[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3708 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3708

   To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from issuing a final rule that 
      prevents the agricultural employment of minors to detassel.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 16, 2011

 Mr. Fortenberry (for himself and Mr. Terry) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
                               Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from issuing a final rule that 
      prevents the agricultural employment of minors to detassel.

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

SECTION 1. RULE PREVENTING THE AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT OF MINORS TO 
              DETASSEL PROHIBITED.

    To the extent that the proposed rule entitled ``Child Labor 
Regulations, Orders and Statements of Interpretation; Child Labor 
Violations--Civil Money Penalties'' published by the Wage and Hour 
Division of the Department of Labor on September 2, 2011 (76 Fed. Reg. 
54836 et seq.) prevents or otherwise effects the agricultural 
employment of minors to detassel, rogue, or otherwise engage in the 
production of seed or to engage in related and incidental agricultural 
employment, the Secretary of Labor shall not issue a final rule on, or 
otherwise implement, the proposed rule.
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