# 116-hr-6120: Food Worker Pay Standards Act

116-hr-6120, Food Worker Pay Standards Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI); status Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6120
- Congress: 116
- Title: Food Worker Pay Standards Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
- Introduced: 2020-03-05
- Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI)
- Cosponsors: 33
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Food Worker Pay Standards Act This bill prohibits the federal government from purchasing any meat, meat food product, poultry, poultry food product, or processed food produced by workers in the United States who are compensated at a rate lower than the prevailing rate for wages and fringe benefits for such workers in their locality. The Department of Labor shall determine the prevailing rates and in determining such rates shall take into account any applicable existing collective bargaining agreements in the locality. In no case shall a prevailing rate established pursuant to this bill supersede a worker's wages and benefits agreed to in a collective bargaining agreement.

## Cosponsors (33)

- Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4] (D-MD), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] (D-CT), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11] (D-OH), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Haaland, Debra A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] (D-OH), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] (D-IL), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-8] (D-MI), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9] (D-MI), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] (D-CA), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35] (D-CA), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3] (D-MA), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43] (D-CA), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7] (D-MA), 2020-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2020-03-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2020-03-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] (D-NJ), 2020-05-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] (D-MS), 2020-07-20T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act
- 116-hr-2694: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
- 116-hr-2474: Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019
- 116-hr-2420: National Museum of the American Latino Act
- 116-hr-2382: USPS Fairness Act
- 116-hr-1309: Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-6120 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6120)

## Related
- [116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8015)
- [116-hr-2694: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2694)
- [116-hr-2474: Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2474)
- [116-hr-2420: National Museum of the American Latino Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2420)
- [116-hr-2382: USPS Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2382)
- [116-hr-1309: Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-1309)
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