,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bcdb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ab1 #bjac ,ms4
 ,roybal-,allard introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and the    
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,fair ,labor ,standards ,act of #aich to
 strengthen the provisions relating to  
child labor4  #a4 ,short title ,this    
,act may be cited as the ,children's    
,act for ,responsible ,employment of    
#bjac or the ,,care ,act of #bjac4  #b4 
,amended ,definitions ,section #c7l7 of 
the ,fair ,labor ,standards ,act of     
#aich 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bjc7l77 is amended
 to read as follows3  7l7 ,oppressive   
child labor means a condition of        
employment under which--  7#a7 any      
employee who is #af or #ag years of age 
is employed by an employer in any       
occupation found by the ,secretary and  
by order declared to be particularly    
hazardous for the employment of children
 between such ages or detrimental to    

their health or well-being2  7#b7 any   
employee who is #ad or #ae years of age 
is employed by an employer1 unless the  
,secretary has determined that the      
employment is confined to periods which 
will not interfere with the schooling of
 the employee1 and that the conditions  
of employment will not interfere with   
the health and well-being of the        
employee2 or  7#c7 any employee who is  
under #ad years of age is employed by an
 employer4  4  #c4 ,revised age         
requirement for child agricultural      
employment2 repeal of waiver provision  
for hand harvest laborers  7a7 ,revised 
age requirement ,section #ac7;c7 of the 
,fair ,labor ,standards ,act of #aich   
7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bac7;c77 is amended by  
striking paragraphs 7#a7 and 7#b7 and   
inserting the following3  7#a7 ,the     
provisions of section #ab relating to   
child labor shall not apply to any      
employee under #ah years of age who is  
employed in agriculture by his or her   
parent1 or by a person standing in the  

place of the parent1 on a farm owned by 
the parent or person4  7#b7 ,the        
provisions of section #ab relating to   
child labor shall not apply to any      
employee under #af years of age who is  
employed by his or her parent1 or by a  
person standing in the place of the     
parent1 in employment other than        
agricultural employment1 manufacturing1 
mining1 or any other employment the     
,secretary finds to be particularly     
hazardous for the employment of a child 
#af or #ag years of age or detrimental  
to their health or well being4  4  7b7  
,repeal of waiver provision ,section    
#ac7;c7 of such ,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4     
#bac7;c77 is further amended by striking
 paragraph 7#d7 and redesignating       
paragraphs 7#e7 through 7#g7 as         
paragraphs 7#d7 through 7#f71           
respectively4  #d4 ,increased civil     
penalties for child labor violations    
,paragraph 7#a7 of section #af7;e7 of   
the ,fair ,labor ,standards ,act of     
#aich 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #baf7;e77#a77 is   

amended--  7#a7 by striking person each 
place it appears and inserting employer2
  7#b7 in subparagraph 7,a7--  7,a7 by  
striking not to exceed and inserting of2
 and  7,b7 by amending clauses 7i7 and  
7ii7 to read as follows3  7i7 not less  
than #ejj and not more than #ae1jjj for 
each employee who was the subject of    
such a violation2 or  7ii7 not less than
 #ae1jjj and not more than #ej1jjj with 
regard to each such violation that      
causes the serious injury1 serious      
illness1 or death of any employee under 
the age of #ah years1 which penalty may 
be doubled where the violation is a     
repeated or willful violation4  2 and   
7#c7 in subparagraph 7,b7 by striking   
the term serious injury means and       
inserting the terms serious injury and  
serious illness mean4  #e4 ,special     
criminal penalties for certain          
aggravated child labor violations       
,section #af of the ,fair ,labor        
,standards ,act of #aich 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 
#baf7 is amended--  7#a7 in subsection  

7a71 by striking ,any person and        
inserting ,except as provided in        
subsection 7f71 any person2 and  7#b7 by
 adding at the end the following3  7f7  
,any person who repeatedly or willfully 
violates any of the provisions of       
section #ab1 and such violations result 
in or cause the death or serious injury 
or serious illness of an employee under 
#ah years of age at the time of such    
violation1 shall be subject to          
imprisonment for not more than #e years 
or a fine under title #ah1 ,united      
,states ,code1 or both4  4  #f4         
,pesticide-related worker protection    
standard ,congress finds and declares   
that the employment of children under   
the age of #ah in the occupation of a   
pesticide handler as defined in the     
worker protection standard for workers  
exposed to pesticides in part #agj of   
title #dj1 ,code of ,federal            
,regulations1 is particularly hazardous 
to such children and detrimental to     
their health and well-being4 ,the       

,secretary of ,labor shall revise part  
#egj of title #bi1 ,code of ,federal    
,regulations1 to prohibit the employment
 of a child under the age of #ah to     
perform any of the tasks or duties      
described in the definition of the term 
handler in section #agj4c of title #dj1 
,code of ,federal ,regulations4  #g4    
,application of fair labor standards    
amendments  7a7 ,rulemaking ,the        
,secretary of ,labor may prescribe rules
 as necessary to implement the          
amendments made by sections #b through  
#e and the revision required by section 
#f4 ,any such rules issued shall take   
effect not later than #cj days after the
 date on which the such rules are       
published in the ,federal ,register4    
7b7 ,violations ,the amendments made by 
sections #b1 #c1 #d1 and #e and the     
revision required by section #g shall   
apply to violations of the ,fair ,labor 
,standards ,act of #aich 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 
#bja et seq47 that occur after the date 
on which the rules issued under         

subsection 7a7 take effect4  7c7 ,rule  
of construction ,nothing in the         
amendments made by section #c1 #d1 or #e
 or in the revision required by section 
#g shall be construed to preempt any    
,state law that provides protections or 
remedies for employees that are greater 
than the protections or remedies        
provided under such amendments or such  
revision4