S. 655
Referred to CommitteeFuture Logging Careers Act
Introduced 3/15/2017•115th Congress•Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
3/15/2017 • Senate
Summary
Future Logging Careers Act
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to make the restrictions on oppressive child labor inapplicable to employment of an employee age 16 or 17 by a parent, or a person standing in place of a parent, in a logging operation owned or operated by that parent or person.
Introduced in Senate • 3/15/2017
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Topics & Subjects
Policy Area: Labor and Employment
Child safety and welfareFamily relationshipsForests, forestry, treesLabor standardsWorker safety and healthYouth employment and child labor
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Originated in the Senate
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March 15, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Introduced in Senate3/15/2017