Child Labor Protection Act of 2007

3.0.0 2637 2023-01-12T17:53:03Z 2023-01-12T17:53:03Z House H HR 2007-06-08 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-06-13T20:13:50Z hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-06-08T20:00:05Z Child Labor Protection Act of 2007 110 1614 S 2007-06-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS Child Labor Protection Act of 2007 110 1598 S 2007-06-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS 2007-06-13 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2007-06-12 11:05:55 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2007-06-12 11:05:52 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6250) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2007-06-12 11:05:52 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6250) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2007-06-12 10:57:57 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2637. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2007-06-12 10:57:55 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6250-6251) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2007-06-12 10:57:26 Mr. Hare moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2007-06-08 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2007-06-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-06-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000738 Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] LYNN WOOLSEY D CA 6 N W000795 Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] Joe Wilson R SC 2 2007-06-08 True M000725 Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] GEORGE MILLER D CA 7 2007-06-08 True M000508 Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25] HOWARD MCKEON R CA P. 25 2007-06-08 True H001040 Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17] Phil Hare D IL 17 2007-06-08 True S001170 Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1] Carol Shea-Porter D NH 1 2007-06-11 False L000565 Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] David Loebsack D IA 2 2007-06-12 False Labor and Employment Child labor Civil actions and liability Collection of accounts Death Disabled Employers' liability Families Fines (Penalties) Health Hours of labor Law Minimum wages Occupational health and safety Paralysis Labor and Employment

00 2007-06-08 Introduced in House 2007-08-24T21:38:25Z Child Labor Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase civil penalties for violations of: (1) child labor requirements and prohibitions; and (2) minimum wage and maximum hours requirements.

Increases from $10,000 to $11,000 the maximum employer penalty for each employee who was the subject of a child labor violation.

Establishes a $50,000 civil penalty for each such violation that causes the death or serious injury of any employee under age 18. Allows the doubling of such a penalty where the violation is a repeated or willful violation.

Defines "serious injury" as permanent: (1) loss or substantial impairment of one of the senses (sight, hearing, taste, smell, tactile sensation); (2) loss or substantial impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty, including the loss of all or part of an arm, leg, foot, hand or other body part; or (3) paralysis or substantial impairment that causes loss of movement or mobility of an arm, leg, foot, hand or other body part.

Increases from $1,000 to $1,100 the civil penalty for any repeated or willful violation of specified minimum wage or maximum hours requirements of such Act.

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81 2007-06-12 Passed House without amendment 2007-08-24T21:39:56Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Child Labor Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase civil penalties for violations of: (1) child labor requirements and prohibitions; and (2) minimum wage and maximum hours requirements.

Increases from $10,000 to $11,000 the maximum employer penalty for each employee who was the subject of a child labor violation.

Defines "serious injury" as permanent: (1) loss or substantial impairment of one of the senses (sight, hearing, taste, smell, tactile sensation); (2) loss or substantial impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty, including the loss of all or part of an arm, leg, foot, hand or other body part; or (3) permanent paralysis or substantial impairment that causes loss of movement or mobility of an arm, leg, foot, hand or other body part.

Increases from $1,000 to $1,100 the civil penalty for any repeated or willful violation of specified minimum wage or maximum hours requirements of such Act.

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Child Labor Protection Act of 2007 Display Title Child Labor Protection Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act, with respect to civil penalties for child labor violations. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Child Labor Protection Act of 2007 Short Titles as Passed House Child Labor Protection Act of 2007 H House Referred in Senate 2007-06-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr2637rfs/xml/BILLS-110hr2637rfs.xml Engrossed in House 2007-06-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr2637eh/xml/BILLS-110hr2637eh.xml Introduced in House 2007-06-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr2637ih/xml/BILLS-110hr2637ih.xml 2007-06-13 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.