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PUBLIC LAW 103-354—OCT. 13, 1994 108 STAT. 3233 SEC. 279. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 7 USC 6999. A final determination of the Division shall be reviewable and enforceable by any United States district court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code. SEC. 280. IMPLEMENTATION OF FINAL DETERMINATIONS OF 7 USC 7000. DIVISION. On the return of a case to an agency pursuant to the final determination of the Division, the head of the agency shall implement the final determination not later than 30 days after the effective date of the notice of the final determination. SEC. 281. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO NATIONAL 7 USC 7001. APPEALS DIVISION. (a) DECISIONS OF STATE, COUNTY, AND AREA COMMITTEES.— (1) APPLICATION OF SUBSECTION.— This subsection shall apply only with respect to functions of the Consolidated Farm Service Agency or the Conmiodity Credit Corporation that are under the jurisdiction of a State, county, or area committee established under section 8(b)(5) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)(5)) or an employee of such a committee. (2) FINALITY. —Each decision of a State, county, or area committee (or an employee of such a committee) covered by paragraph (1) that is made in good faith in the absence of misrepresentation, false statement, fii^ud, or willfiil misconduct shall oe final not later than 90 days after the date of filing of the application for benefits, unless the decision is— (A) appealed under this subtitle; or (B) modified by the Administrator of the Consolidated Farm Service Agency or the Executive Vice President of the Commodity Cfredit Corporation. (3) RECOVERY OF AMOUNTS. —If the decision of the State, county, or area committee has become final under paragraph (2), no action may be taken by the Consolidated Farm Service Agency, the Commodity Credit Corporation, or a State, county, or area committee to recover amounts found to have been disbursed as a result of a decision in error unless the participant had reason to beheve that the decision was erroneous. (4) SAVINGS PROVISION.—For purposes of this subsection, a reference to the "Consolidated Farm Service Agency" includes any other office, agency, or administrative unit of the Department assigned the iunctions authorized for the Consohdated Farm Service Agency under section 226. (b) AGRICULTURAL STABIUZATION AND CONSERVATION SERV- ICE.— Section 426 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1433e) is repealed. (c) FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION.— Section 333B of the Consohdated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1983b) is repealed. SEC. 282. EXPANSION OF ISSUES COVERED BY STATE MEDIATION PROGRAMS. (a) EXPANSION OF MEDIATION PROGRAMS.— Section 501 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 5101) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking "an agricultural loan mediation program" and inserting "a mediation program";