I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6079 
To strengthen protections against child labor violations, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 26, 2023 
Ms. DELAURO (for herself, Mr. POCAN, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. NADLER, Ms. 
NORTON, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. ESPAILLAT, 
Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. UNDERWOOD, and Ms. JACKSON LEE) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Ac-
countability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To strengthen protections against child labor violations, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Children Harmed In 
Life-threatening or Dangerous Labor Act’’ or the 
‘‘CHILD Labor Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—STRENGTHENING PROTECTIONS AGAINST CHILD LABOR 
VIOLATIONS UNDER THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938 
Sec. 101. Definition of oppressive child labor; hazardous occupations. 
Sec. 102. Enhancing child labor protections. 
Sec. 103. Strengthening penalties for child labor violations. 
Sec. 104. Training and engagement with respect to child labor violations. 
TITLE II—CHILD LABOR REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN FEDERAL 
CONTRACTORS AND RECIPIENTS OF FEDERAL FINANCIAL AS-
SISTANCE 
Sec. 201. Amendments to the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act. 
Sec. 202. Child labor requirements for contracts and assistance covered by the 
Davis-Bacon Act or Related Acts or the Service Contract Act. 
TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 301. Reports to Congress on work-related injuries, illnesses, and deaths. 
TITLE I—STRENGTHENING PRO-
TECTIONS 
AGAINST 
CHILD 
LABOR VIOLATIONS UNDER 
THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS 
ACT OF 1938 
SEC. 101. DEFINITION OF OPPRESSIVE CHILD LABOR; HAZ-
ARDOUS OCCUPATIONS. 
(a) OPPRESSIVE CHILD LABOR.—Subsection (l) of 
section 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 
U.S.C. 203) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(l)(1) ‘Oppressive child labor’ means a condition of 
employment under which— 
‘‘(A) any employee under 18 years of age is em-
ployed in— 
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‘‘(i) manufacturing; 
‘‘(ii) mining; 
‘‘(iii) trenching or excavation; 
‘‘(iv) meat processing; 
‘‘(v) demolition; or 
‘‘(vi) explosives; 
‘‘(B) any employee under 18 years of age is em-
ployed by an employer in an occupation, or in or 
around a place of work, that the Secretary shall find 
and by order declare to pose a danger or risk of in-
jury or to be detrimental to the health, safety, or 
well-being of children under 18 years of age; 
‘‘(C) any employee who is 14 or 15 years of age 
is employed by an employer (other than a parent or 
a person standing in place of a parent employing his 
or her own child or a child in his or her custody)— 
‘‘(i) in an occupation, or in or around a 
place of work, that the Secretary shall find and 
by order declare to pose a danger or risk of in-
jury or to be detrimental to the health, safety, 
or well-being of children who are such ages; or 
‘‘(ii) in such employment that is not con-
fined to periods that will not interfere with 
their schooling and to conditions that will not 
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interfere with their health, safety, or well-being; 
or 
‘‘(D) any employee is under 14 years of age em-
ployed by an employer (other than a parent or a per-
son standing in place of a parent employing his or 
her own child or a child in his or her custody). 
‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘occupation’ means work per-
formed by a person, including all jobs, duties, tasks, 
and tools or equipment typically utilized in that 
work; and 
‘‘(B) the term ‘place of work’ means the entire 
worksite, including any facility, factory, plant, 
grounds, campus, site, or physical location (whether 
fixed or mobile) where the work is performed.’’. 
(b) HAZARDOUS OCCUPATIONS
AND PLACES
OF 
WORK.—Section 12 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 212) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(e) HAZARDOUS OCCUPATIONS
AND PLACES
OF 
WORK.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of the Children Harmed 
In Life-threatening or Dangerous Labor Act, the 
Secretary shall issue— 
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‘‘(A) regulations with respect to occupa-
tions in the industries described in subpara-
graph (A) of section 3(l)(1); 
‘‘(B) regulations and orders with respect to 
occupations and places of work covered under 
subparagraph (B) of such section; 
‘‘(C) regulations and orders with respect to 
occupations and places of work covered under 
subparagraph (C)(i) of such section; and 
‘‘(D) regulations with respect to occupa-
tions covered under section 13(c)(2) as particu-
larly hazardous for the employment of children 
below the age of 16. 
‘‘(2) UPDATES.—Not less than every 5 years, 
the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) review all regulations and orders 
issued under paragraph (1) to determine wheth-
er such regulations and orders need to be re-
vised, which revisions may include updating 
such regulations or orders to include additional 
occupations or places of work, as applicable; 
and 
‘‘(B) revise any such regulations or orders 
the Secretary so determines need to be re-
vised.’’. 
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SEC. 102. ENHANCING CHILD LABOR PROTECTIONS. 
(a) ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY FOR COMPANIES IN 
SUPPLY
CHAIN
ENGAGING
IN
OPPRESSIVE
CHILD 
LABOR.— 
(1) RECORDS
RELATED
TO
PRIME
CONTRAC-
TORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS.—Section 12(b) of the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
212(b)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘In making investigations and inspections 
under section 11(a) with respect to the employment 
of minors, the Secretary may seek records related to 
any contractor or subcontractor at any tier of any 
person suspected of a violation of this section and 
may request any annual profit or loss statement of 
any such person or any contractor or subcontractor 
of such person.’’. 
(2) SECONDARY OPPRESSIVE CHILD LABOR.— 
Section 12(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 212) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘No employer’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(1) No employer’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2)(A) No person shall produce, manufacture, 
or otherwise offer into commerce a good or service 
with respect to which an employer who is a con-
tractor or subcontractor (at any tier) of the person 
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(1) by striking ‘‘thirty’’ and inserting ‘‘180’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘and who acquired such goods 
for value without notice of any such violation,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, who acquired such goods for value with-
out notice of any such violation, and who has taken 
meaningful and affirmative steps to ensure that all 
producers, manufacturers, or dealers of the pur-
chaser are in compliance with this section,’’. 
(c) ‘‘UNLAWFULLY MANUFACTURED; CHILD LABOR’’ 
TAGS.—Section 12 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 212), as amended by section 101(b), is 
further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) ‘UNLAWFULLY MANUFACTURED; CHILD LABOR’ 
TAGS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall have 
the authority, in accordance with a process deter-
mined by the Secretary through regulations, to affix 
to any goods produced by a person in violation of 
subsection (c) a tag of not more than 6 inches in 
length bearing the words ‘Unlawfully manufactured; 
child labor’. 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION.—No person (other than the 
Secretary, an authorized representative of the Sec-
retary, or the consumer with respect to the goods) 
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shall remove, alter, deface, or otherwise interfere 
with a tag affixed to goods under paragraph (1).’’. 
(d) SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST.—Section 12 of the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 216), as 
amended by subsection (c), is further amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision in this Act, for purposes of this section 
and any other provision in this Act administering or 
enforcing this section, the terms ‘employer’ and ‘per-
son’ include a successor in interest of the employer 
or person, respectively. 
‘‘(2) JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY.—An em-
ployer or other person that is a successor in interest 
of another employer, or other person, in violation of 
this section shall be jointly and severally liable under 
this Act with such other employer or person, respec-
tively, for such violation. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITION
OF
SUCCESSOR
IN
INTER-
EST.—In this subsection, the term ‘successor in in-
terest’, with respect to an employer or other person, 
means any person who— 
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‘‘(A) uses substantially the same facilities 
or workers to offer substantially the same goods 
or services as the employer or other person; 
‘‘(B) employs as a managing agent any in-
dividual who was responsible for wages, hours, 
or working conditions as the employer or other 
person; or 
‘‘(C)(i) has an owner, partner, officer, or 
director who is an immediate family member of 
an owner, partner, officer, or director of the 
employer or other person; and 
‘‘(ii) is in the same industry as the em-
ployer or other person.’’. 
(e) AUTHORITY TO ISSUE STOP WORK ORDERS.— 
Section 12(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
(29 U.S.C. 212(b)), as amended by subsection (a)(1), is 
further amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of Labor’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(1) The Secretary of Labor’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2)(A) In addition to the authority of the Sec-
retary to bring an action under section 17 as de-
scribed in paragraph (1), the Secretary may issue a 
stop work order to any person that the Secretary 
has found to be in violation of this section. 
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‘‘(B) Such stop work order may apply to one or 
more worksites of the person (without regard to 
whether all such worksites involve a violation of this 
section). 
‘‘(C) A stop work order issued under this para-
graph shall remain in effect until the person issued 
the order provides the Secretary with adequate evi-
dence that the person is no longer in violation of this 
section. 
‘‘(D)(i) A person shall compensate any indi-
vidual engaged to perform work for remuneration for 
the person and who does not perform such work as 
a result of a stop work order issued to the person 
under this paragraph. Such compensation shall be at 
the regular rate at which the individual is so en-
gaged for all hours the individual would have worked 
but for the stop work order. 
‘‘(ii) For purposes of administration and en-
forcement of a violation of clause (i)— 
‘‘(I) a violation of such clause shall be 
deemed a violation of section 6 and not a viola-
tion of this section; 
‘‘(II) any amounts owing to an individual 
which have been withheld in violation of such 
clause shall be deemed to be unpaid minimum 
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wages or unpaid overtime-time compensation 
under this Act; and 
‘‘(III) any reference in section 16 to an 
‘employer’ or ‘employee’ shall be deemed a ref-
erence to a person or an individual, respectively, 
without regard to whether the person or indi-
vidual is an employer or employee, respec-
tively.’’. 
SEC. 103. STRENGTHENING PENALTIES FOR CHILD LABOR 
VIOLATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 16(e)(1) of the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 216(e)(1)) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking clauses (i) 
and (ii) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(i) $151,380 for each employee who was the 
subject of such a violation, which penalty may be 
doubled in the case of a violation described in sub-
paragraph (C); or 
‘‘(ii) $690,000 with regard to each violation of 
section 12 or 13(c), relating to child labor, or any 
regulation issued pursuant to such a section, that 
causes the death or serious injury of any employee 
under the age of 18 years, which penalty may be 
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doubled in the case of a violation described in sub-
paragraph (C).’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) For purposes of penalties that may be doubled 
under clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A), a violation 
described in this subparagraph is a violation— 
‘‘(i) that is a repeated or willful violation; 
‘‘(ii) that involves an occupation or place of 
work described in any of subparagraphs (A) through 
(D) of section 12(e)(1); 
‘‘(iii) that has occurred within 10 years of the 
final disposition of another violation of section 12 or 
13(c), relating to child labor, or any regulation 
issued pursuant to such a section; or 
‘‘(iv) for which the employer that committed the 
violation is found, during the period in which the 
person was investigated for such violation, to have 
employed more than 10 children in such a viola-
tion.’’. 
(b) 
ANTI-RETALIATION
VIOLATIONS.—Section 
16(e)(2) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 
U.S.C. 216(e)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘Any person who violates section 15(a)(3) with 
respect to any complaint or proceeding related to section 
12 or 13(c), relating to child labor, or any regulation 
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issued pursuant to such a section, shall be subject to a 
civil penalty not to exceed $75,000, for each such viola-
tion, in addition to such legal or equitable relief as may 
be appropriate to effectuate the purposes of such section 
15(a)(3), as described in subsection (b).’’. 
(c) DAMAGES FOR VICTIMS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 16 of the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 216) is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) by inserting after the third sen-
tence the following: ‘‘Any person who vio-
lates section 12(c) or section 13(c), relat-
ing to child labor, or any regulation issued 
pursuant to such a section, shall be liable 
to the employee or employees affected for 
compensatory damages and, as appro-
priate, punitive damages or legal or equi-
table relief as described in subsection (f).’’; 
(ii) in the sentence beginning ‘‘An ac-
tion to recover’’, by striking ‘‘employer’’ 
and inserting ‘‘employer (or person as ap-
plicable in the case of a violation of section 
12(c) or 13(c), relating to child labor, or 
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any regulation issued pursuant to such a 
section)’’; and 
(iii) in the last sentence— 
(I) by striking ‘‘or (2) legal’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, (2) legal’’; and 
(II) by inserting before the pe-
riod at the end ‘‘, or (3) compensatory 
damages and, as appropriate, punitive 
damages or legal or equitable relief is 
sought for a violation of section 12(c) 
or section 13(c), relating to child 
labor, or any regulation issued pursu-
ant to such a section’’; 
(B) in subsection (c)— 
(i) by inserting after the second sen-
tence, the following: ‘‘The Secretary is au-
thorized to supervise the payment of any 
compensatory damages, punitive damages, 
or legal or equitable relief owed to an em-
ployee or employees under subsection (b) 
for a violation of section 12(c) or section 
13(c), relating to child labor, or any regu-
lation issued pursuant to such a section, 
and the Secretary may bring an action in 
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any court of competent jurisdiction to ob-
tain such damages or relief.’’; and 
(ii) in the sentence beginning ‘‘The 
right provided by subsection (b)’’— 
(I) by striking ‘‘the first sentence 
of’’; 
(II) by inserting ‘‘or relief’’ after 
‘‘other damages’’; and 
(III) by striking ‘‘an employer’’ 
and inserting ‘‘a person’’; 
(C) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘em-
ployer’’ and inserting ‘‘person’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) LEGAL AND EQUITABLE RELIEF FOR CHILD 
LABOR VIOLATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A person who violates sec-
tion 12(c) or section 13(c), relating to child labor, 
or any regulation issued pursuant to such a sec-
tion— 
‘‘(A) shall be liable to each employee af-
fected by the violation— 
‘‘(i) except as provided in clause (ii), 
in an amount that is not less than $75,000 
in compensatory damages, which penalty 
shall be doubled in the case of a violation 
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that involves an occupation or place of 
work described in subparagraph any of 
subparagraphs (A) through (D) of section 
12(e)(1); or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a violation of sec-
tion 12(c) or section 13(c), relating to 
child labor, or any regulation issued pursu-
ant to such a section, that causes death or 
serious injury, in an amount that is not 
less than $750,000 in compensatory dam-
ages, which penalty may be doubled in the 
case of such a violation that is a repeated 
or willful violation; and 
‘‘(B) may, as appropriate, be liable to each 
employee affected by the violation— 
‘‘(i) in an amount that is not less 
than $1,000,000 in punitive damages in 
the case of a violation that causes death or 
serious injury; or 
‘‘(ii) for legal or equitable relief, in-
cluding injunctive relief or disgorgement of 
profits. 
‘‘(2) RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.—Nothing in 
this subsection shall preempt a State or municipal 
law that provides greater penalties or remedies for 
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violations of child labor requirements than those pro-
vided under this subsection. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITION
OF
SERIOUS
INJURY.—For 
purposes of paragraph (1), the term ‘serious injury’ 
has the meaning given such term in subsection 
(e)(1)(B)’’. 
(2) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.—Section 6 of 
the Portal-to-Portal Act (29 U.S.C. 255) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in the matter preceding subsection (a), 
by inserting ‘‘(or any compensatory damages, 
punitive damages, or legal or equitable relief for 
a violation of section 12(c) or section 13(c), re-
lating to child labor, of such Act, or any regula-
tion issued pursuant to such a section)’’ after 
‘‘Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938’’; and 
(B) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘and ex-
cept that a cause of action for a violation of 
section 12(c) or section 13(c), relating to child 
labor, of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938, or any regulation issued pursuant to such 
a section, may be commenced within 10 years 
after the cause of action accrued’’ before the 
semicolon. 
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(d) CRIMINAL PENALTIES.—Section 16(a) of the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 216(a)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Any’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) Any’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘(other than subsection (a)(4) 
of such section)’’ after ‘‘section 15’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘subsection’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘paragraph’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), any 
person who violates section 15(a)(4) shall upon conviction 
thereof be subject to a fine of not more than $750,000, 
or to imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both. 
‘‘(B) Any person who violates section 12(f)(2) shall 
upon conviction thereof be subject to a fine of not more 
than $500,000, or to imprisonment of not more than 1 
year, or both. No person shall be imprisoned under this 
subparagraph except for an offense committed after the 
conviction of such person for a prior offense under this 
subparagraph.’’. 
SEC. 104. TRAINING AND ENGAGEMENT WITH RESPECT TO 
CHILD LABOR VIOLATIONS. 
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
201 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 18D 
(42 U.S.C. 218d) the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 18E. TRAINING AND ENGAGEMENT WITH RESPECT TO 
CHILD LABOR VIOLATIONS. 
‘‘The Secretary shall, directly or by grants or con-
tracts, provide for the establishment and supervision of 
programs for— 
‘‘(1) education and training with respect to rec-
ognition, avoidance, and prevention of violations of 
section 12; 
‘‘(2) education and training of professionals 
providing services to children on identifying and re-
sponding to oppressive child labor and incorporating 
into their activities knowledge about risk factors for 
exposing children to oppressive child labor; and 
‘‘(3) identification of potential violations of sec-
tion 12 and support for victims of such violations.’’. 
TITLE 
II—CHILD 
LABOR 
RE-
QUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN 
FEDERAL CONTRACTORS AND 
RECIPIENTS OF FEDERAL FI-
NANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 201. AMENDMENTS TO THE WALSH-HEALEY PUBLIC 
CONTRACTS ACT. 
Section 6502 of title 41, United States Code, is 
amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘A contract made by an agency’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A contract made 
by an agency’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘No indi-
vidual under 16 years of age and no incarcerated in-
dividual’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) INCARCERATED
INDIVIDUALS.—No 
incarcerated individual’’; 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) CHILDREN.—No individual under 16 
years of age will be employed by the contractor, 
or any subcontractor or supplier of the con-
tractor, in any activity at any tier under the 
contract, including any activity under a sub-
contract at any tier of the contract. No indi-
vidual 16 or 17 years of age will be employed 
by the contractor, or any subcontractor or sup-
plier of the contractor, in oppressive child labor, 
as defined under section 3(l) of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(l)), in 
any activity at any tier under the contract, in-
cluding any activity under a subcontract at any 
tier of the contract.’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) CHILDREN.— 
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‘‘(1) GOOD FAITH DEFENSE FOR SECONDARY 
LIABILITY.—A contractor shall not be in breach or 
violation of a representation or stipulation required 
under subsection (a)(3)(B) due to the actions of a 
subcontractor or supplier at any tier of the contract 
if the contractor— 
‘‘(A) entered into a contract with the 
prime subcontractor or supplier in a good faith 
reliance on a written assurance from the sub-
contractor or supplier that all subcontractors 
and suppliers at any tier of the contract would 
not, in any activity under the contract, includ-
ing any activity under a subcontract at any tier 
of the contract, employ an individual under 16 
years of age or employ an individual 16 or 17 
years of age in oppressive child labor (as de-
fined under section 3(l) of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938); 
‘‘(B) had no notice that a subcontractor or 
supplier would so employ an individual; and 
‘‘(C) has taken meaningful and affirmative 
steps to ensure that all subcontractors and sup-
pliers at any tier of the contract would not so 
employ an individual. 
‘‘(2) SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision in this chapter, for purposes of 
subsection (a)(3)(B) and any other provision in 
this chapter administering or enforcing a stipu-
lation or representation required under such 
subsection— 
‘‘(i) the term ‘contractor’ includes a 
successor in interest of the contractor; 
‘‘(ii) the term ‘party responsible for a 
breach or violation’, in the case of a con-
tractor, includes a successor in interest of 
the contractor; and 
‘‘(iii) the term ‘person’, in the case of 
a contractor, includes a successor in inter-
est of the contractor. 
‘‘(B) JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY.—A 
contractor that is a successor in interest of an-
other contractor in breach or violation of a rep-
resentation or stipulation required under sub-
section (a)(3)(B) shall be jointly and severally 
liable under this chapter with such other con-
tractor for such breach or violation. 
‘‘(C) DEFINITION
OF
SUCCESSOR
IN
IN-
TEREST.—In this paragraph, the term ‘suc-
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cessor in interest’, with respect to a contractor, 
means any person who— 
‘‘(i) uses substantially the same facili-
ties or workers to offer substantially the 
same goods or services as the contractor; 
‘‘(ii) employs as a managing agent 
any individual who was responsible for 
wages, hours, or working conditions as the 
contractor; or 
‘‘(iii)(I) has an owner, partner, offi-
cer, or director who is an immediate family 
member of an owner, partner, officer, or 
director of the contractor; and 
‘‘(II) is in the same industry as the 
contractor.’’. 
SEC. 202. CHILD LABOR REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTRACTS 
AND ASSISTANCE COVERED BY THE DAVIS- 
BACON ACT OR RELATED ACTS OR THE SERV-
ICE CONTRACT ACT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPLICABLE CONTRACT OR ASSISTANCE.— 
The term ‘‘applicable contract or assistance’’ 
means— 
(A) a contract or subcontract entered into 
after the date of enactment of this Act to which 
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subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United 
States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Davis- 
Bacon Act’’), applies; 
(B) any form of financial assistance (in-
cluding through a grant or loan) awarded by 
the Federal Government— 
(i) for which the terms of such assist-
ance were agreed to by the Federal Gov-
ernment and the recipient of such assist-
ance after the date of enactment of this 
Act; and 
(ii) that requires all laborers and me-
chanics employed by contractors and sub-
contractors in the performance of construc-
tion work financed in whole or in part by 
such assistance to be paid wages at rates 
not less than those prevailing on projects 
of a similar character in the locality as de-
termined by the Secretary of Labor in ac-
cordance with subchapter IV of chapter 31 
of title 40, United States Code; and 
(C) a contract entered into after the date 
of enactment of this Act to which chapter 67 of 
title 41, United States Code (commonly known 
as the ‘‘Service Contract Act’’), applies. 
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(2) CONTRACTOR OR RECIPIENT OF AN APPLI-
CABLE CONTRACT OR ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘contractor’’ 
or ‘‘recipient of an applicable contract or assist-
ance’’ includes a successor in interest of the 
contractor or recipient, respectively. 
(B) JOINT
AND
SEVERAL
LIABILITY.—A 
contractor or recipient of an applicable contract 
or assistance that is a successor in interest of 
another contractor or recipient of an applicable 
contract or assistance in violation of this sec-
tion shall be jointly and severally liable under 
this section with such other contractor or re-
cipient for such violation. 
(3) OPPRESSIVE CHILD LABOR.—The term ‘‘op-
pressive child labor’’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 3(l) of the Fair Labor Standards Act 
of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(l)). 
(4) SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST.—The term ‘‘suc-
cessor in interest’’, with respect to a contractor or 
recipient of an applicable contract or assistance, 
means any person who— 
(A) uses substantially the same facilities or 
workers to offer substantially the same goods or 
services as the contractor or recipient; 
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labor in the performance of or work funded by 
the applicable contract or assistance; 
(B) had no notice that a subcontractor or 
supplier would employ oppressive child labor in 
such performance or work; and 
(C) has taken meaningful and affirmative 
steps to ensure that all subcontractors and sup-
pliers at any tier of the applicable contract or 
assistance would not employ oppressive child 
labor in such performance or work. 
(c) BREACH OR VIOLATION.— 
(1) APPLICABLE BREACH OR VIOLATION.—This 
subsection applies in the case of a breach or viola-
tion of a representation or stipulation required 
under subsection (b)(1)(A) in an applicable contract 
or assistance. 
(2) LIQUIDATED
DAMAGES.—In addition to 
damages for any other breach of the applicable con-
tract or assistance, the party responsible for a 
breach or violation described in paragraph (1) is lia-
ble to the Federal Government for liquidated dam-
ages in an amount equal to the sum of $20 per day 
for each individual employed in oppressive child 
labor in the performance of or work funded by the 
applicable contract or assistance. 
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(3) CANCELLATION
AND
ALTERNATIVE
COM-
PLETION.—In addition to the Federal Government 
being entitled to damages described in paragraph 
(2), the Federal Government may cancel the con-
tract or assistance and make open-market purchases 
or make other contracts or award other assistance 
for the completion of the original contract or terms 
of the original assistance, charging any additional 
cost to the original contractor or recipient. 
(4) RECOVERY OF AMOUNTS DUE.—An amount 
due the Federal Government because of a breach or 
violation described in paragraph (1) may be withheld 
from any amounts owed the contractor or recipient 
under the applicable contract or assistance or may 
be recovered in a suit brought by the Attorney Gen-
eral. 
(d) THREE-YEAR PROHIBITION ON NEW CONTRACTS 
IN CASE OF BREACH OR VIOLATION.— 
(1) DISTRIBUTION
LIST.—The Comptroller 
General of the United States shall distribute to each 
agency of the Federal Government a list containing 
the names of persons found by the Secretary to have 
breached or violated a representation or stipulation 
included in an applicable contract or assistance 
under subsection (b)(1)(A). 
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(2) THREE-YEAR
PROHIBITION.—Unless the 
Secretary recommends otherwise, the Federal Gov-
ernment may not award any contract or other finan-
cial assistance to a person named on the list under 
paragraph (1), or to a firm, corporation, partner-
ship, or association in which the person has a con-
trolling interest, until 3 years have elapsed from the 
date of the determination by the Secretary that a 
breach or violation occurred. 
(e) ENFORCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION.—Sections 
6506 and 6507 (other than subsection (a) of such section) 
of title 41, United States Code, govern the Secretary’s au-
thority to enforce this section, including the Secretary’s 
authority to prescribe regulations, issue orders, hold hear-
ings, make decisions based on findings of fact, and take 
other appropriate action under this section. 
TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 
SEC. 301. REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON WORK-RELATED IN-
JURIES, ILLNESSES, AND DEATHS. 
(a) ANALYSIS OF DATA.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor, in 
consultation as described in paragraph (2), shall col-
lect and analyze data concerning overall trends for 
work-related injuries, illnesses, or deaths and trends 
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related to enforcement under Federal or State law 
with respect to such injuries, illnesses, or deaths. 
(2) CONSULTING ENTITIES.—In collecting and 
analyzing data under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
of Labor— 
(A) shall consult with the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services; and 
(B) may consult with any relevant State 
agencies. 
(b) REPORTS.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
the Secretary of Labor shall— 
(1) submit a report to Congress that includes— 
(A) a summary of the data collected and 
analyzed by the Secretary under subsection (a) 
for the previous year; 
(B) an evaluation, based on such data, 
that reflects the status of work-related injuries, 
illnesses, and deaths; and 
(C) any recommendations for the President 
and Congress as a result of such evaluation; 
(2) publish such report in the Federal Register; 
and 
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(3) post such report on the website of the De-
partment of Labor. 
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