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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · S. 3285 (Introduced in Senate) — To improve protections for meatpacking workers, and for other purposes. · Sec. 1

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

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This Act may be cited as the . Protecting America’s Meatpacking Workers Act of 2021 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings. Sec. 3. Definitions. TITLE I—Reforms to protect meat and poultry processing workers Subtitle A—Department of Agriculture Sec. 101. Rule on increased line speeds at meat and poultry establishments. Subtitle B—Fair attendance policies Sec. 111. Definitions. Sec. 112. Requirements for employers relating to no fault attendance policies or attendance systems.
Sec. 113. Enforcement authority. Sec. 114. Regulations. Sec. 115. Relationship to other laws. Sec. 116. Waiver of State immunity. Sec. 117. Severability. Subtitle C—Occupational Safety and Health Administration Reforms Sec. 121. Definitions. Sec. 122. Ensuring compliance with employee rights to use toilet facilities at covered establishments. Sec. 123. Occupational safety and health standards to protect employees in covered establishments. Sec. 124. Permanent regional emphasis inspection program; expanding inspections.
Sec. 125. Representatives during physical inspections. Sec. 126. Enhanced protections from retaliation. Sec. 127. Regulations to restore a column on required records of work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Sec. 128. Funding for additional OSHA inspectors. Sec. 129. OSHA reporting. Sec. 130. Private right of action. Sec. 131. Injunction proceedings. Subtitle D—Savings provision Sec. 136. Savings provision. TITLE II—Farm system reforms Sec. 201. Expanded meat and poultry processing grants.
Sec. 202. Local Agriculture Market Program. Sec. 203. Restoration of mandatory country of origin labeling for beef and pork; inclusion of dairy products. Sec. 204. Definitions in Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921. Sec. 205. Unlawful practices. Sec. 206. Spot market purchases of livestock by packers. Sec. 207. Investigation of live poultry dealers. Sec. 208. Award of attorney fees. Sec. 209. Technical amendments. TITLE III—GAO reports Sec. 301. Review and report on fragility and national security in the food system.
Sec. 302. Review and report on racial and ethnic disparities in meat and poultry processing. Sec. 303. GAO report on line speeds.
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