S 3134
Keep Food Local and Affordable Act of 2021
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Bill overview
This bill, the Keep Food Local and Affordable Act of 2021, aims to stabilize food prices by maintaining the current minimum wage for temporary agricultural workers (H-2A) through the end of 2022. It prevents increases to the ‘adverse effect wage rate’ for states meeting specific criteria, primarily those with low unemployment rates (no more than 5%) or where food prices have risen significantly. The bill requires a request from the state’s governor to the Secretary of Labor by December 15, 2021, to trigger the freeze. This legislation seeks to protect farmworkers’ wages and potentially mitigate inflationary pressures on food costs.
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Thomas Tillis
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