any other employment the Secretary finds to be par-
ticularly hazardous for the employment of a child 16 
or 17 years of age or detrimental to their health or 
well-being.’’. 
(b) REPEAL OF WAIVER PROVISION.—Section 13(c) 
of such Act (29 U.S.C. 213(c)) is further amended by 
striking paragraph (4) and redesignating paragraphs (5) 
through (7) as paragraphs (4) through (6), respectively. 
SEC. 5. INCREASED CIVIL PENALTIES FOR CHILD LABOR 
VIOLATIONS. 
Paragraph (1) of section 16(e) of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 216(e)(1)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘person’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘employer’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘not to exceed’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘of’’; and 
(B) by amending clauses (i) and (ii) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(i) not less than $500 and not more than 
$15,000 for each employee who was the subject of 
such a violation; or 
‘‘(ii) not less than $15,000 and not more than 
$60,115 with regard to each such violation that 
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causes the serious injury, serious illness, or death of 
any employee under the age of 18 years, which pen-
alty may be doubled where the violation is a re-
peated or willful violation.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term ‘se-
rious illness’ means any abnormal condition or disorder 
resulting from an event or exposure in the work environ-
ment. Illnesses which result from events or exposures on 
the employer’s premises are presumed to be work re-
lated.’’. 
SEC. 6. SPECIAL CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN AG-
GRAVATED CHILD LABOR VIOLATIONS. 
Section 16 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
(29 U.S.C. 216) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Any person’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in subsection (f), 
any person’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) Any person who repeatedly or willfully violates 
any of the provisions of section 12, if violations result in 
or cause the death or serious injury or serious illness of 
an employee under 18 years of age at the time of such 
violation, shall be subject to imprisonment for not more 
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than 5 years or a fine under title 18, United States Code, 
or both.’’. 
SEC. 7. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON WORK-RELATED INJU-
RIES TO CHILDREN AND RELATED MATTERS. 
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is amended 
by inserting after section 12 (29 U.S.C. 212) the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 12A. DATA ON WORK-RELATED INJURIES TO CHIL-
DREN AND RELATED MATTERS. 
‘‘(a) DATA ANALYSIS.—Using the sources specified 
in subsection (b), the Secretary shall analyze data con-
cerning children under the age of 18 who are employed 
in agriculture and each work-related injury, illness, or 
death of any such child. 
‘‘(b) SOURCES SPECIFIED.—The sources referred to 
in subsection (a) are the following: 
‘‘(1) Sources within the Department of Labor, 
including the Wage and Hour Division, the Bureau 
of Labor Statistics, and the Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration. 
‘‘(2) State employment security agencies and 
other relevant State agencies. 
‘‘(3) The National Institute for Occupational 
Safety and Health. 
‘‘(c) REPORT.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall annu-
ally submit report to Congress which shall include— 
‘‘(A) a summary of the data collected by 
the Secretary under this section and section 
12B; 
‘‘(B) an evaluation, based on such data, 
that reflects the status of child labor and re-
lated safety and health hazards; and 
‘‘(C) any information, based on such data, 
that leads the Secretary to believe that children 
under 18 years of age may have been employed 
in violation of section 12. 
‘‘(2) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary shall, on 
the date that the Secretary submits each report 
under paragraph (1) to Congress, publish each such 
report in the Federal Register and ensure that such 
reports are posted on the Department of Labor 
website.’’. 
SEC. 8. EMPLOYER REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
201 et seq.) is amended by inserting after the new section 
12A the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 12B. EMPLOYER REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘(a) REPORT.—Not later than 5 days after an event 
specified under subsection (b), the employer involved in 
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the event shall submit a report to the Secretary in accord-
ance with subsection (c). 
‘‘(b) EVENTS SPECIFIED.—An event referred to in 
subsection (a) is— 
‘‘(1) a work-related serious injury to an em-
ployee under 18 years of age employed in agri-
culture; 
‘‘(2) the discovery of a work-related serious ill-
ness of an employee under 18 years of age employed 
in agriculture; or 
‘‘(3) the work-related death of an employee 
under 18 years of age employed in agriculture. 
‘‘(c) CONTENTS.—The report required by subsection 
(a) shall include— 
‘‘(1) the name and address of the employer; 
‘‘(2) the name, address, and age of the em-
ployee; 
‘‘(3) details relevant to the incident, to include 
environmental hazards, such as chemical or pesticide 
exposure, use of machinery or tools at time of inci-
dent, work tasks performed at time of incident, and 
other details relating to the incident; and 
‘‘(4) such other information as the Secretary of 
Labor may by regulation prescribe. 
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