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S 655 115th Congress Senate Labor and Employment Child safety and welfare Family relationships Forests, forestry, trees Labor standards Worker safety and health Youth employment and child labor

Future Logging Careers Act

Introduced: March 15, 2017 Introduced by: Risch, James E. Republican · Idaho See on congress.gov
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Mar 15, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 15, 2017
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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 operation owned or operated by that parent or person.

What's happening now March 15, 2017

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

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1454 Related bill Future Logging Careers Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 1 Republican 3 Independent 1
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Aug 2, 2017
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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Jun 8, 2017
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Apr 3, 2017
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Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Mar 27, 2017
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King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Mar 15, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 655: Future Logging Careers Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-655/
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"S. 655: Future Logging Careers Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-655/.
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