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S. 4101In CommitteeAGRICULTURE AND FOOD

Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Protection Act of 2026

Sponsor
Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]
D · NM
Key facts
Introduced: Mar 16, 2026
Chamber: Senate
Cosponsors: 1
Congress: 119th
Latest action · Mar 16, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summary

Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Protection 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
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
  2. Mar 16, 2026
    Introduced in Senate

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