[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1869 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1869

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require an employer to 
notify the parent or guardian of an employee who is under the age of 18 
or handicapped and who works at the same facility as an individual who 
    has a criminal record that includes a conviction for a crime of 
                               violence.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 16, 2001

  Mr. Frost 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 require an employer to 
notify the parent or guardian of an employee who is under the age of 18 
or handicapped and who works at the same facility as an individual who 
    has a criminal record that includes a conviction for a crime of 
                               violence.

    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 ``Amy Robinson Memorial Act''.

SEC. 2. NOTICE TO PARENT OR GUARDIAN THAT MINOR OR HANDICAPPED EMPLOYEE 
              WORKS WITH INDIVIDUAL WITH A RECORD OF A CRIME OF 
              VIOLENCE.

    Section 14 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 214) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e)(1) The Secretary shall by regulation require that an employer 
provide prompt written notice to the parent or guardian of an employee 
if--
            ``(A)(i) the employee has not attained eighteen years of 
        age or is employed under a special certificate issued under 
        subsection (c) for earning or productive capacity impaired by 
        physical or mental deficiency, or injury; or
            ``(ii) the employer knows or reasonably should know that 
        the earning or productive capacity of the employee is impaired 
        by physical or mental deficiency, or injury;
            ``(B) another individual who has a criminal record that 
        includes a conviction for a crime of violence (as defined in 
        section 16 of title 18, United States Code) performs work at 
        the same facility as the employee; and
            ``(C) the employer--
                    ``(i) employs the other individual; or
                    ``(ii) knows or reasonably should know of the 
                conviction.
    ``(2) The notice under paragraph (1) shall contain an 
identification of the facility, a statement that an individual who has 
been convicted of a crime of violence performs work at the facility, 
and an identification of each such crime of violence.''.
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