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

Bill: 118-s-3469
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2023-12-12
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-12-12
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>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.&nbsp;</p><!--tinycomments|2.1|data:application/json;base64,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-->

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3469 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 12, 2023 Mr. Brown (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand ) 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. 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.