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 124 STAT. 3071 PUBLIC LAW 111–291—DEC. 8, 2010 the unused funds available for any purpose related to section 14012 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, for any other settlement agreement executed in In re Black Farmers Discrimina- tion Litigation, No. 08–511 (D.D.C.), or for any other purpose. (e) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring the United States, any of its officers or agencies, or any other party to enter into the Settlement Agree- ment or any other settlement agreement. Nothing in this section shall be construed as creating the basis for a Pigford claim. (f) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 14012 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2209) is amended— (1) in subsection (c)(1)— (A) by striking ‘‘subsection (h)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub- section (g)’’; and (B) by striking ‘‘subsection (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub- section (h)’’; (2) by striking subsection (e); (3) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘subsection (f)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (e)’’; (4) in subsection (i)— (A) by striking ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds’’ and inserting ‘‘Of the funds’’; (B) by striking paragraph (2); and (C) by striking ‘‘subsection (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub- section (f)’’; (5) by striking subsection (j); and (6) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), (h), (i), and (k) as subsections (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i), respectively. (g) ADDITIONAL SETTLEMENT TERMS.—For the purposes of this section and funding for the Settlement Agreement, the following are additional terms: (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: (A) SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘Settlement Agreement’’ means the settlement, including any modifica- tions agreed to by the parties and approved by the court, between the Secretary of Agriculture and certain plaintiffs, by and through their counsel in litigation titled Black Farmers Discrimination Litigation, Misc. No. 08–mc–0511 (PLF). (B) NEUTRAL ADJUDICATOR.— (i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Neutral Adjudicator’’ means a Track A Neutral or a Track B Neutral as those terms are defined in the Settlement Agreement, who have been hired by Lead Class Counsel as that term is defined in the Settlement Agreement. (ii) REQUIREMENT.—The Track A and B Neutrals called for in the Settlement Agreement shall be approved by the Secretary of the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture, the Attorney General, and the court. (2) OATH.—Every Neutral Adjudicator shall take an oath administered by the court prior to hearing claims. (3) ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION OR EVIDENCE.—Any Neu- tral Adjudicator may, during the course of hearing claims, require claimants to provide additional documentation and evi- dence if, in the Neutral Adjudicator’s judgment, the additional