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H.R. 3335House119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act

Sponsored by Rosa L. DeLauroRep. Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT)
Introduced May 13, 2025

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The Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act changes the Fair Labor Standards Act to ban children from working on tobacco farms. It defines any job where a person under 18 touches tobacco plants or dried leaves as oppressive child labor, making such employment illegal. The bill affects any minor who might be hired for tobacco‑related agricultural work across the United States.

Key Provisions

  • Adds a new category of “oppressive child labor” for any worker under 18 who has direct contact with tobacco plants or dried tobacco leaves.
  • Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act to specifically prohibit child employment in tobacco‑related agriculture, treating it the same as other prohibited child labor occupations.
  • Expands the list of occupations where child labor is barred to include tobacco‑related farming, alongside manufacturing and mining.

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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Education and Workforce Committee

May 13, 2025

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Introduced in House

May 13, 2025

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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Education and Workforce Committee

May 13, 2025

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Introduced in HouseIssued May 13, 2025

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119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 3335

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 13, 2025

Ms. DeLauro (for herself, Ms. Chu, Ms. Sánchez, Mr. Takano, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Scholten, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Magaziner, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Schakowsky, and Mr. García of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

A BILL

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit employment of children in tobacco-related agriculture by deeming such employment as oppressive child labor.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act.

2.

Tobacco-related agriculture employment of children

Section 3(l) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(l)) is amended—

(1)

in the first sentence—

(A)

by striking in any occupation, or (2) and inserting in any occupation, (2); and

(B)

by inserting before the semicolon the following: , or (3) any employee under the age of eighteen years has direct contact with tobacco plants or dried tobacco leaves; and

(2)

in the second sentence, by striking other than manufacturing and mining and inserting , other than manufacturing, mining, and tobacco-related agriculture as described in paragraph (3) of the first sentence of this subsection,.