Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 5.djvu/632

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104 STAT. 3954 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 "(3) SANCTIONS. —Paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 7213(a) shall apply with respect to the unauthorized willful disclosure to any person of employer identification numbers maintained by the Secretary of Agriculture or the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation pursuant to this subsection in the same manner and to the same extent as such paragraphs apply with respect to unauthorized disclosures of return and return information described in such paragraphs. Paragraph (4) of section 7213(a) shall apply with respect to the willful offer of any item of material value in exchange for any such employer identification number in the same msmner and to the same extent as such paragraph applies with respect to offers (in exchange for any return or return information) described in such paragraph.". SEC. 2202. PENALTIES FOR WILLFUL PROVISION OF FALSE OR INAC- CURATE 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 (Uorporation 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)";