Senate Bill 655
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Future Logging Careers Act
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Mar 15, 2017
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
655
Congress
115
Policy Area
Labor and Employment
Labor and Employment
Primary focus of measure is matters affecting hiring and composition of the workforce, wages and benefits, labor-management relations; occupational safety, personnel management, unemployment compensation. Measures concerning public-sector employment may fall under Government Operations and Politics policy area.
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Future Logging Careers Act
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to make the restrictions on oppressive child labor inapplicable to employment of an employee age 16 or 17 by a parent, or a person standing in place of a parent, in a logging operation owned or operated by that parent or person.
March 15, 2017
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03/15/2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
03/15/2017
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
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