S. 4101 Introduced Agriculture and Food

Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Protection Act of 2026

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

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] Introduced March 16, 2026 Cosponsors 1 (1 D) Latest action March 16, 2026

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 the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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Actions

  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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