3.0.0 3838 2023-01-11T13:21:23Z 2023-01-11T13:21:23Z Senate S S 2010-09-23 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-09-23T20:55:11Z 2010-09-23 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2010-09-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT N L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2010-09-23 True H001049 Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC] Kay Hagan D NC R. 2010-09-23 True Agriculture and Food Administrative remedies Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Appropriations Civil actions and liability Department of Agriculture Government liability Racial and ethnic relations Agriculture and Food 00 2010-09-23 Introduced in Senate 2010-11-26T17:51:35Z Appropriates funds to the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to carry out the Settlement Agreement (dated February 18, 2010, between plaintiffs and the Secretary to resolve claims that were raised or that could have been raised in the cases consolidated in In re Black Farmers Discrimination Litigation, including Pigford claims) if the Agreement is approved by a court order that is or becomes final and nonappealable.

States that: (1) such funds are in addition to certain Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds and shall be available only after the CCC funds are fully obligated; and (2) if the Agreement is not approved the CCC funds shall be the sole funding for Pigford claims.

Permits an eligible complaint alleging discrimination in violation of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act involving a USDA credit program to file a civil action or request administrative review as provided for by this Act.

]]> A bill to appropriate funds for the final settlement of lawsuits against the Federal Government for discrimination against Black Farmers and to provide relief for discrimination in a credit program of the Department of Agriculture under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. Display Title A bill to appropriate funds for the final settlement of lawsuits against the Federal Government for discrimination against Black Farmers and to provide relief for discrimination in a credit program of the Department of Agriculture under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. Official Title as Introduced A bill to appropriate funds for the final settlement of lawsuits against the Federal Government for discrimination against Black Farmers and to provide relief for discrimination in a credit program of the Department of Agriculture under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2010-09-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3838is/xml/BILLS-111s3838is.xml 2010-09-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.