3.0.0 3623 2023-01-11T13:18:04Z 2023-01-11T13:18:04Z House H HR 2009-09-22 111 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Referred to 2009-10-19T21:11:57Z hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2009-10-19T21:11:49Z Referred to 2009-09-22T16:31:49Z hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-09-22T16:31:50Z A bill to amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to provide funding for successful claimants following a determination on the merits of Pigford claims related to racial discrimination by the Department of Agriculture. 111 972 S 2009-05-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5131-5132) Related bill CRS 2009-10-19 hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Committee 2009-10-19 hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. Committee 2009-09-22 Referred to House Agriculture IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2009-09-22 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2009-09-22 Referred to House Judiciary IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2009-09-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-09-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000602 Rep. Davis, Artur [D-AL-7] Artur Davis D AL 7 N R000573 Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4] MIKE ROSS D AR 4 2009-10-22 False C000380 Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large] DONNA CHRISTENSEN D VI M. 0 2009-11-03 False J000288 Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] Henry Johnson D GA C. "Hank" 4 2009-11-03 False J000032 Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON-LEE D TX 18 2009-11-04 False J000283 Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2] JESSE JACKSON D IL L. 2 2009-11-16 False C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2010-03-12 False Agriculture and Food Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Civil actions and liability Fraud offenses and financial crimes Legal fees and court costs Racial and ethnic relations Agriculture and Food 00 2009-09-22 Introduced in House 2009-12-02T23:08:50Z Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to make it unlawful for a person to knowingly commit specified fraudulent acts relating to a Pigford claim (relating to racial discrimination by the Department of Agriculture). Subjects a violator to criminal fine and/or up to five years in prison.

Provides for: (1) access to the permanent judgment fund for additional claims payments or debt relief after the expenditure of amounts otherwise made available for claims payments; and (2) reasonable attorney fees, administrative costs, and expenses to be paid from such fund.

]]> To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to provide funding for successful claimants following a determination on the merits of Pigford claims related to racial discrimination by the Department of Agriculture. Display Title To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to provide funding for successful claimants following a determination on the merits of Pigford claims related to racial discrimination by the Department of Agriculture. Official Title as Introduced To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to provide funding for successful claimants following a determination on the merits of Pigford claims related to racial discrimination by the Department of Agriculture. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2009-09-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr3623ih/xml/BILLS-111hr3623ih.xml 2009-10-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.