---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 C.F.R. § 201.38"
title: "19"
number: "201.38"
heading: "Requests by interested persons that the Commission close a portion of a Commission meeting."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/19/201.38"
---

# §201.38. Requests by interested persons that the Commission close a portion of a Commission meeting.

- (a) Whenever any person whose interests may be directly affected by a portion of a Commission meeting requests that the Commission close such portion to the public for any of the specific reasons enumerated in [paragraphs (b)](#b) (5), (6), or (7) of [§ 201.36](/cfr/19/201.36.md), the Commission, upon the request of any one of the Commissioners, shall take a vote in the manner specified in [§ 201.36](/cfr/19/201.36.md) of this subpart on whether or not to close such portion of the meeting.
- (b) When the Commission votes on a request to close a portion of a meeting under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section in the manner specified in [§ 201.36(d)](/cfr/19/201.36.md?p=d), a public notice as required by paragraphs [(a)](/cfr/19/201.35.md?p=a) and [(b)](/cfr/19/201.35.md?p=b) of § 201.35 shall be issued.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b; 19 U.S.C. 1335.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 11243, Feb. 28, 1977, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 19 U.S.C. 1335; 19 U.S.C. 2482; the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 551, et seq. ), unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 27 FR 12118, Dec. 7, 1962, unless otherwise noted.