---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 906.5"
title: "22"
number: "906.5"
heading: "Prehearing conferences."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/906.5"
---

# §906.5. Prehearing conferences.

- (a) The Board may in its discretion order a prehearing conference of the parties (which may be presided over by any member) for the purpose of considering:
  - (1) Simplification or clarification of the issues;
  - (2) Serving of interrogatories;
  - (3) Stipulations, admissions, agreements on documents, matters already on record, or similar agreements which will avoid the necessity of proving facts or issues not in dispute;
  - (4) Identification of witnesses the parties may wish to call and the intended scope of their testimony; limitation on the number of witnesses; and arrangement for the appearance of witnesses;
  - (5) Avoidance of irrelevant, immaterial, or unduly repetitive testimony;
  - (6) The possibility of disposition of the case through agreement;
  - (7) The order of presentation at the hearing and the allocation of the burden of proof; and
  - (8) Such other matters as may aid in the disposition of the case.
- (b) The parties authorized to attend the hearing may attend the prehearing conference.
- (c) The results of the conference shall be summarized in writing by the Board and made a part of the record of proceedings. Copies of the summary shall be sent to the parties. The parties may submit comments or corrections on the summary.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 610 and 1106 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, Pub. L. 96-465 (22 U.S.C. 4010 and 4136), as amended.

### Source

Source: 50 FR 31356, Aug. 2, 1985, unless otherwise noted.