{"data":{"id":"us/43-cfr-4.1051","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 CFR 4.1051","heading":"What are the requirements for the ALJ's recommended decision?","body":"(a) Timing. The ALJ must issue a recommended decision within 180 days after issuance of the docketing notice under § 4.1020(a)(3), unless the ALJ issues an order finding good cause to issue the recommended decision at a later date.\n(b) Content. (1) The recommended decision must contain all of the following:\n(i) Recommended findings of fact on all disputed issues of material fact;\n(ii) Recommended conclusions of law:\n(A) Necessary to make the findings of fact (such as rulings on materiality and on the admissibility of evidence); and\n(B) As to whether the applicable criteria for Federal acknowledgment have been met; and\n(iii) Reasons for the findings and conclusions.\n(2) The ALJ may adopt any of the findings of fact proposed by one or more of the parties.\n(c) Service. Promptly after issuing a recommended decision, the ALJ must:\n(1) Serve the recommended decision on each party to the hearing process; and\n(2) Forward the complete hearing record to the Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs, including the recommended decision.","path":["Title 43—Public Lands: Interior","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of the Interior","PART 4—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HEARINGS AND APPEALS PROCEDURES","Subpart K—Specific Rules Applicable to Hearings Concerning the Acknowledgment of American Indian Tribes"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-43.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:15Z","sha256":"d4666a8aac309fce689947befe88851be820a5bfe8882f830914872051035b89","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-cfr-4.1050","next":"us/43-cfr-4.1100"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}