To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit work by children in tobacco-related agriculture as particularly hazardous oppressive child labor.

Bill: 113-hr-5327
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2014-07-31
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor

Worker safety and health

Youth employment and child labor
Latest action: action_date: 2014-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-07-31
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require any employment in which children under the age of 18 come into direct contact with tobacco plants or dried tobacco leaves to be considered particularly hazardous oppressive child labor, which is prohibited under such Act.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5327 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 31, 2014 Mr. Cicilline (for himself, Ms. Norton , and Mr. Grijalva ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit work by children in tobacco-related agriculture as particularly hazardous oppressive child labor.

1. Tobacco-related agriculture employment of children Section 3(l) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203( l )) is amended by adding at the end the following: Any employment in which children under the age of 18 come into direct contact with tobacco plants or dried tobacco leaves shall be considered particularly hazardous oppressive child labor within the meaning of this subsection. .