Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Protection Act of 2026
119-S-4101119th CongressIntroduced Mar 16, 2026Agriculture and Food
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Introduced
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Floor Vote
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Signed
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Sponsor
Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM](D-NM)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.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Mar 16, 2026Senate
Introduced in Senate
Mar 16, 2026Library of Congress