---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 702.318"
title: "20"
number: "702.318"
heading: "The record; what constitutes; nontransferability of the administrative file."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/702.318"
---

# §702.318. The record; what constitutes; nontransferability of the administrative file.


For the purpose of any further proceedings under the Act, the formal record of proceedings shall consist of the hearing record made before the administrative law judge (see [§ 702.344](/cfr/20/702.344.md)). When transferring the case for hearing pursuant to [§ 702.317](/cfr/20/702.317.md), the district director shall not transfer the administrative file under any circumstances.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, and 8171 et seq.; 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.; 43 U.S.C. 1333; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 64 Stat. 1263; Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834.

### Source

Source: 38 FR 26861, Sept. 26, 1973, unless otherwise noted.