2. (a) *** Committee Rules Open Meetings and Hearings [(g) (1) Each meeting for the transaction of business, including the markup of legislation, of each standing committee or subcommittee thereof shall be open to the public except when the committee or subcommittee, in open session and with a quorum present, determines by rollcall vote that all or part of the remainder of the meeting on that day shall be closed to the public. Provided, however, That no person other than members of the committee and such congressional staff and such departmental representatives as they may authorize shall be present at any business or markup session which has been closed to the public. This paragraph does not apply to open committee hearings which are provided for by clause 4(a)(3) of Rule X or by subparagraph (2) of this paragraph, or to any meeting that relates solely to internal budget or personnel matters.] (g) (1) Each meeting of a standing, select, or special committee or subcommittee, shall be open to the public, except that a portion or portions of any such meeting may be closed to the public if the_committee or subcommittee, as the case may be, determines by record vote of a majority of the members of the committee or subcommittee present that the matters to be discussed at such portion or portions (A) will disclose matters necessary to be kept secret in the interests of national defense or the foreign policy of the United States; (B) will relate solely to matters of committee staff personnel or internal staff management or procedure; (C) will tend to charge an individual with crime or misconduct, to disgrace or injure the professional standing of an individual, or otherwise to expose an individual to public contempt or obloquy, or will represent a clearly unwarranted invasion of the privacy of an individual; (D) will disclose the identity of any informer or law enforcement agent or will disclose any information relating to the investigation or prosecution of any violation of law that is required to be kept secret in the interests of effective law enforcement; or (E) will disclose information relating to the trade secrets or financial or commercial information pertaining specifically to a given person if (i) an Act of Congress requires the information to be kept confidential by Government officers and employees; or (ii) the information has been obtained by the Government on a confidential basis, and is required to be kept secret in order to prevent undue injury to the competitive position of such person. This clause shall not apply to meetings to conduct hearings. STATE OPEN MEETINGS STATUTES Alabama-Title 14, Ch. 70 § 393 (1915) Nebraska-84-1401 (1972) Alaska-§ 44.62.310 (1972) Arizona-§ 38-431 (1974) California-§ 11120 Gov. Code (1974) Mississippi-(1975 Law) Missouri-610.010 (1973) Nevada-241.010 (1960) New Hampshire-Title VI, Ch. 91-A (1973) New Jersey-10: 4-1 (1974) New Mexico-Ch. 91 of 1974 session North Carolina-143-318.1 (1971) Oklahoma-25 § 201 (1959) South Carolina-Article 2.2, § 1-20 South Dakota-1-25-1 (1965) Vermont-1 U.S.A. 312 (1973) Montana-Art. II of 1972 const. 82-3402 Wyoming-9-692.10 (1973) (1963) 52 |