Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency Guidance Documents
other · US Department of Commerce · Published 2020-09-28 · Effective 2020-10-28 · 85 FR 60694
Document
Document number
2020-18604
Federal Register citation
85 FR 60694
CFR reference
15 CFR 29
Type
Rule
Action
Interim final rule; request for comments.
Category
other
Sub-agency
US Department of Commerce
Publication date
2020-09-28
Effective date
2020-10-28
Commerce docket
Docket No. 200819-0223
Abstract
The Department of Commerce (Department) issues regulations to implement the requirements of an Executive order entitled "Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency Guidance Documents" signed October 9, 2019. Consistent with the Executive order, these regulations require that the Department clearly state that guidance documents issued by the Department do not bind the public, except as authorized by law or as incorporated into a contract; establish procedures for the public to petition for withdrawal or modification of guidance documents; and provide, with certain exceptions, that for significant guidance documents, the Department will submit those documents for review by the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB's) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) and provide for a period of public notice and comment of at least 30 days.