Denial of program benefits.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) All or any part of a payment otherwise due a person or legal entity on all farms in which the person or legal entity has an interest may be withheld or be required to be refunded if the person or legal entity fails to comply with the provisions of this part. (b) All or any part of a payment otherwise due a person or legal entity on all farms in which the person or legal entity has an interest may be withheld or be required to be refunded if the person or legal entity fails to comply with the provisions of this part and adopts or participates in adopting a scheme or device designed to evade this part, or that has the effect of evading this part. Examples of acts may include, but are not limited to: (1) Concealing information that affects the application of this part; (2) Submitting false or erroneous information; or (3) Creating a business arrangement using rental agreements and other arrangements to conceal the interest of a person or legal entity in a farm or farming operation for the purpose of obtaining program payments the person or legal entity would otherwise not be eligible to receive. Examples of business arrangements or acts include, but are not limited to the following: (i) No crops are grown or agricultural commodities produced by the represented operation; (ii) The represented operation has no appreciable assets; (iii) The only source of capital for the operation is the program payments; or (iv) The represented operation exists only for the receipt of program

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 1400.5