# 117-hr-5887: Keep Food Local and Affordable Act of 2021

117-hr-5887, Keep Food Local and Affordable Act of 2021, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (R-FL); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-5887
- Congress: 117
- Title: Keep Food Local and Affordable Act of 2021
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
- Introduced: 2021-11-04
- Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (R-FL)
- Cosponsors: 19
- Policy area: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## 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.)

## Cosponsors (19)

- Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7] (R-NC), 2021-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8] (R-FL), 2021-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6] (R-MI), 2021-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-4] (R-MI), 2021-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27] (R-FL), 2021-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] (R-NC), 2021-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1] (R-AL), 2021-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cammack, Kat [R-FL-3] (R-FL), 2021-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8] (R-GA), 2021-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bishop, Dan [R-NC-9] (R-NC), 2021-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] (R-AR), 2021-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-9] (R-NC), 2021-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12] (R-GA), 2021-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Franklin, Scott [R-FL-18] (R-FL), 2021-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4] (R-MS), 2021-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] (R-AR), 2021-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1] (R-MI), 2021-12-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9] (R-PA), 2022-02-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rose, John W. [R-TN-6] (R-TN), 2022-02-01T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-5887 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5887)

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