[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR68.14]

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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Continued)
 
 PART 68--RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS BEFORE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES IN CASES INVOLVING ALLEGATIONS OF UNLAWFUL EMPLOYMENT OF 
ALIENS, UNFAIR IMMIGRATION-RELATED EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES, AND DOCUMENT FRAUD--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 68.14  Consent findings or dismissal.

    (a) Submission. Where the parties or their authorized 
representatives or their counsel have entered into a settlement 
agreement, they shall:
    (1) Submit to the presiding Administrative Law Judge:

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    (i) The agreement containing consent findings; and
    (ii) A proposed decision and order; or
    (2) Notify the Administrative Law Judge that the parties have 
reached a full settlement and have agreed to dismissal of the action. 
Dismissal of the action shall be subject to the approval of the 
Administrative Law Judge, who may require the filing of the settlement 
agreement.
    (b) Content. Any agreement containing consent findings and a 
proposed decision and order disposing of a proceeding or any part 
thereof shall also provide:
    (1) That the decision and order based on consent findings shall have 
the same force and effect as a decision and order made after full 
hearing;
    (2) That the entire record on which any decision and order may be 
based shall consist solely of the complaint, notice of hearing, and any 
other such pleadings and documents as the Administrative Law Judge shall 
specify;
    (3) A waiver of any further procedural steps before the 
Administrative Law Judge; and
    (4) A waiver of any right to challenge or contest the validity of 
the decision and order entered into in accordance with the agreement.
    (c) Disposition. In the event an agreement containing consent 
findings and an interim decision and order is submitted, the 
Administrative Law Judge, within thirty (30) days or as soon as 
practicable thereafter, may, if satisfied with its timeliness, form, and 
substance, accept such agreement by entering a decision and order based 
upon the agreed findings. In his or her discretion, the Administrative 
Law Judge may conduct a hearing to determine the fairness of the 
agreement, consent findings, and proposed decision and order.

[Order No. 2203-99, 64 FR 7075, Feb. 12, 1999]