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H.R. 7938In CommitteeAGRICULTURE AND FOOD

Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Stabilization Grant Program Act of 2026

Sponsor
Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13]
D · IL-13
Key facts
Introduced: Mar 16, 2026
Chamber: House
Cosponsors: 13
Congress: 119th
Latest action · Mar 16, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Summary

Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Stabilization Grant Program Act of 2026

This bill directs the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to establish a grant program to provide farmworkers, meat processing workers, and grocery workers stabilization payments in the case of a natural disaster or other disaster. Specifically, AMS must provide funding to membership organizations or labor unions representing farmworkers, meat processing workers, and grocery workers for the payments. 

Summary by Congressional Research Service.

Timeline

  1. Mar 16, 2026
    Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
  2. Mar 16, 2026
    Introduced in House
  3. Mar 16, 2026
    Introduced in House

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