To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a grocery, farm, and food worker stabilization grant program.
Latest action · Dec 12, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 12, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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.
Cosponsors 48
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 12, 2023 to Sep 17, 2024; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Original | Dec 12, 2023 |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Original | Dec 12, 2023 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Dec 12, 2023 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Dec 12, 2023 |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | Original | Dec 12, 2023 |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | Original | Dec 12, 2023 |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Original | Dec 12, 2023 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Dec 12, 2023 |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Original | Dec 12, 2023 |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Original | Dec 12, 2023 |
| D-CO | Yadira Caraveo | Original | Dec 12, 2023 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Dec 14, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Jan 9, 2024 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Jan 9, 2024 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Jan 30, 2024 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Jan 30, 2024 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jan 30, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Jan 31, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Feb 7, 2024 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Feb 13, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Feb 23, 2024 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Feb 23, 2024 | |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Feb 23, 2024 | |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Feb 28, 2024 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Feb 29, 2024 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Mar 6, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Mar 7, 2024 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Mar 8, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Mar 11, 2024 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Mar 19, 2024 | |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Mar 19, 2024 | |
| D-KY | Morgan McGarvey | Mar 22, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Robert Garcia | Mar 26, 2024 | |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Apr 5, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Apr 11, 2024 | |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Apr 16, 2024 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Apr 29, 2024 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Apr 29, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Apr 29, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Apr 30, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Jun 3, 2024 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Jun 3, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Jun 3, 2024 | |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Jun 12, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Patrick Ryan | Jun 12, 2024 | |
| D-VA | Jennifer L. McClellan | Jul 2, 2024 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Jul 2, 2024 | |
| D-CO | Brittany Pettersen | Sep 17, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Dec 12, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2023Introduced in House
- Dec 12, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 204, December 12, 2023, page H6860.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3469 | A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a grocery, farm, and food worker stabilization grant program. | Identical bill | Dec 12, 2023 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a grocery, farm, and food worker stabilization grant program.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 12, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
