PENALTIES FOR WILLFUL PROVISION OF FALSE OR INACCURATE INFORMATION.

SEC. 2202. PENALTIES FOR WILLFUL PROVISION OF FALSE OR INACCURATE INFORMATION. (a) Penalties Authorized.— Section 506 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1506), as amended by section 2201(a), is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(m) Penalties.— “(1) False information.— If a person wilfully and intentionally provides any false or inaccurate information to the Corporation or to any insurer with respect to an insurance plan or policy under this title, the Corporation may, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing on the record— “(A) impose a civil fine of not to exceed to $10,000 on the person; and “(B) disqualify the person from receiving any benefit under this title for a period of not to exceed 10 years. “(2) Assessment of penalty.— In assessing penalties under this subsection, the Corporation shall consider the gravity of the violation.”. (b) Conforming and Stylistic Amendments.— Such section is further amended— (1) by striking the section heading and all that follows through “The Corporation—” and inserting the following: “SEC. 506. GENERAL POWERS”; (2) by inserting “Succession.—The Corporation” in subsection (a) after “(a)”; (3) by inserting “Corporate Seal.—The Corporation” in subsection (b) after “(b)”; (4) by inserting “Property.—The Corporation” in subsection (c) after “(c)”; (5) by inserting “Suit.—The Corporation,” in subsection (d) after “(d)”; (6) by inserting “Bylaws and Regulations.—The Corporation” in subsection (e) after “(e)”; (7) by inserting “Mails.—The Corporation” in subsection (f) after “(f)”; (8) by inserting “Assistance.—The Corporation,” in subsection (g) after “(g)”; (9) by inserting “Data Collection.—The Corporation” in subsection (h) after “(h)”; (10) by inserting “Expenditures.—The Corporation” in subsection (i) after “(i)”; 104 STAT. 3955 (11) by inserting “Other Powers.—The Corporation” in subsection (j) after “(j)”; (12) by inserting “Contracts.—The Corporation” in subsection (k) after “(k)”; (13) by striking the semicolon at the end of subsections (a), (b), (c), (e), (f), (g), (h) and inserting a period at the end of each of those subsections; and (14) by striking “, and” at the end of subsections (i) and (j) and inserting a period at the end of each of those subsections.