What did Commerce Department publish on Aug. 21?

The US Commerce Department published a nine page rule on Aug. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Addition of Certain Entities to the Entity List and Revision of Entries on the Entity List.

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. 21

Title
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Authorize Retention of Halibut in Pot Gear in the Bering Sea Aleutian Islands; Amendment 118
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Ocean Perch in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery; 2019 Illex Squid Quota Harvested
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Spiny Lobster Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; Amendment 13; Correction
Temporary General License: Extension of Validity, Clarifications to Authorized Transactions, and Changes to Certification Statement Requirements
Addition of Certain Entities to the Entity List and Revision of Entries on the Entity List
Nevada Broadband Workshop
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Anti-Circumvention Inquiries on the Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate From Japan: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019
Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From the Republic of Turkey: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2017
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From Taiwan: Initiation of Anti-Circumvention Inquiry on the Antidumping Duty Order
Sodium Sulfate Anhydrous From Canada: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation
Notice of Partially Closed Meeting of the Transportation and Related Equipment Technical Advisory Committee
Foreign-Trade Zone 7-Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; Application for Subzone; Motorambar, Inc.; Cataño, Puerto Rico
Notice of Partially Closed Meeting of the Materials Technical Advisory Committee
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod Management in the Groundfish Fisheries of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Amendment 8