State Dept. Accepting Comments on Regulations Deserving Modification or Repeal

The State Department is accepting comments through Aug. 1 on regulations, guidance and information collections that stakeholders believe should be removed or modified to “alleviate unnecessary burdens,” following President Donald Trump’s Feb. 24 executive order (here) directing agencies to identify and relieve burdensome regulations, State said (here). State noted that one of the duties of its Regulatory Reform Task Force, consisting of senior officials from State’s bureaus of Administration, Consular Affairs, Educational and Cultural Affairs, and Political-Military Affairs, is to evaluate existing regulations and make recommendations to the secretary of state for their repeal, replacement or modification. State noted that the Feb. 24 executive order directs the task force to identify regulations that eliminate jobs or inhibit job creation; are outdated, unnecessary or ineffective; and that impose costs that exceed benefits.