---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 2424.31"
title: "5"
number: "2424.31"
heading: "Hearings and other appropriate action."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/2424.31"
---

# §2424.31. Hearings and other appropriate action.


When necessary to resolve disputed issues of material fact in a negotiability or bargaining obligation dispute, or when it would otherwise aid in decision making, the Authority, or its designated representative, may, in its discretion:

- (a) Direct the parties to provide specific documentary evidence;
- (b) Direct the parties to provide answers to specific factual questions;
- (c) Refer the matter to a hearing pursuant to 5 U.S.C. [7117(b)(3)](/usc/5/7117.md?p=b-3) or [(c)(5)](/usc/5/7117.md?p=c-5); or
- (d) **Take any other appropriate action.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[63 FR 66413, Dec. 2, 1998, as amended at 88 FR 62459, Sept. 12, 2023; 88 FR 69873, Oct. 10, 2023]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 7134.

### Source

Source: 63 FR 66413, Dec. 2, 1998, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[63 FR 66413, Dec. 2, 1998, as amended at 88 FR 62459, Sept. 12, 2023; 88 FR 69873, Oct. 10, 2023]