H.R. 1193

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1193 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1193

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt certain 16- and 
17-year-old individuals employed in timber harvesting entities or 
mechanized timber harvesting entities from child labor laws, and for 
other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 11, 2025

Mr. Golden of Maine (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
Pingree, and Mr. Fulcher) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

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A BILL

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt certain 16- and 
17-year-old individuals employed in timber harvesting entities or 
mechanized timber harvesting entities from child labor laws, and for 
other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Future in Logging Careers Act''.

SEC. 2. CHILD LABOR LAW EXEMPTIONS FOR TIMBER HARVESTING ENTITIES AND 
MECHANIZED TIMBER HARVESTING ENTITIES.

The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is 
amended--
(1) in section 3 (29 U.S.C. 203), by adding at the end the 
following:
``(z)(1) `Timber harvesting employer' means an employer engaged 
in--
``(A) the felling, skidding, yarding, loading and 
processing of timber by equipment other than manually operated 
chainsaws and cable skidders;
``(B) the felling of timber in mechanized operations;
``(C) the bucking or converting of timber into logs, poles, 
ties, bolts, pulpwood, chemical wood, excelsior wood, cordwood, 
fence posts, or similar products;
``(D) the collecting, skidding, yarding, loading, 
transporting and unloading of such products in connection with 
logging;
``(E) the constructing, repairing and maintaining of roads 
or camps used in connection with logging; the constructing, 
repairing, and maintenance of machinery or equipment used in 
logging; and
``(F) other work performed in connection with logging.
``(2) `Mechanized timber harvesting employer'--
``(A) means an employer engaged in the felling, skidding, 
yarding, loading and processing of timber by equipment other 
than manually operated chainsaws and cable skidders; and
``(B) includes an employer engaged in the use of whole tree 
processors, cut-to-length processors, stroke boom delimbers, 
wheeled and track feller-bunchers, pull thru delimbers, wheeled 
and track forwarders, chippers, grinders, mechanical debarkers, 
wheeled and track grapple skidders, yarders, bulldozers, 
excavators, and log loaders.''; and
(2) in section 13(c) (29 U.S.C. 213(c)), by adding at the 
end the following:
``(8) The provisions of section 12 relating to child labor shall 
apply to an employee who is 16 or 17 years old employed by a timber 
harvesting employer or mechanized timber harvesting employer in an 
occupation that the Secretary of Labor finds and declares to be 
particularly hazardous for the employment of children ages 16 or 17, 
except where such employee is employed by a timber harvesting employer 
or mechanized timber harvesting employer owned or operated by a parent 
or a person standing in the place of a parent of such employee.''.
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