---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 48.14"
title: "28"
number: "48.14"
heading: "Decision by the Attorney General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/48.14"
---

# §48.14. Decision by the Attorney General.

- (a) The Attorney General shall decide, on the basis of the record as constituted in accordance with [§ 48.13](/cfr/28/48.13.md), whether approval is warranted under the Act. In rendering his decision, the Attorney General shall file therewith a statement of his findings and conclusions and the reasons therefor, or where a hearing has been held, he may adopt the findings and conclusions of the administrative law judge.
- (b) Approval of a proposed arrangement by the Attorney General shall not become effective until the tenth day after the filing of the Attorney General's decision as provided in this section.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; (5 U.S.C. 301); Newspaper Preservation Act, 84 Stat. 466 (15 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. ).

### Source

Source: Order No. 558-73, 39 FR 7, Jan. 2, 1974, unless otherwise noted.