---identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s18.8"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "28 CFR § 18.8 - Recommended decision."title_number: 28title_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"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-03-24"last_updated: "2026-03-24"format_version: "1.1.0"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."cfr_part: "18"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t28/s18.8
Currency
2026-03-24
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-03-24
Chapter
Department of Justice
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. ... 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).
# 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.