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title: "7 U.S.C. § 6996"
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# 7 U.S.C. § 6996 - Right of participants to Division hearing
## Text
(a) Appeal to Division for hearing Subject to subsection (b), 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. 103354, title II, § 276, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3230.)