,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #daja  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #af1    
#bjbf,mr4 ,lujn introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and referred
 to the ,committee on ,agriculture1     
,nutrition1 and ,forestry  ,a ,,bill    
,to direct the ,secretary of            
,agriculture to establish a grocery1    
farm1 and food worker stabilization     
grant program4  #a4 ,short title ,this  
,act may be cited as the ,grocery1      
,farm1 and ,food ,worker ,protection    
,act of #bjbf4  #b4 ,grocery1 farm1 and 
food worker stabilization grant program 
7a7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 
,eligible entity ,the term eligible     
entity means a membership organization1 
as determined by the ,secretary1 or     
labor union representing farmworkers1   
meat processing workers1 or grocery     
workers4  7#b7 ,secretary ,the term     
,secretary means the ,secretary of      
,agriculture4  7b7 ,establishment ,the  
,secretary1 acting through the          

,administrator of the ,agricultural     
,marketing ,service1 shall establish a  
grant program to provide funding to     
eligible entities representing          
farmworkers1 meat processing workers1   
and grocery workers for stabilization   
payments in the case of a natural       
disaster or other disaster1 as          
determined by the ,secretary4  7c7      
,report ,not later than #d years after  
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,secretary shall submit to the          
,committee on ,agriculture of the ,house
 of ,representatives and the ,committee 
on ,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and        
,forestry of the ,senate a report       
describing the outcomes and evaluating  
the impacts of the program established  
under subsection 7b74  7d7              
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
is authorized to be appropriated to     
carry out this section #ej1jjj1jjj1 to  
remain available until expended4