[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3693 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3693

 To provide funding for the settlement of lawsuits against the Federal 
          Government for discrimination against Black Farmers.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 3, 2010

 Mr. Grassley introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide funding for the settlement of lawsuits against the Federal 
          Government for discrimination against Black Farmers.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PIGFORD SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.

    (a) There is hereby appropriated to the Department of Agriculture, 
$1,150,000,000, to remain available until expended, to carry out the 
terms of a Settlement Agreement (``such Settlement Agreement'') 
executed by In re Black Farmers Discrimination Litigation, No. 08-511 
(D.D.C.) that is approved by a court order that has become final and 
nonappealable, and that is comprehensive and provides for the final 
settlement of all remaining Pigford claims (``Pigford claims''), as 
defined in section 14012(a) of Public Law 110-246 (122 Stat. 2209). The 
funds appropriated herein for such Settlement Agreement are in addition 
to the $100,000,000 in funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
(``CCC'') that section 14012 made available for the payment of Pigford 
claims and are available only after such CCC funds have been fully 
obligated. The use of the funds appropriated herein shall be subject to 
the express terms of such Settlement Agreement. If any of the funds 
appropriated herein are not used for carrying out such Settlement 
Agreement, such funds shall be returned to the Treasury and shall not 
be made available for any purpose related to section 14012, for any 
other settlement agreement executed In re Black Farmers Discrimination 
Litigation, No. 08-511 (D.D.C.), or for any other purpose. If such 
Settlement Agreement is not executed and approved as provided above, 
then the sole funding available for Pigford claims shall be the 
$100,000,000 of funds of the CCC that section 14012 made available for 
the payment of Pigford claims.
    (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring the 
United States, any of its officers or agencies, or any other party to 
enter into such Settlement Agreement or any other settlement agreement.
    (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as creating the 
basis for a Pigford claim.
    (d) Section 14012 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 
(Public Law 110-246; 122 Stat. 2209) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(1)--
                    (A) by striking ``subsection (h)'' and inserting 
                ``subsection (g)''; and
                    (B) by striking ``subsection (i)'' and inserting 
                ``subsection (h)'';
            (2) by striking subsection (e);
            (3) in subsection (g), by striking ``subsection (f)'' and 
        inserting ``subsection (e)'';
            (4) in subsection (i)--
                    (A) by striking ``(i)'' and all that follows 
                through ``Of the funds'' and inserting the following:
    ``(h) Funding.--Of the funds'';
                    (B) by striking ``subsection (g)'' and inserting 
                ``subsection (f)''; and
                    (C) by striking paragraph (2);
            (5) by striking subsection (j); and
            (6) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), (h), and (k) as 
        subsections (e), (f), (g), and (i), respectively.

SEC. 2. USE OF STIMULUS FUNDS TO OFFSET SPENDING.

    (a) In General.--The unobligated balance of each amount 
appropriated or made available under the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5; 123 Stat. 115) (other than 
under title X of division A of that Act) is rescinded, on a pro rata 
basis, by an aggregate amount that equals the amounts necessary to 
offset any net increase in spending or foregone revenues resulting from 
this Act and the amendments made by this Act.
    (b) Report.--The Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
shall submit to each congressional committee the amounts rescinded 
under subsection (a) that are within the jurisdiction of the committee.
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