[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR15f.24]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
PART 15f_ADJUDICATIONS UNDER SECTION 741--Table of Contents
 
Subpart D_If I Request A Hearing, What Will Happen? How Will The Hearing 
                              Be Conducted?
 
Sec. 15f.24  When and in what form will a final determination be made on 
my complaint by USDA?

    (a) The ALJ will make a proposed determination orally at the close 
of a hearing, or in writing within 35 days. The ALJ may recommend 
dismissal of your complaint on the basis of a finding that it is not an 
eligible complaint; recommend denial of your eligible complaint on the 
merits; or make a proposed finding of discrimination on your eligible 
complaint and recommend to award you such relief as would be afforded 
under the applicable statute or regulation under which the eligible

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complaint was filed. The proposed determination will become the final 
determination 35 days after it is made, unless you request review of the 
proposed determination by the ASCR. The ASCR also may review the 
proposed determination on his or her own initiative. If the ASCR reviews 
the proposed determination, he or she will allow the parties a 
reasonable opportunity to file briefs in support or opposition to the 
proposed determination, and afterwards file a final determination within 
35 days after you request review of the proposed determination.
    (b) To the maximum extent practicable, a final determination will be 
filed within 180 days after you filed your Section 741 Complaint 
Request.

[63 FR 67394, Dec. 4, 1998, as amended at 68 FR 27449, May 20, 2003]