House bill HR4020-118

Education and Workforce Committee

Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act

• Last activity on Jun 12, 2023

• Introduced Jun 12, 2023

• By Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]

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Main Subject: Labor and Employment

Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act

This bill prohibits an individual under the age of 18 from performing work that has direct contact with tobacco plants or dried tobacco leaves by specifying that the work is oppressive child labor. (Oppressive child labor is generally prohibited under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, with some exceptions.)

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Jun. 12 2023	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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House bill HR4020-118

Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act

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