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H.R. 5463 96th Congress House

A bill to amend section 13 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require findings of adverse effects of pesticides and other chemicals to be based on objective scientific data.

Introduced: September 28, 1979 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Agricultural laborAgriculture and Rural AffairsChild healthChild labor
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Children and youthOccupational health and safetyPest controlPesticidesPublic safetySeasonal labor
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It never became law before the 96th Congress (1979–1980) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Sep 28, 1979
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Sep 28, 1979
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Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act to require that the Secretary of Labor, in determining whether to grant a waiver of the application of the child labor provisions to certain agricultural labor, base a finding that the level and type of pesticides and other chemicals used would have an adverse effect upon the health or well-being of such individuals on scientific data developed by the Environmental Protection Agency or the Food and Drug Administration.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5463: A bill to amend section 13 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require findings of adverse effects of pesticides and other chemicals to be based on objective scientific data.. 96th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-5463/
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"H.R. 5463: A bill to amend section 13 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require findings of adverse effects of pesticides and other chemicals to be based on objective scientific data.." 96th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-5463/.
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H.R. 5463, 96th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-5463/.
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