119-hr3545

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3545 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3545

 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to expand working hours 
 for employees between the ages of 14 and 16 years during periods in 
 which schools are in session, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 May 21, 2025

 Mr. Johnson of South Dakota (for himself, Mr. Nehls, and Mr. Mann) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 Education and Workforce

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 A BILL

 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to expand working hours 
 for employees between the ages of 14 and 16 years during periods in 
 which schools are in session, and for other purposes.

 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 ``Teenagers Earning Everyday Necessary 
Skills Act'' or the ``TEENS Act''.

SEC. 2. CHILD LABOR HOURS AND EXEMPTIONS.

 

Section 3
            (l) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
203
            (l) ) is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting ``, 
except that in no case may the Secretary provide that employment of 
such employees is deemed to constitute oppressive child labor due to 
the number of hours an employee works if such employee--
 ``

    (1) in a week during any part of which school is in 
 session, works 24 hours or less; and
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    (2) begins work at a time that is not earlier than 7:00 
 a.m. (in the time zone in which the employment is performed) 
 and ends work at a time that is not later than 9:00 p.m. (in 
 such time zone).''.
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