7 CFR 1468.5
§ 1468.5 Scheme or device.
United States · 7 CFR — Agriculture · Status: effective
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- 7 CFR 1468.5, § 1468.5 Scheme or device, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/26251
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(a) In addition to other penalties, sanctions, or remedies that may apply, if it is determined by NRCS that anyone has employed a scheme or device to defeat the purposes of this part, any part of any program payment otherwise due or paid during the applicable period may be withheld or be required to be refunded with interest, thereon, as determined appropriate by NRCS.
(b) A scheme or device includes, but is not limited to, coercion, fraud, misrepresentation, depriving anyone of a program benefit, or for the purpose of obtaining a payment to which they would otherwise not be entitled.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.