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[CITE: 7USC6996]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
          CHAPTER 98--DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REORGANIZATION
 
               SUBCHAPTER VIII--NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION
 
Sec. 6996. Right of participants to Division hearing


(a) Appeal to Division for hearing

    Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a participant shall have 
the right to appeal an adverse decision to the Division for an 
evidentiary hearing by a hearing officer consistent with section 6997 of 
this title.

(b) Time for appeal

    To be entitled to a hearing under section 6997 of this title, a 
participant shall request the hearing not later than 30 days after the 
date on which the participant first received notice of the adverse 
decision.

(Pub. L. 103-354, title II, Sec. 276, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3230.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 6997 of this title.
