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117-hr-5887117th Congress

Keep Food Local and Affordable Act of 2021

Sponsored By: Representative Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]

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Summary

Keep Food Local and Affordable Act of 2021 This bill freezes the minimum wage for H-2A (temporary agricultural workers) in certain states through December 31, 2022. Specifically, the bill prohibits an increase to the adverse effect wage rate for H-2A workers in any state (1) that had an unemployment rate of not more than 5% in the Bureau of Labor Statistics' August 2021 report; or (2) where the food price index, according to bureau reports, increased by more than 3% between December 2020 and September 2021 and the governor requests a freeze to the adverse effect wage rate. (Generally, the minimum wage for an H-2A worker is the highest of the adverse effect wage rate, the prevailing hourly wage or piece rate, the federal minimum wage, or the applicable state minimum wage.)

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]

FL • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7]

    NC • R

    Sponsored 11/4/2021

  • Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 11/4/2021

  • Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6]

    MI • R

    Sponsored 11/4/2021

  • Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-4]

    MI • R

    Sponsored 11/4/2021

  • Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 11/4/2021

  • Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3]

    NC • R

    Sponsored 11/4/2021

  • Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1]

    AL • R

    Sponsored 11/4/2021

  • Rep. Cammack, Kat [R-FL-3]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 11/4/2021

  • Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8]

    GA • R

    Sponsored 11/4/2021

  • Rep. Bishop, Dan [R-NC-9]

    NC • R

    Sponsored 11/4/2021

  • Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]

    AR • R

    Sponsored 11/4/2021

  • Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-9]

    NC • R

    Sponsored 11/4/2021

  • Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12]

    GA • R

    Sponsored 11/4/2021

  • Rep. Franklin, Scott [R-FL-18]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 11/17/2021

  • Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4]

    MS • R

    Sponsored 11/17/2021

  • Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4]

    AR • R

    Sponsored 11/18/2021

  • Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1]

    MI • R

    Sponsored 12/23/2021

  • Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9]

    PA • R

    Sponsored 2/1/2022

  • Rep. Rose, John W. [R-TN-6]

    TN • R

    Sponsored 2/1/2022

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