2018 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 115 - Agricultural Commodity Policy and Programs
Subchapter V - Administration
Sec. 9096 - Signature authority
| 7 U.S.C. § 9096 (2018) |
| §9096. Signature authority |
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(a) In general
In carrying out this title and title II and amendments made by those titles, if the Secretary approves a document, the Secretary shall not subsequently determine the document is inadequate or invalid because of the lack of authority of any person signing the document on behalf of the applicant or any other individual, entity, general partnership, or joint venture, or the documents relied upon were determined inadequate or invalid, unless the person signing the program document knowingly and willfully falsified the evidence of signature authority or a signature. (b) Affirmation (1) In generalNothing in this section prohibits the Secretary from asking a proper party to affirm any document that otherwise would be considered approved under subsection (a). A denial of benefits based on a lack of affirmation under paragraph (1) shall not be retroactive with respect to third-party producers who were not the subject of the erroneous representation of authority, if the third-party producers— (A) relied on the prior approval by the Secretary of the documents in good faith; and (B) substantively complied with all program requirements. |
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(Pub. L. 113–79, title I, §1613, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 710.) |
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
This title and title II, referred to in subsec. (a), are titles I and II of Pub. L. 113–79, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 658, 713. Title I of the Act is classified principally to this chapter. Title II of the Act enacted, amended, and repealed numerous sections and provisions set out as notes in Title 16, Conservation, and Title 43, Public Lands. For complete classification of titles I and II to the Code, see Tables. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE |
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| Title 7 - AGRICULTURE CHAPTER 115 - AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY POLICY AND PROGRAMS SUBCHAPTER V - ADMINISTRATION Sec. 9096 - Signature authority |
| section 9096 |
| 2018 |
| January 14, 2019 |
| No |
| standard |
| 128 Stat. 710, 658 |
| Public Law 113-79 |
