3.0.0 972 2023-01-11T13:18:58Z 2023-01-11T13:18:58Z Senate S S 2009-05-05 111 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-05-05T18:09:10Z 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 3623 HR 2009-10-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Related bill CRS 2009-05-05 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5131-5132) IntroReferral 2009-05-05 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5131) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-05-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N H001049 Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC] Kay Hagan D NC R. 2009-05-05 True L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2009-08-04 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 2009-05-05 Introduced in Senate 2009-12-02T23:10:43Z 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.

]]> 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. Display Title 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. Official Title as Introduced 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. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2009-05-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s972is/xml/BILLS-111s972is.xml 2009-05-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5131-5132) 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.