USDA creates a farmworker advocate job through 2031
S. 5301 — Voice for Farm Workers Act · Filed by Alex Padilla (D-CA) · 7 cosponsors · Introduced Aug 6, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill sets up a Farmworker Coordinator at USDA. The Coordinator checks how well USDA reaches farmworkers. The Coordinator connects farmworkers to USDA programs. The Coordinator helps them understand what benefits they can get. The Coordinator hires staff and measures whether programs work.
Who it affects
Farmworkers gain a person at USDA who works for them. USDA agencies must work together to help farmworkers. Farmworkers learn about programs they may not have known about.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say how much money the Coordinator gets. The bill does not say who the Coordinator reports to.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
7 cosponsors: 7 Democrats.
- Aug 6, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Aug 6, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Farmworker Coordinator — A person at USDA who helps farmworkers access programs and services.
- measure — Check and count whether something is working well or not.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,326 characters) on Aug 15, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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