H.R. 5887: Keep Food Local and Affordable Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-11-04 · Immigration · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-11-04 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Keep Food Local and Affordable Act of 2021

Plain summary

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.)

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Official text

Keep Food Local and Affordable Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] · 19 cosponsors

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David Rouzer (R-NC), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC), Barry Moore (R-AL), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Austin Scott (R-GA), Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Rick W. Allen (R-GA), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), John W. Rose (R-TN)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] reported raising $1.6 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr5887.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>

Record fed-us-cong117-hr5887 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117