118 S3163 IS: Children Harmed In Life-threatening or Dangerous Labor Act
U.S. Senate
2023-10-30
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1.This Act may be cited as the Children Harmed In Life-threatening or Dangerous Labor Act
or the CHILD Labor Act
.2.The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title.Sec. 2. Table of contents.TITLE I—Strengthening protections against child labor violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938Sec. 101. Definition of oppressive child labor; hazardous occupations.Sec. 102. Enhancing child labor protections.Sec. 103. Strengthening penalties for child labor violations.Sec. 104. Training and engagement with respect to child labor violations.TITLE II—Child labor requirements for certain Federal contractors and recipients of Federal financial assistanceSec. 201. Amendments to the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act.Sec. 202. Child labor requirements for contracts and assistance covered by the Davis-Bacon Act or Related Acts or the Service Contract Act.TITLE III—MiscellaneousSec. 301. Reports to Congress on work-related injuries, illnesses, and deaths.<enum>I</enum><header>Strengthening protections against child labor violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section" id="iddfe6b44f7501407a8b1bb89d68243562"><enum>101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of oppressive child labor; hazardous occupations</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id503f6ebe7e344861acb93aa84ea4ffce"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Oppressive child labor</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (l) of section 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/203">29 U.S.C. 203</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC1821ABC58D1406BBD841BCD5CC63CF9"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6bd84de87f564ecea631b47952ea1cac"><enum>(l)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ida21269e217814495a85c208d252ed964"><enum>(1)</enum><text><term>Oppressive child labor</term> means a condition of employment under which—</text><subparagraph indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idae7fda5b640c4d678eb1d20978a3ce21"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any employee under 18 years of age is employed in—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7d923403b3034e1380b13878fdf9c7e8"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">manufacturing;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12d582f047e2409aa3206ae72a9a5a1c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">mining;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddc732f1205754ecda39163bafa712663"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">trenching or excavation;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide7aaddc9b3c54c579e1ee4ccf151507f"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meat processing;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7dd6f231c65d49c98ae628422d3136e0"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demolition; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50989bdbc85044749a5f1a91bb4fa51f"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">explosives;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1f0f04420bfe470e9648509b5bbf6ae5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any employee under 18 years of age is employed by an employer in an occupation, or in or around a place of work, that the Secretary shall find and by order declare to pose a danger or risk of injury or to be detrimental to the health, safety, or well-being of children under 18 years of age; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5c23f2df1aba4ee98b4ba185f2bfc822"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any employee who is 14 or 15 years of age is employed by an employer (other than a parent or a person standing in place of a parent employing his or her own child or a child in his or her custody)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31f9a887dbed4f82aee41e81f8366957"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in an occupation, or in or around a place of work, that the Secretary shall find and by order declare to pose a danger or risk of injury or to be detrimental to the health, safety, or well-being of children who are such ages; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28f9253ab9e346a3b01afb418c65667e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in such employment that is not confined to periods that will not interfere with their schooling and to conditions that will not interfere with their health, safety, or well-being; or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide69c277f6c2b450883e8dfe31491e952"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any employee is under 14 years of age employed by an employer (other than a parent or a person standing in place of a parent employing his or her own child or a child in his or her custody).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6d6ab190ce5a4a32817a9597ec18299e"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcbe1a7bb389c473c819c6a073804bfd5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>occupation</term> means work performed by a person, including all jobs, duties, tasks, and tools or equipment typically utilized in that work; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id537dd370be354528aa6c30b6132ee9fc"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>place of work</term> means the entire worksite, including any facility, factory, plant, grounds, campus, site, or physical location (whether fixed or mobile) where the work is performed.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9bc10450190e42758972d7e7906e710a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Hazardous occupations and places of work</header><text>Section 12 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/212">29 U.S.C. 212</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3682AC0040C748C0A6949F8ACB31BDA4"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80eeb405175a41d4be0aa67a3745d62c"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Hazardous occupations and places of work</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7b14bd715b604f5084d55edc7092f67b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Children Harmed In Life-threatening or Dangerous Labor Act</short-title>, the Secretary shall issue—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idad4c351946fd429881907df554715dea"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">regulations with respect to occupations in the industries described in subparagraph (A) of section 3(l)(1);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48e4808dd96640e2808dba62f4e77501"><enum>(B)</enum><text>regulations and orders with respect to occupations and places of work covered under subparagraph (B) of such section; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42b6a1b306d84510b80b69fd5710f636"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">regulations and orders with respect to occupations and places of work covered under subparagraph (C)(i) of such section; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id075e96ee7d5642b0911c5eb9d304f778"><enum>(D)</enum><text>regulations with respect to occupations covered under section 13(c)(2) as particularly hazardous for the employment of children below the age of 16.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idee7db0bff4f240c092ab4668b5d1030a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Updates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less than every 5 years, the Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9179c5249bcf41fcb5d576774c145e4f"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review all regulations and orders issued under paragraph (1) to determine whether such regulations and orders need to be revised, which revisions may include updating such regulations or orders to include additional occupations or places of work, as applicable; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9b712cafb2e54297a5e190ac45b15be9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">revise any such regulations or orders the Secretary so determines need to be revised.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section" id="idf296831b349148ef9313d59d20d2bb46"><enum>102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enhancing child labor protections</header><subsection id="id5bcf2e1d89684652b3f90a76f619c7ac"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Accepting responsibility for companies in supply chain engaging in oppressive child labor</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc2634230cec742c3b71ece1cb0015dea"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Records related to prime contractors and subcontractors</header><text>Section 12(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/212">29 U.S.C. 212(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>In making investigations and inspections under section 11(a) with respect to the employment of minors, the Secretary may seek records related to any contractor or subcontractor at any tier of any person suspected of a violation of this section and may request any annual profit or loss statement of any such person or any contractor or subcontractor of such person.</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc367f393cd6e4c14b0664486473507cf"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secondary oppressive child labor</header><text>Section 12(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/212">29 U.S.C. 212</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24dd6441196c45c7839a66b95385e857"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>No employer</quote> and inserting <quote>(1) No employer</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52ac9eddc6904d8b91037d08b2a33105"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0DAB1E6CF53C496E9C0B027FF4982E6B"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9503efc7414d4ecab6a1ad1f8c3442d9"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id0185baa478b44181b7021bb5e05bf8e1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No person shall produce, manufacture, or otherwise offer into commerce a good or service with respect to which an employer who is a contractor or subcontractor (at any tier) of the person employs oppressive child labor in the performance of the contract or subcontract for producing, manufacturing, or otherwise offering into commerce such good or service.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id997393f0719049948b5d3fa32c64f9c4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A person shall not be in violation of subparagraph (A) if the person—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d73547cbdb84057b35b26d9cb6cd130"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">entered into a prime contract in a good faith reliance on a written assurance from the contractor that the contractor and any subcontractor at any tier of the contract would not employ oppressive child labor in the performance of the contract or subcontract for producing, manufacturing, or otherwise offering into commerce the good or service;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72392e255a2d4ffd8d91d2e7a4265b8a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">had no notice that the employer described in subparagraph (A) would employ oppressive child labor in such performance; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc9e71fa4dabb49bc9d66f810062b6612"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>has taken meaningful and affirmative steps to ensure that all contractors and subcontractors of the person at any tier of the contract for such performance would not employ oppressive child labor in such performance.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id80f37052b22345b59bba5ba765e1fa75"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Hot goods</header><text>Section 12(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/212">29 U.S.C. 212(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id5ba834b3ec5747a39bb5fb0bb99eafb4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>thirty</quote> and inserting <quote>180</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0d3618eef5614172ae13d953800bec0e" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and who acquired such goods for value without notice of any such violation,</quote> and inserting <quote>, who acquired such goods for value without notice of any such violation, and who has taken meaningful and affirmative steps to ensure that all producers, manufacturers, or dealers of the purchaser are in compliance with this section,</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6d5cfeca347a489eb12b0d72fbe31ca4"><enum>(c)</enum><header><quote>Unlawfully manufactured; child labor</quote> tags</header><text>Section 12 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/212">29 U.S.C. 212</external-xref>), as amended by section 101(b), is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E1B437EE8384CA4851A9D2D7FE7D82D"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbf1506f43aee47f7a311b223428559d9"><enum>(f)</enum><header><quote>Unlawfully manufactured; child labor</quote> tags</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id052bc59d9b334cb6a18f16a95bea8410"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall have the authority, in accordance with a process determined by the Secretary through regulations, to affix to any goods produced by a person in violation of subsection (c) a tag of not more than 6 inches in length bearing the words <quote>Unlawfully manufactured; child labor</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaf343c9cfab54a768161c944c42b3e90"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No person (other than the Secretary, an authorized representative of the Secretary, or the consumer with respect to the goods) shall remove, alter, deface, or otherwise interfere with a tag affixed to goods under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5b5787f74e2548b19535568017cd3c3c"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Successors in interest</header><text>Section 12 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/216">29 U.S.C. 216</external-xref>), as amended by subsection (c), is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="id64F2A36B067B4FD68A33F573FA740B0B" display-inline="no-display-inline" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52ca55a462844444beb09fa3983a814f"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Successors in interest</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9e166b3d40744cea89a59fd14f0d4374"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act, for purposes of this section and any other provision in this Act administering or enforcing this section, the terms <quote>employer</quote> and <quote>person</quote> include a successor in interest of the employer or person, respectively.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4455b69c393c4f2ca83881966976b68c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Joint and several liability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An employer or other person that is a successor in interest of another employer, or other person, in violation of this section shall be jointly and severally liable under this Act with such other employer or person, respectively, for such violation.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idecdf82e36b704d55a3e1b2f0fe06ae8f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definition of successor in interest</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>successor in interest</term>, with respect to an employer or other person, means any person who—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1ebfaacac34044cf9908f879a6c24497"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">uses substantially the same facilities or workers to offer substantially the same goods or services as the employer or other person;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3434595736534ec58d57d705d77ea5fd"><enum>(B)</enum><text>employs as a managing agent any individual who was responsible for wages, hours, or working conditions as the employer or other person; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04589ce6cee64b058078aef566fa01cb"><enum>(C)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id21e88f120d9c442b86c1def034e95597"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has an owner, partner, officer, or director who is an immediate family member of an owner, partner, officer, or director of the employer or other person; and</text></clause><clause id="id88450e8bfb7f4bd3b650820e380887e6" indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is in the same industry as the employer or other person.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6b4933975110482bb41b65d7e84ca8cd"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authority To issue stop work orders</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 12(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/212">29 U.S.C. 212(b)</external-xref>), as amended by subsection (a)(1), is further amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idee5b23946849417f91448d224761ab3d"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>The Secretary of Labor</quote> and inserting <quote>(1) The Secretary of Labor</quote>; and </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4b3a8a3fada0489698af069b0c3d13bb"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="idB95A7DCC864D4E6389747349E7CC935D" display-inline="no-display-inline" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91f38a9de03547b2b0c0a8b270c28e2c"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id424e7f9960d94f4fa963ef1ad11275f2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>In addition to the authority of the Secretary to bring an action under section 17 as described in paragraph (1), the Secretary may issue a stop work order to any person that the Secretary has found to be in violation of this section. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfacdd2d97493403e91ec50318119ae05" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such stop work order may apply to one or more worksites of the person (without regard to whether all such worksites involve a violation of this section). </text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" indent="up1" id="idf66330f5b9554659972541e3e5ef08f7"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A stop work order issued under this paragraph shall remain in effect until the person issued the order provides the Secretary with adequate evidence that the person is no longer in violation of this section.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1592a8db998b4d1481c22125daa45244" indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(D)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id05845ca4018b4da8b50f5275a8aba32b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>A person shall compensate any individual engaged to perform work for remuneration for the person and who does not perform such work as a result of a stop work order issued to the person under this paragraph. Such compensation shall be at the regular rate at which the individual is so engaged for all hours the individual would have worked but for the stop work order.</text></clause><clause indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida1715aabbe6541089812f84015f7bb2c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of administration and enforcement of a violation of clause (i)—<italic></italic></text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1c8632da89824d3592a859762c56a2aa"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a violation of such clause shall be deemed a violation of section 6 and not a violation of this section; </text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb1dd4e20c5a042faa85dc1c40746f763"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any amounts owing to an individual which have been withheld in violation of such clause shall be deemed to be unpaid minimum wages or unpaid overtime-time compensation under this Act; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95e8d801503a4a708f1cbc5eee830e64"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any reference in section 16 to an <quote>employer</quote> or <quote>employee</quote> shall be deemed a reference to a person or an individual, respectively, without regard to whether the person or individual is an employer or employee, respectively.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section" id="id42e960f762dd4e7aa0c882070b5951da"><enum>103.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Strengthening penalties for child labor violations</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaf11cad0cae84679b047d0617a05d567"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 16(e)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/216">29 U.S.C. 216(e)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id442a565d78c34623bfcf2113a1745241"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking clauses (i) and (ii) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8135BBF12EF547AEADADFDFA7EFDE4F0"><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9e48f9fbb0e7451ea14fed964be877e7" indent="up2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$151,380 for each employee who was the subject of such a violation, which penalty may be doubled in the case of a violation described in subparagraph (C); or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84aa63fa686f48a7b7e641eda6fc16f2" indent="up2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$690,000 with regard to each violation of section 12 or 13(c), relating to child labor, or any regulation issued pursuant to such a section, that causes the death or serious injury of any employee under the age of 18 years, which penalty may be doubled in the case of a violation described in subparagraph (C).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49519ca3f1c340b58a8ea208fa562658"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7510728054AB4E03853401D0E5D2AE78"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddd2b32acb7b0412eb8b5b47b61697b85" indent="up2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>For purposes of penalties that may be doubled under clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A), a violation described in this subparagraph is a violation—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcd75078866934b90b635a715a4fab9f4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that is a repeated or willful violation;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd84e01a8bde24dddbd50d95dfdd1c546"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that involves an occupation or place of work described in any of subparagraphs (A) through (D) of section 12(e)(1);</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcbfc68a19e544cf493844722043acba6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>that has occurred within 10 years of the final disposition of another violation of section 12 or 13(c), relating to child labor, or any regulation issued pursuant to such a section; or</text></clause><clause id="id71115e75c00d4abfa1344b7ceda64170" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>for which the employer that committed the violation is found, during the period in which the person was investigated for such violation, to have employed more than 10 children in such a violation. </text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id11a0421f84f84ea391ca1ae41b231a8a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Anti-Retaliation violations</header><text>Section 16(e)(2) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/216">29 U.S.C. 216(e)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>Any person who violates section 15(a)(3) with respect to any complaint or proceeding related to section 12 or 13(c), relating to child labor, or any regulation issued pursuant to such a section, shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $75,000, for each such violation, in addition to such legal or equitable relief as may be appropriate to effectuate the purposes of such section 15(a)(3), as described in subsection (b).</quote>. </text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60c089fe3a8d43128d8bb90681e656bf"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Damages for victims</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1f1c696de5c940778cc1673b4d8f1281"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 16 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/216">29 U.S.C. 216</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide142c436f8284e4983b090f5e11fc138"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8843760afd734869b9bc5826ef66e65f"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after the third sentence the following: <quote>Any person who violates section 12(c) or section 13(c), relating to child labor, or any regulation issued pursuant to such a section, shall be liable to the employee or employees affected for compensatory damages and, as appropriate, punitive damages or legal or equitable relief as described in subsection (f).</quote>; </text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98bc27549e7a4d9c94551b4e0456b0da"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the sentence beginning <quote>An action to recover</quote>, by striking <quote>employer</quote> and inserting <quote>employer (or person as applicable in the case of a violation of section 12(c) or 13(c), relating to child labor, or any regulation issued pursuant to such a section)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideeb35edc20b94987a882333835161797"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in the last sentence—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc90bcdd530034cbe884e38bd33baab9b"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>or (2) legal</quote> and inserting <quote>, (2) legal</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52ea76372c45467c940e8fbfdf19d232"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting before the period at the end <quote>, or (3) compensatory damages and, as appropriate, punitive damages or legal or equitable relief is sought for a violation of section 12(c) or section 13(c), relating to child labor, or any regulation issued pursuant to such a section</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id05ea4a0c5fa84596917c0d64fecb07b2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7755ab04a69242f18858c1623968b1d5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after the second sentence, the following: <quote>The Secretary is authorized to supervise the payment of any compensatory damages, punitive damages, or legal or equitable relief owed to an employee or employees under subsection (b) for a violation of section 12(c) or section 13(c), relating to child labor, or any regulation issued pursuant to such a section, and the Secretary may bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction to obtain such damages or relief.</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4991ebf5756441af9d31961d8ddac113"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the sentence beginning <quote>The right provided by subsection (b)</quote>—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide297fe2e625c4fbaae4d775da958ba58"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>the first sentence of</quote>; </text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd5433cff252843fcb860eee6e875fd82"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or relief</quote> after <quote>other damages</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idda76d448a3494ec4a19cace8778c2aa5"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking <quote>an employer</quote> and inserting <quote>a person</quote>;</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1339f92283a04bdd8c1682cf1e23ebe6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by striking <quote>employer</quote> and inserting <quote>person</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf6e2cc4e6a4844ec97dac6bd21eb5349"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id104B529FCF86471E921EF8920E469BD0"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd5816361863a41e09e599156b2b9a466"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Legal and equitable relief for child labor violations</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id456c59ff21204228b6a33f9145ddf420"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A person who violates section 12(c) or section 13(c), relating to child labor, or any regulation issued pursuant to such a section—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1123600035be45149024c68e96e77fc0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be liable to each employee affected by the violation—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6eb39b2f12b94961851db6fe9a8cc826"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">except as provided in clause (ii), in an amount that is not less than $75,000 in compensatory damages, which penalty shall be doubled in the case of a violation that involves an occupation or place of work described in subparagraph any of subparagraphs (A) through (D) of section 12(e)(1); or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf06e2ae43e9f4718917d2e26e90527c4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of a violation of section 12(c) or section 13(c), relating to child labor, or any regulation issued pursuant to such a section, that causes death or serious injury, in an amount that is not less than $750,000 in compensatory damages, which penalty may be doubled in the case of such a violation that is a repeated or willful violation; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc8113039923b4ba88b935da049d6082e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may, as appropriate, be liable to each employee affected by the violation—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id901e40a66cbb43469786629dbef64832"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in an amount that is not less than $1,000,000 in punitive damages in the case of a violation that causes death or serious injury; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13926eabae5c4e34b30e1dbde743ae90"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for legal or equitable relief, including injunctive relief or disgorgement of profits.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2446ae0d6f104797929a0a29e723f19d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Relation to other laws</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection shall preempt a State or municipal law that provides greater penalties or remedies for violations of child labor requirements than those provided under this subsection.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id107203f6da014a8ca40be144308c18da"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definition of serious injury</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of paragraph (1), the term <term>serious injury</term> has the meaning given such term in subsection (e)(1)(B)</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida6125cef567a48e4a1ef9d9710b27636"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Statute of limitations</header><text>Section 6 of the Portal-to-Portal Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/255">29 U.S.C. 255</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf151a5d22b4344a58241d5cfd3e99631"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subsection (a), by inserting <quote>(or any compensatory damages, punitive damages, or legal or equitable relief for a violation of section 12(c) or section 13(c), relating to child labor, of such Act, or any regulation issued pursuant to such a section)</quote> after <quote>Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7165007d7da7425eb944476db564da7f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>and except that a cause of action for a violation of section 12(c) or section 13(c), relating to child labor, of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, or any regulation issued pursuant to such a section, may be commenced within 10 years after the cause of action accrued</quote> before the semicolon.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9831c75d9db640acbeff03d20b840208"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Criminal penalties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 16(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/216">29 U.S.C. 216(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id6ac521b95da545808adf8da1d87a3ee7" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Any</quote> and inserting <quote>(1) Any</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc00ab7b1f311482e8682f5ce80cedbf4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(other than subsection (a)(4) of such section)</quote> after <quote>section 15</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0615d2daad7d49d88feae3e5bdc0c026"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>subsection</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>paragraph</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id18cf3c270d604217b73f21aec1a7a52e" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD9FE80382B8A4F4EA813EB9F069201EC"><paragraph id="id470f48ba864349e8aeb48582e440d717" indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id233338695ec64d73911f944f32bcf747"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraph (B), any person who violates section 15(a)(4) shall upon conviction thereof be subject to a fine of not more than $750,000, or to imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53187936d020451b904d6bc6e336cbe0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any person who violates section 12(f)(2) shall upon conviction thereof be subject to a fine of not more than $500,000, or to imprisonment of not more than 1 year, or both. No person shall be imprisoned under this subparagraph except for an offense committed after the conviction of such person for a prior offense under this subparagraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4c2850ee1c10492cb4def206bc805f8a"><enum>104.</enum><header>Training and engagement with respect to child labor violations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/201">29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after section 18D (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/218d">42 U.S.C. 218d</external-xref>) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA9FAA4A9B39346F48E821E8324CA981A"><section id="id75ac5d84e1314d06849b80ef048a3a2f"><enum>18E.</enum><header>Training and engagement with respect to child labor violations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall, directly or by grants or contracts, provide for the establishment and supervision of programs for—</text><paragraph id="HA1C85BFFA55F4A59B42B08B3EF93CEF2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>education and training with respect to recognition, avoidance, and prevention of violations of section 12;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFF246329B3A041779C61BB8254AE252D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>education and training of professionals providing services to children on identifying and responding to oppressive child labor and incorporating into their activities knowledge about risk factors for exposing children to oppressive child labor; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H1C10F29AA7EE4993844680AF85DAC86C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identification of potential violations of section 12 and support for victims of such violations.</text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><enum>II</enum><header>Child labor requirements for certain Federal contractors and recipients of Federal financial assistance</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0d88d462e30b443bb9ef5fde0a6757a3"><enum>201.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amendments to the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6502 of title 41, United States Code, is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5e73cdc2ddf2484b962ebc27fd7a9714"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>A contract made by an agency</quote> and inserting <quote>(a) <header-in-text style="OLC" level="subsection">In general</header-in-text>.—A contract made by an agency</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2bc8686259c34b9d929567da9a1445c1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(3), by striking <quote>No individual under 16 years of age and no incarcerated individual</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3EB13A0816524161A11870D670A4F7C0"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddeff0650934b4013b513928f67c11e9f"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Incarcerated individuals</header><text>No incarcerated individual</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88439a23a9564f38b3168d3d0eb95816"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD665245887984196B158E14D6A37915E"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3a73566e8dd5492690fdbf03f8154895"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Children</header><text>No individual under 16 years of age will be employed by the contractor, or any subcontractor or supplier of the contractor, in any activity at any tier under the contract, including any activity under a subcontract at any tier of the contract. No individual 16 or 17 years of age will be employed by the contractor, or any subcontractor or supplier of the contractor, in oppressive child labor, as defined under section 3(l) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/203">29 U.S.C. 203(l)</external-xref>), in any activity at any tier under the contract, including any activity under a subcontract at any tier of the contract.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddfcee56f104c4e30a41475e3200eb9c8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id585EFA57C19C492097E8A7CB244DEAB4"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcc4531c52822452d9a9ced1d68f940bd"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Children</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddfd9daf9ce2b4cb783454d65f0b4a60e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Good faith defense for secondary liability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A contractor shall not be in breach or violation of a representation or stipulation required under subsection (a)(3)(B) due to the actions of a subcontractor or supplier at any tier of the contract if the contractor—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46CABF263CB84DF7A6E0ABBCFE15482C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">entered into a contract with the prime subcontractor or supplier in a good faith reliance on a written assurance from the subcontractor or supplier that all subcontractors and suppliers at any tier of the contract would not, in any activity under the contract, including any activity under a subcontract at any tier of the contract, employ an individual under 16 years of age or employ an individual 16 or 17 years of age in oppressive child labor (as defined under section 3(l) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0CA588C6312048E9944BA2119C593C79"><enum>(B)</enum><text>had no notice that a subcontractor or supplier would so employ an individual; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7BFAB6D2181F4FC9ABCDA6947D6A018A" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>has taken meaningful and affirmative steps to ensure that all subcontractors and suppliers at any tier of the contract would not so employ an individual.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id035ca16fbb804cef827ad833c7d43135"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Successors in interest</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddabc962e44e84e899253f177fb3722f1"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, for purposes of subsection (a)(3)(B) and any other provision in this chapter administering or enforcing a stipulation or representation required under such subsection—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id720c844519604e88a35a44c2013c0e6c"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <quote>contractor</quote> includes a successor in interest of the contractor; </text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0dd841d2a9ae4481adbc8363edcab0d2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the term <quote>party responsible for a breach or violation</quote>, in the case of a contractor, includes a successor in interest of the contractor; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id707d84bee0e74ffa85984c9b3f33941f"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the term <quote>person</quote>, in the case of a contractor, includes a successor in interest of the contractor.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCE845466E845475B91675D87BB0E71D7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Joint and several liability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A contractor that is a successor in interest of another contractor in breach or violation of a representation or stipulation required under subsection (a)(3)(B) shall be jointly and severally liable under this chapter with such other contractor for such breach or violation. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb3da44828c73492c85d30e969dc0add6"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Definition of successor in interest</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>successor in interest</term>, with respect to a contractor, means any person who—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7F0DD905E1A14BFBAFDDC26B1B3FF073"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">uses substantially the same facilities or workers to offer substantially the same goods or services as the contractor;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id887899AF96A7487AAF52D3EC62CA64C8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>employs as a managing agent any individual who was responsible for wages, hours, or working conditions as the contractor; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id662CBEB6D62F4A0492E56033346B5B26"><enum>(iii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idA10A7ECB400D42D48E086080621EA689"><enum>(I)</enum><text>has an owner, partner, officer, or director who is an immediate family member of an owner, partner, officer, or director of the contractor; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id8A815F403A7D443888578E2CD24B3F60" indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is in the same industry as the contractor.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idef73d74571b745528eaccee1ff0588e3"><enum>202.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Child labor requirements for contracts and assistance covered by the Davis-Bacon Act or Related Acts or the Service Contract Act</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfd58bae260e74aaa8d3418bfe0d419a7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5ff5b26719da457882b8afc556d45853"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicable contract or assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>applicable contract or assistance</term> means—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28520b94e8d34f2ea893390e588cd7c2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a contract or subcontract entered into after the date of enactment of this Act to which subchapter IV of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/40/31">chapter 31</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code (commonly known as the <quote>Davis-Bacon Act</quote>), applies; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfd1d5aec3c5e4b82b1efe5ddf6c764da"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any form of financial assistance (including through a grant or loan) awarded by the Federal Government—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idac5a232d7f37454a94754c03edc0d172"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for which the terms of such assistance were agreed to by the Federal Government and the recipient of such assistance after the date of enactment of this Act; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1b049783b7c94b82b01296ecafe1e582"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that requires all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors and subcontractors in the performance of construction work financed in whole or in part by such assistance to be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on projects of a similar character in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/40/31">chapter 31</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code; and </text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3d91cec2abc1404ebbbf53945bd11c17"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a contract entered into after the date of enactment of this Act to which <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/41/67">chapter 67</external-xref> of title 41, United States Code (commonly known as the <quote>Service Contract Act</quote>), applies. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida5d39c18db8f464083288378319f3b10"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contractor or recipient of an applicable contract or assistance</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71b0fd0e8222472380d2f3364b58bd6c"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>The term <term>contractor</term> or <term>recipient of an applicable contract or assistance</term> includes a successor in interest of the contractor or recipient, respectively.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8554535ab6974695a8a3c736be290682"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Joint and several liability</header><text>A contractor or recipient of an applicable contract or assistance that is a successor in interest of another contractor or recipient of an applicable contract or assistance in violation of this section shall be jointly and severally liable under this section with such other contractor or recipient for such violation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idce7822e6cb99416e81e1e8203bced866"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Oppressive child labor</header><text>The term <term>oppressive child labor</term> has the meaning given such term in section 3(l) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/203">29 U.S.C. 203(l)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddd3b49b6a8dd4bc098c73d25f4e6bdf0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Successor in interest</header><text>The term <term>successor in interest</term>, with respect to a contractor or recipient of an applicable contract or assistance, means any person who—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id396880CAD7384D9BB3C2D505AB9204FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">uses substantially the same facilities or workers to offer substantially the same goods or services as the contractor or recipient;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B6EEFDAA7A44958AA4970DE7A3F88CA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>employs as a managing agent any individual who was responsible for wages, hours, or working conditions as the contractor or recipient; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2583C3125DA940C1A572BBD22B44EACE"><enum>(C)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idF913B08C5B6B4FB78245FDBC8EBBE0B8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has an owner, partner, officer, or director who is an immediate family member of an owner, partner, officer, or director of the contractor or recipient; and</text></clause><clause id="idA35FED417E7C4B3F91FF9513ACD0BD9D" indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is in the same industry as the contractor or recipient. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60aa4dcededc48b2854859dd1e466593"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Child labor provisions</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbb8643539ee640d197b39c582ee513b6"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>The terms of any applicable contract or assistance shall include the following representations and stipulations:</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5044c021e17f4d768af8a0fe98242509"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Oppressive child labor shall not be employed by the contractor or recipient of such applicable contract or assistance, or any subcontractor or supplier of the contractor or recipient at any tier of the applicable contract or assistance, in the performance of or work funded by the applicable contract or assistance.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56286adb845749b090a61bfccd1f72f5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The contractor or recipient of the applicable contract or assistance shall provide to any subcontractor or supplier under the applicable contract or assistance training on the requirement under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24f4d600dd3e466aa773061ce292d155"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The contractor or recipient of the applicable contract or assistance, and any subcontractor or supplier under any tier of the applicable contract or assistance, shall each establish a labor-management committee to review the policies with respect to child labor of the contractor, recipient, subcontractor, or supplier, respectively, and promote the reporting of any violations of such policies.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEA9FA2D18DB0421DB174C309D0DE82CB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Good faith defense for secondary liability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A contractor or recipient of an applicable contract or assistance shall not be in breach or violation of a representation or stipulation under paragraph (1)(A) due to the actions of a subcontractor or supplier at any tier of the applicable contract or assistance if the contractor or recipient—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59E8B405E5274846A24A809C1E748920"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">entered into a contract with the prime subcontractor or supplier in a good faith reliance on a written assurance from the subcontractor or supplier that all subcontractors and suppliers at any tier of the applicable contract or assistance would not employ oppressive child labor in the performance of or work funded by the applicable contract or assistance;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB68F17867D3A4AD9B5661F3634F2C34E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>had no notice that a subcontractor or supplier would employ oppressive child labor in such performance or work; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1750D981D7B149069C077A21BBC7C9A0" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>has taken meaningful and affirmative steps to ensure that all subcontractors and suppliers at any tier of the applicable contract or assistance would not employ oppressive child labor in such performance or work.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4f58cda84e9a42798e196677b52a6ef0"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Breach or violation</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb2f64f4ad2224f859b818bb46a503c72"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Applicable breach or violation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This subsection applies in the case of a breach or violation of a representation or stipulation required under subsection (b)(1)(A) in an applicable contract or assistance. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id27bf7598f3fb41f99d165b21b0e95e87"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Liquidated damages</header><text>In addition to damages for any other breach of the applicable contract or assistance, the party responsible for a breach or violation described in paragraph (1) is liable to the Federal Government for liquidated damages in an amount equal to the sum of $20 per day for each individual employed in oppressive child labor in the performance of or work funded by the applicable contract or assistance.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7b6a1cd5fb5d4a429a4dccaff53e1618"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cancellation and alternative completion</header><text>In addition to the Federal Government being entitled to damages described in paragraph (2), the Federal Government may cancel the contract or assistance and make open-market purchases or make other contracts or award other assistance for the completion of the original contract or terms of the original assistance, charging any additional cost to the original contractor or recipient.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id987f273d139242a0b9e436e5f1e09efb"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Recovery of amounts Due</header><text>An amount due the Federal Government because of a breach or violation described in paragraph (1) may be withheld from any amounts owed the contractor or recipient under the applicable contract or assistance or may be recovered in a suit brought by the Attorney General.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34ff619c61ef45149fe6a508ad679d17"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Three-Year prohibition on new contracts in case of breach or violation</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8bc76f8d114d4cdf8c7a5b7a137a2e68"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Distribution list</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall distribute to each agency of the Federal Government a list containing the names of persons found by the Secretary to have breached or violated a representation or stipulation included in an applicable contract or assistance under subsection (b)(1)(A).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0f490b780edc416e81b5e217ad120838"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Three-year prohibition</header><text>Unless the Secretary recommends otherwise, the Federal Government may not award any contract or other financial assistance to a person named on the list under paragraph (1), or to a firm, corporation, partnership, or association in which the person has a controlling interest, until 3 years have elapsed from the date of the determination by the Secretary that a breach or violation occurred.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9d659966ae634b0ea22f1af27a7f5f37"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Enforcement and administration</header><text>Sections 6506 and 6507 (other than subsection (a) of such section) of title 41, United States Code, govern the Secretary's authority to enforce this section, including the Secretary's authority to prescribe regulations, issue orders, hold hearings, make decisions based on findings of fact, and take other appropriate action under this section. </text></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section" id="id982e49d12ebb42d1b0274b1e815e809e"><enum>301.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports to Congress on work-related injuries, illnesses, and deaths</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd13a775c54f74f239bb2175eab1eaf82"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Analysis of data</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79beb8f3cd5c4515a414f93161b114dd"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Labor, in consultation as described in paragraph (2), shall collect and analyze data concerning overall trends for work-related injuries, illnesses, or deaths and trends related to enforcement under Federal or State law with respect to such injuries, illnesses, or deaths.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4fd83ba89dab456daff290fd32d4826d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consulting entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In collecting and analyzing data under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Labor—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc81215cc116748a0a3b0870481f6d53a"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall consult with the Secretary of Health and Human Services; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18ce60c9b22b4605aa04fd86a86a7d50"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may consult with any relevant State agencies. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id73a875f30bb5440f8e939177eb343d5d" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Labor shall—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb5aa1c68b0ed4cb78955589f5e400d2e"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit a report to Congress that includes—</text><subparagraph id="id872996b746d44e4384ba6ce1fa3310e4" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a summary of the data collected and analyzed by the Secretary under subsection (a) for the previous year;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1cb74d0b02b34ebfbce3e44a595467cc" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an evaluation, based on such data, that reflects the status of work-related injuries, illnesses, and deaths; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide560e305a9de4f4a95afff5fb57d0d21" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any recommendations for the President and Congress as a result of such evaluation; </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4749f1afe9a54ed899d3f108b001df70"><enum>(2)</enum><text>publish such report in the Federal Register; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id792bd496e7bd47acadba0e81ace1d6c1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">post such report on the website of the Department of Labor.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>