[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 102 (Monday, June 12, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2051]
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          STATEMENT ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

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      By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Blumenthal):
  S. 1921. 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. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 1921

       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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