---
kind: "section"
citation: "39 C.F.R. § 959.31"
title: "39"
number: "959.31"
heading: "Ex parte communications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/39/959.31"
---

# §959.31. 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

### Amendments

[42 FR 5358, Jan. 28, 1977]

### Authority

Authority: 39 U.S.C. 204, 401; 601-606; 18 U.S.C. 1693-1699; 5 U.S.C. 554; 39 CFR 310, 320.

### Source

Source: 39 FR 33213, Sept. 16, 1974, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[42 FR 5358, Jan. 28, 1977]