32 CFR § 750.31 - Reconsideration.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t32/s750.31"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "32 CFR § 750.31 - Reconsideration."
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "750.31"
section_name: "Reconsideration."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "CLAIMS"
part_number: "750"
part_name: "GENERAL CLAIMS REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301, 5 U.S.C. 552, 10 U.S.C. 5013, and 5148."
regulatory_source: "57 FR 4722, Feb. 7, 1992, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "750"
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# 750.31 Reconsideration.
(a) *Request.* Prior to the commencement of suit and prior to the expiration of the 6-month period for filing suit, a claimant or his duly authorized agent or legal representative may present a request for reconsideration to the authority who denied the claim. The request shall be in writing and shall state the reasons for the requested reconsideration. A request for reconsideration is presented on the date it is received by the DON. 28 CFR 14.9(b).
(b) *Proper basis.* A request for reconsideration shall set forth claimant's reasons for the request, and shall include any supplemental supporting evidence or information. Any writing communicating a desire for reconsideration that reasonably appears to have been presented solely for the purpose of extending the statutory period for filing suit, shall not be treated as a request for reconsideration. Claimant or claimant's authorized representative shall be notified promptly that the writing is not considered a proper request for reconsideration.
(c) *Effect of presentment of request.* The presentment of a proper request for reconsideration starts a new 6-month period for the DON to act on the request to reconsider. The claimant may not file suit until the expiration of the new 6-month period, or until after the date of mailing of the final denial of the request. Final denial of a request for reconsideration shall be accomplished in the manner prescribed in § 750.30. 28 CFR 14.9(b).