[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 103 (Monday, June 14, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S4521]
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By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Brown, and Mr.
Reed):
S. 2044. A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to
prohibit employment of children in tobacco-related agriculture by
deeming such employment as oppressive child labor; to the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of
the bill be printed in the Record.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
S. 2044
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 ``Children Don't Belong on Tobacco
Farms Act''.
SEC. 2. 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--
(1) in the first sentence--
(A) by striking ``in any occupation, or (2)'' and inserting
``in any occupation, (2)''; and
(B) by inserting before the semicolon the following: ``, or
(3) any employee under the age of eighteen years has direct
contact with tobacco plants or dried tobacco leaves''; and
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ``other than
manufacturing and mining'' and inserting ``, other than
manufacturing, mining, and tobacco-related agriculture as
described in paragraph (3) of the first sentence of this
subsection,''.
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