CARE Act of 2007
Latest action · Jul 24, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
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.
- IntroducedJun 12, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Children's Act for Responsible Employment of 2007 or the CARE Act of 2007 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to repeal certain exemptions from child labor prohibitions for agricultural employment.
Allows an exemption only if: (1) the agricultural employment of an individual under 16 occurs outside of school hours; and (2) such individual is employed by a parent or a person standing in place of a parent on a farm owned or operated by such parent or person. Raises from 16 to 18 years old the minimum age for engaging in hazardous agricultural employment. Eliminates a waiver for hand-harvesting of certain crops.
Increases civil and criminal penalties for child labor violations.
Directs the Secretary of Labor to analyze data and report to Congress on work-related injuries to children and related matters. Requires employers to report on work-related serious injuries and illnesses, and deaths, of agricultural employees under 18 years of age.
Incorporates into FLSA child labor requirements certain federal standards for protecting workers exposed to pesticides. Reconciles civil penalties for violations of such standards affecting child workers imposed by the Secretary under FLSA and by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 12, 2007 to Nov 15, 2007, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Original | Jun 12, 2007 |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Original | Jun 12, 2007 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Jun 12, 2007 |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Original | Jun 12, 2007 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Jun 12, 2007 |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Jun 15, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Jun 15, 2007 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Jun 18, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Jun 26, 2007 | |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Jul 12, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Jul 31, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Nov 15, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Nov 15, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Ciro D. Rodriguez | Nov 15, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Nov 15, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 24, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- Jun 12, 2007Introduced in House
- Jun 12, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Agricultural labor
- Agriculture and Food
- Child labor
- Child safety
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employers' liability
- Environmental law enforcement
- Environmental Protection
- Families
- Fines (Penalties)
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Governmental investigations
- Grants-in-aid
- Health
- Hours of labor
- Imprisonment
- Labor and Employment
- Labor statistics
- Law
- Medical statistics
- Migrant education
- Migrant labor
- Occupational health and safety
- Parent and child
- Personnel records
- Pesticides
- Recidivists
- Seasonal labor
- Standards
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 12, 2007Introduced in House
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