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    <CFRTITLE>45</CFRTITLE>
    <CFRTITLETEXT>Public Welfare</CFRTITLETEXT>
    <VOL>4</VOL>
    <DATE>2007-10-01</DATE>
    <ORIGINALDATE>2007-10-01</ORIGINALDATE>
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    <TITLE>Can a party request reconsideration of the initial decision?</TITLE>
    <GRANULENUM>2554.41</GRANULENUM>
    <HEADING>Section 2554.41</HEADING>
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      <PARENT HEADING="Title 45" SEQ="4">Public Welfare</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="Subtitle B" SEQ="3">Regulations Relating to Public Welfare (Continued)</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="CHAPTER XXV" SEQ="2">CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="PART 2554" SEQ="1">PROGRAM FRAUD CIVIL REMEDIES ACT REGULATIONS</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="" SEQ="0">Decisions and Appeals</PARENT>
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    <SECTNO>§ 2554.41</SECTNO>
    <SUBJECT>Can a party request reconsideration of the initial decision?</SUBJECT>
    <P>(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.</P>
    <P>(b) A motion for reconsideration must be accompanied by a supporting brief and must describe specifically each allegedly erroneous decision.</P>
    <P>(c) Any response to a motion for reconsideration will only be allowed if it is requested by the ALJ.</P>
    <P>(d) The ALJ will dispose of a motion for reconsideration by denying it or by issuing a revised initial decision.</P>
    <P>(e) If the ALJ issues a revised initial decision upon motion of a party, that party may not file another motion for reconsideration.</P>
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