Proposed rule published on Dec. 11 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published an eight page proposed rule on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; National Standard 2-Scientific Information.

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. 11

Title
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; National Standard 2-Scientific Information
Wassenaar Arrangement 2008 Plenary Agreements Implementation: Categories 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Parts I and II, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the Commerce Control List, Definitions, Reports
Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags From Thailand: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Announcing Revised Draft Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-3, Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules
Marine Mammals; File No. 14301
Mission Statement; Solar Energy Trade Mission to India, February 15-19, 2010
Mission Statement
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; North Pacific Halibut and Sablefish Individual Fishing Quota Cost Recovery Programs
The Manufacturing Council: Meeting of the Manufacturing Council
Commodity Matchbooks from India: Countervailing Duty Order
Marine Mammals; File No. 14535
Continuation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Finding and Orders: Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Brazil, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, and Thailand
Commodity Matchbooks from India: Antidumping Duty Order
Admittance To Practice and Roster of Registered Patent Attorneys and Agents Admitted To Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)