Lawmakers are drafting legislation to codify the authority that the Office of Information and Communication Technology and Services uses to place import restrictions on Chinese connected vehicles and other technologies, said Jeffrey Kessler, undersecretary of the Bureau of Industry and Security.

The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on March 26:

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has terminated the agency’s Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness along with 13 other advisory committees, the Commerce Department said on its website. Lutnick “determined that the purposes for which fourteen of the discretionary advisory committees were established have been fulfilled, and the committees have been terminated” effective Feb. 28.

The Commerce Department is working to finalize an October proposed rule that will change how the agency regulates in-transit shipments that are first imported through the U.S. from foreign countries before being exported to another foreign destination (see 2410300040).

The Commerce Department hinted at the potential for a future free trade agreement with Britain in a press release on March 19.

The Bureau of Industry and Security is reviewing the public comments it received in response to its advance notice of proposed rulemaking on drones, a Commerce Department official said March 18 at the BIS annual update conference.

The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on March 18:

The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on March 17:

The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on March 14:

The National Marine Fisheries Service is opening a 60-day comment period on information it collects related to fishing products restrictions.