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The earlier bills that were designed to address the plight of late filing claimants in the Pigford v. Glickman settlement were referred to both the House Committee on the Judiciary and the House Committee on Agriculture.1 Because both Committees were crucial to the passage of legislation, the Committee Chairmen and other interested members adopted a cooperative and more streamlined approach of moving Pigford relief through the larger agricultural programs legislation. The Pigford Claims Remedy Act was enacted as Section 14012 of H.R. 2419, the "Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008,” Public Law No: 110-234, on May 22, 2008, following an initial veto by President Bush.
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