---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1149.66"
title: "45"
number: "1149.66"
heading: "How does the authority head dispose of an appeal?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1149.66"
---

# §1149.66. How does the authority head dispose of an appeal?

- (a) The authority head may affirm, reduce, reverse, compromise, remand, or settle any penalty or assessment imposed by the ALJ in the initial decision or reconsideration decision.
- (b) The authority head will promptly serve each party to the appeal and the ALJ with a copy of his or her decision. This decision must contain a statement describing the right of any person, against whom a penalty or assessment has been made, to seek judicial review.

## 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.