Rule published on Aug. 1 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Aug. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Rules.

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 Aug. 1

Title
Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Increasing Usage and Enhancing Capability of the U.S. Navy's Hawaii Range Complex
Small Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Low-Energy Marine Seismic Survey in the Northeast Pacific Ocean, September 2007
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
Correction: Compliance of National Marine Fisheries Service Permits With the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996
Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Rules