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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2727 

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt certain 16- 

and 17-year-old individuals employed in timber harvesting entities or 

mechanized timber harvesting entities from child labor laws, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 21, 2021 

Mr. GOLDEN (for himself, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. GALLAGHER, 

Ms. KUSTER, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. PALMER, Mr. GROTHMAN, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. PALAZZO, and Mr. GUEST) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt 

certain 16- and 17-year-old individuals employed in timber harvesting entities or mechanized timber harvesting 

entities from child labor laws, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Future in Logging Ca5 reers Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CHILD LABOR LAW EXEMPTIONS FOR TIMBER HAR2 VESTING ENTITIES AND MECHANIZED TIM3 BER HARVESTING ENTITIES. 

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

5 201 et seq.) is amended— 

6 (1) in section 3 (29 U.S.C. 203), by adding at 

7 the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(z)(1) ‘Timber harvesting employer’ means an em9 ployer engaged in— 

10 ‘‘(A) the felling, skidding, yarding, loading 

11 and processing of timber by equipment other 

12 than manually operated chainsaws and cable 

13 skidders; 

14 ‘‘(B) the felling of timber in mechanized 

15 operations; 

16 ‘‘(C) the bucking or converting of timber 

17 into logs, poles, ties, bolts, pulpwood, chemical 

18 wood, excelsior wood, cordwood, fence posts, or 

19 similar products; 

20 ‘‘(D) the collecting, skidding, yarding, 

21 loading, transporting and unloading of such 

22 products in connection with logging; 

23 ‘‘(E) the constructing, repairing and main24 taining of roads or camps used in connection 

25 with logging; the constructing, repairing, and 


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1 maintenance of machinery or equipment used in 

2 logging; and 

3 ‘‘(F) other work performed in connection 

4 with logging. 

5 ‘‘(2) ‘Mechanized timber harvesting employer’— 

6 ‘‘(A) means an employer engaged in the felling, 

7 skidding, yarding, loading and processing of timber 

8 by equipment other than manually operated chain9 saws and cable skidders; and 

10 ‘‘(B) includes an employer engaged in the use 

11 of whole tree processors, cut-to-length processors, 

12 stroke boom delimbers, wheeled and track feller13 bunchers, pull thru delimbers, wheeled and track 

14 forwarders, chippers, grinders, mechanical debark15 ers, wheeled and track grapple skidders, yarders, 

16 bulldozers, excavators, and log loaders.’’; and 

17 (2) in section 13 (29 U.S.C. 213), by adding at 

18 the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(k) The provisions of section 12 relating to child 

20 labor shall not apply to an employee between the ages six21 teen and eighteen years who is employed— 

22 ‘‘(1) in an occupation that the Secretary of 

23 Labor finds to be particularly hazardous for the em24 ployment of children between the ages of sixteen and 

25 eighteen years; 


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1 ‘‘(2) by a person who is a parent, or standing 

2 in the place of a parent, of such employee; and 

3 ‘‘(3) by a timber harvesting employer or a 

4 mechanized timber harvesting employer, owned or 

5 operated by such person.’’. 

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