HOUSE 1454115th CongressReferred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Future Logging Careers Act
- Last Action
- 3/9/2017
Actions
- 2017-03-09Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
- 2017-03-09Introduced in House
- 2017-03-09Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-03-09 (00)
Future Logging Careers Act
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to make the restrictions on oppressive child labor inapplicable to employment of an employee age 16 or 17 by a parent, or a person standing in place of a parent, in a logging or mechanized operation owned or operated by that parent or person.
Cosponsors (20)
- Bruce Poliquin (R-ME)
- Bruce Westerman (R-AR)
- Brian Babin (R-TX)
- Blake Farenthold (R-TX)
- Stevan Pearce (R-NM)
- Jeff Duncan (R-SC)
- Glenn Grothman (R-WI)
- Ralph Abraham (R-LA)
- Tom McClintock (R-CA)
- Clay Higgins (R-LA)
- David Valadao (R-CA)
- Jody Hice (R-GA)
- Kurt Schrader (D-OR)
- WALTER JONES (R-NC)
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
- Mark Amodei (R-NV)
- RICHARD NOLAN (D-MN)
- Paul Cook (R-CA)
- MICHAEL SIMPSON (R-ID)
- Thomas Garrett (R-VA)
Subjects
- Child safety and welfare
- Family relationships
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Worker safety and health
- Youth employment and child labor
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