[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3134 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3134

To maintain 2021 H-2A adverse effect wage rates for calendar year 2022 
                to stabilize United States food prices.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 2, 2021

   Mr. Tillis (for himself, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Graham) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To maintain 2021 H-2A adverse effect wage rates for calendar year 2022 
                to stabilize United States food prices.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Keep Food Local and Affordable Act 
of 2021''.

SEC. 2. STAY OF ADVERSE EFFECT WAGE RATE INCREASES.

    (a) Prohibition of Modification.--The adverse effect wage rate 
required to be paid under section 655.1308 of title 20, Code of Federal 
Regulations, to nonimmigrants admitted under 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a)), 
as in effect on October 1, 2021, shall remain the adverse effect wage 
rate for such employees through December 31, 2022, in any State--
            (1) that had an unemployment rate of not more than 5 
        percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' August 
        2021 report; or
            (2)(A) in which the Food Price Index, according to the 
        relevant Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index 
        reports, increased by more than 3 percent between December 2020 
        and September 2021; and
            (B) whose governor submits a request to the Secretary of 
        Labor not later than December 15, 2021, to freeze such adverse 
        effect wage rate with respect to such employees.
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