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Nikki Budzinski (D-IL)

Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Stabilization Grant Program Act of 2026

H.R. 7938 · House bill Agriculture and Food

A Democratic bill with 17 Democratic cosponsors · See all 17 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill, known as the ``Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Stabilization Grant Program Act of 2026'', directs the Secretary of Agriculture to create a new grant program. The program is intended to provide funding to eligible entities such as labor unions or membership organizations. These funds would be used for stabilization payments for farmworkers, meat processing workers, or grocery workers. These payments are triggered by a natural disaster or other disaster as determined by the Secretary. The Secretary must also submit a report evaluating the program's impacts within four years. Finally, the bill authorizes $50,000,000 for this purpose.

Yes· 3 of 8

  • Scored +6

    Would union members be better off under this?

    The bill explicitly allows labor unions to act as eligible entities to distribute stabilization payments to their members.

  • Scored +5

    Does this strengthen the rights of workers to organise?

    The bill provides funding to labor unions to facilitate stabilization payments for workers during disasters.

  • Scored +4

    Would households on low incomes be better off under this?

    The bill provides disaster-triggered stabilization payments intended for workers in the grocery, farm, and meat processing sectors.

The opposite

  • Scored -1

    Does this reduce what the federal government spends?

    The bill authorizes $50,000,000 in new government spending for the stabilization grant program.