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ministered by the Farm Service Agency, the Rural Utili-
ties Service, the Rural Housing Service, or the Rural Busi-
ness-Cooperative Service, and may forgo foreclosure of the 
loan, for such period as the Secretary considers necessary 
on a showing by the borrower that, due to circumstances 
beyond the control of the borrower, the borrower is tempo-
rarily unable to continue making payments of the principal 
and interest when due without unduly impairing the 
standard of living of the borrower. 
‘‘(b) INTEREST.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary may permit any loan de-
ferred under this section to bear no interest during 
or after the deferral period. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—If the security instrument 
securing the loan is foreclosed, such interest as is in-
cluded in the purchase price at the foreclosure shall 
become part of the principal and draw interest from 
the date of foreclosure at the rate prescribed by law. 
‘‘(c) 
MORATORIUM
REGARDING
CIVIL
RIGHTS 
CLAIMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this subsection, effective beginning on May 
22, 2008, there shall be in effect a moratorium, with 
respect to farmer program loans made under subtitle 
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A, on all acceleration and foreclosure proceedings in-
stituted by the Department against any farmer 
who— 
‘‘(A) has pending against the Department 
a claim of program discrimination that is ac-
cepted by the Department as valid; or 
‘‘(B) files a claim of program discrimina-
tion that is accepted by the Department as 
valid. 
‘‘(2) WAIVER OF INTEREST AND OFFSETS.— 
During the period of the moratorium, the Secretary 
shall waive the accrual of interest and offsets on all 
farmer program loans made under subtitle A for 
which loan acceleration or foreclosure proceedings 
have been suspended under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) TERMINATION
OF
MORATORIUM.—The 
moratorium shall terminate with respect to a claim 
of discrimination by a farmer on the earlier of— 
‘‘(A) the date the Secretary resolves the 
claim; or 
‘‘(B) if the farmer appeals the decision of 
the Secretary on the claim to a court of com-
petent jurisdiction, the date that the court ren-
ders a final decision on the claim. 
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‘‘(24) Oglala Lakota College. 
‘‘(25) Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College. 
‘‘(26) Salish Kootenai College. 
‘‘(27) Sinte Gleska University. 
‘‘(28) Sisseton Wahpeton College. 
‘‘(29) Sitting Bull College. 
‘‘(30) Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Insti-
tute. 
‘‘(31) Stone Child College. 
‘‘(32) Tohono O’odham Community College. 
‘‘(33) Turtle Mountain Community College. 
‘‘(34) United Tribes Technical College. 
‘‘(35) White Earth Tribal and Community Col-
lege.’’. 
(b) ENDOWMENT FOR 1994 INSTITUTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 533 of the Equity in 
Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 
U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law 103–382) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subsection (a)(2)(A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘of such Act as added by section 534(b)(1) of 
this part’’ and inserting ‘‘of that Act (7 U.S.C. 
343(b)(3)) and for programs for children, 
youth, and families at risk and for Federally 
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