HR4440-118

Introduced

To protect children from oppressive child labor and unsafe workplaces, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Jun 30, 2023

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To protect children from oppressive child labor and unsafe workplaces, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor, Criminal Justice, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

workers, employers, and labor regulators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H2DA5431BFCD74E6EA4781145BAB3476A: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Children Act.
  • Section HB0F6149C06064F00A41F27FB81860B43: 2. Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
  • Section H7F865C52D413431E9A43EAE72C6AFCE9: 3. Effective date This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall take effect on the date that is 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
  • Section HC98EAC9ADFA74C08886A710774A23184: 101. Adjusting civil monetary penalties Section 16(e) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 216(e)) is amended— in paragraph (1)(A)— by striking...
  • Section HCB104A1835434CD58396509A3EB99B3F: 102. Enhancing criminal penalties Section 16(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. 216(a)) is amended— by striking the first word and inserting the...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To protect children from oppressive child labor and unsafe workplaces, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Key Policy Areas

Labor, Criminal Justice, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, To protect children from oppressive child labor and unsafe workplaces, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Policy Domains

Labor Criminal Justice Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Jun 30, 2023

Mr. Scott of Virginia (for himself, Ms. Adams, Mr. McGarvey, …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Labor Criminal Justice Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_labor"
→ Secretary of Labor
"secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
→ Secretary of Health and Human Services

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