---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 7.8"
title: "10"
number: "7.8"
heading: "Charter filing requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/7.8"
---

# §7.8. Charter filing requirements.


No advisory committee may meet or take any action until a charter has been filed by the Committee Management Officer designated in accordance with [§ 7.10](/cfr/10/7.10.md).

- (a) To establish, renew, or reestablish a discretionary advisory committee, a charter must be filed with:
  - (1) The Commission;
  - (2) The Committee on Environment and Public Works of the United States Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the United States House of Representatives;
  - (3) The Library of Congress, Anglo-American Acquisitions Division, Government Documents Section, Federal Advisory Committee Desk, 101 Independence Avenue, S.E., Washington, DC 20540-4172; and
  - (4) The Committee Management Secretariat, indicating the date the charter was filed with the congressional committees.
- (b) Charter filing requirements for non-discretionary advisory committees are the same as those in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, except the date of establishment for a Presidential advisory committee is the date the charter is filed with the Secretariat.
- (c) Subcommittees that report directly to a Federal employee or agency must comply with this subpart.

## Notes

### Amendments

[67 FR 79841, Dec. 31, 2002]

### Authority

Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, sec. 161 (42 U.S.C. 2201); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, sec. 201 (42 U.S.C. 5841); 5 U.S.C. Appendix (Federal Advisory Committee Act).

### Source

Source: 54 FR 26948, June 27, 1989, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[67 FR 79841, Dec. 31, 2002]