DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Office of the Secretary

Office of the Secretary--Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
571 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs and Activities Receiving or Benefiting From Federal Financial Assistance 0690-AA28

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

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

Office of the Secretary--Completed Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
574 Streamlining of Commerce Acquisition Process 0690-AA26

Bureau of Economic Analysis--Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
575 Annual Survey of Royalties, License Fees, and Other Receipts and Payments for Intangible Rights Between U.S. and Unaffiliated Foreign Persons 0691-AA28
576 Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States--1997 0691-AA29
577 Annual Survey of Selected Services Transactions With Unaffiliated Foreign Persons 0691-AA30
578 Change in Reporting Requirements for BE-13/BE-14, Initial Report on a Foreign Person's Direct or Indirect Acquisition, Establishment, or Purchase of the Operating Assets, of a U.S 0691-AA31
579 Change in Reporting Requirements for BE-15, Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States 0691-AA32
580 Change in Reporting Requirements for BE-605, Transactions of U.S. Affiliate, Except a U.S. Banking Affiliate, With Foreign Parent and BE-605 Bank, Transactions of U.S. Banking Affiliate 0691-AA33

Bureau of the Census--Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
581 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
582 Changes to the Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations (FTSR) To Clarify the Definition of Exporter 0607-AA20
583 Changes to the Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations (FTSR) Requiring a Designator When the Export Shipment Is a Foreign Military Sale 0607-AA22
584 Special Services and Studies by the Bureau of the Census; General 0607-AA24
585 Furnishing Personal Census Data From Census of Population Schedules; General Requirements 0607-AA25
586 Furnishing Personal Census Data From Census of Population Schedules: General Requirements 0607-AA26
587 Special Services and Studies by the Bureau of the Census; Fee Structure for Age Search and Citizenship Information 0607-AA27

Bureau of the Census--Final Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
588 Cutoff Dates for Recognition of Boundary Changes for the 2000 Decennial Census of Population and Housing 0607-AA18

Bureau of the Census--Completed Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
589 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

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

Economic Development Administration--Long-Term Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
591 Regulations Contingent on the Economic Development Partnership Act of 1997 0610-AA56

General Administration--Final Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
592 Uniform Administrative Requirement for Grants and Agreements With Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Nonprofits and Commercial Organizations 0605-AA09
593 Administrative Requirements for Grantees To Reflect Single Audit Act Amendments 0605-AA11

International Trade Administration--Final Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
594 Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings; Administrative Protective Order Procedures and Procedures for Imposing Sanctions for Violation of a Protective Order 0625-AA43
595 Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties 0625-AA45
596 Technical Amendments to Regulations of the Foreign Trade Zones Board 0625-AA49

International Trade Administration--Completed Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
597 Proposed Change in Definition of Scientific Instruments and Apparatus for Florence Agreement Program 0625-AA47

Bureau of Export Administration--Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
598 Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) 0694-AA02
599 Implementation of Chemical Weapons Convention 0694-AB06

Bureau of Export Administration--Final Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
600 Transfer of Dual-Use Items From U.S. Munitions List to the Commerce Control List 0694-AA52
601 Transfer of Certain Remote Sensing Satellites From the U.S. Munitions List to the CCL 0694-AB09
602 Implementation of the Wassenaar Arrangement List of Dual-Use Items: Revisions to the Commerce Control List and Reporting Under the Wassenaar Arrangement 0694-AB35
603 Change the Commerce Control List To Revise Controls on Communication Intercepting Devices (Export Commerce Control Number ECCN 5A980) 0694-AB41
604 Licensing of, and Expansion of National Security and Foreign Policy Controls on, Recoverable Encryption Software 0694-AB47
605 Clarification of License Exception GFT (Humanitarian Donations) 0694-AB49
606 Revisions to EAR as a Result of the Addition of Brazil and Ukraine to the Nuclear Suppliers Group 0694-AB50
607 Revisions to Commerce Control List: Addition of Technology and Software Controls for Certain Crime Control Commodities 0694-AB53
608 Revisions and Clarifications to the Export Administration Regulations; Commerce Control List 0694-AB55
609 Exports of Technology and Software; Release of Technology or Source Code to Foreign Nationals in the United States 0694-AB59
610 Oscilloscopes: ECCNs 3A202 and 3E201 0694-AB61
611 De Minimis Exclusion for Technology and Software 0694-AB62
612 Revisions to Antiterrorism Controls 0694-AB63
613 Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations: Duty To Inquire 0694-AB64

Bureau of Export Administration--Long-Term Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
614 Revision of Foreign Boycott Provisions of Export Administration Regulations 0694-AA11
615 Clarification of Enhanced Proliferation Control Initiative (EPCI) ``Catch-All'' Provision and Validated License Requirements 0694-AB10
616 Administration of State Log Exports Ban 0694-AB25
617 Libya: Expansion of Foreign Policy Controls 0694-AB28
618 Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations; Additions to the Entity List 0694-AB60

Bureau of Export Administration--Completed Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
619 Revisions to the EAR: Establishment of a Standard Saving Clause 0694-AB15
620 Revisions to Licensing Policy for North Korea 0694-AB19
621 Chemical Weapons Convention Implementing Regulations (Enforcement) 0694-AB39
622 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
623 Export Regulation for Certain Exports of Business Equipment for Support to the Cuban People 0694-AB43
624 Revisions and Clarifications to the Export Administration Regulations 0694-AB56

National Institute of Standards & Technology--Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
625 Procedures for Implementation of Fastener Quality Act 0693-AB43
626 Amendments to the Advanced Technology Program Regulations 0693-AB44

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Prerule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
627 Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries 0648-AK37
628 Options for 1997 Rulemaking for Banning the Sale of Undersized Atlantic Swordfish 0648-AK39

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
629 Amendment 10 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Atlantic Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog Fisheries 0648-AF41
630 Amendment 8 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic 0648-AG27
631 General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries--Standard Definitions 0648-AG46
632 Regulatory Amendment To Impose Restrictions on Fishing Black Rockfish Off Oregon 0648-AG81
633 Regulatory Amendment for Managing Pelagic Fisheries by U.S. Vessels Beyond EEZ Throughout Pacific 0648-AG85
634 Amendment 3 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Fishery of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands 0648-AG87
635 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
636 Regulatory Amendment To Facilitate Monitoring and Enforcement in the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery 0648-AH21
637 Amendment 7 to the Fishery Management Plan for American Lobster 0648-AH41
638 Amendment 1 to the Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Bluefish 0648-AH63
639 FMP Amendment 36 for the Groundfish Fishery of the BSAI and FMP Amendment 39 for the Groundfish of the GOA 0648-AH67
640 Regulatory Amendment Requiring Longline Vessel Operators in the Western Pacific Pelagic Fisheries To Carry Observers at No Cost to U.S. Government 0648-AI31
641 Regulatory Amendment To Adjust the Annual Total Allowable Catch for Royal Red Shrimp in the Gulf of Mexico 0648-AI39
642 Amendment to the Observer Program 0648-AI69
643 Fishery Management Plan for the Atlantic Herring Fishery 0648-AI78
644 Regulatory Amendment To Revise the Product Recovery Rate Regulations 0648-AI87
645 Proposed Rule To Implement Vessel Identification and Reporting Requirements under the High Seas Fishing Compliance Act of 1995 0648-AI99
646 Fishery Data Reporting for Western Pacific Pelagic Fisheries 0648-AJ08
647 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
648 Amendment 15 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico 0648-AJ14
649 Amendment 11 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico - Resubmitted Measure 0648-AJ16
650 Regulatory Amendment To Restrict Pacific Groundfish Limited Entry Permit Transfers 0648-AJ20
651 Regulatory Amendment To Extend California Gillnet Regulations to the EEZ 0648-AJ21
652 Amendment 10 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish FMP Regarding Salmon Bycatch in Groundfish Trawl 0648-AJ22
653 Amendment 7 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery 0648-AJ33
654 Implementation of Use of Interactive Voice Response (IVR) System To Monitor Commercial Landings of Quota Managed Species on Weekly Basis 0648-AJ37
655 Amendment 9 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan 0648-AJ44
656 Amendment 3 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska 0648-AJ51
657 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
658 Implementation of Pacific Insular Area Fishing Agreement Provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Act 0648-AJ60
659 Atlantic Shark Fisheries; Amendment 2 (including rebuilding schedule) 0648-AJ64
660 Atlantic Tuna Fisheries; Regulatory Adjustments 0648-AJ66
661 Atlantic Tuna Fisheries; Fishery Management Plan Implementation 0648-AJ67
662 Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Take Reduction Team Plan Implementation 0648-AJ68
663 Proposed Rule To Implement Procedures for Issuance of Permits Under Section 204(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishing Conservation and Management Act 0648-AJ70
664 Amendment 49 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Gulf of Alaska 0648-AJ71
665 Interim Final Rule to the Fishery Management Plan for the American Lobster Fishery 0648-AJ74
666 Implementation of Data Collection and Reporting Requirements to the Fishery Management Plan for the American Lobster Fishery 0648-AJ75
667 Proposed Rule To Implement Observer Provisions Required by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act as Amended October 11, 1996 0648-AJ76
668 Fisheries Obligation Guarantee Program--Statutory Amendments to Establish ``Central Title and Lien Registry for Limited Access Permits'' 0648-AJ77
669 Final Rule To Implement Framework Adjustment 18 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Northeast Multispecies Fishery 0648-AJ79
670 Regulatory Amendment To Change Membership Requirements for the Regional Fishery Management Councils 0648-AJ82
671 Halibut Donation Program 0648-AJ87
672 Interim Final Rule To Increase Minimum Size Limit for Vermillion Snapper in Federal Waters of Gulf of Mexico 0648-AJ89
673 Implement a Framework to the FMP for the Northeast Multispecies Fisheries To Protect Winter Flounder 0648-AJ92
674 Final Rule To Implement Framework Adjustment 24 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Northeast Multispecies Fishery 0648-AJ96
675 Regulatory Amendment To Change the Scallop Season Opening Date 0648-AJ98
676 Proposed Rule on Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Power Plant Operations at Seabrook, New Hampshire 0648-AK00
677 Endangered and Threatened Species; Regulations Consolidation 0648-AK02
678 Amendments to Fishery Management Plans To Implement Sustainable Fisheries Act Amendments to the Magnuson-Stevens Act 0648-AK03
679 Amendment 9 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic 0648-AK05
680 Regulatory Amendment To Allow Retention of Undersized Halibut in CD Fishery 0648-AK06
681 Regulatory Amendment To Revise Specified Maximum Retainable Bycatch Percentages 0648-AK09
682 Regulatory Amendment To Implement Rolling Closures During the Sablefish Fishery in the Gulf of Alaska 0648-AK10
683 Adjustment of Management Program for Pelagic Species Fisheries in the Western Pacific 0648-AK11
684 FMP Amendment 46 for the Groundfish Fishery of the Gulf of Alaska 0648-AK13
685 Amendment 34 to the Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 0648-AK14
686 Rulemaking To Extend the Interim Observer Program Through 1998 0648-AK15
687 Rulemaking To Revise the Halibut Catch Share Plan Amendment for 1998 0648-AK18
688 Regulatory Amendment To Revise ``Surviving Spouse'' Language 0648-AK19
689 Regulatory Amendment To Specify Minimal Vessel Ownership Requirements for the Hired Skipper Provision in the IFQ Fisheries 0648-AK20
690 Adjustment of the Management Program for Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish Fisheries in the Western Pacific 0648-AK21
691 Adjustment of Management Program for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Crustacean Fisheries 0648-AK22
692 Adjustment of the Management Program for Precious Corals Fisheries in the Western Pacific 0648-AK23
693 Regulatory Amendment To Implement 1998 Nontrawl Sablefish Harvest Region 0648-AK27
694 Regulatory Amendment To Adjust Management Measures Under the Fishery Management Plan for Reef Fish Species of the Gulf of Mexico (FMP) for the 1998 Fishing Season 0648-AK28
695 Additional Measures of Amendment 2 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the South Atlantic--Procedures for Testing and Certification of Bycatch Reduction Devices (BRDS) 0648-AK29
696 Rulemaking To Clarify a Provision in the Observer Program CGL Insurance Coverage Requirements 0648-AK30
697 Amendment 16 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico 0648-AK31
698 Regulatory Amendment for a Bycatch Reduction Device (BRD) Testing and Certification Protocol Under Amendment 9 to the FMP for the Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico 0648-AK32
699 Regulations Governing the Incidental Taking of Ringed Seals During Seismic Operations During Winter in the U.S. Beaufort Sea 0648-AK33
700 Regulatory Amendment to Revise the Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements for Groundfish Fisheries of the EEZ Off of Alaska for 1998 0648-AK36
701 Regulatory Amendment to Implement Seabird Avoidance Measures in the Pacific Halibut Fishery Off of Alaska 0648-AK38
702 Foreign Nations' Marine Mammal Program Amendments 0648-AG05
703 Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals; Taking of Marine Mammals Under the ATA Permit After February 28, 1994 0648-AG36
704 Designated Critical Habitat; Pacific Steelhead 0648-AG49
705 Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for Puget Sound Salmon Stocks 0648-AH11
706 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
707 Proposed Rule Governing the Issuance of Permits for Marine Mammal Photography 0648-AH31
708 Amend Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals 0648-AH83
709 Critical Habitat Designation for Green and Hawksbill Sea Turtle in Puerto Rico 0648-AH88
710 Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Take Reduction Plan Regulations and Emergency Regulations 0648-AI84
711 Implementation of 1997 MMPA Amendments Affecting Yellowfin Tuna Purse Seine Fishing in the Eastern Tropical Pacific 0648-AI85
712 Amendment 10 to the Summer Flounder Fishery Management Plan 0648-AJ55
713 Operations of Motorized Personal Watercraft in the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary 0648-AK01
714 Licensing of Private Commercial Remote-Sensing Satellite Systems (RegPlan Seq. No. 14)0648-AC64
715 Policies and Procedures Regarding Use of the NOAA-Based Data Collection Systems 0648-AK04

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Final Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
716 Regulatory Amendment To Implement Permit, Reporting, and Recordkeeping Requirements for Processing Vessels Over 125 Feet and Their Catcher Vessels: Pacific Coast Groundfish 0648-AE01
717 Secretarial Amendment to the FMP for Atlantic Swordfish 0648-AE09
718 Financial Disclosure of Fishery Management Council Nominees, Members, and Executive Directors 0648-AG16
719 Amendment 8 to the Fishery Management Plan for Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic (FMP) 0648-AG25
720 Regulatory Amendment To Establish a Certification Program for At-Sea Scales 0648-AG32
721 Amendment 9 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico 0648-AH52
722 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
723 Plan Amendment to FMP for Sharks of the Atlantic Ocean That Would Limit Entry 0648-AH78
724 Consolidation of Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Regulations 0648-AI28
725 Regulatory Amendment to Limited Access Management of Federal Fisheries In and Off of Alaska 0648-AJ00
726 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
727 Guidelines for the Description, Identification, Conservation, and Enhancement of Essential Fish Habitat 0648-AJ30
728 Amendment 49 to the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the BSAI 0648-AJ36
729 Amendment 40 to the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 0648-AJ45
730 Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; National Standards Guidelines 0648-AJ58
731 Atlantic Swordfish Fishery; Quotas 0648-AJ63
732 Withdrawal of the Fishery Management Plan for the American Lobster Fishery 0648-AJ73
733 Final Definition of the Zero Mortality Rate Goal 0648-AJ84
734 List of Fisheries for 1998 0648-AJ85
735 Endangered and Threatened Species: Take of Threatened Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU) Coho Salmon 0648-AJ91
736 Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act of 1984; Conservation and Management Measures 0648-AJ94
737 Magnuson Act Provisions; Appointment of Indian Tribal Representative to Pacific Fishery Management Council 0648-AJ95
738 Northern Anchovy Fishery; Quotas for the 1998-99 Fishing Year (Annual Specifications) 0648-AK24
739 1998-1999 Management Measures for Commercial, Recreational, and Treaty Indian Salmon Fisheries Off the Coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California 0648-AK25
740 Regulatory Amendment To Implement Observer Requirements for Processing Vessels Over 125 Feet: Pacific Coast Groundfish 0648-AK26
741 Endangered and Threatened Species; Regulations Consolidation 0648-AK34
742 Final Rule To Modify the Regulations Implementing the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan 0648-AK35
743 Civil Procedures 0648-AF96
744 Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals; Dolphin Mortality Limits During Purse Seine Sets on Marine Mammals in the Eastern Tropical Pacific 0648-AF07
745 Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals; ``Dolphin-Safe'' Tuna Labeling 0648-AF08
746 Designated Critical Habitat; Johnson's Seagrass 0648-AF79
747 Take of Marine Mammals by the U.S. Navy Incidental to Military Activities in the South Atlantic of the United States 0648-AG55
748 Designated Critical Habitat; Pacific Coho Salmon 0648-AG56
749 Designated Critical Habitat; Umpqua River Sea-Run Cutthroat Trout 0648-AG58
750 Final Rule To Establish Guidelines for Nonlethally Deterring Marine Mammals From Endangering Personal Safety or Damaging Public or Private Property 0648-AH19
751 General Authorization for Scientific Research Involving Level B Harassment 0648-AH20
752 North Atlantic Right Whale Protection; Interim Final Rule 0648-AH47
753 Joint Draft Policy for Safe Harbor and Candidate Species Conservation (CSC) Agreements 0648-AJ54
754 Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary 0648-AE41
755 Allowance of Small-Scale Non-Intrusive Jade Collecting in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary 0648-AI06

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Long-Term Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
756 Fishery Management Plan for Tilefish 0648-AF87
757 Amendment 1 to the Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Billfish 0648-AF88
758 Regulatory Amendment for the Gulf of Alaska Seamount Fisheries 0648-AG94
759 Regulatory Amendment To Require Electronic Submission by Alaska Groundfish Processors of Weekly Production Reports and Check In/Out Reports 0648-AI66
760 Regulatory Amendment To Prevent Overfishing and Rebuild Stocks 0648-AJ46
761 Regulatory Amendment To Implement Bycatch Reduction Measures 0648-AJ47
762 Amendments to the BSAI and GOA Fishery Management Plans To Implement a Data Collection Program for Recreational, Charter, and Commercial Fishing 0648-AJ49
763 Regulatory Amendment To Revise Definitions 0648-AJ50
764 FMP Amendments to BSAI Groundfish and the Groundfish of the GOA to Allocate Shortraker Rougheye Rockfish between Gear Types 0648-AJ99
765 Rulemaking To Establish the North Pacific Loan Program 0648-AK07
766 Regulatory Amendment To Develop a C. Bairdi Vessel Incentive Program 0648-AK08
767 FMP Amendments for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and for the Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska 0648-AK12
768 Regulatory Amendment To Allocate Pacific Halibut to the Halibut Subsistence Fishery 0648-AK16
769 Regulatory Amendment To Allocate Pacific Halibut to the Charter Boat Fleet 0648-AK17
770 Performance Standards for Tuna Vessel Operators 0648-AD03
771 Sea Turtle Monitoring and Conservation Measures for Nonshrimp Fisheries 0648-AE54
772 Proposed Rule To Require Certain Fish From Mexico To Retain Heads and Tails Intact in Order To Protect the Endangered Totoaba 0648-AF32
773 Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Fisheries-Related Research 0648-AF50
774 Direct Take of Threatened Salmon by Native Americans 0648-AG15
775 Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals: Tuna Purse Seine Vessel Observer Expenses 0648-AG35
776 General Provisions; Endangered Fish or Wildlife; Threatened Fish and Wildlife; Sea Turtle Conservation Measures (Section 9 Protection) 0648-AG38
777 Designated Critical Habitat; Atlantic Salmon 0648-AG50
778 Proposed Rule To Authorize Lethal Takings of Marine Mammals by State Authorities 0648-AG79
779 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
780 Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals: Proposed Rule Prohibiting U.S. Citizens From Encircling Marine Mammals During Tuna Fishing Operations 0648-AH04
781 Shrimp Vessel Registration Requirement 0648-AH87
782 Revision of Federal Consistency Regulations Under the Coastal Zone Management Act 0648-AD83
783 Revision of Overflight Regulations 0648-AI91
784 Regional Marine Research Program 0648-AF20
785 NOAA Climate and Global Change Program--Proposal Submission Guidelines 0648-AG51
786 National Undersea Research Program Funding Regulations 0648-AH90

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Completed Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
787 Regulatory Adjustments to the FMP for Sharks of the Atlantic Ocean 0648-AH77
788 Regulatory Amendment To Establish Management Measures for Atlantic and Gulf Groups of King and Spanish Mackerel for the 1996-97 Fishing Year 0648-AI13
789 Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the American Lobster Fishery Management Plan 0648-AI14
790 Amendment 2 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the South Atlantic 0648-AI15
791 Withdrawal of Federal Fisheries Regulations 0648-AI16
792 Amendment 7 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan 0648-AI36
793 Regulatory Amendment To Revise the Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements for Groundfish Fisheries of the EEZ off of Alaska for 1998 0648-AI68
794 Pacific Whiting Allocation Among Non-Tribal Sectors and Seasonal Framework 0648-AI80
795 Amendment 12 to FMP for Salmon Fisheries Off the Coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California 0648-AI82
796 Amendment 2 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Scallop Fishery Off Alaska 0648-AI88
797 A Moratorium on Issuance of New Permits for Fishing in the Mau Zone Portion of the NWHI Bottomfish Fishery 0648-AJ02
798 Options for Angling Category Season for the Atlantic Season for the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries 0648-AJ04
799 Proposed Rule To Implement Amendment 6 to the Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries 0648-AJ06
800 1997-98 Management Measures for Commercial, Recreational, and Treaty Indian Salmon Fisheries Off the Coasts of WA, OR, and CA 0648-AJ09
801 Regulatory Amendment To Adjust Reef Fish Management Measures to the Gulf of Mexico for the 1997 Season 0648-AJ13
802 Weakfish Regulations for the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) 0648-AJ15
803 Regulatory Amendment To Implement 1997 Nontrawl Sablefish Harvest Regime 0648-AJ19
804 Amendment 9 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish FMP To Require Endorsements in the Sablefish Fishery 0648-AJ23
805 Regulations of Greater Amberjack, Lesser Amberjack, Banded Rudderfish, and/or Almacojack Under the FMP for Reeffish Resources of GOM 0648-AJ27
806 Framework Adjustment 23 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Northeast Multispecies Fishery 0648-AJ32
807 Implementation of Measures Contained in Framework Adjustment 21 to the Northeast Multispecies FMP 0648-AJ34
808 Regulatory Amendment to Require a Six-Hour Notice of Landing of Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Species 0648-AJ35
809 Amendment of Consolidated Regulations at 50 CFR 679 To Include the High Seas Salmon Fishery Off Alaska Regulations 0648-AJ38
810 Implementation of Measures To Avoid Sea Birds in the Alaska Longline Groundfish Fishery 0648-AJ39
811 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery, 1997 Summer Flounder Recreational Fishery Specifications 0648-AJ42
812 Final rule to implement Framework Adjustment 20 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Northeast Multispecies Fishery 0648-AJ43
813 Framework Adjustment 22 to the Northeast Multispecies and Framework Adjustment 4 to the American Lobster Fishery Management Plans 0648-AJ48
814 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries; 1997 Scup Recreational Fishery Specifications 0648-AJ53
815 1997 Harvest Guideline for Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Lobster Fishery 0648-AJ56
816 Adjustment of Area Closure for Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) Lobster Fishery for Vessels With Vessel Monitoring System Equipment 0648-AJ57
817 Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Foreign Fishing Vessels in Internal Waters 0648-AJ59
818 Adjustment of Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) Lobster Harvest Guideline System To Prevent Overfishing 0648-AJ61
819 Framework Adjustment 9 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan 0648-AJ62
820 Atlantic Tuna Fisheries; Effort Controls 0648-AJ65
821 Atlantic Tuna Fisheries; Annual Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Quotas 0648-AJ69
822 Procedures Governing Establishment and Operation of Fishery Negotiation Panels 0648-AJ72
823 Final Rule To Add Regulation Implementing the Fishery Management Plan for the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery to the Consolidated Northeast Fisheries Regulations 0648-AJ78
824 Final Rule To Implement Framework Adjustment 16 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan 0648-AJ80
825 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
826 Fur Seal Subsistence Harvest Estimates for 1997-1999; 1994-1996 Subsistence Harvests on the Pribilof Islands 0648-AJ86
827 Establishment of Control Date for Black Sea Bass Pot Fishery of South Atlantic EEZ 0648-AJ88
828 Proposed Trade Restrictions for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna 0648-AJ93
829 Final Rule To Implement a Framework Adjustment to the Fishery Management Plan for the Northeast Multispecies Fishery 0648-AJ97
830 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
831 Designation of Critical Habitat for the Gulf of Maine Population of Harbor Porpoise 0648-AG06
832 Final Rule; Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals; Consolidation of Regulations 0648-AI89
833 Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary 0648-AH91
834 Revision of Coastal Zone Management Act Regulations To Conform to Statutory Changes 0648-AJ24
835 National Weather Service Modernization Criteria for Automation of D-Service Level NWS Sites 0648-AJ83

Patent and Trademark Office--Proposed Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
836 Requirements for Registration to Practice Before the PTO in Patent Cases 0651-AA93
837 1998 Changes to Patent Practice and Procedure 0651-AA94
838 Technical Requirements for Registration To Practice Before the PTO in Patent Cases 0651-AA95
839 Revision of Patent and Trademark Fees for Fiscal Year 1998 0651-AA96

Patent and Trademark Office--Final Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
840 Changes To Implement 18-Month Publication of Patent Applications 0651-AA75
841 Rules of Practice in Patent Cases; Reexamination Proceedings 0651-AA79
842 Changes To Patent Practice and Procedure 0651-AA80
843 Miscellaneous Changes to TTAB Rules 0651-AA87
844 Changes Implementing International Acceptable Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequence Listings 0651-AA88

Patent and Trademark Office--Long-Term Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
845 Patent Application Electronic Submission Rules 0651-AA50
846 Limitations in Patent Claims 0651-AA91

Patent and Trademark Office--Completed Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
847 Patent Process Reengineering 0651-AA84
848 Revision of Patent and Trademark Fees for Fiscal Year 1998 0651-AA92

Technology Administration--Final Rule Stage
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
849 Rights to Inventions Made by Nonprofit Organizations and Small Business Firms Under Government Grants, Contracts, and Cooperative Agreements 0692-AA14
850 Acquisition and Protection of Foreign Rights in Inventions 0692-AA15

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

Technology Administration--Completed Actions
Sequence NumberTitleRegulation Identifier Number
853 Licensing of Foreign Patents Acquired by the Government 0692-AA16