[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 10]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1409.2]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XIV--COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1409_MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION--
 
Sec.  1409.2  Definitions.

    (a) The term Board means the Board of Directors of Commodity Credit 
Corporation.
    (b) The term Director means an individual who is a member of the 
Board of Directors of Commodity Credit Corporation and includes the 
Secretary of Agriculture, who is by statute an ex-officio director and 
Chairman of the Board.
    (c) The term General Counsel means the General Counsel or the 
Assistant General Counsel of Commodity Credit Corporation.
    (d) The term meeting means the deliberations of at least five 
(quorum) Directors of the Board of Directors of Commodity Credit 
Corporation where such deliberations determine or result in the joint 
conduct or disposition of official Board business but shall not include 
deliberations for:
    (1) Closing a portion or portions of a meeting or series of meetings 
as provided in Sec.  1409.5 (a) and (b) of this part, or
    (2) Calling a meeting at a date earlier than announced as provided 
in paragraph 1409.6(a)(2) of this part; or
    (3) Changing the subject matter of a publicly announced meeting as 
provided in Sec.  1409.6(b) of this part; or
    (4) Determining whether or not to withhold from disclosure 
information pertaining to a meeting or portions of a meeting or series 
of meetings as provided in Sec.  1409.5(b) of this part.
    (e) The term 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 Board, within the limits of reasonable and 
comfortable accommodations made available for such purpose by Commodity 
Credit Corporation.