HR 6720
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a grocery, farm, and food worker stabilization grant program.
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Bill overview
This bill aims to provide financial assistance to farmworkers, meat processing workers, and grocery workers who are impacted by disasters like natural disasters. It directs the Secretary of Agriculture to create a grant program that will fund eligible organizations – such as membership groups or labor unions – to distribute stabilization payments to these workers. The program’s effectiveness will be evaluated and reported to Congress four years after enactment. The bill also includes an initial appropriation of $50 million for the program.
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Bill Pascrell
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