---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 802.305"
title: "20"
number: "802.305"
heading: "Request for oral argument."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/802.305"
---

# §802.305. Request for oral argument.

- (a) During the pendency of an appeal, but not later than the expiration of 20 days from the date of receipt of the response brief provided by [§ 802.212](/cfr/20/802.212.md), any party may request oral argument. The Board on its own motion may order oral argument at any time.
- (b) A request for oral argument shall be submitted in the form of a motion, specifying the issues to be argued and justifying the need for oral argument (see [§ 802.219](/cfr/20/802.219.md)).
- (c) The party requesting oral argument shall set forth in the motion suggested dates and alternate cities convenient to the parties when and where they would be available for oral argument.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 30 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174; Secretary of Labor's Order 03-2006, 71 FR 4219, January 25, 2006.

### Source

Source: 52 FR 27292, July 20, 1987, unless otherwise noted.