HR 6720
118th Congress
House
Agriculture and Food
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a grocery, farm, and food worker stabilization grant program.
Introduced: December 12, 2023
Introduced by:
Budzinski, Nikki
Democratic
· Illinois
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 12, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Dec 12, 2023
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Committees of jurisdiction
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