The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Oct. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Electronic Submission of a Sequence Listing, a Large Table, or a Computer Program Listing Appendix in Patent Applications.

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 Oct. 14

Title
Electronic Submission of a Sequence Listing, a Large Table, or a Computer Program Listing Appendix in Patent Applications
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries; Application for Exempted Fishing Permit
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 98-Birmingham, Alabama; Authorization of Production Activity; Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc. (Electric Motor Vehicles and Battery Assemblies); Vance and Woodstock, Alabama
Glycine From Japan: Final Results of the Antidumping Administrative Review; 2018-2020; Correction
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Interim Procedures for Considering Requests Under the Commercial Availability Provision of the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement