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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,…

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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: October 6, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Became law
Oct 17, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Oct 6, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Oct 6, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now October 17, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 4398 Related bill African-American Farmers Benefits Relief Act of 2005
  • HR 5575 Related bill Pigford Claims Remedy Act of 2006
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Nov 4, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3998: 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.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3998/
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"H.R. 3998: 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.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3998/.
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H.R. 3998, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3998/.
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