What did Commerce Department publish on March 20?

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Post Patent Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act.

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 March 20

Title
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; Specifications and Management Measures
Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 104 (Expansion of Service Area) Under Alternative Site Framework; Savannah, Georgia
Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of Turkey: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Determination
Patent Reexaminations
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Seismic Surveys in Cook Inlet, Alaska
Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 186 Under Alternative Site Framework; Waterville, Maine
Post Patent Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
Higher Initial Maximum Uniform Allowance Rate; Uniform Allowances
Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Negative Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; “Fee Deficiency Submissions”
Public Meetings and Request for Comments on a Draft Environmental Impact Statement Regarding the Makah Tribe's Request To Hunt Eastern North Pacific Gray Whales
Marine Mammals; File Nos. 17278 and 17557
Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 58 Under Alternative Site Framework; Bangor, Maine
Proposed Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection; Comment Request; Post Registration (Trademark Processing)
Marine Mammals; File No. 19133
Proposed Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection; Comment Request; Trademark Petitions
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to a Cruise Ship Terminal Project
Availability of Draft NOAA Education Strategic Plan
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Low-Energy Marine Geophysical Survey in the Southwest Pacific Ocean, East of New Zealand, May to June 2015