---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 503.1"
title: "46"
number: "503.1"
heading: "Scope and purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/503.1"
---

# §503.1. Scope and purpose.


This part implements the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), [5 U.S.C. 552](/usc/5/552.md), as amended, the Privacy Act of 1974, [5 U.S.C. 552a](/usc/5/552a.md), and the Government in the Sunshine Act (1976), [5 U.S.C. 552b](/usc/5/552b.md); and sets forth the Commission's regulations governing:

- (a) Public availability of Commission information and records at its Office of the Secretary, published in the Federal Register, or posted on the Commission's public Web site (www.fmc.gov);
- (b) Procedures for requests for testimony by current or former FMC employees relating to official information and production of official Commission records in litigation;
- (c) The type of services and amount of fees charged for certain Commission services; and
- (d) **The Commission's Information Security Program.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[80 FR 52640, Sept. 1, 2015]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 331, 552, 552a, 552b, 553; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C. 303; E.O. 13526 of January 5, 2010 75 FR 707, 3 CFR, 2010 Comp., p. 298, sections 5.1(a) and (b).

### Source

Source: 49 FR 44401, Nov. 6, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[80 FR 52640, Sept. 1, 2015]