H.R. 3335 – Reading Mode

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.

Short title

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

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,.