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HR 7938 · in committee · significant

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

What this bill does

  • The bill creates a grant program to provide disaster relief payments to farmworkers, meat processing workers, and grocery store workers.
  • Farmworker organizations and labor unions receive funding to distribute stabilization payments to their members during natural disasters.
  • The Agricultural Marketing Service administers the program, with funding amount and disbursement timeline to be determined.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How should the program prioritize distributing limited grant funds among farmworkers, meat processing workers, and grocery store workers across different regions?

  2. 02

    What accountability measures would ensure that farmworker organizations and labor unions distribute stabilization payments fairly to eligible workers?

  3. 03

    Which types of natural disasters should trigger eligibility for these grants, and how quickly should payments reach workers after a disaster occurs?

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Sponsor · D-IL-13

Nikki Budzinski

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Introduced 2026-03-16

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2026-03-16 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

  2. 2026-03-16 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  3. 2026-03-16 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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