Child Labor Protection Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-2637
Sponsor: Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2007-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Child labor
Civil actions and liability
Collection of accounts
Death
Disabled
Employers' liability
Families
Fines (Penalties)
Health
Hours of labor
Law
Minimum wages
Occupational health and safety
Paralysis

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-08
text: 
Child Labor Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase civil penalties for violations of: (1) child labor requirements and prohibitions; and (2) minimum wage and maximum hours requirements.
 
Increases from $10,000 to $11,000 the maximum employer penalty for each employee who was the subject of a child labor violation.
 
Establishes a $50,000 civil penalty for each such violation that causes the death or serious injury of any employee under age 18. Allows the doubling of such a penalty where the violation is a repeated or willful violation.
 
Defines &quot;serious injury&quot; as permanent: (1) loss or substantial impairment of one of the senses (sight, hearing, taste, smell, tactile sensation); (2) loss or substantial impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty, including the loss of all or part of an arm, leg, foot, hand or other body part; or (3) paralysis or substantial impairment that causes loss of movement or mobility of an arm, leg, foot, hand or other body part.
 
Increases from $1,000 to $1,100 the civil penalty for any repeated or willful violation of specified minimum wage or maximum hours requirements of such Act.

action_date: 2007-06-12
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Child Labor Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase civil penalties for violations of: (1) child labor requirements and prohibitions; and (2) minimum wage and maximum hours requirements.
 
Increases from $10,000 to $11,000 the maximum employer penalty for each employee who was the subject of a child labor violation.
 
Establishes a $50,000 civil penalty for each such violation that causes the death or serious injury of any employee under age 18. Allows the doubling of such a penalty where the violation is a repeated or willful violation.
 
Defines &quot;serious injury&quot; as permanent: (1) loss or substantial impairment of one of the senses (sight, hearing, taste, smell, tactile sensation); (2) loss or substantial impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty, including the loss of all or part of an arm, leg, foot, hand or other body part; or (3) permanent paralysis or substantial impairment that causes loss of movement or mobility of an arm, leg, foot, hand or other body part.
 
Increases from $1,000 to $1,100 the civil penalty for any repeated or willful violation of specified minimum wage or maximum hours requirements of such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-13
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-06-12
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-06-12
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6250)
action_date: 2007-06-12
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6250)
action_date: 2007-06-12
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2637.
action_date: 2007-06-12
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6250-6251)
action_date: 2007-06-12
text: Mr. Hare moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2007-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-08
text: Introduced in House