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S 972 111th Congress Senate 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

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…

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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: May 5, 2009 Introduced by: Grassley, Chuck Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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May 5, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5131-5132)
May 5, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5131)
May 5, 2009
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now May 5, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5131-5132)

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 972: 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.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-972/
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"S. 972: 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.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-972/.
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S. 972, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-972/.
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