Drive for Teen Employment Act
PL 105-334 (H.R.2327), enacted 10/31/1998

PUBLIC LAW 105-334—OCT. 31, 1998 
112 STAT. 3137 
Oct. 31, 1998 
Public Law 105-334 
105th Congress 
An Act 
To provide for a change in- the exemption from the child labor provisions of the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 for minors who are 17 years of age and 
who engage in the operation of automobiles and trucks. 
[H.R. 2327] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
Drive for Teen 
Employment Act. 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
29 USC 201 note. 
This Act may be cited as the "Drive for Teen Employment 
Act". 
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY FOR MINORS TO OPERATE MOTOR VEHICLES. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 13(c) of the Fair Labor Standards 
Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 213(c)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
"(6) In the administration and enforcement of the child labor 
provisions of this Act, employees who are under 17 years of age 
may not drive automobiles or trucks on public roadways. Employees 
who are 17 years of age may drive automobiles or trucks on public 
roadways only if— 
"(A) such driving is restricted to daylight hours; 
"(B) the employee holds a State license valid for the type 
of driving involved in the job performed and has no records 
of any moving violation at the time of hire; 
"(C) the employee has successfully completed a State 
approved driver education course; 
"(D) the automobile or truck is equipped with a seat belt 
for the driver and any passengers and the employee's employer 
has instructed the employee that the seat belts must be used 
when driving the automobile or truck; 
"(E) the automobile or truck does not exceed 6,000 pounds 
of gross vehicle weight; 
"(F) such driving does not involve— 
"(i) the towing of vehicles; 
"(ii) route deliveries or route sales; 
"(iii) the transportation for hire of property, goods, 
or passengers; 
"(iv) urgent, time-sensitive deliveries; 
"(v) more than two trips away from the primary place 
of employment in any single day for the purpose of deliver-
ing goods of the employee's employer to a customer (other 
than urgent, time-sensitive deliveries); 
"(vi) more than two trips away from the primary place 
of employment in any single day for the purpose of 
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PUBLIC LAW 105-334—OCT. 31, 1998 
transporting passengers (other than employees of the 
employer); 
"(vii) 
transporting 
more 
than 
three 
passengers 
(including employees of the employer); or 
"(viii) driving beyond a 30 mile radius from the 
employee's place of employment; and 
"(G) such driving is only occasional and incidental to the 
employee's employment. 
For purposes of subparagraph (G), the term 'occasional and inciden-
tal' is no more than one-third of an employee's worktime in any 
workday and no more than 20 percent of an employee's worktime 
in any workweek.". 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
29 use 213 note. 
(1) IN GENERAL.—This Act shall become effective on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—^The amendment made by subsection (a) 
defining the term "occasional and incidental" shall also apply 
to any case, action, citation, or appeal pending on the date 
of the enactment of this Act unless such case, action, citation, 
or appeal involves property damage or personal injury. 
Approved October 31, 1998. 
L E G I S L A T I V E H I S T O R Y — H . R . 2327: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 144 (1998): 
Sept. 28, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 12, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Oct. 13, House concurred in Senate amendment.