[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 10]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1415.19]

[Page 424-425]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XIV--COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1415_GRASSLAND RESERVE PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1415.19  Scheme or device.

    (a) If it is determined by the Department 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 such participant 
during the applicable period may be withheld or be required to be 
refunded with interest thereon, as determined appropriate by the 
Department.
    (b) A scheme or device includes, but is not limited to, coercion, 
fraud, misrepresentation, depriving any other

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person of payments for cost-share practices 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 shall report in writing to the Department 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.