HR 1785
116th Congress
House
Labor and Employment
Child safety and welfare
Family relationships
Forests, forestry, trees
Labor standards
Worker safety and health
Youth employment and child labor
Future in Logging Careers Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 14, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Mar 14, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Committees of jurisdiction
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