To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to strengthen the provisions relating to child labor, and for other purposes.
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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
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- schools, students, and education providers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- schools, students, and education providers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Luján introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_administrator"
- → The Administrator identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_labor"
- → Secretary of Labor
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
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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