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[CITE: 7USC7001]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
          CHAPTER 98--DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REORGANIZATION
 
               SUBCHAPTER VIII--NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION
 
Sec. 7001. Conforming amendments relating to National Appeals 
        Division
        

(a) Decisions of State, county, and area committees

                    (1) Application of subsection

        This subsection shall apply only with respect to functions of 
    the Consolidated Farm Service Agency or the Commodity Credit 
    Corporation that are under the jurisdiction of a State, county, or 
    area committee established under section 590h(b)(5) of title 16 or 
    an employee of such a committee.

                            (2) Finality

        Each decision of a State, county, or area committee (or an 
    employee of such a committee) covered by paragraph (1) that is made 
    in good faith in the absence of misrepresentation, false statement, 
    fraud, or willful misconduct shall be final not later than 90 days 
    after the date of filing of the application for benefits, unless the 
    decision is--
            (A) appealed under this subchapter; or
            (B) modified by the Administrator of the Consolidated Farm 
        Service Agency or the Executive Vice President of the Commodity 
        Credit Corporation.

                       (3) Recovery of amounts

        If the decision of the State, county, or area committee has 
    become final under paragraph (2), no action may be taken by the 
    Consolidated Farm Service Agency, the Commodity Credit Corporation, 
    or a State, county, or area committee to recover amounts found to 
    have been disbursed as a result of a decision in error unless the 
    participant had reason to believe that the decision was erroneous.

                        (4) Savings provision

        For purposes of this subsection, a reference to the 
    ``Consolidated Farm Service Agency'' includes any other office, 
    agency, or administrative unit of the Department assigned the 
    functions authorized for the Consolidated Farm Service Agency under 
    section 6932 of this title.

(b), (c) Omitted

(Pub. L. 103-354, title II, Sec. 281, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3233.)

                          Codification

    Section is comprised of section 281 of Pub. L. 103-354. Subsecs. (b) 
and (c) of section 281 of Pub. L. 103-354 repealed sections 1433e and 
1983b of this title, respectively.
