---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 47.22"
title: "7"
number: "47.22"
heading: "Argument before Secretary."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/47.22"
---

# §47.22. Argument before Secretary.

- (a) **Oral argument.** There shall be no right to oral argument other than as provided in [§ 47.15(h)](/cfr/7/47.15.md?p=h).
- (b) **Briefs.** The Secretary will consider any proposed findings of fact, conclusions, and orders, statements of objections, and briefs filed as provided in [§ 47.19(b)](/cfr/7/47.19.md?p=b). Briefs filed in accordance with [§ 47.19(c)](/cfr/7/47.19.md?p=c) and those filed in support of statements of fact will also be considered by the Secretary.

## Notes

### Amendments

[10 FR 2209, Feb. 27, 1945, as amended at 12 FR 1026, Feb. 13, 1947; 60 FR 8462, Feb. 14, 1995]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C 553; 7 U.S.C. 499f; 7 U.S.C. 499o; 7 CFR 2.22(a)(1)(viii)(L), 2.79(a)(8)(xiii).

### Source

Source: 10 FR 2209, Feb. 27, 1945, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[10 FR 2209, Feb. 27, 1945, as amended at 12 FR 1026, Feb. 13, 1947; 60 FR 8462, Feb. 14, 1995]