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 12 2 STA T . 221 0PUBLIC LA W 110 – 2 46—J U NE 1 8, 2008 (1)CONSE N TD E CR EE .—Thet e rm‘ ‘ cons ent d ecree ’ ’me a ns the consent decree i nthecaseo fP i g ford v . Gl ic k man , a p proved by the U nited S tates D istrict Co u rt for the District of Columbia on A pril 1 4 ,1 9 99. ( 2 )DE PA RT M ENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ means the Department of Agriculture. ( 3 )P IGF ORD C L AIM.—The term ‘‘Pigford claim’’ means a discrimination complaint, as defined by section 1(h) of the con - sent decree and documented under section 5 (b) of the consent decree. (4) PIGFORD CLAIMANT.—The term ‘‘Pigford claimant’’ means an individual w ho previously submitted a late-filing re q uest under section 5(g) of the consent decree. (b) DETERMINATION ON M ERITS.—Any Pigford claimant who has not previously obtained a determination on the merits of a Pigford claim may, in a civil action brought in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, obtain that determina- tion. (c) L IMITATION.— (1) I N GENERAL.—Sub j ect to paragraph (2), all payments or debt relief (including any limitation on foreclosure under subsection (h)) shall be made e x clusively from funds made available under subsection (i). (2) MA X IM U M AMOUNT.—The total amount of payments and debt relief pursuant to actions commenced under subsection (b) shall not exceed $ 1 0 0,000,000. (d) INTENT OF CONGRESS AS TO R EMEDIAL N ATURE OF SEC- TION.—It is the intent of Congress that this section be liberally construed so as to effectuate its remedial purpose of giving a full determination on the merits for each Pigford claim previously denied that determination. (e) LOAN DATA.— (1) REPORT TO PERSON SU B MITTING PETITION.— (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the Secretary receives notice of a complaint filed by a claimant under subsection (b), the Secretary shall provide to the claimant a report on farm credit loans and noncredit bene- fits, as appropriate, made within the claimant’s county (or if no documents are found, within an adjacent county as determined by the claimant), by the Department during the period beginning on J anuary 1 of the year preceding the period covered by the complaint and ending on December 31 of the year following the period. ( B )RE Q UIREMENTS.—A report under subparagraph (A) shall contain information on all persons whose application for a loan or benefit was accepted, including— (i) the race of the applicant (ii) the date of application; (iii) the date of the loan or benefit decision, as appropriate; (iv) the location of the office making the loan or benefit decision, as appropriate; (v) all data relevant to the decisionmaking process for the loan or benefit, as appropriate; and (vi) all data relevant to the servicing of the loan or benefit, as appropriate.

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