---
kind: "section"
citation: "13 C.F.R. § 142.32"
title: "13"
number: "142.32"
heading: "When does the initial decision of the ALJ become final?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/13/142.32"
---

# §142.32. When does the initial decision of the ALJ become final?

- (a) The initial decision of the ALJ becomes the final decision of SBA, and shall be binding on all parties 30 days after it is issued, unless any party timely files a motion for reconsideration or any defendant adjudged to have submitted a false claim or statement timely appeals to the SBA Administrator, as set forth in [§ 142.33](/cfr/13/142.33.md).
- (b) If the ALJ disposes of a motion for reconsideration by denying it or by issuing a revised initial decision, the ALJ's order on the motion for reconsideration becomes the final decision of SBA 30 days after the order is issued, unless a defendant adjudged to have submitted a false claim or statement timely appeals to the Administrator, within 30 days of the ALJ's order, as set forth in [§ 142.33](/cfr/13/142.33.md).

## 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.