Bill · S. 1661· Senate(119-S-1661)
Disaster Relief for Farmworkers Act of 2025
- Introduced
- 5/7/2025
- Last activity
- 5/7/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- Sponsored by
- Michael Bennet
- Cosponsors
- - 1 - 0
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The Disaster Relief for Farmworkers Act of 2025 amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990. It allows the Secretary of Agriculture to provide grants to eligible farmworker organizations when a covered disaster occurs. These disasters include adverse weather events, unexpected health crises like pandemics, or other conditions causing income loss. The grants are intended to provide emergency relief, infrastructure support, and resiliency building for affected farmworkers.
Yes· 3 of 26
Would households on low incomes be better off under this?+9
Provides direct financial relief and essential services to low-income workers during crises.
Would immigrants be better off under this?+8
Provides critical emergency aid to migrant and seasonal workers, many of whom are immigrants.
Would people in rural areas be better off under this?+8
Directly targets rural agricultural communities with emergency funds and infrastructure.
The opposite
Does this reduce what the federal government owes?-2
The bill authorizes new government spending via grants, which could increase the national debt.
Does this reduce what the federal government spends?-2
The bill creates a new grant program, thereby increasing government expenditures.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Emergency Financial Relief: Farmworkers can receive direct funding and emergency relief to address losses and damages caused by covered disasters (Section 2(c)(1)).
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Support Services and Shelter: The bill allows for the provision of emergency services and infrastructure support, including shelter, for farmworkers during disasters (Section 2(c)(4) and 2(c)(5)).
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Long-term Community Stability: Funds can be used to build resiliency in farmworker communities to handle future losses and damages from disasters (Section 2(c)(3)).
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Increased Aid Capacity: Eligible organizations can use grant money to build their own capacity to provide emergency relief to workers (Section 2(c)(2)).
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+9Good For Immigrants+8Good For Rural Residents+8Good For Hispanic Americans+7Good For Union Workers+5Good For African Americans+4Good For Asian Americans+4Good For Native Americans+4Good For Farmers+3Good For Men+3Good For Middle Aged+3Good For Women+3Good For Young Adults+3Good For Children+2Good For Seniors+2Good For White Americans+2
- Social Issues And Justice
- Improves Poverty Reduction+6Reduces Homelessness+5Improves Affordable Housing+4Improves Racial Equity+3
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Improves Disaster Relief And F E M A+8Improves Rural Development+7
- Healthcare
- Improves Pandemic Preparedness+5Improves Healthcare Access+2
- Economy And Finance
- Improves Economic Growth+2Reduces Government Spending-2Reduces National Debt-2
- Governance And Ideology
- Increases Federal Power+2
- 5/7/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in Senate
Alex PadillaDemocrat · California