---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 4.1014"
title: "43"
number: "4.1014"
heading: "What are the powers of the ALJ?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/4.1014"
---

# §4.1014. What are the powers of the ALJ?


The ALJ has all powers necessary to conduct the hearing process in a fair, orderly, expeditious, and impartial manner, including the powers to:

- (a) Administer oaths and affirmations;
- (b) Issue subpoenas to the extent authorized by law;
- (c) Rule on motions;
- (d) Authorize discovery under exceptional circumstances as provided in this subpart;
- (e) Hold hearings and conferences;
- (f) Regulate the course of hearings;
- (g) Call and question witnesses;
- (h) Exclude any person from a hearing or conference for misconduct or other good cause;
- (i) Impose non-monetary sanctions for a person's failure to comply with an ALJ order or provision of this subpart;
- (j) Issue a recommended decision; and
- (k) **Take any other action authorized by law.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 2, 9, 479a-1.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 48459, Aug. 13, 2015, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 503-504; 25 U.S.C. 9, 372-74, 410, 2201 et seq.; 43 U.S.C. 1201, 1457; Pub. L. 99-264, 100 Stat. 61, as amended.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 7186, Apr. 15, 1971, unless otherwise noted.