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119-s-5303119th CongressWALLET

Supporting Our Farm and Food System Workforce Act

Sponsored By: Senator Padilla, Alex [D-CA]

Introduced

Summary

Creates an Office of the Farm and Food System Workforce at USDA to improve outreach, program access, and federal coordination for workers across farming, fisheries, forestry, and food processing. The office would be led by a Farm and Food System Workforce Coordinator and supported by a worker-focused Advisory Committee and an Interagency Council.

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  • Farm and food system workers would get centralized outreach and language-accessible information about USDA programs, assistance to access benefits, and help to become agricultural operators or landowners. The Advisory Committee would include up to 20 members with at least 5 workers represented.
  • Federal agencies and USDA programs would coordinate through an Interagency Council with one representative from each of 12 entities and meet at least twice per year to develop policy and program recommendations on program access, worker safety, and workforce stability.
  • The Office would set goals to boost worker participation, measure health, education, and economic outcomes, and publish annual reports to the Secretary and Congress in English, Spanish, and other languages as appropriate.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

New USDA Farm and Food Workforce Office

This bill would require the Secretary of Agriculture to create an Office of the Farm and Food System Workforce at USDA within 60 days of enactment. The Office would be led by a Farm and Food System Workforce Coordinator (the first would be the existing Farmworker Coordinator). The Coordinator would hire staff and appoint liaisons to USDA agencies and other federal departments to improve outreach, language access, and program navigation for farm and food system workers. The Office would form a public Advisory Committee with up to 20 members and an Interagency Council of cabinet-level agencies to coordinate services and policy. The Coordinator would send annual reports to the Secretary and to House and Senate Agriculture Committees and post public reports in English, Spanish, and other appropriate languages. The bill would authorize "such sums as are necessary" for each fiscal year 2027 through 2031. The prior Farmworker Coordinator position would end when the Secretary certifies the new Office is established and staffed.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Padilla, Alex [D-CA]

CA • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 8/6/2026

  • Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 8/6/2026

  • Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 8/6/2026

  • Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 8/6/2026

  • Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]

    OR • D

    Sponsored 8/6/2026

  • Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 8/6/2026

  • Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]

    NV • D

    Sponsored 8/6/2026

  • Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]

    NM • D

    Sponsored 8/6/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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