[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 19, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 69288-69289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-27722]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

15 CFR Part 400

[Docket No.: 131105932-3932-01]
RIN 0625-AA98


Import Administration; Change of Agency Name

AGENCY: Foreign-Trade Zones Board, International Trade Administration, 
Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule; nomenclature change.

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SUMMARY: Effective October 1, 2013, the Department of Commerce 
(Department), through internal department organizational orders, 
changed the name of ``Import Administration'' to ``Enforcement and 
Compliance.'' Consistent with this action, this rule makes appropriate 
conforming changes in part 400 of title 15 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations.
    The rule also sets forth a Savings Provision that preserves, under 
the new name, all actions taken under the name of Import Administration 
and provides that any references to Import Administration in any 
document or other communication shall be deemed to be references to 
Enforcement and Compliance.

DATES: This rule is effective on November 19, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew McGilvray, Executive Secretary, 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Telephone: (202) 482-2862; Joanna Theiss, 
Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel for Trade Enforcement and Compliance, 
Telephone: (202) 482-5052.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    This rule implements the decision by the Department of Commerce, 
through internal Department Organizational Order 10-3 (effective 
September 18, 2013) and Department Organizational Order 40-1, 
(effective September 19, 2013), to consolidate and reorganize certain 
Department organizational functions and revise the name of ``Import 
Administration'' to ``Enforcement and Compliance.'' The revision more 
accurately reflects the breadth of the agency's activities with respect 
to the enforcement of, and compliance with, U.S. trade laws. Consistent 
with the consolidation and name change, this rule makes a number of 
changes in part 400 of title 15 of the

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Code of Federal Regulations. Specifically, this rule changes all 
references to the ``Assistant Secretary for Import Administration'' 
wherever they appear in part 400 of title 15 to ``Assistant Secretary 
for Enforcement and Compliance.''

Savings Provision

    This rule shall constitute notice that all references to Import 
Administration in any documents, statements, or other communications, 
in any form or media, and whether made before, on, or after the 
effective date of this rule, shall be deemed to be references to 
Enforcement and Compliance. Any actions undertaken in the name of or on 
behalf of Import Administration, whether taken before, on, or after the 
effective date of this rule, shall be deemed to have been taken in the 
name of or on behalf of Enforcement and Compliance.

Rulemaking Requirements

    1. This final rule has been determined to be exempt from review 
under Executive Order 12866.
    2. This rule does not impose information collection and 
recordkeeping requirements. Consequently, it need not be reviewed by 
the Office of Management and Budget under the provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
    3. This rule does not contain policies with Federalism implications 
as this term is defined in Executive Order 13132.
    4. The provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 
553) requiring notice of proposed rulemaking, the opportunity for 
public participation, and a delay in effective date, are inapplicable 
because this rule involves a rule of agency organization, procedure, or 
practice. 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B). Further, no other law requires that a 
notice of proposed rulemaking and an opportunity for public comment be 
given for this final rule. Because a notice of proposed rulemaking and 
an opportunity for public comment are not required to be given for this 
rule under 5 U.S.C. or by any other law, the analytical requirements of 
the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601, et seq.) are not 
applicable. Accordingly, this rule is issued in final form.

List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 400

    Administrative practice and procedure, Customs duties and 
inspection, Foreign trade zones, Harbors, Imports, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, 15 CFR part 400 is 
amended as set forth below:

PART 400--REGULATIONS OF THE FOREIGN-TRADE ZONES BOARD

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1. The authority citation for part 400 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as amended 
(Pub. L. 73-397, 48 Stat. 998-1003 (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u)).


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2. In 15 CFR part 400, revise all references to the ``Assistant 
Secretary for Import Administration'' to read ``Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance''.

    Dated: November 8, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce, for Enforcement and Compliance.
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