§ 336.1 - Purpose.

This part:

(a) Establishes a policy and procedure by which the Department of Defense will invite the comments of the public on those of its proposed regulations and other types of rulemaking as described hereafter which originate within the Department of Defense as a requirement of general applicability and future effect designed to implement, interpret, or prescribe law or policy, or practice or procedure requirements of a component. This requirement applies to those regulations which constitute the authority for actions having a substantial and direct impact on the public when consistent with other responsibilities of the Department for the efficient and responsible conduct of public business.

(b) Implements the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552 relating to the kinds of regulations that must be published in the Federal Register after they are adopted.