,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ecja  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #f1    
#bjbf,mr4 ,padilla 7for himself1 ,ms4   
,warren1 ,mr4 ,schiff1 ,mr4 ,markey1    
,mr4 ,booker1 ,mr4 ,wyden1 ,mrs4        
,gillibrand1 and ,mr4 ,lujn7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,department of 
,agriculture ,reorganization ,act of    
#aiid to reauthorize the position of    
,farmworker ,coordinator4  #a4 ,short   
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,voice for ,farm ,workers ,act4  #b4    
,farmworker ,coordinator ,section       
#bbf;,b7f7 of the ,department of        
,agriculture ,reorganization ,act of    
#aiid 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #ficd7;f77 is       
amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#b7-- 7,a7 
in subparagraph 7,b71 by striking       
organizations and inserting             
organizations1 institutions of higher   
education1 and local educational        

agencies2  7,b7 in subparagraph 7,e71 by
 striking institutions on research1     
program improvements1 or agricultural   
education opportunities and inserting   
institutions or community-based         
nonprofit organizations on research1    
program improvements1 agricultural      
education opportunities1 or technical   
skills and job training programs2 and   
7,c7 by adding at the end the following3
  7,g7 ,assessing the effectiveness with
 respect to farmworkers of ,department  
outreach programs4  7,h7 ,developing and
 implementing a plan to coordinate      
outreach activities and services        
provided by the ,department with respect
 to farmworkers4  7,i7 ,collaborating   
with and providing input on programmatic
 and policy decisions relating to       
farmworkers to the agencies and offices 
of the ,department1 including-- 7i7 the 
,farm ,service ,agency2  7ii7 the       
,natural ,resources ,conservation       
,service2  7iii7 the rural development  
mission area2  7iv7 the ,national       

,institute of ,food and ,agriculture2   
7v7 the ,food and ,nutrition ,service2  
7vi7 the ,agricultural ,marketing       
,service2  7vii7 the ,forest ,service2  
7viii7 the ,national ,agricultural      
,statistics ,service2 and  7ix7 any     
other agency or office that the         
,coordinator determines to be           
appropriate4  7,j7 ,communicating to    
employers of farmworkers1 and           
publicizing on the website of the       
,department1 information about ,federal 
programs for which the employees of     
those employers may be eligible4  7,k7  
,identifying research priorities and    
evaluating programs to strengthen       
workforce stability1 agricultural       
productivity1 and rural economic        
resilience to inform the research       
activities of the ,department relating  
to farmworkers4  7,l7 ,measuring and    
analyzing outcomes of the programs and  
activities of the ,department on        
farmworkers4  7,m7 ,recommending new    
initiatives and programs to the         

,secretary4  7,n7 ,carrying out any     
other related duties that the ,secretary
 determines to be appropriate4  2  7#b7 
by redesignating paragraph 7#c7 as      
paragraph 7#d72  7#c7 by inserting after
 paragraph 7#b7 the following3  7#c7    
,staff ,the ,secretary1 acting through  
the ,coordinator1 shall employ such     
staff as the ,secretary determines      
necessary to carry out the duties       
described in paragraph 7#b74  2 and     
7#d7 in paragraph 7#d7 7as so           
redesignated71 in subparagraph 7,b71 by 
striking #bjbc and inserting #bjca4