---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 718.6"
title: "7"
number: "718.6"
heading: "Controlled substance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/718.6"
---

# §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 [part 1412 of this title](/cfr/7/part1412.md);
    - (ii) Any payments or benefits for losses to crops or livestock covered under disaster programs administered by FSA;
    - (iii) Any price support loan available in accordance with [part 1421 of this title](/cfr/7/part1421.md);
    - (iv) Any price support 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.

## Notes

### Amendments

[72 FR 63284, Nov. 8, 2007, as amended at 84 FR 45886, Sept. 3, 2019]

### Source

Source: 68 FR 16172, Apr. 3, 2003, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1501-1531, 1921-2008v, 7201-7334, and 15 U.S.C. 714b.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 37552, July 18, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[72 FR 63284, Nov. 8, 2007, as amended at 84 FR 45886, Sept. 3, 2019]