SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO REQUIRE NEW PENALTIES 
AND ADMINISTRATOR VERIFICATION OF ELI-
GIBILITY FOR SUBSIDY PROGRAMS. 
(a) ADDITION OF REPAYMENT PENALTY.—Section 
1001B of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308– 
2) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the Secretary 
may for a period not to exceed 5 crop years deny the 
issuance of payments to the person or legal entity.’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Secretary shall for a period not 
less than 5 years, or permanently, deny the issuance 
of payments to the person or legal entity.’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) 
as subsections (d) through (f), respectively; and 
(3) after subsection (b), by inserting the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) REPAYMENT.—If a person or legal entity is de-
termined under subsection (d) of section 1001D to be in-
eligible for benefits or payments, the person or legal entity 
shall reimburse the Secretary for the full amount of any 
benefit or payment described in subsection (b) of such sec-
tion that the person or legal entity has already received 
while the person or entity was ineligible.’’. 
(b) ADDITION OF INCOME VERIFICATION AND EN-
FORCEMENT PROCEDURES.—Section 1001D of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a) is amended by 
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striking subsection (d) and inserting the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(d) INCOME VERIFICATION AND ENFORCEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) SUBMISSION TO ADMINISTRATOR.—Within 
30 days after receiving an application from a person 
or legal entity for a benefit described in subsection 
(b), the Secretary shall request the Administrator of 
the Internal Revenue Service (referred to in this 
subsection as the ‘Administrator’) to verify the aver-
age adjusted gross income, average adjusted gross 
farm income, and average adjusted gross nonfarm 
income of the person or legal entity. The request for 
verification shall include the following: 
‘‘(A) The name of the person or legal enti-
ty. 
‘‘(B) The social security number or em-
ployer identification number of the person or 
legal entity. 
‘‘(C) Any other information that the Sec-
retary determines to be relevant in assisting the 
Administrator in verifying the average adjusted 
gross income, average adjusted gross farm in-
come, and average adjusted gross nonfarm in-
come of the person or legal entity. 
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‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATOR DETERMINATION AND DE-
NIAL OF BENEFITS.— 
‘‘(A) ADMINISTRATOR DETERMINATION.— 
Not later than 30 days after the receipt of a 
verification request under paragraph (1) or a 
request of redetermination under paragraph 
(3), the Administrator shall— 
‘‘(i) determine whether the average 
adjusted gross income, average adjusted 
gross farm income, and average adjusted 
gross nonfarm income of the person or 
legal entity is within the applicable limita-
tions established under subsection (b); and 
‘‘(ii) notify the Secretary of the re-
sults of such determination. 
‘‘(B) DENIAL OF BENEFITS.—Subject to 
paragraph (3), if the Administrator determines 
under subparagraph (A) that a person or legal 
entity does not comply with the applicable limi-
tations set forth in subsection (b), the Secretary 
shall deny the issuance of applicable payments 
and benefits specified in subsection (b) to the 
person or legal entity, under similar terms and 
conditions as described in section 1001B. 
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‘‘(3) FARM SERVICE AGENCY RECONSIDERATION 
FOR INELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.— 
‘‘(A) SUBMISSION OF EVIDENCE TO FARM 
SERVICE
AGENCY.—A person or legal entity 
subject to denial of benefits under paragraph 
(2) may request a reconsideration of the denial 
by the Farm Service Agency office serving the 
location in which the person or legal entity re-
sides or operates. The person or legal entity 
shall submit evidence, accompanied with a cer-
tification by a certified public accountant, to 
support the claim that the person or legal entity 
satisfies the income eligibility requirements 
under subsection (b). 
‘‘(B) SUBMISSION
OF
EVIDENCE
TO
AD-
MINISTRATOR.—If the Farm Service Agency de-
termines that the claim of the person or legal 
entity is supported by the evidence submitted 
under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall 
submit the evidence to the Administrator for a 
second determination under paragraph (2)(A). 
‘‘(C) TIME
REQUIREMENT.—The Farm 
Service Agency shall make the determination in 
subparagraph (B) within 30 days after the date 
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on which the person or legal entity submits the 
evidence under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(4) LIMITATION
ON
REDETERMINATION.—A 
person or legal entity may not apply for more than 
one redetermination, as described under paragraph 
(3), a calendar year.’’. 
Æ 
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