# 25 C.F.R. § 518.8 (2025): What is the hearing process?

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## Section

- **Citation:** 25 C.F.R. § 518.8 (2025)
- **Heading:** What is the hearing process?
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Title 25 CFR: Indians / Chapter III: NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR / Part 518: SELF-REGULATION OF CLASS II GAMING / § 518.8: § 518.8   What is the hearing process?

## Text

(a) Within 10 days of receipt of the request for a hearing, the Office of Self-Regulation shall notify the tribe of the date and place of the hearing. The notice shall also set a hearing schedule, the time allotted for testimony and oral argument, and the order of the presentation.
(1) To the extent possible, the hearing will be scheduled not later than 60 days after the notice is issued, and the hearing schedule will be issued at least 30 days prior to the hearing.
(2) [Reserved]
(b) The Commission shall issue a decision on the petition within 30 days after the hearing's conclusion. The decision shall set forth, with particularity, findings regarding the tribe's satisfaction of the self-regulation standards in this Part. If the Commission determines that a certificate will issue, it will do so in accordance with § 518.9 of this part.
(c) The decision of the Commission to approve or deny a petition shall be a final agency action.
[78 FR 20241, Apr. 4, 2013, as amended at 78 FR 37115, June 20, 2013]

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