---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 C.F.R. § 4.14"
title: "16"
number: "4.14"
heading: "Conduct of business."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/16/4.14"
---

# §4.14. Conduct of business.

- (a) Matters before the Commission for consideration may be resolved either at a meeting under [§ 4.15](/cfr/16/4.15.md) or by written circulation. Any Commissioner may direct that a matter presented for consideration be placed on the agenda of a Commission meeting.
- (b) A majority of the members of the Commission in office and not recused from participating in a matter (by virtue of [18 U.S.C. 208](/usc/18/208.md) or otherwise) constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business in that matter.
- (c) Any Commission action, either at a meeting or by written circulation, may be taken only with the affirmative concurrence of a majority of the participating Commissioners, except where a greater majority is required by statute or rule or where the action is taken pursuant to a valid delegation of authority. No Commissioner may delegate the authority to determine his or her vote in any matter requiring Commission action, but authority to report a Commissioner's vote on a particular matter resolved either by written circulation, or at a meeting held in the Commissioner's absence, may be vested in a member of the Commissioner's staff.

## Notes

### Amendments

[42 FR 13540, Mar. 11, 1977, as amended at 50 FR 53306, Dec. 31, 1985; 70 FR 53297, Sept. 8, 2005]

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 46.

### Amendments

[42 FR 13540, Mar. 11, 1977, as amended at 50 FR 53306, Dec. 31, 1985; 70 FR 53297, Sept. 8, 2005]