[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1430.7]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
                        AND CONCILIATION SERVICE
 
PART 1430_FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE ADVISORY COMMITTEES
--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1430.7  Application of the Freedom of Information Act to advisory 
committee functions.

    (a) Subject to 5 U.S.C. 552, the records, reports, transcripts, 
minutes, appendices, working papers, drafts, studies, agenda, and other 
documents which are made available to or are prepared for or by an 
advisory committee shall be available to the public.
    (b) Advisory committee meeting conducted in accordance with Sec. 
1430.7 may be closed to the public when discussing a matter that is of a 
5 U.S.C. 552(b) nature, whether or not the discussion centers on a 
written document.
    (c) No record, report, or other document prepared for or by an 
advisory committee may be withheld from the public unless the Office of 
the General Counsel determines that the document is properly within the 
exemptions of 5 U.S.C. 552(b). No committee meeting, or portion thereof, 
may be closed to the public unless the Office of the General Counsel 
determines in writing, prior to publication of the meeting in the 
Federal Register that such a closing is within the exemptions of 5 
U.S.C. 552(b).