Regulations last checked for updates: May 14, 2024

Title 13 - Business Credit and Assistance last revised: May 02, 2024
§ 142.31 - Can a party request reconsideration of the initial decision?

(a) Any party may file a motion for reconsideration of the initial decision with the ALJ within 20 days of receipt of the initial decision. If the initial decision was served by mail, there is a rebuttable presumption that the initial decision was received by the party 5 days from the date of mailing.

(b) A motion for reconsideration must be accompanied by a supporting brief and must describe specifically each allegedly erroneous decision.

(c) Any response to a motion for reconsideration must be filed within 20 days of receipt of such motion.

(d) The ALJ will dispose of a motion for reconsideration by denying it or by issuing a revised initial decision.

(e) If the ALJ issues a revised initial decision upon motion of a party, that party may not file another motion for reconsideration.

authority: 15 U.S.C. 634(b); 31 U.S.C. 3803(g)(2)
source: 61 FR 2691, Jan. 29, 1996, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 13 CFR 142.31