Bill · H.R. 3254· House(119-HR-3254)
Disaster Relief for Farm Workers Act
- Introduced
- 5/7/2025
- Last activity
- 5/7/2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- Sponsored by
- Andrea Salinas
- Cosponsors
- - 18 - 0
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The Disaster Relief for Farm Workers Act amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990. It allows the Secretary to provide grants to eligible farm worker organizations when a covered disaster occurs. These grants are intended to provide emergency relief to farm workers affected by the disaster. Funds can be used for direct financial distribution, building community resiliency, and providing infrastructure like shelter. The bill also defines what constitutes a covered disaster and which organizations are eligible for funding.
Yes· 3 of 12
Would households on low incomes be better off under this?+8
Provides emergency financial relief to farm workers who suffer income loss from disasters.
Would people in rural areas be better off under this?+7
Directly benefits the rural workforce during environmental and health crises.
Does this improve help for people hit by a disaster?+7
The bill creates a specific mechanism for disaster grants to reach marginalized farm workers.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Direct Financial Support: Farm workers can receive emergency relief, including direct distribution of funding, to address loss and damage from disasters (Section 2(b)(1)).
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Essential Services and Shelter: The bill allows for the provision of emergency services and infrastructure support, such as shelter, for farm workers (Section 2(b)(4) and 2(b)(5)).
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Community Long-term Stability: Funding can be used to build capacity and resiliency in farm worker communities to handle future losses and damages (Section 2(b)(2) and 2(b)(3)).
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Broad Disaster Coverage: Relief is available for a wide range of events, including adverse weather (like wildfires or floods), health crises like pandemics, and other conditions causing income loss (Section 2(f)(1)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No negative impacts for people are explicitly mentioned in the provided text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Low Income Households+8Good For Rural Residents+7Good For Hispanic Americans+5Good For Immigrants+5Good For Union Workers+4
- Social Issues And Justice
- Improves Poverty Reduction+6Improves Affordable Housing+4Reduces Homelessness+4
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Improves Disaster Relief And F E M A+7Improves Rural Development+5
- Healthcare
- Improves Pandemic Preparedness+3
- Governance And Ideology
- Increases Federal Power+2
- 6/11/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 5/7/2025
- Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- 17 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in House
Nanette BarragánDemocrat · California
Jim CostaDemocrat · California
André CarsonDemocrat · Indiana
Judy ChuDemocrat · California
Lloyd DoggettDemocrat · Texas
Suzan DelBeneDemocrat · Washington
Maxwell FrostDemocrat · Florida
Robert GarciaDemocrat · California
Jared HuffmanDemocrat · California
Zoe LofgrenDemocrat · California
Kevin MullinDemocrat · California
Alexandria Ocasio-CortezDemocrat · New York
Marilyn StricklandDemocrat · Washington
Melanie StansburyDemocrat · New Mexico
Paul TonkoDemocrat · New York
Rashida TlaibDemocrat · Michigan
Nydia VelázquezDemocrat · New York
Juan VargasDemocrat · California