---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 C.F.R. § 1018.26"
title: "16"
number: "1018.26"
heading: "Advisory functions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/16/1018.26"
---

# §1018.26. Advisory functions.

- (a) Unless otherwise specifically provided by statute, advisory committees shall be utilized solely for advisory functions.
- (b) The Commission shall ensure that the advice and recommendations of advisory committees shall not be in-appropriately influenced by the Commission, its staff, or by any special interest, but will be the result of the advisory committee's independent judgment.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 8, Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770 (5 U.S.C. App. I).

### Source

Source: 41 FR 45882, Oct. 18, 1976, unless otherwise noted.