{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-702.331","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 702.331","heading":"Formal hearings; procedure initiating.","body":"Formal hearings are initiated by transmitting to the Office of the Chief Administrative Law Judge the pre-hearing statement forms, the available evidence which the parties intend to submit at the formal hearing, and the letter of transmittal from the district director as provided in § 702.316 and § 702.317.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER VI—OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","SUBCHAPTER A—LONGSHOREMEN'S AND HARBOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT AND RELATED STATUTES","PART 702—ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURE","Subpart C—Adjudication Procedures"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-20.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:45Z","sha256":"2a51c7115561cb15047f82cd21fbd5b19ec8ec446a62687fc926c50940469ec7","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-702.321","next":"us/20-cfr-702.332"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}