[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2388 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2388

    To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase civil 
                   penalties related to child labor.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 29, 2023

Ms. Scholten (for herself and Ms. Mace) 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 increase civil 
                   penalties related 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.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Justice for Exploited Children Act 
of 2023''.

SEC. 2. CIVIL PENALTIES RELATED TO CHILD LABOR.

    (a) In General.--Section 16(e)(1)(A) of the Fair Labor Standards 
Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 216(e)(1)(A)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``not to exceed--'' and inserting ``as 
        follows:'';
            (2) by moving the margins for clauses (i) and (ii) 4 ems to 
        the left;
            (3) in clause (i)--
                    (A) by striking ``$11,000'' and inserting ``Not 
                less than $5,000 but not more than $132,270''; and
                    (B) by striking ``; or'' and inserting a period; 
                and
            (4) in clause (ii), by striking ``$50,000'' and inserting 
        ``Not less than $25,000 but not more than $601,150''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments in subsection (a) shall be 
applicable to violations occurring on or after the date of enactment of 
this section.
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