Title 7 — Agriculture
Chapter 98 — Department of Agriculture Reorganization
§ 6996. Right of participants to Division hearing
Statutory text
Appeal to Division for hearing
Subject to subsection (b), a participant shall have the right to appeal an adverse decision to the Division for an evidentiary hearing by a hearing officer consistent with section 6997 of this title.
Time for appeal
To be entitled to a hearing under section 6997 of this title, a participant shall request the hearing not later than 30 days after the date on which the participant first received notice of the adverse decision.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994
Pub. L. 103–354 title II § 276 · 108 Stat. 3178
Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 6996
(Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 276, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3230.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 276, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3230.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 276. RIGHT OF PARTICIPANTS TO DIVISION HEARING. (a) Appeal to Division for Hearing.— Subject to subsection (b), a participant shall have the right to appeal an adverse decision to the Division for an evidentiary hearing by a hearing officer consistent with section 277. (b) Time for Appeal.— To be entitled to a hearing under section 277, a participant shall request the hearing not later than 30 days after the date on which the participant first received notice of the adverse decision.
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