{"data":{"id":"us/49-cfr-29.909","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"49 CFR 29.909","heading":"When and how must the hearing official respond to the Tribe's appeal?","body":"(a) The hearing official must issue a decision in writing within 60 days of the receipt of the appeal. If the Tribe requests an informal hearing, the hearing official must issue a decision within 60 days of the hearing.\n(b) All decisions issued by the hearing official must include a statement describing the rights of a Tribe to appeal the decision to the U.S. District Courts. The Department must provide the decision to the Tribe by any method that provides a receipt.","path":["Title 49—Transportation","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of Transportation","PART 29—TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION SELF-GOVERNANCE PROGRAM","Subpart J—Dispute Resolution and Appeals"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-49.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:34Z","sha256":"bbc2696fa46dd3c28f6574ce6b22b0320774347bec8b8b7bc0078a357fa12d4d","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/49-cfr-29.908","next":"us/49-cfr-29.910"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}