Government in the Sunshine Act

Government in the Sunshine Act

Long title	An Act to provide that meetings of Government agencies shall be open to the public, and for other purposes.
Enacted by	the 94th United States Congress
Effective	September 13, 1976
Citations
Public law	94-409
Statutes at Large	90 Stat. 1241
Codification
Acts amended	Administrative Procedure Act Freedom of Information Act
Titles amended	5 U.S.C.: Government Organization and Employees
U.S.C. sections created	5 U.S.C. ch. 5, subch. II § 552b
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 5 by Lawton Chiles (D–FL) on January 15, 1975 Committee consideration by Senate Government Operations, Senate Judiciary, Senate Rules and Administration, House Government Operations Passed the Senate on November 6, 1975 (94–0) Passed the House on July 28, 1976 (391–0, in lieu of H.R. 11656) Reported by the joint conference committee on August 26, 1976; agreed to by the House on August 31, 1976 (384–0) and by the Senate on August 31, 1976 (agreed) Signed into law by President Gerald Ford on September 13, 1976

Administrative law of the United States
General Rulemaking Notice of proposed rulemaking Adjudication Administrative law judge Code of Federal Regulations Federal Register
Statutory framework Administrative Procedure Act Freedom of Information Act National Environmental Policy Act Government in the Sunshine Act National Emergencies Act Inspector General Act Regulatory Flexibility Act Paperwork Reduction Act Unfunded Mandates Reform Act Congressional Review Act Federal Vacancies Reform Act
Regulatory coordination Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrative Conference Executive orders Cost–benefit analysis (Executive Order 12866)
Judicial review of agency action Arbitrary and capricious State Farm Chevron deference Auer deference Loper Bright Committed to agency discretion Due process Londoner Bi-Metallic Goldberg Mathews Exhaustion Major questions Nationwide injunction Ripeness Abbott Labs Standing Lujan
Separation of powers Appointments Clause Freytag Noel Canning Congressional oversight Authorization Organic statute Appropriation Hearings Senate confirmation Independent agencies Humphrey's Executor Seila Law Unitary executive theory Legislative veto Chadha Nondelegation
Regulated fields (and agencies) Antitrust and competition FTC CPSC CFPB Banking Treasury OCC FDIC FRB Communication FCC Energy DOE FERC Environment EPA FWS Food FDA CDC Health care HHS Immigration DHS EOIR Labor DOL NLRB Patent/trademark PTO Securities SEC CFTC Taxation IRS TC Trade DOC ITC Transportation DOT STB NTSB Social Security SSA
Related topics Constitutional law Statutory interpretation
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The Government in the Sunshine Act (Pub. L. 94–409, 90 Stat. 1241, enacted September 13, 1976, 5 U.S.C. § 552b) is a U.S. law passed in 1976 that affects the operations of the federal government, Congress, federal commissions, and other legally constituted federal bodies. It is one of a number of Freedom of Information Acts, intended to create greater transparency in government.