---
kind: "section"
citation: "13 C.F.R. § 142.31"
title: "13"
number: "142.31"
heading: "Can a party request reconsideration of the initial decision?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/13/142.31"
---

# §142.31. Can a party request reconsideration of the initial decision?

- (a) Any party may file a motion for reconsideration of the initial decision with the ALJ within 20 days of receipt of the initial decision. If the initial decision was served by mail, there is a rebuttable presumption that the initial decision was received by the party 5 days from the date of mailing.
- (b) A motion for reconsideration must be accompanied by a supporting brief and must describe specifically each allegedly erroneous decision.
- (c) Any response to a motion for reconsideration must be filed within 20 days of receipt of such motion.
- (d) The ALJ will dispose of a motion for reconsideration by denying it or by issuing a revised initial decision.
- (e) If the ALJ issues a revised initial decision upon motion of a party, that party may not file another motion for reconsideration.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 634(b); 31 U.S.C. 3803(g)(2).

### Source

Source: 61 FR 2691, Jan. 29, 1996, unless otherwise noted.