7 CFR § 1415.20 - Scheme or device.

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title: "7 CFR § 1415.20 - Scheme or device."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "1415.20"
section_name: "Scheme or device."
chapter_name: "COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
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subchapter_name: "LOANS, PURCHASES, AND OTHER OPERATIONS"
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part_name: "GRASSLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM"
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authority: "16 U.S.C. 3838n-3838q."
regulatory_source: "75 FR 73925, Nov. 29, 2010, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1415.20 Scheme or device.

(a) If it is determined by USDA that a participant has employed a scheme or device to defeat the purposes of this part, any part of any program payment otherwise due or paid to such participant during the applicable period may be withheld or be required to be refunded with interest thereon, as determined appropriate by USDA.

(b) A scheme or device includes, but is not limited to, coercion, fraud, misrepresentation, depriving any other person of payments for cost-share practices, rental contracts, or easements for the purpose of obtaining a payment to which a person would otherwise not be entitled.

(c) A participant who succeeds to the responsibilities under this part will report in writing to USDA any interest of any kind in enrolled land that is held by a predecessor or any lender. A failure of full disclosure will be considered a scheme or device under this section.