---
kind: "section"
citation: "6 C.F.R. § 27.340"
title: "6"
number: "27.340"
heading: "Completion of adjudication proceedings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/6/27.340"
---

# §27.340. Completion of adjudication proceedings.

- (a) The Presiding Officer shall close and certify the record of the adjudication promptly upon the completion of:
  - (1) Summary judgment proceedings,
  - (2) A hearing, if necessary,
  - (3) The submission of post hearing briefs, if any are ordered by the Presiding Officer, and
  - (4) **The conclusion of oral arguments, if any are permitted by the Presiding Officer.**
- (b) The Presiding Officer shall issue an Initial Decision based on the certified record, and the decision shall be subject to appeal pursuant to [§ 27.345](/cfr/6/27.345.md).
- (c) An Initial Decision shall become a final agency action on the expiration of the time for an Appeal pursuant to [§ 27.345](/cfr/6/27.345.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 6 U.S.C. 624; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended by Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat. 599; Pub. L. 113-254, 128 Stat. 2898, as amended by Pub. L. 116-150, 134 Stat. 679.

### Source

Source: 72 FR 17729, Apr. 9, 2007, unless otherwise noted.