H.R. 7938 Introduced Agriculture and Food

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

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a grocery, farm, and food worker stabilization grant program.

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13] Introduced March 16, 2026 Cosponsors 16 (16 D) Latest action April 3, 2026

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 the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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Actions

  1. Apr 3, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
  2. Apr 3, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
  3. Apr 3, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
  4. Mar 16, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
  5. Mar 16, 2026 Introduced in House

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