---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 1.815"
title: "7"
number: "1.815"
heading: "Decision by the Secretary."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/1.815"
---

# §1.815. Decision by the Secretary.


After due consideration of the record, the Secretary shall render a decision. Such decision shall become a part of the record and shall include:

- (a) A statement of findings and conclusions, including the reasons or basis for such findings, upon all the material issues of fact or law presented on the record.
- (b) **A ruling upon proposed findings and proposed conclusions not previously ruled upon in the record.**
- (c) **A ruling upon exceptions filed by interested persons.**
- (d) Either a denial of the proposal to issue a rule, or, if the findings upon the record so warrant, a rule, the provisions of which shall be set forth and such rule shall be complete.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301.

### Source

Source: 82 FR 51149, Nov. 3, 2017, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, unless otherwise noted.