HR 5887 117th Congress House Immigration

Keep Food Local and Affordable Act of 2021

Introduced: November 4, 2021 Introduced by: Steube, W. Gregory Republican · Florida See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

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Became law

Nov 1, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Nov 4, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Nov 4, 2021

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.)

What's happening now November 1, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

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