S. 1742 – Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act

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The Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act amends the Fair Labor Standards Act to ban the employment of minors on tobacco farms. It defines any person under 18 who works directly with tobacco plants or dried leaves as a child laborer, and adds tobacco‑related agriculture to the sectors where child labor is prohibited. The bill targets children who might be hired for work on tobacco farms, aiming to protect them from hazardous conditions.

Key Provisions

Adds a new category to the Fair Labor Standards Act that treats any worker under 18 who has direct contact with tobacco plants or dried tobacco leaves as a child laborer.
Expands the list of occupations where child labor is prohibited to specifically include tobacco‑related agriculture, alongside manufacturing and mining.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S2897)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

May 13, 2025

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Introduced in Senate

May 13, 2025

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S2897)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

May 13, 2025

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Sen. Charles E. SchumerD-NY · May 13, 2025

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record.

Sen. Richard J. DurbinD-IL · May 13, 2025

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record.

Sen. Richard J. DurbinD-IL · May 13, 2025

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record.

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Introduced in SenateIssued May 13, 2025

II

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 1742

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 13, 2025

Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. Reed) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

A BILL

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

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Short title

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

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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 (as described in paragraph (3) of the first sentence of this subsection) tobacco-related agriculture,.