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The Department of Commerce (Department) proposes regulations to implement the requirements of Executive Order 13891, Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency Guidance Documents signed October 9, 2019 (84 FR 55235).  Consistent with Executive Order 13891, these proposed 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.