Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 89.djvu/876

 89 STAT. 816

Meetings, verbatim transcript.

15 USC 776.

Meetings.

PUBLIC LAW 94-152—DEC. 16, 1975 and shall include representatives of the public, and the meetino^s of such committees shall be open to the public. The Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission shall have adequate advance notice of any meeting and may have an official representative attend and participate in any such meeting. "(2) A full and complete verbatim transcript shall be kept of such advisory committee meetings, and shall be taken and deposited, together with any agreement resulting therefrom, with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission. Such transcript and agreement shall be made available for public inspection and copying, subject to the provisions of sections 552(b)(1) and (b)(3) of title 5, United States Code. "(3) For the purposes of this section, the provisions of subsection (a) of section 17 of the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 shall apply to any board, task force, commission, committee, or similar group, not composed entirely of full-time Federal employees (other than individuals employed pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code) established or utilized to advise the United States Government with respect to the development or implementation of any agreement or plan of action under the international agreement. "(e) The Administrator, subject to the approval of the Attorney General, after both of them have consulted with the Federal Trade Commission and the Secretary of State, shall promulgate, by rule, standards and procedures by which persons engaged in the business of producing, refining, marketing, or distributing petroleum products may develop and implement voluntary agreements and plans of action which are required to implement the provisions of the international agreement which relate to international allocation of petroleum products and the information system provided in such agreement. "(f) The standards and procedures under subsection (e) shall be promulgated pursuant to section 553 of title 5, United States Code. They shall provide, among other things, that— "(1)(A) Meetings held to develop or implement a voluntary agreement or plan of action under this section shall permit attendance by interested persons, including all interested segments of the petroleum industry, consumers, committees of Congress, and the public, shall be preceded by timely and adequate notice with identification of the agenda of such meeting to the Attorney General, the Federal Trade Commission, committees of Congress, and (except during an international energy supply emergency) to the public, and shall be initiated and chaired by a Federal employee other than an individual employed pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; except that (i) meetings of bodies created by the International Energy Agency established by the international agreement need not be open to interested persons and need not be initiated and chaired by a Federal employee, and (ii) the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Attorney General, may determine that a meeting held to implement or carry out an agreement or plan of action shall not be public and that attendance may be limited, subject to reasonable representation of affected segments of the petroleum industry (as determined by the Administrator, after consultation with the Attorney General) if he finds that a wider disclosure would be detrimental to the foreign policy interests of the United States. "(B) No meetings may be held to develop or implement a voluntary agreement or plan of action under this section, unless a Federal employee other than an individual employed pursuant

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