HR 4559
118th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Employee benefits and pensions
Food industry and services
Meat
Public contracts and procurement
Wages and earnings
Food Worker Pay Standards Act
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 24, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Jul 11, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Jul 11, 2023
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Food Worker Pay Standards Act
This bill prohibits the Department of Agriculture 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 must determine the prevailing rates and in determining such rates shall take into account any applicable existing collective bargaining agreements in the locality. A prevailing rate established pursuant to this bill must not supersede a worker's wages and benefits agreed to in a collective bargaining agreement.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1