TITLE 7 - AGRICULTURE

SUBTITLE A - OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE

PART 15 - NONDISCRIMINATION

subpart c - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR HEARINGS, DECISIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW UNDER THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964

15.122 - Offer of proof.

An offer of proof made in connection with an objection taken to any ruling of the hearing officer rejecting or excluding proposed oral testimony shall consist of a statement for the record of the substance of the evidence which counsel contends would be adduced by such testimony; and, if the excluded evidence consists of evidence in documentary or written form or of reference to documents or records, a copy of such evidence shall be marked for identification and shall accompany the record as an offer of proof.