CARE Act
Latest action · May 10, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 10, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Applies the same age restrictions to agricultural employment as to other forms of employment. Limits exemptions to agricultural labor outside of school hours, if the individual is employed by a specified family member on the member's farm. Raises from 16 to 18 years old the minimum age for engaging in hazardous agricultural employment.
Increases civil and criminal penalties for child labor violations.
Directs the Secretary of Labor and the Director of the Bureau of the Census to compile data biannually from State employment security agencies and from other sources in all the States concerning: (1) the types of industries and occupations in which children under the age of 18 are employed; and (2) cases in which children were employed in violation of Federal child labor prohibitions. Requires each employer to report to the State employment security agency on any injury to an employee under age 18 that results in lost employment time or any illness such individual incurred while at work.
Directs the Secretary to establish closer working relationships with non-governmental organizations and with State and local government agencies having responsibility for administering and enforcing labor and safety and health laws. Requires State and local government agencies to inform the Secretary, upon request, about employee injuries and deaths.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 10, 2001 to Jul 9, 2002, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | May 10, 2001 |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Original | May 10, 2001 |
| D-WV | John D. Rockefeller IV | Original | May 10, 2001 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | May 10, 2001 |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Jul 9, 2002 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 10, 2001Introduced in Senate
- May 10, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Administrative procedure
- Agricultural labor
- Agriculture and Food
- Business records
- Child health
- Child labor
- Child safety
- Commerce
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Department of Labor
- Families
- Family farms
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Fines (Penalties)
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Governmental investigations
- Grandparents
- Guardian and ward
- Health
- Hours of labor
- Industrial accidents
- Injunctions
- Labor and Employment
- Labor statistics
- Law
- Legal fees
- Medical records
- Minimum wages
- Nonprofit organizations
- Occupational health and safety
- Social Welfare
- Standards
- Workers' compensation
- Youth employment
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.