{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-1.314","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 1.314","heading":"Parties to the hearing.","body":"(a) The parties to the hearing shall be the respondent and USDA. The proceeding shall be brought in the name of the Secretary.\n(b) Pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3730(c)(5), a private party plaintiff under the False Claims Act may participate in proceedings under this subpart to the extent authorized by the provisions of that Act.","path":["Title 7—Agriculture","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of Agriculture","PART 1—ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS","Subpart L—Procedures Related to Administrative Hearings Under the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-7.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:01Z","sha256":"06d001a1a806b6a5712800ec09eb737da38e1f39259bde3e0dde2314beecc27f","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-1.313","next":"us/7-cfr-1.315"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}