Commerce Department publishes rule on April 21

The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Correspondence With the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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 April 21

Title
Correspondence With the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan Regulations
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; Yellowfin Sole by Vessels Using Trawl Gear in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee; Public Meetings
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; NOAA Coastal Ocean Program Grants Proposal Application Package
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Polyvinyl Alcohol from Germany
Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Malaysia: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Polyvinyl Alcohol from Japan
Preliminary Results of Anti-Circumvention Review of Antidumping Order: Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from Japan
Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from the People's Republic of China; Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews
Foreign-Trade Zone 202-Los Angeles, CA; Withdrawal of Application for Subzone Status for California Steel Industries, Inc.; Steel Mill Products Manufacturing Facilities in Fontana, CA
Foreign-Trade Zone 82-Mobile, AL; Application for Expansion
The 2004 Overseas Enumeration Test
Survey of Residential Alterations and Repairs
Current Population Survey (CPS)-School Enrollment/Computer Use/and Cell Phone Use Supplement
Notice of Publication of the 2002 Annual Index to the Electronic Official Gazette of the Patent and Trademark Office-Patents
Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Application for an Exempted Fishing Permit