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HR 2637 110th Congress House Labor and Employment Child labor Civil actions and liability Collection of accounts Death Disabled Employers' liability Families Fines (Penalties) Health Hours of labor Law Minimum wages Occupational health and safety Paralysis

Child Labor Protection Act of 2007

Introduced: June 8, 2007 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 13, 2007
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 12, 2007
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jun 12, 2007
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6250)
Jun 12, 2007
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6250)
Jun 12, 2007
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2637.
Jun 12, 2007
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6250-6251)
Jun 12, 2007
Mr. Hare moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Jun 8, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Jun 8, 2007
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Child Labor Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase civil penalties for violations of: (1) child labor requirements and prohibitions; and (2) minimum wage and maximum hours requirements.

Increases from $10,000 to $11,000 the maximum employer penalty for each employee who was the subject of a child labor violation.

Establishes a $50,000 civil penalty for each such violation that causes the death or serious injury of any employee under age 18. Allows the doubling of such a penalty where the violation is a repeated or willful violation.

Defines "serious injury" as permanent: (1) loss or substantial impairment of one of the senses (sight, hearing, taste, smell, tactile sensation); (2) loss or substantial impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty, including the loss of all or part of an arm, leg, foot, hand or other body part; or (3) permanent paralysis or substantial impairment that causes loss of movement or mobility of an arm, leg, foot, hand or other body part.

Increases from $1,000 to $1,100 the civil penalty for any repeated or willful violation of specified minimum wage or maximum hours requirements of such Act.

What's happening now June 13, 2007

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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