Agricultural Worker Justice Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4978 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4978 To provide for the protection of agricultural workers, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 27, 2023 Mr. Casar (for himself, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Adams, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Bowman, Ms. Budzinski, Ms. Bush, Mr. Carson, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. Doggett, Mrs. Foushee, Mr. Frost, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Robert Garcia of California, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Ms. Norton, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Ocasio- Cortez, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Jayapal, and Ms. Clarke of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, Oversight and Accountability, House Administration, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide for the protection of agricultural workers, and for other purposes. 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 ``Agricultural Worker Justice Act''. SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. TITLE I--FAIR USDA PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTING Sec. 101. Definitions. Sec. 102. Food worker pay increase. Sec. 103. Prohibition on stock buybacks while receiving USDA funds. Sec. 104. Promotion of economic security and workplace accountability. Sec. 105. Waiver to purchase foreign comm