Commerce Department publishes rule on Jan. 23

The US Commerce Department published a four page rule on Jan. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Direct Investment Surveys: BE-12, Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States1997.

The Department includes the Census Bureau, which is used to determine many factors about American life. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the Department is involved in misguided foreign trade policies and is home to many unneeded programs.

Notices are required documents detailing rules and regulations being proposed by each federal department. This allows the public to see what issues legislators and federal departments are focusing on.

Any person or organization can comment on the proposed rules. Departments and agencies must then address “significant issues raised in comments and discuss any changes made,” the Federal Register says.

Notices published by the Commerce Department on Jan. 23

Title
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder and Scup Fisheries; Adjustments to the 1998 Quotas; Commercial Summer Period Scup Quota Harvested for Massachusetts
Direct Investment Surveys: BE-12, Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States1997
Notice of Workshop
Special American Business Internship Training Program (SABIT)
Certain Hot-Rolled Lead and Bismuth Carbon Steel Products From France; Notice of Court Decision and Suspension of Liquidation
Stainless Steel Bar from India: Preliminary Results of New Shipper Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Action Affecting Export Privileges; Nishan Keval; In the Matter of: Nishan Keval, 2511 Sullivan Drive, Auburn, California 95603; Order Denying Permission To Apply for or Use Export Licenses
Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Western Pacific Pelagic Fisheries; Control Date