HR 2676
107th Congress
House
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Agricultural credit
Agricultural subsidies
Agriculture and Food
Blacks in rural areas
Claims
Compensation (Law)
Economics and Public Finance
Farmers
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Government liability
Housing and Community Development
Income tax
Law
Minorities
Personal income tax
Racial discrimination
Tax exclusion
Taxation
Black Farmer Equal Remedy Act of 2001
Introduced: July 30, 2001
Introduced by:
Thompson, Bennie G.
Democratic
· Mississippi
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 19, 2001
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Sep 19, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Sep 10, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Jul 30, 2001
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Ways and Means, 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.
Jul 30, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Black Farmer Equal Remedy Act of 2001 - Provides, with respect to specified agriculture-related petitions for redress filed by black farmers, for: (1) the Secretary of Agriculture to make a specified direct payment to persons who qualified as a plaintiff class member but were denied certification; (2) tax-free treatment of settlement payments awarded to claimants under a consent decree; and (3) additional relief which may include Department of Agriculture program priority and technical assistance for qualifying class members and class members whose claims were dismissed.
What's happening now
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.