---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 C.F.R. § 8.67"
title: "31"
number: "8.67"
heading: "Proposed findings and conclusions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/31/8.67"
---

# §8.67. Proposed findings and conclusions.


Except in cases when the respondent has failed to answer the complaint or when a party has failed to appear at the hearing, the Administrative Law Judge, prior to making his or her decision, shall afford the parties a reasonable opportunity to submit proposed findings and conclusions and their supporting reasons.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 3, 23 Stat. 258 (31 U.S.C. 1026); 5 U.S.C. 301, 500, 551-559; and Reorganization Plan No. 26 of 1950, 15 FR 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, as amended.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 33026, June 29, 1977, unless otherwise noted.