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except for the purposes set forth in such para-
graph.’’. 
SEC. 11311. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING FOOD 
DESERTS, 
GEOGRAPHICALLY 
ISOLATED 
NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES WITH 
LIMITED OR NO ACCESS TO MAJOR CHAIN 
GROCERY STORES. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Agri-
culture, in conjunction with the National Institutes of 
Health, the Centers for Disease Control, the Institute of 
Medicine and faith-based organizations, should— 
(1) conduct a national assessment of food 
deserts in the United States, namely those geo-
graphically isolated neighborhoods and communities 
with limited or no access to major-chain grocery 
stores; and 
(2) develop recommendations for eliminating 
food deserts. 
SEC. 11312. PIGFORD CLAIMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any Pigford claimant who has not 
previously obtained a determination on the merits of a 
Pigford claim may, in a civil action, obtain that determina-
tion. 
(b) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law— 
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(1) all payments or debt relief (including any 
limitation on foreclosure under subsection (f)) made 
pursuant to an action commenced under subsection 
(a) shall be made exclusively from funds made avail-
able pursuant to subsection (h), Provided that the 
total amount of payments and debt relief pursuant 
to an action commenced under subsection (a) shall 
not exceed $100,000,000; and 
(2) in no event may such payments or debt re-
lief be made from the Judgement Fund established 
by 31 U.S.C. 1304. 
(c) INTENT OF CONGRESS AS TO REMEDIAL NATURE 
OF SECTION.—It is the intent of Congress that this sec-
tion be liberally construed so as to effectuate its remedial 
purpose of giving a full determination on the merits for 
each Pigford claim denied that determination. 
(d) LOAN DATA.— 
(1) REPORT
TO
PERSON
SUBMITTING
PETI-
TION.—Not later than 60 days after the Secretary 
of Agriculture receives notice of a complaint filed by 
a claimant under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
provide to the claimant a report on farm credit loans 
made within the claimant’s county or adjacent coun-
ty by the Department during the period beginning 
on January 1 of the year preceding the year or years 
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covered by the complaint and ending on December 
31 of year following such year or years. Such report 
shall contain information on all persons whose appli-
cation for a loan was accepted, including— 
(A) the race of the applicant; 
(B) the date of application; 
(C) the date of the loan decision; 
(D) the location of the office making the 
loan decision; and 
(E) all data relevant to the process of de-
ciding on the loan. 
(2) NO PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMA-
TION.—The reports provided pursuant to paragraph 
(1) shall not contain any information that would 
identify any person that applied for a loan from the 
Department of Agriculture. 
(e) EXPEDITED RESOLUTIONS AUTHORIZED.—Any 
person filing a complaint under this Act for discrimination 
in the application for, or making or servicing of, a farm 
loan, at his or her discretion, may seek liquidated damages 
of $50,000, discharge of the debt that was incurred under, 
or affected by, the discrimination that is the subject of 
the person’s complaint, and a tax payment in the amount 
equal to 25 percent of the liquidated damages and loan 
principal discharged, in which case— 
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(1) if only such damages, debt discharge, and 
tax payment are sought, the complainant shall be 
able to prove his or her case by substantial evidence; 
and 
(2) the court shall decide the case based on a 
review of documents submitted by the complainant 
and defendant relevant to the issues of liability and 
damages. 
(f) LIMITATION ON FORECLOSURES.—The Secretary 
of Agriculture may not begin acceleration on or foreclosure 
of a loan if a borrower is a Pigford claimant and, in an 
appropriate administrative proceeding, makes a prima 
facie case that the foreclosure is related to a Pigford 
claim. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘Pigford claimant’’ means an indi-
vidual who previously submitted a late-filing request 
under section 5(g) of the consent decree in the case 
of Pigford v. Glickman, approved by the United 
States District Court for the District of Columbia on 
April 14, 1999; and 
(2) the term ‘‘Pigford claim’’ means a discrimi-
nation complaint, as defined by section 1(h) of that 
consent decree and documented under section 5(b) 
of that consent decree. 
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(h) FUNDING.—Of the funds of the Commodity Cred-
it Corporation, the Secretary shall make available 
$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, to remain available 
until expended, for payments and debt relief in satisfac-
tion of claims against the United States under subsection 
(a), and for any actions made pursuant to subsection (f). 
SEC. 11313. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY OF WASTE-
WATER 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
NEAR 
UNITED 
STATES-MEXICO BORDER. 
The Comptroller General shall conduct a study of the 
state of wastewater infrastructure in rural communities 
within 150 miles of the United States-Mexico border to 
determine what the Federal Government can do to assist 
border rural communities in bringing wastewater infra-
structure up to date. 
SEC. 11314. ELIMINATION OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS AP-
PLICABLE TO COLLECTION OF DEBT BY AD-
MINISTRATIVE OFFSET. 
(a) ELIMINATION.—Section 3716(e) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(e)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
regulation, or administrative limitation, no limitation on 
the period within which an offset may be initiated or taken 
pursuant to this section shall be effective. 
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