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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 4020
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, 2023
Ms. DELAURO (for herself, Mr. PAYNE, and Ms. NORTON) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the
Workforce
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 ‘‘Children Don’t Belong on
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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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•HR 4020 IH
(1) in the 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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