S4038-118

Introduced

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to strengthen the provisions relating to child labor, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Mar 21, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to strengthen the provisions relating to child labor, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Labor, Agriculture.

Who Benefits and How

schools, students, and education providers 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, schools, students, and education providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HAC69F875753E4FFCA4DC6D844E331EED: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Children’s Act for Responsible Employment and Farm Safety of 2024 or the CARE Act of 2024.
  • Section id13655993866041bea722343956754ae4: 2. Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
  • Section id25181e4399f64b61a5ea199657e4891d: 3. Findings Congress finds the following: Across the United States, there are hundreds of thousands of children who are working in the agricultural industry...
  • Section ida9faaf1799c24f26b5ecb206fd7bfdcd: 101. Application of child labor laws to independent contractors The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended— in section 3 (29...
  • Section idb2b1133fd4f447f8a6e62c9b892362ca: 102. Revised age requirement for child agricultural employment and exemptions for hazardous and non-hazardous work Section 13(c) of the Fair Labor Standards...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to strengthen the provisions relating to child labor, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Key Policy Areas

Education, Labor, Agriculture

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to strengthen the provisions relating to child labor, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Policy Domains

Education Labor Agriculture

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • schools, students, and education providers
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schools, students, and education providers:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • schools, students, and education providers
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federal implementing agencies:
schools, students, and education providers:

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 21, 2024

Mr. Luján introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Education Labor Agriculture
Actor Mappings
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_labor"
→ Secretary of Labor

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"agricultural establishment" §idA7B1E3725AD94EB6AC14197C3EA0BFB5

an establishment— that is an establishment described in the definition of the term agricultural establishment in section 170.3 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations)

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