Preventing Child Labor Exploitation in Federal Contracting Act
Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.
Summary
The Preventing Child Labor Exploitation in Federal Contracting Act requires companies seeking federal contracts to disclose whether they have been found guilty of child labor violations in the past three years. Companies with unresolved violations would be barred from receiving federal contracts for at least four years. The bill dramatically increases civil penalties for child labor violations from ,000 to ,000 (and from ,000 to ,000 for serious cases). It also mandates training for federal employees on identifying and preventing child labor violations and requires a GAO study on the prevalence of child labor violations among federal contractors. No new funding is authorized.
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
Prevents child labor exploitation in federal contracting by requiring disclosure of child labor violations, barring violators from federal contracts, increasing civil penalties for child labor violations, and mandating interagency training.
Who Benefits
- Child workers protected from exploitation
- Compliant federal contractors
Who Bears Costs
- Federal contractors with child labor violations
- Companies using subcontractors with violations
Key Policy Areas
{'domain': 'Labor', 'evidence': 'Amends Fair Labor Standards Act child labor provisions (Sec. 4), requires contractor certifications re child labor violations (Sec. 3)'}, {'domain': 'Government Procurement', 'evidence': 'Amends Federal Acquisition Regulation to require representations and certifications from entities contracting with executive agencies (Sec. 3)'}
Primary Purpose
Prevents child labor exploitation in federal contracting by requiring disclosure of child labor violations, barring violators from federal contracts, increasing civil penalties for child labor violations, and mandating interagency training.
Policy Domains
Legislative Strategy
"Leverage federal procurement power to enforce child labor laws by barring violators from government contracts and significantly increasing financial penalties"
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Hawley (for himself and Mr. Booker) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Labor
Compliant federal contractors, Federal contractors, Federal contractors with child labor violations
Positive-direction: Compliant federal contractors
Negative-direction: Federal contractors, Federal contractors with child labor violations
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "Secretary"
- → Secretary of Labor
- "executive agency"
- → As defined in 41 USC 133
- "Secretary"
- → Secretary of Labor
- "Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council"
- → Body that amends FAR
- "Secretary"
- → Secretary of Labor
- "Comptroller General"
- → Head of GAO
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
HELP Committee (Senate) and Education and Workforce Committee (House)
As defined in 41 USC 133
Secretary of Labor
We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.
Learn more about our methodology