[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR718.6]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
       CHAPTER VII--FARM SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 718_PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MULTIPLE PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec. 718.6  Controlled substance.

    (a) The following terms apply to this section:
    (1) USDA benefit means the issuance of any grant, contract, loan, or 
payment by appropriated funds of the United States.
    (2) Person means an individual.
    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person convicted 
under Federal or State law of:
    (1) Planting, cultivating, growing, producing, harvesting, or 
storing a controlled substance in any crop year is ineligible during the 
crop year of conviction and the four succeeding crop years, for any of 
the following USDA benefits:
    (i) Any payments or benefits under the Direct and Counter Cyclical 
Program (DCP) in accordance with part 1412 of this title;
    (ii) Any payments or benefits for losses to trees, crops, or 
livestock covered under disaster programs administered by FSA;
    (iii) Any price support loan available in accordance with part 1421 
of this title;
    (iv) Any price support or payment made under the Commodity Credit 
Corporation Charter Act;
    (v) A farm storage facility loan made under section 4(h) of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act or any other Act;
    (vi) Crop Insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act;
    (vii) A loan made or guaranteed under the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act or any other law administered by FSA's Farm Loan 
Programs.
    (2) Possession or trafficking of a controlled substance, is 
ineligible for any or all USDA benefits:
    (i) At the discretion of the court,
    (ii) To the extent and for a period of time the court determines.
    (c) If a person denied benefits under this section is a shareholder, 
beneficiary, or member of an entity or joint operation, benefits for 
which the entity or joint operation is eligible will be reduced, for the 
appropriate period, by a percentage equal to the total interest of the 
shareholder, beneficiary, or member.

[72 FR 63284, Nov. 8, 2007]