Future in Logging Careers Act
Latest action · Mar 14, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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.
- IntroducedMar 14, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Future in Logging Careers Act
This bill exempts from child labor laws an employee between the ages of 16 and 18 years who is employed in an occupation that the Department of Labor finds to be particularly hazardous for the employment of children between such ages by a person who is a parent, or standing in the place of a parent of such employee, or by a timber harvesting employer or a mechanized timber harvesting employer owned or operated by such person.
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 14, 2019 to Feb 26, 2020; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Original | Mar 14, 2019 |
| R-AL | Gary J. Palmer | Apr 8, 2019 | |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Apr 8, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Kurt Schrader | Apr 8, 2019 | |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | Apr 8, 2019 | |
| R-ID | Russ Fulcher | Apr 8, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Apr 9, 2019 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Apr 12, 2019 | |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Apr 12, 2019 | |
| R-AR | Bruce Westerman | Apr 15, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Matt Gaetz | Apr 15, 2019 | |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Apr 25, 2019 | |
| R-WI | Mike Gallagher | Apr 29, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Anthony Brindisi | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Apr 30, 2019 | |
| R-VA | Denver Riggleman | May 24, 2019 | |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Jun 21, 2019 | |
| R-MS | Michael Guest | Jul 23, 2019 | |
| R-MS | Steven M. Palazzo | Aug 2, 2019 | |
| R-LA | Mike Johnson | Sep 6, 2019 | |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Dec 4, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Jan 27, 2020 | |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Feb 26, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Mar 14, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 14, 2019Introduced in House
- Mar 14, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 46, March 14, 2019, page H2747.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2727 | Future in Logging Careers Act | Reintroduced Bill | Apr 21, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Future in Logging Careers Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 14, 2019Introduced in House
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; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
