---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1603.304"
title: "29"
number: "1603.304"
heading: "Commission decision."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1603.304"
---

# §1603.304. Commission decision.

- (a) On behalf of the Commission, the Office of Federal Operations shall review the record and the appellate briefs submitted by all the parties. The Office of Federal Operations shall prepare a recommended decision for consideration by the Commission.
- (b) When an administrative law judge certifies a matter for interlocutory review under [§ 1603.213](/cfr/29/1603.213.md), the Commission may, in its discretion, issue a decision on the matter or send the matter back to the administrative law judge without decision.
- (c) The Commission will not accept or consider new evidence on appeal unless the Commission, in its discretion, reopens the record on appeal.
- (d) The decision of the Commission on appeal shall be its final order and shall be served on all parties.
- (e) In the absence of a timely appeal under [§ 1603.302](/cfr/29/1603.302.md), the decision of the administrative law judge under [§ 1603.217](/cfr/29/1603.217.md) or a dismissal under [§ 1603.107](/cfr/29/1603.107.md) shall become the final order of the Commission. A final order under this paragraph shall not have precedential significance.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2000e-12 and-16c; 42 U.S.C. 2000ff-6(b); 42 U.S.C. 2000gg-2(d).

### Source

Source: 62 FR 17543, Apr. 10, 1997, unless otherwise noted.