{"data":{"id":"us/17-cfr-200.405","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"17 CFR 200.405","heading":"Special procedure for determination to close meeting.","body":"(a) Finding. Based, in part, on a review of several months of its meetings, as well as the legislative history of the Sunshine Act, the Commission finds that a majority of its meetings may properly be closed to the public pursuant to § 200.402(a) (4), (8), (9)(i), or (10), or any combination thereof.\n(b) Action to close meeting. The Commission may, by recorded vote of a majority of its members at the commencement of any meeting or portion thereof, determine to close any meeting or a portion thereof properly subject to being closed pursuant to § 200.402(a) (4), (8), (9)(i), or (10), or any combination thereof. The procedure described in this rule may be utilized notwithstanding the fact that a meeting or portion thereof properly subject to being closed pursuant to § 200.402(a) (4), (8), (9)(i), or (10), or any combination thereof, could also be closed pursuant to § 200.402(a) (1), (2), (3), (5), (6), (7), or (9)(ii), or any combination thereof.\n(c) Announcement of action to close meeting. In the case of a meeting or a portion of a meeting closed pursuant to this rule, as soon as practicable the Commission shall make publicly available:\n(1) A written record reflecting the vote of each participating member of the Commission to close the meeting; and\n(2) The certification described in § 200.406, executed by the Commission's General Counsel.","path":["Title 17—Commodity and Securities Exchanges","CHAPTER II—SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION","PART 200—ORGANIZATION; CONDUCT AND ETHICS; AND INFORMATION AND REQUESTS","Subpart I—Regulations Pertaining to Public Observation of Commission Meetings"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-17.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:31Z","sha256":"3edfb4ff6b445976b92ff755f77f47d8bd79deafc0ba214ab6c4844294b66ce6","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/17-cfr-200.404","next":"us/17-cfr-200.406"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}