(a) Within 30 days after the close of the hearing, each interested
person at the hearing may file with the administrative law judge an
original and four copies of a statement containing proposed findings of
fact and conclusions of law, together with reasons for such proposals.
The administrative law judge shall, immediately following the
termination of the thirty-day period provided for the filing of proposed
findings and conclusions, certify the complete record to the
Administrative Review Board.
(b) Upon the basis, and after consideration, of the whole record,
the Administrative Review Board may issue a tentative decision. The
tentative decision shall become part of the record, and shall include:
(1) A statement of findings and conclusions, with the reasons and bases
therefor, upon all material issues of fact, law, or discretion presented
on the record, and (2) any proposed wage determination. Any tentative
decision shall be published in the Federal Register.
(c) Within twenty-one days following the publication of any
tentative decision in the Federal Register, any interested person may
file an original and four copies of a statement containing exemptions to
the tentative decision, together with supporting reasons.
(d) Thereafter, the Administrative Review Board may issue a final
decision ruling upon each exception filed and including any appropriate
wage determination. Any final decision shall be published in the Federal
Register.
[26 FR 8945, Sept. 22, 1961, as amended at 61 FR 19988, May 3, 1996]
