---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 128.7"
title: "22"
number: "128.7"
heading: "Prehearing conference."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/128.7"
---

# §128.7. Prehearing conference.

- (a)
  - (1) The Administrative Law Judge may, upon his own motion or upon motion of any party, request the parties or their counsel to a prehearing conference to consider:
    - (i) Simplification of issues;
    - (ii) The necessity or desirability of amendments to pleadings;
    - (iii) Obtaining stipulations of fact and of documents to avoid unnecessary proof; or
    - (iv) Such other matter as may expedite the disposition of the proceeding.
  - (2) The Administrative Law Judge will prepare a summary of the action agreed upon or taken at the conference, and will incorporate therein any written stipulations or agreements made by the parties.
  - (3) The conference proceedings may be recorded magnetically or taken by a reporter and transcribed, and filed with the Administrative Law Judge.
- (b) If a conference is impracticable , the Administrative Law Judge may request the parties to correspond with the person to achieve the purposes of a conference. The Administrative Law Judge shall prepare a summary of action taken as in the case of a conference.

## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 48832, Sept. 17, 1996, as amended at 71 FR 20551, Apr. 21, 2006]

### Authority

Authority: Sections. 2, 38, 40, 42, and 71, Arms Export Control Act. 90 Stat. 744 (22 U.S.C. 2752, 2778, 2780, 2791, and 2797); 22 U.S.C. 2651a; E.O. 12291, 46 FR 1981; E.O. 13637, 78 FR 16129.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 39320, July 22, 1993, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[61 FR 48832, Sept. 17, 1996, as amended at 71 FR 20551, Apr. 21, 2006]