---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 13.37"
title: "14"
number: "13.37"
heading: "Hearing officer: Assignment and powers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/13.37"
---

# §13.37. Hearing officer: Assignment and powers.


As soon as practicable after the filing of the complaint, the Director of the Office of Adjudication will assign a hearing officer to preside over the matter. The hearing officer may—

- (a) Give notice concerning, and hold, prehearing conferences and hearings;
- (b) Administer oaths and affirmations;
- (c) Examine witnesses;
- (d) Adopt procedures for the submission of evidence in written form;
- (e) Issue subpoenas;
- (f) Rule on offers of proof;
- (g) Receive evidence;
- (h) Regulate the course of proceedings, including but not limited to discovery, motions practice, imposition of sanctions, and the hearing;
- (i) Hold conferences, before and during the hearing, to settle and simplify issues by consent of the parties;
- (j) Dispose of procedural requests and similar matters;
- (k) Issue protective orders governing the exchange and safekeeping of information otherwise protected by law, except that national security information may not be disclosed under such an order;
- (l) Issue orders and decisions, and make findings of fact, as appropriate; and
- (m) **Take any other action authorized by this subpart.**

## Notes

### Source

Source: Docket No. FAA-2018-1051; Amdt. No. 13-40, 86 FR 54532, Oct. 1, 2021, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 18 U.S.C. 6002; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 5121-5124, 40113-40114, 44103-44106, 44701-44704, 44709-44710, 44713, 44725, 44742, 44802 (note), 46101-46111, 46301, 46302 (for a violation of 49 U.S.C. 46504), 46304-46316, 46318-46320, 46501-46502, 46504, 46507, 47106, 47107, 47111, 47122, 47306, 47531-47532; 49 CFR 1.83.

### Source

Source: Docket No. 18884, 44 FR 63723, Nov. 5, 1979, unless otherwise noted.