,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gjjb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #i1         
#bjbf,ms4 ,scholten 7for herself1 ,mr4  
,mackenzie1 ,mr4 ,goldman of ,new ,york1
 ,mr4 ,thanedar1 ,mr4 ,landsman1 ,mr4   
,krishnamoorthi1 ,ms4 ,norton1 and ,ms4 
,titus7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,education and ,workforce  ,a ,,bill    
,to amend the ,fair ,labor ,standards   
,act of #aich to provide for enhanced   
penalties for child labor violations4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,justice for ,exploited         
,children ,act4  #b4 ,child labor       
penalties  7a7 ,criminal penalties      
,section #af7;a7 of the ,fair ,labor    
,standards ,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #baf7;a77
 is amended--  7#a7 by striking ,any and
 inserting 7#a7 ,any2  7#b7 by inserting
 7other than subsection 7a77#d77 after  
#ae2  7#c7 by striking this subsection  
each place it appears and inserting this
 paragraph2 and  7#d7 by adding at the  

end the following3  7#b7 ,any person who
 repeatedly or willfully violates       
section #ae7;a77#d7 shall upon          
conviction thereof be subject to a fine 
of not more than #ajj1jjj1 or to        
imprisonment for not more than #e years1
 or both4  7#c7 ,any person shall upon  
conviction for a violation of section   
#ae7;a77#d7 be subject to a fine of not 
more than #ejj1jjj1 or to imprisonment  
for not more than #aj years1 or both1 if
 such violation was--  7,a7 willful and 
resulted in the death or serious injury 
of an employee under the age of #ah     
years2 or  7,b7 repeated and such       
violation and a prior violation each    
resulted in the death or serious injury 
of such an employee4  4  7b7 ,civil     
penalties ,section #af7;e7 of the ,fair 
,labor ,standards ,act of #aich 7#bi    
,u4,s4,c4 #baf7;e77 is amended-- 7#a7 by
 striking not to exceed-- and inserting 
as follows32  7#b7 in paragraph 7,a7--  
7,a7 by moving the margins for clauses  
7i7 and 7ii7 #d ems to the left2  7,b7  

in clause 7i72 7i7 by striking #aa1jjj  
and inserting ,not less than #a1jjj but 
not more than #aej1jjj2 and  7ii7 by    
striking 2 or and inserting 1 which     
penalty shall be doubled where the      
violation is a repeated or willful      
violation42  7,c7 in clause 7ii7-- 7i7  
by striking #ej1jjj and inserting ,not  
less than #be1jjj but not more than     
#fja1aej2  7ii7 by striking death or2   
and  7iii7 by striking may and inserting
 shall2 and  7,d7 by adding at the end  
the following3  7iii7 ,not less than    
#ej1jjj and not more than #fja1aej with 
regard to each such violation that      
causes the death of any employee under  
the age of #ah years1 which penalty     
shall be doubled where the violation is 
a repeated or willful violation4  2 and 
7#c7 in paragraph 7,b71 by striking     
subparagraph 7,a7 and inserting this    
section4  7c7 ,effective date ,the      
amendments made by this ,act shall apply
 with respect to violations occurring on
 or after the date of enactment of this 

,act4