7 CFR 1466.55
§ 1466.55 Misrepresentation and scheme or device.
United States · 7 CFR — Agriculture · Status: effective
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- 7 CFR 1466.55, § 1466.55 Misrepresentation and scheme or device, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/26222
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(a) A person, joint operation, legal entity, or Indian Tribe that is determined to have erroneously represented any fact affecting a program determination made in accordance with this part will not be entitled to contract payments and must refund to NRCS all payments, plus interest, determined in accordance with 7 CFR part 1403.
(b) A producer who is determined to have knowingly—
(1) Adopted any scheme or device that tends to defeat the purpose of the program;
(2) Made any fraudulent representation;
(3) Adopted any scheme or device for the purpose of depriving any tenant or sharecropper of the payments to which such person would otherwise be entitled under the program; or
(4) Misrepresented any fact affecting a program determination, will refund to NRCS all payments, plus interest, determined in accordance with 7 CFR part 1403, received by such producer with respect to all contracts. The producer's interest in all contracts will 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.