,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #hah  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #ad1 #bjai   
,mr4 ,risch 7for himself and ,mr4 ,king7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was read twice and referred to the      
,committee on ,health1 ,education1      
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
exempt certain #af- and #ag-year-old    
individuals employed in logging         
operations from child labor laws4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,future ,logging ,careers ,act4  #b4
 ,child labor law exemptions for logging
 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 #bjc71 by adding at the  
end the following3  7z7 ,logging        
operation--  7#a7 means-- 7,a7 a        
mechanized operation2  7,b7 the bucking 
or converting of timber into logs1      
poles1 ties1 bolts1 pulpwood1 chemical  
wood1 excelsior wood1 cordwood1 fence   
posts1 or similar products2  7,c7 the   

collecting1 skidding1 yarding1 loading1 
transporting1 or unloading of such      
products in connection with the         
activities described in this paragraph2 
7,d7 the constructing1 repairing1 or    
maintaining of-- 7i7 roads or camps used
 in connection with the activities      
described in this paragraph2 or  7ii7   
machinery or equipment used in the      
activities described in this paragraph2 
or  7,e7 any other work performed in    
connection with the activities described
 in this paragraph2 and  7#b7 does not  
include the manual use of chainsaws to  
fell or process timber or the use of    
cable skidders to bring the timber to   
the landing4  7aa7 ,mechanized          
operation--  7#a7 means the felling1    
skidding1 yarding1 loading1 or          
processing of timber by equipment other 
than manually operated chainsaws or     
cable skidders2 and  7#b7 includes the  
use of whole tree processors1           
cut-to-length processors1 stroke boom   
delimbers1 wheeled and track            

feller-bunchers1 pull-through 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 #bac7;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    
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   
operation owned or operated by such     
parent or person4  4