[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6861 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6861

 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the penalty 
                  for certain child labor violations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 10, 2008

Mr. Braley of Iowa introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the penalty 
                  for certain child labor violations.

    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 ``Child Labor Safety Act''.

SEC. 2. PENALTY FOR OPPRESSIVE CHILD LABOR VIOLATIONS.

    Section 16 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 215) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``No person'' and 
        inserting ``Any person who willfully violates the provisions of 
        sections 12 or 13(c), or any regulation issued under such 
        sections, shall upon conviction thereof be subject to a fine of 
        not more than $50,000, or to imprisonment for not more than 6 
        months for each employee who was the subject of such a 
        violation, or both. Except for a violation of section 12 or 
        section 13(c), no person''; and
            (2) in subsection (e)(1)(A)--
                    (A) by striking ``$11,000'' in clause (i) and 
                inserting ``$50,000''; and
                    (B) by striking ``$50,000'' in clause (ii) and 
                inserting ``$100,000''.
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