(2) PROCEDURE FOR REVIEW OF CLAIMS.— 
(A) DEADLINE
FOR
CLAIMS
SUBMIS-
SION.—An award under this section may not be 
made with respect to a claim submitted after 
the 3-year period that begins with the date of 
the enactment of this section. 
(B) EXPEDITIOUS CLAIMS REVIEW.—The 
Special Master shall process, review, and adju-
dicate claims under this section as expeditiously 
as possible. 
(C) EVIDENTIARY RULES.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The Special Master 
may permit a claimant to present evidence 
and testimony to substantiate a claim 
under this section. 
(ii) INAPPLICABILITY
OF
CERTAIN 
RULES.—The Federal Rules of Civil Proce-
dure, the Federal Rules of Evidence, sec-
tion 554 of title 5, United States Code, 
and the legal standards and precedents 
otherwise required to state a legally cog-
nizable prima facie discrimination case in 
the courts of the United States shall not 
apply to a claim under this section. 
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(D) PUBLICATION
OF
CLAIMS
PROCE-
DURES.—Within 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Special Master shall 
cause to have published in the Federal Register 
the procedures and criteria to be used in re-
viewing and adjudicating claims under this sec-
tion. 
(E) IMPLEMENTATION
OF
PROCEDURES 
AND
CRITERIA.—The procedures and criteria 
shall be established and implemented so as to 
effectuate the remedial purpose of giving each 
claimant the opportunity to obtain full relief for 
past discrimination. 
(d) ADJUDICATION OF CLAIM OF GENDER DISCRIMI-
NATION IN DENIAL, OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE NOTICE 
OF ACTION ON, AN APPLICATION FOR A FARM LOAN, 
FARM LOAN SERVICING, OR A DISASTER LOAN.—The 
Special Master shall award $5,000 to an eligible claimant 
who has submitted a claim under this section, for each 
calendar year in the claims period with respect to which— 
(1) the claim includes an allegation that the 
Secretary denied a request from the claimant for an 
application for a farm loan, farm loan servicing, or 
a disaster loan, or failed to notify the claimant of 
any action taken by the Department on such an ap-
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plication submitted by the claimant, on the basis of 
the gender of the claimant; and 
(2) the Secretary fails to prove by a preponder-
ance of the evidence that the allegation is false. 
(e) ADJUDICATION OF CLAIM OF GENDER DISCRIMI-
NATION IN DENIAL OF FARM LOAN, FARM LOAN SERV-
ICING, OR DISASTER LOAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any amount 
awarded under subsection (d), the Special Master 
shall award an amount determined in accordance 
with paragraph (2) of this subsection to an eligible 
claimant who has submitted a claim under this sec-
tion in which there is an allegation that the Sec-
retary denied an application by the claimant for a 
farm loan, farm loan servicing, or a disaster loan on 
the basis of gender of the claimant, if the Special 
Master finds that the discrimination occurred. 
(2) DETERMINATION OF AWARD AMOUNT.—In 
determining the amount to award a claimant under 
paragraph (1), the Special Master shall presume 
that the amount to be awarded is $109,000, and 
shall increase or decrease the amount, as appro-
priate, based on factors to be determined by the 
Special Master, including— 
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(A) the duration of ownership or operation 
of a farm by the claimant; 
(B) the type of farming operation of the 
claimant; 
(C) the past production by the claimant of 
agricultural products; 
(D) the availability of contemporaneously 
created documents and witness testimony con-
cerning the allegations of discrimination made 
by the claimant; 
(E) the inappropriateness of the conduct of 
employees of the Department with regard to the 
claimant; and 
(F) the damages suffered by the claimant. 
(f) ATTORNEY’S FEES.— 
(1) COUNSEL
FOR
PLAINTIFFS
AND
CLASS 
MEMBERS IN LOVE V. VILSACK.—Within 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, counsel 
of record for the plaintiffs and putative class mem-
bers at the time of the filing of the complaints in 
Love v. Vilsack, C.A. No. 1:00–CV–02502 (U.S. 
District Court for the District of Columbia) may 
present to the Special Master a petition for reason-
able compensation for all services the counsel have 
provided to the plaintiffs and putative class members 
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from calendar year 2000 through the date the peti-
tion is presented, which shall be determined by the 
Special Master in accord with the legal precedents of 
the United States Court of Appeals for the District 
of Columbia Circuit pertaining to awards of attor-
neys’ fees for the litigation of actions where a favor-
able result is obtained for the common benefit of a 
class. 
(2) OTHER
COUNSEL.—The Special Master 
may, in accordance with procedures and guidelines 
established by the Special Master, award fees to 
counsel who represent a claimant in a proceeding 
under this section, not exceeding $10,000 per 
claimaint, for services the counsel have provided to 
the claimant in connection with the proceeding, re-
gardless of whether the claimant receives an award 
under this section. 
(g) FINALITY OF DETERMINATIONS.—An adjudica-
tion of a claim under this section shall be final and not 
reviewable by any court. 
(h) ACCEPTANCE OF AWARD CONSTITUTES SATIS-
FACTION OF ALL CLAIMS OF DISCRIMINATION DURING 
THE CLAIMS PERIOD.—A claimant who accepts an award 
under this section may not bring or pursue an action in 
any Federal or State court, or an administrative pro-
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