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HR 5327 113th Congress House Labor and Employment Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor Worker safety and health Youth employment and child labor

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit work by children in tobacco-related agriculture as particularly hazardous oppressive child labor.

Introduced: September 15, 2014 See on congress.gov
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Nov 17, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Jul 31, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jul 31, 2014
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require any employment in which children under the age of 18 come into direct contact with tobacco plants or dried tobacco leaves to be considered particularly hazardous oppressive child labor, which is prohibited under such Act.

What's happening now November 17, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3
D
Vargas, Juan
California · Nov 12, 2014
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Takano, Mark
California · Sep 17, 2014
HONDA, MICHAEL
· Sep 15, 2014
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 31, 2014
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5327: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit work by children in tobacco-related agriculture as particularly hazardous oppressive child labor.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5327/
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"H.R. 5327: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit work by children in tobacco-related agriculture as particularly hazardous oppressive child labor.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5327/.
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H.R. 5327, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5327/.
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