Future Logging Careers Act

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1262 To exempt certain 16- and 17-year-old individuals employed in logging operations from child labor laws. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES APRIL 21, 2021 Mr. RISCH (for himself, Mr. KING, Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, Ms. BALD- WIN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. CORNYN, and Mr. CRAPO) introduced the fol- lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To exempt certain 16- and 17-year-old individuals employed in logging operations from child labor laws. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Future Logging Ca- 4 reers Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. CHILD LABOR LAW EXEMPTIONS FOR LOGGING OP- 6 ERATIONS. 7 The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 8 201 et seq.) is amended— 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:03 May 14, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1262.IS S1262 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 1262 IS (1) in section 3 (29 U.S.C. 203), by adding at 1 the end the following: 2 ‘‘(z) ‘Logging operation’— 3 ‘‘(1) means— 4 ‘‘(A) a mechanized operation; 5 ‘‘(B) the bucking or converting of timber 6 into logs, poles, ties, bolts, pulpwood, chemical 7 wood, excelsior wood, cordwood, fence posts, or 8 similar products; 9 ‘‘(C) the collecting, skidding, yarding, load- 10 ing, transporting, or unloading of such products 11 in connection with the activities described in 12 this paragraph; 13 ‘‘(D) the constructing, repairing, or main- 14 taining of— 15 ‘‘(i) roads or camps used in connec- 16 tion with the activities described in this 17 paragraph; or 18 ‘‘(ii) machinery or equipment used in 19 the activities described in this paragraph; 20 or 21 ‘‘(E) any other work performed in connec- 22 tion with the activities described in this para- 23 graph; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:03 May 14, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1262.IS S1262 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •S 1262 IS ‘‘(2) does not include the manual use of 1 chainsaws to fell or process timber or the use of 2 cable skidders to bring the timber to the landing. 3 ‘‘(aa) ‘Mechanized operation’— 4 ‘‘(1) means the felling, skidding, yarding, load- 5 ing, or processing of timber by equipment other than 6 manually operated chainsaws or cable skidders; and 7 ‘‘(2) includes the use of whole tree processors, 8 cut-to-length processors, stroke boom delimbers, 9 wheeled and track feller-bunchers, pull-through 10 delimbers, wheeled and track forwarders, chippers, 11 grinders, mechanical debarkers, wheeled and track 12 grapple skidders, yarders, bulldozers, excavators, 13 and log loaders.’’; and 14 (2) in section 13(c) (29 U.S.C. 213(c)), by add- 15 ing at the end the following: 16 ‘‘(8) The provisions of section 12 relating to child 17 labor shall apply to an employee who is 16 or 17 years 18 old employed in a logging operation in an occupation that 19 the Secretary of Labor finds and declares to be particu- 20 larly hazardous for the employment of children ages 16 21 or 17, except where such employee is employed by his par- 22 ent or by a person standing in the place of his parent in 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:03 May 14, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1262.IS S1262 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •S 1262 IS a logging operation owned or operated by such parent or 1 person.’’. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:03 May 14, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1262.IS S1262 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS