Title: Food Worker Pay Standards Act
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Food Worker Pay Standards Act
This bill prohibits the federal government from purchasing 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.
The Department of Labor shall determine the prevailing rates and in determining such rates shall take into account any applicable existing collective bargaining agreements in the locality. In no case shall a prevailing rate established pursuant to this bill supersede a worker's wages and benefits agreed to in a collective bargaining agreement.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6120 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6120

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

                             March 5, 2020

 Mr. Pocan (for himself, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mr. Carson of Indiana, 
 Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Garcia of 
  Illinois, Ms. Haaland, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Norton, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. 
Jayapal, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Kildee, Ms. 
     Lee of California, Mr. Levin of Michigan, Mr. Lowenthal, Mrs. 
  Napolitano, Ms. Omar, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
   Tonko, Mrs. Torres of California, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Trone, and Ms. 
   Waters) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on Oversight and Reform

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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 Federal Government 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 paragraph (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.

    (a) In the above section--
            (1) ``Meat'' and ``meat food product'' have the meanings 
        given in the Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.).
            (2) ``Poultry'' and ``poultry food product'' have the 
        meanings given in the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 
        U.S.C. 451 et seq.).
            (3) ``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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