[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 6]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR633.18]

[Page 406-407]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 633--WATER BANK PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 633.18  Scheme and device.

    (a) If it is determined by the NRCS that a person has employed a 
scheme or device to defeat the purposes of this part, any part of any 
program payment otherwise due or paid such person during the applicable 
period may be withheld or be required to be refunded with interest 
thereon, as determined appropriate by the NRCS.
    (b) A scheme or device includes, but is not limited to, coercion, 
fraud, misrepresentation, depriving any other person of an annual 
payment or payments for cost-share practices for the

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purpose of obtaining a payment to which a person would otherwise not be 
entitled.
    (c) A program participant who succeeds to the responsibilities under 
this part shall report in writing to the NRCS 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.