118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 6720 — To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a grocery, farm, and food worker stabilization grant program.

“To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a grocery, farm, and food worker stabilization grant program.”

Agriculture and food

Introduced Dec 12, 2023

Last action Dec 12, 2023

Pipeline · Bill → Law

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Introduced

Dec 12, 2023

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Referred

Dec 12, 2023

Agriculture

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Committee

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House floor

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Senate

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Resolve Changes

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Signed

SummaryCRS 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.

Provisions · 1 sectionsIntroduced in House

Timeline · 2 actions

Dec 12, 2023

Introduced in House

Dec 12, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.