CHILD Labor Act

This bill would change federal child labor law to bar anyone under 18 from working in manufacturing, mining, trenching or excavation, meat processing, demolition, or explosives, and would require the Labor Department to issue and regularly update rules on hazardous jobs for minors. It would make companies responsible for child labor by contractors and subcontractors in their supply chains, allow the Labor Department to issue stop work orders and tag goods made with child labor, and extend liability to successor businesses. It would raise civil penalties, create damages that child labor victims can sue for, extend the time limit to sue to 10 years, and add criminal penalties. It would also add child labor rules to certain federal contracts and grants, bar violators from new federal contracts for 3 years, fund training programs, and require yearly reports to Congress on work-related injuries and deaths.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

Sponsors

• Patty Murray Democrat sponsor
• 11 cosponsors