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S. 4101Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

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

Sponsored by Ben Ray LujánSen. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
Introduced March 16, 2026

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The Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Protection Act of 2026 would set up a new grant program run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to give financial stabilization assistance to groups that represent farm, meat‑processing, and grocery workers after a disaster. The program is funded with $50 million and is overseen by the Secretary of Agriculture, with a performance report required after four years.

Key Provisions

  • Defines "eligible entity" as a membership organization or labor union that represents farmworkers, meat‑processing workers, or grocery workers.
  • Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Agricultural Marketing Service, to create a grant program that provides stabilization payments to those eligible entities when a natural or other disaster occurs.
  • Requires the Secretary to submit a report to the House and Senate agriculture committees within four years of the law’s enactment, describing the program’s outcomes and impact.
  • Authorizes up to $50 million in funding for the grant program, available until fully spent.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

March 16, 2026

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Introduced in Senate

March 16, 2026

SenateIntro Referral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

March 16, 2026

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Introduced in SenateIssued March 16, 2026

II

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 4101

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 16, 2026

Mr. Luján introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

A BILL

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

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Protection Act of 2026.

2.

Grocery, farm, and food worker stabilization grant program

(a)

Definitions

In this section:

(1)

Eligible entity

The term eligible entity means a membership organization, as determined by the Secretary, or labor union representing farmworkers, meat processing workers, or grocery workers.

(2)

Secretary

The term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture.

(b)

Establishment

The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service, shall establish a grant program to provide funding to eligible entities representing farmworkers, meat processing workers, and grocery workers for stabilization payments in the case of a natural disaster or other disaster, as determined by the Secretary.

(c)

Report

Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report describing the outcomes and evaluating the impacts of the program established under subsection (b).

(d)

Authorization of appropriations

There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000, to remain available until expended.