§ 1521. Ineligibility for Catastrophic Risk and Noninsured Assistance Payments

     If the Secretary determines that a person has knowingly adopted a material scheme or device to obtain catastrophic risk, additional coverage, or noninsured assistance benefits under this chapter to which the person is not entitled, has evaded this chapter, or has acted with the purposes of evading this chapter, the person shall be ineligible to receive all benefits applicable to the crop year for which the scheme or device was adopted. The authority provided by this section shall be in addition to, and shall not supplant, the authority provided by section 1506(n) of this title.

(Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title V, § 521, as added Pub. L. 103–354, title I, § 114, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3203.)

Effective Date

     Section effective Oct. 13, 1994, and applicable to provision of crop insurance under Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) beginning with 1995 crop year, with such Act, as in effect on the day before Oct. 13, 1994, to continue to apply with respect to 1994 crop year, see section 120 of Pub. L. 103–354, set out as an Effective Date of 1994 Amendment note under section 1502 of this title.