S.Amdt. 3177

SA 3177. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1095. CHILD LABOR ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2024.

(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Child
Labor Accountability Act of 2024''.
(b) Amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.--
Section 12(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29
U.S.C. 212(a)) is amended by striking ``thirty'' and
inserting ``90''.
(c) Report to Congress on Child Labor Law Violations.--
Section 4 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C.
204) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(g) Report to Congress on Child Labor Law Violations.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date
of enactment of the Child Labor Accountability Act of 2024,
and annually thereafter, the Secretary, in consultation with
the Attorney General and the head of any other relevant
Federal agency, shall submit a report to Congress that--
``(A) contains summary data on violations of the provisions
of section 12 or 13(c), relating to child labor, in the year
preceding the date of submission of the report, including--
``(i) the number of complaints of potential violations of
such provisions received by the Secretary in such year;
``(ii) the number of--

``(I) investigations of potential violations of such
provisions that are ongoing as of the date of submission of
the report; and
``(II) investigations of potential violations of such
provisions that have concluded in such year;

``(iii) with respect to violations of such provisions in
such year--

``(I) the total number of such violations;
``(II) the number of such violations disaggregated by the
industry in which such violation occurred;
``(III) the number of such violations disaggregated by the
provision of law that was violated;
``(IV) the average and median number of child employees
involved in such violations;
``(V) the total number of child employees involved in such
violations, disaggregated by characteristics including--

``(aa) the age of such child employee; and
``(bb) the sex of such child employee; and

``(VI) the number of such violations that caused the death
or serious injury of any child employee involved in such
violation;

``(iv) the total, average, and median amount of penalties
assessed under section 16(e)(1)(A) in such year;
``(v) with respect to criminal penalties under section
16(a) for violations of section 15(a)(4)--

``(I) the number of individuals charged under such section
for such a violation in such year, disaggregated by
characteristics including--

``(aa) the age of such individual;
``(bb) the sex of such individual; and
``(cc) the relationship of such individual to any child
employee involved in the relevant violation of section
15(a)(4); and

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``(II) the number of individuals convicted under such
section for such a violation in such year, disaggregated by
characteristics including--

``(aa) the age of such individual;
``(bb) the sex of such individual; and
``(cc) the relationship of such individual to any child
employee involved in the relevant violation of section
15(a)(4); and
``(vi) any other information determined relevant by the
Secretary;
``(B) includes information on any activities in such year
by the Secretary of Labor, in cooperation with State, Tribal,
and local law enforcement, to identify, investigate, and
prosecute violations of the provisions of section 12 or
13(c), relating to child labor;
``(C) describes trends with respect to such violations in
such year; and
``(D) includes recommendations to Congress for combating
such violations.
``(2) Definition of child employee.--For purposes of this
subsection, the term `child employee' means an employee who
is younger than 18 years of age.''.
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