[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR453.05]

[Page 868]
 
                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
CHAPTER IV--JOINT REGULATIONS (UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, 
 
PART 453_ENDANGERED SPECIES COMMITTEE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 453.05  Committee meetings.

    (a) The committee shall meet at the call of the Chairman or five of 
its members.
    (b) Five members of the Committee or their representatives shall 
constitute a quorum for the transaction of any function of the 
Committee, except that in no case shall any representative be considered 
in determining the existence of a quorum for the transaction of a 
Committee function which involves a vote by the Committee on the 
Committee's final determinations.
    (c) Only members of the Committee may cast votes. In no case shall 
any representative cast a vote on behalf of a member.
    (d) Committee members appointed from the affected States shall 
collectively have one vote. They shall determine among themselves how it 
will be cast.
    (e) All meetings and records of the Committee shall be open to the 
public.
    (f) The Chairman shall publish a notice of all Committee meetings in 
the Federal Register. The notice will ordinarily be published at least 
15 days prior to the meeting.