Rule published on Dec. 22 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a six page rule on Dec. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Boundary Changes in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary; Addition of Stetson Bank and Technical Corrections.

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 Dec. 22

Title
Changes to Implement the Patent Business Goals
Overseas Trade Missions; Private Sector Participants Recruitment and Selection
National Fire Codes: Request for Proposals for Revision of Codes and Standards
President's Export Council Subcommittee on Encryption; Notice of Partially Closed Meeting
Legal Processes
Pelagics Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region; Public Meetings
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Public Hearings
Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Operation of a Low Frequency Sound Source by the North Pacific Acoustic Laboratory
Notice of Availability for License and Intent To Grant an Exclusive Patent License
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
National Fire Codes: Request for Comments on NFPA Technical Committee Reports
Boundary Changes in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary; Addition of Stetson Bank and Technical Corrections