---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 6101.18"
title: "48"
number: "6101.18"
heading: "Election of hearing or record submission [Rule 18]."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/6101.18"
---

# §6101.18. Election of hearing or record submission [Rule 18].

- (a) **Generally.** The Board will hold a hearing in a case if the Board must find facts and either party elects a hearing. A party may elect to submit its case for decision on the written record under [Rule 19](/cfr/48/19.md) ([48 CFR 6101.19](/cfr/48/6101.19.md)). The presiding judge will set the deadline for an election under this rule.
- (b) **Hybrid election.** A party may elect to submit its case on the written record under [Rule 19](/cfr/48/19.md) ([48 CFR 6101.19](/cfr/48/6101.19.md)) and also elect to appear at a hearing, solely to cross-examine the other party's witnesses and to object to evidence offered at the hearing.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 7101-7109; 5 U.S.C. 504.

### Source

Source: 83 FR 41010, Aug. 17, 2018, unless otherwise noted.