[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR0.14]

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                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
                   CHAPTER I--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
 
PART 0_ORGANIZATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 0.14  Office of Administrative Law Judges.

    Administrative law judges are officials to whom the Commission, in 
accordance with law, delegates the initial performance of statutory 
fact-finding functions and initial rulings on conclusions of law, to be 
exercised in conformity with Commission decisions and policy directives 
and with its Rules of Practice. The administrative law judges also serve 
as presiding officers assigned to conduct rulemaking proceedings under 
section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act as amended and 
other rulemaking proceedings as directed. The Chief Administrative Law 
Judge also serves as the Chief Presiding Officer. Administrative law 
judges are appointed under the authority and subject to the prior 
approval of the Office of Personnel Management.

[54 FR 19885, May 9, 1989, as amended at 65 FR 78409, Dec. 15, 2000]