3.0.0 1341 2023-01-11T13:37:37Z 2023-01-11T13:37:37Z Senate S 2017-06-12 115 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-06-12T22:16:28Z Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act 115 2878 HR 2017-06-12 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Identical bill CRS 2017-06-12 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3398) IntroReferral 2017-06-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2017-06-12 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2017-06-12 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2017-06-12 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2017-06-12 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2017-06-12 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2017-06-12 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2017-06-14 False Labor and Employment Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Labor standards Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor Worker safety and health Youth employment and child labor Labor and Employment 00 2017-06-12 Introduced in Senate 2017-11-16T18:24:41Z Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act

This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to redefine "oppressive child labor," for purposes of child labor prohibitions, to include the employment of any employee under age 18 who has direct contact with tobacco plants or dried tobacco leaves.

]]> Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act Display Title Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act Official Title as Introduced 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. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act Introduced in Senate 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1341is/xml/BILLS-115s1341is.xml 2017-06-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3398) 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.