[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2221 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2221

  To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from finalizing a proposed rule 
  under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 relating to child labor.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 21, 2012

 Mr. Thune (for himself, Mr. Moran, Mr. McCain, Mr. Tester, Mr. Rubio, 
 Mr. Paul, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Lee, 
 Mr. McConnell, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Boozman, Mr. 
Burr, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Coats, Mr. Crapo, Mr. DeMint, Mr. 
Enzi, Mr. Graham, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. 
  Inhofe, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Johanns, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Kyl, Mr. 
   Lugar, Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin, Mr. Risch, Mr. Roberts, and Mr. 
  Alexander) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from finalizing a proposed rule 
  under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 relating to child labor.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND FINDINGS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Preserving 
America's Family Farms Act''.
    (b) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) family farms often depend on the contributions of youth 
        for their successful operation;
            (2) regulations proposed to be adopted by the Department of 
        Labor will adversely impact the longstanding tradition of youth 
        working on farms to gain valuable skills and lessons on hard 
        work, character, and leadership;
            (3) the proposed regulations would be detrimental to the 
        opportunity for youth to gain experiential learning and hands-
        on skills for enrollment in vocational agricultural training;
            (4) the proposed regulations would obstruct the opportunity 
        for youth to find rewarding employment and earn money for a 
        college education or other meaningful purposes;
            (5) the proposed regulations will limit opportunities to 
        recruit young farmers to agriculture at a time when the average 
        age of farmers continues to rise; and
            (6) working on a farm has become a way of life for 
        thousands of youth across the rural United States.

SEC. 2. RULE RELATING TO CHILD LABOR.

    The Secretary of Labor shall not finalize or enforce the proposed 
rule entitled ``Child Labor Regulations, Orders and Statements of 
Interpretation; Child Labor Violations--Civil Money Penalties'' 
(published at 76 Fed. Reg. 54836 (September 2, 2011)).
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