SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

By this rule, the Census Bureau is amending its foreign trade regulations at 15 CFR part 30. The regulations at part 30 were promulgated in their current structure via final rule on June 2, 2008 (73 FR 31555), and they have been amended multiple times since ( see, e.g.,74 FR 38914, Aug. 5, 2009; 78 FR 16366, Mar. 14, 2013; 79 FR 49659, Aug. 22, 2014; 79 FR 54588, Sept. 12, 2014; 82 FR 18383, Apr. 19, 2017; 82 FR 43842, Sept. 20, 2017; 83 FR 17749, Apr. 24, 2018; 90 FR 39112, Aug. 14, 2025). The Census Bureau now again amends such regulations. Specifically, the Census Bureau is streamlining its cross-references to, and restatements of, other export control and licensing requirements at §§ 30.15-30.19. See15 CFR 30.15-30.19. The Census Bureau is doing so by consolidating the general language of § 30.19 into § 30.15; renaming and otherwise streamlining § 30.15 to generally establish the existence of other export control and licensing requirements; and removing §§ 30.16, 30.17, and 30.18 (which, respectively, merely cross-reference the Export Administration Regulations, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection regulations, and the U.S. Department of State regulations). These described changes will streamline part 30 and remove unnecessary language, thereby promoting efficiency without affecting any substantive obligations or entitlements. These changes will also reduce the cost associated with amending those cross-referenced and restated authorities. Lastly, these changes will foster direct review of and reliance on the text of those other authorities, which can speak for themselves.

Regulatory Classifications

A. Administrative Procedure Act

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), the Department finds good cause to waive the prior notice and opportunity for public participation requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act for this final rule. The Department has determined that prior notice and opportunity for public participation is unnecessary because this rule only consolidates and removes regulatory language that is not required by statute ( printed page 15536) and that merely cross-references and/or restates other authorities; public comment could not justify the continued maintenance of such regulatory language, in its current form, under the Department's broader regulatory policies. The Department has also determined that delaying this amendment for the sake of carrying out the notice and comment process would be contrary to the public interest, as the language being consolidated and removed by this rule serves no meaningful independent purpose and contributes unnecessary complexity and clutter to part 30. The Department therefore finds good cause to waive the public notice and comment period under 553(b)(B) and, for the same reason, to waive the 30-day delay in effectiveness under 553(d).

B. Executive Orders 12866, 14192, 13132

The Office of Management and Budget has determined this rule is not significant pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 12866. This rule is an E.O. 14192 deregulatory action. This rule does not contain policies having federalism implications as the term is defined in E.O. 13132.

C. Regulatory Flexibility Act

Because a notice of proposed rulemaking and an opportunity for public participation are not required to be given for this rule by 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), the analytical requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) are not applicable. Accordingly, no regulatory flexibility analysis is required, and none has been prepared.

D. Paperwork Reduction Act

This rule will not impose additional reporting or recordkeeping requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

George M. Cook, Chief of Staff to the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Director of the Census Bureau, approved the publication of this notice in the Federal Register .

For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the Census Bureau amends 15 CFR part 30 to read as follows: