Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act

Bill: 118-hr-4020
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2023-06-12
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-06-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act</strong></p><p>This bill prohibits an individual under the age of 18 from performing work that has direct contact with tobacco plants or dried tobacco leaves&nbsp;by specifying that the work is oppressive child labor. (Oppressive child labor is generally prohibited under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, with some exceptions.)</p><!--tinycomments|2.1|data:application/json;base64,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-->

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4020 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 12, 2023 Ms. DeLauro (for herself, Mr. Payne , and Ms. Norton ) 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 employment of children in tobacco-related agriculture by deeming such employment as oppressive child labor.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act . 2. 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— (1) in the first sentence— (A) by striking in any occupation, or (2) and inserting in any occupation, (2) ; and (B) by inserting before the semicolon the following: , or (3) any employee under the age of eighteen years has direct contact with tobacco plants or dried tobacco leaves ; and (2) in the second sentence, by striking other than manufacturing and mining and inserting , other than manufacturing, mining, and tobacco-related agriculture as described in paragraph (3) of the first sentence of this subsection, .