text: SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO REQUIRE NEW PENALTIES AND ADMINISTRATOR 
                VERIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY 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 following new 
          subsection:
      ``(c) Repayment.--If a person or legal entity is determined under 
  subsection (d) of section 1001D to be ineligible 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 section that the person or legal entity has already received 
  while the person or entity was ineligible.''.
      (b) Addition of Income Verification and Enforcement Procedures.--
  Section 1001D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308-3a) is 
  amended by 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 average 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 entity.
                      ``(B) The social security number or employer 
                  identification number of the person or legal entity.
                      ``(C) Any other information that the Secretary 
                  determines to be relevant in assisting the 
                  Administrator in verifying the average adjusted gross 
                  income, average adjusted gross farm income, and average 
                  adjusted gross nonfarm income of the person or legal 
                  entity.
              ``(2) Administrator determination and denial 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 limitations established under 
                          subsection (b); and
                              ``(ii) notify the Secretary of the results 
                          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 limitations 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.
              ``(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 resides or operates. The person or 
                  legal entity shall submit evidence, accompanied with a 
                  certification 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 administrator.--If 
                  the Farm Service Agency determines 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 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.''.
target: Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to deny certain agricultural commodity payments for not less than five years, or permanently, to a person or legal entity that has knowingly engaged in, or aided in the creation of a fraudulent document, or failed to disclose material information relevant to the administration of such benefits. (Current law authorizes payment denial for up to five crop years.)
  
  Requires that a person or legal entity that received benefits while ineligible due to excess income repay such amounts fully.
  
  Directs the Secretary to request the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to verify the income-related eligibility of a benefit applicant, and deny benefits to a person or entity determined to be ineligible. Authorizes Farm Service Agency reconsideration of a denial.
feat_title: To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to require the Administrator of the Internal Revenue Service to verify income for purposes of determining the eligibility of persons for certain Department of Agriculture payments and benefits, and for other purposes.