A qualified reporter, provided by the Department, will make a complete verbatim transcript of the hearing. The person requesting the hearing or his or her attorney may review and purchase a copy of the transcript directly from the reporter. The hearing transcript and all the information and documents received by the hearing officer, whether or not deemed relevant, will constitute the record of the hearing. The hearing officer's preliminary findings and recommendations are deliberative, and shall not be considered part of the record unless adopted by the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Passport Services, or his or her designee.
[83 FR 21875, May 11, 2018]
authority: 8 U.S.C. 1104;
8 U.S.C. 1185;
8 U.S.C. 1185n (text of Pub. L. 108-458, 118 Stat. 3638, 3823 (Dec. 17, 2004));
8 U.S.C. 1504;
8 U.S.C. 1714;
22 U.S.C. 211a,
212,
212a,
212b,
213,
213n (Pub. L. 106-113 Div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(7) [Div. A, Title II, Sec. 236], 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-430); 214, 214a, 217a, 218, 2651a, 2671(d)(3), 2705, 2714, 2714a, 2721, and 3926;
26 U.S.C. 6039E;
26 CFR 301.6039E-1;
31 U.S.C. 9701;
34 U.S.C. 21501-21510;
42 U.S.C. 652(k) ; E.O. 11295, Aug. 5, 1966, 31 FR 10603, 3 CFR, 1966-1970 Comp., p. 570; Pub. L. 114-119, 130 Stat. 15
source: 72 FR 64931, Nov. 19, 2007, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 22 CFR 51.72