[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5327 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5327

   To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit work by 
   children in tobacco-related agriculture as particularly hazardous 
                        oppressive child labor.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 2014

 Mr. Cicilline (for himself, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Grijalva) 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 prohibit work by 
   children in tobacco-related agriculture as particularly hazardous 
                        oppressive child labor.

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

SECTION 1. TOBACCO-RELATED AGRICULTURE EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN.

    Section 3(l) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
203(l)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Any employment 
in which children under the age of 18 come into direct contact with 
tobacco plants or dried tobacco leaves shall be considered particularly 
hazardous oppressive child labor within the meaning of this 
subsection.''.
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