31 CFR § 501.721 - Hearings to be public.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t31/s501.721"
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title: "31 CFR § 501.721 - Hearings to be public."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "501.721"
section_name: "Hearings to be public."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "501"
part_name: "REPORTING, PROCEDURES AND PENALTIES REGULATIONS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "8 U.S.C. 1189; 18 U.S.C. 2332d, 2339B; 19 U.S.C. 3901-3913; 21 U.S.C. 1901-1908; 22 U.S.C. 287c, 2370(a), 6009, 6032, 7205, 8501-8551; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); 50 U.S.C. 1701-1706, 4301-4341; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended (28 U.S.C. 2461 note)."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 45101, Aug. 25, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
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# 501.721 Hearings to be public.

All hearings, except hearings on applications for confidential treatment filed pursuant to § 501.725(b), shall be public unless otherwise ordered by the Administrative Law Judge or the Secretary's designee, as appropriate, on his or her own motion or the motion of a party.