Congress 107 - HR 2676 - Black Farmer Equal Remedy Act of 2001

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Agricultural credit Agricultural subsidies Agriculture and Food Blacks in rural areas Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 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

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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.

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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

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