Future in Logging Careers Act
- Last Action
- 3/14/2019
Actions
- 2019-03-14Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- 2019-03-14Introduced in House
- 2019-03-14Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-03-14 (00)
Future in Logging Careers Act
This bill exempts from child labor laws an employee between the ages of 16 and 18 years who is employed in an occupation that the Department of Labor finds to be particularly hazardous for the employment of children between such ages by a person who is a parent, or standing in the place of a parent of such employee, or by a timber harvesting employer or a mechanized timber harvesting employer owned or operated by such person.
Cosponsors (20)
- Glenn Thompson (R-PA)
- Russ Fulcher (R-ID)
- Jeff Duncan (R-SC)
- Kurt Schrader (D-OR)
- Gary Palmer (R-AL)
- Paul Cook (R-CA)
- Ann Kuster (D-NH)
- Glenn Grothman (R-WI)
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
- Matt Gaetz (R-FL)
- Bruce Westerman (R-AR)
- Louie Gohmert (R-TX)
- Mike Gallagher (R-WI)
- Anthony Brindisi (D-NY)
- Chris Pappas (D-NH)
- Denver Riggleman (R-VA)
- David Rouzer (R-NC)
- Michael Guest (R-MS)
- Steven Palazzo (R-MS)
- Mike Johnson (R-LA)
Subjects
- Child safety and welfare
- Family relationships
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Labor standards
- Worker safety and health
- Youth employment and child labor
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