Program Interim Science Board et

            al., 2985

            Glen Canyon Adaptive Management Work Group, 9296, 15173,

            21787, 48731, 62750, 69787, 70735, 79122

            Glen Canyon Technical Work Group, 9296, 15173, 21787,

            48731, 62750, 69787, 70735, 79122

            Refuge Water Supply Long-term Water Service Agreements,

            31602

            Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife Task Force, 2429,

            39924

        Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially

        exclusive:

            Amortec, 6623

        Power rate adjustments:

            Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Eastern and Western

            Division, 79122

        Privacy Act:

            Systems of records, 6393

        Repayment contract negotiations:

            Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program; long-term water service

            contracts; availability, 31191

        Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

            National Environmental Policy Act handbook; agency

            employee guidance, 21210, 35393

*****

Refugee Resettlement Office

    RULES

        Refugee resettlement program:

            Public/private partnership program; refugee cash and

            medical assistance; requirements, 15410

    NOTICES

        Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

            Newly arriving refugees; discretionary grants; three

            program areas cancelled, 20826

            Refugee Community and Family Strengthening and Integration

            Program, 26224

            Refugee microenterprise development, 19784

            Refugee resettlement program_

                Individual development accounts for refugees;

                establishment and management, 13290

                Refugees in local areas of high need, 25341, 47752

                Social services funds; State allocations, 25345, 47747

            Technical assistance to special programs, 21454

            Torture survivors treatment and services, 14595

*****

Regulatory Information Service Center

    PROPOSED RULES

        Introduction to Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda of Federal

        Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, 73305

        Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions,

        22483

*****

Research and Special Programs Administration

    RULES

        Hazardous materials:

            Editorial corrections and clarifications, 58614

                Correction, 60382

            Hazardous materials transportation_

                Hazardous materials safety; technology sharing

                meeting, 30914

                Registration and fee assessment program, 7297

            Hazardous substances other than radionuclides, 7310

            Miscellaneous amendments, 50450

        Pipeline safety:

            Drug and alcohol testing; random drug testing rate, 81409

            Hazardous liquid transportation_

                Areas unusually sensitive to environmental damage;

                definition, 80530

                Breakout tanks; industry standards adoption;

                correction, 4770

                Pipeline integrity management in high consequence

                areas, 75378

                Underwater abandoned pipeline facilities, 54440, 57861

            Liquefied natural gas facilities; safety standards_

                Liquefied natural gas production, storage, and

                handling standards; incorporation by reference, 10950

    PROPOSED RULES

        Hazardous materials:

            Hazardous materials safety; customer service and

            regulatory review; meeting, 11541

            Hazardous materials transportation_

                Air carriers; information availability, 49777

                Compatibility with International Atomic Energy Agency

                regulations, 11028

                Harmonization with UN recommendations, International

                Maritime Dangerous Goods Code, and International Civil

                Aviation Organization's technical instructions, 63294

                Registration fees; temporary reduction, 76890

            Tank cars and cargo tank motor vehicles; attendance

            requirements; withdrawn, 16161

        Pipeline safety:

            Hazardous liquid transportation_

                Areas unusually sensitive to environmental damage;

                workshop and technical review, 18020

                Hazardous liquid and carbon dioxide pipelines;

                corrosion control standards, 76968

                Pipeline integrity management in high consequence

                areas, 21695

            Safety regulations; periodic updates, 15290

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Proposed collection; comment request, 17940, 47585, 50741,

            54336, 76703, 76704, 81571

            Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 51897

            Submission for OMB review; comment request, 317, 3269,

            37454, 67792

        Hazardous materials:

            Applications; exemptions, renewals, etc., 5388, 5389,

            10851, 10852, 12616, 15682, 15683, 20845, 20846, 33418,

            33419, 33420, 38625, 38626, 45826, 45827, 52805, 52806,

            56984, 56987, 63914, 63915, 70629, 70630, 78260, 78261

            Exemption applications delayed; list, 12621, 19041, 39645,

            51642, 56609, 59247, 67793

            Safety advisories_

                Non-DOT specification fiber reinforced plastic full

                composite cylinders; manufacture, mark, and sale,

                59256

        Hazardous materials transportation:

            Departmentwide program evaluation; findings and

            recommendations, 19431

            Intermediate bulk containers; discharge from motor

            vehicles, 36882

            Preemption determinations_

                American Trucking Associations, Inc., 17335

                Applications status, 77070

                Association of Waste Hazardous Materials Transporters

                et al., 81950

                Boston & Maine Corp., 69365, 79458

                Institute of Makers of Explosives, 18422

                Kiesel Co., 49633, 77417

                Louisiana standards; ATOFINA Chemicals, Inc., 61370

                Med/Waste, Inc., et al., 20258

                New York Propane Gas Association, 60238

            Safety advisories_

                Compressed gas cylinders; unauthorized marking, 63676

                Lithium batteries, 54336

                Non-complying portable propane tanks use, 26657

        Meetings:

            Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Advisory Committee,

            47821, 51405

            Hazardous materials safety_

                Customer service and regulatory review, 45126

                UN packaging certification agencies, 26875

            Integrity Management Communication Team, 57424

            International standards on transport of dangerous goods,

            33881, 69802

            Mechanical damage in pipelines; quarterly performance

            review, 70758

            Pipeline Safety Advisory Committees, 15404

            Pipeline safety_

                Damage prevention (``path forward''), 6442

                Integrity Management Communication Team, 50586, 54338

            Technical Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards

            Advisory Committee, 56360

        Pipeline Risk Management Demonstration Program:

            Participants_

                Northwest Pipeline Corp., 12053

        Pipeline safety:

            Advisory bulletins_

                Gas transmission pipelines; internal corrosion extent

                determination, 53803

        Pipeline safety; waiver petitions:

            Duke Energy, 77419

            Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 77422

*****

Risk Management Agency

    NOTICES

        Dairy Options Pilot Program; implementation; availability,

        9237

*****

Rural Business-Cooperative Service

    RULES

        Federal claims collection; administrative offset, 50598

        Guaranteed loanmaking:

            Domestic lamb industry adjustment assistance program set

            aside, 64596

        Program regulations:

            Farm loan programs account servicing policies; servicing

            shared appreciation agreements, 50401

                Correction, 81325

    PROPOSED RULES

        Grants:

            Loan and grant program funds; allocation methodology and

            formulas, 47695

        Program regulations:

            Emergency Farm Loan Program; requirements, 54973

            Environmental policies and procedures, 55784

            Loans to Indian Tribes and tribal corporations, 17206

            Off-farm migrant farmworker projects; operating

            assistance, 65790

        Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program; meeting,

        45319

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Proposed collection; comment request, 3201, 11760, 11975,

            14522, 15303, 17253, 19867, 24910, 31300, 37112, 52982,

            61140, 68973, 79801

        Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

            National Sheep Industry Improvement Center Board, 54195

        Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

            Rural Business Enterprise Program; technical assistance

            for rural transportation systems, 1092

            Rural Cooperative Development Program, 24175

            Rural cooperative opportunities and problems; research,

            30051

            Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant Program; maximum

            dollar amount on awards, 76212

        Intermediary Relending Program loans; sale under expanded

        pilot; extension, 26809

        Loan guarantee authority; maximum portion available (2001 FY),

        69907

*****

Rural Housing Service

    RULES

        Federal claims collection; administrative offset, 50598

        Program regulations:

            Farm loan programs account servicing policies; servicing

            shared appreciation agreements, 50401

                Correction, 81325

    PROPOSED RULES

        Grants:

            Loan and grant program funds; allocation methodology and

            formulas, 47695

        Program regulations:

            Emergency Farm Loan Program; requirements, 54973

            Environmental policies and procedures, 55784

            Loans to Indian Tribes and tribal corporations, 17206

            Off-farm migrant farmworker projects; operating

            assistance, 65790

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Proposed collection; comment request, 2578, 3202, 8117,

            8933, 13357, 13712, 14522, 19867, 34141, 37112, 45962,

            52982, 61140, 79801

        Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

            Farm Labor Housing Technical Assistance, 38499

            Multi-family and single family housing programs, 81630

            Rural Community Development Initiative, 14525, 25703

            Section 502 Demonstration Program; single family housing

            loans and grants in North Carolina to elderly families

            losing their housing due to major disaster, 81640

            Section 506 Rural Housing Demonstration Program, 26565

            Section 514 Farm Labor Housing Loans and Section 516 Farm

            Labor Housing Grants for off-farm housing, 81645

            Section 515 Rural Rental Housing Program, 4560, 81642

            Section 515 Rural Rental Housing Program and Section 521

            rental assistance for needs resulting from Hurricanes

            Dennis, Floyd, and Irene, 50497, 70691

            Section 533 Housing Preservation Program, 81648

            Section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program, 4944,

            6585, 39859, 55217, 58845, 81650

*****

Rural Telephone Bank

    NOTICES

        Bylaw amendments, 2928

        Loan policies:

            Interest rates, 67711

        Meetings; Sunshine Act, 5307, 25904, 45751, 66689

*****

Rural Utilities Service

    RULES

        Electric loans:

            Electric engineering, architectural services, and design

            policies and procedures_

                Building plans and specifications; agency approval

                requirement eliminated, 63195

            Insured and guaranteed loans; general and preloan policies

            and procedures, 14207, 31246

                Effective date, 69657

            Insured loans_

                Post-loan policies and procedures; effective date,

                10933

            Load forecasts; borrower requirements, 14785

            Materials and construction; standards and specifications_

                Underground electric distribution; specifications and

                drawings, 34042

            Minimum Times Interest Earned Ratio (TIER) requirements;

            reduction, 51747

        Federal claims collection; administrative offset, 50598

        Guaranteed loanmaking:

            Domestic lamb industry adjustment assistance program set

            aside, 64596

        Program regulations:

            Farm loan programs account servicing policies; servicing

            shared appreciation agreements, 50401

                Correction, 81325

        Seismic safety, 76915

        Telecommunications loans:

            General policies, types of loans, and loan requirements,

            42615

                Reasonably adequate service levels, 54399

        Telecommunications standards and specifications:

            Materials, equipment, and construction_

                Special equipment contract (including installation),

                51749

    PROPOSED RULES

        Electric engineering, architectural services and design

        policies and procedures:

            Building plans and specifications; agency approval

            requirement eliminated, 21671

        Electric loans:

            Insured and guaranteed loans; general and pre-loan

            policies and procedures, 31289

            Minimum Times Interest Earned Ratio (TIER) requirements;

            reduction, 12952

        Grants:

            Loan and grant program funds; allocation methodology and

            formulas, 47695

        Program regulations:

            Emergency Farm Loan Program; requirements, 54973

            Environmental policies and procedures, 55784

            Loans to Indian Tribes and tribal corporations, 17206

            Off-farm migrant farmworker projects; operating

            assistance, 65790

        Seismic safety, 34125

        Telecommunications loans:

            General policies, types of loans, and loan requirements,

            6922

                Reasonably adequate service levels, 33787

        Telecommunications standards and specifications:

            Materials, equipment, and construction_

                Telecommunications system construction contract and

                specifications, 51773

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Proposed collection; comment request, 1587, 3201, 11976,

            11977, 12507, 14522, 15304, 19867, 39863, 50177, 52982,

            58260, 61140, 79801

        Electric loans:

            Quarterly municipal interest rates, 13936, 37518, 56291,

            80830

            Treasury Rate Loan Program, 80830

        Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

            Alabama Electric Cooperative, 5853

            Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp., 70691

            Berkeley Electric Cooperative, 31878, 40607

            Dairyland Power Cooperative, 53265

            East Kentucky Power Cooperative, 80416

            Elk Mound Combustion Turbine Project, 61141

            Georgia Transmission Corp., 70692

            Great River Energy, 12507, 21716

            Intertie Participants Group, 24911

            Jackson County Lake Project, KY, 34142

            National Power Cooperative, Inc., 46686, 56292

            Pohnpei Utilities Corp., 12508

            Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Inc., 1847, 8118

            Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association, Inc.,

            53265

        Environmental statements; notice of intent:

            Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp., 31300

            Dairyland Power Cooperative, 38506

            National Power Cooperative, Inc., 4595

            Oglethorpe Power Corp., 56292, 59172

            Old Dominion Electric Cooperative, 70692

            South Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc., 69498

        Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

            Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program, 66523

        Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

            Electric program; title evidence requirements for real

            property; bulletin rescinded, 55501

            Electric utility applications; combustion turbines;

            environmental effects, 77343

        Telecommunications loans:

            Broadband telecommunications services in rural America;

            construction and installation; funds availability, 75920

        Telecommunications plant; depreciation rates; publication,

        58504

*****

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

    RULES

        Seaway regulations and rules:

            Miscellaneous amendments, 52912

                Correction, 56486

    PROPOSED RULES

        Seaway regulations and rules:

            Miscellaneous amendments, 40070

    NOTICES

        Meetings:

            Advisory Board, 17000, 19432, 52807

*****

Science and Technology Policy Office

    NOTICES

        Meetings:

            President's Committee of Advisors on Science and

            Technology, 7391, 25725, 52754, 69308, 70717

        Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

            Research misconduct; Federal policy, 76260

*****

Secret Service

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Proposed collection; comment request, 26277

        Senior Executive Service:

            Performance Review Boards; membership, 53344

*****

Securities and Exchange Commission

    RULES

        Accounting bulletins, staff:

            Financial statements_

                Revenue recognition; implementation delay, 16811

        Consumer financial information; privacy requirements

        (Regulation S-P), 40334

        Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System

        (EDGAR):

            Filer manual_

                Update adoption and incorporation by reference, 3123,

                6444, 34079, 39086

            Modernization; filing requirements; changes, 24788

            Electronic media use; guidance, 25843

        Financial reporting matters:

            Generally accepted accounting principles application to

            selected revenue recognition issues; staff interpretation,

            40992

        Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act, and confidential

        treatment Rule 83; implementation, 55180

        Investment advisers:

            Electronic filing system and Form ADV update, 57438, 81737

        Investment companies:

            Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act;

            consumer consent requirements; exemption, 47281

            Investment company assets; custody outside United States,

            25630

            Personal investment activities fraud prevention; adoption

            of policies and codes of ethics, 12943

                Correction, 15933

        Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

            General Counsel Office, 12469

        Public utility holding companies:

            Subsidiaries authorized to perform services or

            construction or to sell goods; CFR correction, 52644

        Securities:

            Alternative trading systems; temporary stay of

            effectiveness, 18888, 76562

            Canadian tax-deferred retirement savings accounts; offer

            and sale of securities, 37672

            Electronic media use; guidance, 25843

            Exchanges and alternative trading systems; technical

            amendments, 13235

            Firm quote and trade-through disclosure rules for options,

            75438

            Mini-tender offers and limited partnership tender offers;

            commission guidance, 46581

            Options disclosure documents_

                Rule 9b-1 amendment, 64137

            Order routing and execution practices; disclosure, 75414

            Proxy and information statements; delivery to households,

            65736

            Revised transfer agent form and related rule, 36602

            Selective disclosure and insider trading, 51716

            Subsidiary issuers and guarantors; financial statements

            and periodic reports, 51692

            Unlisted trading privileges, 53560

        Securities, etc.:

            Auditor independence requirements, 76008

    PROPOSED RULES

        Consumer financial information; privacy requirements

        (Regulation S-P), 12354

        Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System

        (EDGAR):

            Modernization; filing requirements; changes, 11507, 15044

        Investment advisers:

            Electronic filing system and Form ADV update, 20524

        Investment companies:

            Mutual fund after-tax returns; disclosure, 15500

        Regulatory Flexibility Act:

            Rules to be reviewed; list, 3399

        Securities:

            Acquisition exemption during existence of underwriting or

            selling syndicate, 76189

            Cancelled security certificates; processing requirements,

            59766

            Firm quote and trade-through disclosure rules for options,

            47918

            International accounting standards; globally accepted,

            high quality financial reporting framework, 8896

            Mutual fund after-tax returns; disclosure, 15500

            Order routing and execution practices; disclosure, 48406

            Selective disclosure and insider trading, 16160

            Supplementary financial information, 4585

            Trading data; electronic submission by exchange members,

            brokers, and dealers, 26534

        Securities, etc.:

            Auditor independence requirements, 43148, 54189

                Revision, 49954

        Semi-annual agenda, 23938, 74988

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Proposed collection; comment request, 310, 1418, 1934,

            2204, 3260, 5002, 6417, 6644, 7403, 7579, 11350, 16673,

            16978, 17544, 17685, 21046, 25400, 25775, 30644, 30645,

            31368, 31621, 34509, 34756, 34757, 38309, 38613, 39632,

            42403, 42736, 42737, 45631, 47524, 47525, 48258, 50725,

            51371, 51634, 51862, 53241, 54866, 59234, 60989, 60990,

            64725, 66785, 66786, 69580, 77395, 81940

            Submission for OMB review; comment request, 3501, 3504,

            5378, 5379, 7403, 7580, 8454, 10123, 11102, 12048, 13799,

            14325, 15022, 15928, 15933, 18384, 19398, 20493, 20494,

            21493, 25400, 26645, 36174, 36847, 37187, 39633, 41112,

            41113, 44081, 45631, 45805, 48258, 48259, 48541, 52456,

            54094, 55309, 55310, 55652, 59234, 60478, 60991, 60992,

            64460, 64726, 66268, 66269, 66786, 66787, 75979, 77939,

            79438, 80967

        Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

            Market Information Advisory Committee, 58135

                Meeting, 59235

        Consolidated Tape Association and Quotation Plans; amendments,

        1418, 11102

        Decimalization implementation plan; order to submit, 5003,

        14637, 21046, 21239, 38010

        Intermarket Trading System; plan amendments, 54571, 68165,

        75323

        Investment Adviser Registration Depository:

            NASD Regulation, Inc., designation to establish and

            maintain Depository; filing fees approval, 47807

        Investment Company Act of 1940:

            Deregistration applications_

                Baker, Fentress & Co., 16674

                Dreyfus Retirement Income Fund et al., 53063

                Mackenzie Solutions et al., 76314

                MIMLIC Cash Fund, Inc., et al., 18391

                Oppenheimer Core Equity Fund et al., 42405

                Putnam High Quality Bond Fund et al., 11617

                Sefton Funds Trust et al., 5707

                Select Advisors Trust C et al., 26250

                Senior Floating Income Fund, Inc., et al., 47808

                SSgA International Liquidity Fund et al., 35676

                Strategist Income Fund, Inc., et al., 59474

                Time Horizon Funds et al., 66787

            Exemption applications_

                Advantus Series Fund, Inc., et al., 76677

                AIG Life Insurance Co. et al., 66573

                American General Series Portfolio Company 2 et al.,

                37188

                American Skandia Life Assurance Corp. et al., 62773

                American Water Capital Corp., 62770

                Ark Funds et al., 39452

                Ayco Co. et al., 71337

                Bain Capital, Inc., et al., 33594

                Barclays Global Fund Advisors et al., 21215, 21219

                BCP III Affiliates Fund L.P. et al., 83106

                Bill Gross' idealab!, 57211, 69376

                Boston 1784 Funds et al., 19941

                Brazos Insurance Funds, 54866

                CIGNA Funds Group et al., 34758, 49033

                Cirsa Business Corp., S.A., et al., 16675

                CityFed Financial Corp., 3507

                CNI Charter Funds et al., 50726

                Cohesion Technologies, Inc., 25968

                Colchester Street Trust et al., 15030, 46518

                CompleTel Europe N.V., 48021

                Conseco Variable Insurance Co. et al., 8213

                Eaton Vance Management et al., 57849

                Endeavor Series Trust et al., 19950

                Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States

                et al., 52150

                Equity Investor Fund et al., 16431

                Equity Managers Trust et al., 60227

                Evergreen Equity Trust et al., 41113

                First Allmerica Financial Life Insurance Co. et al.,

                60700

                First American Investment Funds, Inc., et al., 4449,

                6645, 57631, 69376

                First Defined Sector Fund et al., 83110

                Firstar Funds, Inc., et al., 67424

                Galaxy Fund et al., 63645

                GE Asset Management Inc. et al., 60488

                Goldman Sachs Trust et al., 48259

                H&Q Healthcare Investors et al., 1201

                Hartford Capital Appreciation HLS Fund, Inc., et al.,

                60479

                Hartford Life Insurance Co. et al., 56347

                Hillview Investment Trust II et al., 48767

                HT Insight Funds, Inc., et al., 5709

                ING Variable Insurance Trust et al., 19944

                Integrity Life Insurance Co. et al., 78221

                John Hancock Variable Series Trust I et al., 76313

                Kelmoore Strategy Variable Trust et al., 24515

                Latin America Investment Fund, Inc., et al., 62772

                Liberty All-Star Equity Fund et al., 3983

                Lifetime Achievement Fund, Inc., et al., 31948

                Manufacturers Investment Trust et al., 797

                Market Street Fund, Inc., et al., 83116

                Mercury QA Strategy Fund, Inc., et al., 20233

                ML Taurus, Inc., 69969

                MPAM Funds Trust, 49035

                Mutual of America Investment Corp. et al., 63647

                Nations Fund, Inc., et al., 51372, 56026

                Nations Fund Trust et al., 14000, 21214, 77050

                New Covenant Funds et al., 795

                New England Life Insurance Co. et al., 69073

                New York Life Insurance & Annuity Corp. et al., 30144

                Ohio National Life Insurance Co. et al., 34510

                Pacific Asset Management LLC et al., 20231

                PADCO Advisors, Inc., et al., 60698

                Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. et al., 62403

                Penn Series Funds, Inc., et al., 19399

                PFL Life Insurance Co. et al., 56967

                PMC Capital, Inc., et al., 65356

                Potomac Insurance Trust et al., 40146

                Principal Life Insurance Co. et al., 67421

                Propel, Inc., 55066

                Provident Institutional Funds et al., 63653

                Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co. et al., 53058

                Pruco Life Insurance Co. et al., 55310

                Republic Funds et al., 10132

                Salomon Smith Barney Inc. et al., 5711

                Scudder Pathway Series et al., 60489

                Seasons Series Trust et al., 57633

                Security Benefit Life Insurance Co. et al., 26251

                SEI Investments Management Corp. et al., 26246

                Sit Large Cap Growth Fund, Inc., et al., 37441

                SSgA Funds et al., 25525

                Standish, Ayer & Wood Investment Trust et al., 1199

                State Street Bank & Trust Co. et al., 54327

                STI Classic Funds et al., 11815

                Strategist Growth Fund, Inc., et al., 36177

                Stratevest Funds et al., 77941

                Summit Mutual Funds, Inc., et al., 69349

                Sun Capital Advisers Trust et al., 17546

                Telsim Mobile Telekomunikasyon Hizmetleri A.S., 77939

                Third Avenue Variable Series Trust et al., 3261

                TIP Funds et al., 71149

                Toronto Dominion Bank et al., 4447, 36175

                Touchstone Advisors, Inc., et al., 18393

                Travelers Insurance Co. et al., 78224

                Vanguard Index Funds et al., 61005, 79439

                Vantagepoint Funds et al., 20841

                Variable Annuity Life Insurance Co. et al., 65364

                Victory Portfolios et al., 6245

                Vision Group of Funds et al., 77051

                Wachovia Funds et al., 3505

                Wachovia Variable Insurance Funds et al., 64727

                Warburg, Pincus Trust, et al., 30453

                Wells Fargo Funds Trust et al., 49036

                William Blair Funds and William Blair & Co., L.L.C.,

                63642

                WM Variable Trust et al., 60992

                Yahoo! Inc., 33591

            Exemption orders_

                Investment Dealers Association of Canada, 37678

            Joint transaction applications_

                Pacific Corporate Group Private Equity Fund et al.,

                25408

                Pioneer America Income Trust et al., 47526

                Securities Management Research, Inc., et al., 48260

            Order applications_

                Elfun Trusts et al., 77053

                Medallion Financial Corp., 15929

                meVC Draper Fisher Jurvetson Fund I, Inc., 38309

                Northbrook Life Insurance Co. et al., 33380

            Shares substitution applications_

                AIG Life Insurance Co. et al., 77399

                American United Life Insurance Co. et al., 77396

                Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Co. et al., 17932

                First Investors Corp. et al., 7901

                Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. et al., 39633

                National Life Insurance Co. et al., 67426

                Nationwide Life Insurance Co., et al., 36178

        Joint industry plan:

            American Stock Exchange LLC et al., 11402, 48023

            National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., et al.,

            799, 1202, 42411, 51878

            Pacific Exchange, Inc., 58583, 69581, 70850

            Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 58584, 70851

        Meetings:

            Auditor independence requirements; hearings, 43385

            Investment adviser regulatory issues; roundtable, 25776

            Market Information Advisory Committee, 71150

            Securities laws uniformity; annual conference; proposed

            agenda; comment request, 14325

        Meetings; Sunshine Act, 1651, 2656, 3750, 3986, 4856, 5714,

        7404, 10571, 12596, 16234, 17547, 19401, 19818, 21494, 25410,

        25777, 26651, 26868, 31949, 35678, 36480, 36481, 39209, 42407,

        45414, 48262, 49616, 50727, 52154, 53792, 54878, 56351, 56971,

        56972, 57410, 58585, 61010, 65034, 66269, 66789, 67435, 70745,

        75324, 77054, 78518

        Options Price Reporting Authority:

            Capacity allocation plan, temporary, 5919, 12597, 15044,

            46752

            Consolidated options last sale reports and quotation

            information plan; participation fee payable by new

            parties, 2998, 6444, 59035, 78518

            Fee-exempt access to market data; pilot plan, 48769

            National Market System plan; consolidated options last

            sale reports and quotation information reporting; message

            capacity allocation formula establishment, 30148, 75564

            Participation fee payable by each new party to plan, 35147

            Professional subscriber information fees; increase, 60703

            Temporary capacity allocation plan, 31950, 36180

        Privacy Act:

            Systems of records, 49037

        Regulatory responsibilities allocation plan:, 21052

            American Stock Exchange LLC et al., 34759

            International Securities Exchange LLC et al., 34762

        Securities:

            Suspension of trading_

                American Healthcare Providers, Inc., 38014

                Asthma Disease Management, Inc., 30154, 36222

                eConnect, 14001

                Enterprises Solutions, Inc., 17548

                Lifekeepers International, Inc., 7078

                Net Tel International, Inc., 77055

                Save the World Air, Inc., 45640

                U.N. Dollars Corp., 14002

                Wellness Universe, Inc., 7581

            Transfer agents; registration, cancellation, etc._

                Non-bank transfer agents, 1204

        Self-regulatory organizations:

            Clearing agency registration applications_

                Emerging Markets Clearing Corp., 51880

                Global Joint Venture Matching Services_US, LLC, 69582

                Government Securities Clearing Corp., 48032

                MBS Clearing Corp., 16980

                Morgan Guaranty Trust Co., 75324

            Exchange registration applications_

                International Securities Exchange LLC, 11388, 11401

            Options disclosure documents_

                OM London Exchange Ltd., 35679

        Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

            American Stock Exchange LLC, 1205, 1206, 3750, 6647, 6664,

            8216, 8217, 9024, 10134, 10571, 11618, 12599, 13350,

            15186, 15672, 16433, 16437, 17685, 17934, 18395, 20235,

            21223, 21224, 24234, 26254, 30154, 30155, 33586, 33598,

            34236, 36182, 36183, 36850, 36853, 36855, 37190, 38014,

            38614, 38615, 38616, 39210, 39211, 39454, 39638, 39972,

            42064, 43386, 44551, 44552, 44553, 47528, 48032, 48262,

            50249, 50253, 51374, 51376, 52456, 53245, 54330, 54572,

            54574, 55653, 55655, 56606, 57410, 58135, 58136, 59046,

            59235, 59476, 60704, 61206, 62783, 64463, 65034, 68172,

            69079, 69975, 69976, 71150, 71151, 71160, 76686, 77942,

            81940, 81942

            Boston Stock Exchange, Inc., 4451, 17687, 20497, 36856,

            39215, 42041, 42408, 43388, 49617, 50280, 52155, 54578,

            55656, 56352, 60705, 64274, 66270, 67783, 69080, 78227

            Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 5921, 6665, 6668,

            7404, 10573, 10574, 11369, 13799, 14330, 15398, 16676,

            18397, 19401, 24236, 24238, 30458, 32138, 34238, 34239,

            35149, 35679, 35683, 36185, 36187, 36481, 37191, 37442,

            38617, 38618, 42409, 43060, 45805, 46520, 46524, 48033,

            48264, 48770, 49038, 49040, 49041, 50255, 50258, 50280,

            50281, 51880, 51884, 52457, 52800, 53246, 54332, 54333,

            54581, 54582, 55658, 56026, 56353, 56355, 56972, 57636,

            60706, 62776, 63272, 63657, 63658, 67022, 67023, 69082,

            69585, 69977, 75326, 76687, 77403, 77404, 77943, 77945,

            78230, 78231, 80968, 82413, 82418, 82420, 82423, 82425

            Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., 2205, 3000, 5006, 6425,

            7581, 8220, 10575, 11351, 11352, 11619, 11817, 11835,

            12601, 14002, 16440, 16442, 16443, 16444, 16677, 20236,

            24521, 26647, 26649, 33383, 36857, 36859, 38015, 38620,

            39455, 40712, 42048, 42049, 43066, 46754, 47529, 48035,

            51886, 52802, 53065, 53067, 55659, 57850, 60233, 60234,

            63273, 63660, 66271, 69355, 71161, 71164, 71166, 83119

            Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., et al., 60230

            Cincinnati Stock Exchange, Inc., 4455, 17323, 20498,

            44843, 45640, 60708, 64463, 64465, 75740, 75746, 77055

            Depository Trust Co., 1420, 2449, 5714, 12602, 17688,

            18399, 18400, 19802, 24242, 25411, 25777, 31952, 36188,

            37585, 49278, 52459, 69591, 70745, 75749, 75984, 75985,

            75986, 76688, 77946, 78519

            Depository Trust Corp., 14003

            Emerging Markets Clearing Corp., 18401, 19407, 25778,

            75327, 75988, 77947, 77948

            European Securities Clearing Corp., 26255

            Government Securities Clearing Corp., 541, 3509, 37586,

            42051, 42739, 42740, 44555, 50280, 52460, 70370, 75750,

            75988

            International Securities Clearing Corp., 311

            International Securities Exchange LLC, 11818, 11820,

            11822, 11823, 26256, 33614, 34513, 34515, 35686, 35688,

            53792, 57412, 64466, 66274, 67784, 77056, 78233, 79142,

            81551, 81944, 82426

            MBS Clearing Corp., 7078, 25778, 39456, 69356, 70761

            Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, 6427, 6444, 6669,

            13067, 15399, 15675, 18401, 20237, 36189, 39639, 46188,

            47530, 48036, 49279, 61367, 70371

            National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 1208,

            1210, 1211, 2207, 2656, 3510, 3513, 3987, 4002, 4457,

            4857, 5715, 6430, 7407, 7418, 7582, 8461, 8753, 8768,

            11353, 11359, 12305, 12310, 13069, 14344, 14638, 15401,

            15678, 15933, 16981, 16993, 18405, 18407, 19409, 19420,

            19421, 21225, 24523, 25411, 26256, 26647, 30163, 30167,

            30459, 30460, 32140, 33384, 33602, 34240, 34518, 35690,

            35693, 36191, 36193, 36194, 36198, 36202, 36222, 36482,

            36484, 36747, 36860, 37445, 37808, 39457, 39640, 39642,

            41116, 41119, 42741, 43067, 44082, 45414, 45425, 48037,

            48266, 48771, 48774, 49842, 50582, 51377, 51380, 51887,

            52460, 52462, 52803, 54095, 54334, 54585, 55661, 56026,

            57413, 57852, 57853, 58585, 58589, 58590, 59036, 59038,

            59240, 59478, 59480, 59482, 61011, 61012, 62779, 63275,

            64468, 66576, 66789, 67025, 67477, 68172, 69084, 69357,

            69592, 69594, 69595, 69995, 70748, 70749, 70751, 70852,

            70854, 71169, 71174, 75328, 75990, 76005, 76316, 77405,

            78520, 79143, 79909, 80969, 81945, 82428, 82460

            National Securities Clearing Corp., 311, 3514, 19803,

            25779, 30170, 33854, 36203, 36204, 36205, 36749, 41121,

            42065, 63278, 63662, 70862, 71182, 75330, 79144

            New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 312, 1212, 1935, 3515,

            4005, 4007, 6432, 6673, 8222, 8223, 8465, 9025, 10137,

            10139, 10577, 12603, 12606, 13801, 16235, 17325, 17326,

            18412, 18415, 21227, 21230, 24245, 25527, 26258, 30171,

            30175, 30464, 31199, 33396, 36222, 36488, 37587, 39216,

            39459, 39461, 39644, 42052, 44556, 45808, 47550, 48776,

            49043, 49044, 49046, 50260, 50280, 50281, 51382, 51384,

            51387, 51389, 53247, 53248, 54589, 56363, 56974, 58137,

            58833, 62781, 63280, 67028, 67029, 69596, 71183, 75751,

            77407, 77408, 77949, 77952, 78522, 79145, 79147, 81552,

            82428, 82429, 83120

            New York Stock Exchange, Inc., et al., 11620

            Options Clearing Corp., 1421, 3515, 13351, 16679, 17328,

            31036, 36489, 36750, 37196, 44088, 44089, 44844, 51390,

            55314, 56014, 56015, 75331, 75991, 75992, 77058, 77413,

            82431

            Pacific Exchange, Inc., 1214, 4008, 5383, 6675, 7584,

            9026, 9027, 16235, 16680, 17329, 17689, 17690, 21052,

            25780, 30465, 30654, 31200, 34764, 35150, 36206, 36489,

            36877, 42064, 42412, 44558, 44559, 45810, 49280, 51390,

            51392, 51395, 52463, 52463, 57213, 57416, 58139, 58834,

            59485, 59486, 60235, 67030, 67785, 67786, 69109, 69111,

            69112, 69979, 71185, 75754, 75755, 76690, 77074, 78234,

            78822, 80970

            Pacific Exchange, Inc., et al., 8224

            Pacific Stock Exchange, Inc., 59242

            Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 153, 154, 2215, 2216,

            3517, 4010, 4633, 5922, 6434, 6680, 6682, 8226, 8227,

            11628, 11629, 11826, 13351, 14005, 16445, 16683, 18416,

            20500, 20501, 20503, 24246, 24248, 24528, 24529, 25782,

            30666, 31037, 31622, 33606, 34244, 34520, 34521, 34765,

            35152, 36209, 36492, 36493, 36495, 36878, 36879, 38621,

            39974, 42414, 42415, 43069, 45644, 46027, 46541, 46755,

            47551, 48039, 48778, 49621, 50262, 50280, 51396, 51888,

            51889, 52465, 53250, 53251, 53253, 53257, 55069, 55663,

            55664, 55665, 56363, 57419, 59243, 59244, 59488, 60710,

            60711, 61014, 61207, 63281, 64469, 64734, 66275, 66277,

            67031, 69113, 69114, 69980, 69982, 69983, 69984, 70952,

            71187, 71192, 71193, 75332, 75993, 77059, 77413, 77429,

            78235, 78237, 78240, 78523, 78525, 80974, 80975, 80976,

            82432, 82435, 82437, 82440, 83122

            Stock Clearing Corp. of Philadelphia, 2218, 35413, 53259,

            56363

        Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

            Aeroflex Inc., 16233

            Aetna Life Insurance & Annuity Co. et al., 53788

            AirTouch Communications, Inc., 5918

            Alcan Aluminium Ltd., 63641

            Alexander Hamilton Life Insurance Co. of America et al.,

            18385

            Allianz Life Insurance Co. of North America et al., 30646

            American Express Travel Related Services Co., Inc., 75321

            American Heritage Life Investment Corp., 8752

            American International Group, Inc., et al., 7899

            Ampal-American Israel Corp., 69348

            AMRESCO, INC., 59027

            Ancor Communications, Inc., 15185

            Ark Funds, et al., 6423

            Armada Funds et al., 35145

            ASA Ltd., 11811

            Audiovox Corp., 31942

            Bankers Trust Co. et al., 15665

            BISYS Fund Services L.P. et al., 31023

            Boise Cascade Corp., 34510

            Brazos Insurance Funds, 54866

            BriteSmile, Inc., 19944

            Cablevision Systems Corp., 10125

            Calamos Advisors Trust et al., 13344

            Canada Life Insurance Co. of America et al., 16423

            Citizens First Financial Corp., 60479

            Cooper Companies, Inc., 49841

            CyberSentry, Inc., 65032

            Datalink.net, Inc., 51371

            Diodes Inc., 42738

            DuraSwitch Industries, Inc., 62403

            Enzo Biochem, Inc., 3504

            E-Pawn.com.Inc., 38010

            E-SIM Ltd., 15185

            First Allmerica Financial Life Insurance Co. et al.,

            31029, 42065

            First American Insurance Portfolios, Inc., et al., 51863

            Franklin Capital Corp., 3747

            FuelCell Energy, Inc., 42738

            Golden American Life Insurance Co. et al., 1189, 1192

            Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Co. et al., 2446

            Harris & Harris Group, Inc., 11350

            Hartford Life Insurance Co. et al., 8455

            HyperFeed Technologies, Inc., 54094

            Ibbotson Associates, Inc., 3748

            IDS Life Insurance Co. et al., 143

            InterDigital Communications Corp., 26246

            Koger Equity, Inc., 16233

            Lincoln National Life Insurance Co. et al., 5380

            Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. of America et al., 19798

            Marshall Funds, Inc., et al., 25521

            Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. et al., 45118

            Maxim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 26646

            MAXXAM Inc. et al., 50034

            ML Oklahoma Venture Partners, L.P., et al., 67419

            Morgan Stanley Capital Investors, L.P., et al., 15667

            Mutual of America Life Insurance Co. et al., 10125

            National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., et al.,

            25401

            Nationwide Life Insurance Co. et al., 149

            Nationwide Separate Account Trust et al., 52794, 55310

            NeoPharm, Inc., 24233

            Network Connection, Inc., 63642

            Neuberger Berman Equity Funds et al., 70849

            Nexen Inc., 69974

            NYFIX, Inc., 14636

            Pacific Life Insurance Co. et al., 2651

            Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. et al., 20219

            PIMCO Funds et al., 45632

            Pitcairn Trust Co. et al., 43058

            Price Communications Corp., 10845

            Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co. et al., 1195

            Public utility holding company filings, 6419, 7077, 8461,

            9023, 10570, 11615, 12596, 13065, 13349, 15023, 15024,

            15030, 15933, 16979, 18390, 20225, 21213, 24233, 25010,

            30650, 31632, 31943, 34236, 35675, 36848, 37187, 38613,

            39447, 40708, 42404, 43791, 45413, 45634, 46513, 48020,

            49030, 49277, 50578, 51869, 51874, 52146, 53242, 54326,

            54872, 56013, 57409, 58117, 58578, 59028, 60697, 61000,

            62770, 63107, 63267, 63268, 63269, 64461, 64462, 65033,

            65361, 65888, 67021, 68164, 69072, 69798, 70742, 71144,

            75322, 75980, 75983, 77048, 77395

            Ramco Energy plc, 78517

            Resource Bankshares Corp., 78517

            Reunion Industries, Inc., 36850

            Rio Algom Ltd., 38868

            Rogers Corp., 26646, 31948

            Safeguard Scientifics, Inc., 11616

            Scudder Global Fund, Inc., et al., 6420

            Seligman Portfolios, Inc., et al., 12299

            Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., 8753

            U.S.B. Holding Co., Inc., 16234

            UAM Funds, Inc., et al., 35406

            Unique Mobility, Inc., 14637

            Valley Forge Life Insurance Co. et al., 30651, 42065

            Van Kampen Funds Inc. et al., 42038

            Van Wagoner Funds, Inc., et al., 20495

            WAMEX Holdings, Inc., 38010

            Warburg, Pincus Balanced Fund, Inc., et al., 30141

            Westcoast Energy, Inc., 33591

            Westminster Capital, Inc., 10131

            White Electronic Designs Corp., 51372

            X Source, Inc., 50245

            Yellowave Corp., 69072

*****

Selective Service System

    RULES

        Advisory opinions:

            Requests regarding liability or obligation to register;

            agency address change, 47670

        Registration administration:

            Selective Service registration; additional methods, 60100

            Verification notice requests; agency address change, 47670

    PROPOSED RULES

        Semi-annual agenda, 23718, 74762

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Submission for OMB review; comment request, 21053

        Privacy Act:

            Systems of records, 57215

        Security Classification Program; inquiries, 13802

*****

Sentencing Commission, United States

    See United States Sentencing Commission

*****

Small Business Administration

    RULES

        8(a) business development/small disadvantaged business status

        determinations; procedure rules governing cases before

        Hearings and Appeals Office, 57541

        Business loans:

            Certified development companies_

                Areas of operations, 42624

            Liquidation of collateral and sale of disaster assistance

            loans, 17132

            Loan loss reserve fund, 17439

            Unguaranteed portions of loans; securitization, sales, and

            pledges; correction, 49481

        Government contracting programs:

            Contract bundling, 45831

        Nondiscrimination on basis of sex in federally assisted

        education programs or activities, 52858

        Small business investment companies:

            Management-ownership diversity requirement to prohibit

            ownership of more than 70% of company by single investor

            or group, 71053

            Types of consideration paid by small business excluded

            from cost of money limitations, 69431

        Small business size standards:

            8(a) business development/small disadvantaged business

            status determinations, 33249

            Freight and cargo transportation arrangement industry,

            48601, 60342

            General building contractors, heavy construction, dredging

            and surface cleanup, special trade contractors, garbage

            and refuse collection, and refuse systems, 37689

                Correction, 49726, 50744

            Health care industries, 69432

                Correction, 70637

            Help Supply Services; $10 million in average annual

            receipts, 35810

                Correction, 44573, 45143

            North American Industry Classification System, 30836

                Correction, 53533

    PROPOSED RULES

        Business loans:

            Liquidation of collateral and sale of disaster assistance

            loans, 1349

        Disaster loan program:

            Military reservist economic injury disaster loans, 43261

            Pre-Disaster Mitigation Loan Program, 37308

        Federal claims collection:

            Administrative wage garnishment; debt collection through

            offset, 39567

        HUBZone program:

            Administrative and operational improvements, 58963

        Nondiscrimination on basis of race, color, national origin,

        handicap, or age in federally assisted programs or activities,

        76460

        Program for Investment In Microentrepreneurs Act;

        implementation:

            Disadvantaged entrepreneurs; training and technical

            assistance grants, 60256

        Semi-annual agenda, 23720, 74764

        Small business investment companies:

            Management-ownership diversity requirement to prohibit

            ownership of more than 70% of company by single investor

            or group, 49511

            Types of consideration paid by small business excluded

            from cost of money limitations, 38223

        Small business size standards:

            8(a) business development/small disadvantaged business

            status determinations, 12955, 66938

            Compliance with programs of other agencies, 4176

            Nonmanufacturer rule; waivers_

                Surge arresters, current and voltage transformers,

                etc., 76184

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Proposed collection; comment request, 5011, 12311, 13803,

            15032, 16995, 21233, 25014, 50263, 51398, 53069, 61016,

            66799, 69986, 77687

            Submission for OMB review; comment request, 3518, 3751,

            17330, 33398, 33611, 34245, 38017, 38868, 39217, 41511,

            52467, 56608, 57640, 71194, 71195, 82441

        Business and disaster assistance loans; sale and liquidation

        of collateral, 41741, 69986

        Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

            National Small Business Development Center Advisory Board,

            45814

        Disaster loan areas:

            Alabama, 17331, 21494, 56016, 82441

            Alaska, 12312, 50263, 51634, 66799

            Arizona, 70373, 70864, 75757, 82441

            Arizona et al., 54591

            Arkansas, 41743

            California, 21495, 32140, 57640, 70864

            Connecticut, 4458, 32141, 58593

            Florida, 38869, 57641, 59882, 64471

            Georgia, 10588, 12312, 17331, 59882

            Hawaii, 21798, 70373

            Idaho, 56017, 58593, 61017, 66799

            Kansas, 32141

            Kentucky, 4295, 4458, 6684, 12313, 14006, 14007, 37811

            Louisiana, 17331, 41743

            Maryland, 58140

            Massachusetts, 12313, 36751, 70373

            Michigan, 64735, 69988, 78526

            Minnesota, 43795, 44846, 46028, 49282, 53069, 53260, 56017

            Mississippi, 3519

            Missouri, 34245, 46190

            Montana, 56017, 58592, 64471

            New Hampshire, 12313, 36751

            New Jersey, 4458, 50264, 52468, 56018

            New Mexico, 34245, 39975

            New York, 38017

            New York et al., 4458, 8467, 30469

            North Carolina, 4459, 10588, 37811, 49282

            North Dakota, 43794, 44846, 47553, 49622, 51398, 54592

            Ohio, 12313, 15930, 30180, 53069, 59882, 64471

            Oklahoma, 36210, 76329, 78242, 80981

            Oregon, 8467

            Pennsylvania, 6436, 12313, 50264, 51634

            Rhode Island, 32141

            Tennessee, 38017, 49282

            Texas, 21495, 36751, 39462, 41743, 43070

            Various States, 57641

            Washington, 4295, 8468, 12313, 20238, 53070

            West Virginia, 12313, 14007, 14639, 54592, 56608

            Wisconsin, 37812, 44846, 46190, 49283, 51634, 53070, 64471

        Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

            Exporters; new pilot loan guaranty program (SBA Export

            Express), 60491

            Small Business Development Center Network_

                Michigan, 59042

            Women's Business Center projects, 50264, 54592

        Interest rates; quarterly determinations, 19952, 44847, 59882

        Intergovernmental review of agency programs and activities,

        21798, 45121

        License surrenders:

            Astar Capital Corp., 14639

            Business Achievement Corp., 313

            Capital Impact Corp., 49860

            Capital Resource Co. of Connecticut, 35153

            First Commmerce & Loan, L.P., 75757

            RSC Financial Corp., 8228

            Sundance Venture Partners II, L.P., 76329

        Meetings:

            National Advisory Council, 12314, 57641

            National Small Business Development Center Advisory Board,

            3001, 33855, 56018

            Regulatory Fairness Boards_

                Heartland States, 21799

                Mid Atlantic States, 21799

                Midwestern States, 46028

                New England States, 41743

                Northwestern States, 46029

                Rocky Mountain States, 21799

                South Atlantic States, 32141

                Southeastern States, 41743

                Western States, 12314

        Meetings; district and regional advisory councils:

            Connecticut, 50265

            District of Columbia, 14640, 59883

            Florida, 15931, 33855, 59043

            Georgia, 49283

            Hawaii, 15931, 58837, 67788

            Maine, 12314, 50265

            Maryland, 53260

            Minnesota, 12314

            New York, 17694, 58141

            Rhode Island, 13352, 16236

            Texas, 69988

            West Virginia, 21799

        Nondiscrimination on basis of sex in federally assisted

        education programs or activities; Federal financial assistance

        covered by Title IX, 75757

        Privacy Act:

            Systems of records, 1422, 4459

        Senior Executive Service:

            Performance Review Boards; membership, 70864

        Small business investment companies:

            Computation of alternative maximum annual cost of money;

            debenture rate, 20238, 59043

            Maximum leverage ceiling increase, 76329

        Special limited revocable power of attorney; appointment, 1424

        Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

            Bluestem Capital Partners III, L.P., 78242

            East Gate Private Equity Fund III, L.P., 70864

            EDF Ventures, L.P., 11361, 11362

            Global Environment Strategic Technology Partners, L.P.,

            80980

            Housatonic Equity Investors SBIC, L.P., 61017, 83123

            Meridian Venture Partners II, L.P., 58140

            Novus Ventures II, L.P., 50263

            RiverVest Venture Fund I, L.P., 71347

            Selby Venture Partners, II, L.P., 46189, 78242

            TD Javelin Capital Fund I, LP, et al., 26868

            TD Javelin Capital Fund II LP, et al., 58140

            TD Origen Fund, L.P., et al., 26868, 31205

            Zero Stage Capital VI, LP, 26868

*****

Social Security Administration

    RULES

        Miscellaneous corrections, 16811

        Social security benefits:

            Disability determinations_

                Respiratory body system listings; expiration date

                extension, 57946

            Federal old age, survivors, and disability insurance_

                Age; clarification as vocational factor, 17994

                Down syndrome in adults; medical criteria for

                determining disability, 31800

                False or misleading statement penalties;

                administrative procedures, 42283

                Impairments; medical and other evidence and medical

                consultant definition, 34950

                Medical opinion evidence evaluation, 11866

                Substantial gainful activity amounts, average monthly

                earnings guidelines, etc., 82905

                Substantial gainful activity guides, 42772

                Title II benefits under family maximum provisions;

                reduction in cases of dual entitlement, 38424

            Mental disorders and traumatic brain injury in adults;

            medical criteria; impairments listing, 50746

                Correction, 60584

        Supplemental security income:

            Aged, blind, and disabled_

                Age; clarification as vocational factor, 17994

                Disability determination for child under 18 years old,

                54747, 80307

                False or misleading statement penalties;

                administrative procedures, 42283

                Fugitive felons and probation and parole violators;

                denial of benefits, 40492

                Impairments; medical and other evidence and medical

                consultant definition, 34950

                Medical opinion evidence evaluation, 11866

                Substantial gainful activity amounts, average monthly

                earnings guidelines, etc., 82905

                Substantial gainful activity guides, 42772

            Mental disorders and traumatic brain injury in adults;

            medical criteria; impairments listing, 50746

                Correction, 60584

    PROPOSED RULES

        Grants and agreements with higher education institutions,

        hospitals, and non-profit and commercial organizations;

        uniform administrative requirements, 24768

        Semi-annual agenda, 23732, 74776

        Social security benefits:

            Federal old age, survivors, and disability insurance_

                Administrative review process; prehearing and

                posthearing conferences, 38796

                Disability and blindness determinations; growth

                impairment listings, 37321

                Disability determinations; medical criteria; technical

                revisions, 6929

                Substantial gainful activity amounts, average monthly

                earnings guidelines, etc., 49208

        Supplemental security income:

            Aged, blind, and disabled_

                Administrative review process; prehearing and

                posthearing conferences, 38796

                Consumer reporting agencies information disclosure and

                overpayment recovery through administrative offset

                against Federal payments, 63221

                Disability and blindness determinations; growth

                impairment listings, 37321

                Social security benefits; supplemental security income

                overpayments recovery, 58970

                Substantial gainful activity amounts, average monthly

                earnings guidelines, etc., 49208

        Testimony by agency employees and records production in legal

        proceedings, 30037

        Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program; implementation,

        82844

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Proposed collection; comment request, 156, 6247, 6684,

            10589, 11630, 13071, 16236, 18418, 25413, 34523, 35154,

            36497, 37812, 38869, 40151, 41743, 43795, 46543, 48793,

            51048, 54592, 56018, 58300, 60491, 63282, 64735, 71195,

            77061, 82442

            Submission for OMB review; comment request, 156, 6684,

            10589, 16236, 18418, 25413, 26869, 31205, 34523, 37812,

            39462, 40151, 46543, 48793, 49622, 50584, 51048, 54592,

            58300, 60491, 63282, 64735, 66278, 68166, 70756, 71195,

            77061, 82442

        Disability determination procedures:

            Modifications testing_

                Disability claims process redesign prototype, 36210

            Testing modifications_

                Disability claims process redesign prototype, 81553

        Foreign insurance or pension systems:

            Bosnia and Herzegovina, 32141

        Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

            Individuals with disabilities; community-based benefits

            planning, assistance, and outreach projects, 34768

        Meetings:

            Identity theft victim assistance; workshop, 51049

            Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel, 41744,

            45416, 52468, 55071, 57420, 61017, 61018, 61019, 75994

        Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

            Deputy Commissioner for Finance, Assessment and

            Management, 2450

            Deputy Commissioner, Legislation and Congressional

            Affairs, 10846, 20239

            Deputy Commissioner Office, Operations, 37813

            General Counsel Office, 39218

            Publications and Logistics Management Office et al., 69988

            Security and Integrity Center, 54097, 54594

        Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation

        Act of 1996; implementation:

            Responsibility of certain entities to notify Immigration

            and Naturalization Service of any alien who entity knows

            is not lawfully present in United States, 58301

        Privacy Act:

            Computer matching programs, 16447, 46190, 51050, 54098,

            60712, 69358

            Systems of records, 13803, 32142, 46997, 48272, 49047,

            54595, 66279, 75995, 77953

        Social security acquiescence rulings:

            Akers v. HHS Secretary et al.; rescission of rulings,

            20239

            Albright v. Commissioner of Social Security; effect of

            prior disability findings on subsequent claim

            adjudication, etc., 1936

            Branham v. Heckler et al.; rescission of rulings, 50784

            Conley v. Bowen; individual with disabling impairment;

            substantial gainful activity determination; rescission,

            42793

            Curry v. Apfel; burden of proving residual functional

            capacity at step five of sequential evaluation process for

            determining disability, 54879

            Haddock v. Apfel; use of vocational expert testimony and

            Dictionary of Occupational Titles, 38312

                Rescission, 75758

            Hickman v. Apfel; evidentiary requirements for determining

            medical equivalence to listed impairment, 25783

            Iamarino v. Heckler; middle ground where no positive or

            negative presumption of substantial gainful activity

            applies; rescission, 42793

            Patterson v. Bowen; rescission of ruling, 18143

            Preslar v. Health and Human Services Secretary et al;

            rescission of rulings, 18144

            Salamalekis v. Apfel; entitlement to trial work period

            before benefits award approved and before 12 months have

            elapsed since alleged disability onset, 69116

        Social security benefits:

            Cost of living increase, SSI monthly benefit amounts

            increase, average of total wages, contribution and benefit

            base, etc., 63663

        Social security rulings:

            Disability insurance benefits; claims filed under both

            Social Security Act and Americans with Disabilities Act,

            1215

            Obesity evaluation, 31039

            Similar fault in providing of evidence; claims evaluation,

            10140

            Use of vocational expert and vocational specialist

            evidence, and other reliable occupational information in

            disability decisions, 75759

*****

Southeastern Power Administration

    NOTICES

        Power rates:

            Jim Woodruff Project, 14557, 51308

*****

Southwestern Power Administration

    NOTICES

        Power rates:

            Sam Rayburn Dam Project, 39386, 55953

*****

Special Counsel Office

    See Office of the Special Counsel

    RULES

        Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

            Official mailing address change, 81325

        Prohibited personnel practice or other prohibited activity;

        complaints and information disclosures filing, 64881

    PROPOSED RULES

        Prohibited personnel practice or other prohibited activity;

        complaints and information disclosures filing, 49949

        Semi-annual agenda, 23696, 74740

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Proposed collection; comment request, 20504

        Privacy Act:

            Systems of records, 6436

        Senior Executive Service:

            Performance Review Board; membership, 5924

*****

Special Trustee for American Indians Office

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Submission for OMB review; comment request, 19384

*****

State Department

    RULES

        Civil rights:

            Uniform administrative requirements for grants and

            agreements with institutions of higher education,

            hospitals, and other non-profit organizations, 14406

        Consular services; fee schedule, 54148, 78093

            Financing and accounting, passports, and visas, 14211

        Exchange Visitor Program:

            Administrative processing fees, 20083

            CFR part removed, 352

        International Traffic in Arms regulations:

            Commercial communications satellite components, systems,

            parts, accessories, etc.; exports, 34089

            Foreign Military Sales Letter of Offer and Acceptance

            authorized defense services, 45286

            NATO countries, Australia, and Japan; U.S. export controls

            system reforms availability, 45282

            Prohibited exports and sales; Ukraine removed; CFR

            correction, 81739

        Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program;

        establishment, 14764

        Nationality and passports:

            Passport application regulation; amendment, 39288

        Nondiscrimination on basis of sex in federally assisted

        education programs or activities, 52858

        Visas; immigrant documentation:

            Immigrant religious workers, 80744

            Immigrant visa fees; change in payment procedures, 54412,

            78094

            Visa classification tables; amendments, 20903

        Visas; nonimmigrant documentation:

            Immigrant visa fees; change in payment procedures, 54412

            Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program, 14768

            Labor Department designation to approve nonimmigrant

            petitions for temporary agricultural workers in lieu of

            Immigration and Naturalization Service, 52305

            Members of observer missions to United Nations; visa fees

            waived, 52306

            Visa classification tables; amendments, 20903

    PROPOSED RULES

        Consular services; fee schedule, 13253

        Nationality and passports:

            Executing passport application on behalf of minor;

            procedures, 60132

        Nondiscrimination on basis of race, color, national origin,

        handicap, or age in federally assisted programs or activities,

        76460

        Semi-annual agenda, 23084, 74126

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Proposed collection; comment request, 13814, 13815, 20505,

            37447, 38623, 46999, 69799, 80981, 80982

            Submission for OMB review; comment request, 1938, 5717,

            12607, 13814, 16238, 20505, 25414, 36751, 50728, 55666,

            63110, 69799, 77956

        Arms Export Control Act:

            Determinations, 20239, 71347, 79441

            Export licenses; Congressional notification, 12608, 20505,

            32145, 36752, 43796, 70865

        Art objects; importation for exhibition:

            1900: Art at the Crossroads, 18145, 26869

            Amazons of the Avant-Garde: Alexandra Exter, Natalia

            Goncharova, Liubov Popova, Olga Rosanova, Varvara

            Stepanova and Nadezhda Udaltsova, 52804

            Ancient (circa. CE 224-641) Coins and History of the

            Zoroastrian (Pre-Islamic) Sassanian Dynasty of Iran, 77688

            Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt, 1219,

            4859

            Antioch: The Lost Ancient City, 56356

            Arms and Armor of 17th Century Virginia, 24250

            Art and Oracle: Spirit Voices of Africa, 11104

            Art and the Camera: The Photographs of F. Holland Day,

            64736

            Art and the Empire City, 41122

            Art in Rome in the Eighteenth Century, 1939

            Art Nouveau (1890-1914), 50728

            Arts of Hon'ami Koetsu, Japanese Renaissance Master, 43070

            Beyond the Easel: Decorative Painting by Bonnard,

            Vuillard, Denis, and Roussel (1890-1930), 71347

            Byzantine Art, 49623

            Chardin, 24722

            Charlotte Salomon: Life? Or Theater?, 45417

            Correggio and Parmigianino: Master Draftsmen of the

            Renaissance, 71347

            Culture and Continuity: The Jewish Journey, 1939

            Dangerous Curves: The Art of the Guitar, 60492

            Dinosaurs, Ammonites and Asteroids, 63284

            Distant Shores: The Odyssey of Rockwell Kent, 34524

            Draftsman's Art: Master Drawings from the National Gallery

            of Scotland, 71348

            Dresden Green Diamond, 59883

            Drink and Be Merry: Wine and Beer in Ancient Times, 41513

            Durer's Passions, 50728

            Egyptian Art at Eton College: Selections from the Myers

            Museum, 41122

            Egyptian Treasures from the British Museum, 34778

            Egypt in the Walters Art Gallery, 68166

            Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art from the British

            Museum, 52804

            European Masterpieces: Six Centuries of Paintings from the

            National Gallery of Victoria, Australia, 59043

            FABERGE Collection and 1000 Years of Russian

            Craftsmanship, 24722

            Faberge'-Hermitage Objects, 51635

            Faberge'-Kremlin Objects, 50037

            Forgotten Friezes from the Castle of Velez Blanco, 17548

            Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Twentieth-Century Mexican

            Art: The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, 25414

            From Renoir to Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musee de

            l'Orangerie, 50729

            Galleries for Cypriot Art, 16995

            Gallery for the Arts of Korea, 34778

            Gerome and Goupil: Art and Enterprise, 81554

            Gerrit Dou (1613-1675): Master Painter in the Age of

            Rembrandt, 12608

            Global Guggenheim: Selections from the Extended

            Collection, 81554

            Golden Deer of Eurasia: Scythian and Sarmatian Treasures

            from the Russian Steppes, 46191

            Golden Years of Faberge: Objects and Drawings from the

            Wigstrom Workshop, 13071

            Huupukwanum-Tupaat, Treasures of the Nuuchah-nulth Chiefs,

            50729

            Imperial China: The Art of the Horse in Chinese History,

            13352

            Impressionists at Argenteuil, 20506

            Korean Art: Ancient to Modern Times, 58593

            Kremlin Gold-1000 Years of Russian Gems and Jewels, 11362,

            16996

            La Divine Comtesse, Photographs of the Countess de

            Castiglione, 43390

            Majesty of Spain Exhibition: Royal Collections from the

            Museo del Prado & Patrimonio Nacional, 61209

            Manet: The Still Life Paintings, 53260

            Masterpieces of Korean Ceramics from the Museum of

            Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, 1219

            Michelangelo to Picasso: Master Drawings from the

            Collection of the Albertina, Vienna, 15403

            Modern Art and America: Alfred Stieglitz and His New York

            Galleries, 64736

            Morocco: Jews and Art in a Muslim Land, 53070

            Music in the Age of Confucius, 2668

            O'Keeffe on Paper, 13072

            Painting on Light: Drawings and Stained Glass in the Age

            of Durer and Holbein, 30180

            Painting Revolution: Kandinsky, Malevich and the Russian

            Avant-Garde, 1939, 45814, 59883

            Queen Victoria and Thomas Sully, 41122

            Raphael and His Circle: Drawings from Windsor Castle,

            24723

            Rediscovering Caesarea Philippi, the Ancient City of Pan,

            81555

            Rembrandt Creates Rembrandt: Art and Ambition in Leiden

            (1629-1631), 53793

            Renaissance Portrait in Northern Italy: The Art of

            Giovanni Battista Moroni, 5924

            Science Under Sail: Russia's Great Voyages to America

            (1728-1867), 3751

            Silver in Ancient Peru, 45814

            Spirits of the Water: Art from Alaska and British

            Columbia, 16684, 21495

            Still Lifes of Evaristo Baschenis: The Music of Silence,

            48040

            Taoism and the Arts of China, 53794

            Topkapi Palace: Jewels and Treasures of the Sultans, 2668

            Treasures of the Last Empire, 2451

            Treasury of the Basel Cathedral, 71348

            Triumph of the Baroque: Architecture in Europe

            (1600-1750), 16996

            Ukrainian Silver Jewish Ceremonial Objects, 64737

            Unseen Treasures: Imperial Russia and the New World, 68166

            Utopia: The Search for the Ideal Society in the Western

            World, 51891

            Van Gogh Portraits: Face to Face, 7902

            Van Gogh to Mondrian: Dutch Works on Paper, 40715

            William Blake, 79148

        Bilateral assistance:

            Bosnia and Serbia, 59883

        Commercial export licenses; notifications to Congress, 50037,

        76329

        Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

            Cultural Property Advisory Committee, 13352

            Defense Trade Advisory Group, 11827

            Eastern Europe and Independent States of Former Soviet

            Union Study Advisory Committee, 46756

            Historical Diplomatic Documentation Advisory Committee,

            10142

            International Communications and Information Policy

            Advisory Committee, 50265

            International Economic Policy Advisory Committee, 60713

            International Telecommunication Advisory Committee, 21054

            North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission, U.S. Section

            Advisory Panel, 55667

            Overseas Schools Advisory Council, 67032

            Overseas Security Advisory Council, 64737

            Shipping Coordinating Committee, 77416

        Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

            Dakota Gasification Co., Bismarck, ND; pipeline

            construction, operation, and maintenance, 14007

            Sumas, WA; pipeline construction for transportation of

            water across U.S.-Canada border, 39975

        Export-Import Bank Act of 1945; approvals and disapprovals;

        determinations, 21054

            Colombia, 42743

            Russia, 158

        Family support (maintenance) obligations enforcement;

        reciprocating countries; list, 31953

        Foreign Assistance Act, etc.; determinations:

            Nonproliferation controls, 39219

            Sudanese National Democratic Alliance civilian wing, 69598

        Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs

        Appropriations Act:

            Niger; assistance determination, 14332

        Foreign Service posts; designation for special fee payment

        procedures, 78243

        Foreign terrorist organizations; designation:

            Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, 57641

        Gifts to Federal employees from foreign governments; list,

        15936

        Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

            Algeria; College and University Affiliations Program,

            76693

            Anti-Crime Training and Technical Assistance Program,

            17694, 21054, 45122

            Armenia Connectivity 2000 Program, 21057

            Bosnia and Herzegovina Undergraduate Development Program,

            542

            Central and East Europe and New Independent States

            Research and Training Program, 68167

            Civnet editorial services/information technology program,

            34778

            College and University Affiliations Program, 40152

            Community Connections Program: U.S. Hosting, 47553

            Cyprus; Bicommunal Support Program, 34782

            Eastern Europe and Independent States of Former Soviet

            Union Research and Training Program, 41513

            English Language Fellow Program, 65889

            FREEDOM Support Act/Future Leaders Exchange Program, 57222

            Fulbright American Studies Institutes for Foreign

            University Faculty, 59490

            Fulbright Representative Offices, Russia and Ukraine;

            fiscal disbursing agent, 21058

            Fulbright Student Program, 63668

            Fulbright Teacher and Administrator Exchange Program,

            2451, 24723

            Fulbright Teacher Exchange Orientation Program, 70626

            Future Leaders Exchange Program; Computer Training of

            Trainers Workshop, 67436

            Georgian School of Journalism Project, 55667

            Grassroots Citizen Participation in Democracy, 21061,

            25785

            Great Lakes (Africa) Reconciliation Project: Justice and

            Journalism, 31044

            Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program, 8228

            International collaborative projects in science and

            technology_

                Egypt and United States, 46999

            International Demand Reduction Program, 38869

            International education and cultural activities program,

            47809

            International law enforcement training program, 50041

            International narcotics and law enforcement; International

            Demand Reduction Program, 38017

            Irish peace process; cultural and training program

            support, 46545

            Israel-Arab Peace Partners Program, 37591

            Language and Culture Enrichment Program, 5384

            Meio University, Okinawa, Japan; international convention

            and conference management curriculum development, 40157

            Near East and North Africa Democracy Initiative, 43390

            New Independent States; exchanges and training programs,

            62785

            New Independent States College and University Partnerships

            Program, 46029

            New Independent States College Partnerships Program, 67438

            Nigerian Tertiary Education Administrators and Policy

            Makers; Education Reform; Summer Institute, 76695

            NIS Secondary School Partnership Program, 78243

            Partners in Education Program, 8231

            Romania; Civic Education Curriculum Development and

            Teacher Training Program, 33855

            Russian-U.S. Young Leadership Fellows for Public Service

            Program, 82444

            Serbia; college and university affiliations program, 78246

            South Africa; Summer Institute for English Language

            Educators, 78249

            Southeast Europe Youth Leadership Program, 25970

            South Pacific Scholarship Program, 12608, 15679

            Summer Institute for English-as-a-Foreign Language

            Administrators from Francophone and Lusophone Sub-Saharan

            Africa, 544

            Turkey; Bilkent University Student Teacher Internship

            Program, 49050

            U.S.-China Youth Exchange Initiative, 36213

            University of Pristina, Kosovo; curriculum development and

            faculty training project, 76700

            Vietnam; Writer's Perspective on Contemporary Social

            Issues in United States, 43393

            Wye River People-to-People Exchange Program, 57225, 78253

        International Traffic in Arms regulations; statutory

        debarment, 13072

        Meetings:

            2000 International Telecommunication Union World

            Radiocommunication Conference; preparatory meeting, 6685

            Arms Control and Nonproliferation Advisory Board, 11362,

            19804, 81555

            Chemical hazard classification and labeling system;

            international harmonization progress, 45417, 61019

            Cultural Property Advisory Committee, 6685, 34785

            Defense Trade Advisory Group, 66280

            Eastern Europe and Independent States of Former Soviet

            Union Study Advisory Committee, 7902

            Fine Arts Committee, 14640, 55670

            Fulbright Student Program; bidders conference, 65892

            Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) Disability Reentry

            Workshops, 59493

            Hazardous chemicals and pesticides; prior informed

            consent; international agreement, 63110

            Historical Diplomatic Documentation Advisory Committee,

            13352, 37447, 51891, 70756

            International Communications and Information Policy

            Advisory Committee, 7093, 16448, 19805, 26870, 33612,

            51398, 60236

            International Economic Policy Advisory Committee, 9303,

            19805, 62407

            International harmonization of chemical classification and

            labeling systems; progress, 19036

            International Law Advisory Committee, 14640

            International Telecommunication Advisory Committee, 4629,

            6437, 24250, 26258, 36753, 39976, 60493, 70374, 79441

            Labor Diplomacy Advisory Committee, 11104, 41744, 63111

            North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission, U.S. Section

            Advisory Panel, 62407

            Overseas Schools Advisory Council, 31047, 81947

            Overseas Security Advisory Council, 3266, 31369

            Private International Law Advisory Committee, 5717, 8468,

            58303, 63905, 79911

            Public Diplomacy, U.S. Advisory Commission, 31048, 35414,

            49053, 59495, 64737, 70629

            Rail equipment; proposed protocol to draft UNIDROIT

            convention on international mobile equipment financial

            effect on cross-border financing and trade, 66799

            Shipping Coordinating Committee, 1651, 2669, 7094, 9038,

            16448, 21063, 31623, 33398, 33858, 37814, 45814, 50729,

            53794, 56976, 61209, 61210, 63672, 69118, 77416, 81555,

            81556

            United Nations Environment Program; persistent organic

            pollutants; international agreement negotiations, 12611,

            69599

            United States-Canada air quality agreement to address

            transboundary problem of ground-level ozone; preparations

            for negotiations on annex, 4012

            Universal Postal Union_

                Reform initiatives; briefing, 14008, 41514

        Missile technology proliferation activities; sanctions:

            Iranian and Pakistani entities, 71348

            Iranian entities, 79441

            North Korean and Iranian entities, 20239

            Russian entities; removed, 79441

        Munitions export licenses; suspension, revocation, etc.:

            China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corp. et

            al., 2220

            Kazakhstani and Czech companies, 7902

        Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

            Assistant Administrator for Latin America et al., 41745

            Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs

            et al., 31048, 53795, 58304

            Assistant Secretary for International Organization

            Affairs, 7903

            Director General of Foreign Service et al., 11631

            Foreign Service posts; designation for advance payment of

            immigrant visa application processing fees, 54598

            Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary et al., 16238

        Passport travel restrictions, U.S.:

            Iraq, 12611

            Libya, 75761

        Presidential permits:

            Calexico/Mexicali II Port of Entry linking California and

            Baja California; conveyor belt, 35694

        Privacy Act:

            Systems of records, 55670, 69359, 75761

        Senior Executive Service:

            Performance Review Board; membership, 55673, 56608

        Shrimp trawl fishing; sea turtle protection guidelines;

        certification, 25785, 55673

        Visas; immigrant documentation:

            Diversity Immigrant (DV-2002) Visa Program; registration,

            46757

*****

State Justice Institute

    NOTICES

        Grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts; guidelines,

        53098, 61028

        Meetings; Sunshine Act, 8756, 24726, 46032, 61369

*****

Statistical Reporting Service

    See National Agricultural Statistics Service

*****

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

    PROPOSED RULES

        Opiate addiction; opioid drugs in maintenance and

        detoxification treatment; office-based treatment; partial

        agonists treatment medications; use conditions, 25894

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Proposed collection; comment request, 2187, 2418, 4824,

            4987, 5359, 6614, 6615, 11066, 15164, 19791, 21779, 30424,

            47511, 51841, 56317, 56318, 56319, 57362, 57822, 58280,

            59859, 66760, 69779, 76270

            Submission for OMB review; comment request, 12566, 15165,

            15166, 18342, 21202, 21464, 38293, 40676, 45385, 45786,

            45995, 61175, 67393, 69041, 75730, 76271, 77886, 79114

        Federal agency urine drug testing; certified laboratories

        meeting minimum standards, list, 500, 5650, 11794, 18342,

        25350, 35380, 41480, 46938, 53727, 59458, 65321, 75944

        Federal workplace drug testing programs; mandatory guidelines:

            Custody and control form, 39155

        Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

            Community disparities, 44803

            Community Youth Mental Health Promotion and

            Violence/Substance Abuse Prevention Partnership Program,

            21780

            HIV Services Integration Planning, 33345

            Mental Health Services Center_

                Comprehensive Community Actions to Promote Youth

                Violence Prevention, 11795

                Evaluation of Adult Mental Health Systems Change;

                Technical Assistance Center, 8186

                Service Systems Change; Community Action Grants, 11331

            Substance Abuse Prevention Center_

                Centers for Application of Prevention Technologies,

                11590

                Community Initiated Prevention Interventions, 11334

                National Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Initiative,

                11067

                Parenting and Family Strengthening Prevention

                Interventions; Dissemination of Innovations

                Initiative, 11336

            Substance Abuse Treatment Center_

                Community Action Expansion Program, 8184

                Community-Based Practice/Research Collaboratives

                Implementation Program, 16401, 16403, 25494

                Co-Occurring Substance Abuse and Mental Health

                Disorders; Outpatient Treatment Models Evaluation,

                11069

                National Center for Mentally Ill and Substance Abusing

                Youth and Adults Involved with Justice System, 31180

                Substance Abuse Treatment and HIV/AIDS Services;

                Targeted Capacity Expansion Program, 11071

                Targeted substance abuse treatment expansion, 2634,

                12278

            Women with alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health

            disorders who have histories of violence, and their

            children, 14603

        Meetings:

            Grant programs technical assistance workshops, 6615

            Mental Health Services Center National Advisory Council,

            2636, 25352, 47512

            SAMHSA National Advisory Council, 1163, 24498, 52433

            SAMHSA National Advisory Council et al., 24497

            SAMHSA Special Emphasis Panels, 3730, 19916, 26843, 26844,

            39917, 77384

            Substance Abuse Prevention Center; Drug Testing Advisory

            Board, 6388, 25352, 47512, 75731

            Substance Abuse Prevention Center National Advisory

            Council, 45096, 54059

            Substance Abuse Treatment Center National Advisory

            Council, 2637, 25352, 81879

            Women's Services Advisory Committee, 15349, 24498, 53327

        Privacy Act:

            Systems of records, 26622

        Senior Executive Service:

            Performance Review Board; membership, 1645, 64229

*****

Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office

    RULES

        Indian lands program:

            Surface coal mining and reclamation operations_

                Permit applications fees; CFR correction, 39543

        Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan

        submissions:

            Alabama, 36328, 38724

            Arkansas, 2331

            Colorado, 70478

            Illinois, 18237

            Indiana, 1059, 34092, 35568

            Kentucky, 29949, 53909

            Maryland, 66929, 78416

            New Mexico, 18889, 54791, 65770

            Oklahoma, 34094

            Pennsylvania, 4882, 15553, 39289, 66170

            Texas, 70487

            Virginia, 1063, 5781, 65779

            West Virginia, 10388, 26130, 50409, 80308

        Surface coal mining and reclamation operations:

            Ownership and control of mining operations; definitions,

            permit requirements, enforcement actions, etc., 79582

    PROPOSED RULES

        Abandoned mine land reclamation:

            Fee collection and coal production reporting; OSM-1 Form;

            electronic filing, 7706

        Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan

        submissions:

            Alabama, 24433

            Colorado, 36098

            Illinois, 7331

            Indiana, 11950, 12492

            Kentucky, 8327, 34625, 39319

            Maryland, 24897, 49524, 59150

            Missouri, 64906

            Montana, 57581, 57583

            New Mexico, 36101, 36104, 63223

            North Dakota, 17211, 44015

            Oklahoma, 17213

            Pennsylvania, 76954

            Texas, 54982

            Utah, 2364

            Virginia, 43723, 59152

            West Virginia, 24158, 75889

        Surface coal mining and reclamation operations:

            Ownership and control of mining operations; definitions,

            permit requirements, enforcement actions, etc., 36097

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Proposed collection; comment request, 7881, 13015, 17900,

            20486, 30132, 35394, 39924, 41488, 51021, 57371, 58564,

            61363, 65879, 66764, 69330, 70736, 78512

            Submission for OMB review; comment request, 6623, 20202,

            24980, 39178, 45618, 54297, 54298, 57372

        Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

            Fall Creek Falls State Park and Natural Area, TN;

            unsuitability for mining operations, 11604, 15921, 39178

        Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

            Kykotsmovi Sewer Lagoon, AZ; public facility project,

            26851

            Watershed Cooperative Agreement Program, 34730

                Arts and Appalachian Clean Streams Program, 9297

            Wyoming_

                Frannie Sewer Line Replacement Project, 57381

                Greybull Sewer Improvements Project, 57383

                Hudson Elementary School Improvements Project, 57378

                Kemmerer Medical Center Access Improvements Project,

                57377

                Medicine Bow Water Treatment Plant Improvements

                Project, 57380

                Rock Springs Stormwater Channel Improvements Project,

                57374

                Sheridan Slope Stability Project, 57375

                Wright Junior/Senior High School Improvements Project,

                57372

        Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

            Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program; guidelines, 69331

*****

Surface Transportation Board

    RULES

        Fees:

            Licensing and related services_

                2000 update, 77319

                Policy statement, 76174

        Motor carriers:

            Motor passenger intra-corporate family transactions; class

            exemption, 8280

        Rail carriers:

            Carload Waybill Sample and public use file;

            confidentiality, 37710

    PROPOSED RULES

        Practice and procedure:

            Combinations and ownership_

                Major rail consolidation procedures, 18021, 58974

        Rail carriers:

            Carload waybill sample and public use file regulations;

            modification, 732

            Carload waybill sample reporting procedures; modification,

            54471

            Class I reporting regulations; modification, 44509

        Semi-annual agenda, 23962, 75014

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Submission for OMB review; comment request, 41123, 41124,

            44852

        Agreements under sections 5a and 5b; applications for

        approval, etc.:

            EC-MAC Motor Carriers Service Association, Inc., et al.,

            7099

            Household Goods Carriers Bureau Committee, 8760, 15405

            National Motor Bus Traffic Association, Inc., 7099

        Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

            Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corp., 58146, 80987

            Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians Reservation, UT;

            independent spent fuel storage installation, 39206

        Environmental statements; notice of intent:

            Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corp., 1946

        Household Goods Carriers Bureau Committee; rate bureau

        agreement, 7098

        Motor carriers:

            Control applications_

                Laidlaw Inc., 18426

                Stagecoach Holdings PLC and Coach USA, Inc., et al.,

                16686, 46548

            Control exemptions_

                National Express Group plc et al., 40725

                RailAmerica, Inc., 2224

            Finance applications_

                Laidlaw Inc. et al., 26274, 43395, 51644

                Stagecoach Holdings PLC and Coach USA, Inc., et al.,

                3530, 52807, 63115

                Tedesco Family ESB Trust, 14010

            Merger transactions_

                Laidlaw Inc. et al., 51644

                Tedesco Family ESB Trust, 70380

            Motor-carrier shipments of household goods; released rate

            provisions and corresponding limits of liability; comment

            request, 67472

        National Classification Committee; agreement; methodologies

        for increasing shipper participation in classification

        process, 7098

        Practice and procedure:

            Consolidated financial reporting by commonly controlled

            railroads, 57650

        Rail carriers:

            Control exemptions_

                Mars, Thomas Z., 45827

                Wisconsin Central Transportation Corp., 12316

            Cost of capital_

                Railroad industry's 1999 decision, 37205

                Railroad industry's 2000 decision, 79154

            Cost recovery procedures_

                Adjustment factor, 805, 15932, 39221, 57857, 81571

                Productivity adjustment, 4568

            Declaratory order petitions_

                Union Pacific Railroad Co., 37205

            North American railroad industry; major railroad

            consolidations and present and future structure; comment

            request, 4568

            Railroad revenue adequacy determinations; Class I

            railroads, 38025, 46040

            Waybill data; release for use, 7099, 49055

        Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

            Adrian & Blissfield Rail Road Co., 59256, 59257

            Bessemer & Lake Erie Railway Co., 56988

            Boston & Maine Corp., 60715

            Buffalo Ridge Regional Rail Authority, 79458

            Buffalo Ridge Regional Railroad Authority, 57424

            Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co., 16241, 17341,

            31058, 37456, 64277, 69131, 69990, 70381, 76003

            Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. et al., 54599

            Canadian National Railway Co. et al., 318, 7610, 12623

            Canadian Pacific Railway, 35695, 71356

            Canadian Pacific Railway et al., 44852

            Canton Railroad Co., 53082

            Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 17705

            Central Kansas Railway, L.L.C., 76705

            Cheatham County Rail Authority, 48047

            Claremont Concord Railroad Corp., 60715

            Colorado Transportation Department, 18427

            Consolidated Rail Corp., 1226

            Crown Enterprises, Inc., 66802

            CSX Corp. et al., 319, 7414

            CSX Transportation, Inc., 31958, 39222, 76345

            Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad Co., Inc., 46550

            Dodge City Ford & Bucklin Railroad Co., 77959

            EASX Corp. and Rail Services Corp., 38883

            Ellis County Rural Rail Transportation District, 7612

            Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Rail, 25976

            Evansville Terminal Co., Inc., et al., 16455

            F&L Realty, Inc., 46549

            Ferrocarril Mexicano, S.A. de C.V., 62807

            Georgia Southwestern Railroad, Inc., 33882

            Global Passenger Services, L.L.C., et al., 25037

            Glouster Coal Co., 44570

            Grand Trunk Western Railroad Inc. et al., 19812

            Great Salt Lake & Southern Railroad Co., L.L.C., 3005

            Green Mountain Railroad Corp., 61213

            Hammond, Court, et al., 18428

            Heart of Georgia Railroad, Inc., 25976

            High Point, Randleman, Asheboro & Southern Railroad Co.,

            77693

            Hollis & Eastern Railroad Co., 69803

            Illinois Central Railroad Co., 33612, 42059, 76705

            Illinois Indiana Development Co., LLC, 10148, 24539

            International Paper Co., 41745

            Iowa Interstate Railroad, Ltd., et al., 40725

            IRW Railway, LLC, 56360, 56361

            Kanawha Rail Corp., 56018

            Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc., et al., 4016

            Kansas City Southern Railway Co., 47821

            Kern Valley Railroad Co., 69991

            Laidlaw Inc. et al., 5392

            Maine Coast Railroad Corp. et al., 78530

            Maryland & Delaware Railroad Co., 9306

            Meridian Southern Railway, LLC, 17943

            Michigan Transportation Department, 66299

            Minnesota Northern Railroad, Inc., et al., 53083

            Mississippi Rail Group, Inc., 11366

            Nashville & Western Railroad Corp., 48048

            New York Central Lines LLC et al., 61373

            Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 10149, 54339, 55675

            Norfolk Southern Railway Co. et al., 56611

            Northeast Texas Rural Rail Transportation District, 46039,

            46040

            Ohio Southern Railroad, Inc., 44570, 44571, 77071

            OmniTRAX, Inc., et al., 26658

            ParkSierra Corp. et al., 58148

            Penn-Jersey Rail Lines, Inc., 26275

            Pennsylvania Lines LLC, 6687

            Pennsylvania Lines LLC et al., 44571, 44572, 55074

            Pennsylvania Transportation Department, 53083

            Pioneer Railcorp, 16455

            Pioneer Railcorp et al., 60245

            Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Properties, Inc., 39468

            Port of Benton, Richland, WA, 39222

            Public Service Co. of Colorado, 51405

            R.J. Corman Railroad Co./Memphis Line, 2671

            Safe Handling Rail, Inc., 80988

            Sandusky River Railroad Co., Inc., 55675

            Schumacher, Kern W., et al., 69991

            SMS Rail Service, Inc., 57425

            Soo Line Railroad Co., 45828

            South Orient Railroad Co., Ltd., 11632, 65898

            Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks, 41745

            Texas Pacifico Transportation, Ltd., 77425

            Trans-Global Solutions, Inc., 79917

            Transtar, Inc., et al., 71356

            Trinidad Railway, Inc., 69991

            Union Pacific Railroad Co., 1672, 2671, 5724, 17341,

            39222, 42059, 45424, 46040, 49636, 51405, 57239, 59890,

            64475, 70381, 78531, 81571

            V&S Railway, Inc., 76706

            Watco Co., Inc., et al., 45648

            West Texas & Lubbock Railroad Co., Inc., 41520

            Wisconsin and Washburn County Transit Commission, 64475

            Wisconsin Central Ltd. et al., 52807

            Wisconsin Chicago Link, Ltd., 56988

            Yadkin Railroad Co., 77693

            Yreka Western Railroad Co., 9053

        Railroad services abandonment:

            Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Co., 50586

            Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad Co., 60246

            Boston & Maine Corp., 10594, 31630

            Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co., 30668

            Camas Prairie RailNet, Inc., 37598

            Camp Lejeune Railroad Co., 66585

            Central Kansas Railway, L.L.C., 79917

            Central of Tennessee Railway & Navigation Co., Inc., 25038

            Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co., 50274

            CSX Transportation, Inc., 21501, 34249, 37206, 57651,

            64741, 65373, 69992, 77071

            Dallas Area Rapid Transit, 8232

            Florida Midland Railroad Co., 70631

            Fox Valley & Western Ltd., 75334

            Gateway Western Railway Co., 21502

            Iowa Interstate Railroad, Ltd., 63116

            Kyle Railroad Co. et al., 55676, 56019

            Lake State Railway Co., 8760

            New Hampshire & Vermont Railroad Co., Inc., 7916

            Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 42420, 56361, 76003

            Palouse River & Coulee City Railroad, Inc., 59891

            Rutherford Railroad Development Corp., 46195

            San Joaquin Valley Railroad Co., 21800

            Soo Line Railroad Co., 1673, 31631

            South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad Co., 59891, 75817

            Strouds Creek & Muddlety Railroad, 51405

            Trinidad Railway, Inc., et al., 57239

            Union Pacific Railroad Co., 1226, 1947, 4570, 14643,

            20263, 20264, 21500, 21502, 35419, 47001, 49055, 56019,

            64277, 67795, 80483

            Union Pacific Railroad Co. et al., 70631

            Union Railroad Co., 64742

            West Virginia Northern Railroad Co., 80483

            Winchester & Western Railroad Co., 79155

            Wisconsin Central Ltd., 37456, 59892, 61020, 63117

*****

Susquehanna River Basin Commission

    NOTICES

        Compliance Incentive Program, 35695

*****

Technology Administration

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Proposed collection; comment request, 17858, 82326

            Submission for OMB review; comment request, 43297

        Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

            National Medal of Technology Nomination Evaluation

            Committee, 4946, 49547

        Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

            Technology Administration Fellows Program, 5324

        Meetings:

            National Medal of Technology Nomination Evaluation

            Committee, 30092

        National Medal of Technology Award Program; nominations, 52412

        Senior Executive Service:

            Performance Review Board; membership, 48972

        Technology Demonstration Center, joint public-sector private-

        sector; establishment, 47968

            Exhibits selection criteria and other clarifications,

            63569

*****

Tennessee Valley Authority

    RULES

        Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 16513

        Nondiscrimination on basis of sex in federally assisted

        education programs or activities, 52858

    PROPOSED RULES

        Nondiscrimination on basis of race, color, national origin,

        handicap, or age in federally assisted programs or activities,

        76460

        Semi-annual agenda, 23754, 74800

        Tennessee River system; construction approval and regulation

        of structures:

            Residential related use on TVA-controlled residential

            access shoreline and TVA flowage easement shoreline, 56821

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Proposed collection; comment request, 158, 17331, 25015,

            49283, 50584

            Submission for OMB review; comment request, 30667, 40160,

            57641, 67033

        Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

            Regional Resource Stewardship Council, 7094

        Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

            Greene County, TN; Nolichucky Dam and Reservoir; flood

            remediation, 1940

            Haywood County, TN; Greenfield Sites; electric generation

            for peaking and baseload capacity, 30469

            Rhea and Hamilton Counties, TN; tritium production for

            Energy Department, 26259

            Tellico Reservoir, TN; land management plan, 65892

            Tims Ford Reservoir, TN; land management and disposition

            plan, 67033

        Environmental statements; notice of intent:

            Greenfield Sites, MS; electric generation peaking capacity

            addition, 47817

            Guntersville Reservoir, Jackson and Marshall Counties, AL,

            et al., 79912

            Hardin County, TN; Montana Land Co, L.L.C., land exchange,

            65369

            Hartsville Nuclear Plant, TN, 81947

            Land Between the Lakes, TN and KY; public use plan;

            cancellation, 31624

        Federal land and resource management:

            Watershed management; unified Federal policy, 62566

        Meetings:

            Regional Resource Stewardship Council, 11362, 25015,

            36754, 42743, 55072, 61210

        Meetings; Sunshine Act, 4013, 8469, 16238, 20506, 26870,

        38020, 44090, 51891, 57642, 63284, 68170

        Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

            Electric generating stations; routine maintenance, 35154

*****

Textile Agreements Implementation Committee

    See Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

*****

Thrift Supervision Office

    RULES

        Consumer financial information; privacy requirements, 35162

        Federal Deposit Insurance Act:

            Depository institution insurance sales; consumer

            protections, 75822

        Operations:

            Government securities transfer and repurchase, 16302

                Effective date, 30527

        Practice and procedure in adjudicatory proceedings:

            Civil monetary penalties; inflation adjustment, 61260

        Repurchases of stock by recently-converted savings

        associations, mutual holding company dividend waivers, and

        Gramm-Leach-Biley Act changes, 43088, 60095

        Technical amendments, 78900

    PROPOSED RULES

        Application processing, 66118

        Capital; leverage and risk-based capital and capital adequacy

        guidelines, capital maintenance, residual interests, etc.,

        57993

        Consumer financial information; privacy requirements, 8770

        Fair Credit Reporting Act; implementation, 63120

        Federal Deposit Insurance Act:

            Customer information safeguard standards establishment;

            and safety and soundness standards Year 2000 guidelines

            rescission, 39472

            Depository institution insurance sales; consumer

            protections, 50882

        Federal savings association bylaws; integrity of directors,

        66116

        Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act; implementation:

            Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)-related agreements;

            disclosure and reporting, 31962

        Lending and investments:

            Responsible alternative mortgage lending, 17811

        Mutual savings associations, mutual holding company

        reorganizations, and conversions from mutual to stock form,

        43092, 60123

        Non-complex institutions; simplified capital framework, 66193

        Operations:

            Government securities transfer and repurchase, 16350

        Risk-based capital:

            Recourse and direct credit substitutes, 12320

            Securities firms; claims, 76180

        Savings and loan holding companies:

            Significant transactions or activities and capital

            adequacy review, 64392, 77528

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Proposed collection; comment request, 2456, 5724, 11108,

            12318, 14341, 14342, 15042, 16457, 21801, 26658, 35158,

            40727, 45130, 48049, 49863, 65898, 68171, 77427, 80989

            Submission for OMB review; comment request, 1229, 1431,

            1432, 1433, 1434, 7923, 24729, 35426, 50742, 51645, 51646,

            53805, 54602, 60251, 60252

        Receiver appointments:

            Mutual Federal Savings Bank of Atlanta, 14342

        Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

            Finger Lakes Bancorp, Inc., et al., 59257

            First Federal Bancshares, Inc., 43085

            Florida First Bancorp, 67795

            Lawrence Financial Holdings, Inc., 69608

*****

Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Agency

    See Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

*****

Trade and Development Agency

    NOTICES

        Senior Executive Service:

            Performance Review Board; membership, 70865

*****

Trade Representative, Office of United States

    RULES

        Tariff-rate quota amount determinations:

            Lamb meat, 40049

    NOTICES

        African Growth and Opportunity Act; implementation:

            Sub-Saharan African countries; benefits eligibility

            criteria, 38021

        Bilateral free trade agreements:

            Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 37594

        Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act:

            Beneficiary countries; preferential treatment list, 9038,

            78527

        Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act; determinations:

            Belize et al., 60236

            Guyana, 69988

        Free Trade Area of Americas:

            Electronic commerce; U.S. private sector expert

            identification, 10847, 47818

            Trade process negotiations; comment request, 38872

        Generalized System of Preferences:

            1999 Annual product and country eligibility practices

            review_

                Petitions submission deadline and hearings schedule,

                18418

            2000 Annual Country Eligibility Practices Review_

                Petitions submission deadline, 41514

            Bangladeshi products; duty-free treatment limitations,

            38022

            Belarus; withdrawal of benefits; and country practices

            review; comments deadline, etc., 7410, 11104

            Beneficiary developing countries; designation criteria_

                Sub-Saharan African countries, 33858

            Competitive need limitations; import statistics; comment

            request, 7586

            Copper wire bars from_

                Russia, 39463

            India; product eligibility list changes, 65370

            Nigeria; beneficiary developing country designation

            criteria, 25972, 26877

            Swaziland; duty-free treatment withdrawn due to failure to

            provide worker rights; comment request, 54099

        Government-funded airport construction projects; list of

        countries denying fair market opportunities, 26651

        Harmonized Tariff Schedule:

            Rectification, 16449

            Technical corrections, 13815

        Intellectual property rights protection, countries denying;

        identification, 1424, 26652

        Meetings:

            Customs Matters Industry Functional Advisory Committee,

            65037

            Electronic Commerce Industry Functional Advisory

            Committee, 2453, 4860

            Environmental review of trade agreements; E.O. 13141

            implementation guidelines, 42743

            Industry Sector Advisory Committees_

                Services, 9039, 64737, 67788, 76703

                Small and Minority Business, 16450, 19037, 42418,

                46545, 64275

            Industry Sector and Functional Advisory Committees,

            Chairs, 66800

            North American Free Trade Agreement Sanitary and

            Phytosanitary Committee, 50729

            Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee, 15679,

            42418, 68170

            Trade Policy and Negotiations Advisory Committee, 9039

        Nongovernmental organizations; trade policy advice, procedures

        for obtaining; comment request, 19423

        North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA):

            Accelerated tariff eliminations; third round

            implementation, 70757

            Harmonized Tariff Schedule; rules of origin;

            rectifications, 10590

        Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

            Andean Trade Preferences Act; comment request; report to

            Congress, 48041

            Discrimination in foreign government procurement pursuant

            to Executive Order 13116 (Title VII), 26652

            Foreign Trade Barriers; National Trade Estimate Report;

            comment request, 65037

            Trade agreements; environmental review; Executive Order

            13141 implementation; comment request, 79442

            Trade expansion priorities pursuant to Executive Order

            13116 (Super 301), 26262

        Senior Executive Service:

            Performance Review Board; membership, 8469

        Tariff-rate quota amount determinations:

            Beef from New Zealand, 64275, 75763

            Raw cane sugar, refined sugar, and sugar-containing

            products, 58837

        Trade agreements; environmental review; Executive Order 13141

        implementation; comment request, 8756

        Trade Policy Staff Committee:

            Free Trade Area of Americas; environmental review, 75763

            Softwood lumber practices in Canada and softwood lumber

            trade between United States and Canada; comment request,

            11363

            U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement, 78253

            United States-Israel Agreement on Trade in Agricultural

            Products; comment request, 75334

            United States-Jordan Free Trade Agreement; environmental

            review, 39976, 58342

            United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement;

            environmental review and comment request, 71197, 80982

        Unfair trade practices, petitions, etc.:

            Canada_

                Tourism and sport fishing, 7606

                Wheat trading practices, 69362

            Foreign country practices and foreign countries engaging

            in discriminatory government procurement practices;

            identification; comment request, 4860

        United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act;

        implementation:

            Caribbean Basin countries; benefits eligibility criteria,

            38023

        United States-European Transatlantic Economic Partnership Act;

        implementation:

            Services trade, 49623

        United States-Israel Free Trade Area Implementation Act:

            Qualifying industrial zones; designation, 64472, 77688

        World Trade Organization:

            Belgium and United States; consultations regarding

            measures affecting imported rice, 64472

            Canada and U.S.; consultations regarding measures treating

            export restraints as subsidies, 35969

            Countervailing duty measures concerning certain products

            from_

                European Communities and U.S.; consultations regarding

                countervailing duty measures concerning certain

                products, 76336

            Dispute settlement panel establishment requests_

                Argentina; patent and test data protection, 36497

                Brazil; customs valuation regime, 36500

                Brazil; patent protection, 36498

                Dispute settlement roster of panel candidates;

                nominations, 15033

                European Communities; registration or enforcement of

                trademarks, trade-names, or commercial names by Cuban

                entities or successors, etc., 69599

                European Communities; trademarks, trade-names, or

                commercial names associated with businesses

                confiscated without compensation by Cuba, 46999

                India; motor vehicle sector; trade and investment,

                37595

                Japan; hot-rolled steel products, 35970

                Korea; line pipe, 41515

                Korea; stainless steel plate in coils and stainless

                steel sheet and strip in coils; antidumping duties,

                4861

                Malaysia; shrimp and shrimp products import

                restrictions, 69118

                Mexico; telecommunications trade barriers, 52469

                Pakistan; combed cotton yarn; transitional safeguard

                measure, 34526

                Romania; minimum import prices use for customs

                valuation purposes, 36499

            European Communities_

                Banana importation, sale, and distribution regime, and

                meat and meat products measures, 34786

                Consultations regarding U.S. line pipe and wire rod

                safeguard measures, 81556

                Tariff consultations, 34525

            Germany; consultations regarding countervailing duties on

            corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products, 75999

            Institutional improvements; civil society operations and

            outreach, transparency, 36501

            Mandated multilateral trade negotiations on agriculture

            and services; future access negotiations on non-

            agricultural goods; comment request, 16450

            Mexico; consultations regarding measures affecting trade

            in live swine, 48541

            Philippines; Motor Vehicle Development Program; tariff

            advantages, 37596

            Telecommunications trade agreements, compliance; comment

            request, 1220

            Trade Agreements Act; government procurement thresholds,

            17332

*****

Transportation Department

    See Coast Guard

    See Federal Aviation Administration

    See Federal Highway Administration

    See Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

    See Federal Railroad Administration

    See Federal Transit Administration

    See Maritime Administration

    See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

    See Office of Motor Carrier Safety

    See Research and Special Programs Administration

    See Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

    See Surface Transportation Board

    See Transportation Statistics Bureau

    RULES

        Air travel; nondiscrimination on basis of disability:

            Seating accommodations and collapsible electric wheelchair

            stowage; correction, 352

        Computer reservation systems, carrier-owned

            Expiration date extension, 16808

        Disadvantaged business enterprises participation in DOT

        financial assistance programs; threshold requirements and

        other technical revisions, 68949

        Federal claims collection:

            Civil monetary penalties; inflation adjustment, 61089

        Nondiscrimination on basis of sex in federally assisted

        education programs or activities, 52858

        Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

            Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration;

            establishment, 220

            Maritime Administrator, 34105

            National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Federal

            Motor Vehicle Safety Administration Administrators, 41014

            Operating Administrations et al.; hazardous materials

            transportation programs, 49763

        Privacy Act; implementation; correction, 48184

        Procedural regulations:

            Practice rules in proceedings, 6446

                Correction, 7418

        Shipping traffic restrictions:

            North Korea; repeal, 38164

        Smoking aboard aircraft, 36772

        Standard time zone boundaries:

            Kentucky, 50154

        Surface transportation projects; credit assistance, 44936

        Uniform administrative requirements for grants and agreements

        with institutions of higher education, hospitals, and other

        non-profit organizations, 14406

        Workplace drug and alcohol testing programs:

            Procedures; revision, 79462

    PROPOSED RULES

        Americans with Disabilities Act; implementation:

            Accessibility guidelines; conforming amendments, 48444

        Computer reservation systems, carrier-owned, 11009

            Internet use for airline distribution, 45551

        Disadvantaged business enterprise participation in DOT

        financial assistance programs; airport concessions, 54454

        Economic regulations:

            Revenue and nonrevenue passengers; definitions, 50946

        Nondiscrimination on basis of race, color, national origin,

        handicap, or age in federally assisted programs or activities,

        76460

        Semi-annual agenda, 23092, 74134

        Surface transportation projects; credit assistance, 34428

        Workplace drug and alcohol testing programs:

            Procedures; revisions_

                Electronic public discussion forum, 15118

                Meetings, 2573, 13261

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Proposed collection; comment request, 5386, 10590, 20507,

            31048, 31049, 55072

            Submission for OMB review; comment request, 24530, 49624,

            49860, 50585, 63111

        Air carriers:

            Passengers involved in aircraft accidents; plans to

            address family needs, 38623

        Aviation proceedings:

            Agreements filed; weekly receipts, 547, 4014, 5387, 6247,

            6686, 7412, 9304, 11364, 16239, 20843, 25972, 25973,

            30180, 30181, 31624, 34527, 37197, 37597, 39977, 41516,

            44561, 46759, 49053, 49284, 53795, 55072, 56608, 66280,

            66281, 69120, 69989, 78254

            Certificates of public convenience and necessity and

            foreign air carrier permits; weekly applications, 4014,

            5387, 6247, 7412, 11364, 16240, 25973, 25974, 30181,

            30182, 37597, 39977, 41516, 44561, 46760, 53796, 53797,

            56609, 66281, 66282, 66283, 69121, 78255

            Hearings, etc._

                Air-Serv., Inc., et al., 48542

                American International Airways et al., 65893

                Ameristar Air Cargo, Inc., 5387

                Atlantic Coast Jet, Inc., 5387

                Cardinal Airlines, Inc., 5925

                Farwest Airlines, LLC, 45814

                Northwest Seaplanes, Inc., 43800

                Pan Am Services, 57228

                Paradise Island Airlines, Inc., et al., 70629

                Servicios Aereos Profesionales, Inc., 44091

                Smokey Bay Air, Inc., 20507

                Spernak Airways, Inc., 8231

                Trans Borinquen Air, Inc., 24250

                Trans International Express, 58141

        Central Contractor Registration System; intent to use, 44847

        Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

            Categories of Delay for Air Carrier On-Time Reporting

            Advisory Committee, 63285

        Deepwater port licenses:

            Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, LLC (LOOP), 37814

        Disadvantaged business enterprises participation in DOT

        financial assistance programs; inflationary adjustment, 52470

        Docket Management System; comment request, 56976

        Foreign air carriers:

            Passengers involved in aircraft accidents; plans to

            address family needs, 38624

        Global positioning system receivers; potential for

        interference from ultra-wideband devices; test plan

            Comment request, 38874

            Response to comment, 64473

        Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

            Major surface transportation projects; Transportation

            Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act credit

            assistance, 44941

            Transportation Equity Act for 21st Century_

                Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation

                Act of 1998; eligible surface transportation projects;

                credit assistance, 30182

        Meetings:

            Amtrak Reform Council, 1651

            Aviation, Marine, and Land Radionavigation Users

            Conference, 6437

            Categories of Delay for Air Carrier On-Time Reporting

            Advisory Committee, 63285

            Electronic drug testing information roundtable, 45815

            Minority Business Resource Center Advisory Committee,

            14640, 17936

            NAFTA Land Transportation Standards Subcommittee and

            Transportation Consultative Group; annual plenary session,

            52156

            Partnership Council, 9304, 34527

            Transportation Partnership Council, 76000

        Privacy Act:

            Systems of records, 19476, 83124

        Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

            Alternative dispute resolution; policy statement, 69121

            Federal Radionavigation Plan, 10142

        Secretarial determinations:

            Port-Au-Prince International Airport, Haiti; notification

            of effective security measures, 7903

        Senior Executive Service:

            Performance Review Boards; membership, 39463

        Transportation workplace drug and alcohol testing programs;

        procedures, 45815

*****

Transportation Statistics Bureau

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Proposed collection; comment request, 552, 553, 554, 555,

            5929, 19961, 57425, 57426

            Submission for OMB review; comment request, 3531, 19962,

            26275, 30189, 38317, 44093, 80484

        Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

            Transportation Statistics Research Program, 13819, 69803,

            76004

        Meetings:

            Transportation Statistics Advisory Council, 17000, 63117

        Motor carriers:

            Financial and operating information; public release of

            reports; exemption requests, 12316, 37457, 39223, 54339

*****

Treasury Department

    See Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau

    See Community Development Financial Institutions Fund

    See Comptroller of the Currency

    See Customs Service

    See Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

    See Fiscal Service

    See Foreign Assets Control Office

    See Internal Revenue Service

    See Public Debt Bureau

    See Secret Service

    See Thrift Supervision Office

    RULES

        Balanced Budget Act of 1997; implementation:

            District of Columbia retirement plans; Federal benefit

            payments, 77500, 80752

        Bank holding companies and change in bank control:

            Merchant banking investments, 16460

        Currency and foreign transactions; financial reporting and

        recordkeeping requirements:

            Bank Secrecy Act; implementation_

                Currency transactions reporting requirement;

                exemptions, 46356

                Money transmitters and money order and traveler's

                check issuers, sellers, and redeemers; suspicious

                transactions reporting requirement, 13683

        Federal claims collection standards, 70390

        Financial subsidiaries:

            Comparable ratings requirement for national banks among

            second 50 largest insured banks, 15050

            Financial activities; determination procedures, 14819

        Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 40503

        Internal Revenue Service Privacy Act; implementation, 56791

        Nondiscrimination on basis of sex in federally assisted

        education programs or activities, 52858

        Privacy Act; implementation, 2333, 69865

            Correction, 76005

        Resolution Funding Corporation operations, 12064

    PROPOSED RULES

        Practice before Internal Revenue Service, 30375

        Privacy Act; implementation, 63824

            Internal Revenue Service, 21165

        Semi-annual agenda, 23288, 74324

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Proposed collection; comment request, 11366, 17341, 19812,

            19813, 37599, 37600, 37601, 37602, 41746, 46041, 60246,

            64743

            Submission for OMB review; comment request, 162, 163, 806,

            1229, 1426, 4631, 7100, 7101, 8232, 10149, 10150, 10151,

            10595, 13076, 13414, 13415, 15035, 15036, 15683, 15684,

            16456, 16687, 16688, 16689, 17001, 18146, 18147, 20264,

            21234, 21235, 21801, 24726, 24727, 24729, 26244, 26275,

            26276, 30475, 31958, 31959, 33882, 33883, 33884, 33885,

            33886, 35156, 35157, 35420, 36503, 36504, 37827, 38627,

            38628, 38884, 39223, 39224, 39469, 40163, 40726, 42060,

            42061, 43401, 45127, 45128, 46041, 46042, 46044, 46196,

            47822, 47823, 48281, 49636, 50742, 51897, 51898, 51900,

            54100, 54101, 55676, 56611, 57652, 57653, 57654, 57858,

            57859, 58605, 58606, 59044, 59893, 61021, 62808, 62809,

            64278, 64279, 64280, 66299, 66300, 66301, 67474, 69992,

            69993, 70759, 75335, 75336, 76345, 76346, 76347, 77425,

            77426, 78532, 80485, 80486

        Bonds, Treasury:

            8 1/4 percent bonds (2000-2005); call for redemption, 3006

        Boycotts, international:

            Countries requiring cooperation; list, 17002, 43084,

            59893, 79459

        Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

            Customs Service Commercial Operations Advisory Committee,

            31059

            International Child Labor Enforcement Advisory Committee,

            11831

        Financial privacy and bankruptcy study; comment request,

        46735, 54301

        Foreign portfolio investment holdings in United States;

        survey; reporting requirements, 2671

        Meetings:

            Community Adjustment and Investment Program Advisory

            Committee, 17549, 70632

            Customs Service Commercial Operations Treasury Advisory

            Committee, 2224, 21236, 41747, 56362, 70382

            Debt Management Advisory Committee, 1948, 17943, 41124,

            60251

            International Child Labor Enforcement Advisory Committee,

            15685

            International Financial Institution Advisory Commission,

            3269

            International Monetary Fund Advisory Committee, 3270,

            37207, 76004

        Notes, Treasury:

            Government securities; large position reports, call for; 5

            3/4 percent notes (August 2010), 56020

        Privacy Act:

            Systems of records, 53083, 53085, 54599, 78261, 78263

        Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

            Mandatory subordinated debt; feasibility and

            appropriateness, 13077

            Treasury Telework and Flexiplace Program, 65373

        Senior Executive Service:

            Combined Performance Review Board; membership, 53803

            Departmental Performance Review Board; membership, 51406,

            54601

            Legal Division Performance Review Board; membership,

            33612, 64475

        Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act;

        implementation:

            Payments to persons holding categories of judgments

            against Cuba or Iran, 65374

*****

Truman, Harry S., Scholarship Foundation

    See Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation

*****

Twenty-First Century Workforce Commission

    NOTICES

        Hearings, 2457, 3537, 9306, 10596, 15406

        Meetings, 16242, 37466, 37467

*****

U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission

    NOTICES

        Hearings, 7416, 19043

*****

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

    NOTICES

        Meetings; Sunshine Act, 19880, 46905, 63573, 82328

*****

United States Institute of Peace

    NOTICES

        Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

            Solicited grants_

                2001 Solicited Grant Competition Program; themes and

                topics, 53805

            Unsolicited grants_

                Fall competition program, 39982

                Spring competition program, 4632

        Meetings; Sunshine Act, 1674, 11834, 36508, 51900, 65899

*****

United States Sentencing Commission

    NOTICES

        Sentencing guidelines and policy statements for Federal

        courts, 2663, 6434, 7080, 26880, 36880, 50034, 66792, 80474

*****

Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission

    NOTICES

        Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

            Central Utah Project_

                Diamond Fork System; action modifications, 37831

        Environmental statements; notice of intent:

            Central Utah Project_

                Millard County, UT; warm-water sportfish and native

                aquatic species hatchery construction, 61214

*****

Veterans Affairs Department

    RULES

        Adjudication; pensions, compensation, dependency, etc,:

            Children suffering from spina bifida who are children of

            Vietnam veterans, 35280

            Dependency and indemnity compensation benefits for

            survivors of veterans rated totally disabled at time of

            death, 3388

            Dependent entitlement to monetary benefits; definition of

            child, 12116

            Eligibility reporting requirements, 16827

            Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act;

            implementation, 43699

        Board of Veterans Appeals:

            Appeals regulations and rules of practice_

                Case docketing, 14471

            Veterans law judges; new title for Board members, 55461

        Medical benefits:

            Nursing home care of veterans in State homes; per diem

            payments, 962

            VA payment for non-VA public or private hospital care and

            non-VA physician services that are associated with either

            outpatient or inpatient care, 66636

            Veterans' medical care or services; reasonable charges,

            65906

        National Service Life Insurance:

            Premium payment; clarification, 7436

                Correction, 19658

            Term-capped policies; cash values, 54798

        Nondiscrimination on basis of sex in federally assisted

        education programs or activities, 52858

        Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

            Board of Veterans Appeals; Office of Counsel to Chairman

            title change to Office of Senior Deputy Vice Chairman,

            1544

        Outer burial receptacles; monetary allowances, 76937

        Veterans Special Life Insurance:

            Term-capped policies; cash values, 54798

        Vocational rehabilitation and education:

            Reservists education_

                Monthly verification of enrollment and other reports,

                61100

            Veterans education_

                Educational assistance programs; new criteria for

                approving courses, 81740

                Educational Assistance Test Program; increased

                allowances, 13693, 18151

                Flight courses for educational assistance programs;

                approval criteria, 12117

                Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty; eligibility and

                entitlement issues, 67265, 80329

                Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty; eligibility criteria,

                etc., 5785

                Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty; modified eligibility

                criteria, 20745

                Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty; rates payable

                increase, 44979

                Montgomery GI Bill-Selected Reserve; rates payable

                increase, 59127, 60499

                Montgomery GI Bill_Active Duty; rates payable

                increase, 55192

            Veterans training_

                Subsistence allowance rates, 51763, 60724

    PROPOSED RULES

        Adjudication; pensions, compensation, dependency, etc.:

            Benefit claims decisions; review, 8329

            Claims based on tobacco product effects, 7807

            Individual born with spina bifida whose biological father

            or mother is Vietnam veteran; criteria for monetary

            allowance, 13254

            Post-traumatic stress disorder claims based on personal

            assault, 61132

            Proof of service; evidence certification, 39580

            Signature by mark, 45952

        Adult day health care of veterans in State homes; per diem

        payment mechanism, 39835

        Board of Veterans Appeals:

            Appeals regulations and rules of practice_

                Subpoenas; clarification, 7468

        Disabilities rating schedule:

            Liver disabilities, 48205

        Loan guaranty:

            Advertising and solicitation requirements, 76957

            Net value and pre-foreclosure debt waivers, 46882

        National and State cemeteries; interment or memorialization

        prohibition due to commission of capital crimes, 45332

        National Service Life Insurance and Veterans Special Life

        Insurance:

            Term capped policies; cash value, 7467

        Nondiscrimination on basis of race, color, national origin,

        handicap, or age in federally assisted programs or activities,

        76460

        Outer burial receptacles; monetary allowances, 20787

        Semi-annual agenda, 23386, 74428

        Servicemembers' and veterans' group life insurance:

            Accelerated benefits option, 44999

        Vocational rehabilitation and education:

            Veterans education_

                Educational assistance programs; new criteria for

                approving courses, 4914

                Flight-training programs; information collection,

                17477

    NOTICES

        Agency information collection activities:

            Proposed collection; comment request, 2458, 2459, 2460,

            4017, 7923, 12626, 12627, 14648, 16243, 16244, 16245,

            17005, 17006, 18150, 19433, 19434, 25977, 25978, 26661,

            31209, 34531, 35159, 35699, 36219, 37603, 38318, 38319,

            39231, 39647, 43838, 44094, 44096, 50275, 50276, 51901,

            53090, 53091, 53092, 53093, 53094, 55678, 55679, 55680,

            57434, 57654, 61379, 61380, 70877, 70878

            Submission for OMB review; comment request, 1675, 5021,

            5022, 6443, 7612, 7613, 7924, 12317, 16246, 17705, 19435,

            19436, 19816, 20849, 31210, 35159, 35699, 35700, 35701,

            35702, 36220, 37604, 37605, 39231, 39982, 43839, 45131,

            50277, 50278, 50279, 54340, 54341, 54342, 54343, 57434,

            61380, 61381, 65899, 65902, 65903, 70878, 70879

        Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

            Education Advisory Committee, 70879

            Environmental Hazards Advisory Committee, 43839

            Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee, 55681

            Minority Veterans Advisory Committee, 25430

            Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs Advisory

            Committee, 51057

            Special Medical Advisory Group, 16246

            Veterans Affairs Department Facilities Structural Safety

            Advisory Committee, 35702

        Cost-of-living adjustments and headstone or marker allowance

        rate, 5930

        Disciplinary Appeals Board Panel; roster of employees

        availability for review and comment, 46550

        Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

            Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program, 7103, 19436

        Legal interpretations; General Counsel-precedent opinions:

            Veterans benefits under VA administered laws; summary,

            6256, 33421

                Republication, 34531

        Means test thresholds; cost-of-living adjustments,

        Medical benefits:

            Veterans' medical care or services; reasonable charges;

            methodology for calculating charges, 65911

        Meetings:

            Cemeteries and Memorials Advisory Committee, 16246, 51058

            Education Advisory Committee, 14649

            Environmental Hazards Advisory Committee, 39982, 64743

            Former Prisoners of War Advisory Committee, 32150, 65904

            Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee, 54885

            Medical Research Service Merit Review Committee, 12628,

            51901

            Minority Veterans Advisory Committee, 17551, 33887, 65904

            National Research Advisory Council, 65042

            Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs Advisory

            Committee, 21238, 52474

            Rehabilitation Advisory Committee, 36508, 64477, 69808

            Rehabilitation Research and Development Service Scientific

            Merit Review Board, 45828Reader Aids

            Research and Development Cooperative Studies Evaluation

            Committee, 59257

            Scientific Review and Evaluation Board for Health Services

            Research and Development Service, 5023, 12629, 52474,

            67476

            Special Medical Advisory Group, 16247, 52162

            Veterans Affairs Department Facilities Structural Safety

            Advisory Committee, 38885

            Veterans Readjustment Advisory Committee, 7417, 33888

            Voluntary Service National Advisory Committee, 20850,

            59258

            Women Veterans Advisory Committee, 14649, 36884, 61382

        Nondiscrimination on basis of sex in federally assisted

        education programs or activities; Federal financial assistance

        covered by Title IX, 79459

        Outer burial receptacle; private purchase in lieu of

        government-furnished graveliner in VA national cemetery;

        monetary allowance, 77073

        Poverty threshold (1999); weighted average, 79160

        Privacy Act:

            Computer matching programs, 13416, 25978, 46550, 46551,

            49864, 61022

            Systems of records, 20850, 25531, 25534, 25979, 31370,

            33614, 37605, 44097, 45131, 45137, 46551, 55681, 61022,

            70632, 81572

        Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

            Special Medical Advisory Group; annual report, 21238

        Senior Executive Service:

            Performance Review Boards; membership, 57655

*****

Veterans Employment and Training, Office of Assistant Secretary

    PROPOSED RULES

        Annual report from Federal contractors, 59684

    NOTICES

        Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

            Homeless Veterans Reintegration Projects, 5898

            Job Training Partnership Act_

                Native American Competitive Grants, 13026

            Rural Homeless Veterans Reintegration Projects, 41493

            Workforce Investment Programs, 24513

        Meetings:

            Veterans Employment and Training Advisory Committee, 31195

*****

Vice President of the United States

    PROPOSED RULES

        Regulatory Plan statement, 73303

*****

Victims of Crime Office

    NOTICES

        Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

            Children's Justice Act Partnerships for Indian

            Communities, 61189

*****

Western Area Power Administration

    RULES

        Energy Planning and Management Program:

            Integrated resource planning approval criteria, 16789

    NOTICES

        Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

            Energy Planning and Management Program, 16389

            Sundance Energy Project, AZ; public scoping meetings,

            61160

        Environmental statements; notice of intent:

            Big Sandy Project, Mohave County, AZ, 20811

            Sacramento Area Voltage Support Project, CA, 48496

            Sundance Energy Project, Coolidge, AZ; electric generating

            facility construction and interconnection with existing

            transmission line, 53289

        Floodplain and wetlands protection; environmental review

        determinations; availability, etc.:

            Blythe Energy Project; power interconnection to agency's

            transmission system, 46453

            Loveland, CO; Boyd-Valley 115-kV transmission line rebuild

            and upgrade project, 81858

            Shasta County, CA; Captain Jack-Olinda 500-kilovolt (kV)

            transmission line, 53290

        Loveland Area Projects; post-2004 resource pool; allocation

        procedures, etc., 12987, 52419

        Power marketing plans:

            Sierra Nevada Customer Service Region; 2005 Resource Pool,

            35630, 36509, 45976

        Power rate adjustments:

            Boulder Canyon Project; firm power services base charge

            and rates, 12990, 60932

            Central Arizona Project, 33541, 77368

            Central Valley and California-Oregon Transmission

            Projects, 11569, 66989

            Loveland Area Projects, CO, 16588, 44044

            Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project,

            36132, 52423

            Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program; Eastern Division,

            16588, 44045

            Provo River Project, 11300

            Salt Lake City Area Integrated Projects; firm power rate

            formula adder, 66995, 77372

            Washoe Project, 16390, 53290

        Salt Lake City Area Integrated Projects; power allocation

        procedures and call for applications; post-2004 resource pool,

        11303