Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act
This bill prohibits an individual under the age of 18 from performing work that has direct contact with tobacco plants or dried tobacco leaves 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.)
[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4020 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4020
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.
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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
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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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as ``Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms
Act''.
SEC. 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,''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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