,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #deij  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #g1 #bjad ,mr4  
,labrador 7for himself and ,mr4         
,southerland7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,education and the        
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to exempt       
certain #af- and #ag-year-old children  
employed in logging or mechanized       
operations from child labor laws4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited    
,future ,logging ,careers ,act4  #b4    
,child labor law exemptions for logging 
and mechanized operations ,the ,fair    
,labor ,standards ,act of #aich 7#bi    
,u4,s4,c4 #bja et seq47 is amended--    
7#a7 in section #c 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4       
#bjc7--  7,a7 in subsection 7l71 by     
adding at the end the following3 1 and  
that employment of employees ages       
sixteen or seventeen years in a logging 
or mechanized operation in an occupation
 that the ,secretary of ,labor finds and
 declares to be particularly hazardous  

for the employment of children of such  
ages shall not be deemed to constitute  
oppressive child labor if such employee 
is employed by his parent or by a person
 standing in the place of his parent in 
a logging or mechanized operation owned 
or operated by such parent or person2   
and  7,b7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7z7  7#a7 ,logging--  7,a7  
means the felling1 skidding1 yarding1   
loading and processing of timber by     
equipment other than manually operated  
chainsaws and cable skidders2 and  7i7  
the felling of timber in mechanized     
operations2  7ii7 the bucking or        
converting of timber into logs1 poles1  
ties1 bolts1 pulpwood1 chemical wood1   
excelsior wood1 cordwood1 fence posts1  
or similar products2  7iii7 the         
collecting1 skidding1 yarding1 loading1 
transporting and unloading of such      
products in connection with logging2    
7iv7 the constructing1 repairing and    
maintaining of roads or camps used in   
connection with logging2 the            

constructing1 repairing1 and maintenance
 of machinery or equipment used in      
logging2 and  7v7 other work performed  
in connection with logging2 and  7,b7   
does not include the manual use of chain
 saws to fell and process timber and the
 use of cable skidders to bring the     
timber to the landing4  7#b7 ,mechanized
 operation--  7,a7 means the felling1   
skidding1 yarding1 loading and          
processing of timber by equipment other 
than manually operated chainsaws and    
cable skidders2 and  7,b7 includes whole
 tree processors1 cut-to-length         
processors1 stroke boom delimbers1      
wheeled and track feller-bunchers1 pull 
thru delimbers1 wheeled and track       
forwarders1 chippers1 grinders1         
mechanical debarkers1 wheeled and track 
grapple skidders1 yarders1 bulldozers1  
excavators1 and log loaders4  2 and     
7#b7 in section #ac7;c7 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4  
#baa7;c771 by adding at the end the     
following3  7#h7 ,the provisions of     
section #ab relating to child labor     

shall apply to an employee who is #af or
 #ag years old employed in a logging or 
mechanized operation in an occupation   
that the ,secretary of ,labor finds and 
declares to be particularly hazardous   
for the employment of children ages #af 
or #ag1 except where such employee is   
employed by his parent or by a person   
standing in the place of his parent in a
 logging or mechanized operation owned  
or operated by such parent or person4  4