,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aghe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ad1 #bjai,mr4
 ,golden 7for himself and ,mr4 ,thompson
 of ,pennsylvania7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and ,labor 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,fair ,labor   
,standards ,act of #aich to exempt      
certain #af- and #ag-year-old           
individuals employed in timber          
harvesting entities or mechanized timber
 harvesting entities from child labor   
laws1 and for other purposes4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,future in ,logging ,careers ,act4  
#b4 ,child labor law exemptions for     
timber harvesting entities and          
mechanized timber harvesting entities   
,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 #bjc71 by adding at the end   
the following3  7z7 7#a7 ,timber        
harvesting employer means an employer   

engaged in--  7,a7 the felling1         
skidding1 yarding1 loading and          
processing of timber by equipment other 
than manually operated chainsaws and    
cable skidders2  7,b7 the felling of    
timber in mechanized operations2  7,c7  
the bucking or converting of timber into
 logs1 poles1 ties1 bolts1 pulpwood1    
chemical wood1 excelsior wood1 cordwood1
 fence posts1 or similar products2  7,d7
 the collecting1 skidding1 yarding1     
loading1 transporting and unloading of  
such products in connection with        
logging2  7,e7 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  7,f7 other work   
performed in connection with logging4   
7#b7 ,mechanized timber harvesting      
employer--  7,a7 means an employer      
engaged in the felling1 skidding1       
yarding1 loading and processing of      
timber by equipment other than manually 

operated chainsaws and cable skidders2  
and  7,b7 includes an employer engaged  
in the use of 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 #ac 7#bi       
,u4,s4,c4 #bac71 by adding at the end   
the following3  7k7 ,the provisions of  
section #ab relating to child labor     
shall not apply to an employee between  
the ages sixteen and eighteen years who 
is employed--  7#a7 in an occupation    
that the ,secretary of ,labor finds to  
be particularly hazardous for the       
employment of children between the ages 
of sixteen and eighteen years2  7#b7 by 
a person who is a parent1 or standing in
 the place of a parent1 of such         
employee2 and  7#c7 by a timber         
harvesting employer or a mechanized     

timber harvesting employer1 owned or    
operated by such person4  4