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2023-06-12
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https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4020
[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 102 (Monday, June 12, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. DeLAURO:H.R. 4020.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Congress with thepower to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and amongthe several states, and with the Indian tribes.''The single subject of this legislation is:Banning child labor on tobacco farms.[Page H2810]
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- Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act
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2023-06-12
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  - Identical bill
CRS
- 2023-06-12
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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2023-07-12T14:49:20Z
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2024-06-13T16:46:14Z
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.)

Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act
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Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act
2024-06-11T16:03:30Z
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
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Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act
2024-05-24T13:39:00Z
Introduced in House
IH
- Official Title as Introduced
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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.
2024-03-18T20:58:44Z
Introduced in House
IH
- Introduced in House
2023-06-12T04:00:00Z
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2023-06-12
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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