---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 9093"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "9093"
heading: "Prevention of deceased individuals receiving payments under farm commodity programs"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/9093"
units:
  - "Chapter 115 — Agricultural Commodity Policy and Programs"
  - "Subchapter V — Administration"
---

# §9093. Prevention of deceased individuals receiving payments under farm commodity programs

- (a) **Reconciliation—** At least twice each year, the [Secretary](/usc/7/9001.md) shall reconcile Social Security numbers of all individuals who receive payments under this chapter, whether directly or indirectly, with the Commissioner of Social Security to determine if the individuals are alive.
- (b) **Preclusion—** The [Secretary](/usc/7/9001.md) shall preclude the issuance of payments to, and on behalf of, deceased individuals that were not eligible for payments.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1608, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 708.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this title”, meaning title I of Pub. L. 113–79, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 658, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Tables.