[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2327 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2327

     To provide for a change in the exemption from the child labor 
 provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 for minors between 
 16 and 18 years of age who engage in the operation of automobiles and 
                                trucks.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 1997

 Mr. Combest (for himself, Mr. Green, and Mr. Martinez) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                             the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
     To provide for a change in the exemption from the child labor 
 provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 for minors between 
 16 and 18 years of age who engage in the operation of automobiles and 
                                trucks.

    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 the ``Drive for Teen Employment Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY FOR MINORS TO OPERATE MOTOR VEHICLES.

    In the administration and enforcement of the child labor provisions 
of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, the Secretary of Labor, in 
implementing the exemption (published at 29 C.F.R. 570.52(b)(1)) for 
minors between 16 and 18 years of age who operate automobiles or trucks 
not exceeding 6,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, shall--
            (1) not allow such operation to exceed 50 miles from the 
        minor's place of employment; and
            (2) not limit the number of such operations but require 
        that such operations may not exceed--
                    (A) one third of a minor's work in any work day; 
                and
                    (B) 20 percent of a minor's work in any workweek.
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