{"data":{"id":"us/27-cfr-71.97","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"27 CFR 71.97","heading":"Powers.","body":"Administrative law judges shall have authority to:\n(a) Administer oaths and affirmations;\n(b) Issue subpoenas authorized by law;\n(c) Rule upon offers of proof and receive relevant evidence;\n(d) Take or cause depositions to be taken whenever the ends of justice would be served thereby;\n(e) Regulate the course of the hearing;\n(f) Hold conferences for the settlement or simplification of the issues by consent of the parties;\n(g) Dispose of procedural requests or similar matters;\n(h) Render recommended decisions in proceedings on applications for permits, and initial decisions in suspension, revocation, or annulment proceedings against permits;\n(i) Call, examine and cross-examine witnesses, including hostile or adverse witnesses when they deem such action to be necessary to a just disposition of the cause, and introduce into the record documentary or other evidence; and\n(j) Take any other action authorized by rule of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau consistent with the Administrative Procedure Act.","path":["Title 27—Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms","CHAPTER I—ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","SUBCHAPTER F—PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES","PART 71—RULES OF PRACTICE IN PERMIT PROCEEDINGS","Subpart G—Administrative Law Judges"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-27.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:11Z","sha256":"f7181e4413359e40fa2eab4a3b1607375974a11bb0e037ad0a6f6c1ff2110912","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/27-cfr-71.96","next":"us/27-cfr-71.98"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}