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Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Stabilization Grant Program Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Representative Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13]
In Committee
Summary
Creates a federal grant program to provide disaster stabilization payments to grocery, farm, and meat processing workers. This bill would route funds through labor unions and qualifying membership organizations and give the Agriculture Secretary authority to define disaster triggers and eligible recipients.
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- Grocery, farm, and meat processing workers could receive stabilization payments after a natural or other disaster through their union or membership organization.
- Labor unions and membership organizations that represent those workers would be eligible to apply for grants and distribute payments to members.
- The Agriculture Department's Agricultural Marketing Service would administer the program and must submit an outcomes and impact evaluation within four years.
*This bill would authorize $50 million in appropriations, increasing federal outlays.*
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Stabilization grants for grocery and farm workers
This bill would create a Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Stabilization Grant Program. The Secretary of Agriculture, through the Agricultural Marketing Service, would run the program. Grants would go to membership organizations or labor unions that represent farm, meat processing, or grocery workers. The Secretary would decide which groups qualify and which disasters trigger payments. Those groups would make stabilization payments to workers after a qualifying disaster. Congress would be authorized to appropriate $50 million for the program and the funds would remain available until spent. The Secretary would report program outcomes to the House and Senate Agriculture Committees within four years.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13]
IL • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4]
CA • D
Sponsored 10/15/2026
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 3/30/2026
Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
ME • D
Sponsored 4/6/2026
Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28]
CA • D
Sponsored 4/6/2026
Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3]
KS • D
Sponsored 4/6/2026
Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]
NY • D
Sponsored 4/6/2026
Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6]
OR • D
Sponsored 4/6/2026
Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4]
VA • D
Sponsored 4/6/2026
Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]
MI • D
Sponsored 4/14/2026
Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13]
GA • D
Sponsored 4/20/2026
Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]
GA • D
Sponsored 4/15/2026
Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
CA • D
Sponsored 5/11/2026
Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
NY • D
Sponsored 5/11/2026
Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1]
NM • D
Sponsored 5/14/2026
Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]
MA • D
Sponsored 6/4/2026
Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25]
FL • D
Sponsored 6/4/2026
Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
CA • D
Sponsored 7/14/2026
Roll Call Votes
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