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Office
of The Assistant General Counsel
for Legislation & Regulations
Welcome
Welcome
to the website of the Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Legislation
and Regulations. This site includes a comprehensive compilation of all
testimonies delivered
by the Department of Commerce during the 106th, 107th, 108th, 109th, and 110th Congresses,
most legislative views letters
to the Congress during this same period on topics of significance to the
Department’s missions, and a compendium of the Department’s
rules and regulations.
The Regulations site also contains assorted other resources related to
rules and the rulemaking process, such as rulemaking statutes, Executive
Orders, guidance documents and other documents that will help one understand
the rulemaking process. Finally, About
Our Office provides a listing of the staff.
Office Description
The Legislative Division works with various bureaus to develop and support
the Department's legislative initiatives and is the focal point within
the Department for coordinating the analysis of legislation and developing
and articulating the views of the Department on pending legislation. This
office is the principal legal liaison with the Office of Management and
Budget, working to obtain required clearances and interagency consensus
on Departmental letters, reports, testimonies, and legislative proposals
for delivery to the Congress. The office also represents the Department's
views in interagency deliberations on legislative proposals and expressions
of legislative views advanced by other agencies.
The Regulatory Division serves as the primary contact
for all regulatory matters concerning the Department of Commerce. This
office advises the diverse bureaus within Commerce on administrative law
requirements and procedures involved in the rulemaking process, and provides
legal counsel on other related laws and Executive Orders. It also serves
as the Department's liaison with the Office of Management and Budget and
other Federal agencies during interagency review and clearance of regulations
issued by the Department, and provides Secretarial-level clearance for
all Federal Register publications. In addition, this office advises the
Secretary on regulatory matters, develops the Department's regulatory
policies and procedures, and provides the Department 's official position
on regulations affecting the Department.
Office Contact: Visit L & R's Web pages:  Testimony
View
Letters to CongressRules
& RegulationsAbout Our Office
Quick Links: Statement
of Administration Policy(The Administration’s position on bills headed to the House and Senate floor; maintained by OMB.) Regulations.gov
(The Federal Government’s one-stop site for all federal regulations that are currently open for comment.) |