[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4559 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4559

To require fair pay for workers employed by companies who provide meat, 
meat food products, poultry, poultry food products, and processed food 
                       to the Federal Government.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 11, 2023

 Mr. Pocan (for himself and Mr. Casar) introduced the following bill; 
           which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To require fair pay for workers employed by companies who provide meat, 
meat food products, poultry, poultry food products, and processed food 
                       to the Federal Government.

    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 ``Food Worker Pay Standards Act''.

SEC. 2. FOOD WORKER PAY INCREASE.

    (a) Prevailing Rate.--The Secretary of Agriculture may not purchase 
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.
    (b) Prevailing Rate Determination.--The Secretary of Labor shall 
determine the prevailing rates required in subsection (a) and in 
determining such rates shall take into account any applicable existing 
collective bargaining agreements in the locality.
    (c) Collective Bargaining Agreement Supremacy.--In no case shall a 
prevailing rate established pursuant to this section supersede a 
worker's wages and benefits agreed to in a collective bargaining 
agreement.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) The terms ``meat'' and ``meat food product'' have the 
        meanings given in the Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et 
        seq.).
            (2) The terms ``poultry'' and ``poultry food product'' have 
        the meanings given in the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 
        U.S.C. 451 et seq.).
            (3) The term ``processed food'' has the meaning given in 
        the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321 et 
        seq.).
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