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28 CFR § 18.8 - Recommended decision.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s18.8"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 18.8 - Recommended decision."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "18.8"
section_name: "Recommended decision."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "18"
part_name: "OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS HEARING AND APPEAL PROCEDURES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 802-804 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. 3701,  as amended (Pub. L. 90-351, as amended by Pub. L. 93-83, Pub. L. 93-415, Pub. L. 94-430, Pub. L. 94-503, Pub. L. 95-115, Pub. L. 96-157, and Pub. L. 98-473)."
regulatory_source: "50 FR 28199, July 11, 1985, unless otherwise noted."
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# 18.8 Recommended decision.

Within a reasonable time after the close of the record of the hearings conducted under § 18.6, the hearing officer shall submit findings of fact, conclusions of law, and a recommended order to the responsible agency official, in writing. The hearing officer shall promptly make copies of these documents available to the parties.