---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1149.19"
title: "45"
number: "1149.19"
heading: "What happens once an answer is filed?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1149.19"
---

# §1149.19. What happens once an answer is filed?

- (a) When the reviewing official receives an answer, he/she must simultaneously file the complaint, the answer, and a designation of the NEA's representative with the ALJ.
- (b) When the ALJ receives the complaint and the answer, he/she will promptly serve a notice of hearing upon you and the NEA representative, in the same manner as the complaint. At the same time, the ALJ must send a copy of such notice to the reviewing official or his designee.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. App. 8G(a)(2); 20 U.S.C. 959; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 31 U.S.C. 3801-3812.

### Source

Source: 79 FR 67081, Nov. 12, 2014, unless otherwise noted.