I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2956 
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase criminal and 
civil penalties related to child labor, to require the Secretary of Labor 
to annually report to Congress on child labor violations, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2023 
Mr. KILDEE (for himself, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. 
NORTON, Mr. MULLIN, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Ms. TOKUDA, 
Ms. SCHOLTEN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. CARAVEO, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. CAR-
SON, Ms. WASSERMAN
SCHULTZ, Mr. CASAR, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. 
JAYAPAL, Ms. CHU, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. 
TITUS, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WILLIAMS of Geor-
gia, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. EVANS, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, 
Mr. TRONE, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THANEDAR, Mrs. DINGELL, 
Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. POCAN, Mr. DESAULNIER, and Mrs. HAYES) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase 
criminal and civil penalties related to child labor, to 
require the Secretary of Labor to annually report to 
Congress on child labor violations, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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‘‘(iii) not less than $70,000 and not more than 
$700,000 with regard to each such violation that 
causes the death of any employee under the age of 
18 years, which penalty may be doubled where the 
violation is a repeated or willful violation.’’. 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘subpara-
graph (A)’’ and inserting ‘‘this section’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to violations occurring on or after 
the date of enactment of this section. 
SEC. 3. REPORT ON CHILD LABOR ACTIVITIES. 
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
201 et seq.) is further amended by inserting after section 
12 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 12A. REPORT ON CHILD LABOR ACTIVITIES. 
‘‘The Secretary shall submit annually a report to 
Congress, and on the same day publish such report in the 
Federal Register and on the website of the Department 
of Labor, on violations of the provisions of section 12 or 
13(c), relating to child labor, or any regulation issued pur-
suant to such sections, in the most recent fiscal year pre-
ceding such report, including the following information: 
‘‘(1) A list of employers determined to have 
committed such violations, including— 
‘‘(A) the employer’s name and address; 
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‘‘(B) the number and type of violations 
committed; 
‘‘(C) a summary explanation of each viola-
tion of sections 12(a) and 15(a)(1) related to 
child labor; 
‘‘(D) any penalties assessed under section 
17; and 
‘‘(E) any other action taken in relation to 
such violations. 
‘‘(2) A list of goods (including consumer facing 
brands and trademarks, the names under which such 
goods are marketed to consumers, and other infor-
mation a consumer may use to identify such goods) 
that the Secretary has reason to believe were pro-
duced in an establishment situated in the United 
States in or about which any oppressive child labor 
has been employed. 
‘‘(3) A summary of trends in such violations, 
including— 
‘‘(A) whether such violations were related 
to— 
‘‘(i) the occupation of the child being 
found to be particularly hazardous for the 
child employed or detrimental to their 
health and well-being; 
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‘‘(ii) the periods during which such 
child is employed; or 
‘‘(iii) the maximum hours such child 
may be employed for; and 
‘‘(B) any comparatively high violation rates 
in industries or regions. 
‘‘(4) A summary of enforcement actions taken 
by the Secretary to prevent and detect such viola-
tions, including information on how the Secretary 
detects violations, the enforcement strategy, whether 
such enforcement strategy is effective, and ways it 
could be improved. 
‘‘(5) Information on the prevalence of investiga-
tions related to such violations in comparison to the 
potential extent of oppressive child labor in the 
United States. 
‘‘(6) Information on data collection related to 
child labor, including recommendations for improv-
ing such data collection. 
‘‘(7) A description of any additional resources 
necessary to conduct activities related to enforcing 
the provisions of sections 12 or 13(c).’’. 
Æ 
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