DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Office of the Secretary

Office of the Secretary--Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
400 Streamlining of Commerce Acquisition Process 0690-AA26

Office of the Secretary--Final Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
401 Guidelines for Empowerment Contracting 0690-AA25

Office of the Secretary--Long-Term Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
402 Standards of Ethical Conduct--Department of Commerce Supplemental Regulations 0690-AA23

Bureau of Economic Analysis--Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
403 Annual Survey of Royalties, License Fees, and Other Receipts and Payments for Intangible Rights Between U.S. and Unaffiliated Foreign Persons 0691-AA28
404 Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States--1997 0691-AA29
405 Annual Survey of Selected Services Transactions With Unaffiliated Foreign Persons 0691-AA30

Bureau of Economic Analysis--Completed Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
406 Benchmark Survey of Selected Services Transactions With Unaffiliated Foreign Persons 0691-AA27

Bureau of the Census--Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
407 Cutoff Dates for Recognition of Boundary Changes for the 2000 Decennial Census of Population and Housing 0607-AA18
408 Changes to the Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations (FTSR) To Clarify the Definition of Exporter 0607-AA20
409 Changes to the Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations (FTSR) Requiring a Designator When the Export Shipment Is a Foreign Military Sale 0607-AA22
410 Changes to the Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations (FTSR) Requiring the Filing of Shipper's Export Declarations (SEDs) for Company-Owned Tools of Trade 0607-AA23

Bureau of the Census--Long-Term Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
411 Changes to the Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations (FTSR) to Conform Requirements and Wording to the U.S. Customs Service Requirements for the Automated Export System (AES) 0607-AA19
412 Special Services and Studies by the Bureau of the Census; General 0607-AA24
413 Furnishing Personal Census Data From Census of Population Schedules; General Requirements 0607-AA25
414 Furnishing Personal Census Data From Census of Population Schedules: General Requirements 0607-AA26
415 Special Services and Studies by the Bureau of the Census; Fee Structure for Age Search and Citizenship Information 0607-AA27

Bureau of the Census--Completed Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
416 Changes to the Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations (FTSR) To Add a Requirement To Collect Information on Canadian Province of Origin for U.S. Imports From Canada 0607-AA21

Economic Development Administration--Final Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
417 General Requirements for Financial Assistance--Excess Capacity 0610-AA55

General Administration--Final Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
418 Uniform Administrative Requirement for Grants and Agreements With Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Nonprofits and Commercial Organizations 0605-AA09

International Trade Administration--Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
419 Proposed Change in Definition of Scientific Instruments and Apparatus for Florence Agreement Program 0625-AA47

International Trade Administration--Final Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
420 Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings; Administrative Protective Order Procedures and Procedures for Imposing Sanctions for Violation of a Protective Order 0625-AA43
421 Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties 0625-AA45

Bureau of Export Administration--Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
422 Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) 0694-AA02
423 Implementation of Chemical Weapons Convention 0694-AB06
424 Chemical Weapons Convention Implementing Regulations (Enforcement) 0694-AB39

Bureau of Export Administration--Final Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
425 Revision of Foreign Boycott Provisions of Export Administration Regulations 0694-AA11
426 Transfer of Dual-Use Items From U.S. Munitions List to the Commerce Control List 0694-AA52
427 Transfer of Certain Remote Sensing Satellites From the U.S. Munitions List to the CCL 0694-AB09
428 Clarification of Enhanced Proliferation Control Initiative (EPCI) ``Catch-All'' Provision and Validated License Requirements 0694-AB10
429 Revisions to the EAR: Establishment of a Standard Saving Clause 0694-AB15
430 Revisions to Licensing Policy for North Korea 0694-AB19
431 Administration of State Log Exports Ban 0694-AB25
432 Libya: Expansion of Foreign Policy Controls 0694-AB28
433 Changes to the Commerce Control List to Accord With the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies 0694-AB35
434 Changes to the Export Administrative Regulations To Implement the Guidelines and Information Sharing Provisions of the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use 0694-AB40
435 Change the Commerce Control List To Revise Controls on Communication Intercepting Devices (Export Commerce Control Number ECCN 5A980) 0694-AB41
436 Export Regulation for Certain Exports of Business Equipment for Support to the Cuban People 0694-AB43
437 Clarification of License Exception GFT (Humanitarian Donations) 0694-AB49
438 Revisions to EAR as a Result of the Addition of Brazil and Ukraine to the Nuclear Suppliers Group 0694-AB50
439 Revisions to Commerce Control List: Addition of Technology and Software Controls for Certain Crime Control Commodities 0694-AB53
440 Revisions and Clarifications to the Export Administration Regulations; Commerce Control List 0694-AB55
441 Revisions and Clarifications to the Export Administration Regulations 0694-AB56

Bureau of Export Administration--Long-Term Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
442 Licensing of, and Expansion of National Security and Foreign Policy Controls on, Recoverable Encryption Software 0694-AB47

Bureau of Export Administration--Completed Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
443 Exports to Iran, Syria and Sudan; Revision of Foreign Policy Control 0694-AA62
444 Simplification of the Export Administration Regulations 0694-AA67
445 Implementation of the Cuba Democracy Act 0694-AA77
446 Revision to the EAR; Supplement No. 2 to Part 778 0694-AB12
447 Countries Eligible to Receive Supercomputers Under Special Licensing Procedures 0694-AB16
448 Editorial Clarification and Corrections to the Export Administration Regulations; Removal of ECCN 1C65 0694-AB23
449 Proliferation Entity List 0694-AB24
450 Revision to the EAR: ELAIN Accepts Classification Request 0694-AB26
451 Revision to General License GCG (Shipments to Agencies of Cooperating Governments) 0694-AB34
452 Change the Commerce Control List to Revised Controls on Shotguns (Export Commerce Control Number ECCN 0A84C) 0694-AB42
453 Further Expansion of General License GLX 0694-AB45
454 Revisions to the Commerce Control List: Export of Mixtures Containing Trace Quantities of Precursor Chemicals 0694-AB46
455 Incorporation of the Wassenaar Arrangement Into Category 2 of the Commerce Control List; Expansion of License Exception CIV 0694-AB48
456 Revision to EAR License Exceptions 0694-AB51
457 Revisions to EAR As Result of Addition of Republic of South Korea to Australia Group Membership 0694-AB52
458 Revision to the EAR; Computer Revision 0694-AB54

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Prerule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
459 Fisheries Obligation Guarantee Program - Statutory Amendments to Establish ``Central Title and Lien Registry for Limited Access Permits'' 0648-AJ77
460 Joint Draft Policy for Safe Harbor and Candidate Species Conservation (CSC) Agreements 0648-AJ54

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
461 Secretarial Amendment to the FMP for Atlantic Swordfish 0648-AE09
462 Amendment 10 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Atlantic Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog Fisheries 0648-AF41
463 Fishery Management Plan for Tilefish 0648-AF87
464 Amendment 1 to the Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Billfish 0648-AF88
465 Amendment 8 to the Fishery Management Plan for Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic (FMP) 0648-AG25
466 Amendment 8 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic 0648-AG27
467 Regulatory Amendment To Establish a Certification Program for At-Sea Scales 0648-AG32
468 General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries--Standard Definitions 0648-AG46
469 Regulatory Amendment To Impose Restrictions on Fishing Black Rockfish Off Oregon 0648-AG81
470 Regulatory Amendment for Managing Pelagic Fisheries by U.S. Vessels Beyond EEZ Throughout Pacific 0648-AG85
471 Amendment 3 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Fishery of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands 0648-AG87
472 Amendment 1 to the Fishery Management Plan for Corals and Reef-Associated Plants and Invertebrates for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands 0648-AG88
473 Regulatory Amendment To Facilitate Monitoring and Enforcement in the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery 0648-AH21
474 Amendment 7 to the Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster 0648-AH41
475 Amendment 9 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico 0648-AH52
476 Amendment 1 to the Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Bluefish 0648-AH63
477 FMP Amendment 36 for the Groundfish Fishery of the BSAI and FMP Amendment 39 for the Groundfish of the GOA 0648-AH67
478 Regulatory Amendment Requiring Longline Vessel Operators in the Western Pacific Pelagic Fisheries To Carry Observers at No Cost to U.S. Government 0648-AI31
479 Amendment 7 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan 0648-AI36
480 Regulatory Amendment To Adjust the Annual Total Allowable Catch for Royal Red Shrimp in the Gulf of Mexico 0648-AI39
481 Regulatory Amendment To Require Electronic Submission by Alaska Groundfish Processors of Weekly Production Reports and Check In/Out Reports 0648-AI66
482 Fishery Management Plan for the Atlantic Herring Fishery 0648-AI78
483 Pacific Whiting Allocation Among Non-Tribal Sectors and Seasonal Framework 0648-AI80
484 Amendment 12 to FMP for Salmon Fisheries Off the Coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California 0648-AI82
485 Regulatory Amendment To Revise the Product Recovery Rate Regulations 0648-AI87
486 Proposed Rule to Implement Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements under the High Seas Fishing Compliance Act of 1995 0648-AI99
487 Regulatory Amendment to Limited Access Management of Federal Fisheries In and Off of Alaska 0648-AJ00
488 Options for Angling Category Season for the Atlantic Season for the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries 0648-AJ04
489 Fishery Data Reporting for Western Pacific Pelagic Fisheries 0648-AJ08
490 Regulatory Amendment To Establish Total Allowable Catch Limits for the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Groups of King and Spanish Mackerel for the 1997-98 Fishing Year 0648-AJ12
491 Regulatory Amendment To Adjust Reef Fish Management Measures to the Gulf of Mexico for the 1997 Season 0648-AJ13
492 Amendment 15 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico 0648-AJ14
493 Weakfish Regulations for the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) 0648-AJ15
494 Amendment 11 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico - Resubmitted Measures 0648-AJ16
495 Regulatory Amendment To Implement 1997 Nontrawl Sablefish Harvest Regime 0648-AJ19
496 Regulatory Amendment To Restrict Pacific Groundfish Limited Entry Permit Transfers 0648-AJ20
497 Regulatory Amendment To Extend California Gillnet Regulations to the EEZ 0648-AJ21
498 Amendment 10 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish FMP Regarding Salmon Bycatch in Groundfish Trawl 0648-AJ22
499 Amendment 9 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish FMP to Require Endorsements in the Sablefish Fishery 0648-AJ23
500 Guidelines for the Description, Identification, Conservation, and Enhancement of Essential Fish Habitat 0648-AJ30
501 Amendment 49 to the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the BSAI 0648-AJ36
502 Implementation of Use of Interactive Voice Response (IVR) System To Monitor Commercial Landings of Quota Managed Species on Weekly Basis 0648-AJ37
503 Implementation of Measures To Avoid Sea Birds in the Alaska Longline Groundfish Fishery 0648-AJ39
504 Amendment 40 to the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 0648-AJ45
505 Regulatory Amendment to Establish a Program for the Collection and Use of Fees in the Individual Fishing Quota and Community Development Quota Programs 0648-AJ52
506 Adjustment of area closure for northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) Lobster Fishery for Vessels with Vessel Monitoring System Equipment 0648-AJ57
507 Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; National Standards Guidelines 0648-AJ58
508 Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Foreign Fishing Vessels in Internal Waters 0648-AJ59
509 Implementation of Pacific Insular Area Fishing Agreement Provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Act 0648-AJ60
510 Atlantic Swordfish Fishery; Quotas 0648-AJ63
511 Atlantic Shark Fisheries; Amendment 2 (including rebuilding schedule) 0648-AJ64
512 Atlantic Tuna Fisheries; Effort Controls 0648-AJ65
513 Atlantic Tuna Fisheries; Regulatory Adjustments 0648-AJ66
514 Atlantic Tuna Fisheries; Fishery Management Plan Implementation 0648-AJ67
515 Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Take Reduction Team Plan Implementation 0648-AJ68
516 Atlantic Tuna Fisheries; Annual Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Quotas 0648-AJ69
517 Proposed rule to Implement Procedures for Issuance of Permits Under Section 204(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishing Conservation and Management Act 0648-AJ70
518 Interim final rule to the Fishery Management Plan for the American Lobster Fishery 0648-AJ74
519 Implementation of Data Collection and Reporting Requirements to the Fishery Management Plan for the American Lobster Fishery 0648-AJ75
520 Regulatory Amendment and Guidelines for Safety and Living Conditions on Vessels Carrying Observers 0648-AJ76
521 List of Fisheries for 1998 0648-AJ85
522 Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals; Taking of Marine Mammals Under the ATA Permit After February 28, 1994 0648-AG36
523 Designated Critical Habitat; Pacific Steelhead 0648-AG49
524 Designated Critical Habitat; Pacific Coho Salmon 0648-AG56
525 Designated Critical Habitat; Umpqua River Sea-Run Cutthroat Trout 0648-AG58
526 Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for Puget Sound Salmon Stocks 0648-AH11
527 Proposed Rule To Provide Regulations for Permits for Capture, Transport, Import and Export of Protected Species for Public Display, and for Maintaining a Captive Marine Mammal Inventory 0648-AH26
528 Proposed Rule Governing the Issuance of Permits for Marine Mammal Photography 0648-AH31
529 Amend Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals 0648-AH83
530 Critical Habitat Designation for Green and Hawksbill Sea Turtle in Culebra, Puerto Rico 0648-AH88
531 Implementation of 1997 MMPA Amendments Affecting Yellowfin Tuna Purse Seine Fishing in the Eastern Tropical Pacific 0648-AI85
532 Amendment 10 to the Summer Flounder Fishery Management Plan 0648-AJ55
533 Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary 0648-AE41
534 Allowance of Small-Scale Non-Intrusive Jade Collecting in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary 0648-AI06
535 Revision of Overflight Regulations 0648-AI91
536 Licensing of Private Remote-Sensing Space Systems 0648-AC64

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Final Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
537 Regulatory Amendment To Implement Permit, Reporting, and Recordkeeping and Observer Requirements for Processing Vessels Over 125 Feet and Their Catcher Vessels: Pacific Coast Groundfish 0648-AE01
538 Financial Disclosure of Fishery Management Council Nominees, Members, and Executive Directors 0648-AG16
539 Regulatory Adjustments to the FMP for Sharks of the Atlantic Ocean 0648-AH77
540 Plan Amendment to FMP for Sharks of the Atlantic Ocean That Would Limit Entry 0648-AH78
541 Regulatory Amendment To Establish Management Measures for Atlantic and Gulf Groups of King and Spanish Mackerel for the 1996-97 Fishing Year 0648-AI13
542 Amendment 2 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the South Atlantic 0648-AI15
543 Withdrawal of Federal Fisheries Regulations 0648-AI16
544 Consolidation of Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Regulations 0648-AI28
545 Regulatory Amendment To Revise the Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements for Groundfish Fisheries of the EEZ off of Alaska 0648-AI68
546 Amendment 2 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska 0648-AI88
547 A Moratorium on Issuance of New Permits for Fishing in the Mau Zone Portion of the NWHI Bottomfish Fishery 0648-AJ02
548 Proposed Rule To Implement Amendment 6 to the Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries 0648-AJ06
549 1997-98 Management Measures for Commercial, Recreational, and Treaty Indian Salmon Fisheries Off the Coasts of WA, OR, and CA 0648-AJ09
550 Consolidation of the rules for Spiny Lobster Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic and Stone Crab Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico 0648-AJ28
551 Framework Adjustment 23 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Northeast Multispecies Fishery 0648-AJ32
552 Amendment 7 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery 0648-AJ33
553 Implementation of Measures Contained in Framework Adjustment 21 to the Northeast Multispecies FMP 0648-AJ34
554 Regulatory Amendment to Require a Six-Hour Notice of Landing of Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Species 0648-AJ35
555 Amendment of Consolidated Regulations at 50 CFR 679 To Include the High Seas Salmon Fishery Off Alaska Regulations 0648-AJ38
556 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery, 1997 Summer Flounder Recreational Fishery Specifications 0648-AJ42
557 Final rule to implement Framework Adjustment 20 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Northeast Multispecies Fishery 0648-AJ43
558 Amendment 9 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan 0648-AJ44
559 Framework Adjustment 22 to the Northeast Multispecies and Framework Adjustment 4 to the American Lobster Fishery Management Plans 0648-AJ48
560 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries; 1997 Scup Recreational Fishery Specifications 0648-AJ53
561 1997 Harvest Guideline for Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Lobster Fishery 0648-AJ56
562 Adjustment of northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) lobster harvest guideline system to prevent overfishing 0648-AJ61
563 Framework Adjustment 9 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan 0648-AJ62
564 Procedures Governing Establishment and Operation of Fishery Negotiation Panels 0648-AJ72
565 Withdrawal of the Fishery Management Plan for the American Lobster Fishery 0648-AJ73
566 Final Rule To Add Regulation Implementing the Fishery Management Plan for the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery to the Consolidated Northeast Fisheries Regulations 0648-AJ78
567 Final Rule to Implement Framework Adjustment 18 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Northeast Multispecies Fishery 0648-AJ79
568 Final Rule to Implement Framework Adjustment 16 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan 0648-AJ80
569 Final Rule To Incorporate the Regulations Governing the Northern Anchovy Into the Consolidated Regulations for Fisheries Off the West Coast and in the Western Pacific 0648-AJ81
570 Regulatory Amendment to Change Membership Requirements for the Regional Fishery Management Councils 0648-AJ82
571 Take of Marine Mammals by the U.S. Navy Incidental to Military Activities in the South Atlantic of the United States 0648-AG55
572 Final Rule To Establish Guidelines for Nonlethally Deterring Marine Mammals From Endangering Personal Safety or Damaging Public or Private Property 0648-AH19
573 General Authorization for Scientific Research Involving Level B Harassment 0648-AH20
574 North Atlantic Right Whale Protection; Interim Final Rule 0648-AH47
575 Final Rule; Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals; Consolidation of Regulations 0648-AI89
576 Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary 0648-AH91
577 Revision of Coastal Zone Management Act Regulations to Conform to Statutory Changes 0648-AJ24
578 National Weather Service Modernization Criteria for Automation of D-Service Level NWS Sites 0648-AJ83

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Long-Term Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
579 Regulatory Amendment for the Gulf of Alaska Seamount Fisheries 0648-AG94
580 Amendment 39 to the FMP for Groundfish Fishery of BSAI, Amendment 41 to the FMP for Groundfish of the GOA and Amendment 5 to the FMP for Commercial King & Tanner Crab Fisheries of the BSAI 0648-AH65
581 Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the American Lobster Fishery Management Plan 0648-AI14
582 Amendment to the Observer Program 0648-AI69
583 Regulations of Greater Amberjack, Lesser Amberjack, Banded Rudderfish, and/or Almacojack Under the FMP for Reeffish Resources of GOM 0648-AJ27
584 Regulatory Amendment to Prevent Overfishing and Rebuild Stocks 0648-AJ46
585 Regulatory Amendment to Implement Bycatch Reduction Measures 0648-AJ47
586 Amendments to the BSAI and GOA Fishery Management Plans to Implement a Data Collection Program for Recreational, Charter, and Commercial Fishing 0648-AJ49
587 Regulatory Amendment to Revise Definitions 0648-AJ50
588 Amendment 3 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska 0648-AJ51
589 Amendment 49 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Gulf of Alaska 0648-AJ71
590 Final Definition of the Zero Mortality Rate Goal 0648-AJ84
591 Civil Procedures 0648-AF96
592 Performance Standards for Tuna Vessel Operators 0648-AD03
593 Procedure for Setting Quotas on Removal of Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphins From the Waters of the Gulf of Mexico and Florida's East Coast 0648-AD39
594 Sea Turtle Monitoring and Conservation Measures for Nonshrimp Fisheries 0648-AE54
595 Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals; Dolphin Mortality Limits During Purse Seine Sets on Marine Mammals in the Eastern Tropical Pacific 0648-AF07
596 Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals; ``Dolphin-Safe'' Tuna Labeling 0648-AF08
597 Proposed Rule To Require Certain Fish From Mexico To Retain Heads and Tails Intact in Order To Protect the Endangered Totoaba 0648-AF32
598 Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Fisheries-Related Research 0648-AF50
599 Designated Critical Habitat; Johnson's Seagrass 0648-AF79
600 Foreign Nations' Marine Mammal Program Amendments 0648-AG05
601 Designation of Critical Habitat for the Gulf of Maine Population of Harbor Porpoise 0648-AG06
602 Direct Take of Threatened Salmon by Native Americans 0648-AG15
603 Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals: Tuna Purse Seine Vessel Observer Expenses 0648-AG35
604 General Provisions; Endangered Fish or Wildlife; Threatened Fish and Wildlife; Sea Turtle Conservation Measures (Section 9 Protection) 0648-AG38
605 Designated Critical Habitat; Atlantic Salmon 0648-AG50
606 Proposed Rule To Authorize Lethal Takings of Marine Mammals by State Authorities 0648-AG79
607 Final Rule To Amend Marine Mammal Regulations To Authorize Incidental Takings of Marine Mammals by Harassment as Authorized by Public Law 103-238 0648-AG80
608 Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals: Proposed Rule Prohibiting U.S. Citizens From Encircling Marine Mammals During Tuna Fishing Operations 0648-AH04
609 Shrimp Vessel Registration Requirement 0648-AH87
610 Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Take Reduction Plan Regulations and Emergency Regulations 0648-AI84
611 Revision of Federal Consistency Regulations Under the Coastal Zone Management Act 0648-AD83
612 Regional Marine Research Program 0648-AF20
613 NOAA Climate and Global Change Program--Proposal Submission Guidelines 0648-AG51
614 National Undersea Research Program Funding Regulations 0648-AH90

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Completed Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
615 Fishery Management Plan for the Queen Conch Fishery of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands 0648-AD91
616 Regulatory Amendment To Require Electronic Communication of Observer Data in the Groundfish Fishery of the GOA and BSAI 0648-AE78
617 Regulatory Amendment To Implement Trawl Mesh Restrictions for the BSAI Trawl Fisheries 0648-AF57
618 Amendment 8 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish FMP To Implement Individual Quotas for the Fixed-Gear Sablefish Fishery (or Regulatory Amendment for Nontrawl Trip Limits) 0648-AF90
619 Amendment 1 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the South Atlantic 0648-AG26
620 Amendment 12 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico 0648-AG29
621 Regulatory Amendment Allowing Year-Round Individual Fishing Quota Fishing in the Aleutian Islands Area 0648-AG97
622 Regulatory Amendment to Increase Individual Fishery Quota Limits 0648-AH02
623 Amendment 9 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan 0648-AH06
624 FMP Amendment 37 to the Groundfish Fishery of the BSAI 0648-AH28
625 Striped Bass Regulations for the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) 0648-AH57
626 Amendment 14 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico 0648-AI47
627 Interim Final Rule To Implement High Seas Fishing Compliance Act of 1995; Permit Application Process 0648-AI50
628 Regulatory Amendment To Adjust Red Snapper Management Measures in the Gulf of Mexico for 1997 Season 0648-AI54
629 Negotiated Rulemaking on Mid-Atlantic Tuna Fishery Dispute 0648-AI60
630 Amendment 43 to the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and Amendment 43 to the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the Gulf of Alaska 0648-AI61
631 Amendment 41 to the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 0648-AI62
632 Regulatory Amendment To Establish a Date of December 1 for the Reopening of a Bering Sea Pollock and/or Cod Fishery if Sufficient Amounts of Fish Remain for a Directed Fishery 0648-AI64
633 Regulatory Amendment To Revise Maximum Allowable Bycatch Amounts Established for the Alaska Groundfish Fisheries 0648-AI65
634 Interim Final Rule to the North Pacific Fisheries Research Plan 0648-AI67
635 Amendment 46 to the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 0648-AI70
636 Amendment 2 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Red Drum Fishery of the Gulf Of Mexico (FMP) 0648-AI73
637 Amendment 9 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic 0648-AI74
638 Amendment 5 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery 0648-AI77
639 Amendment 6 to the American Lobster Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Amendment 6 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop FMP, and Amendment 8 to the Northeast Multispecies FMP 0648-AI83
640 Regulatory Amendment to Establish Trip Limits Applicable to the Commercial Fishery For Atlantic Migratory Group of King Mackerel 0648-AI92
641 Amendment 47 to the BSAI FMP; Amendment 47 to the GOA FMP and Amendment 6 to the Commercial King and Tanner Crab FMP of the BSAI 0648-AI95
642 Regulatory Amendment to Allow Use of Longline Pot Gear in the Directed Sablefish Fishery in the Bering Sea 0648-AI96
643 Regulatory Amendment Under the Fishery Management Plan for Reef Fish Fishery of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (FMP) Concerning Red Hind Aggregation Closure 0648-AI97
644 Regulatory Amendment To Increase the Halibut Individual Fishing Quota Use Limitations in International Pacific Halibut Commission Area 4 0648-AJ05
645 Regulatory Amendment To Increase Observer Coverage in the BSAI During the Pollock ``A'' or Roe Season 0648-AJ10
646 International Fisheries Regulations; Pacific Halibut Fisheries; Catch Sharing Plans 0648-AJ11
647 Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Monkfish Exempted Trawl Fishery 0648-AJ25
648 Framework Adjustment 19 to the FMP for the Northeast Multispecies Fishery 0648-AJ26
649 Fishery of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multi- Species Fishery: Framework Adjustment 17 0648-AJ31
650 Atlantic Tuna Fishery; Permit Requirements 0648-AJ41
651 Fishing Vessel Capital Construction Fund Procedures-- Eligibility for Safety Improvements 0648-AF22
652 Civil Enforcement Proceedings: Opportunity for In-Person Hearing 0648-AI53
653 Identification of Special Sea Turtle Conservation Areas and Appropriate Conservation Measures 0648-AH89
654 Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary 0648-AD85
655 Restricting or Prohibiting Attracting Sharks in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary 0648-AH92
656 National Weather Service Modernization Criteria for Closure Certification 0648-AI90

National Telecommunications and Information Administration--Completed Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
657 Public Telecommunications Facilities Program 0660-AA09

Patent and Trademark Office--Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
658 Patent Process Reengineering 0651-AA84
659 Miscellaneous Changes to TTAB Rules 0651-AA87
660 Limitations in Patent Claims 0651-AA91
661 Revision of Patent and Trademark Fees for Fiscal Year 1998 0651-AA92
662 Requirements for Registration to Practice Before the PTO in Patent Cases 0651-AA93
663 1997 Changes to Patent Practice and Procedure 0651-AA94

Patent and Trademark Office--Final Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
664 Changes to Implement 18-Month Publication of Patent Applications 0651-AA75
665 Rules of Practice in Patent Cases; Reexamination Proceedings 0651-AA79
666 1996 Changes to Patent Practice and Procedure 0651-AA80
667 Changes Implementing International Acceptable Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequence Listings 0651-AA88

Patent and Trademark Office--Long-Term Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
668 Patent Application Electronic Submission Rules 0651-AA50

Technology Administration--Final Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
669 Rights to Inventions Made by Nonprofit Organizations and Small Business Firms Under Government Grants, Contracts, and Cooperative Agreements 0692-AA14
670 Acquisition and Protection of Foreign Rights in Inventions 0692-AA15
671 Licensing of Foreign Patents Acquired by the Government 0692-AA16

Technology Administration--Long-Term Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
672 Promotion of Private Sector Industrial Technology Partnerships 0692-AA13
673 Licensing of Government-Owned Inventions 0692-AA17