119-s1742

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1742 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1742

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit employment of 
 children in tobacco-related agriculture as oppressive child labor.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 13, 2025

 Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. Reed) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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 A BILL

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit employment of 
 children in tobacco-related agriculture 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 ``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 (as described in paragraph

    (3) of 
 the first sentence of this subsection) tobacco-related 
 agriculture,''.
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