United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 3998 (109th)
To provide farm debt and program relief to African-American farmers who suffered discrimination in the administration of Department of Agriculture farm credit programs and other agriculture programs, and for other purposes.
Introduced
6 October 2005
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
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Summary
Forgives all indebtedness, in connection with all farm operating loan program debt agreements entered into with the Department of Agriculture pursuant to the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and requires payment of the minimum relief raised in the combined cases Pigford et al. v. Glickman and Brewington et al v. Glickman, with respect to each African-American farmer who: (1) was an "actual farmer" during the period beginning on January 1, 1981, and extending through December 30, 1996; and (2) applied for, but failed to receive, farm credit program debt relief pursuant to specified federal law or through the Black Farmer Settlement as authorized by the previously mentioned cases.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 6 October 2005
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Introduced in House · EN · 6 October 2005
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 6 October 2005
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/3998
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3998