,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fabj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #e1 #bjbj,mr4 
,pocan 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,brown of     
,maryland1 ,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana1    
,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis of ,illinois1    
,ms4 ,de,lauro1 ,ms4 ,fudge1 ,mr4 ,garca
 of ,illinois1 ,ms4 ,haaland1 ,mrs4     
,hayes1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4 ,jackson     
,lee1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,ms4 ,kaptur1 ,ms4 
,kelly of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,khanna1 ,mr4 
,kildee1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,mr4 
,levin of ,michigan1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1   
,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,ms4 ,omar1 ,mr4     
,raskin1 ,ms4 ,snchez1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1
 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,mrs4 ,torres of          
,california1 ,mrs4 ,trahan1 ,mr4 ,trone1
 and ,ms4 ,waters7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and ,reform
  ,a ,,bill  ,to require fair pay for   
workers employed by companies who       
provide meat1 meat food products1       
poultry1 poultry food products1 and     
processed food to the ,federal          

,government4  #a4 ,short title ,this    
,act may be cited as the ,food ,worker  
,pay ,standards ,act4  #b4 ,food worker 
pay increase  7a7 ,prevailing rate ,the 
,federal ,government may not purchase   
any meat1 meat food product1 poultry1   
poultry food product1 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 locality4  7b7 ,prevailing rate  
determination ,the ,secretary of ,labor 
shall determine the prevailing rates    
required in paragraph 7a7 and in        
determining such rates shall take into  
account any applicable existing         
collective bargaining agreements in the 
locality4  7c7 ,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 agreement4  #c4 ,definitions 
7a7 ,in the above section-- 7#a7 ,meat  

and meat food product have the meanings 
given in the ,meat ,inspection ,act 7#ba
 ,u4,s4,c4 #fja et seq474  7#b7 ,poultry
 and poultry food product have the      
meanings given in the ,poultry ,products
 ,inspection ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #dea et
 seq474  7#c7 ,processed food has the   
meaning given in the ,federal ,food1    
,drug1 and ,cosmetic ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4
 #cba et seq474