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2023-01-01T23:47:06Z
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HR
2021-11-04
117
[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. STEUBE:H.R. 5887.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I; Section 8; Clause 1 of the Constitution statesThe Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes,Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide forthe common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.[Page H6208]
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Judiciary Committee
House
Standing
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Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee
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2022-11-01T16:13:48Z
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2021-11-04T14:02:45Z

- Keep Food Local and Affordable Act of 2021
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2021-11-02
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee
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House committee actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Committee
- 2021-11-04
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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House floor actions
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Judiciary Committee
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Introduced in House
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Library of Congress
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Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
W.
Steube
R
FL
Gregory
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N
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Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7]
David
Rouzer
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NC
7
2021-11-04
True
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Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Bill
Posey
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FL
8
2021-11-04
True
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Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6]
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MI
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2021-11-04
True
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MI
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2021-11-04
True
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Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27]
Maria
Salazar
R
FL
Elvira
27
2021-11-04
True
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Rep. Murphy, Gregory [R-NC-3]
Gregory
Murphy
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NC
3
2021-11-04
True
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Moore
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AL
2
2021-11-04
True
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Rep. Cammack, Kat [R-FL-3]
Kat
Cammack
R
FL
3
2021-11-04
True
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Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8]
Austin
Scott
R
GA
8
2021-11-04
True
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Rep. Bishop, Dan [R-NC-9]
Dan
Bishop
R
NC
9
2021-11-04
True
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Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
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AR
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2021-11-04
True
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Hudson
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NC
8
2021-11-04
True
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Rick
Allen
R
GA
W.
12
2021-11-04
True
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Rep. Franklin, C. Scott [R-FL-15]
C.
Franklin
R
FL
Scott
15
2021-11-17
False
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Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4]
Steven
Palazzo
R
MS
M.
4
2021-11-17
False
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Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4]
Bruce
Westerman
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AR
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2021-11-18
False
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Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1]
Jack
Bergman
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MI
1
2021-12-23
False
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Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9]
Daniel
Meuser
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PA
9
2022-02-01
False
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John
Rose
R
TN
W.
6
2022-02-01
False
Immigration
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2021-11-04
Introduced in House
2022-06-02T20:09:45Z
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.)

Keep Food Local and Affordable Act of 2021
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Keep Food Local and Affordable Act of 2021
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Keep Food Local and Affordable Act of 2021
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To maintain 2021 H-2A adverse effect wage rates for calendar year 2022 to stabilize United States food prices.
Introduced in House
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2021-11-04T04:00:00Z
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
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