---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 71.97"
title: "27"
number: "71.97"
heading: "Powers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/71.97"
---

# §71.97. Powers.


Administrative law judges shall have authority to:

- (a) Administer oaths and affirmations;
- (b) Issue subpoenas authorized by law;
- (c) Rule upon offers of proof and receive relevant evidence;
- (d) Take or cause depositions to be taken whenever the ends of justice would be served thereby;
- (e) Regulate the course of the hearing;
- (f) Hold conferences for the settlement or simplification of the issues by consent of the parties;
- (g) Dispose of procedural requests or similar matters;
- (h) Render recommended decisions in proceedings on applications for permits, and initial decisions in suspension, revocation, or annulment proceedings against permits;
- (i) Call, examine and cross-examine witnesses, including hostile or adverse witnesses when they deem such action to be necessary to a just disposition of the cause, and introduce into the record documentary or other evidence; and
- (j) Take any other action authorized by rule of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau consistent with the Administrative Procedure Act.

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. TTB-196, 89 FR 87952, Nov. 6, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 551-559, 26 U.S.C. 5171, 5181, 5271, 5712, 5713, 7805, 27 U.S.C. 204.

### Source

Source: 21 FR 1441, Mar. 6, 1956, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 40 FR 16835, Apr. 15, 1975, and further redesignated by T.D. ATF-463, 66 FR 42734, Aug. 15, 2001.

### Amendments

[T.D. TTB-196, 89 FR 87952, Nov. 6, 2024]