25 CFR § 700.317 - Presiding officer decisions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s700.317"
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title: "25 CFR § 700.317 - Presiding officer decisions."
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "700.317"
section_name: "Presiding officer decisions."
chapter_name: "THE OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION"
part_number: "700"
part_name: "COMMISSION OPERATIONS AND RELOCATION PROCEDURES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Pub. L. 99-590; Pub. L. 93-531, 88 Stat. 1712 as amended by Pub. L. 96-305, 94 Stat. 929, Pub. L. 100-666, 102 Stat. 3929 (25 U.S.C. 640d)."
regulatory_source: "47 FR 2092, Jan. 14, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
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# 700.317 Presiding officer decisions.

(a) The Presiding Officer shall submit to the Commission a written decision based upon the evidence and argument presented, within *sixty* days, not including any period the record is held open, if any, after conclusion of the hearing, unless otherwise extended by the Presiding Officer.

(b) Copies of the Presiding Officer's decision shall be mailed to the Applicant. The Applicant may submit briefs or other written argument to the Commission within fourteen days of the date the Presiding Officer's determination was mailed to the Applicant.