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Title 7—AGRICULTURE > CHAPTER 100—AGRICULTURAL MARKET TRANSITION > SUBCHAPTER II—PRODUCTION FLEXIBILITY CONTRACTS

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Except as provided in subsection (b), if an owner or producer subject to a contract violates a requirement of the contract specified in section 7211(a) of this title , the Secretary shall terminate the contract with respect to the owner or producer on each farm in which the owner or producer has an interest. On the termination, the owner or producer shall forfeit all rights to receive future contract payments on each farm in which the owner or producer has an interest and shall refund to the Secretary all contract payments received by the owner or producer during the period of the violation, together with interest on the contract payments as determined by the Secretary.

( Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 116 , Apr. 4, 1996 , 110 Stat. 903 .)

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