Recent Department of Commerce regulations affecting small businesses
Page 16 of 17 • Last updated April 9, 2026
250 Department of Commerce regulations have been published in the past 30 days, covering rule changes, notices, and final actions affecting small businesses.
- Fisheries of the Caribbean; Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review; Public MeetingApril 9, 2026
SEDAR 103 assessment process for Caribbean fisheries includes development and review workshops plus assessment webinars to evaluate alternate assessment methods for regional fish stocks.
- Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Voluntary Self-Disclosure of Antiboycott ViolationsApril 9, 2026 • Impact: low
Department of Commerce seeks 60 days of public comment on a voluntary self-disclosure form for antiboycott violations before submitting the information collection to OMB for approval.
- PCT Informed Examination Request Pilot ProgramApril 9, 2026 • Impact: medium
The USPTO's PCT Informed Examination Request Pilot Program requires selected national stage patent applicants to indicate whether they wish to proceed with, delay, or abandon examination after reviewing international phase work products.
- Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Report of Requests for Restrictive Trade Practice or BoycottApril 9, 2026 • Impact: low
Department of Commerce seeks 60 days of public comment on an information collection regarding restrictive trade practice and boycott requests before submitting to OMB for Paperwork Reduction Act compliance.
- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska; Central Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Program Cost Recovery Fee NoticeApril 9, 2026
NMFS sets the 2025 Central Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Program cost recovery fee at 3.00 percent with cooperative payments due by February 15, 2026.
- Extension of Authorized Integrated Circuit (IC) Designer Status and Application Deadline To Become an Approved IC DesignerApril 9, 2026 • Impact: none
Bureau of Industry and Security extends the deadline for authorized integrated circuit designer status and applications to become approved IC designers to December 31, 2026.
- Endangered Species; File No. 29414April 9, 2026
Arizona State University researcher Jesse Senko has applied for a permit to capture six endangered sea turtle species for scientific research at the School of Ocean Futures.
- Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Approved Monitoring Service ProvidersApril 8, 2026
NMFS approves nine companies to provide at-sea and electronic catch monitoring services for northeast multispecies fishing sectors in 2026.
- Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024April 8, 2026
U.S. Commerce Department preliminarily determines that forged steel fluid end blocks from Germany were not sold at less than normal value during January 1–December 31, 2024, in an antidumping duty review.
- Space Launch Frequency Coordination Portal Web Application LaunchApril 8, 2026
NTIA launches Space Launch Frequency Coordination Portal to streamline spectrum requests for commercial space launch providers and federal agency review processes.
- Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher Vessels Using Trawl Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of AlaskaApril 8, 2026
NMFS prohibits directed fishing for Pacific cod by trawl-gear catcher vessels in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska to prevent exceeding the 2026 A season allowance.
- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder Fishery; Quota Transfer From Virginia to MassachusettsApril 8, 2026
Virginia transfers a portion of its 2026 commercial summer flounder quota to Massachusetts under the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan quota-transfer provisions.
- Foreign-Trade Zone 18; Application for Subzone; Energy Recovery, Inc; San Leandro, CaliforniaApril 8, 2026
Foreign-Trade Zone 18 seeks approval for a new subzone in San Leandro, California to serve Energy Recovery, Inc. for duty-deferred manufacturing and trade activities.
- Rescission of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews; CorrectionApril 8, 2026
Commerce rescinded antidumping and countervailing duty administrative reviews effective February 13, 2026, with a corrected period of review for boltless steel shelving imports from Taiwan.
- Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder Fishery; Quota Transfer From North Carolina to New JerseyApril 8, 2026
NMFS announces North Carolina's transfer of a portion of its 2026 commercial summer flounder quota to New Jersey under the Summer Flounder Fishery Management Plan quota transfer provisions.