U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB7938: Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Stabilization Grant Program Act of 2026
Status: In committee, April 3, 2026
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a grocery, farm, and food worker stabilization grant program.
What the bill says
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a grocery, farm, and food worker stabilization grant program.
From the introduced text, March 16, 2026:
A BILL To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a grocery, farm, and food worker stabilization grant program. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Stabilization Grant Program Act of 2026 . SECTION 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 …
Sponsors
- Nikki Budzinski (D, 13) · primary sponsor
- Norton, Eleanor (D, HD-000)
- Chellie Pingree (D, HD-001)
- Judy Chu (D, HD-CA-28)
- Sharice Davids (D, HD-003)
- Daniel Goldman (D, 10)
- Andrea Salinas (D)
- Jennifer McClellan (D, HD-004)
- Shri Thanedar (D, HD-013)
- Nikema Williams (D, HD-005)
- David Scott (D, HD-GA-13)
- Julia Brownley (D, HD-CA-26)
Latest actions
- : Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
- : Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
- : Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
- : Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Common questions
- What is HB7938?
- HB7938 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Stabilization Grant Program Act of 2026.
- What does HB7938 do?
- In its own words: To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a grocery, farm, and food worker stabilization grant program.
- What is the status of HB7938?
- In committee as of April 3, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture. (April 3, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB7938?
- Nikki Budzinski (D, 13), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB7938?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7938
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