---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 2.74"
title: "28"
number: "2.74"
heading: "Decision of the Commission."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/2.74"
---

# §2.74. Decision of the Commission.

- (a) Following each initial or subsequent hearing, the Commission shall render a decision granting or denying parole, and shall provide the prisoner with a notice of action that includes an explanation of the reasons for the decision. The decision shall ordinarily be issued within 21 days of the hearing, excluding weekends and holidays.
- (b) Whenever a decision is rendered within the applicable guideline established in this subpart, it will be deemed a sufficient explanation of the Commission's decision for the notice of action to set forth how the guideline was calculated. If the decision is a departure from the guidelines, the notice of action shall include the reasons for such departure.
- (c) All decisions may be made by one Commissioner, except that if the Commissioner does not concur with a panel recommendation, the case shall be referred to another Commissioner for a vote and the decision shall be based on the concurring votes of two Commissioners.

## Notes

### Amendments

[65 FR 45888, July 26, 2000, as amended at 69 FR 68792, Nov. 26, 2004; 74 FR 28605, June 17, 2009; 75 FR 9519, Mar. 3, 2010; 81 FR 13975, Mar. 16, 2016; 83 FR 58500, Nov. 20, 2018]

### Source

Source: 65 FR 45888, July 26, 2000, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 18 U.S.C. 4203(a)(1) and 4204(a)(6).

### Source

Source: 42 FR 39809, Aug. 5, 1977, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[65 FR 45888, July 26, 2000, as amended at 69 FR 68792, Nov. 26, 2004; 74 FR 28605, June 17, 2009; 75 FR 9519, Mar. 3, 2010; 81 FR 13975, Mar. 16, 2016; 83 FR 58500, Nov. 20, 2018]