Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act

Bill: 119-hr-3335
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2025-05-13
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2025-05-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3335 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 13, 2025 Ms. DeLauro (for herself, Ms. Chu , Ms. Sánchez , Mr. Takano , Mrs. Hayes , Ms. Norton , Mrs. Ramirez , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Lynch , Ms. Scholten , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Ms. Velázquez , Mr. Nadler , Mr. Magaziner , Ms. Jayapal , Mr. Pocan , Ms. Schakowsky , and Mr. García of Illinois ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 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, .