Compliance, enforcement, and appeals.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) AMS will notify the appropriate investigating agencies of the United States and CCC may terminate the Agreement and demand a full refund of payments plus interest and suspend and debar the offending company from further government participation as deemed necessary to protect the interests of the government, if the eligible domestic user is suspected by AMS to have knowingly: (1) Adopted any scheme or device which violates the Agreement; (2) Made any fraudulent representation; or (3) Misrepresented any fact affecting a determination under the Agreement. (b) No Member or Delegate of Congress shall be admitted to any share or part of the Agreement or to any benefit to arise therefrom, except that this provision shall not be construed to extend to their interest in any incorporated company, if the Agreement is for the general benefit of such company, nor shall it be construed to extend to any benefit which may accrue to such official in their capacity as a party to an Agreement. (c) Eligible domestic users who dispute a WCMD program administration decision may request a review of the decision by the Director. (1) Requests for review must be in writing and contain the relevant facts upon which the review will be heard. Requests must be received by WCMD within 15 days from the date the eligible domestic user receives the disputed decision. (2) Requests must be directed to: Director, Warehouse and Commodity Management Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 870.15