Keep Food Local and Affordable Act of 2021
Latest action · Nov 1, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 4, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 4, 2021 to Feb 1, 2022; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-GA | Austin Scott | Original | Nov 4, 2021 |
| R-AL | Barry Moore | Original | Nov 4, 2021 |
| R-MI | Bill Huizenga | Original | Nov 4, 2021 |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Original | Nov 4, 2021 |
| R-NC | Dan Bishop | Original | Nov 4, 2021 |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Original | Nov 4, 2021 |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Original | Nov 4, 2021 |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Original | Nov 4, 2021 |
| R-NC | Gregory F. Murphy | Original | Nov 4, 2021 |
| R-FL | Kat Cammack | Original | Nov 4, 2021 |
| R-FL | Maria Elvira Salazar | Original | Nov 4, 2021 |
| R-NC | Richard Hudson | Original | Nov 4, 2021 |
| R-GA | Rick W. Allen | Original | Nov 4, 2021 |
| R-FL | Scott Franklin | Nov 17, 2021 | |
| R-MS | Steven M. Palazzo | Nov 17, 2021 | |
| R-AR | Bruce Westerman | Nov 18, 2021 | |
| R-MI | Jack Bergman | Dec 23, 2021 | |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Feb 1, 2022 | |
| R-TN | John W. Rose | Feb 1, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Nov 4, 2021 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Nov 1, 2022 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 1, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
- Nov 4, 2021Introduced in House
- Nov 4, 2021Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 194, November 4, 2021, page H6208.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3134 | Keep Food Local and Affordable Act of 2021 | Identical bill | Nov 2, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To maintain 2021 H-2A adverse effect wage rates for calendar year 2022 to stabilize United States food prices.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Keep Food Local and Affordable Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 4, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
