---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 636.14"
title: "7"
number: "636.14"
heading: "Misrepresentation and scheme or device."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/636.14"
---

# §636.14. Misrepresentation and scheme or device.

- (a) A participant who is determined to have erroneously represented any fact affecting a program determination made in accordance with this part, will not be entitled to cost-share agreement payments and must refund to NRCS all payments and pay liquidated damages, plus interest, as determined by NRCS.
- (b) A participant will refund to NRCS all payments, plus interest, as determined by NRCS, with respect to all NRCS cost-share agreements to which they are a party if they are determined to have knowingly:
  - (1) Adopted any scheme or device that tends to defeat the purpose of the program;
  - (2) Made any fraudulent representation; or
  - (3) **Misrepresented any fact affecting a program determination.**
- (c) Other NRCS cost-share agreements where this person is a participant may be terminated.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3839bb-1.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 71338, Nov. 23, 2010, unless otherwise noted.