[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 17, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 17CFR147.1]

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              TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
             CHAPTER I--COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
 
PART 147_OPEN COMMISSION MEETINGS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  147.1  General policy considerations, purpose and scope of rules 
relating to open Commission meetings.




Sec.
147.1 General policy considerations, purpose and scope of rules relating 
          to open Commission meetings.
147.2 Definitions.
147.3 General requirement of open meetings; grounds upon which meetings 
          may be closed.
147.4 Procedure for announcing meetings.
147.5 General procedure for closing meetings.
147.6 Special procedure for closing certain meetings.
147.7 Maintenance of transcripts, recordings and minutes of closed 
          meetings.
147.8 Public availability of transcripts, recordings and minutes of 
          closed meetings.
147.9 Requests for copies of transcripts, recordings or minutes of 
          closed meetings.
147.10 Interpretation of this part with other provisions.

    Authority: Sec. 3(a), Pub. L. 94-409, 90 Stat. 1241 (5 U.S.C. 552b); 
sec. 101(a)(11), Pub. L. 93-463, 88 Stat. 1391 (7 U.S.C. 4a(j) (Supp. V, 
1975)), unless otherwise noted.

    Source: 42 FR 13704, Mar. 11, 1977, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) This part contains the rules of the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission implementing the open meeting requirements of the Government 
in the Sunshine Act (Pub. L. 94-409, 90 Stat. 1241, 5 U.S.C. 552b). 
These rules apply to all deliberations of a quorum of the Commission 
which determine or result in the conduct or disposition of official 
Commission business, with the exception of deliberations required or 
permitted by Sec.  147.4, Sec.  147.5 or Sec.  147.6.
    (b) Among the primary purposes of these rules is the Commission's 
desire to inform the public to the fullest extent possible of its 
activities as an aid to its properly carrying out its responsibility for 
administrating and enforcing the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended, 7 
U.S.C. 1 et seq., and the Commission's belief that, in order to 
guarantee public confidence in the integrity of its decision-making, it 
must, to the fullest possible extent, conduct its business in an open 
manner.