A bill to amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to reauthorize the position of Farmworker Coordinator.

S. 5301 would reauthorize the position of Farmworker Coordinator within the U.S. Department of Agriculture by amending the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994. Reauthorization typically means extending the legal authority for a position or program that already exists (or previously existed) in statute, rather than creating a new one; the bill's full text is not yet publicly available, so the specific details of how the position's authority would be extended, modified, or funded are not yet known.

Based on the title alone, the bill would primarily affect the Department of Agriculture's internal staffing structure, and by extension farmworkers, who are the population the Farmworker Coordinator role is intended to serve. Because the underlying text has not been published, it is not possible to say what specific duties, funding levels, or reporting requirements the reauthorized position would carry.

The bill was introduced in the Senate on August 6, 2026, by Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), and its current status is "Introduced," with no further action recorded yet. As a next step, it would typically be referred to a Senate committee with jurisdiction over agriculture matters for review; from there it could be considered, amended, or advanced to a committee vote before any further floor action. No timeline for these next steps is currently available.

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