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118th Congress Agriculture and Food

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

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)Dec 12, 2023
  2. Passed House (not reached)
  3. Passed Senate (not reached)
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  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in House, Dec 12, 2023

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.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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Amendments

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Cosponsors

48

Who scored on this bill

6 points earned
  1. 1Nicole (Nikki) Budzinski D-IL SponsorIntroduced, reached a cosponsor milestone2 events+6
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History

  1. Dec 12, 2023Introduced in the House by Nicole (Nikki) Budzinski.
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  1. Dec 12, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Dec 12, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.