• close the Department of Commerce and, in particular,
• make the Bureau of the Census a small, independent agency;
• restrict the census to enumerating the population, make answering other census questions voluntary, bar statistical sampling, and scrub the planned annual American Community Survey;
• make the Patent and Trademark Office a small, independent agency or self-financing government corporation;
• eliminate programs that inhibit or subsidize trade;
• end all Commerce Department corporate subsidies and wealth transfer programs, including the Economic Development Administration, the Minority Business Development Administration, and the Technology Administration;
• eliminate the National Telecommunications and Information Administration; and
• phase out the functions of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, allowing them to be supplied by the private sector.

• Departments of Commerce Cato
• Five Good Reasons to Close Down the Department of Commerce
• Crime and Commerce
• Kids, Guns, And The Commerce Clause:Is The Court Ready For Constitutional Government?

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