Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Protection Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Senator Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced
Summary
Creates stabilization grants for grocery, farm, and food workers after natural or other disasters. The bill would set up a Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Stabilization Grant Program at USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service to fund eligible worker representatives.
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- Farmworkers, meat processing workers, and grocery workers could receive stabilization payments after a natural disaster or other disaster, as determined by the Agriculture Secretary.
- Labor unions and membership organizations that represent those workers would be eligible to obtain and distribute those grants.
- USDA would have to report to the House and Senate agriculture committees on program outcomes and impacts within four years.
*Would authorize $50.0 million to carry out the program, available until expended.*
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Disaster grants for food workers
If enacted, the Agriculture Secretary would create a grant program to help food‑sector worker organizations after disasters. The program would fund membership organizations and labor unions that represent farmworkers, meat processing workers, and grocery workers. Funds would pay stabilization payments when the Secretary determines a natural or other disaster occurred. Congress would authorize $50 million for the program, available until spent. The Secretary would report program outcomes and impacts to the House and Senate Agriculture Committees within four years.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]
NM • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
CO • D
Sponsored 5/12/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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