7 CFR § 47.22 - Argument before Secretary.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s47.22"
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title: "7 CFR § 47.22 - Argument before Secretary."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "47.22"
section_name: "Argument before Secretary."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "MARKETING OF PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES"
part_number: "47"
part_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES UNDER THE PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES ACT"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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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)."
regulatory_source: "10 FR 2209, Feb. 27, 1945, unless otherwise noted."
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# 47.22 Argument before Secretary.
(a) *Oral argument.* There shall be no right to oral argument other than as provided in § 47.15(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). Briefs filed in accordance with § 47.19(c) and those filed in support of statements of fact will also be considered by the Secretary.
[10 FR 2209, Feb. 27, 1945, as amended at 12 FR 1026, Feb. 13, 1947; 60 FR 8462, Feb. 14, 1995]