[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 3]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR503.20]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

 CHAPTER V--FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION OF THE UNITED STATES, 

                          DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 

PART 503_PRIVACY ACT AND GOVERNMENT IN THE SUNSHINE REGULATIONS--Table 

of Contents

 

            Subpart B_Government in the Sunshine Regulations

 

Sec. 503.20  Definitions.



    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b.





    For purposes of this part: Closed meeting and closed portion of a 

meeting mean, respectively, a meeting or that part of a meeting 

designated as provided in Sec. 503.27 as closed to the public by reason 

of one or more of the closure provisions listed in Sec. 503.24.

    Commission means the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, which is 

a collegial body that functions as a unit composed of three individual 

members, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the 

Senate.



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    Meeting means the deliberations of at least two (quorum) members of 

the Commission where such deliberations determine or result in joint 

conduct or disposition of official Commission business.

    Member means any one of the three members of the Commission.

    Open meeting means a meeting or portion of a meeting which is not a 

closed meeting or a closed portion of a meeting.

    Public observation means the right of any member of the public to 

attend and observe, but not participate or interfere in any way, in an 

open meeting of the Commission within the limits of reasonable and 

comfortable accommodations made available for such purpose by the 

Commission.