§ 504.20 - Definitions.

For purposes of this part: Agency means any agency, as defined in 5 U.S.C. 552b(e), which includes the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, headed by a collegial body composed of two or more individual members, a majority of whom are appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, and any subdivision thereof authorized to act on behalf of the agency;

Closed meeting and closed portion of a meeting mean, respectively, a meeting or that part of a meeting designated as provided in § 504.27 as closed to the public by reason of one or more of the closure provisions listed in § 504.24.

Commission means the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, which is a collegial body that functions as a unit composed of three individual members, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate.

Meeting means the deliberations of at least two (quorum) members of the Commission where such deliberations determine or result in joint conduct or disposition of official Commission business.

Member means any one of the three members of the Commission.

Open meeting means a meeting or portion of a meeting which is not a closed meeting or a closed portion of a meeting.

Public observation means the right of any member of the public to attend and observe, but not participate or interfere in any way, in an open meeting of the Commission within the limits of reasonable and comfortable accommodations made available for such purpose by the Commission.