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House Bill 3229
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Children Don’t Belong on Tobacco Farms Act
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Introduced in House on Jun 12, 2019
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H. R. 3229 (Introduced-in-House)


116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3229


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.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 12, 2019

Mr. Cicilline (for himself, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Roybal-Allard, and Mr. Schiff) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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.

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 “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 this 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,”.