---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 567"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "567"
heading: "Termination of committee"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/567"
units:
  - "Part I — The Agencies Generally"
  - "Chapter 5 — Administrative Procedure"
  - "Subchapter III — Negotiated Rulemaking Procedure"
---

# §567. Termination of committee


A [negotiated rulemaking](/usc/5/562.md?p=6) committee shall terminate upon promulgation of the final rule under consideration, unless the committee’s charter contains an earlier termination date or the [agency](/usc/5/551.md?p=1), after consulting the committee, or the committee itself specifies an earlier termination date.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 101–648, § 3(a), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4974, § 587; renumbered § 567, Pub. L. 102–354, § 3(a)(2), Aug. 26, 1992, 106 Stat. 944.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1992—Pub. L. 102–354 renumbered section 587 of this title as this section.