7 U.S.C. § 1514 — Crimes and offenses

Page 842 TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE § 1514 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 a note under section 1502 of this title. AUDIT OF GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS Section 9105(f) of Title 31, Money and Finance, pro- vides that an audit under subsection (a) of that section is in place of an audit of the financial transactions of a Government corporation the Comptroller General is required to make in reporting to Congress or the Presi- dent under another law. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Administration of program of Federal Crop Insurance Corporation transferred to Secretary of Agriculture by 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 501, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7877, 60 Stat. 1100. See note set out under section 1503 of this title. Wartime consolidation of Federal Insurance Corpora- tion into Agricultural Conservation and Adjustment Administration, see note set out under section 1503 of this title. § 1514. Crimes and offenses (a) to (e) Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 21, 62 Stat. 862, eff. Sept. 1, 1948 (f) Application of laws on interest of Members of Congress in contracts The provisions of section 6306 of title 41 shall not apply to any crop insurance agreements made under this subchapter. (Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title V, § 514, 52 Stat. 76; June 25, 1948, ch. 645, §§ 4, 21, 62 Stat. 859, 862; Pub. L. 110–234, title XII, § 12033(c)(2)(B), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1405; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XII, § 12033(c)(2)(B), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2167.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION In subsec. (f), ‘‘section 6306 of title 41’’ substituted for ‘‘section 3741 of the Revised Statutes (U.S.C., title 41, sec. 22)’’ on authority of Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts. Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 made identical amendments to this section. The amendments by Pub. L. 110–234 were repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246. AMENDMENTS 2008—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 110–246, § 12033(c)(2)(B), sub- stituted ‘‘this subchapter’’ for ‘‘this chapter’’. 1948—Subsecs. (a) to (e). Act June 25, 1948, § 21, re- pealed provisions relating to crimes and offenses. See sections 371, 433, 657, 658, 1006, 1014, and former section 1093 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure. Subsec. (f). Act June 25, 1948, § 4, struck out provi- sions relating to former sections 202 to 207 of Title 18. See sections 202, 216, 431 to 433 of Title 18. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2008 AMENDMENT Amendment 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 an Effective Date note under section 8701 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1948 AMENDMENT Amendment by act June 25, 1948, effective Sept. 1, 1948, see section 20 of that act. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Administration of program of Federal Crop Insurance Corporation transferred to Secretary of Agriculture by 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 501, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7877, 60 Stat. 1100. See note set out under section 1503 of this title. Wartime consolidation of Federal Crop Insurance Corporation into Agricultural Conservation and Ad- justment Administration, see note set out under sec- tion 1503 of this title. § 1515. Program compliance and integrity (a) Purpose (1) In general The purpose of this section is to improve compliance with, and the integrity of, the Federal crop insurance program. (2) Role of insurance providers The Corporation shall work actively with approved insurance providers to address pro- gram compliance and integrity issues as such issues develop. (b) Notification of compliance problems (1) Notification of errors, omissions, and fail- ures The Corporation shall notify in writing an approved insurance provider of any error, omission, or failure to follow Corporation reg- ulations or procedures for which the approved insurance provider may be responsible and which may result in a debt owed the Corpora- tion. (2) Time for notification Notice under paragraph (1) shall be given within 3 years after the end of the insurance period during which the error, omission, or failure is alleged to have occurred, except that this time limitation shall not apply with re- spect to an error, omission, or procedural vio- lation that is willful or intentional. (3) Effect of failure to timely notify Except as provided in paragraph (2), the fail- ure to timely provide the notice required under this subsection shall relieve the ap- proved insurance provider from the debt owed the Corporation. (c) Reconciling producer information (1) In general The Secretary shall develop and implement a coordinated plan for the Corporation and the Farm Service Agency to reconcile all relevant information received by the Corporation or the Farm Service Agency from a producer who obtains crop insurance coverage under this subchapter. (2) Frequency Beginning with the 2001 crop year, the Sec- retary shall require that the Corporation and the Farm Service Agency reconcile such pro- ducer-derived information on at least an an- nual basis in order to identify and address any discrepancies. (3) Corrections (A) In general In addition to the corrections permitted by the Corporation as of the day before Feb-