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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 3865
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 14, 2021
Mr. CICILLINE (for himself, Ms. BASS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms.
SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. CHU, and Ms.
VELA´ZQUEZ) 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 Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Children Don’t Belong
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on Tobacco Farms Act’’.
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SEC. 2. TOBACCO-RELATED AGRICULTURE EMPLOYMENT
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OF CHILDREN.
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Section 3(l) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
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(29 U.S.C. 203(l)) is amended—
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(1) in this first sentence—
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(A) by striking ‘‘in any occupation, or (2)’’
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and inserting ‘‘in any occupation, (2)’’; and
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(B) by inserting before the semicolon the
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following: ‘‘, or (3) any employee under the age
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of eighteen years has direct contact with to-
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bacco plants or dried tobacco leaves’’; and
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(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘other
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than manufacturing and mining’’ and inserting ‘‘,
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other than manufacturing, mining, and tobacco-re-
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lated agriculture as described in paragraph (3) of
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the first sentence of this subsection,’’.
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