7 U.S.C. § 3502 : US Code - Section 3502: Civil penalty

Search 7 U.S.C. § 3502 : US Code - Section 3502: Civil penalty

(a) If the Secretary determines that a person - 
(1) has failed to submit a report in accordance with the
provisions of section 3501 of this title, or
(2) has knowingly submitted a report under section 3501 of this
title - 
(A) which does not contain all the information required to be
in such report, or
(B) which contains information that is misleading or false,
such person shall be subject to a civil penalty imposed by the
Secretary. The amount of any such civil penalty shall be
determined in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of
this section. Any such civil penalty shall be recoverable in a
civil action brought by the Attorney General of the United States
in an appropriate district court of the United States.
(b) The amount of any civil penalty imposed by the Secretary
under subsection (a) of this section shall be such amount as the
Secretary determines to be appropriate to carry out the purposes of
this chapter, except that such amount shall not exceed 25 percent
of the fair market value, on the date of the assessment of such
penalty, of the interest in agricultural land with respect to which
such violation occurred.