---
kind: "section"
citation: "39 C.F.R. § 953.17"
title: "39"
number: "953.17"
heading: "Ex parte communications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/39/953.17"
---

# §953.17. Ex parte communications.


The provisions of 5 U.S.C. [551(14)](/usc/5/551.md?p=14), [556(d)](/usc/5/556.md?p=d), and [557(d)](/usc/5/557.md?p=d) prohibiting ex parte communications are made applicable to proceedings under these rules of practice.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 39 U.S.C. 204, 401, 3001; 5 U.S.C. 554.

### Source

Source: 59 FR 31538, June 20, 1994, unless otherwise noted.