[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4257 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4257

 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to permit certain youth 
              to perform certain work with wood products.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 16, 1998

  Mr. Pitts (for himself, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Goodling, Mr. Peterson of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. Souder, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Gekas, Mr. Coburn, and Mr. 
   English of Pennsylvania) 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 permit certain youth 
              to perform certain work with wood products.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXEMPTION.

    Section 13(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
213(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(6)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), in the administration and 
enforcement of the child labor provisions of this Act, it shall not be 
considered oppressive child labor for an individual who--
            ``(i) is under the age of 18 and over the age of 14, and
            ``(ii) is a member of a religious sect or division thereof 
        whose established teachings do not permit formal education 
        beyond the eighth grade,
to be employed inside or outside places of business where machinery is 
used to process wood products.
    ``(B) The employment of an individual under subparagraph (A) shall 
be permitted--
            ``(i) if there is an adult present in a supervisory 
        capacity; and
            ``(ii) if the individual does not operate or assist in the 
        operation of power-driven woodworking machines.''.
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