Notice published on July 20 by Commerce Department

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

The notice is focused on Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent License.

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 July 20

Title
Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Seismic Surveys in Cook Inlet, Alaska
Prospective Grant of Exclusive Patent License
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Annual Capital Expenditures Survey
Silicon Metal From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Meeting
Fisheries Off West Coast States; Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries; Annual Specifications; Correction
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Amendment 19 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan