---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 2279d"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "2279d"
heading: "Compensatory damages in claims under Rehabilitation Act of 1973"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/2279d"
units:
  - "Chapter 55 — Department of Agriculture"
---

# §2279d. Compensatory damages in claims under Rehabilitation Act of 1973


In any claim brought under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 [[29 U.S.C. 701](/usc/29/701.md) et seq.] and filed with the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) of Agriculture after January 1994 resulting in a finding that a farmer was subjected to discrimination under any farm loan program or activity conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture in violation of section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ([29 U.S.C. 794](/usc/29/794.md)), the [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) of Agriculture shall be liable for compensatory damages. Such liability shall apply to any administrative action brought before October 21, 1998, but only if the action is brought within the applicable statute of limitations and the complainant sought or seeks compensatory damages while the action is pending.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(a) [title VII, § 742], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681, 2681–31.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 93–112, Sept. 26, 1973, 87 Stat. 355, which is classified generally to chapter 16 (§ 701 et seq.) of Title 29, Labor. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 701 of Title 29 and Tables.