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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3283 

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt from certain 

age-related restrictions in the labor laws 16- and 17-year-old individuals 

employed by their parents in certain logging activities, and to direct 

the Secretary of Transportation to establish a program to allow States 

to enter into interstate compacts to standardize the age requirements 

for operators of commercial motor vehicles. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 29, 2015 

Mr. POLIQUIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt 

from certain age-related restrictions in the labor laws 

16- and 17-year-old individuals employed by their parents in certain logging activities, and to direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a program to allow 

States to enter into interstate compacts to standardize 

the age requirements for operators of commercial motor 

vehicles. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securing America’s 

3 Next Generation of Safe Loggers and Truckers Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. EXEMPTIONS FROM CERTAIN AGE-RELATED RE5 STRICTIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT BY A PARENT 

6 IN LOGGING AND MECHANIZED OPERATIONS. 

7 The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 

8 201 et seq.) is amended— 

9 (1) in section 3 (29 U.S.C. 203)— 

10 (A) in subsection (l), by adding at the end 

11 the following: ‘‘, and that employment of em12 ployees ages 16 or 17 years in a logging oper13 ation in an occupation that the Secretary of 

14 Labor finds and declares to be particularly haz15 ardous for the employment of individuals of 

16 such ages shall not constitute oppressive child 

17 labor if such employee is employed exclusively 

18 by his or her parent or by a person standing in 

19 the place of his or her parent in a logging oper20 ation owned or operated by such parent or per21 son’’; and 

22 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(z) ‘Logging’— (1) means— 

24 ‘‘(A) the felling, skidding, yarding, loading and 

25 processing of timber by equipment other than manu26 ally operated chainsaws and cable skidders; 


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1 ‘‘(B) the felling of timber in mechanized oper2 ations, including whole tree processors, cut-to-length 

3 processors, stroke boom delimbers, wheeled and 

4 track feller-bunchers, pull thru delimbers, wheeled 

5 and track forwarders, chippers, grinders, mechanical 

6 debarkers, wheeled and track grapple skidders, 

7 yarders, bulldozers, excavators, and log loaders; 

8 ‘‘(C) the bucking or converting of timber into 

9 logs, poles, ties, bolts, pulpwood, chemical wood, ex10 celsior wood, cordwood, fence posts, or similar prod11 ucts; 

12 ‘‘(D) the collecting, skidding, yarding, loading, 

13 transporting and unloading of such products in con14 nection with logging; 

15 ‘‘(E) the constructing, repairing and maintain16 ing of roads or camps used in connection with log17 ging; the constructing, repairing, and maintenance 

18 of machinery or equipment used in logging; and 

19 ‘‘(F) other work performed in connection with 

20 logging; and 

21 ‘‘(2) does not include the manual use of chain saws 

22 to fell and process timber and the use of cable skidders 

23 to bring the timber to the landing.’’; and 

24 (2) in section 13(c) (29 U.S.C. 211(c)), by add25 ing at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(8) The provisions of section 12 relating to 

2 child labor shall apply to an employee who is 16 or 

3 17 years old employed in a logging operation in an 

4 occupation that the Secretary of Labor finds and de5 clares to be particularly hazardous for the employ6 ment of individuals ages 16 or 17, except where such 

7 employee is employed exclusively by his or her par8 ent or by a person standing in the place of his or 

9 her parent in a logging operation owned or operated 

10 by such parent or person.’’. 

11 SEC. 3. INTERSTATE COMPACT TEST PROGRAM. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Federal 

13 Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall establish a test 

14 program to allow States and the District of Columbia to 

15 enter into interstate compacts with contiguous States to 

16 standardize the requirements for operators of commercial 

17 motor vehicles in interstate commerce. 

18 (b) MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF LICENSES.—A com19 mercial driver’s license issued by one State participating 

20 in an interstate compact under subsection (a) shall be rec21 ognized as valid in every State that is participating in such 

22 compact. 

23 (c) STANDARDS.—In developing an interstate com24 pact under this section, participating States shall provide 

25 for minimum licensure standards acceptable for interstate 


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1 travel under this section, which may include, for drivers 

2 under 21 years of age— 

3 (1) age restrictions; 

4 (2) distance from origin (measured in air 

5 miles); 

6 (3) reporting requirements; or 

7 (4) additional hours of service restrictions. 

8 SEC. 4. APPROVAL. 

9 An interstate compact described in section 3 may not 

10 go into effect until it has been approved by the governor 

11 of each State (or the Mayor of the District of Columbia, 

12 if applicable) that is a party to the agreement, after con13 sultation with the Secretary of Transportation and the Ad14 ministrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis15 tration. 

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