DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)

Statement of Regulatory and Deregulatory Priorities

 Established in 1903, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) is one of the oldest Cabinetlevel agencies in the Federal Government. Commerce’s mission is to create the conditions for 

economic growth and opportunity by promoting innovation, entrepreneurship, competitiveness, 

and environmental stewardship. Commerce has 12 operating units, which are responsible for 

managing a diverse portfolio of programs and services, ranging from trade promotion and 

economic development assistance to broadband and the National Weather Service. 

 Commerce touches Americans daily, in many ways--making possible the daily weather reports 

and survey research; facilitating technology that all of us use in the workplace and in the home 

each day; supporting the development, gathering, and transmission of information essential to 

competitive business; enabling the diversity of companies and goods found in America's and the 

world's marketplace; and supporting environmental and economic health for the communities in 

which Americans live. 

 Commerce has a clear and compelling vision for itself, for its role in the Federal Government, 

and for its roles supporting the American people, now and in the future. To achieve this vision, 

Commerce works in partnership with businesses, universities, communities, and workers to: 

• Innovate by creating new ideas through cutting-edge science and technology from advances 

in nanotechnology, to ocean exploration, to broadband deployment, and by protecting 

American innovations through the patent and trademark system; 

• Support entrepreneurship and commercialization by enabling community development 

and strengthening minority businesses and small manufacturers; 

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• Maintain U.S. economic competitiveness in the global marketplace by promoting exports, 

ensuring a level playing field for U.S. businesses, and ensuring that technology transfer is 

consistent with our nation’s economic and security interests; 

• Provide effective management and stewardship of our nation's resources and assets to 

ensure sustainable economic opportunities; and 

• Make informed policy decisions and enable better understanding of the economy by providing 

accurate economic and demographic data. 

 Commerce is a vital resource base, a tireless advocate, and Cabinet-level voice for job 

creation. 

 The Regulatory Plan tracks the most important regulations that implement these policy and 

program priorities, several of which involve regulation of the private sector by Commerce. 

Responding to the Administration's Regulatory Philosophy and Principles

 The vast majority of the Commerce’s programs and activities do not involve regulation. Of 

Commerce's 12 primary operating units, only the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) will be planning actions that are considered the "most important" 

significant preregulatory or regulatory actions for FY 2013. During the next year, NOAA plans to 

publish six rulemaking actions that are designated as Regulatory Plan actions. The Bureau of 

Industry and Security (BIS) will also publish rulemaking actions designated as Regulatory Plan 

actions. Further information on these actions is provided below. 

 Commerce has a long-standing policy to prohibit the issuance of any regulation that 

discriminates on the basis of race, religion, gender, or any other suspect category and requires 

that all regulations be written so as to be understandable to those affected by them. The 

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Secretary also requires that Commerce afford the public the maximum possible opportunity to 

participate in Departmental rulemakings, even where public participation is not required by law. 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

 NOAA establishes and administers Federal policy for the conservation and management of 

the Nation's oceanic, coastal, and atmospheric resources. It provides a variety of essential 

environmental and climate services vital to public safety and to the Nation's economy, such as 

weather forecasts, drought forecasts, and storm warnings. It is a source of objective information 

on the state of the environment. NOAA plays the lead role in achieving Commerce’s goal of 

promoting stewardship by providing assessments of the global environment. 

 Recognizing that economic growth must go hand-in-hand with environmental stewardship, 

Commerce, through NOAA, conducts programs designed to provide a better understanding of the 

connections between environmental health, economics, and national security. Commerce's 

emphasis on "sustainable fisheries" is designed to boost long-term economic growth in a vital 

sector of the U.S. economy while conserving the resources in the public trust and minimizing any 

economic dislocation necessary to ensure long-term economic growth. Commerce is where 

business and environmental interests intersect, and the classic debate on the use of natural 

resources is transformed into a "win-win" situation for the environment and the economy. 

 Three of NOAA's major components, the National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS), the 

National Ocean Service (NOS), and the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information 

Service (NESDIS), exercise regulatory authority. 

 NMFS oversees the management and conservation of the Nation's marine fisheries, protects 

threatened and endangered marine and anadromous species and marine mammals, and 

promotes economic development of the U.S. fishing industry. NOS assists the coastal States in 

their management of land and ocean resources in their coastal zones, including estuarine 

research reserves; manages the national marine sanctuaries; monitors marine pollution; and 

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directs the national program for deep-seabed minerals and ocean thermal energy. NESDIS 

administers the civilian weather satellite program and licenses private organizations to operate 

commercial land-remote sensing satellite systems. 

 Commerce, through NOAA, has a unique role in promoting stewardship of the global 

environment through effective management of the Nation's marine and coastal resources and in 

monitoring and predicting changes in the Earth's environment, thus linking trade, development, 

and technology with environmental issues. NOAA has the primary Federal responsibility for 

providing sound scientific observations, assessments, and forecasts of environmental 

phenomena on which resource management, adaptation, and other societal decisions can be 

made. 

 In the environmental stewardship area, NOAA's goals include: rebuilding and maintaining 

strong U.S. fisheries by using market-based tools and ecosystem approaches to management; 

increasing the populations of depleted, threatened, or endangered species and marine mammals 

by implementing recovery plans that provide for their recovery while still allowing for economic 

and recreational opportunities; promoting healthy coastal ecosystems by ensuring that economic 

development is managed in ways that maintain biodiversity and long-term productivity for 

sustained use; and modernizing navigation and positioning services. In the environmental 

assessment and prediction area, goals include: understanding climate change science and 

impacts, and communicating that understanding to Government and private sector stakeholders 

enabling them to adapt; continually improving the National Weather Service; implementing 

reliable seasonal and interannual climate forecasts to guide economic planning; providing 

science-based policy advice on options to deal with very long-term (decadal to centennial) 

changes in the environment; and advancing and improving short-term warning and forecast 

services for the entire environment. 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act

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 Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) 

rulemakings concern the conservation and management of fishery resources in the U.S. 

Exclusive Economic Zone (generally 3-200 nautical miles). Among the several hundred 

rulemakings that NOAA plans to issue in FY 2013, a number of the preregulatory and regulatory 

actions will be significant. The exact number of such rulemakings is unknown, since they are 

usually initiated by the actions of eight regional Fishery Management Councils (FMCs) that are 

responsible for preparing fishery management plans (FMPs) and FMP amendments, and for 

drafting implementing regulations for each managed fishery. NOAA issues regulations to 

implement FMPs and FMP amendments. Once a rulemaking is triggered by an FMC, the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act places stringent deadlines upon NOAA by which it must exercise its 

rulemaking responsibilities. FMPs and FMP amendments for Atlantic highly migratory species, 

such as bluefin tuna, swordfish, and sharks, are developed directly by NOAA, not by FMCs. 

 FMPs address a variety of issues including maximizing fishing opportunities on healthy stocks, 

rebuilding overfished stocks, and addressing gear conflicts. One of the problems that FMPs may 

address is preventing overcapitalization (preventing excess fishing capacity) of fisheries. This 

may be resolved by market-based systems such as catch shares, which permit shareholders to 

harvest a quantity of fish and which can be traded on the open market. Harvest limits based on 

the best available scientific information, whether as a total fishing limit for a species in a fishery or 

as a share assigned to each vessel participant, enable stressed stocks to rebuild. Other 

measures include staggering fishing seasons or limiting gear types to avoid gear conflicts on the 

fishing grounds and establishing seasonal and area closures to protect fishery stocks. 

 The FMCs provide a forum for public debate and, using the best scientific information 

available, make the judgments needed to determine optimum yield on a fishery-by-fishery basis. 

Optional management measures are examined and selected in accordance with the national 

standards set forth in the Magnuson-Stevens Act. This process, including the selection of the 

preferred management measures, constitutes the development, in simplified form, of an FMP. 

The FMP, together with draft implementing regulations and supporting documentation, is 

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submitted to NMFS for review against the national standards set forth in the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act, in other provisions of the Act, and other applicable laws. The same process applies to 

amending an existing approved FMP. 

Marine Mammal Protection Act

 The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA) provides the authority for the 

conservation and management of marine mammals under U.S. jurisdiction. It expressly prohibits, 

with certain exceptions, the take of marine mammals. The MMPA allows NMFS to permit the 

collection of wild animals for scientific research or public display or to enhance the survival of a 

species or stock. NMFS initiates rulemakings under the MMPA to establish a management 

regime to reduce marine mammal mortalities and injuries as a result of interactions with fisheries. 

The MMPA also established the Marine Mammal Commission, which makes recommendations to 

the Secretaries of the Departments of Commerce and the Interior and other Federal officials on 

protecting and conserving marine mammals. The Act underwent significant changes in 1994 to 

allow for takings incidental to commercial fishing operations, to provide certain exemptions for 

subsistence and scientific uses, and to require the preparation of stock assessments for all 

marine mammal stocks in waters under U.S. jurisdiction. 

Endangered Species Act

 The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) provides for the conservation of species that are 

determined to be "endangered" or "threatened," and the conservation of the ecosystems on which 

these species depend. The ESA authorizes both NMFS and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) 

to jointly administer the provisions of the MMPA. NMFS manages marine and "anadromous" 

species, and FWS manages land and freshwater species. Together, NMFS and FWS work to 

protect critically imperiled species from extinction. Of the 1,310 listed species found in part or 

entirely in the United States and its waters, NMFS has jurisdiction over approximately 60 species. 

NMFS' rulemaking actions are focused on determining whether any species under its 

responsibility is an endangered or threatened species and whether those species must be added 

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to the list of protected species. NMFS is also responsible for designating, reviewing, and revising 

critical habitat for any listed species. In addition, under the ESA's procedural framework, Federal 

agencies consult with NMFS on any proposed action authorized, funded, or carried out by that 

agency that may affect one of the listed species or designated critical habitat, or is likely to 

jeopardize proposed species or adversely modify proposed critical habitat that is under NMFS' 

jurisdiction. 

NOAA's Regulatory Plan Actions 

 While most of the rulemakings undertaken by NOAA do not rise to the level necessary to be 

included in Commerce's regulatory plan, NMFS is undertaking three actions that rise to the level 

of "most important" of Commerce’s significant regulatory actions and thus are included in this 

year's regulatory plan. The three actions implement provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, as reauthorized in 2006. The first action may be of particular 

interest to international trading partners as it concerns the Certification of Nations Whose Fishing 

Vessels are Engaged in Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing or Bycatch of Protected 

Living Marine Resources. A description of the four regulatory plan actions is provided below. 

1. Fishery Management Plan for Regulating Offshore Marine Aquaculture in the Gulf of 

Mexico (0648-AS65): In January, 2009, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council 

approved the Aquaculture Fishery Management Plan, which authorizes NMFS to issue permits to 

culture species managed by the Council (except shrimp and corals). This was the first time a 

regional Fishery Management Council approved a comprehensive regulatory program for 

offshore aquaculture in U.S. Federal waters. On September 3, 2009, the Aquaculture Fishery 

Management Plan entered into effect. On June 9, 2011, NOAA released the final National 

Aquaculture Policy and announced that the Agency will move forward with the rulemaking to 

implement the Aquaculture Fishery Management Plan. 

2. Proposed Rule to Designate Critical Habitat for North Atlantic Right Whale (0648-AY54): 

In 1994, NMFS designated critical habitat for the northern right whale in the North Atlantic Ocean. 

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This critical habitat designation includes portions of Cape Cod Bay and Stellwagen Bank, the 

Great South Channel, and waters adjacent to the coasts of Georgia and Florida. In 2008, we 

listed North Atlantic and North Pacific right whales as separate species under the ESA. This 

action will fulfill the ESA requirement of designating critical habitat following final listing 

determinations. 

3. Final Rule to Designate Critical Habitat for the Hawaiian Monk Seal (0648-BA81): NOAA 

Fisheries is developing a final rule to designate critical habitat for the Hawaiian monk seal in the 

main and Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. In response to a 2008 petition from the Center for 

Biological Diversity, Kahea, and the Ocean Conservancy to revise Hawaiian monk seal critical 

habitat, NOAA Fisheries published a proposed rule in June 2011 to revise Hawaiian monk seal 

critical habitat by adding critical habitat in the main Hawaiian Islands and extending critical habitat 

in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Proposed critical habitat includes both marine and 

terrestrial habitats (e.g., foraging areas to 500 meter depth, pupping beaches, etc.). To address 

public comments on the proposed rule, NOAA Fisheries is augmenting its prior economic analysis 

to better describe the anticipated costs of the designation. NOAA Fisheries is analyzing new 

tracking data to assess monk seal habitat use in the main Hawaiian Islands. That may lead to 

some reduction in foraging area critical habitat for the main Hawaiian Islands to better reflect 

where preferred foraging features may be found. 

4. Proposed Rule to List Critical Habitat for Arctic Ringed Seals (0648-BC56): NOAA 

Fisheries published a final rule to list the Arctic ringed seal as a threatened species under the 

Endangered Species Act (ESA) in December 2012. This rulemaking would designate critical 

habitat for the Arctic ringed seal. The proposed critical habitat designation would be in the 

northern Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort seas within the current range of the species. 

5. Proposed Rule to List Critical Habitat for Beringia Distinct Population of Bearded Seals 

(0648-BC55): NOAA Fisheries published a final rule to list the Beringia Distinct Population 

Segment of the bearded seal as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) 

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in December 2012. This rulemaking would designate critical habitat for the Beringia distinct 

population segment of the bearded seal. The proposed critical habitat designation would be in 

the northern Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort seas within the current range of the species. 

6. Final Rule for the Removal of the Sunset Provision of the Final Rule Implementing 

Vessel Speed Restrictions to Reduce the Threat of Ship Collisions With North Atlantic 

Right Whales (0648-BB20): In 2008 NOAA Fisheries promulgated a regulation designed to 

reduce the likelihood of deaths and serious injuries to endangered North Atlantic right whales that 

result from collisions with ships. The rule implemented speed restrictions of no more than 10 

knots applying to all vessels 65 ft long or greater in certain locations and times of the year along 

the east coast of the U.S. In view of uncertainties regarding the manner in which ships and 

whales interact and the burdens imposed on vessel operators, the rule included a sunset clause 

under which the rule would expire on December 9, 2013. NOAA Fisheries has proposed 

removing the sunset provision with the current restrictions remaining in place eliminating or 

reinstating the sunset provision, studies and metrics that might be used to evaluate the existing 

rule, and future modifications that should be considered. 

At this time, NOAA is unable to determine the aggregate cost of the identified Regulatory 

Plan actions as several of these actions are currently under development. 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) advances U.S. national security, foreign policy, 

and economic objectives by maintaining and strengthening adaptable, efficient, and effective 

export control and treaty compliance systems as well as by administering programs to prioritize 

certain contracts to promote the national defense and to protect and enhance the defense 

industrial base. 

In August 2009, the President directed a broad-based interagency review of the U.S. 

export control system with the goal of strengthening national security and the competitiveness of 

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key U.S. manufacturing and technology sectors by focusing on the current threats and adapting 

to the changing economic and technological landscape. In August 2010, the President outlined 

an approach under which agencies that administer export controls will apply new criteria for 

determining what items need to be controlled and a common set of policies for determining when 

an export license is required. The control list criteria are to be based on transparent rules, which 

will reduce the uncertainty faced by our Allies, U.S. industry and its foreign customers, and will 

allow the Government to erect higher walls around the most sensitive export items in order to 

enhance national security. 

Under the President's approach, agencies will apply the criteria and revise the lists of 

munitions and dual-use items that are controlled for export so that they: 

Distinguish the types of items that should be subject to stricter or more permissive levels 

of control for different destinations, end-uses, and end-users; 

Create a "bright line" between the two current control lists to clarify jurisdictional 

determinations and reduce Government and industry uncertainty about whether particular items 

are subject to the control of the State Department or the Commerce Department; and 

Are structurally aligned so that they potentially can be combined into a single list of 

controlled items. 

BIS' current regulatory plan action is designed to implement the initial phase of the President's 

directive, which will add to BIS’ export control purview, military related items that the President 

determines no longer warrant control under rules administered by the State Department. 

Major Programs and Activities 

BIS administers four sets of regulations. The Export Administration Regulations (EAR) 

regulate exports and reexports to protect national security, foreign policy, and short supply 

interests. The EAR also regulates participation of U.S. persons in certain boycotts administered 

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by foreign Governments. The National Defense Industrial Base Regulations provide for 

prioritization of certain contracts and allocations of resources to promote the national defense, 

require reporting of foreign Government-imposed offsets in defense sales, and address the effect 

of imports on the defense industrial base. The Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations 

implement declaration, reporting, and on-site inspection requirements in the private sector 

necessary to meet United States treaty obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention 

treaty. The Additional Protocol Regulations implement similar requirements with respect to an 

agreement between the United States and the International Atomic Energy Agency. 

BIS also has an enforcement component with eight field offices in the United States. BIS 

export control officers are also stationed at several U.S. embassies and consulates abroad. BIS 

works with other U.S. Government agencies to promote coordinated U.S. Government efforts in 

export controls and other programs. BIS participates in U.S. Government efforts to strengthen 

multilateral export control regimes and to promote effective export controls through cooperation 

with other Governments. 

BIS' Regulatory Plan Actions 

As the agency responsible for leading the administration and enforcement of U.S. export 

controls on dual-use and other items warranting controls but not under the provisions of export 

control regulations administered by other departments, BIS plays a central role in the 

Administration's efforts to fundamentally reform the export control system. Changing what we 

control, how we control it and how we enforce and manage our controls will help strengthen our 

national security by focusing our efforts on controlling the most critical products and technologies, 

and by enhancing the competitiveness of key U.S. manufacturing and technology sectors. 

In FY 2011, BIS took several steps to implement the President’s Export Control Reform 

Initiative (ECRI). BIS published a final rule (76 FR 35275, June 16, 2011) implementing a license 

exception that authorizes exports, reexports and transfers to destinations that do not pose a 

national security concern, provided certain safeguards against diversion to other destinations are 

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taken. BIS also proposed several rules to control under the EAR items that the President has 

determined do not warrant control under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 

administered by the Department of State rule (76 FR 41957), and its United States Munitions List 

(USML). 

In FY 2012, BIS followed up on its FY 2011 successes with the ECRI and proposed rules 

that would move items currently controlled in nine categories of the USML to control under the 

Commerce Control List (CCL), administered by BIS. In addition, BIS proposed a rule to ease the 

implementation process for transitioning items and re-proposed a revised key definition from the 

July 15 Rule, “specially designed,” that had received extensive public comment. In FY 2013, after 

State Department notification to Congress of the transfer of items from the USML, BIS expects to 

be able to publish a final rule incorporating many of the proposed changes and revisions based 

on public responses to the proposals. 

In FY 2013, BIS activities crossed an important milestone with publication of two final 

rules that began to put ECRI policies into place. An Initial Implementation rule (73 FR 22660, 

April 16, 2013) sets in place the structure under which items the President determines no longer 

warrant control on the United States Munitions List will be controlled on the Commerce Control 

List. It also revises license exceptions and regulatory definitions, including the definition of 

“specially designed” to more make those exceptions and definitions clearer and to more close 

align them with the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, and adds to the CCL certain military 

aircraft, gas turbine engines and related items. A second final rule (78 FR 40892, July 8 2012) 

followed on by adding to the CCL military vehicles, vessels of war submersible vessels, and 

auxiliary military equipment that President determined no longer warrant control on the USML. 

BIS expects to publish additional ECRI final rules in FY 2014. 

Promoting International Regulatory Cooperation

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 As the President noted in Executive Order 13609, “international regulatory cooperation, 

consistent with domestic law and prerogatives and U.S. trade policy, can be an important means 

of promoting” public health, welfare, safety, and our environment as well as economic growth, 

innovation, competitiveness, and job creation. Accordingly, in EO 13609, the President requires 

each executive agency to include in its Regulatory Plan a summary of its international regulatory 

cooperation activities that are reasonably anticipated to lead to significant regulations. 

The Department of Commerce engages with numerous international bodies in various 

forums to promote the Department’s priorities and foster regulations that do not “impair the ability 

of American business to export and compete internationally.” EO 13609(a). For example, the 

United States Patent and Trademark Office is working with the European Patent Office to develop 

a new classification system for both offices’ use. The Bureau of Industry and Security, along with 

the Department of State and Department of Defense, engages with other countries in the 

Wassenaar Arrangement, through which the international community develops a common list of 

items that should be subject to export controls because they are conventional arms or items that 

have both military and civil uses. Other multilateral export control regimes include the Missile 

Technology Control Regime, the Nuclear Suppliers Group, and the Australia Group, which lists 

items controlled for chemical and biological weapon nonproliferation purposes. In addition, the 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration works with other countries’ regulatory bodies 

through regional fishery management organizations to develop fair and internationally-agreed-to 

fishery standards for the High Seas. 

BIS is also engaged, in partnership with the Departments of State and Defense, in 

revising the regulatory framework for export control, through the President’s Export Control 

Reform Initiative (ECRI). Through this effort, the United States Government is moving certain 

items currently controlled by the United States Military List (USML) to the Commerce Control List 

(CCL) in BIS’ Export Administration Regulations. The objective of ECRI is to improve 

interoperability of U.S. military forces with those of allied countries, strengthen the U.S. industrial 

base by, among other things, reducing incentives for foreign manufacturers to design out and 

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avoid U.S.-origin content and services, and allow export control officials to focus Government 

resources on transactions that pose greater concern. This effort may be accomplished by as 

early as 2013, when the final rules are published. Once fully implemented, the new export control 

framework also will benefit companies in the United States seeking to export items through more 

flexible and less burdensome export controls. 

Some specific domestic regulatory actions that have resulted from the Department’s 

international regulatory cooperation efforts include the rule on Identification and Certification of 

Fishing Vessels Engaged in Illegal, Unreported, or Unregulated Fishing or Bycatch of Protected 

Living Marine Resources (0648-AV51, 76 FR 2011); the Amendments to Implement the Shark 

Conservation Act and Revise the Definition of Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing (0648-

BA89); and the proposed rule to comply with the 2010 Shark Conservation Provisions and Other 

Regulations in the Atlantic Smoothhound Shark Fishery (0648-BB02). 

Retrospective Review of Existing Regulations 

 Pursuant to section 6 of Executive Order 13563 "Improving Regulation and Regulatory 

Review" (Jan. 18, 2011), the following Regulatory Identifier Numbers (RINs) have been identified 

as associated with retrospective review and analysis in the Department’s final retrospective 

review of regulations plan. Accordingly, the Agency is reviewing these rules to determine whether 

action under E.O. 13563 is appropriate. Some of these entries on this list may be completed 

actions, which do not appear in The Regulatory Plan. However, more information can be found 

about these completed rulemakings in past publications of the Unified Agenda on Reginfo.gov in 

the Completed Actions section for the Agency. These rulemakings can also be found 

on Regulations.gov. The final Agency retrospective analysis plan can be found at: 

http://open.commerce.gov/sites/default/files/Commerce%20Plan%20for%20Retrospective%20An

alysis%20of%20Existing%20Rules%20-%202011-08-22%20Final.pdf 

RIN TITLE Expected To Significantly 

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Reduce Burdens on Small 

Businesses? 

0648–XC164 Final Rule 

Implementing a Targeted 

Acadian 

Redfish Fishery for Sector 

Vessels 

0648-BC50 Exempted Fishery for the 

Spiny Dogfish Fishery in the 

Waters 

East and West of Cape Cod, MA 

0648-BC25 Regulatory amendment to revise 

requirements for the annual Crab 

Economic Data Reports under the 

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 

Crab Rationalization Program 

Yes 

0648–BA93 Regulatory amendment to modify 

the Groundfish Retention 

Standard Program 

0648-BB79 Proposed Rule to Implement 

Changes to the Regulations for 

Designating Critical Habitat 

under the Endangered Species 

Act 

0648-BB80 Proposed Rule to Amend the 

Definition of Destruction or 

Adverse Modification of Critical 

Habitat under the Endangered 

Species Act 

0648-BB81 Proposed Rule to Amend the 

Regulations Governing the 

Issuance of Incidental Take 

Statements under Section 7 of the 

Endangered Species Act 

0648-BC24 Final Rule to Revise Regulations 

for Conducting Impact Analyses 

for Critical Habitat Designations 

under the Endangered Species 

Act. 

0694-AF03 Export Control Reform Initiative: 

Strategic Trade Authorization 

License Exception 

0694-AF17 Proposed Revision to the Export 

Administration Regulations: 

Control of Items the President 

Determines No Longer Warrant 

Control Under the United States 

Munitions List 

0694-AF36 Proposed Revision to the Export 

Administration Regulations: 

Control of Aircraft and Related 

Items the President Determines 

No Longer Warrant Control 

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Under the United States Munitions List 

0694-AF41 Revisions to the Export 

Administration Regulations: 

Control of Gas Turbine Engines 

and Related Items the President 

Determines No Longer Warrant 

Control Under the United States 

Munitions List 

0694-AF17 Revisions to the Export 

Administration Regulations: 

Control of Military Vehicles and 

Related Items the President 

Determines No Longer Warrant 

Control Under the United States 

Munitions List 

0694-AF42 Revisions to the Export 

Administration Regulations: 

Control of Vessels of War and 

Related Articles the President 

Determines No Longer Warrant 

Control Under the United States 

Munitions List 

0694-AF39 Revisions to the Export 

Administration Regulations: 

Control of Submersible Vessels, 

Oceanographic Equipment and 

Related Articles the President 

Determines No Longer Warrant 

Control Under the United States 

Munitions List 

0694-AF17 Revisions to the Export 

Administration Regulations: 

Export Control Classification 

Number 0Y521 Series, Items Not 

Elsewhere Listed on the 

Commerce Control List (CCL) 

0694-AF53 Revisions to the Export 

Administration Regulations: 

Control of Energetic Materials 

and Related Articles the President 

Determines No Longer Warrant 

Control Under the United States 

Munitions List 

0694-AF51 Revisions to the Export 

Administration Regulations: 

Auxiliary and Miscellaneous 

Items that No Longer Warrant 

Control Under the United States 

Munitions List and Items on the 

Wassenaar Arrangement 

Munitions List 

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0694-AF58 

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isions to the Export 

Administration Regulations: 

Control of Personal Protective 

Equipment, Shelters, and Related 

Items the President Determines 

No Longer Warrant Control 

Under the United States 

Munitions List 

0694-AF54 Revisions to the Export 

Administration Regulations: 

Control of Military Training 

Equipment and Related Articles 

the President Determines No 

Longer Warrant Control Under 

the United States Munitions List 

0694-AF66 “Specially Designed” Definition 

0694-AF68 Feasibility of Enumerating 

“Specially Designed” 

Components 

0694-AF65 Proposed Revisions to the Export 

Administration Regulations: 

Implementation of Export 

Control Reform; Revisions to 

License Exceptions After 

Retrospective Regulatory Review 

0694-AF47 Revisions to the Export 

Administration Regulations: 

Control of Firearms and Related 

Articles the President Determines 

No Longer Warrant Control 

Under the United States 

Munitions List 

0694-AF48 Revisions to the Export 

Administration Regulations: 

Control of Guns and Armament 

and Related Articles the President 

Determines No Longer Warrant 

Control Under the United States 

Munitions List 

0694-AF49 Revisions to the Export 

Administration Regulations: 

Control of Ammunition and 

Ordnance the President 

Determines No Longer Warrant 

Control Under the United States 

Munitions List 

0694-AF64 Revisions to the Export 

Administration Regulations: 

Control of Military Electronic 

Equipment and Related Items the 

President Determines No Longer 

Warrant Control Under the 

United States Munitions List 

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0694-AF37 

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isions to the Export 

Administration Regulations 

(EAR) to Make the Commerce 

Control List (CCL) Clearer 

0694-AF56 EAR Revision: Items Related to 

Launch Vehicles, Missiles, 

Rockets, and Military Explosive 

Devices the President Determines 

No Longer Warrant Control 

Under the United States 

Munitions List 

0694-AF60 Amendment to Licensing 

Requirements for Exports to 

Canada of Shotguns, Shotgun 

Shells and Optical Sighting 

Devices under the Export 

Administration Regulations 

Yes 

0694-AF65 Revisions to the Export 

Administration Regulations: 

Initial Implementation of Export 

Control Reform 

0694-AF87 Export Administration 

Regulations: Control of 

Spacecraft Systems and Related 

Items the President Determines 

No Longer Warrant Control 

Under the United States 

Munitions List 

0651-AC82 Reduction of Fees for Trademark 

Applications 

0651-AC54 Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees 

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