{"id":"f9865184-3102-4600-927f-ca6c6be83f70","feedVisibility":"normal","congress":119,"billType":"s","billNumber":4101,"title":"Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Protection Act of 2026","displayTitle":"Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Protection Act of 2026","abstract":"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.","displaySummary":"<p><strong>YVN Summary</strong></p>\n\n<p>Farmworkers, meat processing workers, and grocery store employees are the backbone of the food supply chain, yet they're often among the hardest hit when natural disasters strike. This bill would create a $50 million grant program through the USDA to provide stabilization payments to these workers — distributed through their labor unions or membership organizations — when disasters disrupt their jobs and livelihoods. The Secretary of Agriculture would report to Congress on the program's outcomes within four years.</p>","status":"COMMITTEE_CONSIDERATION","topics":["AGRICULTURE"],"introducedAt":"2026-03-16T00:00:00+00:00","latestActionAt":"2026-03-16T00:00:00+00:00","congressGovUrl":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4101","accountabilityFlags":{},"tldr":"Funds $50 million in disaster stabilization payments for farm, meatpacking, and grocery workers, distributed through their unions.","summaryStandard":null,"flagExplainers":{},"flagValence":{},"needsResummary":false,"displaySummaryHtml":null,"rawStatusText":"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.","chamber":"SENATE","policyArea":"Agriculture and Food","legislativeSubjects":[],"lawStatus":null,"lawNumber":null,"latestActionText":"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.","latestTextVersion":"Introduced in Senate","textVersionUsed":"Introduced in Senate","dateAdded":"2026-04-06T00:00:00+00:00","summarizedAt":"2026-04-06T00:00:00+00:00","recordId":"f9865184-3102-4600-927f-ca6c6be83f70","feedIdentityKey":"119/s/4101","websiteBillId":"S-4101","yourvoiceSummary":"Farmworkers, meat processing workers, and grocery store employees are the backbone of the food supply chain, yet they're often among the hardest hit when natural disasters strike. This bill would create a $50 million grant program through the USDA to provide stabilization payments to these workers — distributed through their labor unions or membership organizations — when disasters disrupt their jobs and livelihoods. The Secretary of Agriculture would report to Congress on the program's outcomes within four years.","updatedAt":"2026-10-24T10:56:03.618773+00:00"}