What This Bill Does · Plain English
Summary · Congress.gov
Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Protection Act of 2026 This bill directs the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to establish a grant program to provide farmworkers, meat processing workers, and grocery workers stabilization payments in the case of a natural disaster or other disaster. Specifically, AMS must provide funding to membership organizations or labor unions representing farmworkers, meat processing workers, and grocery workers for the payments.
Carveouts & Earmarks · 1 line items · $50M tagged
Specific dollar amounts in this bill that flow to identifiable companies or programs — the actual cash trail.
$50M
Sec.2
"There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000, to remain available until expended."
→ Secretary of Agriculture
Action Timeline
2026-03-16
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
2026-03-16
Introduced in Senate
Frequently Asked Questions
Did S.4101 pass?
S.4101 is still alive. Current stage: COMMITTEE. Pass likelihood: pending.
What does S.4101 do?
Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Protection Act of 2026 This bill directs the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to establish a grant program to provide farmworkers, meat processing workers, and grocery workers stabilization payments in the case of a natural disaster or other disaster. Specifically, AMS must provide funding to membership organizations or labor unions representing farmworkers, meat processing workers, and grocery workers for the payments.
Who sponsored S.4101?
S.4101 was sponsored by Ben Ray Luján (D-New Mexico).
How much money does S.4101 spend?
S.4101 contains $50M in identified line-item carveouts to specific programs and companies, across 1 earmarks.
Full Bill Text
119 S4101 IS: Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Protection Act of 2026 U.S. Senate 2026-03-16 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. 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.
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