7 CFR 636.14
§ 636.14 Misrepresentation and scheme or device.
United States · 7 CFR — Agriculture · Status: effective
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- 7 CFR 636.14, § 636.14 Misrepresentation and scheme or device, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/19277
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(a) A participant who is determined to have erroneously represented any fact affecting a program determination made in accordance with this part, will not be entitled to cost-share agreement payments and must refund to NRCS all payments and pay liquidated damages, plus interest, as determined by NRCS.
(b) A participant will refund to NRCS all payments, plus interest, as determined by NRCS, with respect to all NRCS cost-share agreements to which they are a party if they are determined to have knowingly:
(1) Adopted any scheme or device that tends to defeat the purpose of the program;
(2) Made any fraudulent representation; or
(3) Misrepresented any fact affecting a program determination.
(c) Other NRCS cost-share agreements where this person is a participant may be terminated.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.