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H.R. 4020 118th Congress House

Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act

Official title: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit employment of children in tobacco-related agriculture by deeming such employment as oppressive child labor.

Introduced: June 12, 2023 Introduced by: Rosa L. DeLauro Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jun 12, 2023
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act

This bill prohibits an individual under the age of 18 from performing work that has direct contact with tobacco plants or dried tobacco leaves by specifying that the work is oppressive child labor. (Oppressive child labor is generally prohibited under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, with some exceptions.)

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 Cosponsors 25
All 25 Democratic 20
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Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Dec 17, 2024
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Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Dec 11, 2024
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Scholten, Hillary J.
Michigan · Nov 1, 2024
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Ramirez, Delia C.
Illinois · Oct 11, 2024
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Oct 1, 2024
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Sep 25, 2024
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Sep 24, 2024
 D
Krishnamoorthi, Raja
Illinois · Sep 24, 2024
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Sep 24, 2024
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Sep 23, 2024
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Magaziner, Seth
Rhode Island · Sep 16, 2024
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Sep 11, 2024
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DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Aug 23, 2024
Blumenauer, Earl
· Jul 9, 2024
 D
Casar, Greg
Texas · Jul 5, 2024
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jun 27, 2024
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jun 27, 2024
Cartwright, Matt
· Jun 25, 2024
Jackson Lee, Sheila
· Jun 25, 2024
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 25, 2024
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Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Jun 14, 2024
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Grijalva, Raúl M.
Arizona · Jun 3, 2024
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Sánchez, Linda T.
California · May 7, 2024
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 12, 2023
Payne, Donald
· Jun 12, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4020: Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4020/
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"H.R. 4020: Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4020/.
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H.R. 4020, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-4020/.
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