FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1998
 
 
 
 
 
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 Occupational Safety and Health Administration 
 
     RULES 
 
         Construction safety and health standards: 
 
             Asbestos; occupational exposure, 35137 
 
             Federal regulatory reform, 33450 
 
             Scaffolds -- 
 
                 Effective date and reporting and recordkeeping 
 requirements, 3813 
 
                 Training requirements; CFR correction, 1919 
 
         Safety and health standards, etc.: 
 
             Federal regulatory reform, 33450 
 
             Methylene chloride; occupational exposure, 50712 
 
             Permit-required confined spaces, 66018 
 
             Powered industrial truck operator training requirements, 
 66238 
 
             Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 13338, 17093 
 
             Respiratory protection, 1152 
 
                 Correction, 20098 
 
                 Respirator cartridge and canister change-out 
 schedules; meeting, 39029 
 
         Shipyard employment safety and health standards: 
 
             Asbestos; occupational exposure, 35137 
 
         State plans; development, enforcement, etc.: 
 
             Arizona 
 
                 Concrete and asphalt batch plants connected to mines; 
 Federal enforcement level change, 53280 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Construction safety and health standards: 
 
             Steel erection, 43452 
 
         Fire Protection for Shipyard Employment Negotiated Rulemaking 
 Advisory Committee: 
 
             Meetings, 27698 
 
         Safety and health standards, etc.: 
 
             Cotton dust standard; meeting, 34140 
 
             Dipping and coating operations (dip tanks), 16918 
 
             Grain handling facilities standard; meeting, 34139 
 
             Methylene chloride; occupational exposure, 24501 
 
             Tuberculosis; occupational exposure 
 
                 Meetings, 5905 
 
         Shipyard employment safety and health standards: 
 
             Fire Protection for Shipyard Employment Negotiated 
 Rulemaking Advisory Committee -- 
 
                 Meetings, 4426, 41755 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 3155, 3156, 4674, 
 5572, 10047, 11311, 12509, 13073, 19518, 19519, 19520, 26211, 27595, 
 27596, 27597, 28004, 31231, 33711, 33712, 33713, 33715, 34931, 34932, 
 34933, 37415, 37907, 40319, 41298, 42067, 43423, 43424, 48249, 64972, 
 67702, 70434 
 
         Bloodborne pathogens; occupational exposure; information 
 request, 48250 
 
         Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: 
 
             Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and 
 Health, 9861, 43425 
 
             Occupational Safety and Health National Advisory 
 Committee, 20217 
 
         Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Susan Harwood training program, 25871 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Construction Safety and Health Advisory Committee, 14139, 
 36449, 50603 
 
             Environmental tobacco smoke; occupational exposure; risk 
 assessment methodology, 34934 
 
             Environmental tobacco smoke exposure in hospitality 
 industry; ventilation engineering controls; technical workshop, 29035 
 
             Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and 
 Health, 3590, 45867, 66202, 71656 
 
             Metalworking Fluids Standards Advisory Committee, 9862, 
 13435, 30258, 50928, 64739 
 
             Occupational Safety and Health Federal Advisory Council, 
 47041 
 
             Occupational Safety and Health National Advisory 
 Committee, 2421, 17020, 38430, 54501 
 
         Nationally recognized testing laboratories, etc.: 
 
             Communication Certification Laboratory, 16279 
 
             Detroit Testing Laboratory, Inc., 20661 
 
             Electro-Test, Inc., 63083 
 
             Entela, Inc., 19275, 37416, 63084 
 
             Intertek Testing Services, NA, Inc., 1126, 69676 
 
             MET Laboratories, Inc., 63085 
 
             National Technical Systems, 46079, 68306 
 
             NSF International, 46082, 68309 
 
             SGS U.S. Testing Co., Inc., 27598, 46084, 69683 
 
             Southwest Research Institute, 63086 
 
             TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc., 1127, 16280 
 
             Wyle Laboratories, Inc., 2700 
 
         Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 8693, 28005, 37417, 
 48248, 64528, 65813 
 
         Safety and health standards, etc.: 
 
             Respiratory protection 
 
                 Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 53103 
 
         Variance applications, etc.: 
 
             Dixie Divers, Inc., 579 
 
 
 
 
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 Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Practice and procedure: 
 
             Settlement Judge procedure; settlement part procedure 
 addition; pilot program, 10166, 19435 
 
 
 
 
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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 the Special Counsel 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Semi-annual agenda, 62576 
 
 
 
 
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 Office of United States Trade Representative 
 
     See Trade Representative, Office of United States 
 
 
 
 
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 Overseas Private Investment Corporation 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Administrative provisions: 
 
             Legal proceedings; production of nonpublic records and 
 testimony of OPIC employees, 68213 
 
         Semi-annual agenda, 22842, 62578 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 19946, 26208, 32896 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 35279, 38847, 
 45091 
 
         Environmental Handbook; current environmental policies and 
 procedures; publication and electronic access; comment request, 9696 
 
         Hearings, 66198 
 
         Meetings; Sunshine Act, 9861, 29023, 47519, 51095, 65812 
 
         Privacy Act: 
 
             Systems of records, 37411 
  
 
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 Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Northwest conservation and electric power plan and addendum; 
 adoption, 42083 
 
 
 
 
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 Panama Canal Commission 
 
     RULES 
 
         Organization, functions, and authority delegations: 
 
             Supervising Inspector; references deleted, 2141 
 
         Shipping and navigation: 
 
             Canal toll rates and vessel measurement rules -- 
 
                 Small vessels transiting Canal; fixed minimum toll 
 rate, 23220 
 
             Tolls for use of canal -- 
 
                 Small vessels paying not more than $1,500; commercial 
 credit card use option, 29613 
 
             Vessels carrying dangerous packaged goods; and Board of 
 Local Inspectors; composition and functions, 18836 
 
                 Correction, 33853 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Semi-annual agenda, 22844, 62580 
 
         Shipping and navigation: 
 
             Canal tolls rates and vessel measurement rules -- 
 
             Marine accidents; investigations, control, responsibility, 
 56589 
 
             Small vessels transiting Canal; fixed minimum toll rate, 
 186 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 33419 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 12844, 48772 
 
 
 
 
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 Parole Commission 
 
     RULES 
 
         Federal prisoners; paroling and releasing, etc.: 
 
             District of Columbia Code -- 
 
                 Incorporation into Parale Commission regulations, 
 39172 
 
                 Prisoners serving sentences, 57060 
 
             Expedited revocation procedure for parole violators, 25769 
 
             Parole violation warrants; electronic issuance, 25770 
 
             Public sector information; definition, 25771 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Federal prisoners; paroling and releasing, etc.: 
 
             District of Columbia Code; prisoners serving sentences, 
 17771 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Meetings; Sunshine Act, 15889, 17215, 34930, 36444, 36445, 
 43729, 51959, 53702 
 
 
 
 
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 Patent and Trademark Office 
 
     RULES 
 
         Patent cases: 
 
             Continued prosecution application practice; changes, 5732, 
 36184 
 
             Fee revisions (1999 FY), 39731, 67578 
 
                 Correction, 46891 
 
                 Effective date delay, 52609 
 
             Nucleotide and/or amino acid sequences; submission in 
 computer readable form, 29620 
 
                 Correction, 48448 
 
             Patent Cooperation Treaty application procedures; 
 revisions, 29614, 66040 
 
         Trademark cases: 
 
             Trademark trial and appeal board proceedings; 
 miscellaneous changes, 48081 
 
                 Correction, 52158 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Patent cases: 
 
             Patent business goals; implementation, 53498 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 5783, 16473, 30732, 
 38809, 39821, 43141, 51056, 55367, 70396 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 41232 
 
         Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: 
 
             Trademark Affairs Public Advisory Committee, 72288 
 
         Electronic information dissemination: 
 
             Agency Internet World Wide Web site; patent and trademark 
 data expansion, 40104 
 
             Internet usage policy; comment request, 57101 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Database protection and access issues; conference, 13035 
 
             Patent law and operational authority reform; round table 
 discussion, 71895 
 
             Trademark Affairs Public Advisory Committee, 13394, 56005 
 
         Patents: 
 
             Biotechnological applications; written description 
 requirements; guidelines; comment request, 32639, 50887, 58711 
 
             Chemical compositions species, single prior art reference; 
 claims examination guidelines, 47000 
 
             Human drug products -- 
 
                 PROVIGIL; interim patent extension, 17821 
 
             Medical devices -- 
 
                 T-SCAN; interim patent extension, 58711 
 
             Reexaminations; compliance with decision in case, In re 
 Portola Packaging, Inc.; guidelines; comment request, 32646 
 
         Senior Executive Service: 
 
             Performance Review Board; membership, 55092 
 
         Trademark protection: 
 
             Native American tribes, official insignia; statutorily 
 required study, 71619 
 
 
 
 
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 Peace Corps 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Semi-annual agenda, 22848, 62584 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 4330, 7189, 
 7190, 58432, 58433, 59341, 63094 
 
 
 
 
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 Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration 
 
     RULES 
 
         Employment Retirement Income Security Act: 
 
             Summary plan description regulations, 48372 
 
         Group health plans; access, portability, and renewability 
 requirements: 
 
             Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act, 57546 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Employee Retirement Income Security Act: 
 
             Annual reporting and disclosure requirements, 68370 
 
             Employee benefit plans; claims procedures, 48389 
 
             Employee benefit plans established or maintained pursuant 
 to collective bargaining agreements; negotiated rulemaking advisory 
 committee; intent to establish, 18345 
 
             Insurance company general accounts; hearing, 19873 
 
             Section 3(40) Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee; 
 establishment and meeting, 50542 
 
             Summary plan description regulations, 48376, 58335 
 
         Employment Retirement Income Security Act: 
 
             Section 3(40) Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee -- 
 
                 Meetings, 64667 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 30023, 33094, 33095, 
 33960, 34194, 34487, 34664, 34665, 34666, 34935, 35612, 35613, 36264, 
 36265, 36266, 36267, 36268, 37418 
 
         Employee benefit plans; class exemptions: 
 
             Foreign exchange transactions executed pursuant to 
 standing instructions, 63503 
 
             Investment services, reduced or no cost; receipt by 
 individuals for whose benefit IRAs or Keough plans have been 
 established or maintained, 56231, 56233 
 
         Employee benefit plans; prohibited transaction exemptions: 
 
             Amalgamated Bank of New York, 15228, 36943 
 
             Bankers Trust Co., 56224 
 
             Bankers Trust Co. et al., 8481, 29435 
 
             Collection Bureau Services et al., 38853 
 
             Equitable Life Assurance Society et al., 6214, 8497, 27328 
 
             Fortunoff Fine Jewelry & Silverware, Inc., et al., 27329 
 
             Harris Trust & Savings Bank, et al., 42068, 56227 
 
             Hendrichsen, Marcia A., et al., 49610 
 
             Jack Mayesh Wholesale Florist, Inc., et al., 19950 
 
             John Taylor Fertilizers Co., 49612 
 
             John Taylor Fertilizers Co. et al., 65244 
 
             Keystone Financial, Inc. et al., 65249 
 
             Lehman Brothers, Inc., et al., 33716, 46238 
 
             Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., 6217 
 
             Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. et al., 33727 
 
             MBNA America Bank, National Association, et al., 4038, 
 17020 
 
             McClain's R.V., Inc., et al., 27330 
 
             Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., 19955, 28415 
 
             MONY Life Insurance Co. et al., 69314 
 
             Moody-Day, Inc., et al., 60386 
 
             Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. et al., 3767, 46241 
 
             MS Commodity Investments Portfolio II, L.P., et al., 12839 
 
             Navistar International Transportation Corp., 33732, 36946 
 
             Overland, Ordal, Thorson & Fennell Pulmonary Consultants, 
 P.C., 18233 
 
             Pacific Income Advisers, Inc., et al., 38854 
 
             Pentair, Inc., et al., 3772 
 
             RREEF America, L.L.C., 46245 
 
             Salomon Brothers Inc. et al., 53703 
 
             Salomon Smith Barney, Inc., 60391 
 
             Sanwa Bank California et al., 29443, 53722 
 
             Service Employees International Union Local 252 Welfare 
 Fund, 69325 
 
             SmartRetirement: The OLDE 401(k) Plan et al., 9862, 31528 
 
             Sperry Rail, Inc., et al., 1979 
 
             Toyota Motor Credit Corp. et al., 36946 
 
             Tyson Foods, Inc., 13693 
 
             Union Bank of Switzerland et al., 36958 
 
             US West, Inc., et al., 15443, 60398 
 
             Van Ness Plastic Molding Co., Inc., et al., 35281 
 
             Young, Roark, et al., 42079 
 
         Employee Retirement Income Security Act: 
 
             Cross-trades of securities by investment managers, 13696 
 
             Multiemployer welfare benefit plans; annual reporting 
 enforcement policy; decision not to adopt, 65506 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans Advisory 
 Council, 11698, 19521, 19522, 27754, 27755, 33961, 33962, 39112, 
 39113, 45265, 45266, 49714, 49715, 55647, 55648 
 
             National Summit on Retirement Savings, 27600 
 
         Prohibited trade practices: 
 
             Citizens Bank of New Hampshire, et al., 71301 
 
 
 
 
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 Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation 
 
     RULES 
 
         Multiemployer plans: 
 
             Mergers and transfers between multiemployer plans, 24421 
 
             Valuation and payment of lump sum benefits, 38305 
 
         Premium payments: 
 
             Premium declaration filings; change of due date, 68684 
 
         Single-employer plans: 
 
             Allocation of assets -- 
 
                 Interest assumptions for valuing benefits, 2307, 7286, 
 12411, 18317, 26982, 32614, 43623, 49285, 55333, 58101, 63408, 68998 
 
                 Valuation of benefits and assets; expected retirement 
 age, 63179 
 
             Benefit overpayments and underpayments; recoupment and 
 reimbursement, 29353 
 
             Benefits payable in terminated plans; disclosure to 
 participants, 63178 
 
             Interest rates and assumptions, 38082 
 
             Valuation and payment of lump sum benefits, 38305 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Multiemployer plans: 
 
             Valuation and payment of lump sum benefits, 23693 
 
         Semi-annual agenda, 22852, 62588 
 
         Single-employer plans: 
 
             Lump sum payment assumptions; discontinuation, 57227 
 
             Valuation and payment of lump sum benefits, 23693 
 
             Valuation of benefits; use of single set of assumptions 
 for all benefits, 57229 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 24577, 34206, 34487, 
 39915, 42645 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 4330, 10418, 
 34493, 42888, 42889, 46087, 53106, 53702, 59341 
 
         Compensation practices for senior executives pursuant to 
 Executive Order 12976; information availability, 18050 
 
         Employee Retirement Income Security Act: 
 
             International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union- 
 Pacific Maritime Association Pension Plan; special withdrawal 
 liability rules; approval, 5573, 27774 
 
         Multiemployer plans: 
 
             Interest rates and assumptions, 2426, 7487, 12519, 18462, 
 27106, 32685, 38214, 43733, 49371, 55415, 63511, 69123 
 
         Single-employer plans: 
 
             Interest rates and assumptions, 2426, 18462, 38214, 55415, 
 63511 
 
         Substantial damage determination requests: 
 
             Freight Drivers and Helpers Local Union No. 557 Pension 
 Fund, 1511 
 
 
 
 
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 Personnel Management Office 
 
     RULES 
 
         Acquisition regulations: 
 
             Health benefits, Federal employees -- 
 
                 Improving carrier performance; conforming changes, 
 55336 
 
                 Participating carriers placing incentives in contracts 
 with health care providers or health care workers; gag clauses 
 prohibition, 42584 
 
         Allowances and differentials: 
 
             Cost-of-living allowances (nonforeign areas) -- 
 
                 Honolulu, HI, 56430 
 
                 Kauai, HI and U.S. Virgin Islands, 56430, 63385 
 
         Combined Federal Campaign; solicitations authorization, 65637 
 
         Employment: 
 
             District of Columbia Corrections Department; displaced 
 employees; priority consideration program, 41387 
 
             Federal employee training; correction, 16877, 72097 
 
             Personnel records and training, 43867 
 
             Reduction in force -- 
 
                 Initial retirement eligibility establishment and 
 health benefits continance; annual leave use, 26421 
 
                 Retreat right; clarification, 32593 
 
                 Vacant position offers; retention regulations, 63591 
 
             Retention allowances; agency payment criteria, 34119 
 
             Senior Executive Service; involuntary reassignment 
 moratorium and competitive service reinstatement eligibility, 34257, 
 59875 
 
             Temporary and term appointments; system streamlining, 
 63781 
 
         Excepted service: 
 
             Promotion and internal placement, 66705 
 
             Student educational employment program, 57045 
 
         Group life insurance, Federal employees: 
 
             Decennial census employees with dual appointments; 
 continuity of coverage requirements; exemption, 9401 
 
         Health benefits, Federal employees: 
 
             Contributions and withholdings; weighted average of 
 subscription charges, 45933 
 
             Decennial census employees with dual appointments; 
 continuity of coverage requirements; exemption, 9401 
 
             Disenrollment, 59457 
 
                 Correction, 64761 
 
             Minimum salary requirement removed, 28891 
 
         Organizations representing Federal employees and other 
 organizations; agency relationships, 2305 
 
         Pay administration: 
 
             Child support, alimony, and commercial garnishment of 
 Federal employees' pay; processing, 14756 
 
                 Correction, 34777, 56537 
 
             Fair Labor Standards Act -- 
 
                 Standardization and compliance; correction, 2304 
 
             Firefighter pay and training, 64589 
 
             Indebted government employees; collection by offset, 72098 
 
         Performance ratings finality; retroactive, assumed, and carry- 
 over ratings of record prohibited, 53275 
 
         Political activities; Federal employees residing in designated 
 localities, 4555 
 
         Prevailing rate systems:, 6471, 15069, 63591 
 
             Lead agency responsibility, 72097 
 
         Retirement: 
 
             Civil Service Retirement System -- 
 
                 Disability retirement; application procedures 
 uniformity, 17049 
 
                 Retirement and insurance benefits when annuitant 
 disappears, 10291 
 
             Decennial census employees with dual appointments; 
 continuity of coverage requirements; exemption, 9401 
 
             Federal Employees Retirement System -- 
 
                 Disability retirement; application procedures 
 uniformity, 17049 
 
                 Open Enrollment Act; implementation, 33231 
 
                 Retirement and insurance benefits when annuitant 
 disappears, 10291 
 
                 Voluntary early retirement authority, 32595 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Absence and leave: 
 
             Family and Medical Leave Act; implementation, 43325 
 
         Acquisition regulations: 
 
             Health benefits, Federal employees -- 
 
                 Carrier performance improvement; conforming changes, 
 38360 
 
                 Participating carriers placing incentives in contracts 
 with health care providers or health care workers; gag clauses 
 prohibition, 27902 
 
         Administrative law judges; appointment, pay, and removal, 8874 
 
         Employment: 
 
             Personnel records and training, 15787 
 
             Reduction in force -- 
 
                 Service credit; retention records, 43640 
 
                 Vacant position offers; retention regulations, 26531 
 
             Selective Service System registration; failure to register 
 determination; authority delegation; withdrawn, 13564 
 
             Temporary appointment pending establishment of register 
 (TAPER) authority; promotion possibility for employees appointed as 
 worker-trainees, 64008 
 
         Health benefits, Federal employees: 
 
             Minimum salary requirement removed, 446 
 
             New enrollments or enrollment changes; standardized 
 effective dates, 46180 
 
         Pay administration: 
 
             Compensation; miscellaneous changes, 64880 
 
             Federal claims collection; indebted government employees; 
 salary offset, 18850 
 
             Hazardous duty pay, 35543 
 
                 Correction, 39651 
 
         Performance ratings finality; retroactive, assumed, and carry- 
 over ratings of record prohibited, 19411 
 
         Prevailing rate systems, 34134, 58659 
 
             Environmental differential pay for working at high 
 altitudes, 54616 
 
         Semi-annual agenda, 22818, 62552 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 4679, 8225, 9272, 
 13292, 13706, 20678, 23479, 23816, 24834, 26219, 27334, 27335, 29041, 
 31237, 32256, 32257, 48533, 50607, 59342 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 6239, 8225, 
 8226, 9024, 9272, 13292, 17037, 20678, 20679, 23817, 30271, 32256, 
 36724, 36725, 39303, 43970, 43971, 44295, 44478, 44662, 49936, 50608, 
 53478, 55659, 68803 
 
         Allowances and differentials: 
 
             Cost-of-living allowances in nonforeign areas; report on 
 1997 surveys; availability, 56432 
 
         Excepted service: 
 
             Schedules A, B, and C; positions placed or revoked -- 
 
                 Consolidated list, 49732 
 
                 Update, 13706, 17904, 26220, 32258, 36970, 41605, 
 45879, 54163, 59342 
 
         Federal jobs; new application procedures: 
 
             Automated resume processing; comment request, 63512 
 
         Health benefits, Federal employees: 
 
             Medically underserved areas (1999 CY), 47046 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee, 6239, 10959, 
 14982, 23479, 28527, 29041, 32902, 42889, 42890, 66209, 70810 
 
             Federal Salary Council, 15236, 48534, 49936 
 
             National Partnership Council, 581, 11700, 45881, 53478, 
 59343, 67718 
 
         Pay under General Schedule: 
 
             Basic and locality pay for certain Federal employees; 
 adjustments, 30272 
 
         Personnel management demonstration project: 
 
             Army Department -- 
 
                 U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, 
 Vicksburg, MS, et al; consolidation, 55770 
 
         Personnel management demonstration projects: 
 
             Army Department -- 
 
                 U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, 
 Vicksburg, MS, 10464, 14580 
 
                 U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Fort 
 Detrick, MD, 10440 
 
                 U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD, 10680, 
 13458 
 
             Defense Department; civilian acquisition workforce 
 project, 14254, 14753, 15488 
 
         Privacy Act: 
 
             Computer matching programs, 34674 
 
             Systems of records, 45881 
 
         Senior Executive Service: 
 
             Career positions reserved during 1997; list, 9312 
 
             Performance Review Board; membership, 67947 
 
 
 
 
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 Postal Rate Commission 
 
     RULES 
 
         Practice and procedure: 
 
             Domestic mail classification schedule -- 
 
                 Barcoded small parcel experiment; provisions removed, 
 35140 
 
                 Bulk parcel return service and shipper-paid 
 forwarding, 39030 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Post office closings; petitions for appeal: 
 
             Encinitas, CA, 71251 
 
         Practice and procedure: 
 
             Library reference rule, 47456, 71251 
 
             Proceedings; efficiency improvement, 46732 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Domestic mail classifications and rates: 
 
             Experimental online mailing service and fees; market test, 
 39600 
 
         Meetings; Sunshine Act, 2290, 5577, 13711, 28016, 33420, 
 38215, 49372, 53737, 56050, 69123 
 
         Post office closings; petitions for appeal: 
 
             Nassau, MN, 3008 
 
         Visits to facilities, 34209, 35297, 38215, 38435, 48773, 
 49616, 63950 
 
 
 
 
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 Postal Service 
 
     RULES 
 
         Board of Governors bylaws: 
 
             Meetings conducted by conference telephone call; 
 compensation for attendance, 57911 
 
             Stamp Out Breast Cancer Act; special postage rate 
 establishment, 28485 
 
         Domestic Mail Manual: 
 
             Automated flats; new specifications, 55472 
 
             Breast cancer research semi-postal stamp; terms and 
 conditions for use and determination of value, 38309 
 
             Experimental first-class and priority mail small parcel 
 automation rate category, 19407 
 
             Forwarding first-class mail destined for address with 
 temporary change-of-address on file; ancillary service endorsements, 
 39238 
 
             Group E (no-fee) post office box service eligibility; 
 extension to customers with immediate vicinity of post office, 14820 
 
             Location-based post office box fees; expansion, 71374 
 
             Mailing online market test, implementation standards; 
 rate, fee, and classification changes, 56565 
 
             Mixed BMC/ADC pallets of packages and flats; elimination 
 of mailer options, 37254 
 
                 Correction, 40827 
 
             Periodicals and standard mail; preferred postage rates, 
 38083 
 
             Periodicals mail; presort requirements, 153 
 
             Rate, fee, and classification changes, 37946, 57597 
 
         Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 6480 
 
         International Mail Manual: 
 
             Global Direct -- Canada Admail service, 44789 
 
             Global package link (GPL) service -- 
 
                 Argentina, 66043 
 
                 Germany and France, 37251, 38478, 41427 
 
                 Japan; maximum size and weight limits increase, 9420 
 
             Global priority mail -- 
 
                 Expansion, 3814 
 
                 Flat-rate box rates, 5458 
 
             International special mail services; fees, 40180 
 
             International surface air lift service; postage rates 
 adjustment and miscellaneous changes, 3642 
 
             New market opportunities program; implementation, 13124 
 
         National Environmental Policy Act; implementation, 45719 
 
         Organization and administration: 
 
             Conduct of persons on postal property, 34599 
 
             Handicapped persons; access to postal services, programs, 
 facilities, and employment; discrimination complaint filing and 
 processing; correction, 2304 
 
             Post offices; expansion, relocation, and construction, 
 25166, 46654 
 
             Rewards for information and services leading to arrest and 
 conviction of persons committing postal crimes; amounts increase, 
 52159 
 
         Organization, functions, and authority delegations: 
 
             Human Resources organizational structure, 9943 
 
         Personnel: 
 
             Postal Service and Postal Rate Commission employee 
 salaries; garnishment, 67403 
 
         Postage meters: 
 
             Manufacture, distribution, and use; applicant information, 
 53812 
 
         Practice and procedure: 
 
             Evidence and abandoned property disposition, reimbursement 
 for sale, 8126 
 
             Rules of procedure before judicial officer; address, 
 titles and references, and technical and grammatical changes, 66049 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Domestic Mail Manual: 
 
             Automated flats; new specifications, 45440 
 
             Mixed BMC/ADC pallets of packages and flats; elimination 
 of mailer options, 8154 
 
             Nonprofit standard mail rate matter; eligibility 
 requirements, 11199 
 
             Package reallocation for periodicals and standard mail (A) 
 flats placed on pallets and new labeling list L001; implementation, 
 57970 
 
             Rate, fee, and classification changes, 12864 
 
                 Correction, 17143 
 
         International Mail Manual: 
 
             International priority airmail service; postage rates and 
 service conditions changes, 65153 
 
             Postal rate changes, 67017 
 
         Postage meters: 
 
             Demonstation and loaner postage meters; manufacturer 
 requirements, 16464 
 
             Manufacture, distribution, and use; applicant information, 
 8893 
 
             Meter products submission procedures, 46719 
 
             Postal security devices and information based indicia; 
 manufacture, distribution, and use, 46728 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Domestic Mail Manual: 
 
             Current delivery record filing system; hardcopy filing 
 elimination, 31815 
 
             Plant-verified drop shipment verification/clearance 
 (revised and new facsimile consolidated forms 8125), 23479, 40943 
 
         Domestic rates, fees, and mail classifications: 
 
             Domestic mail classification schedule changes and 
 accompanying rate and fee changes, 39123, 60416 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Information based indicia program, 7190, 39303 
 
             Universal Postal Union Council of Administration and UPU 
 Congress; preparations, 49617 
 
         Meetings; Sunshine Act, 2702, 3362, 7014, 8505, 15236, 20435, 
 28016, 34209, 38216, 40142, 44295, 51381, 56269, 56270, 65266, 71660 
 
         Postage meters; information based indicia program, 45535 
 
         Postage products; information based indicia program product 
 definition; specifications; comment request, 10419 
 
         Privacy Act: 
 
             Systems of records, 3774, 28016, 55416 
 
 
 
 
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 Presidential Documents 
 
     PROCLAMATIONS 
 
         American Heritage Rivers, designation (Proc. 7112), 41949 
 
         Generalized System of Preferences; amendments (Proc. 7107), 
 36531 
 
         Imports and exports: 
 
             Broom corn brooms; termination of temporary duties on 
 imports (Proc. 7154), 67761 
 
             Wheat gluten (Proc. 7103), 30359 
 
         Klondike Gold Rush International Historical Park; designation 
 (Proc. 7114), 42563 
 
         Parents' Day (Proc. 7111), 40355 
 
         Sierra Leone; suspension of entry into U.S. of persons who are 
 members of the military junta and members of their families (Proc. 
 7062), 2871 
 
         Trade: 
 
             Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S.; modification under 
 the North American Free Trade Agreement (Proc. 7125), 50739 
 
             North American Free Trade Agreement, accelerated schedule 
 of duty elimination (Proc. 7113), 41951 
 
         Vietnam, Socialist Republic of; extending U.S. copyright 
 protections (Proc. 7161), 71571 
 
         Special observances: 
 
             Adoption Month, National (Proc. 7145), 59203 
 
             African American History Month, National (Proc. 7067), 
 5719 
 
             AIDS Day, World (Proc. 7153), 66977 
 
                 Correction, 67724 
 
             Alternative Fuels Week, National (Proc. 7101), 30101 
 
             America Goes Back to School (Proc. 7118), 49261 
 
             American Heart Month (Proc. 7066), 5717 
 
             American Indian Heritage Month, National (Proc. 7144), 
 59199 
 
             American Red Cross Month (Proc. 7069), 10487 
 
             Armed services, 50th anniversary of the integration of the 
 (Proc. 7108), 38073 
 
             Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month (Proc. 7089), 25145 
 
             Bombing Incidents in Africa, Victims of the (Proc. 7115), 
 43061 
 
             Breast Cancer Awareness Month, National (Proc. 7130), 
 53541 
 
             Cancer Control Month (Proc. 7075), 16385 
 
             Captive Nations Week (Proc. 7109), 39475 
 
             Character Counts Week, National (Proc. 7141), 56073 
 
             Child Abuse Prevention Month, National (Proc. 7076), 16667 
 
             Child Health Day (Proc. 7132), 54027 
 
             Children's Memorial Day, National (Proc. 7159), 69171 
 
             Citizenship Day and Constitution Week (Proc. 7123), 50449 
 
             Columbus Day (Proc. 7136), 55311 
 
             Crime Victims' Rights Week, National (Proc. 7084), 20051 
 
             D.A.R.E. Day, National (Proc. 7080), 18115 
 
             Day of Concern About Young People and Gun Violence, 
 National (Proc. 7134), 54551 
 
             Defense Transportation Day, National, and National 
 Transportation Week (Proc. 7094), 26711 
 
             Disability Employment Awareness Month, National (Proc. 
 7128), 52957 
 
             Domestic Violence Awareness Month, National (Proc. 7129), 
 53271 
 
             Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month, National 
 (Proc. 7155), 67765 
 
             Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A. (Proc. 7078), 17307 
 
             Equal Pay Day, National (Proc. 7077), 16875 
 
             Family Caregivers Week, National (Proc. 7151), 65513 
 
             Family Week, National (Proc. 7152), 65515 
 
             Farm-City Week, National (Proc. 7147), 64405 
 
             Farm Safety and Health Week, National (Proc. 7126), 50743 
 
             Father's Day (Proc. 7106), 33833 
 
             Fire Prevention Week (Proc. 7131), 53777 
 
             Fisheries Day, World (Proc. 7150), 65511 
 
             Flag Day and National Flag Week (Proc. 7105), 33229 
 
             Forest Products Week, National (Proc. 7142), 56075 
 
             Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day, National (Proc. 
 7079), 18111 
 
             General Pulaski Memorial Day (Proc. 7138), 55317 
 
             German-American Day (Proc. 7133), 54029 
 
             Gold Star Mother's Day (Proc. 7127), 52129 
 
             Goldwater, Barry M.; death of (Proc. 7100), 30099 
 
             Gore, Albert, Sr. death (Proc. 7157), 68149 
 
             Greek Independence Day; A National Day of Celebration of 
 Greek and American Democracy (Proc. 7074), 12975 
 
             Hispanic Heritage Month, National (Proc. 7121), 49815 
 
             Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week, 
 National (Proc. 7122), 49817 
 
             Homeownership Week, National (Proc. 7104), 31591 
 
             Human Rights Day, Bill of Rights Day, and Human Rights 
 Week (Proc. 7158), 68989 
 
             Irish-American Heritage Month (Proc. 7070), 10489 
 
             Jewish Heritage Week (Proc. 7087), 23369 
 
             Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, National (Proc. 7110), 
 40353 
 
             Law Day, U.S.A. (Proc. 7090), 25147 
 
             Leif Erikson Day (Proc. 7135), 55309 
 
             Loyalty Day (Proc. 7091), 25149 
 
             Maritime Day, National (Proc. 7098), 28887 
 
             Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday (Proc. 7064), 
 3245 
 
             Minority Enterprise Development Week (Proc. 7119), 49263 
 
             Mother's Day (Proc. 7093), 26415 
 
             National Children's Day (Proc. 7139), 55319 
 
             National School Lunch Week (Proc. 7137), 55315 
 
             Ocean, Year of the (Proc. 7065), 4553 
 
             Older Americans Month (Proc. 7092), 25151 
 
             Older Workers Employment Week, National (Proc. 7072), 
 11983 
 
             Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week, National (Proc. 
 7083), 19795 
 
             Ovarian Cancer Awareness Week (Proc. 7120), 49411 
 
             Pan American Day and Pan American Week (Proc. 7081), 18811 
 
             Park Week, National (Proc. 7086), 20511 
 
             Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week (Proc. 7095), 
 27191 
 
             Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, National (Proc. 7156), 67767 
 
             Poison Prevention Week, National (Proc. 7073), 12973 
 
             POW/MIA Recognition Day, National (Proc. 7124), 50459 
 
             Powell, Louis F., Jr.; death (Proc. 7117), 45931 
 
             Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day (Proc. 7099), 28889 
 
             Prayer, National Day of (Proc. 7088), 24383 
 
             Recall Round-Up Day, National (Proc. 7082), 19167 
 
             Religious Freedom Day (Proc. 7063), 3243 
 
             Safe Boating Week, National (Proc. 7096), 27663 
 
             Save Your Vision Week (Proc. 7068), 10289 
 
             Small Business Week (Proc. 7102), 30103 
 
             Smokeout Day, National Great American (Proc. 7149), 64839 
 
             Thanksgiving Day (Proc. 7148), 64407 
 
             United Nations Day (Proc. 7143), 57889 
 
             Veterans Day (Proc. 7146), 63121 
 
             Volunteer Week, National (Proc. 7085), 20293 
 
             White Cane Safety Day (Proc. 7140), 55935 
 
             Women's Equality Day (Proc. 7116), 45165 
 
             Women's History Month (Proc. 7071), 10741 
 
             World Trade Week, 1998 (Proc. 7097), 27813 
 
             Wright Brothers Day (Proc. 7160), 70629 
 
     EXECUTIVE ORDERS 
 
         American Heritage Rivers; amendment (EO 13093), 40357 
 
         Angola, National Union for the Total Independence of (UNITA); 
 blocking property and prohibiting transactions (EO 13098), 44771 
 
         Armed Forces; ordering the Selected Reserve to active duty (EO 
 13076), 9719 
 
         Arms export controls and foreign assistance; administration 
 (EO 13091), 36153 
 
         Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:, 29335 
 
             American Heritage Rivers Initiative Advisory Committee; 
 establishment (EO 13080), 17667 
 
             Capital Budgeting, Commission To Study; amendments (EO 
 13108), 69175 
 
             Critical Infrastructure Protection, President's Commission 
 on; amendment (EO 13077), 12381 
 
             Department of Defense Investigations of Gulf War Chemical 
 and Biological Incidents, Special Oversight Board; establishment (EO 
 13075), 9085 
 
             Digital Television Broadcasters, Advisory Committee on 
 Public Interest Obligations of; amendment (EO 13102), 24385, 52125 
 
             Employment of Adults With Disabilities, National Task 
 Force on; establishment (EO 13078), 13111 
 
             Food Safety, President's Council on (EO 13100), 45661 
 
             Information Technology Advisory Committee, President's; 
 amendments (EO 13092), 40167 
 
             Mexican-United States Defense Commission, Joint; amendment 
 (EO 13082), 26709 
 
             Tribal Colleges and Universities, President's Board of 
 Advisors on; continuation (EO 13104), 56535 
 
             White House Millennium Council (EO 13072), 6041 
 
             Women in American History, President's Commission on the 
 Celebration of; establishment (EO 13090), 36151 
 
         Computer software piracy (EO 13103), 53273 
 
         Coral reef protection (EO 13089), 32701 
 
         Courts-Martial Manual, United States, 1984; amendments (EO 
 13086), 30065 
 
         Education, American Indian and Alaska Native (EO 13096), 42681 
 
         Emergency preparedness responsibilities, assignment (EO 
 13074), 7277 
 
         Government agencies and employees: 
 
             Electronic systems; year 2000 conversion (EO 13073), 6467 
 
             Equal employment opportunity; amendment (EO 13087), 30097 
 
             Federalism (EO 13083), 27651 
 
                 Suspension (EO 13083), 42565 
 
             Foreign Service and Central Intelligence Agency retirement 
 and disability systems; open enrollment season for participants (EO 
 13105), 60201 
 
             Half-day closing of departments and agencies on December 
 24, 1998 (EO 13109), 70631 
 
             Pay rates (EO 13106), 68151 
 
             Waste prevention, recycling, and Federal acquisition (EO 
 13101), 49641 
 
         Human rights; implementation of treaties (EO 13107), 68991 
 
         Indian tribal governments, consultation and coordination with 
 (EO 13084), 27655 
 
         Interparliamentary Union; extension of privileges, exemptions, 
 and immunities (EO 13097), 43065 
 
         Middle East; prohibiting transactions with terrorists who 
 threaten to disrupt the peace process (EO 13099), 45167 
 
         Vietnam; waiver under Trade Act of 1974 (EO 13079), 17309 
 
         Weapons of mass destruction, proliferation (EO 13094), 40803 
 
         Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), Federal Republic of, 
 Republic of Serbia, Republic of Montenegro; sanctions regarding the 
 situation in Kosovo (EO 13088), 32109 
 
     ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS 
 
         Africa and Southeast Asia; refugee and migration assistance 
 (Presidential Determination No. 98-24 of May 29, 1998), 31879 
 
         Angola, National Union for the Total Independence of (UNITA); 
 continuation of emergency with U.S. (Notice of September 23, 1998), 
 51509 
 
         Anti-Bribery and Fair Competition Act of 1998, International; 
 delegation of authority to Secretary of State (Memorandum of November 
 16, 1998), 65997 
 
         Argentina; designation as major non-NATO ally (Presidential 
 Determination No. 98-9 of January 6, 1998), 3635 
 
         Belarus; Trade Act of 1974, continuation of waiver authority 
 (Presidential Determination No. 98-28 of June 3, 1998), 32709 
 
         Burma: 
 
             Continuation of emergency (Notice of May 18, 1998), 27661 
 
             Report to Congress regarding conditions and U.S. policy -- 
 
                 (Memorandum of October 27, 1998), 63123 
 
                 (Presidential Determination No. 98-30 of June 15, 
 1998), 34255 
 
         Chad; withholding assistance (Presidential Determination No. 
 98-38 of September 29, 1998), 54033 
 
         Chemical weapons, destruction of; delegation of authority 
 under National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 
 (Memorandum of July 8, 1998), 38277 
 
         China: 
 
             Certification on peaceful uses of nuclear energy 
 (Presidential Determination No. 98-10 of January 12, 1998), 3447 
 
             Renewal of trade agreement (Presidential Determination No. 
 98-13 of January 30, 1998), 5857 
 
             Trade Act of 1974; continuation of waiver authority 
 (Presidential Determination No. 98-26 of June 3, 1998), 32705 
 
         Colombia; continuation of emergency with respect to 
 significant narcotics traffickers, 56079 
 
         Cuba; anchorage and movement of vessels, regulation; 
 continuation of emergency (Notice of February 25, 1998), 9923 
 
         El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua; emergency 
 disaster relief assistance (Presidential Determination No. 99-04 of 
 November 14, 1998), 65995 
 
         Export control regulations; continuation of national emergency 
 (Notice of August 13, 1998), 44121 
 
         Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; drawdown for counternarcotics 
 assistance (Presidential Determination No. 98-41 of September 30, 
 1998), 54035 
 
         Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
 Appropriations Act, 1998; determination (Presidential Determination 
 No. 98-12), 6469 
 
         Government agencies and employees; plain language in writing 
 (Memorandum of June 1, 1998), 31885 
 
         Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala; disaster 
 relief assistance (Presidential Determination No. 99-3 of November 6, 
 1998), 64169 
 
         India; sanctions for detonation of a nuclear explosive device 
 (Presidential Determination No. 98-22), 27665 
 
         Iran; continuation of emergency: 
 
             (Notice of March 4, 1998), 11099 
 
             (Notice of November 9, 1998), 63125 
 
         Iraq; continuation of emergency (Notice of July 28, 1998), 
 41175 
 
         Jordan; military drawdown (Presidential Determination No. 98- 
 19 of March 13, 1998), 14019 
 
         Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization; U.S. 
 contribution: 
 
             (Presidential Determination No. 98-14 of February 9, 
 1998), 9399 
 
             (Presidential Determination No. 98-20 of April 3, 1998), 
 18815 
 
             (Presidential Determination No. 98-31 of June 19, 1998), 
 36149 
 
             (Presidential Determination No. 98-37 of September 29, 
 1998), 54031 
 
         Libya; continuation of emergency (Notice of January 2, 1998), 
 653 
 
         Middle East peace process; continuation of emergency regarding 
 terrorists who threaten to disrupt (Notice of January 21, 1998), 3445 
 
         Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962; availability of 
 funds (Presidential Determination No. 98-34 of September 9, 1998), 
 50453 
 
         Narcotics; major producing and transit countries, 
 certification (Presidential Determination No. 98-15 of February 26, 
 1998), 12937 
 
         Pakistan; sanctions for detonation of a nuclear explosive 
 device (Presidential Determination No. 98-25 of May 30, 1998), 31881 
 
         Palestine Liberation Organization; waiver of statutory 
 provisions relating to terrorism (Presidential Determination No. 99-5 
 of November 25, 1998), 32711, 68145 
 
             Correction, 68829 
 
         Pan Am 103 Bombing; funds to support court to try accused 
 perpetrators (Presidential Determination No. 98-40 of September 30, 
 1998), 55003 
 
         Refugee admissions and authorizations of in-country refugee 
 status (Presidential Determination No. 98-39 of September 30, 1998), 
 55001 
 
         Romania; peaceful uses of nuclear energy (Presidential 
 Determination No. 98-33 of July 15, 1998), 39695 
 
         Russian Federation; assistance program (Presidential 
 Determination No. 98-23 of May 23, 1998), 30365 
 
         Soviet Union, New Independent States of the Former; assistance 
 program (Presidential Determination No. 99-8 of December 8, 1998), 
 70309 
 
         Sudan; continuation of emergency (Notice of October 27, 1998), 
 58617 
 
         Terrorism; delegation of authority regarding reporting 
 obligations for counterterrorism and antiterrorism programs and 
 activities (Memorandum of March 5, 1998), 12377 
 
         Terrorist-list states; waiver of requirements relating to 
 blocked property (Presidential Determination No. 99-1 of October 21, 
 1998), 59201 
 
         Trading With the Enemy Act; extension of the exercise of 
 certain authorities (Presidential Determination No. 98-35 of September 
 11, 1998), 50455 
 
         Ukraine; peaceful uses of nuclear energy; proposed agreement 
 with U.S. (Presidential Determination No. 98-21 of April 28, 1998), 
 26419 
 
         Vietnam: 
 
             Export-Import Bank Act of 1945; purchase or lease of 
 products or services (Presidential Determination No. 98-18 of March 9, 
 1998), 14331 
 
             Prisoners of war and missing in action, cooperation in 
 accounting for (Presidential Determination No. 98-16 of March 4, 
 1998), 13109 
 
             Trade Act of 1974 -- 
 
                 Continuation of waiver authority (Presidential 
 Determination No. 98-27 of June 3, 1998), 32707 
 
                 Waiver (Presidential Determination No. 98-17 of March 
 9, 1998), 14329 
 
         Weapons of mass destruction; state of emergency (Notice of 
 November 12. 1998), 63589 
 
         Wheat gluten; action under section 203 of the Trade Act of 
 1974 (Memorandum May 30, 1998), 30363 
 
         Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of (Serbia and Montenegro) and 
 Bosnian Serbs; continuation of emergency (Notice of May 28, 1998), 
 29527 
 
 
 
 
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 President's Council on Sustainable Development 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Meetings, 28419, 48534 
 
 
 
 
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 Presidio Trust 
 
     RULES 
 
         Interim management of Presidio; general provisions, etc., 
 35694 
 
         Presidio management; general provisions, etc., 71771 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Management of Presidio; general provisions, etc., 50024, 64023 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Environmental statements; notice if intent: 
 
             Letterman Complex, San Francisco, CA, 71318 
 
         Interim management of Presidio; interim compendium of 
 designations, closures, permit restrictions, and other restrictions; 
 availability, 66609 
 
         Meetings, 63758 
 
         National Environmental Policy Act; implementation, 49142 
 
 
 
 
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 Prisons Bureau 
 
     RULES 
 
         Inmate control, custody, care, etc.: 
 
             Fines and costs ordered by Court with respect to inmates 
 convicted of offenses before November, 1987, 4356 
 
             Institutional management; editorial amendments, 5218 
 
             Non-discrimination toward inmates, 55774 
 
             Progress reports; triennial preparation, 7604 
 
             Searching and detaining or arresting persons other than 
 inmates, 11818 
 
             Sex offender release notification; designation of 
 offenses, 69386 
 
             Work assignment evaluations; quarterly evaluations for 
 inmates who receive above average work performance ratings, 67560 
 
         Organization, functions, and authority delegations: 
 
             Central Office et al., 55774 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Inmate control, custody, care, etc.: 
 
             Smoking/no smoking areas, 65502 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Environmental statements; notice of intent: 
 
             Inmates housed by District of Columbia Corrections 
 Department; privatized contracting mandate, 3766 
 
             McCreary County, KY; Federal correctional facility 
 construction, 27103 
 
             Ohio County et al., WV; Federal correctional facility 
 construction, 7829 
 
             Preston County, WV; Federal correctional facility 
 construction, 7830 
 
         Institutions; list update, 55778 
 
 
 
 
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 Program Support Center 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Privacy Act: 
 
             Systems of records, 68596 
 
 
 
 
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 Public Debt Bureau 
 
     See Fiscal Service 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 3785, 3786, 5604, 
 5605, 5606, 10262, 13723, 20444, 25897, 25898, 25899, 26249 
 
 
 
 
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 Public Health Service 
 
     See Agency for Health Care Policy and Research 
 
     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 
 
     RULES 
 
         Fellowships, internships, training: 
 
             Individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds; NIH clinical 
 research loan repayment program, 58312 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Fellowships, internships, training: 
 
             National Institutes of Health research traineeships, 58336 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: 
 
             National Toxicology Program Center, 68782 
 
             National Vaccine Advisory Committee, 30243 
 
         Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Contraception and infertility research loan repayment 
 program, 20208 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Endocrine disruptors; effects on human health at 
 environmental exposure levels; characterization, 16567 
 
             Health effects from exposure to methylmercury; scientific 
 issues relevant to assessment; workshop, 58409 
 
             National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; 
 national toxicology program, 37404 
 
             National toxicology program -- 
 
                 Alternative Toxicological Methods Advisory Committee, 
 40302 
 
                 Contact hypersensitivity; murine local lymph node 
 assay; review as alternative test method, 37405 
 
                 Corrositex assay as alternative test method for 
 assessing skin corrosivity potential of chemicals, 57303 
 
                 Medical herbs use and safety; research needs 
 evaluation; international workshop, 37404 
 
                 Scientific Counselors Board, 2255, 6950, 52282, 57132 
 
         National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; national 
 toxicology program; toxicological test methods undergoing review; 
 comment request, 40303 
 
         National toxicology program: 
 
             Carcinogens Report, Eighth Edition -- 
 
                 Substances, mixtures and exposure circumstances for 
 listing or delisting, 26818 
 
             Carcinogens Report, Ninth Edition -- 
 
                 Agents, substances, mixtures, and exposure 
 circumstances for listing or delisting, 13418, 68783 
 
                 Substances, mixture and exposure circumstances for 
 listing or delisting, 5565, 7199, 18435 
 
             Toxicology and carcinogenesis studies -- 
 
                 2-Acetylpyridine, etc., 1118 
 
                 Androstenedione, etc., 70790 
 
                 Bixin, etc., 29236 
 
         Organization, functions, and authority delegations: 
 
             Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2256, 2449 
 
         Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: 
 
             Exposure to power line frequency electric and magnetic 
 fields; health effects evaluation; working group report, 41267 
  
 
FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1998
 
 
 
 
 
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 Railroad Retirement Board 
 
     RULES 
 
         General administration: 
 
             Board forms, list and descriptions; elimination, 17325 
 
             Information disclosure to consular official, 2140 
 
         Railroad Retirement Act: 
 
             Annuity eligibility, 17326 
 
             Disability determination standards, 7538 
 
             Railroad employers' reports and responsibilities; 
 compensation and service report filing methods, etc., 32612 
 
             Recovery of overpayments, 29547 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         General administration: 
 
             Board forms, list and descriptions; elimination, 34 
 
         Railroad Retirement Act: 
 
             Railroad employers' reports and responsibilities; 
 compensation and service report filing methods, etc., 2914 
 
             Recovery of overpayments, 7088 
 
         Semi-annual agenda, 22858, 62594 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 4501, 6239, 6787, 
 9025, 13439, 13711, 17468, 18944, 18945, 19989, 26831, 28018, 30785, 
 31815, 42890, 66836, 69693, 72341 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 116, 9876, 
 12519, 17038, 18945, 23289, 29042 , 29042, 35297, 36971, 38436, 39116, 
 42084, 45881, 46089, 48535, 64532, 71517 
 
         Meetings; Sunshine Act, 39303, 44479, 46089, 49617, 55418, 
 63514, 64134, 68317 
 
         Privacy Act: 
 
             Computer matching programs, 14982, 14983 
 
             Systems of records, 28420 
 
         Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: 
 
             Monthly compensation base and other determinations (1999 
 CY), 59813 
 
         Senior Executive Service: 
 
             Performance Review Board; membership, 63515 
 
         Supplemental annuity program; determination of quarterly rate 
 of excise tax, 9876, 32259, 46494, 69694 
 
 
 
 
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 Reclamation Bureau 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Colorado River Water Quality Improvement Program: 
 
             Colorado River water offstream storage, and interstate 
 redemption of storage credits in Lower Division States, 8160, 9992, 
 50183 
 
                 Correction, 52319 
 
                 Public meeting, 12068 
 
         Farm operations in excess of 960 acres, information 
 requirements; and formerly excess land eligibility to receive non-full 
 cost irrigation water, 64154 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 10243 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 17016 
 
         Central Valley Project Improvement Act: 
 
             Water management plans; evaluation criteria, 51094, 55890, 
 71153 
 
         Colorado River reservoirs; coordinated long-range operating 
 criteria; review, 9256 
 
         Concession contract negotiations: 
 
             Colorado River near Hoover Dam; paddle craft use, 35945 
 
         Concessions management policy, directives and standards; 
 availability, 27318 
 
         Contract negotiations: 
 
             Tabulation of water service and repayment; quarterly 
 status report, 3913, 19942, 40134, 56044 
 
         Environmental statements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Arrowrock Dam outlet works rehabilitation, ID, 56047 
 
                 Meetings, 63493 
 
             CALFED Bay-Delta Program, CA, 12823, 30511 
 
             Central Valley, CA; Hamilton City pumping plant fish 
 screen improvement project, 4471 
 
             Central Valley Project Improvement Act, CA, 11453 
 
             Colorado River Water Quality Improvement Program -- 
 
                 Colorado River water offstream storage, and interstate 
 redemption of storage credits in Lower Division States, 10039 
 
             Contra Costa Water District multi-purpose pipeline 
 project, CA, 48521 
 
             Glen Canyon Dam; 4.5 foot spillway gate extensions; 
 installation postponement, 54730 
 
             Milltown Hill Project, OR, 52286 
 
             Narrows Project, Sanpete County, UT, 12502, 30252 
 
             Orange County, VA; groundwater replenishment system, 66814 
 
             Sacramento County, CA; water service contracts, 71153 
 
             San Joaquin River Agreement (1999-2010); flow objectives, 
 50925 
 
             Truckee River, NV and CA; operating agreement, 12501, 
 24562, 30252 
 
             Tucson aqueduct system reliability investigation project, 
 AZ, 18441 
 
             Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project, WA, 19944 
 
         Environmental statements; notice of intent: 
 
             Central Arizona Project, AZ; Hayden-Rhodes Aqueduct Reach 
 11 recreation master plan, 42873 
 
             Central Platte River Region, NE et al.; four threatened 
 and endangered species; recovery implementation program, 6768 
 
             Central Valley Project, CA, 55406, 58753, 71505 
 
             Central Valley Project Improvement Act -- 
 
                 Interim land retirement program, 6206 
 
             Colusa Basin, CA; initial plan/integrated resource 
 management program, 2262 
 
             Contra Loma Reservoir, CA; future use and operations, 
 18035 
 
             El Dorado County Water Agency, CA; water service contract, 
 30512 
 
             Lower Mokelumne River, CA; restoration program, 71949 
 
             Potholes Reservoir, WA; resource management plan, 46468 
 
             Salton Sea Project, CA, 34926 
 
             Umatilla Basin Project, OR, 3588 
 
         Glen Canyon Dam operations; report to Congress, 54155 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Bay-Delta Advisory Council, 1123, 4668, 10244, 17442, 
 25063, 30253, 36431, 36432, 44637, 49368, 53462, 65811 
 
             Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Advisory Council, 
 46467 
 
             Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group, 36260, 
 69304, 70421 
 
             Glen Canyon Technical Work Group, 13071, 46467, 63329, 
 69304, 70421 
 
             Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife Task Force, 26623 
 
             Umatilla Basin Project, OR; Phase III feasibility study, 
 57310 
 
             Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project Conservation 
 Advisory Group, 1124, 14474, 47318, 54490 
 
         Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially 
 exclusive: 
 
             Turner Designs Inc., 15429 
 
         Water resources planning; discount rate change, 63329 
 
 
 
 
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 Refugee Resettlement Office 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Newly arriving refugees; discretionary grants, 27735 
 
             Refugee resettlement program -- 
 
                 Community service employment opportunities for 
 refugees who have experienced long-term difficulties in assimilation, 
 27735 
 
                 Comprehensive services; alternative projects, 25493 
 
                 Refugees in local areas of high need, 7814, 30009 
 
                 Social services funds; State allocations, 7422, 27306, 
 35245 
 
 
 
 
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 Regulatory Information Service Center 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Unified agenda of Federal regulatory and deregulatory actions, 
 21676, 61205 
 
 
 
 
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 Research and Special Programs Administration 
 
     RULES 
 
         Hazardous materials: 
 
             Editorial corrections and clarifications, 52844 
 
             Hazardous materials transportation -- 
 
                 Harmonization with UN recommendations, International 
 Maritime Dangerous Goods Code, and International Civil Aviation 
 Organization's technical instructions, 57929 
 
                 Identification systems; poision inhalation hazard 
 label, etc.; editorial revisions, etc., 16070 
 
                 Intrastate shippers and carriers; regulations 
 compliance; technical amendments, 8140 
 
                 Miscellaneous amendments, 37454, 58323 
 
                 Radioactive materials transportation; radiation 
 protection program requirement removed, 48566 
 
                 Regulations harmonization with dangerous goods 
 international standards; correction, 1884 
 
                 Ticketing program for certain transportation 
 violations, 29668 
 
         Hazardous materials regulations; formal interpretation, 30411 
 
         Pipeline safety: 
 
             Drug and alcohol testing; substance abuse professional 
 face-to-face evaluation for drug use, 12998 
 
                 Correction, 36862 
 
             Drug use and alcohol misuse control in natural gas, 
 liquefied natural gas, and hazardous liquid pipeline operations; 
 random positive drug testing rate, 14041, 58324 
 
             Excess flow valves; customer notification, 5464 
 
                 Correction, 20134 
 
             Facility response plan submissions; reporting cycle 
 changes; effective date and correction, 10347 
 
             Hazardous liquid transportation -- 
 
                 Leak detection; industry standard; incorporation by 
 reference, 36373 
 
                 Low-stress hazardous liquid pipelines serving plants 
 and terminals, 46692 
 
                 Older hazardous liquid and carbon dioxide pipelines; 
 pressure testing within terminals and tank farms, 3653, 6677, 15321, 
 59475, 63210 
 
             Metric equivalents, 37500 
 
             Outer Continental Shelf pipelines; point at which pipeline 
 is subject to RSPA regulations; memorandum of understanding with 
 Interior Department, 12659 
 
             Voluntary specifications and standards, etc.; periodic 
 updates, 7721 
 
                 Correction, 38758 
 
                 Effective date confirmed and amendment removed, 38757 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Hazardous materials: 
 
             Hazardous liquid transportation -- 
 
                 Liquefied compressed gases in cargo tank motor 
 vehicles; safety standards for unloading; negotiated rulemaking 
 committee; meetings, 30572, 38456, 44601, 59505 
 
             Hazardous materials safety rulemaking and program 
 procedures; revision and clarification, 68624 
 
             Hazardous materials transportation -- 
 
                 DOT cylinder specifications and maintenance, 
 requalification, and repair requirements, 58460, 72224 
 
                 Harmonization with UN recommendations, International 
 Maritime Dangerous Goods Code, and International Civil Aviation 
 Organization's technical instructions, 44312 
 
             Infectious substances and genetically modified micro- 
 organisms standards; requirements and exceptions clarification and 
 public meeting, 46844 
 
         Pipeline safety: 
 
             Hazardous liquid transportation -- 
 
                 Breakout tanks; industry standards adoption, 27903 
 
                 Older hazardous liquid and carbon dioxide pipelines; 
 pressure testing, 5918 
 
             Liquefied natural gas facilities; safety standards -- 
 
                 Liquefied natural gas production, storage, and 
 handling standards; incorporation by reference, 70735 
 
                 National Fire Protection Association standard for 
 production, storage, and handling of liquefied natural gas; meeting, 
 5918 
 
             Low-stress hazardous liquid pipelines serving plants and 
 terminals, 9993 
 
             Natural gas transportation, etc. -- 
 
                 Plastic pipeline safety standards; meeting, 5339 
 
             Pipeline personnel; qualification requirements, 57269 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 18251, 18252, 55424, 
 55425, 65277 
 
         Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Supplemental emergency preparedness program, 6607 
 
         Hazardous materials: 
 
             Applications; exemptions, renewals, etc., 1989, 1990, 
 9043, 9044, 13299, 13300, 14990, 18965, 27620, 27621, 33435, 33440, 
 36733, 39116, 39117, 44506, 44507, 49639, 50955, 54743, 56287, 56288, 
 64988, 64989, 71186, 71187 
 
             Exemption applications delayed; list, 5417, 19574, 65862 
 
             Safety advisories -- 
 
                 Compressed gas cylinders; unauthorized marking, 40786 
 
                 High pressure composite cylinders, 68819 
 
                 High-pressure compressed gas cylinders; hydrostatic 
 testing, 71668 
 
         Hazardous materials transportation: 
 
             Preemption determinations, 17479, 18964, 30032, 42098, 
 45283, 49804, 67506 
 
             Registration requirements and fee assessment, 19573 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Hazardous materials bulk packagings; educational session, 
 53124 
 
             Hazardous materials in intrastate commerce; implementation 
 and compliance, 7192 
 
             International standards on transport of dangerous goods, 
 25896, 65634 
 
             Mechanical damage and cracking in pipelines; detection, 
 9295, 45288 
 
             Pipeline Safety Advisory Committees, 17924, 52314 
 
         Pipeline Risk Management Demonstration Program: 
 
             Electronic teleconference, 10672 
 
             Participants -- 
 
                 Chevron Pipe Line Co., 71334 
 
                 Mobil Pipe Line Co., 36018, 43741, 46506 
 
                 Natural Gas Pipe Line Co. of America, 46497, 51115 
 
                 Phillips Pipe Line Co., 36024, 43742 
 
                 Shell Pipe Line Corp., 7500, 14172 
 
         Pipeline safety: 
 
             Advisory bulletins -- 
 
                 Outer Continental Shelf; hazardous liquid and natural 
 gas pipelines; point of transfer of operating responsibility, 65863 
 
                 Potential computer problems related to Year, 000, 
 42478 
 
                 Potential damage to pipeline facilities caused by 
 passage of Hurricane Georges, 63355 
 
             National pipeline mapping system; public workshops, 36030 
 
             One-call systems study -- 
 
                 Implementation; meeting, 39360 
 
                 Information collection and solicitation of public 
 participation, 72344 
 
             System Integrity Inspection Pilot Program; request for 
 applications, 68819 
 
             User fees, 65864 
 
         Pipeline safety; waiver petitions: 
 
             Exxon Corp., 19999, 64990 
 
         Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 16858 
 
         Year 2000 North American Emergency Response Guidebook; 
 meetings and comment request, 48544 
 
 
 
 
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 Risk Management Agency 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Dairy options pilot program; implementation: 
 
             Availability, 59930 
 
             Comment request, 51 
 
         Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Agricultural risk management education program, 6810 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Rural Business-Cooperative Service 
 
     RULES 
 
         Organization, functions, and authority delegations: 
 
             Rural Development Mission Area, 3256 
 
         Program regulations: 
 
             Community and insured business programs; loans and grants 
 servicing, 41713 
 
             Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996; 
 implementation -- 
 
                 Guaranteed rural rental housing program, 39452 
 
             Intermediary relending program, 6045 
 
             Loan security servicing; use of subordinations to move 
 direct farm credit program borrowers to private sector, 20295 
 
                 Correction, 36157 
 
             Multiple family housing borrowers and grant recipients; 
 management and supervision, 2135 
 
             Personal property -- 
 
                 Post bankruptcy loan servicing notices, 29339 
 
             Property management -- 
 
                 Real estate owned by agency; nonrecoverable and 
 recoverable; definitions, 41715 
 
             Shared appreciation agreements; enforcement and 
 collection, 6627 
 
                 Correction, 56290 
 
             Single family housing; direct Section 502 and 504 
 programs; reengineering and reinvention, 29091 
 
             Water and waste loan and grant programs, 16088 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Grants: 
 
             Rural business opportunity program, 5474 
 
         Program regulations: 
 
             Farm labor housing loans and grants; processing requests, 
 57932 
 
             Guaranteed farm loan programs; regulatory streamlining; 
 and preferred lender program; implementation, 51458 
 
             Manufactured housing thermal requirements, 53616 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 4215, 5499, 7749, 
 8427, 8898, 9777, 11205, 19704, 24525, 27919, 50864 
 
         Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: 
 
             National Sheep Industry Improvement Center Board, 8900 
 
         Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996; 
 implementation: 
 
             National Sheep Industry Improvement Center; strategic plan 
 availability, 27920 
 
         Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Rural business enterprise program, 23264 
 
             Rural cooperative development program, 20167 
 
             Rural cooperative opportunities and problems research, 
 26139 
 
             Rural economic development loan and grant program; maximum 
 dollar amount on awards, 63833 
 
         Loan guarantee authority; maximum portion available (1998 FY), 
 4217 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             National Sheep Industry Improvement Center Board, 3081 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Rural Housing Service 
 
     RULES 
 
         Organization, functions, and authority delegations: 
 
             Rural Development Mission Area, 3256 
 
         Program regulations: 
 
             Community and insured business programs; loans and grants 
 servicing, 41713 
 
             Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996; 
 implementation -- 
 
                 Guaranteed rural rental housing program, 39452 
 
             Intermediary relending program, 6045 
 
             Loan security servicing; use of subordinations to move 
 direct farm credit program borrowers to private sector, 20295 
 
                 Correction, 36157 
 
             Multiple family housing borrowers and grant recipients; 
 management and supervision, 2135 
 
             Personal property -- 
 
                 Post bankruptcy loan servicing notices, 29339 
 
             Property management -- 
 
                 Real estate owned by agency; nonrecoverable and 
 recoverable; definitions, 41715 
 
             Shared appreciation agreements; enforcement and 
 collection, 6627 
 
                 Correction, 56290 
 
             Single family housing; direct Section 502 and 504 
 programs; reengineering and reinvention, 29091 
 
             Water and waste loan and grant programs, 16088 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Program regulations: 
 
             Farm labor housing loans and grants; processing requests, 
 57932 
 
             Guaranteed farm loan programs; regulatory streamlining; 
 and preferred lender program; implementation, 51458 
 
             Manufactured housing thermal requirements, 53616 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 468, 4215, 7749, 
 8898, 11205, 24525, 28984, 30472, 36210, 50864, 54107 
 
         Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Housing preservation program, 71077 
 
             Multi-family and single family housing, 71079 
 
             Rural cooperative development program, 20167 
 
             Section 515 rural rental housing program, 12077, 63667 
 
             Section 538 guaranteed rural rental housing loan program, 
 39472 
 
         Rural housing: 
 
             Section 515 loan funds recipients list (1997 FY), 2198 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Rural Telephone Bank 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Loan policies: 
 
             Telecommunications loan program; loan contract and 
 mortgage documentation reform initiative, 44175 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Loan policies: 
 
             Interest rates, 63446 
 
         Meetings; Sunshine Act, 6512, 24770, 43136, 63284 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Rural Utilities Service 
 
     RULES 
 
         Electric loans: 
 
             Borrower audit policy and certified public accountant peer 
 review requirements, 38720 
 
                 Correction, 40169 
 
             Electric engineering, architectural services, and design 
 policies and procedures, 35312 
 
             Electric program standard contract forms, 58283 
 
             Electric standards and specifications for materials and 
 construction -- 
 
                 Electric transmission specifications and drawings 
 (34.5 kV to 69 kV and 115 kV to 230 kV), 11589 
 
             Electric system operations and maintenance, 3449 
 
             Long-range financial forecasts, 53276 
 
             Year 2000 compliant electric systems, 51792 
 
         Electric, telecommunications, and water and waste financial 
 assistance programs; environmental policies and procedures, 68648 
 
             Correction, 71342 
 
         General information, organization and functions, and loan 
 making authority, 16085 
 
             Correction, 18307 
 
         Organization, functions, and authority delegations: 
 
             Rural Development Mission Area, 3256 
 
         Program regulations: 
 
             Community and insured business programs; loans and grants 
 servicing, 41713 
 
             Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996; 
 implementation -- 
 
                 Guaranteed rural rental housing program, 39452 
 
             Intermediary relending program, 6045 
 
             Loan security servicing; use of subordinations to move 
 direct farm credit program borrowers to private sector, 20295 
 
                 Correction, 36157 
 
             Materials and construction -- 
 
                 Electric overhead distribution lines; specification 
 and drawings for 24.9/14.4 kV line construction, 72102 
 
             Multiple family housing borrowers and grant recipients; 
 management and supervision, 2135 
 
             Personal property -- 
 
                 Post bankruptcy loan servicing notices, 29339 
 
             Property management -- 
 
                 Real estate owned by agency; nonrecoverable and 
 recoverable; definitions, 41715 
 
             Shared appreciation agreements; enforcement and 
 collection, 6627 
 
                 Correction, 56290 
 
             Single family housing; direct Section 502 and 504 
 programs; reengineering and reinvention, 29091 
 
             Water and waste loan and grant programs, 16088 
 
         Rural development: 
 
             Distance learning and telemedicine loan and grant program; 
 correction, 3637 
 
         Telecommunications loans: 
 
             Borrower audit policy and certified public accountant peer 
 review requirements, 38720 
 
                 Correction, 40169 
 
             Telecommunications systems; Year 2000 compliance, 45677 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Electric loans: 
 
             Electric borrowers; hardship rate and municipal rate 
 loans; queue prioritization, 17127, 24995 
 
             Electric program standard contract forms, 45767 
 
             Electric standards and specifications for materials and 
 construction -- 
 
                 Underground electric distribution; specifications and 
 drawings, 17128 
 
             Fidelity and insurance requirements, 54385 
 
         Electric system construction policies and procedures: 
 
             Electric program standard contract forms; revision, 49503 
 
         Grants: 
 
             Rural business opportunity program, 5474 
 
         Program regulations: 
 
             Farm labor housing loans and grants; processing requests, 
 57932 
 
             Guaranteed farm loan programs; regulatory streamlining; 
 and preferred lender program; implementation, 51458 
 
             Manufactured housing thermal requirements, 53616 
 
         Telecommunications loans: 
 
             Fidelity and insurance requirements, 54385 
 
         Telecommunications standards and specifications: 
 
             Materials, equipment, and construction -- 
 
                 Cable splicing connectors, 51018 
 
                 Central office equipment contract (not including 
 installation) (RUS Form 545), 68406 
 
                 Customer access locations; service installation 
 standard, 70456 
 
                 Digital, stored program controlled central office 
 equipment, 17738 
 
                 Special equipment contract (including installation), 
 8582 
 
                 Special equipment specifications, 36377 
 
                 Telecommunications conduit; engineering and technical 
 requirements, 59248 
 
         Telecommunications system construction policies and 
 procedures: 
 
             Telecommunications borrowers preloan and postloan 
 requirements; reduction of RUS oversight with respect to preparation 
 of plans and specifications, etc., 38503 
 
             Telephone system construction contract and specifications; 
 revisions, 49504 
 
         Telephone loans: 
 
             Post-loan policies and procedures; loan contract and 
 mortgage documentation reform initiative, 44175 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 5499, 7749, 8898, 
 11205, 17149, 17150, 17151, 19472, 23419, 24525, 26142, 44832, 50864 
 
         Electric and telecommunications borrowers: 
 
             Actions and considerations to assure year 2000 compliance, 
 39268 
 
             Information dissemination; agency policies, 18362 
 
         Electric distribution borrowers; additional secured debt 
 issuance, 45464 
 
         Electric loans: 
 
             Quarterly municipal interest rates, 13166, 33319, 49543, 
 69611, 71617 
 
         Environmental statements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Associated Electric Cooperative, 33908, 59278, 63833 
 
             Cordova Electric Cooperative, Inc., 32188 
 
             Lincoln-Pipestone Rural Water Existing System North/Lyon 
 County Phase and Northeast Phase Expansion Project, MN; meeting, 8901, 
 34361 
 
             Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc., 34630 
 
             South River Electric Membership Corp., 39268 
 
         Environmental statements; notice of intent: 
 
             Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc., 41543, 51334 
 
             Georgia Transmission Corp., 43659 
 
         Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Distance learning and telemedicine program, 3700 
  
 
FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1998
 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Advisory Board, 9629, 32909, 43743, 64756 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Science and Technology Policy Office 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Enhancing Federal training and education through technology; 
 comment request, 35928 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             President's Committee of Advisors on Science and 
 Technology, 1109, 9230, 27962, 46790, 57125 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Secret Service 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Senior Executive Service: 
 
             Performance Review Boards; membership, 46508 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Securities and Exchange Commission 
 
     RULES 
 
         Accounting bulletins, staff: 
 
             Allocation of expenses and related disclosure in financial 
 statements of subsidiaries, divisions, or lesser business components 
 of another entity, etc., 6474 
 
         Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System 
 (EDGAR): 
 
             Filer Manual -- 
 
                 Update and incorporation by reference, 3462, 29104 
 
         Investment advisers: 
 
             Client's consent to principal or agency transaction, and 
 certain transactions for which adviser would not be acting as broker; 
 interpretations, 39505 
 
             Fees based upon capital gains shares or capital 
 appreciation of client's account; exemptions, 39022 
 
             Multi-state investment advisers; exemption; and investment 
 advisers with principal offices and places of business in Colorado or 
 Iowa, 39708 
 
             Year 2000 computer problems; reporting requirements, 54308 
 
         Investment companies: 
 
             Investment company assets; custody outside United States; 
 compliance date extension, 29345 
 
             Offshore sales of securities and investment services; 
 dissemination of advertisements and other information; Internet Web 
 sites use, 14806 
 
             Securities registration; fee rate change; registration 
 form update, 62936 
 
         Organization, functions, and authority delegations: 
 
             Market Regulation Division Director, 8100 
 
         Practice and procedure: 
 
             Improper professional conduct standards, 57163 
 
             Securities violations; Federal, State, or local criminal 
 prosecutorial authority representatives; participation in criminal 
 prosecutions, 63404 
 
         Public utility holding companies: 
 
             Public utility and nonutility subsidiary companies; 
 securities issuance and sale; exemption, 9736 
 
         Securities: 
 
             Auditor independence; standards establishment and 
 improvement; policy statement, 9135 
 
             Beneficial ownership in publicly-held companies; reporting 
 requirements, 2854 
 
                 Correction, 15286 
 
             Brokers and dealers reporting requirements -- 
 
                 Year 2000 compliance, 37668, 59208 
 
             Confirmation and affirmation of securities trade; matching 
 service, 17943 
 
             Covered securities, 3032 
 
             Derivatives securities; listing and trading of new 
 products by self-regulatory organizations, 70952 
 
             Exchanges and alternative trading systems, 70844 
 
             Interim Form BD adoption, 9413 
 
             Lost securityholders; transfer agent requirements; 
 correction, 1884 
 
             Offshore sales of securities and investment services; 
 dissemination of advertisements and other information; Internet Web 
 sites use, 14806 
 
             Open-end management investment companies -- 
 
                 New disclosure option, 13968, 19286 
 
                 Registration form, 13916, 14814, 19286 
 
             Over-the-counter derivatives dealers, 59362 
 
                 Correction, 63143 
 
             Plain English disclosure in prospectuses, 6370 
 
             Public companies, investment advisers, investment 
 companies, and municipal securities issuers; Year 2000 issues; 
 disclosure obligations, 41394 
 
             Safe harbor procedures; offshore offers and sales, 9632 
 
             Securities Exchange Act of 1934; Section 36 exemptive 
 relief; applications filing procedures, 8101 
 
             Shareholders proposals, 29106 
 
                 Correction, 46881, 50622 
 
             Small business and small organization; definitions for 
 purposes of Regulatory Flexibility Act, 35508 
 
             Transfer agents; Year 2000 readiness reports, 37688, 58630 
 
                 Correction, 42229 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Federal regulatory review: 
 
             Rules list and comment request, 451, 72217 
 
         Investment advisers: 
 
             Year 2000 computer problems; reporting requirements, 36632 
 
         Investment companies: 
 
             Deregistration of registered investment companies; 
 electronic filing requirements, 69236 
 
             Investment advisers to investment companies; exemption 
 expansion, 40231 
 
         Practice and procedure: 
 
             Improper professional conduct standards, 33305, 39054 
 
             Securities violations; Federal, State, or local criminal 
 prosecutorial authority representatives; participation in criminal 
 prosecutions, 46716 
 
         Securities: 
 
             Belgium; securities exemption for purposes of trading 
 futures contracts, 32628 
 
             Brokers and dealers; books and records requirements -- 
 
                 Sales practices, 54404, 63222 
 
             Brokers and dealers reporting requirements -- 
 
                 Year 2000 compliance, 12056, 19693, 37709 
 
             Compensatory benefit arrangements; offers and sales 
 exemption, 10785 
 
             Cross-border tender offers, business combinations, and 
 rights offerings, 69135 
 
             Derivative securities; listing and trading of new products 
 by self-regulatory organizations, 23584 
 
             Equity securities purchases by issuer or affiliated 
 purchaser, 59911 
 
             Exchanges and alternative trading systems, 23504 
 
                 Correction, 29301 
 
             Operating segments; financial reporting requirements; 
 technical amendments, 35886 
 
             Options disclosure documents -- 
 
                 Rule 135b revision, 36136 
 
                 Rule 9b-1 amendment, 36138 
 
             Over-the-counter derivatives dealers; capital requirements 
 for broker-dealers; net capital rule, 11173 
 
             Publication or submission of quotations without specified 
 information, 9661 
 
             Registration form for insurance company separate accounts 
 registered as unit investment trusts that offer variable life 
 insurance policies, 13988 
 
             Registration of offerings to consultants and advisors; 
 legitimate employee estate planning transactions, etc., 9648 
 
             Securities depository accounts; increased efficiency and 
 certainty in processing of reorganization events, tender offers, and 
 exchange offers, 47209 
 
             Securities offerings, regulatory structure; modernization 
 and clarification, 67174 
 
             Seed capital exemption, 29168 
 
             Takeovers and security holder communications; regulation 
 modernization, 67331 
 
             Transfer agents; Year 2000 readiness reports, 12062, 
 19430, 37710 
 
         Semi-annual agenda, 23060, 62782 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 275, 276, 582, 1884, 
 2428, 5407, 7014, 10249, 10959, 12116, 13886, 26221, 26222, 28428, 
 31536, 31816, 32685, 33738, 33975, 34494, 35298, 36279, 37606, 38216, 
 38436, 40746, 53968 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 1130, 1131, 
 1512, 6585, 9273, 12117, 13081, 13887, 18237, 18238, 25887, 26222, 
 27335, 28429, 38436, 38865, 40567, 43971, 45535, 45536, 45537, 46257, 
 46814, 48280, 48535, 50608, 50610, 50611, 53969, 54164, 58433, 63758, 
 67152 
 
         Alternative dispute resolution; policy statement, 42891 
 
         Foreign issuers; registration exemptions; list, 9879 
 
         Intermarket Trading System; plan amendments, 39306, 40748, 
 47050, 56278 
 
         Investment advisers; registration cancellations; list, 12526 
 
         Investment Company Act of 1940: 
 
             Deregistration applications -- 
 
                 EV Traditional Worldwide Health Sciences Fund, Inc., 
 et al., 16837 
 
                 Farrell Alpha Strategies et al., 30524 
 
                 Financial Reserves Fund et al., 36977 
 
                 First Eagle International Fund, Inc., et al., 52778 
 
                 GTF Advantage Funds et al., 42472 
 
                 InterCapital Managed Municipal Trust et al., 25247 
 
                 John Hancock Limited Term Government Fund et al., 
 47334 
 
                 Kemper Short-Term Global Income Fund-B et al., 11324 
 
                 Lexington Tax Free Money Fund, Inc., et al., 583 
 
                 Managers Short Term Municipal Bond Fund et al., 65623 
 
                 New England Funds Trust IV et al., 59814 
 
                 Value Line Intermediate Bond Fund, Inc., et al., 5982 
 
                 Williamsburg Investment Trust et al., 52779 
 
             Deregistration -- 
 
                 Inventor Funds, Inc., et al., 71319 
 
             Exemption applications -- 
 
                 McLaughlin, Piven, Vogel Securities, Inc., 38437 
 
         Joint industry plan: 
 
             National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., et al., 
 1515, 36979 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Securities laws uniformity; annual conference, 18470 
 
         Meetings; Sunshine Act, 1878, 2436, 3009, 3595, 4333, 4679, 
 6247, 6587, 9273, 9274, 10420, 10960, 11936, 12557, 14500, 15244, 
 16838, 17918, 18239, 19542, 20681, 26231, 27107, 27336, 31254, 32273, 
 33422, 34949, 36007, 36280, 37608, 38221, 38865, 39915, 40327, 41609, 
 45100, 46495, 47541, 49375, 49619, 51393, 53478, 53969, 55162, 55907, 
 56667, 58434, 58801, 60035, 63950, 65827, 65828, 67154, 68809, 69353 
 
         Options price reporting authority, 56051, 65828, 69354, 70815, 
 71174 
 
         Privacy Act: 
 
             Systems of records, 11936, 11938, 37423 
 
         Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: 
 
             Year 2000 issues and consequences; disclosure by public 
 companies; frequently asked questions, 63758 
 
         Securities: 
 
             Suspension of trading -- 
 
                 Electro-Optical Systems Corp., 13293 
 
                 Eventemp Corp., 43435 
 
                 Golden Eagle International, Inc., 34499 
 
                 Infotex Holdings, Ltd., 40328 
 
                 International Heritage Inc., 13293 
 
                 Midland, Inc., 44665 
 
                 Mountain Energy, Inc., 40946 
 
                 Shopping.com, 14740 
 
                 Solucorp Industries, Ltd., 25129 
 
                 Struthers Industries, Inc., 2294, 4333 
 
         Self-regulatory organizations: 
 
             Clearing agency registration applications -- 
 
                 Emerging Markets Clearing Corp., 8711 
 
                 Government Securities Clearing Corp., 2435, 10253 
 
                 International Securities Clearing Corp., 10669 
 
                 MBS Clearing Corp., 14740 
 
                 Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. of New York, 8232 
 
         Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes: 
 
             American Stock Exchange, Inc., 2437, 2438, 4506, 5577, 
 6587, 8229, 8723, 9620, 10054, 11469, 12118, 12846, 14145, 14741, 
 15244, 15905, 19280, 19542, 20225, 20249, 25130, 25249, 25251, 26231, 
 28532, 29270, 29272, 30570, 36280, 36981, 37151, 37426, 38230, 38439, 
 39608, 39609, 40145, 40573, 45538, 45539, 45541, 47052, 48280, 49720, 
 51107, 55660, 56052, 56668, 57335, 59816, 59817, 60429, 64319, 68483, 
 68809, 68811, 71319, 71321, 71524 
 
             American Stock Exchange, Inc., et al., 39916, 43435, 
 49766, 59345, 59819, 64297 
 
             Boston Stock Exchange, Inc., 6787, 9026, 11470, 12847, 
 23307, 24200, 48283, 55661, 58078, 60430, 68490, 70170 
 
             Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 276, 3009, 3938, 
 4507, 5579, 5584, 5825, 6247, 7019, 12119, 12558, 12851, 14146, 14151, 
 14152, 16839, 17038, 20227, 23309, 23817, 23819, 23820, 24578, 24580, 
 26657, 26658, 27779, 28019, 29274, 29275, 30525, 32688, 33422, 33742, 
 34209, 35309, 35629, 37153, 37155, 37430, 38441, 39610, 40574, 41306, 
 42085, 42649, 43449, 45275, 46258, 48285, 49619, 49722, 50265, 51393, 
 53737, 57145, 57339, 58080, 58081, 58434, 59348, 59350, 63759, 63761, 
 67155, 67956, 68321, 68323, 69696, 70816, 70818, 71530 
 
             Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., et al., 11939 
 
             Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., 584, 1517, 1985, 2708, 3940, 
 4679, 5982, 7020, 11941, 12123, 14153, 15906, 16840, 17246, 17248, 
 19990, 23821, 26233, 28020, 28533, 29276, 29277, 30570, 31817, 36983, 
 37157, 37159, 38442, 38866, 39319, 39611, 40147, 41609, 41610, 43449, 
 47056, 48286, 49142, 49144, 49375, 54165, 55163, 56276, 56669, 56956, 
 64299, 65623, 67958, 69125, 69699, 70820, 71175 
 
             Cincinnati Stock Exchange, Inc., 11942, 18945, 41880, 
 46259, 57340, 70172 
 
             Delta Clearing Corp., 5828, 7022, 9621, 17249, 19544, 
 24201, 35298 
 
             Depository Trust Co., 1884, 3941, 8508, 8725, 8726, 13893, 
 18062, 18239, 18240, 19545, 19772, 23310, 24584, 25890, 26235, 26236, 
 26237, 31818, 32688, 36008, 38221, 38444, 39918, 42650, 44666, 45100, 
 46262, 47057, 50950, 54739, 56279, 57342, 57716, 57717, 64135, 64320, 
 65829, 65830, 68493, 68494, 69127 
 
             Depository Trust Co. et al., 30543, 35631, 46261 
 
             Emerging Markets Clearing Corp., 10251, 18054, 38445, 
 42087, 43737, 44939, 46263, 49622, 50271, 52311, 66617, 71532 
 
             Government Securities Clearing Corp., 10055, 13439, 19774, 
 31539, 39320, 52313, 59831, 63095 
 
             International Securities Clearing Corp., 24593 
 
             MBS Clearing Corp., 7844, 9274, 13712, 19546, 25891, 65831 
 
             Midwest Clearing Corp. et al., 19991, 39614 
 
             Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, 280, 585, 1519, 
 3010, 3367, 4509, 14160, 18055, 18242, 19775, 23311, 23315, 27337, 
 29282, 37434, 37608, 38868, 39321, 40148, 40759, 45544, 45545, 51976, 
 53739, 67157 
 
             Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board et al., 25531 
 
             NASD Regulation, Inc., 32033 
 
             National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 117, 
 586, 588, 897, 1131, 1134, 1520, 2709, 3370, 3595, 3942, 4333, 4510, 
 5985, 6789, 7026, 7846, 8241, 8242, 8727, 9032, 9893, 10057, 12124, 
 12558, 12559, 13894, 13899, 14743, 15467, 15471, 16841, 18057, 19547, 
 19778, 19992, 20230, 20232, 20249, 23317, 23321, 24202, 25253, 25532, 
 26238, 26240, 27608, 28535, 29050, 30276, 30789, 30791, 30816, 31254, 
 31255, 31819, 31820, 32288, 32690, 33746, 34674, 34950, 34951, 35299, 
 36282, 36462, 36464, 36465, 37911, 39322, 39333, 39614, 39619, 39919, 
 40759, 40761, 42088, 43974, 45547, 46090, 46264, 46267, 47058, 47059, 
 47062, 47064, 47336, 49623, 49724, 49937, 50272, 50611, 51108, 51978, 
 51980, 52780, 53108, 53740, 53747, 54169, 54740, 55165, 55167, 55907, 
 55909, 56055, 56670, 56957, 57147, 57342, 57718, 59610, 59614, 60431, 
 63764, 63950, 63967, 64136, 64303, 64319, 64320, 65626, 65832, 66618, 
 66619, 67496, 67499, 67724, 68324, 68814, 69134, 69701, 70173, 70177, 
 71534, 71535, 71984 
 
             National Securities Clearing Corp., 4336, 5986, 6588, 
 8729, 8730, 9033, 10058, 19780, 19781, 30277, 32905, 33750, 38446, 
 39923, 44940, 53479, 55664, 55910, 56280, 56707, 57346, 59615, 59616, 
 63096, 63952, 67962, 71175 
 
             New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 118, 899, 1135, 4337, 4513, 
 5829, 8244, 9034, 9036, 9275, 14745, 14747, 15908, 16849, 18060, 
 18244, 18481, 20249, 23324, 26660, 27339, 27609, 30279, 33975, 36725, 
 36985, 38230, 39620, 40150, 40575, 41308, 41310, 41882, 42652, 42892, 
 46090, 48289, 49145, 52782, 55170, 55667, 56281, 57347, 58435, 59351, 
 60036, 63347, 64304, 65626, 65833, 65834, 67160, 67161, 67163, 67964, 
 67965, 67966, 67969, 71176, 71991 
 
             New York Stock Exchange, Inc., et al., 5408, 18477 
 
             Options Clearing Corp., 1521, 8509, 8731, 8732, 13082, 
 13293, 19782, 30544, 33424, 36467, 39334, 39335, 39621, 42653, 43980, 
 53970, 56684, 58438, 59353, 59834, 63097, 64980, 69703, 71179, 71535, 
 71664 
 
             Pacific Exchange, Inc., 2711, 8246, 9276, 9622, 9895, 
 10420, 11700, 11943, 11945, 12852, 13440, 14162, 15246, 15472, 17250, 
 17252, 19549, 19994, 20236, 24593, 25255, 25891, 26662, 26834, 28432, 
 29286, 30548, 31823, 32691, 34676, 35303, 37913, 38222, 39336, 39338, 
 40577, 41312, 42896, 45276, 45892, 46269, 48774, 49624, 49626, 50951, 
 51110, 52784, 54175, 55668, 56282, 56283, 57721, 58082, 58439, 59354, 
 63766, 64307, 64320, 65627, 67164, 67970, 67971, 70821, 71322, 71325, 
 71993 
 
             Participants Trust Co., 1523, 15247, 17253, 42897, 46270 
 
             Philadelphia Depository Trust Co., 6249, 23326 
 
             Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc., 3596, 3601, 3611, 4515, 
 6589, 6591, 6790, 7033, 7488, 8510, 12569, 13082, 13083, 13087, 13294, 
 13901, 15474, 19282, 19554, 20238, 20249, 23327, 23331, 25258, 26666, 
 26667, 26836, 29287, 29288, 29301, 31543, 33426, 33430, 38223, 39338, 
 39622, 44298, 46270, 47077, 47078, 48777, 49147, 49627, 54177, 55670, 
 56056, 56284, 56685, 57147, 58083, 60435, 64319, 64751, 65630, 66621, 
 67972, 69128, 69704, 71181, 71183 
 
             Stock Clearing Corp. of Philadelphia, 6250, 7848, 23333, 
 25538, 29301, 40578 
 
         Year 2000 conversion; regulatory moratorium; policy statement, 
 47051, 53747 
 
         Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: 
 
             1st Atlantic Guaranty Corp., 32259 
 
             Advantus Capital Management, Inc., et al., 1513 
 
             Aetna Variable Fund et al., 66210 
 
             Allied Capital Financial Corp. et al., 30273 
 
             Allmerica Investment Trust et al., 32260, 39303 
 
             Alpha Industries, Inc., 43733 
 
             American Century Capital Investment Management, Inc., et 
 al., 4502 
 
             American Fidelity Assurance Co. et al., 55156 
 
             American General Series Portfolio Co. 2 et al., 44295 
 
             American Odyssey Funds, Inc., et al., 6240 
 
             Americas Growth Fund, Inc., et al., 23481 
 
             AMP Ltd. et al., 11931 
 
             Ark Funds et al., 10655 
 
             Armada Funds et al., 28429 
 
             ARM Financial Group, Inc., 32032 
 
             Asia Tigers Fund, Inc., et al., 30786 
 
             Austria Fund, Inc., et al., 50948 
 
             B.A.T Industries p.l.c., 17242 
 
             Baker, Fentress & Company, et al., 66215 
 
             Bankers Trust Co., et al., 42461, 66219 
 
             Baron Capital Funds Trust et al., 28527 
 
             Barr Laboratories, Inc., 10419 
 
             Barr Rosenberg Series Trust et al., 15466 
 
             Barr Rosenberg Variable Insurance Trust et al., 42465 
 
             BlackRock Funds et al., 16594 
 
             Bogen Communications International, Inc., 48773 
 
             Boise Cascade Corp., 69353 
 
             Bond Fund Series et al., 35623 
 
             Boston 1784 Funds et al., 29258 
 
             Brinson Supplementary Trust et al., 24834 
 
             Cableuropa S.A., 69124 
 
             Calvert Social Investment Fund et al., 38216, 71517 
 
             Cambrex Corp., 18239 
 
             Cash Management Portfolio et al., 36453 
 
             CCB Funds, 67947 
 
             CD Radio Inc., 60418 
 
             CECO Filters, Inc., 3362 
 
             Cellco Finance N.V., 20679 
 
             Chase Global Co-Invest Partners 1997, L.P., et al., 29260 
 
             CIBC Oppenheimer Corp., 43220 
 
             CIGNA Funds Group et al., 71172 
 
             Columbus Energy Corp., 15467 
 
             Complete Management, Inc., 9618 
 
             Conectiv, Inc., 10657 
 
             CoreFunds, Inc., et al., 17244 
 
             Corporate Income Fund et al., 38218 
 
             Countrywide Investment Trust et al., 43971 
 
             Cova Financial Services Life Insurance Co. et al., 68480 
 
             Cowen & Co. et al., 29042 
 
             Crabbe Huson Funds et al, 50262 
 
             Credit Suisse First Boston Corp., 67948 
 
             Crown Laboratories, Inc., 117 
 
             CypressTree Asset Management Corp., Inc., 7015 
 
             CypressTree Asset Management Corp., Inc., et al., 25887, 
 38680 
 
             Daily Money Fund et al., 3933 
 
             Dean Witter Select Equity Trust et al., 25528 
 
             Delaware Group Foundation Funds et al., 12845 
 
             DG Investor Series et al., 18464, 47540, 64741 
 
             Diversified Investors Portfolios et al., 44663 
 
             Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp., 15901 
 
             Dow Target Variable Fund LLC, 68803 
 
             Dreyfus/Laurel Funds, Inc., et al., 29462 
 
             Dreyfus/Laurel Tax-Free Municipal Funds, 56270 
 
             Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc., et al., 
 2702 
 
             Emerging Germany Fund, Inc., 35624 
 
             Emerging Markets Growth Fund, Inc., 49717 
 
             Entergy Corp., 38682 
 
             EQ Advisors Trust et al., 16596 
 
             Equitable Life Insurance Co. of Iowa et al., 39603 
 
             Equity Managers Trust et al., 49617 
 
             Equus II Inc., 33420 
 
             EuroPacific Growth Fund et al., 38219 
 
             Evergreen Equity Trust et al., 36455, 70811 
 
             Evergreen International Trust et al., 48536 
 
             Expedition Funds et al., 43734 
 
             Extended Stay America, Inc., 25245 
 
             Federal-Mogul Corp., 16832 
 
             Financial Federal Corp., 38221 
 
             First American Investment Funds, Inc., et al., 36971 
 
             First Australia Fund, Inc., 41606 
 
             Florida Rock Industries, Inc., 19761 
 
             Formus Communications, Inc., et al., 56271 
 
             Fountain Square Funds et al., 33738 
 
             FPA Capital Fund, Inc., 59604 
 
             France Growth Fund, Inc., 51975 
 
             Franklin Floating Rate Trust et al., 9876 
 
             Freedom Mutual Fund et al., 23482 
 
             Fundamental Funds, Inc., et al., 63515 
 
             Gabelli Equity Trust Inc. et al., 11318 
 
             General American Investors Co., Inc., 28431 
 
             Goldman, Sachs & Co. et al., 2428 
 
             Goldman Sachs Group, L.P., 40568 
 
             GP Strategies Corp., 32033, 32265 
 
             Gradison-McDonald Cash Reserve Trust et al., 51381 
 
             Great Plains Funds et al., 41304 
 
             Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Co. et al., 4504, 
 67152 
 
             Growth Stock Portfolio et al., 3175 
 
             GST Telecommunications, Inc., 36002 
 
             Guardian Insurance & Annuity Co., Inc., et al., 15236 
 
             Hambrecht & Quist Employee Venture Fund, L.P., et al., 
 45882 
 
             Harris & Harris Group, Inc., 17905 
 
             Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc., 3362 
 
             Hilliard-Lyons Growth Fund, Inc., et al., 59605 
 
             Homestead Village Inc., 25530 
 
             IEI Capital Corp., 71519 
 
             ImmuCell Corp., 41879 
 
             Industrial Development Bank of India, 40944 
 
             Integrity Life Insurance Co. et al., 48537 
 
             Intercorp Excelle Inc., 26223 
 
             International FiberCom, Inc., 36974 
 
             INVESCO Global Health Sciences Fund et al., 12520 
 
             INVESCO Value Trust, 65266 
 
             Investors Mark Series Fund, Inc., et al., 31238 
 
             Janus Aspen Series et al., 42646 
 
             Janus Investment Fund et al., 31243 
 
             Jefferson Pilot Variable Fund, Inc., et al., 32266 
 
             John Hancock Bond Trust et al., 60419 
 
             John Hancock Institutional Series Trust, 58077 
 
             Johns Manville International Group, Inc., 54738 
 
             KBK Financial, Inc., et al., 63094 
 
             KECALP Inc., et al., 66610 
 
             Kemper Global/International Series, Inc., et al., 64743 
 
             Key Energy Group, Inc., 20681 
 
             Key Mutual Funds et al., 6585 
 
             Lehman Brothers Capital Partners I et al., 19761 
 
             Lehman Brothers Inc., 19538 
 
             Liberty Variable Investment Trust et al., 18050 
 
             Life & Annuity Trust et al., 46816 
 
             Lipper Funds, Inc., 34947 
 
             London Insurance Group, Inc., 8227 
 
             London Pacific Life & Annuity Co. et al., 51629 
 
             Lord Abbett Investment Trust et al., 16598 
 
             M&T Bank Corp., 36002 
 
             MACC Private Equities Inc. et al., 55158 
 
             Marquee Group, Inc., 15243 
 
             McLaughlin, Piven, Vogel Securities, Inc., 
 
             MDC Communications Corp., 57145 
 
             Medco Research, Inc., 70443 
 
             MEMBERS Mutual Funds et al., 41607 
 
             Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., et al., 4331 
 
             Merrill Lynch Private Equity Trust I et al., 59607 
 
             Meteor Industries, Inc., 59344 
 
             Met-Pro Corp., 36975 
 
             MFS Institutional Trust, 66221 
 
             M Fund, Inc., et al., 32686 
 
             Mitchell Hutchins Institutional Series et al., 71520 
 
             Mitchell Hutchins Portfolios et al., 29044 
 
             Monarch Life Insurance Co. et al., 29764 
 
             Monitor Funds et al., 10250 
 
             Moreland Management Co., 8710 
 
             Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc., 38681 
 
             Morgan Stanley Capital Investors, L.P., et al., 13887 
 
             Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter, Discover & Co., et al., 43223 
 
             Munder Funds, Inc., et al., 31537 
 
             Municipal Mortgage & Equity, LLC, 49936 
 
             Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York et al., 64289 
 
             NationsBanc Montgomery Securities LLC, 19765 
 
             Nations Fund Trust et al., 23484 
 
             Nationwide Investing Foundation et al., 8227, 18052 
 
             New England Funds, L.P., et al., 19769 
 
             New York Life Capital Corp., 33421 
 
             Nike Securities L.P. et al., 63516 
 
             Nikko Research Center (America), Inc., 3363 
 
             Northern Institutional Funds et al., 69694 
 
             Oak Industries Inc., 36003 
 
             Occidental Petroleum Corp., 19770 
 
             Old Mutual South Africa Equity Trust et al., 10668, 29767 
 
             Oppenheimer Series Fund, Inc., et al., 26223 
 
             Oryx Technology Corp., 25129 
 
             P.H. Glatfelter Co., 67951 
 
             P.T. Riau Andalan Pulp & Paper, 15241, 20435 
 
             PaineWebber America Fund et al., 36003 
 
             PaineWebber Inc., 32902 
 
             Parts Source, Inc., 31245 
 
             Pax World Fund, Inc., et al., 26832 
 
             Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, 9619 
 
             PFL Endeavor Target Account et al., 32268 
 
             Phoenix Home Life Mutual Insurance Co. et al., 36457 
 
             PIMCO Funds et al., 30522 
 
             PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust et al., 2290 
 
             Piper Funds Inc. et al., 15469 
 
             Pope Resources, A Delaware Limited Partnership, 25531 
 
             Principal Management Corp. et al., 71522 
 
             Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co. et al., 63342 
 
             Public utility holding company filings, 583, 2436, 3775, 
 5974, 6242, 7017, 8505, 10049, 11933, 12521, 13712, 13892, 14984, 
 16601, 16604, 16605, 16833, 17906, 19989, 20436, 30273, 30523, 32271, 
 33740, 34948, 36460, 37422, 38439, 40142, 40747, 42471, 43736, 44665, 
 45886, 47333, 49372, 49720, 51383, 54507, 55904, 56954, 58797, 60422, 
 64532, 65819, 68806, 68807, 71524 
 
             Quantitative Group of Funds et al., 70813 
 
             Quebecor Inc., 67952 
 
             Ranson & Associates, Inc., et al., 60030 
 
             Ranson Unit Investment Trusts et al., 60033 
 
             RBB Fund, Inc., et al., 39606 
 
             Real Goods Trading Corp., 59344 
 
             Redwood Empire Bancorp, 64534 
 
             Reich & Tang Distributors, Inc., et al., 18465 
 
             Resorts International Hotel Financing, Inc., et al., 15242 
 
             RGIP, LLC and Ropes & Gray, 11320 
 
             Rigel Energy Corp., 9619 
 
             Rogers Cantel Inc., 26833 
 
             ROHN Industries, Inc., 43736 
 
             Room Plus, Inc., 51631 
 
             Sage Life Investment Trust et al., 26225 
 
             Salomon Brothers Variable Series Funds Inc. et al., 17907 
 
             Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc., et al., 18468, 55161 
 
             Saratoga Advantage Trust et al., 3364 
 
             Scudder Global Fund, Inc., et al., 55418 
 
             Scudder Spain & Portugal Fund, Inc., et al., 48540 
 
             Security Benefit Life Insurance Co. et al., 6243 
 
             Security Life of Denver Insurance Co. et al., 31245 
 
             SEI Liquid Asset Trust et al., 34496 
 
             Select Advisors Trust A et al., 67952 
 
             Select Sector SPDR Trust et al., 57332 
 
             Sel-Leb Marketing, Inc., 40327 
 
             Sessions Group et al., 5976, 8229, 53107 
 
             Siem Industries Inc., 49374 
 
             Simms Funds et al., 63518 
 
             Sirrom Capital Corp., 30788 
 
             SIT Mutual Funds, Inc., et al., 44479 
 
             Sixty Wall Street Fund, L.P., et al., 65823 
 
             Smart Choice Automotive Group, Inc., 40327 
 
             Source Information Management Co., 48774 
 
             Specialty Teleconstructors, Inc., 51631 
 
             Sport-Haley, Inc., 68808 
 
             SR&F Base Trust, et al., 36975 
 
             SSgA Funds et al., 3779 
 
             St. Clair Funds, Inc., et al., 11463 
 
             Stagecoach Funds, Inc., et al., 31250 
 
             State Street Bank & Trust Co., 19277 
 
             State Street Bank & Trust Co. et al., 47046 
 
             Stein Roe Income Trust et al., 29046 
 
             STI Classic Variable Trust et al., 17913 
 
             Striker Industries, Inc., 36725 
 
             Summit Properties Inc., 26231 
 
             SunAmerica Asset Management Corp. et al., 16833, 65268 
 
             T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., et al., 64292 
 
             TCW/BQA Enhanced 500 L.P. et al., 24198 
 
             Technology Funding Venture Capital Fund VI, LLC, et al., 
 66615 
 
             Telesystem International Wireless Inc., 71660 
 
             Teletouch Communications, Inc., 26834 
 
             Tradepoint Financial Networks plc, 37146 
 
             Transamerica Investors, Inc., et al., 19771 
 
             U.S. Global Leaders Variable Insurance Trust et al., 29264 
 
             UBS Investor Portfolios Trust et al., 29048 
 
             UIH Latin America, Inc., 41879 
 
             Unity Bancorp, Inc., 67496 
 
             UNUM Life Insurance Co. of America et al., 68317 
 
             Van Kampen American Capital Distributors, Inc., et al., 
 9877 
 
             Variable Insurance Funds et al., 64745 
 
             Variable Insurance Products Fund et al., 35625 
 
             Vestaur Securities, Inc., et al., 11934 
 
             Victory Portfolios et al., 45098, 56274 
 
             Virtus Funds et al., 5978 
 
             VSI Enterprises, Inc., 15243 
 
             Weiss, Peck & Greer Funds Trust, et al., 5979, 40143 
 
             Western Reserve Life Assurance Co. of Ohio et al., 71662 
 
             Western-Southern Life Assurance Co. et al., 67954 
 
             White Elk Funds et al., 51388 
 
             Wilmington Trust Co. et al., 31252 
 
             Wright Managed Blue Chip Series Trust et al., 60424 
 
             WRL Series Fund, Inc., et al., 38683 
 
             Zevex International, Inc., 64535 
 
             Z-Seven Fund, Inc., 50264 
 
             Zurich Insurance Co. et al., 44480 
 
 
 
 
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     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Semi-annual agenda, 22864, 62600 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 5585, 41314 
 
         Privacy Act: 
 
             Systems of records, 901 
 
 
 
 
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 Small Business Administration 
 
     RULES 
 
         Business loans: 
 
             Premier certified lenders program; pilot program extended 
 and certified development company authority expanded, 24739 
 
         Disaster loan program: 
 
             Eligibility criteria, 46643 
 
             Legal business entities engaged in agricultural 
 enterprises and non-agricultural business ventures, 46644 
 
             Physical disaster and economic injury loans; increase 
 request requirements, 15072 
 
         HUBZone empowerment contracting program; implementation, 31896 
 
         Procurement assistance: 
 
             Very small business concerns, 46640 
 
         Small business investment companies: 
 
             Miscellaneous amendments, 5859 
 
         Small business size standards: 
 
             8(a) business development/small disadvantaged business 
 status determinations, 35767 
 
                 Eligibility requirements and contractual assistance; 
 Federal regulatory review, 35726 
 
             Nonmanufacturer rule; waivers -- 
 
                 Towers, telegraph apparatus, turbines, cellular 
 handsets and telephones, automobile motor vehicles, motor trucks, and 
 radiotelephones, 38742 
 
         Small business size standards and procurement assistance: 
 
             Very small business concerns, 46640 
 
                 Compliance date, 56786 
 
         Surety bond guarantees: 
 
             Pilot preferred surety bond guarantee program, 12605 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Business loans: 
 
             504 program financing and clarification of existing 
 regulations, 24753, 43330 
 
             Unguaranteed portions of loans; securitization, sales, and 
 pledges, 27219 
 
                 Correction, 29676 
 
         Disaster loan program: 
 
             Disaster loans; eligibility criteria, 20140 
 
         HUBZone empowerment contracting program; implementation, 16148 
 
             Correction, 18150 
 
         Semi-annual agenda, 22866, 62602 
 
         Small business size standards: 
 
             Engineering services, architectural services, and 
 surveying and mapping services, 5480, 16882 
 
                 Correction, 20447 
 
             Nonmanufacturer rule; waivers -- 
 
                 Towers, telephone and telegraph apparatus, etc., 20139 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 8512, 10253, 15248, 
 24202, 27780, 32273, 33120, 34677, 36987, 45551, 54509, 55171, 57726, 
 65633, 68326 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 6790, 6791, 
 8513, 13714, 23486, 23487, 34678, 39925, 41884, 44483, 45552, 49377, 
 49628, 56961, 66222, 71993 
 
         Disaster loan areas: 
 
             Alabama, 14163, 14987, 17918, 20238, 25260, 28433, 55171, 
 55671, 57726 
 
             Alaska, 39341, 51111 
 
             Arkansas, 33121 
 
             Arkansas et al., 24202 
 
             California, 3612, 10254, 10670, 12571, 14163, 16605, 
 27107, 44483 
 
             California et al., 20239, 56961 
 
             Connecticut, 10961 
 
             Delaware et al., 10961 
 
             Florida, 901, 3613, 4517, 7190, 10254, 10962, 12571, 
 14164, 14987, 18483, 25260, 39341, 40774, 42898, 51111, 52786, 55671, 
 57149, 64752, 65837 
 
             Florida et al., 40774, 55172 
 
             Georgia, 14987, 16606, 17039, 18483, 20239, 24203, 25260, 
 28433 
 
             Guam, 902, 1986 
 
             Idaho et al., 67501 
 
             Indiana, 42898, 44483, 45102, 46495 
 
             Indiana et al., 32907 
 
             Iowa, 38685, 40775, 42899, 44667, 46495, 49628 
 
             Kansas, 57727, 58442, 63954, 64752, 65633, 68327 
 
             Kentucky, 27108, 28434, 31258, 33120 
 
             Kentucky et al., 36469 
 
             Louisiana, 55172, 55671, 57149 
 
             Louisiana et al., 10254, 54510 
 
             Maine, 4517, 7191, 14988, 51111 
 
             Massachusetts, 10962, 37435, 44484 
 
             Massachusetts et al., 18483, 44484, 48541 
 
             Michigan, 18483, 37436 
 
             Minnesota, 18483, 20239 
 
             Minnesota et al., 37436, 42899 
 
             Mississippi, 55172, 55671, 57149, 58442 
 
             Mississippi et al., 14164, 34679 
 
             Missouri, 57727, 59356, 60037 
 
             New Hampshire, 6594, 7191, 41884, 44484 
 
             New Jersey, 12571, 14988 
 
             New York, 4518, 5586, 12572, 36469, 39341, 40775, 42473, 
 52786 
 
             New York et al., 1986, 45102 
 
             North Carolina, 4518, 5586, 10255, 10670, 15488, 17919, 
 18484, 49628 
 
             North Dakota, 42899 
 
             Northern Mariana Islands, 1986, 3613 
 
             Ohio, 24203, 38685, 42473 
 
             Ohio et al., 42900 
 
             Oregon, 36469, 42900 
 
             Oregon et al., 25261 
 
             Pennsylvania, 34499, 36470 
 
             Pennsylvania et al., 4518, 24202 
 
             Puerto Rico, 53971, 66622 
 
             South Carolina, 40775, 54510 
 
             South Carolina et al., 14164 
 
             South Dakota, 33120, 49629 
 
             Tennessee, 4519, 5586, 10255, 10670, 12572, 27108, 31258, 
 32907, 36470, 42900 
 
             Tennessee et al., 25261, 28434 
 
             Texas, 14165, 48541, 49629, 51112, 54511, 57150, 59357, 
 63098, 63954, 65633, 71185 
 
             Vermont, 6594, 38686, 40775, 42473, 48542 
 
             Virginia, 51112 
 
             Virgin Islands, 54510 
 
             Washington, 33121, 42901, 55173, 59357 
 
             West Virginia, 38686, 42473, 44484 
 
             Wisconsin, 46495, 49629 
 
         Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Financial counseling and other technical assistance to 
 women; Federal assistance, 64308 
 
         Interest rates; quarterly determinations, 1878, 15248, 36987, 
 71536 
 
         Intergovernmental review of agency programs and activities, 
 28540, 41885 
 
         License surrenders: 
 
             Business Equity & Development Corp., 29769 
 
             Capital Corp. of Wyoming, Inc., 56961 
 
             First Southern Capital Corp., 29769 
 
             Minority Equity Capital Co., Inc., 63519 
 
             ODA Capital Corp., 29769 
 
             Realty Growth Capital Corp., 5587 
 
             Small Business Investment Co. of Connecticut, 38447 
 
             South Bay Capital Corp., 54511 
 
             Southern Berkshire Investment Corp., 56961 
 
             Square Deal Venture Capital Corp., 5587 
 
             Sunwestern Ventures, Ltd., 65837 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             National Small Business Development Center Advisory Board, 
 12572, 33754, 44484 
 
             Regional Fairness Boards -- 
 
                 Heartland States, 28541 
 
                 Mid-Atlantic States, 51112 
 
                 Midwestern States, 33754 
 
                 New England States, 26242, 45552, 67501 
 
                 Northwestern States, 28542 
 
                 Rocky Mountain States, 13714, 57348 
 
                 South Atlantic States, 45553 
 
                 Southeastern States, 33754 
 
                 Southern States, 13715 
 
                 Western States, 13714 
 
             Unguaranteed portions of loans; multi-lender 
 securitizations, 38869 
 
         Meetings; district and regional advisory councils: 
 
             Connecticut, 53481, 69132 
 
             District of Columbia, 63520 
 
             Florida, 33754, 51112, 57348 
 
             Hawaii, 12572, 38870, 63520 
 
             Maine, 28542, 51113, 63520 
 
             Massachusetts, 12572, 33754 
 
             Minnesota, 26242, 53481 
 
             New York, 51113 
 
             Pennsylvania, 57349 
 
             Utah, 3372 
 
             West Virginia, 26242 
 
             Wisconsin, 38870, 45553, 53482, 69132 
 
         Organization, functions, and authority delegations: 
 
             Massachusetts District Office et al.; name changes, 59357 
 
         Procurement opportunities through electronic commerce and 
 electronic data interchange: 
 
             PRO-Net implementation, 5587 
 
         Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 58442 
 
         Senior Executive Service: 
 
             Performance Review Board; membership, 66622 
 
         Small business competitiveness demonstration program; policy 
 directive, 51981 
 
         Small business size standards: 
 
             Full table publication of four-digit standard industrial 
 classification code, 902, 4532 
 
             Nonmanufacturer rule; waivers -- 
 
                 Pineapple juice; termination, 10421 
 
         Surety bond guarantee program; fees, 23334 
 
         Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: 
 
             Bay Partners SBIC II, L.P., 32273 
 
             BB&T Capital Partners, LLC, 14500 
 
             Berthel SBIC, LLC, 34678 
 
             Bluestem Capital Partners II, L.P., 31824, 34678 
 
             Bome Investors, Inc., 46822 
 
             Capital Across America, L.P., 36468 
 
             CapSource Fund, L.P., 45102 
 
             Capstone Ventures SBIC, L.P., 24585 
 
             Citizens Ventures, Inc., 5585 
 
             Credit Suisse First Boston Small Business Fund I, L.P., 
 45552 
 
             Critical Capital Growth Fund, L.P., 31824 
 
             Dresdner Kleinwort Benson Private Equity Partners, L.P., 
 5585 
 
             East River Ventures, L.P., 5586 
 
             Exeter Capital Partners IV, L.P., 1878 
 
             First United Venture Capital Corp., 31824 
 
             Hudson Venture Partners, L.P., 3012 
 
             Imprimis SB, L.P., 5586 
 
             J.P. Morgan Investment Corp., 36469 
 
             Midwest Mezzanine Fund II, L.P., 34679 
 
             NBT Capital Corp., 45552 
 
             New England Partners Capital, L.P., 14501 
 
             Prairie Capital Mezzanine Fund, L.P., 5586 
 
             RFE VI SBIC, L.P., 36987 
 
             Rocky Mountain Mezzanine Fund II, L.P., 31825 
 
             SBC Equity Partners, Inc., 13714 
 
             SBIC Partners II, L.P., 36987 
 
             Sundance Venture Partners, L.P. II, 34679 
 
             TeleSoft Partners IA, L.P., 20436 
 
             Utah Ventures II, L.P., 14501 
 
             White River Partners, L.P., 18245 
 
 
 
 
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 Social Security Administration 
 
     RULES 
 
         Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 35130 
 
         Organization and procedures: 
 
             Social security numbers for aliens; information collection 
 from State Department and Immigration and Naturalization Service, 
 56552 
 
             Telephone conversations; listening-in to or recording, 
 57056 
 
         Social security benefits: 
 
             Disability and blindness determinations -- 
 
                 Body system listings; expiration dates extension, 
 30410 
 
                 Cardiovascular body system, 4570 
 
             Federal old age, survivors and disability insurance -- 
 
                 Administrative review process; identification and 
 referral of cases for quality review under Appeals Council's 
 authority, 36560 
 
                 Ciruit court law; application, 24927 
 
                 Claimant representatives; standards of conduct, 41404 
 
                 Inheritance rights determination; application of State 
 law, 57590 
 
                 Prehearing proceedings and decisions; attorney 
 advisors authority; expiration date extension, 35515 
 
         Supplemental security income: 
 
             Aged, blind, and disabled -- 
 
                 Administrative review process; identification and 
 referral of cases for quality review under Appeals Council's 
 authority, 36560 
 
                 Ciruit court law; application, 24927 
 
                 Claimant representatives; standards of conduct, 41404 
 
                 Prehearing proceedings and decisions; attorney 
 advisors authority; extension, 35515 
 
                 State supplementary payments; administration fees 
 increase, 33849 
 
                 Valuation of in-kind support and maintenance with 
 cost-of-living adjustment, 33545 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Organization and procedures: 
 
             Telephone conversations; listening-in to or recording, 
 11856 
 
         Semi-annual agenda, 22874, 62610 
 
         Social security benefits: 
 
             Federal old age, survivors and disability insurance and 
 aged, blind, and disabled -- 
 
                 Employer identification numbers for State and local 
 government employment, 71237 
 
                 Endocrine system and obesity impairments; revised 
 medical criteria for determining disability, 11854, 31680 
 
                 Impairments; medical and other evidence and medical 
 consultant definition, 54417 
 
         Supplemental security income: 
 
             Aged, blind, and disabled -- 
 
                 Fugitive felons and probation and parole violators; 
 denial of benefits, 32161 
 
                 Impairments; medical and other evidence and medical 
 consultant definition, 54417 
 
             Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
 Reconciliation Act of 1996; implementation -- 
 
                 Benefits application effective date, 42601 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 4680, 6251, 9278, 
 11325, 13902, 16606, 19783, 25261, 29051, 33121, 34499, 37160, 41612, 
 44299, 48542, 51632, 53109, 56962, 59617, 65270, 68495 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 6251, 8733, 
 12854, 15476, 20436, 24836, 26838, 29464, 31545, 34499, 36284, 41612, 
 47080, 48542, 53109, 54511, 56962, 59617, 59618, 66222 
 
         Disability determination procedures: 
 
             Testing modifications -- 
 
                 Disability claim manager positions, test sites, and 
 duration of tests, 25263 
 
                 Disability determination services full process model 
 with rationale summary, 58444 
 
                 Federal processing center testing; claim adjudication, 
 40946, 71326 
 
         Federal information processing standards; waiver, 30794 
 
         Foreign insurance or pension systems: 
 
             Albania, 8514 
 
             Slovak Republic, 41314 
 
         Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Epidemiological researchers; service to provide vital 
 status data on subjects of health research, 44942 
 
             Federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance; 
 research grants, 27108 
 
             Old-age and survivors insurance and disability insurance 
 trust funds; retirement research consortium, 18946 
 
         Medicare buy-in programs: 
 
             Federal-State partnerships for low-income beneficiaries; 
 demonstration to improve enrollment, 64137 
 
         Organization, functions, and authority delegations: 
 
             Central Operations Office, 32274 
 
             Communications Office, 15476 
 
             Communications Office et al., 41315 
 
             Deputy Commissioner, Finance, Assessment and Management, 
 32035 
 
             Information Management Office, 32278 
 
             Inspector General Office, 28434 
 
             Inspector General Office et al., 50616 
 
             Office of Deputy Commissioner, Policy, et al., 41886 
 
             Systems Design and Development Office, 42901 
 
             Telecommunications and Systems Operations Office, 32278 
 
             Telephone Services Office, 10670 
 
         Privacy Act: 
 
             Computer matching programs, 3012, 18484, 45893, 46091, 
 46092, 64981 
 
             Systems of records, 7034, 14165 
 
         Social security acquiescence rulings: 
 
             Butterworth v. Bowen; authorization of Appeals Council to 
 initiate reopening of Administrative Law Judge decisions; rescission, 
 36726 
 
             Dennard v. Secretary of Health and Human Services; effect 
 of prior finding of demands of past work on adjudication of subsequent 
 disability claim, 29770 
 
             Drummond v. Commissioner of Social Security; effect of 
 prior findings that claimant is not disabled on adjudication of 
 subsequent disability claim, 29771, 31266 
 
             Minnesota v. Apfel; coverage for employees under Federal- 
 State Section 218 agreement or modification and application of student 
 services exclusion from coverage to services performed by medical 
 residents, 58444 
 
             Newton v. Chater; trial work period entitlement before 
 award approval, 9037 
 
             Owens v. Schweiker; State law inheritance determination; 
 surviving child's entitlement to benefits; rescission, 57727 
 
             Sird v. Charter; mental retardation; what constitutes 
 additional and significant work-related limitation of function, 9279 
 
         Social security benefits: 
 
             Cost of living increase, SSI monthly benefit amounts 
 increase, average of total wages, contribution and benefit base, etc., 
 58446 
 
         Social security rulings: 
 
             Determining medical equivalence in childhood disability 
 claims when child has marked limitations in cognition and speech, 
 15248 
 
         Supplemental security income: 
 
             Aged, blind, and disabled -- 
 
                 Payment for medical or social services; treatment of 
 cash received and conserved; demonstration project, 58802 
 
         Vendors who prepare magnetic media or electronic filing of 
 annual wage reports; list development, 13715 
 
 
 
 
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 Southeastern Power Administration 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Power rates: 
 
             Georgia-Alabama-South Carolina System of Projects, 14087, 
 53409, 59975 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Southwestern Power Administration 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Electric power marketing: 
 
             Open access transmission service tariff, 483 
 
         Integrated System power rates and opportunities: 
 
             New power rates; rate order approved and placed in effect 
 on interim basis, 2383 
 
             Rate schedule changes; comment request, 63469 
 
         Power rates: 
 
             Robert D. Willis hydro project, TX, 2390 
 
             Sam Rayburn Dam Project, 31767, 45479 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Special Counsel Office 
 
     See Office of the Special Counsel 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 47542 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 72341 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 State Department 
 
     RULES 
 
         Consular services; fee schedule: 
 
             Changes, 5098 
 
                 Correction, 6478 
 
             Decedent estate procedures, 6479 
 
         Drug traffickers; assistance prohibition, 36571 
 
         International traffic in arms regulations 
 
             Commercial communications satellite items removed from 
 U.S. Munitions List. and transferred to Commerce Control List, 17329 
 
         Nationality and passports: 
 
             Nationality retention or loss; obsolete sections deleted; 
 correction, 20315 
 
             Passports; denying, revoking, or canceling procedures, 
 44777 
 
             Passport validity; eligibility age lowered, 7285 
 
         Service on foreign state: 
 
             Technical amendments, 16686 
 
         Visas; immigrant documentation: 
 
             Ineligibility grounds, 64626 
 
             International organization and NATO civilian employee 
 special immigrants, 68393 
 
             Issuance to aliens failing to comply with Immigration and 
 Nationality Act, 16686 
 
             Miscellaneous amendments, 48577 
 
             Number of immigrant visas issued to immediate relatives; 
 requirement to factor number into annual worldwide limitation on 
 immigration, 4393 
 
             Religious workers; new special immigrant visa 
 classification, 4394 
 
         Visas; nonimmigrant documentation: 
 
             Aliens staying in U.S. longer than permitted; new visa 
 accepted under extraordinary circumstances; place of application, 669 
 
                 Correction, 36365 
 
             Application fees and nonimmigrant visas issuance; visa fee 
 waivers for aliens who will be engaged in charitable activities, 
 24107, 52969 
 
             Border crossing identification cards, 16892 
 
             Ineligibility grounds, 64626 
 
             International organization and NATO civilian employee 
 special immigrants, 68393 
 
             Issuance to aliens failing to comply with Immigration and 
 Nationality Act, 16686 
 
             Miscellaneous amendments, 48577 
 
             North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); professional 
 classification; treaty traders, investors, intracompany transferees, 
 etc., 10304 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Acquisition regulations: 
 
             Miscellaneous amendments, 65728 
 
         Semi-annual agenda, 22278, 62020 
 
         Visas; nonimmigrant documentation: 
 
             New applications from aliens whose prior applications were 
 refused; nonacceptance-for-six-months policy, 13026 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 2443, 2444, 2445, 
 9280, 14501, 26242, 26243, 26244, 26245, 36470, 37162, 45894, 49148 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 7489, 7490, 
 7491, 7492, 7493, 7494, 12854, 12855, 16851, 16852, 16853, 18065, 
 18066, 20437, 28021, 37436, 37437, 37438, 37439, 37440, 42902, 49148, 
 49149, 53110, 55672, 63767 
 
         Antarctic fishing; conservation measures adoption by 
 Commission for Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, 
 5587, 70822 
 
         Arms Export Control Act: 
 
             Chemical and biological weapons proliferation sanctions -- 
 
                 Balanian, Berge Aris, 9039 
 
             Determinations, 9039, 26838, 28436 
 
             Export licenses; Congressional notifications, 4519, 5987, 
 13441, 13449, 18953, 20437, 30795, 44484, 53111, 65837 
 
             International Traffic in Arms regulations; statutory 
 debarment; eligibility reinstatement, 10671, 10672 
 
         Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: 
 
             Defense Trade Advisory Group, 15254 
 
             Eastern Europe and Independent States of Former Soviet 
 Union Study Advisory Committee, 45894 
 
             Historical Diplomatic Documentation Advisory Committee, 
 29465 
 
             International Economic Policy Advisory Committee, 58085 
 
             International Telecommunications Advisory Committee, 65861 
 
             North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission, U.S. Section 
 Advisory Panel, 64308 
 
             Overseas Schools Advisory Council, 65633 
 
             Overseas Security Advisory Council, 66837 
 
         Countries providing sanctuary to indicted war criminals; 
 determinations: 
 
             Serbia et al., 68496 
 
         Environmental statements; availability, etc.: 
 
             International Falls, MN; Boise Cascade Corp. pipeline, 
 46093 
 
         Export Administration Act of 1979: 
 
             Chemical and biological weapons proliferation sanctions -- 
 
                 Balanian, Berge Aris, 9039 
 
         Export-Import Bank support for sales; determinations: 
 
             Venezuela; defense articles or services to be used 
 primarily for counter-narcotics purposes, 34952 
 
         Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
 Appropriations Act: 
 
             Bosnia; reconstruction assistance project credit; waiver, 
 119 
 
             Bosnia-Herzegovina; U.S. support for multilateral 
 assistance, 14988 
 
             U.S. bilateral assistance; waivers -- 
 
                 Republika Srpska, 119, 14502, 14988, 43982 
 
                 Republika Srpska and Serbia, 71994 
 
                 Yugoslavia, 14502 
 
             Ukraine; response to investor complaints, 25264 
 
         Foreign passports validity; list of countries, 54512, 60436 
 
         Grant and cooperative agreement awards: 
 
             American Council of Learned Societies et al., 36727 
 
         Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Anti-crime training and technical assistance program, 4682 
 
             Eastern Europe and independent states of former Soviet 
 Union; national competitive programs administration, 58804 
 
             International collaborative projects in science and 
 technology -- 
 
                 Egypt and United States, 46093 
 
                 Spain and United States, 56686 
 
         International Joint Commission: 
 
             International watershed approach as mechanism to 
 anticipate and respond to water-related and other environmental 
 challenges; request by U.S. and Canada, 68496 
 
             Transboundary air pollution reduction; progress by U.S. 
 and Canada; comment request, 68497 
 
         International Traffic in Arms regulations; statutory 
 debarment, 29773 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             American indigenous groups; consultation to discuss 
 indigenous rights and other issues, 33755 
 
             Defense Trade Advisory Group, 57349 
 
             Eastern Europe and Independent States of Former Soviet 
 Union Study Advisory Committee, 11702 
 
             Fine Arts Committee, 11702, 60437 
 
             Government activities on negotiation of protocol on 
 biosafety under Convention on Biological Diversity, 69354 
 
             Historical Diplomatic Documentation Advisory Committee, 
 7494, 29465, 51394, 67165 
 
             International agreement through United Nations environment 
 program on persistent organic pollutants; preparations, 26668 
 
             International Communications and Information Policy 
 Advisory Committee, 119, 19555, 31825, 47543 
 
             International Economic Policy Advisory Committee, 4684, 
 19283, 32279, 55672, 60437 
 
             International harmonization of chemical classification and 
 labeling systems; government activities, 1987, 26838, 39926, 51394 
 
             International Law Advisory Committee, 28542 
 
             International Telecommunications Advisory Committee, 3613, 
 11471, 14169, 14501, 24203, 26840, 31546, 34952, 44667, 65861 
 
             Overseas Schools Advisory Committee, 27112 
 
             Overseas Schools Advisory Council, 71994 
 
             Overseas Security Advisory Council, 33122, 54180 
 
             Private International Law Advisory Committee, 6594, 6595, 
 19556, 27112, 30550, 31825, 50617, 55173 
 
             Religious Freedom Abroad Advisory Committee, 1987, 10962, 
 48290, 56962 
 
             Shipping Coordinating Committee, 120, 7191, 11702, 11703, 
 19556, 19557, 24203, 24204, 26840, 27113, 28436, 28542, 33122, 40328, 
 46823, 48543, 51113, 57150, 58085, 59619, 63099, 67719, 70443 
 
             UNIDROIT Convention and its aircraft protocol, 3614 
 
         Missile technology proliferation activities; sanctions: 
 
             North Korean and Pakistani entities, 24585 
 
             Russian entities, 42089 
 
         Munitions export licenses suspension, revocation, etc.: 
 
             India, 27781 
 
             Pakistan, 33122 
 
             Russian entities, 41614 
 
         Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; bomb attacks on 
 U.S. Embassies; Accountability Review Boards convened, 58807 
 
         Nigeria; immigrants and nonimmigrants; entry restrictions; 
 Presidential proclamation terminated, 64139 
 
         Organization, functions, and authority delegations: 
 
             Assistant Secretary for Bureau of Oceans and International 
 Environmental and Scientific Affairs, 6253 
 
             Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law 
 Enforcement Affairs, 33754 
 
             Chief Information Officer et al., 56962 
 
             Secretary of State, 46094 
 
             Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and 
 International Security Affairs et al., 10055 
 
         Passport travel restrictions, U.S.: 
 
             Iraq, 13715 
 
             Libya, 64139 
 
         Pipeline facilities on U.S. borders; permit applications: 
 
             Boise Cascade Corp., 32036, 46094 
 
             Lakehead Pipe Line Co., 19557, 44499 
 
         Presidential permits: 
 
             Cox Communications; underground tunnel between San Diego, 
 CA, and Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, 63520 
 
         Privacy Act: 
 
             Systems of records, 7039, 35305, 48779, 54194, 65634 
 
         Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 45277 
 
         Senior Executive Service: 
 
             Performance Review Board; membership, 47543, 51632 
 
         Shrimp trawl fishing; turtle protection guidelines; 
 certifications, 30550, 44499, 46094 
 
         U.S.-International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards agreement; 
 implementation; interagency procedures, 7041 
 
         Visas; immigrant documentation: 
 
             Diversity immigrant (DV-2000) visa program; registration, 
 41315 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 State Justice Institute 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts; guidelines, 
 46286, 55430 
 
         Meetings; Sunshine Act, 8733, 18963, 41614, 55421, 63348 
 
 
 
 
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 Statistical Reporting Service 
 
     See National Agricultural Statistics Service 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 2991, 5961, 10030, 
 12109, 12110, 12111, 14726, 16269, 18435, 30244, 30508, 31516, 34191, 
 39589, 46058, 46231, 57699, 64732, 66811, 67126 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 1870, 3759, 
 3760, 12479, 18925, 19738, 20211, 20417, 23470, 26820, 27742, 32023, 
 38189, 40538, 44866, 46059, 49919, 54151, 56658, 56932, 63069 
 
         Children with serious emotional disturbance; estimation 
 methodology, 38661 
 
         Federal agency urine drug testing; certified laboratories 
 meeting minimum standards, list, 883, 5394, 10927, 16270, 25226, 
 29743, 36424, 41268, 47514, 53457, 58747, 66811 
 
         Federal workplace drug testing programs; mandatory guidelines, 
 63483 
 
         Grant and cooperative agreement awards: 
 
             American Psychiatric Association, 11263 
 
             Columbia University; National Center on Addiction and 
 Substance Abuse, 5812 
 
             National Association of State Mental Health Program 
 Directors, 23296 
 
             University of Connecticut, Department of Community 
 Medicine and Health Care, 34659 
 
             University of Illinois, National Research and Training 
 Center, 64271 
 
         Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Center for Mental Health Services and Center for Substance 
 Abuse Treatment activities, 17197, 29020 
 
             Circles of care, etc., 2992 
 
             Conference grants and HIV/AIDS cost study, 9851 
 
             Faculty development program, 29238 
 
             Hispanic priority action grants and women and violence 
 programs, 13677 
 
             Mental health/substance abuse services for older adults 
 and mentoring/advocacy program for high risk youth and their families, 
 19928 
 
             Recovery community support program, etc., 18926 
 
             State incentive program, etc., 566 
 
             Targeted capacity expansion program, 19504 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Drug Testing Advisory Board, 24186, 59801 
 
             Mental Health Services Center National Advisory Council, 
 44467, 45087, 64271 
 
             SAMHSA National Advisory Council, 1120, 3330 
 
             SAMHSA National Advisory Council et al., 18207, 43409 
 
             SAMHSA special emphasis panels, 5962, 7427, 9854, 9855, 
 14129, 17203, 17435, 24561, 26195, 27098, 27099, 34659, 36929, 37899, 
 39104, 40539, 41271, 41861, 53460, 59801, 66192, 66193, 72318 
 
             Substance Abuse Prevention Center, National Advisory 
 Council, 18032, 31517, 32675, 43410, 47516, 50578, 72318 
 
             Substance Abuse Treatment Center National Advisory 
 Council, 3330, 30015, 46465, 48518 
 
             Women's Services Advisory Committee, 64513 
 
             Women's Services Advisory Committee et al., 6576 
 
         Organization, functions, and authority delegations: 
 
             Equal Employment Opportunity and Civil Rights Office, 
 51944 
 
         Senior Executive Service: 
 
             Performance Review Board; membership, 58749 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office 
 
     RULES 
 
         Abandoned mine land reclamation fund: 
 
             Fund reauthorization; implementation, 10307 
 
         Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan 
 submissions: 
 
             Alabama, 4529, 35805, 66983 
 
             Arkansas, 49427, 65062 
 
             Illinois, 17094 
 
             Indiana, 12648, 39727, 51827 
 
             Iowa, 55025 
 
             Kansas, 10309, 31109 
 
             Kentucky, 40825, 41423, 47091, 53252 
 
             Louisiana, 11829, 25391, 38881 
 
             Maryland, 13781, 19403, 26451 
 
             Mississippi, 1342, 6796, 34597, 43305 
 
             Missouri, 34277 
 
             Montana, 40790 
 
             New Mexico, 31112 
 
             North Dakota, 49430 
 
             Ohio, 9137, 51829, 66987 
 
             Oklahoma, 8123, 42574 
 
             Pennsylvania, 19802, 32615 
 
             Texas, 10317, 19821, 31114, 65068 
 
             Utah, 63608, 66989 
 
             Virginia, 5888, 34280 
 
             West Virginia, 37774 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Abandoned mine land reclamation: 
 
             Projects financing, 34768, 40871, 46951 
 
         Permanent program and abandoned mine land reclamation plan 
 submissions: 
 
             Alabama, 23403, 45192 
 
             Alaska, 42774 
 
             Arkansas, 1396, 6286, 9747, 41506, 48661 
 
             Illinois, 2916, 16719, 63628, 63630, 68218 
 
             Indiana, 16723, 16725, 29365, 32632 
 
             Iowa, 59627 
 
             Kansas, 2916, 16728 
 
             Kentucky, 20561, 27229, 27698, 45430 
 
             Louisiana, 712 
 
             Maryland, 2919, 16730, 50176 
 
             Mississippi, 18172, 18173, 44192 
 
             Missouri, 19874 
 
             Montana, 66079 
 
             New Mexico, 9165, 66772, 66774 
 
             North Dakota, 25428, 33022, 50177 
 
             Ohio, 3507, 23405, 53618 
 
             Oklahoma, 454, 1399, 29174, 55979, 65149 
 
             Pennsylvania, 40237, 45199, 45973, 51324, 59259 
 
             Texas, 3508, 7356, 23407, 53003 
 
             Utah, 2192, 17138, 36868 
 
             Virginia, 71047, 71049 
 
             West Virginia, 8891, 32632, 39790, 68221 
 
             Wyoming, 40384, 70080 
 
         Surface coal mining and reclamation operations: 
 
             Ownership and control mining operations; definitions, 
 permit requirements, enforcement actions, etc., 70580 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 890, 4472, 16825, 
 16826, 20649, 32895, 57311 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 890, 10244, 
 13269, 16826, 19945, 34475, 38668, 46469 
 
         Environmental statements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Fall Creek Falls State Park, TN; unsuitability for mining 
 operations, 24192, 44925 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Budget submission to Congress, and current issues, 
 problems and priorities (1999-2000 FYs), 11308 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Surface Transportation Board 
 
     RULES 
 
         Combinations and ownership: 
 
             Motor passenger carriers finance applications; revisions, 
 46394 
 
         Contracts and exemptions: 
 
             Rail general exemption authority -- 
 
                 Nonferrous recyclables, 19663 
 
         Fees: 
 
             Licensing and related services; 1998 update, 8145 
 
         General provisions: 
 
             Filing fees; returned check policy; CFR correction, 19195 
 
         Motor carrier reports; transfer and redesignation of 
 regulations to Transportation Statistics Bureau, 52192 
 
         Rail licensing procedures: 
 
             Rail service continuation subsidy standards; CFR part 
 removed, 28287 
 
         Rail procedures: 
 
             Simplified rail rate reasonableness proceedings; expedited 
 procedures, 2638 
 
         Rate procedures: 
 
             Service inadequacies; expedited relief, 71396 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Railroad consolidations, mergers, and acquisitions of control: 
 
             Safety integration plans, 72225 
 
         Rate procedures: 
 
             Service inadequacies; expedited relief, 27253, 55996, 
 58358 
 
         Semi-annual agenda, 23084, 62808 
 
         Tariffs and schedules: 
 
             Transportation of property by or with water carrier in 
 noncontiguous domestic trade; publication, posting, and filing, 66521 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 27345, 48545 
 
         Agreements under sections 5a and 5b; applications for 
 approval, etc. 
 
             Intermountain Tariff Bureau, Inc., 30035 
 
         Meetings; Sunshine Act, 29470 
 
         Motor carriers: 
 
             Control applications -- 
 
                 Coach USA, Inc., 12575, 39634, 43743 
 
                 Coach USA, Inc., et al., 33760 
 
                 Global Passenger Services, L.L.C., 38689 
 
                 Greyhound Lines, Inc., et al., 39363 
 
                 Laidlaw, Inc., et al., 42479 
 
             Control exemptions -- 
 
                 Coach USA, Inc., 47345 
 
             Coordinated service and revenue pooling agreements -- 
 
                 Suburban Transit Corp. et al., 10072 
 
             Finance applications -- 
 
                 Coach USA, Inc., 17924, 46098 
 
                 Coach USA, Inc., et al., 10071, 51397, 64312, 64536, 
 69709 
 
                 Greyhound Lines, Inc., et al., 45898 
 
                 Laidlaw Inc. et al., 69710 
 
             Pooling agreements -- 
 
                 Peter Pan Bus Lines, Inc., et al., 70180, 70181 
 
             Revenue pooling agreements -- 
 
                 Peter Pan Bus Lines, Inc., et al., 2716 
 
         Rail carriers: 
 
             Annual operating revenues of railroads; indexing, 49953 
 
             Association of American Railroads and American Short Line 
 and Regional Railroad Association; interim approval of agreement, 
 51398 
 
             Cost of capital -- 
 
                 Railroad industry's 1997 decision, 71669 
 
                 Railroad industry's annual rate proceeding, 38878 
 
             Cost recovery procedures -- 
 
                 Adjustment factor, 14502, 34680, 51115, 70182 
 
                 Productivity adjustment factor, 8736, 11706 
 
             Market dominance determinations; product and geographic 
 competition, 24588 
 
             Rail access and competition issues review, 9296 
 
                 Conference, 25562 
 
             Railroad revenue adequacy determinations; class I 
 railroads, 46827 
 
             Waybill data; release for use, 36286, 44670 
 
         Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.: 
 
             Adrian & Blissfield Rail Road Co., 71537 
 
             Albany & Eastern Railroad Co., 28026 
 
             Albany Bridge Co., Inc., et al., 17925 
 
             AT&L Railroad Co., Inc., 10965 
 
             Bad Water Line, 40949 
 
             Bellingham International Railroad LLC, 41619 
 
             Belt Line Division of Tacoma Public Utilities, 60039 
 
             Bethlehem Steel Corp., 32910 
 
             Blue Mountain Railroad, Inc., 3615 
 
             Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co., 3944, 16859, 
 20441, 53976, 55916, 63772 
 
             Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. et al., 33979, 
 36031, 51991 
 
             Camas Prairie Railnet, Inc., 23823 
 
             Canadian National Railway Co. et al., 12574, 28442, 34956, 
 43744, 49153, 60441, 63960 
 
             Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 29060 
 
             Central Kansas Railway, L.L.C., et al., 69712 
 
             Consolidated Rail Corp., 14173, 32910, 56965 
 
             CSX Corp. et al., 10260 
 
             CSX Transportation, Inc., 3785 
 
             Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corp., 12576, 14998, 
 25266, 31829, 42480 
 
             Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western Railroad, Inc., 46506 
 
             Dallas Area Rapid Transit, 1529 
 
             Delaware & Hudson Railway Co., Inc., 38227 
 
             Dubois County Railroad Corp., 64990 
 
             Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad, 54185 
 
             Emons Transportation Group, Inc., et al., 64537 
 
             Fort Worth & Western Railroad Co., 37931, 65864 
 
             Gauley River Railroad, LLC, 37932 
 
             Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., et al., 36032 
 
             Georgia Southwestern Railroad, Inc., 46506 
 
             Golden Isles Terminal Railroad, Inc., 36032 
 
             Grand Trunk Western Railroad, Inc., 30559 
 
             GRC Holdings Corp., 3945 
 
             Great Western Railway of Colorado, L.L.C., 30810 
 
             Gulf & Ohio Railways Co., Inc., 44508 
 
             Gulf & Ohio Railways Holding Co., Inc., 27120 
 
             Head, Douglas M., et al., 922 
 
             Illinois Central Railroad Co. et al., 2717 
 
             IMC Global Inc. et al., 8253 
 
             Indiana & Ohio Rail Passenger Corp., 30036 
 
             Indiana Rail Road Co., 55677 
 
             Iowa Interstate Railroad, Ltd., 3616 
 
             J.K. Lines, Inc., 33441 
 
             Kansas Southwestern Railway Co., L.L.C., 11949 
 
             Knoxville & Holston River Railroad Co., Inc., 27120 
 
             Kokomo Grain Co., Inc., 23488 
 
             Kyle Railroad Co., 45289, 53124 
 
             Lake County Railroad, 20442 
 
             Laurinburg & Southern Railroad Co., Inc., 44508 
 
             Livonia, Avon & Lakeville Railroad Corp., 64141 
 
             Lone Star Railroad, Inc., 33441 
 
             Maumee & Western Railroad Corp., 2718 
 
             Minnesota Commercial Railway Co., 17926, 33761, 60040 
 
             Mississippi & Tennessee RailNet, Inc., et al., 37932 
 
             Missouri & Northern Arkansas Railroad Co., Inc., 51991 
 
             Missouri Central Railroad Co., 3945 
 
             Monon Rail Preservation Corp., 55677 
 
             New York & Ogdensburg Railway Co., Inc., 52790 
 
             Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 11474, 46278, 58093, 64538 
 
             North American RailNet, Inc., 23824, 37932 
 
             North Carolina et al., 20247 
 
             Ogeechee Railway Co., 69360 
 
             Oklahoma, 37441 
 
             OmniTRAX, Inc., 30810 
 
             Oregon Pacific Railroad Co., 27785 
 
             Pacific Harbor Line, Inc., 44670 
 
             Pend Oreille Valley Railroad, 11707 
 
             Pioneer Industrial Railway Co., 8736 
 
             Pioneer Railcorp, 8737 
 
             Port of Benton, 53744 
 
             Providence & Worcester Railroad Co., 10426 
 
             Providence & Worcester Railroad Co. et al., 27121 
 
             RailAmerica, Inc., et al., 51116 
 
             RailTex, Inc., et al., 1529, 34959 
 
             RMW Ventures, L.L.C., 11707 
 
             Rochelle, IL, 30036 
 
             Rock & Rail, Inc., 38227 
 
             Royal Gorge Express, LLC, 38227 
 
             Savannah Port Terminal Railroad, Inc., 36033 
 
             SierraPine, 68505 
 
             South Central Florida Express, Inc., 11950 
 
             Southern Pacific Transportation Co., 4689 
 
             Southern Switching Co., 33442 
 
             St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad (Quebec) Inc. et al., 
 64314 
 
             Stillwater Central Railroad, Inc., 37441 
 
             Sunbelt Railroad Historical Trust, 43444 
 
             Tacoma, WA, et al., 15484 
 
             Texas Rock Crusher Railway Co., 13720 
 
             Timber Rock Railroad, Inc., 38228 
 
             TNW Corporation, 13721 
 
             Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway Corp., 53744 
 
             Tongue River Railroad Co., Inc., 34212, 37442, 54186 
 
             Turners Island, LLC, et al., 5994 
 
             Twin Cities & Western Railroad Co., 46507, 54751 
 
             Twin Cities & Western Railroad Co. et al., 10073 
 
             Union Pacific Corp. et al., 16628, 28444, 30560, 42482 
 
             Union Pacific Railroad Co., 2718, 4689, 7049, 16292, 
 20000, 20247, 30810, 34680, 38691, 40786, 47082, 52315, 63106, 64990 
 
             Union Pacific Railroad Co. et al., 44302 
 
             Ventura County Railroad Co., 51116 
 
             Ventura County Transportation Commission, 14173 
 
             Ventura County Transportation Commission et al., 42903 
 
             Wabash Central Railroad Corp., 2718 
 
             Webb, Richard B., et al., 37445, 38228, 44303 
 
             West Isle Line, Inc., 2297 
 
             Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Co. et al., 56965 
 
             Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co., 29470 
 
             Wisconsin Central Ltd., 30036, 50620, 71995 
 
             Wisconsin Central Ltd. et al., 25562, 50620 
 
             Wulfson, David W., et al., 44670 
 
         Railroad services abandonment: 
 
             Akron Barberton Cluster Railway Co., 28026 
 
             Birmingham Southern Railroad Co., 4519 
 
             Bootheel Rail Properties, Inc., et al., 7192 
 
             Boston & Maine Corp., 30287 
 
             Boston & Maine Corp. et al., 2719, 26842 
 
             Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, Inc., 33762 
 
             Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co., 25132, 65865 
 
             Central Railroad Co. of Indiana, 5418 
 
             Central Railroad Co. of Indianapolis, 55917 
 
             Cincinnati Southern Railway Trustees et al., 70841 
 
             Cincinnati Terminal Railway Co. et al., 7193 
 
             Consolidated Rail Corp., 7193, 12148, 28446 
 
             CSX Transportation, Inc., 923, 3389, 12577, 13721, 17044, 
 26675, 34960, 40949, 63524, 67168 
 
             Fillmore Western Railway Co., 14999 
 
             Fox Valley & Western Ltd., 24840, 71669 
 
             Grand Trunk Western Railroad Inc., 4520, 7194, 36482, 
 37445, 42486, 51635 
 
             Harbor Belt Line Railroad, 11950 
 
             Hoosier Southern Railroad, 39118 
 
             Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Co., 49154 
 
             Iowa Interstate Railroad, Ltd., 26676 
 
             Kansas City Southern Railway Co., 27121, 70182 
 
             Kansas Southwestern Railway, L.L.C., 71537 
 
             Knox & Kane Railroad Co., 35307 
 
             Maine Central Railroad Co., 36033 
 
             Norfolk & Western Railway Co., 7195, 24589, 24840, 25133 
 
             Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 60040 
 
             Paducah & Louisville Railway, Inc., 28447 
 
             Pioneer Valley Railroad Co., Inc., 13301, 20000, 60442 
 
             Portland & Western Railroad, Inc., 24841 
 
             R.J. Corman Railroad Co./Allentown Lines, Inc., 47546 
 
             Red River Valley & Western Railroad Co., 17483, 67985 
 
             Roaring Fork Railroad Holding Authority, 38878 
 
             Rochester & Southern Railroad, Inc., 33762 
 
             San Joaquin Valley Railroad Co., 10966 
 
             Sea Lion Railroad, 26676 
 
             Soo Line Railroad Co., 15258, 38691, 49953, 71340 
 
             South Orient Railroad Co., Ltd., 36989 
 
             Tacoma Eastern Railway Co., 37621 
 
             Track Tech, Inc., 16859 
 
             Union Pacific Railroad Co., 11708, 14173, 18966, 30561, 
 30811, 36286, 38879, 40581, 43751, 48786, 54186, 57160, 59359, 64315, 
 71670, 72345 
 
             Wisconsin Central Ltd., 11475 
 
 
 
 
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 Susquehanna River Basin Commission 
 
     RULES 
 
         Project review and approval, special regulations and 
 standards, and hearings and enforcement actions; correction, 32124 
  
 
FEDERAL REGISTER INDEX, January--December, 1998
 
 
 
 
 
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 Technology Administration 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: 
 
             Federal Key Management Infrastructure Federal Information 
 Processing Standard Development Technical Advisory Committee, 45229 
 
             National Medal of Technology Nomination Evaluation 
 Committee, 42011 
 
             United States-China Science and Technology Commission; 
 Civil Industrial Technology Coordinating Committee, 63294 
 
             United States-Greek Ministry of National Economy 
 initiative for technology cooperation with Balkans; Joint Science and 
 Technology Cooperation Council, 63294 
 
             United States-Northern Ireland Industrial Research and 
 Technology Unit Joint Board on Scientific and Technological 
 Cooperation, 63296 
 
         Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Competitive technology stimulation experimental program, 
 37853 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Federal Key Management Infrastructure Federal Information 
 Processing Standard Technical Advisory Committee, 1831, 13228, 27267, 
 47270, 56148 
 
             National Medal of Technology Nomination Evaluation 
 Committee, 44425 
 
         Senior Executive Service: 
 
             Performance Review Board; membership, 46219 
 
 
 
 
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 Tennessee Valley Authority 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 47448 
 
         Semi-annual agenda, 22896, 62630 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 13716, 27340, 28436, 
 44500, 58086, 71327 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 30551, 43439, 
 43738 
 
         Environmental statements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Red Hills Power Project, MS, 44944 
 
             Union County, MS; multipurpose reservoir, 66622 
 
         Environmental statements; notice of intent: 
 
             Electric generation peaking capacity addition, 43226 
 
         Meetings; Sunshine Act, 3781, 8514, 13716, 16853, 28543, 
 32907, 37611, 43982, 50274, 55914, 57349, 57728, 67501 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Textile Agreements Implementation Committee 
 
     See Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board 
 
     RULES 
 
         Board abolished; general regulations removed and Resolution 
 Funding Corporation responsibilities transferred to Treasury 
 Department; CFR parts removed, 57236 
 
 
 
 
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 Thrift Supervision Office 
 
     RULES 
 
         Charter and bylaws: 
 
             Federal mutual savings association charters; one member, 
 one vote adoption, 46159 
 
         Federal Deposit Insurance Act: 
 
             Safety and soundness standards, 55486 
 
                 Year 2000 guidelines, 55480 
 
         Lending and investment: 
 
             Adjustable-rate mortgage loans; disclosure requirements, 
 1051, 38461 
 
         Mutual holding companies: 
 
             Subsidiary stock holding companies; establishment, 11361 
 
         Operations: 
 
             Financial management policies; financial derivatives, 
 66348 
 
             Small insured institutions; expanded examination cycle, 
 16378 
 
             Transactions with affiliates; reverse repurchase 
 agreements, 43292 
 
         Risk-based capital: 
 
             Capital adequacy guidelines -- 
 
                 Capital maintenance; servicing assets, 42668 
 
             Equity securities; unrealized holding gains, 46518 
 
                 Correction, 48571 
 
         Savings associations: 
 
             Assessments and fees, 65663 
 
             Electronic operations; Federal regulatory reform, 65673 
 
         Savings associations and savings and loan holding companies: 
 
             Prior notice of appointment or employment of directors and 
 senior executive officers; requirements, 51272 
 
         Technical amendments, 71210 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Capital distributions, 1044 
 
             Withdrawn, 1044 
 
         Charter and bylaws: 
 
             Federal mutual savings association charters; one member, 
 one vote adoption, 18149 
 
         Consumer credit classified as loss, slow consumer credit, and 
 slow loans; definitions removed, 51305 
 
         Lending and investments: 
 
             Letters of credit issuance and suretyship and guaranty 
 agreements restrictions, 49874 
 
         Management official interlocks, 43052 
 
         Operations: 
 
             Financial management policies; financial derivatives, 
 20252 
 
             Savings associations; Know Your Customer programs 
 development, 67536 
 
             Transactions with affiliates; reverse repurchase 
 agreements, 17966 
 
         Savings associations: 
 
             Assessments and fees, 43642 
 
             Electronic operations; Federal regulatory review, 43327 
 
         Savings associations and savings and loan holding companies: 
 
             Prior notice of appointment or employment of directors and 
 senior executive officers; requirements, 14844 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 2301, 3182, 17045, 
 18970, 18971, 18972, 18973, 20445, 36036, 46508, 47548, 49726, 49954, 
 51995 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 17046, 18973, 
 37624, 40787, 44306, 44307, 47548, 49726, 51400, 59625, 68505 
 
         Banking organizations and savings associations: 
 
             Income tax allocation in holding company structure; 
 interagency policy statement, 64757 
 
         Financial management policies; interest rate risk, investment 
 securities, and derivaties; bulletin, 20257, 66351 
 
         Privacy Act: 
 
             Systems of records, 3014 
 
         Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: 
 
             Bay State Federal Savings Bank, 9045 
 
             Ben Franklin Bank of Illinois, 28451 
 
             Carnegie Savings Bank, 28451 
 
             Cavalry Banking, 1995 
 
             Central Federal Savings & Loan Association of Wellsville, 
 63965 
 
             Citizens Bank, FSB, 63106 
 
             Columbia Federal Savings Bank, 5419 
 
             ComFed, M.H.C., 56289 
 
             First Capital, Inc., M.H.C., 59626 
 
             First Federal Lincoln Bank, 9045 
 
             First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Hazleton, 9045 
 
             First Kansas Federal Savings Association, 26843 
 
             First Savings Bancshares, MHC, 4693 
 
             FJF Financial, M.H.C., 27624 
 
             Gloversville Federal Savings & Loan Association, 7504 
 
             Harbor Financial, M.H.C., 3947 
 
             Heritage Federal Savings & Loan Association, 3947 
 
             Home Federal Savings & Loan Association of Niles, 45108 
 
             Home Loan Savings Bank, 6611 
 
             Homestead Mutual Holding Co., 28452 
 
             Iberville Building and Loan Association, 44509 
 
             Neodesha Savings & Loan Association, 63966 
 
             Northfield Federal Savings, 50957 
 
             Ogdensburg Federal Savings & Loan Association, 63106 
 
             Peoples Bancorp, M.H.C., 7504 
 
             Peoples Building & Loan Association, F.A., 23337 
 
             Peoples Savings Bank, 40154 
 
             Pocahontas Federal Mutual Holding Co., 7504 
 
             Pulaski Bancshares, M.H.C., 44509 
 
             Quitman Federal Savings Bank, 6611 
 
             Security Savings Association of Hazleton, 64991 
 
             SouthBanc Shares, M.H.C., 3947 
 
             Stanton Federal Savings Bank, 1995 
 
 
 
 
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 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, 63768 
 
 
 
 
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 Trade Representative, Office of United States 
 
     RULES 
 
         Countervailing duty law; developing and least-developing 
 country designations, 29945 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 10159 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum and World Trade 
 Organization members; sectoral market opening agreements negotiation, 
 27113 
 
         Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: 
 
             Beneficiary countries; preferential treatment, list, 
 45102, 63955 
 
         Foreign trade barriers; national trade estimate report, 59619 
 
         Free Trade Area of the Americas negotiations; Committee of 
 Government Representatives on Participation of Civil Society 
 operation; comment request, 40579 
 
         Generalized System of Preferences: 
 
             Annual product and country eligibility practices review 
 (1998) -- 
 
                 Petitions accepted and Panama IPR review terminated, 
 57150 
 
                 Petitions submission deadline, 18963 
 
             Annual product review (1997) and 1998 de minimis waiver 
 and redesignation reviews, etc., 37162 
 
             Competitive need limitations; import statistics; comment 
 request, 9281 
 
             Eritrea; beneficiary developing country designation 
 criteria, 10422 
 
             Gabon; beneficiary developing country designation 
 criteria, 57728 
 
             Georgia; beneficiary developing country designation 
 criteria, 1878 
 
             Thailand; preferential tariff treatment restoration, 35632 
 
         Harmonized Tariff Schedule: 
 
             Technical corrections, 11946 
 
         Intellectual property rights protection, countries denying; 
 policies and practices: 
 
             Canada, 5598 
 
             China et al., 25539 
 
             Honduras, 16607, 35633, 37943 
 
             India, 29053 
 
             Paraguay, 9292, 43227, 56963, 64982 
 
         Israeli products exempted from customs user fees and addition 
 of Israel to Rural Electrification Act eligible countries list, 46496 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Industry Sector Advisory Committees -- 
 
                 Aerospace equipment, 56286 
 
                 Electronics and Instrumentation, 9624 
 
                 Retailing and wholesaling, 48543 
 
                 Small and minority business, 6791, 20681, 36009, 
 39927, 49629, 66623 
 
             Industry Sector and Industry Functional Advisory 
 Committees, 23334 
 
             North American Free Trade Agreement Sanitary and 
 Phytosanitary Committee, 53482 
 
             Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee, 55673, 
 57154 
 
             Trade Policy and Negotiations Advisory Committee, 8733, 
 26840, 42655 
 
         North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): 
 
             Accelerated tariff eliminations -- 
 
                 Second round implementation, 32036 
 
         Tariff-rate quota amount determinations: 
 
             Beef from New Zealand, 282 
 
             Raw cane and refined sugar and sugar-containing products, 
 53971 
 
             Raw cane sugar, 13717, 27781 
 
         Trade Agreements Act: 
 
             Thresholds adjustment, 2295 
 
         Trade Policy Staff Committee: 
 
             Free Trade Area of the Americas -- 
 
                 Experts Committee and identification of private sector 
 experts in electronic commerce; comment request, 42090 
 
                 Trade negotiations; U.S. objectives; comment request, 
 36470 
 
             Telecommunications trade agreements, compliance; comments 
 request, 1139, 2295 
 
             World Trade Organization -- 
 
                 Dispute settlement understanding review; comment 
 request, 28543 
 
                 Sanitary and phytosanitary issues in foreign trade 
 measures; comment request, 60437 
 
         Unfair trade practices, petitions, etc.: 
 
             Brazil; auto sector trade and investment, 13718 
 
             Korea; barriers to U.S. auto imports; determination, 59836 
 
             Mexico; high fructose corn syrup; investigation and 
 comment request, 
 
                 28544 
 
         United States-European Union Transatlantic Economic 
 Partnership; barrier reduction negotiations; comment request, 31546 
 
             Road safety and marine safety equipment and calibration 
 services, 67973 
 
         United States-Israel Free Trade Area Implementation Act; 
 qualifying industrial zone designation, 12572 
 
         World Trade Organization: 
 
             Argentina; textiles, apparel, footwear, and other items; 
 specific duties and non-tariff barriers; violation determinations, 
 25539 
 
             Dispute settlement panel establishment requests -- 
 
                 Burma (Myanmar), companies doing business with or in; 
 State contracts, 53118 
 
                 Canada; export subsidies for dairy products and market 
 access for fluid milk and cream, 32907 
 
                 European Communities; banana importation, sale, and 
 distribution, 63099 
 
                 European Communities; banana regime, 8248, 56687 
 
                 Foreign sales corporations; tax treatment, 53742 
 
                 Ireland and European Communities; copyright and 
 neighboring rights, 5599 
 
             Dispute settlement requests -- 
 
                 Mexico; high fructose corn syrup, 71327 
 
             European Communities; banana importation, sale, and 
 distribution, 71665 
 
             Government procurement issues; multilateral negotiations; 
 U.S. preparations, 68327 
 
             Ministerial meeting (1999); U.S. preparations; comment and 
 recommendation request, 44500 
 
 
 
 
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 Transportation Department 
 
     See Coast Guard 
 
     See Federal Aviation Administration 
 
     See Federal Highway Administration 
 
     See Federal Railroad Administration 
 
     See Federal Transit Administration 
 
     See Maritime Administration 
 
     See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 
 
     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, 10528 
 
                 Correction, 11954 
 
         Americans with Disabilities Act; implementation: 
 
             Accessibility guidelines for transportation services and 
 vehicles -- 
 
                 Transportation vehicles; over-the-road buses, 51670 
 
             Accessibility guidelines -- 
 
                 Detectable warnings at curb ramps, hazardous vehicular 
 areas, and reflecting pools, 64836 
 
                 Transportation vehicles; over-the-road buses, 51694 
 
         Aviation economic regulations: 
 
             Aviation charter rules, 28225 
 
         Economic regulations: 
 
             Passenger manifest information, 8258 
 
                 Correction, 9413 
 
                 Travel agents and tour operators; requirement to 
 collect full name and contact information for U.S. passengers; 
 rulemaking petition denied, 52155 
 
         Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 38331 
 
         Marine equipment transfer to ship operators and shipyards; CFR 
 part removed, 28911 
 
         Organization, functions, and authority delegations: 
 
             Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs, 33589 
 
             Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, 33589, 59474 
 
             Federal Railroad Administrator, 57610 
 
             Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, 
 Administrator; Great Lakes pilotage functions oversight authority 
 revoked and delegated to Coast Guard, 10781 
 
         Privacy Act; implementation, 2171, 4195 
 
             Correction, 7311 
 
         Workplace drug and alcohol testing programs: 
 
             Opiate threshold levels; changes, 65128 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Acquisition regulations: 
 
             Miscellaneous amendments, 52666 
 
         Aircraft disinsection: 
 
             Insecticide use -- 
 
                 Notification of ticket purchasers by U.S. and foreign 
 airlines and their agents at time of booking; withdrawn, 5329 
 
         Americans with Disabilities Act; implementation: 
 
             Accessibility guidelines for transportation services and 
 vehicles -- 
 
                 Detectable warnings at curb ramps, hazardous vehicular 
 areas, and reflecting pools, 29924 
 
                 Over-the-road buses, 14560, 14571 
 
         Computer reservation systems, carrier-owned, 3491 
 
         Economic regulations: 
 
             Aviation data requirements review and modernization 
 program, 38128 
 
         Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 18855 
 
         Semi-annual agenda, 22286, 62026 
 
         Uniform relocation assistance and real property acquisition 
 regulations for Federal and federally-assisted programs, 32175 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 10255, 28545, 63349 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 921, 1988, 
 2295, 3372, 3782, 4685, 5830, 5831, 6253, 8249, 9039, 9040, 9041, 
 9292, 9896, 10256, 11326, 11946, 11947, 13090, 13091, 13719, 14169, 
 14170, 15254, 16290, 18065, 18485, 19996, 25893, 26670, 27340, 28436, 
 28546, 29053, 30280, 30802, 31826, 33431, 33978, 34210, 34953, 34954, 
 36473, 36474, 36475, 36987, 38686, 38693, 38694, 39623, 39927, 40946, 
 40947, 41614, 41615, 42091, 42092, 43440, 45103, 45553, 47080, 47543, 
 50274, 50617, 52787, 54741, 55421, 55915, 57349, 58451, 58452, 63520, 
 63955, 66624, 69706, 71328, 71329 
 
         Air carriers: 
 
             Foreign air carriers; operating authority termination, 
 54180 
 
             Ownership and operations; proposed substantial change or 
 reorganization due to bankruptcy; notification requirements, 38870 
 
         Airport rates and charges; policy statement, 43228, 53485 
 
         Aviation proceedings: 
 
             Agreements filed; weekly receipts, 595, 2713, 3783, 4686, 
 6595, 7848, 9293, 10060, 11471, 12855, 13719, 13725, 15477, 16608, 
 18066, 19557, 23334, 24204, 25893, 28546, 30281, 31258, 32693, 34211, 
 35306, 36476, 38448, 38870, 40328, 41889, 43230, 44503, 45554, 47081, 
 47544, 49630, 50618, 51632, 53483, 55916, 56964, 58807, 60037, 63956, 
 64982, 66624, 67719, 69132, 70833, 71994 
 
             Certificates of public convenience and necessity and 
 foreign air carrier permits; weekly applications, 595, 2713, 4686, 
 6596, 7849, 9041, 9624, 10060, 11472, 12855, 13719, 13725, 15477, 
 16609, 18067, 19557, 23335, 24205, 25893, 27341, 28547, 30281, 32693, 
 34211, 35306, 38448, 38870, 40329, 41889, 43983, 44503, 45554, 47081, 
 49630, 50618, 51633, 53483, 54512, 56964, 58807, 60038, 63956, 64983, 
 66625, 67719, 69132, 70834, 71994 
 
             Hearings, etc. -- 
 
                 Air Ketchum, Idaho, Inc., 56058 
 
                 Asia Pacific Airlines, 51114 
 
                 Express Air, Inc., 19558 
 
                 Island Air Service, 64535 
 
                 Legend Airlines, Inc., 56690 
 
                 Planet Airways, Inc., 36009 
 
                 Reliant Airlines, Inc., 51114 
 
                 Servant Air, Inc., 27611 
 
                 Shuttle America Corp. Inc., 45277 
 
                 Sky King, Inc., 12855 
 
                 Vintage Props & Jets, Inc., 15477 
 
                 WestJet Express Airlines, Inc., 17919 
 
         Domestic airline industry; competitive issues; comment 
 request, 37612, 45894 
 
         Foreign Air Carrier Family Support Act of 1997; exemptions, 
 5832 
 
         International cargo rate flexibility level: 
 
             Standard foreign fare level -- 
 
                 Index adjustment factors, 5833, 17254, 32037 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Minority Business Resource Center Advisory Committee, 
 51114 
 
             NAFTA Land Transportation Standards Subcommittee and 
 Transportation Consultative Group; annual plenary session, 18245 
 
             Partnership Council, 6596, 30282, 53972 
 
             TEA-21 listening sessions and One-DOT conferences, 40330 
 
         Privacy Act: 
 
             Systems of records, 28438, 35634, 58086 
 
         Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: 
 
             Air carriers; cessation of operations, 33979 
 
         Secretarial determinations: 
 
             Port-Au-Prince International Airport, Haiti; notification 
 of ineffective security measures, 4686 
 
             Puget Sound area waters; marine transportation safety 
 assessment, 64983 
 
         Senior Executive Service: 
 
             Performance Review Boards; membership, 40776 
 
         Transportation Efficiency Act for the 21st Century; 
 implementation; comment request, 49630 
 
         Unfair exclusionary conduct in air transportation industry; 
 enforcement policy statement, 17919, 28021, 49150 
 
         Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: 
 
             Edelweiss Holdings, Inc., 68815 
 
 
 
 
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 Transportation Statistics Bureau 
 
     RULES 
 
         Motor carrier reports; transfer and redesignation of 
 regulations from Surface Transportation Board, 52192 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         ICC Termination Act; implementation: 
 
             Motor carriers of property; reporting requirements, 59263, 
 65163 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 18072 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Transportation Statistics Advisory Council, 7049, 8253, 
 43751, 66838 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 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 
 
     See United States Mint 
 
     RULES 
 
         Currency and foreign transactions; financial reporting and 
 recordkeeping requirements: 
 
             Bank Secrecy Act; implementation -- 
 
                 Exemptions from currency transactions reporting, 50147 
 
                 Funds transmittals by financial institutions; 
 conditional exceptions to full compliance with safe harbor provisions 
 of Travel Rule, 3640 
 
                 Gaming establishments (card clubs, etc.), 1919, 37777 
 
         National security information designations, 14356 
 
         Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board abolished; 
 Resolution Funding Corporation responsibilities transferred to 
 Treasury Department, 57236 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Currency and foreign transactions; financial reporting and 
 recordkeeping requirements: 
 
             Bank Secrecy Act; implementation -- 
 
                 Casinos and card clubs; suspicious transactions 
 reporting requirements, 27230, 37085 
 
         Government Securities Act; implementation: 
 
             Brokers and dealers reporting requirement; Year 2000 
 compliance, 53326 
 
         Privacy Act; implementation, 71050 
 
         Semi-annual agenda, 22460, 62204 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 4521, 7850, 17484, 
 23488, 37622, 42486, 42487 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 1991, 1992, 
 2446, 2447, 3390, 3392, 6256, 6257, 6793, 6794, 7850, 7851, 9300, 
 9897, 9898, 9899, 10673, 10674, 11951, 12859, 12860, 12861, 13722, 
 13723, 14174, 15910, 15911, 15912, 18252, 18253, 18254, 18967, 18968, 
 20248, 23489, 25562, 25564, 28552, 29471, 29472, 29473, 29474, 30562, 
 30563, 32280, 32281, 32282, 32284, 32285, 33442, 33443, 34493, 34501, 
 35640, 35641, 35642, 35643, 35644, 36734, 36735, 36736, 36737, 37623, 
 38692, 39635, 39636, 41619, 41620, 42662, 42663, 43752, 46278, 46279, 
 46281, 47082, 47083, 49378, 49379, 51992, 51993, 51994, 52791, 52793, 
 54522, 54523, 55677, 55678, 56692, 56693, 56694, 56695, 58094, 60443, 
 60444, 60445, 63355, 64315, 65866, 66628, 67986, 69712, 71538 
 
         Boycotts, international: 
 
             Countries requiring cooperation; list, 2297, 17044, 35308, 
 53491, 70453 
 
         Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: 
 
             Customs Service Commercial Operations Advisory Committee, 
 30812 
 
             Dollar Coin Design Advisory Committee, 17045 
 
             International Child Labor Enforcement Advisory Committee, 
 30813 
 
             IRS Citizen Advocacy Panels -- 
 
                 Establishment, 10966 
 
                 South Florida Tax District, 17255 
 
         Foreign treatment of United States financial institutions; 
 report to Congress, 18968 
 
         Home-to-work transportation controls (Treasury Directive 74- 
 06), 53491 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Capital Budgeting Study Commission, 3182, 9629, 17484, 
 24590, 32285, 38449, 44671, 58095, 68330, 69360 
 
             Community Adjustment and Investment Program Advisory 
 Committee, 13097 
 
             Customs Service Commercial Operations Advisory Committee, 
 13455, 30814, 51116 
 
             Debt Management Advisory Committee, 2719, 17926, 37446, 
 54187 
 
         Notes, Treasury: 
 
             Large position reports, call for; 5 1/2 percent notes 
 (February 2008), 31832 
 
         Organization, functions, and authority delegations: 
 
             Assistant Secretary (Financial Markets), 3945, 35644 
 
             Assistant Secretary for Management and Chief Financial 
 Officer, 10262, 14502, 23490 
 
             Commissioner, Public Debt Bureau, 64756 
 
             Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, 
 Director, et al., 60041 
 
             DC Pensions Project Manager, 27122 
 
             Deputy Assistant Secretary (Administration) et al., 14750 
 
             Deputy Secretary et al. -- 
 
                 National security information classification, 14502 
 
                 Reporting relationships, supervision, and order of 
 succession, 63962 
 
             Financial Management Service, Commissioner, 60041 
 
             Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, 35644 
 
         Privacy Act: 
 
             Computer matching programs, 71188 
 
             Systems of records, 69716 
 
         Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.: 
 
             International trade data system; design and 
 implementation, 53125 
 
         Senior Executive Service: 
 
             Combined Performance Review Board; membership, 44948 
 
             Departmental Performance Review Board; membership, 4344 
 
             Legal Division Performance Review Board; membership, 
 32911, 51636 
 
             Performance Review Board; membership, 54187 
 
 
 
 
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 Truman, Harry S., Scholarship Foundation 
 
     See Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation 
  
 
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 ***** 
 
 
 U.S. House of Representatives 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Child support and alimony orders; designation of agent to 
 receive and process, 29782 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Udall, Morris K., Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental 
 Policy Foundation 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Meetings; Sunshine Act, 1996, 27123, 54752 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Meetings; Sunshine Act, 3313, 17160, 38816, 55100 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 United States Enrichment Corporation 
 
     RULES 
 
         Freedom of Information Act regulations; CFR part removed and 
 CFR chapter vacated, 42201 
 
         Sunshine Act regulations; CFR part removed, 42201 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Meetings; Sunshine Act, 3014, 3787, 13913, 15487, 16292, 
 20683, 27791, 29475, 30567, 31836, 32287, 32698, 33444, 33763, 34214, 
 34684, 36288, 38880, 39650 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 United States Information Agency 
 
     RULES 
 
         Exchange visitor program: 
 
             Health insurance coverage requirements, 13337 
 
             Home-country physical presence two-year requirement; 
 waiver requests, 42233 
 
             J-1 students whose financial support is from Indonesia, 
 South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, or Philippines; employment 
 requirements temporarily suspended, 34276 
 
             Return to home country two-year requirement; waiver 
 requests; processing fee, 34808 
 
         Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 67576, 71587 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 15800 
 
         Semi-annual agenda, 22898, 62632 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 1882, 3616, 18073, 
 33444, 69361, 70182 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 11953, 31836, 
 45108 
 
         Art objects; importation for exhibition: 
 
             Aleksander Rodchenko, 17257 
 
             Alexander Calder (1898-1976), 9308 
 
             Ancestors of the Incas: The Lost Civilizations of Peru, 
 11478 
 
             Ancient Gold: The Wealth of the Thracians, Treasures from 
 the Republic of Bulgaria, 3014 
 
             Ancient West Mexico: Art and Archaeology of the Unknown 
 Past, 37624 
 
             Art from Russia's Turning Point: Isaak Brodsky and His 
 Collection (1870-1932), 55678 
 
             Arts of Korea, 15262 
 
             Augustin Pajou, Royal Sculptor, 3617 
 
             Bonnard, 24209 
 
             Botany to Bouquets: Flowers in Northern Art, 72347 
 
             Buddha's Art of Healing, Tibetan Medical Paintings from 
 Buryatia, 19285 
 
             Buddhist Treasures from Nara; Cleveland Museum of Art, 
 37941 
 
             Cave of the Warrior, 40950 
 
             Cecil Family Collects: Four Centuries of Decorative Arts 
 from Burghley House, 45907 
 
             Chuck Close, 8524 
 
             Conversion by Candlelight: The Four Magdalens by Georges 
 de la Tour, 6794 
 
             Cylinder Recounting Sennacherib's Third Campaign Against 
 Judah, .c., 00, 64760 
 
             David Goldblatt: Photographs from South Africa, 30040 
 
             Degas at the Races, 10426 
 
             Degas with Christine and Yvonne Lerolle, 39933 
 
             Delacroix: The Late Years, 39933 
 
             Donato Creti, Melancholy and Perfection, 54525 
 
             Dosso Dossi, Court Painter in Renaissance Ferrara, 69133 
 
             Edgar Degas, Photographer, 50276 
 
             EDO: Art in Japan (1615-1868), 49380 
 
             Expressionist in Paris: The Paintings of Chaim Soutine, 
 15003 
 
             Five Revolutionary Seconds XI, 46100 
 
             French Prints from the Age of the Musketeers, 53127 
 
             From Van Eyck to Bruegel: Early Netherlandish Paintings in 
 the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 45907 
 
             Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience, 9629, 10967 
 
             Heroic Armor of the Italian Renaissance: Filippo Negroli 
 and His Contemporaries, 43753 
 
             Honore Lannuier, Parisian Cabinetmaker in Federal New 
 York, 12581 
 
             Impressionists in Winter: Effects de Neige, 38696 
 
             Invisible Made Visible: Angels in the Vatican, 599 
 
             Jackson Pollock: A Retrospective, 50276 
 
             Jade in Ancient Costa Rica, 37624 
 
             Jewels of the Romanovs: Treasures of the Russian Imperial 
 Court, 10676 
 
             Letters in Gold: Ottoman Calligraphy from the Sakib 
 Sabanci Collection, 28452, 66234 
 
             Library of Books: Library of Duke August of Brumswick- 
 Wolfenbuttel, 66838 
 
             Living Memorial to the Holocaust, 33122 
 
                 Dead Scroll, Psalms Tehillim fragment inclusion in 
 exhibit, 36037 
 
             Love and War: A Manual for Life in the Late Middle Ages, 
 50621 
 
             Love Forever: Yayoi Kusama (1958 to 1968), 10676 
 
             Manet, Monet, and the Gare Saint-Lazare, 28452 
 
             Mark Rothko, 16861 
 
             Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman, 48545 
 
             Master Drawings from the State Hermitage Museum, St. 
 Petersburg and The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, 33123 
 
             Matisse and Picasso: A Gentle Rivalry, 71539 
 
             Miro's Black and Red Series: A New Acquisition in Context, 
 46100 
 
             Monet in the 20th Century, 38449 
 
             Nature of Diamonds, 19785 
 
             New York Begins: A Rare Drawing of New Amsterdam (c.1650- 
 54), 43753 
 
             Nicholas and Alexandra: The Last Imperial Family of 
 Tsarist Russia, 30567 
 
             Nineteenth-Century Dutch Watercolors and Drawings from the 
 Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 46510 
 
             Paul Strand, circa, 916, 5606 
 
             Picasso and the War Years (1937-1945), 49381 
 
             Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 3015 
 
             Pieter de Hooch (1629-1684), 60043, 69713 
 
             Princes, Poets, and Paladins, 17928 
 
             Projects 66: Campana/Ingo Maurer, 60044 
 
             Queens and Commoners of Egypt's New Kingdom, 25270 
 
             Recognizing Van Eyck, 10676 
 
             Reinstallation of the Cleveland Museum of Art's Armor 
 Court, 41892 
 
             Rembrandt: Treasures from the Rembrandt House, Amsterdam, 
 57160 
 
             Royal Persian Paintings: The Qajar Epoch (1785-1925), 
 44958 
 
             Sacred Visions: Early Painting from Tibet, 33989 
 
             Saints and Sinners: Caravaggio's Italy, 36037 
 
             Sepphoris Mosaic, 48292 
 
             Sigmund Freud: Conflict and Culture, 53127 
 
             Sir Edward Burne-Jones, 20003 
 
             Songs on Stone: James McNeill Whistler and the Art of 
 Lithography, 24591 
 
             Spirits in Steel: The Art of Kalabari Masquerade, 15262 
 
             Structure and Surface: Contemporary Japanese Textiles, 
 49381 
 
             Tony Smith: Architect, Painter, Sculptor, 32698 
 
             Treasures of Russia from Peterhof-Summer Palace of the 
 Czars, 55427 
 
             UFA Film Posters (1918-1943), 44958 
 
             Van Gogh's Van Goghs: Masterpieces from the Van Gogh 
 Museum, Amsterdam, 38450, 41893 
 
         Cultural property: 
 
             Cyprus, 49154 
 
         Grants and agreements with higher education institutions, 
 hospitals, and other nonprofit organizations; uniform administrative 
 requirements, 
 
             Terms and conditions for administration of USIA assistance 
 awards, 38450 
 
         Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 
 
             American University in Kyrgyzstan program; faculty 
 development and administrative training, 64316 
 
             Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Moldavia; college and 
 university partnerships program, 33445 
 
             College and university affiliations program, 44671, 44673 
 
             College and university partnerships program; Russian 
 regional investment initiative in Samara Oblast, 28027 
 
             Creative arts exchange program, 5995 
 
             Eastern and Central Europe; training programs, 68331 
 
             East Timor exchange project, 30567 
 
             Foreign language and area studies program; U.S. students 
 and scholars 
 
             Freedom Support Act -- 
 
                 Future leaders exchange program, 51117 
 
             Fulbright senior scholars program, 56698, 65635 
 
             International education and cultural activities program, 
 36289 
 
             International visitors; multi-regional group project 
 development; ethics in government and business, 9908 
 
             Middle Eastern and North African students and scholars; 
 educational advising program, 58095 
 
             Multi-regional and regional projects for international 
 visitors, 44676 
 
             Newly Independent States -- 
 
                 College and university partnership program, 2447, 
 63524, 63526 
 
                 Internet access and training program for alumni of 
 USIA academic and professional exchanges, 58096 
 
                 Regional educational advising coordinator, 49727 
 
             NIS secondary school partnership program, 68335 
 
             Overseas educational advising centers; educational 
 advisers reference tool and research service development, 59838 
 
             Russian-U.S. young leadership fellows program, 45907 
 
             Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, 
 Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan; NIS training 
 program, 54189 
 
             Samara Oblast; regional investment initiative Internet 
 project; development, 43445 
 
             Summer institute for economic policy officials; American 
 institutions and formulation of U.S. international economic policy, 
 63531 
 
             Summer institute for educators from South Africa and 
 Namibia, 5998 
 
             Summer institute for study of United States for foreign 
 secondary school educators, 63529 
 
             Summer institutes in American studies for foreign 
 university teachers, 60044 
 
             Turkmenistan; college and university partnerships program, 
 18974 
 
             U.S. based training program for overseas educational 
 advisers, 44681 
 
             Ukrainian social scientists; summer institute in social 
 science research and public policy, 68337 
 
             Vietnam Fulbright foreign student exchange program, 36485 
 
         Hannover Expo 2000; private sector support for U.S. Pavilion, 
 13103 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Cuba Broadcasting Advisory Board, 5419, 29475 
 
             Cultural Property Advisory Committee, 24841, 49154 
 
             Public Diplomacy, U.S. Advisory Commission, 2722, 7504, 
 13305, 20248, 27624, 39364, 56064, 69362 
 
         Privacy Act: 
 
             Systems of records, 34214 
 
         Senior Executive Service: 
 
             Performance Review Board; membership, 44509 
 
 
 
 
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 United States Institute of Peace 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Peaceful resolution of international conflict; senior 
 fellowships, 37447 
 
             Solicited grants -- 
 
                 International peace and conflict resolution, 46510 
 
             Unsolicited grants -- 
 
                 Fall competition program, 36293 
 
                 Spring competition program, 7050 
 
         Meetings; Sunshine Act, 1148, 12149, 28452, 47346, 60047 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 United States Mint 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Dollar Coin Design Advisory Committee, 28451 
 
         New dollar coin design; comment request, 65634, 70842 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 United States Sentencing Commission 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Sentencing guidelines and policy statements for Federal 
 courts, 602, 28202, 29051, 44941, 55912, 65980 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Environmental statements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Central Utah Project; angler-access mitigation program, 
 Strawberry Aqueduct and Collection System, Bonneville Unit, 43447 
 
             Diamond Fork Campground construction, 54193 
 
             Fish hatchery production plan, 18975 
 
             Fountain Green State Fish Hatchery; construction, 34215 
 
             Kamas State Fish Hatchery; reconstruction, 1148 
 
             Provo River Restoration Project, 11328 
 
             Wall Lake Reservoir, Wasatch-Cache National Forest, UT; 
 reconstruction, 53977 
  
 
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 Veterans Affairs Department 
 
     RULES 
 
         Acquisition regulations: 
 
             Commercial items, 17334 
 
             Department protests, 15318 
 
             Title and references updates, 69216 
 
         Adjudication; pensions, compensation, dependency, etc.: 
 
             Active military service certification; eligibility, 413 
 
             Compensation for additional disability or death due to 
 hospital care, medical or surgical treatment, examination, or training 
 and rehabilitation services, 45004 
 
             Eligibility reporting requirements, 53593 
 
             Ionizing radiation exposure claims (prostate cancer and 
 any other cancer), 50993 
 
             Minimum income annuity and gratuitous annuity, 62943 
 
             Persian Gulf veterans; undiagnosed illnesses compensation, 
 11122 
 
             Surviving spouses; minimum income annuity, 412 
 
         Board of Veterans Appeals: 
 
             Appeals regulations and rules of practice -- 
 
                 Continuation of representation following claimant's or 
 appellant's death, 33579 
 
         Conflict of interests, 33579 
 
         Disabilities rating schedule: 
 
             Cold injuries, 37778 
 
         Health care professionals; reporting to State licensing 
 boards; policy, 23664 
 
         Human subjects protection: 
 
             Research-related injuries treatment; compensation, 11123 
 
         Loan guaranty: 
 
             Automatic processing authority, late reporting, and record 
 retention requirements, 12001 
 
         Medical benefits: 
 
             Civilian health and medical program of VA (CHAMPVA) -- 
 
                 Medical care for survivors and dependents of veterans, 
 48100 
 
             Non-VA physicians -- 
 
                 Allowance for drug presecriptions to be filled by non- 
 VA pharmacies in State homes under VA contracts, 37779 
 
                 Services associated with either outpatient or 
 inpatient care provided at non-VA facilities; payment, 39514 
 
         Organization, functions, and authority delegations: 
 
             General Counsel et al., 11121 
 
         Vocational rehabilitation and education: 
 
             Dependents education -- 
 
                 Educational assistance rates, 67778 
 
             Veterans education -- 
 
                 Educational assistance; reduction in required reports, 
 14037 
 
                 Educational assistance awards to veterans who were 
 voluntarily discharged; effective dates, 34131 
 
                 Educational assistance when educational institutions 
 fail to meet requirements; payments suspension and discontinuance, 
 35830 
 
                 Education benefits election, 45717 
 
                 Flight courses; approval criteria for educational 
 assistance programs, 34127 
 
                 Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty; cooperative training; 
 rates payable increase, 27853 
 
                 Service Members Occupational Conversion and Training 
 Act; certification deadlines, 26455 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Acquisition regulations: 
 
             Health care resources; simplified acquisition procedures, 
 60256 
 
             Improper business practices and personal conflicts of 
 interest and solicitation provisions and contract clauses, 16955 
 
             Sealed bidding and competitive proposals, 11865 
 
         Adjudication; pensions, compensation, dependency, etc.: 
 
             Well grounded claims/duty to assist, 58336 
 
         Board of Veterans Appeals: 
 
             Appeals regulations and rules of practice -- 
 
                 Grounds of clear and unmistakable error decisions, 
 27534 
 
         Freedom of Information Act; implementation, 48455 
 
         Legal services, General Counsel: 
 
             Organization recognition and representative, attorney, and 
 agent accreditation, 59495 
 
         Loan guaranty: 
 
             Interest rate reduction refinancing loans requirements, 
 30162 
 
         Medical benefits: 
 
             Advance healthcare planning; written directives and verbal 
 and nonverbal instructions, 58677 
 
             Denied claims; reconsideration procedures, 9990 
 
             Nursing home care of veterans in State homes; per diem 
 payments, 60227 
 
             Veterans' Health Care Eligibility Reform Act of 1996; 
 implementation -- 
 
                 National enrollment system; provision of hospital and 
 outpatient care, 37299 
 
             Veterans' medical care or services; collection or 
 recovery, 54756 
 
         Semi-annual agenda, 22556, 62304 
 
         Vocational rehabilitation and education: 
 
             Reservists education -- 
 
                 Monthly verification of enrollment and other reports, 
 15341 
 
             Veterans education -- 
 
                 Educational assistance; advance payments and lump-sum 
 payments, 27701 
 
                 Educational assistance and benefits; claims and 
 effective dates, 23408 
 
                 Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty; eligibility criteria, 
 etc., 63253 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Advisory committees; annual reports; availability, 12150 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 2302, 4523, 4524, 
 4525, 4526, 4527, 4528, 7050, 7051, 14176, 14177, 14178, 14179, 14180, 
 16861, 17485, 17486, 19786, 31582, 34502, 34503, 37625, 37626, 37627, 
 39119, 47085, 48787, 49155, 49156, 49157, 49158, 49159, 50276, 51119, 
 51120, 51121, 51637, 56702, 58099, 59840, 60047, 70183, 70184, 71189, 
 71190, 71191, 71192, 71193, 71194, 71195 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 2303, 8524, 
 8525, 8526, 13913, 13914, 16862, 16863, 16864, 17487, 17488, 31260, 
 31261, 42664, 47086, 47087, 47088, 47089, 47090, 48788, 48789, 49159, 
 51121, 51122, 51123, 55428, 70184, 70185, 71195, 71196, 71197, 71198, 
 71199 
 
         Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.: 
 
             Education Advisory Committee, 67723 
 
             Environmental Hazards Advisory Committee, 27791 
 
             Future of VA Long-Term Care Advisory Committee, 9911 
 
             Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee, 52318 
 
             Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs Advisory 
 Committee, 51123 
 
             Rehabilitation Advisory Committee, 70187 
 
             Structural Safety of VA Facilities Advisory Committee, 
 32698 
 
         Cost-of-living adjustments and headstone or marker allowance 
 rate, 72347 
 
         Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Homeless providers grant and per diem program, 19786 
 
         Legal interpretations; General Counsel-precedent opinions: 
 
             Veterans' benefits under VA administered laws; summary, 
 3185, 31262, 56703 
 
         Loan guaranty: 
 
             Percentage to determine net value, 7051 
 
         Medical benefits: 
 
             Veterans' medical care or services; collection or 
 recovery; methodology for calculating charges, 54766 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Cemeteries and Memorials Advisory Committee, 23824, 54752 
 
             Education Advisory Committee, 7052, 33123 
 
             Environmental Hazards Advisory Committee, 20683 
 
             Former Prisoners of War Advisory Committee, 12150, 56705 
 
             Future of VA Long-Term Care Advisory Committee, 9045 
 
             Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee, 48789 
 
             Gulf War Expert Scientific Advisory Committee; executive 
 summary availability, 27791 
 
             Medical Research Service Merit Review Committee, 6284, 
 49729 
 
             Minority Veterans Advisory Committee, 16292, 68826 
 
             Persian Gulf Expert Scientific Committee, 15918 
 
             Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs Advisory 
 Committee, 5833, 46828 
 
             Rehabilitation Advisory Committee, 19787, 43448 
 
             Rehabilitation Research and Development Service Scientific 
 Merit Review Board, 4693, 18257, 68827 
 
             Research and Development Cooperative Studies Evaluation 
 Committee, 19787, 47549 
 
             Scientific Review and Evaluation Board for Health Services 
 Research and Development Service, 32914, 68827 
 
             Special Medical Advisory Group, 16631, 43753 
 
             Structural Safety of VA Facilities Advisory Committee, 
 67723 
 
             Veterans Readjustment Advisory Committee, 5419, 37447 
 
             Voluntary Service National Advisory Committee, 16293, 
 55174 
 
             Wage Committee, 11708, 34964, 55174 
 
             Women Veterans Advisory Committee, 28028, 49729 
 
         Poverty threshold (l997); weighted average, 68827 
 
         Privacy Act: 
 
             Computer matching programs, 8527, 24591, 37448, 57745 
 
             Systems of records, 7196, 16864, 37941 
 
         Real property; enhanced-use leases: 
 
             Long Beach, CA; Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 15262 
 
             Palo Alto, CA; nursing home/residential care facility, 
 24592 
 
             Sioux Falls, SD; Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 31264 
 
         Senior Executive Service: 
 
             Performance Review Boards; membership, 60047 
 
 
 
 
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 Veterans Employment and Training, Office of Assistant Secretary 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 25097 
 
         Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Homeless veterans reintegration projects, 3157 
 
             Job Training Partnership Act -- 
 
                 Employment and training programs, 15440 
 
             Rural homeless veterans reintegration projects, 4476 
 
         Meetings: 
 
             Veterans Employment and Training Advisory Committee, 
 11455, 30024, 63749 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Vice President of the United States 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Regulatory Plan statement, 61203 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Victims of Crime Office 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Agency information collection activities: 
 
             Proposed collection; comment request, 18444, 46805, 51604, 
 69081 
 
             Submission for OMB review; comment request, 39597, 46071, 
 66202 
  
 
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 Wage and Hour Division 
 
     PROPOSED RULES 
 
         Civil monetary penalties; inflation adjustment, 71405 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Davis-Bacon Act: 
 
             Government contracting agencies of Federal government and 
 District of Columbia; wage determinations application to contracts 
 with option clauses; guidance, 64542 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Western Area Power Administration 
 
     NOTICES 
 
         Central Valley Project, CA; restoration fund payments; 
 assessment and collection procedures, 18005, 41561 
 
         Electric power marketing: 
 
             Open access transmission service tariff, 521, 5376 
 
         Electric utility industry restructuring; impact on allocation 
 policies, 66166 
 
         Environmental statements; availability, etc.: 
 
             Sutter Power Plant and Transmission Line Project, CA, 7412 
 
             Sutter Power Project, CA, 59986 
 
         Environmental statements; notice of intent: 
 
             Griffith Power Plant and Transmission Line Project, AZ, 
 16496 
 
         Grand Canyon Protection Act; Glen Canyon Dam Powerplant; 
 replacement resources methods report and executive summary; 
 availability, 27277 
 
         Power rate adjustments: 
 
             Amistad and Falcon Projects, 27278 
 
             Boulder Canyon Project, 19722, 53045 
 
             Loveland Area Projects, CO, 16778, 44250, 58033 
 
             Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project, 
 16497 
 
             Parker-Davis Project, AZ, et al., 33649 
 
             Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program; Eastern Division, 
 43158, 44251, 58034 
 
             Salt Lake City Area/Integrated Projects, UT, et al., 16796 
 
 
 
 
 ***** 
 
 
 Workers' Compensation Programs Office 
 
     RULES 
 
         Federal Employees Compensation Act: 
 
             Claims file material; use and disclosure, 56752 
 
             Disability and death of noncitizen Federal employees 
 outside U.S.; compensation, 65284 
 
                 Correction, 71202