40 USC § 15305 - Meetings

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identifier: "/us/usc/t40/s15305"
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title: "40 USC § 15305 - Meetings"
title_number: 40
title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
section_number: "15305"
section_name: "Meetings"
chapter_number: 153
chapter_name: "REGIONAL COMMISSIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 110–234, title XIV, § 14217(a)(2), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1473, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XIV, § 14217(a)(2), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2235; amended Pub. L. 118–272, div. B, title II, § 2242(d), Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 3203.)"
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# § 15305. Meetings

**(a)** **Initial Meeting.—** Each Commission shall hold an initial meeting not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section.

**(b)** **Annual Meeting.—** Each Commission shall conduct at least 1 meeting each year with—

**(1)** the Federal Cochairperson; and

**(2)** at least a majority of the State members or alternate State members (including designees) present in-person or via electronic means.

**(c)** **Additional Meetings.—** Each Commission shall conduct additional meetings at such times as it determines and may conduct such meetings by electronic means.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 110–234, title XIV, § 14217(a)(2), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1473, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XIV, § 14217(a)(2), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2235; amended Pub. L. 118–272, div. B, title II, § 2242(d), Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 3203.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The date of the enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. (a), is the date of enactment of , which was approved .

### Codification

and  enacted identical sections.  was repealed by .

### Amendments

2025—Subsec. (b).  substituted “with—” and pars. (1) and (2) for “with the Federal Cochairperson and at least a majority of the State members present.”

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on the first day of the first fiscal year beginning after , see , set out as a note under .