5 U.S.C. § 1009 — Advisory committee procedures

(a) Committee Meetings. (1) Open to public. Every advisory committee^* meeting must be open to the public. (2) Notice of meetings. Unless the President decides otherwise for national-security reasons, timely notice of every meeting must be published in the Federal Register. The Administrator^* must issue regulations requiring other kinds of public notice so all interested people are notified in advance. (3) Participation. Interested people must be allowed to attend, appear before, or submit statements to an advisory committee, subject to reasonable rules or regulations issued by the Administrator.
(b) Public Inspection and Copying of Records. Subject to section 552 of this title, the records, reports, transcripts, minutes, appendixes, working papers, drafts, studies, agendas, and other documents made available to or prepared for or by an advisory committee must be available for public inspection and copying at one location in the committee’s offices or the offices of the agency to which it reports. This requirement lasts until the committee ceases to exist.
(c) Minutes. Detailed minutes must be kept for every meeting. They must list the people present, fully and accurately describe matters discussed and conclusions reached, and include copies of all reports the committee received, issued, or approved. The committee chair must certify that the minutes are accurate.
(d) Closed Sessions. Paragraphs (1) and (3) of subsection (a) do not apply to a portion of a meeting that the President or the head of the agency to which the committee reports determines may be closed to the public under section 552b(c) of this title. The determination must be written and must state its reasons. If such a determination is made, the committee must issue at least yearly a report summarizing its activities and related matters that would inform the public, consistent with the policy of section 552(b) of this title.
(e) Designated Officer or Employee of Federal Government. A Federal Government officer or employee must be designated to chair or attend every meeting. That person may adjourn a meeting whenever the person decides doing so is in the public interest. The committee may not hold a meeting without that designated officer or employee.
(f) Call for Meeting or Advance Approval. An advisory committee may hold a meeting only when the designated Federal officer or employee calls it or approves it in advance. For a committee other than a Presidential advisory committee, that officer or employee must also approve the agenda.