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.
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Latest Action · June 12, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S3367)
Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act
This bill redefines "oppressive child labor," for purposes of child labor prohibitions under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, to include the employment of any employee under age 18 who has direct contact with tobacco plants or dried tobacco leaves.
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