§2209j — Title 7 Agriculture | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture must ban forever any person, company, or other group convicted of a felony for knowingly cheating the United States in a USDA program from taking part in USDA programs again. The Secretary can shorten that ban to at least 10 years if they think it is appropriate, and the forever ban does not apply to domestic food assistance programs as the Secretary defines them.

Title 7, §2209j

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(a)Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of Agriculture shall permanently debar an individual, organization, corporation, or other entity convicted of a felony for knowingly defrauding the United States in connection with any program administered by the Department of Agriculture from any subsequent participation in Department of Agriculture programs.

(b)(1)The Secretary may reduce a debarment under subsection (a) to a period of not less than 10 years if the Secretary considers it appropriate.

(2)A debarment under subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to participation in domestic food assistance programs (as defined by the Secretary).

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical sections. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Enactment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 8701 of this title.

§2209j Permanent Debarment From Participation in Department of Agriculture Programs for Fraud