HR4978-118

Introduced

To provide for the protection of agricultural workers, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Jul 27, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To provide for the protection of agricultural workers, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor, Government Operations, Finance.

Who Benefits and How

workers, employers, and labor regulators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H6FA5A3E6CD714412969C16F50BFB32DD: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Agricultural Worker Justice Act.
  • Section H966470652FEB4906A8E1B48F4E1FBFD2: 2. Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
  • Section H09152A1DB2444FD48B82AD36A682E938: 101. Definitions In this title: The term meat means meat (within the meaning of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). The term meat food...
  • Section H06E93390527E46A888C7B8227E3C4663: 102. Food worker pay increase The Secretary of Agriculture may not purchase any meat, meat food product, poultry, poultry product, or processed food produced...
  • Section HF33E6691B5FA483E9B126A4CCDC2DA6C: 103. Prohibition on stock buybacks while receiving USDA funds In this section: The terms equity security, exchange, and issuer have the meanings given the...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To provide for the protection of agricultural workers, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Key Policy Areas

Labor, Government Operations, Finance

Primary Purpose

This bill, To provide for the protection of agricultural workers, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Policy Domains

Labor Government Operations Finance

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Jul 27, 2023

Mr. Casar (for himself, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Adams, Ms. Barragán, …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Labor Government Operations Finance
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_labor"
→ Secretary of Labor
"secretary_of_agriculture"
→ Secretary of Agriculture

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"foreign commodity or product" §H3CAD8D4AA4A74BCFA9A0E152C3B86173

a commodity or product other than a domestic commodity or product.. In this subsection: The term domestic commodity or product means— an agricultural commodity that is produced in the United States

"family member, with respect to the family member of a covered employee," §H7B0BE5B58A3645C78C56A5B8EA3EBB20

an individual who— is related to the covered employee by blood, adoption, marriage, or domestic partnership

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