---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 283.8"
title: "7"
number: "283.8"
heading: "Rebuttal or amendment of appeal or answer."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/283.8"
---

# §283.8. Rebuttal or amendment of appeal or answer.

- (a) Not later than 30 days after FNS submits an answer in accordance with [§ 283.6](/cfr/7/283.6.md), the State agency may submit rebuttal evidence.
- (b) At any time prior to the filing of a motion for a hearing pursuant to [§ 283.15(b)](/cfr/7/283.15.md?p=b), the appeal petition or the answer may be amended without prior authorization by the ALJ. Thereafter, such an amendment may only be made as authorized by the ALJ upon a showing of cause.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2011-2036.

### Source

Source: Amdt. 348, 59 FR 34561, July 6, 1994, unless otherwise noted.