15 U.S.C. § 1715 : US Code - Section 1715: Administration

Search 15 U.S.C. § 1715 : US Code - Section 1715: Administration

(a) Delegation of functions, duties, and powers; scope of
delegations; appointment, etc., of delegates; right of appeal
The authority and responsibility for administering this chapter
shall be in the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development who may
delegate any of his functions, duties, and powers to employees of
the Department of Housing and Urban Development or to boards of
such employees, including functions, duties, and powers with
respect to investigating, hearing, determining, ordering, or
otherwise acting as to any work, business, or matter under this
chapter. The persons to whom such delegations are made with respect
to hearing functions, duties, and powers shall be appointed and
shall serve in the Department in compliance with sections 3105,
3344, 5372, and 7521 of title 5. The Secretary shall by rule
prescribe such rights of appeal from the decisions of his
administrative law judges to other administrative law judges or to
other officers in the Department, to boards of officers or to
himself, as shall be appropriate and in accordance with law.
(b) Hearings
All hearings shall be public and appropriate records thereof
shall be kept, and any order issued after such hearing shall be
based on the record made in such hearing which shall be conducted
in accordance with the provisions of subchapter II of chapter 5,
and chapter 7, of title 5.
(c) Procedures applicable
The Secretary shall conduct all actions with respect to
rulemaking or adjudication under this chapter in accordance with
the provisions of chapter 5 of title 5. Notice shall be given of
any adverse action or final disposition and such notice and the
entry of any order shall be accompanied by a written statement of
supporting facts and legal authority.