HR 6079 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

CHILD Labor Act

Introduced Oct 26, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Rosa L. DeLauro D-CT

Latest action · Oct 26, 2023 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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.

IntroducedOct 26, 2023
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 22

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 26, 2023 to Jul 5, 2024; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat	Original	Oct 26, 2023
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Oct 26, 2023
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Oct 26, 2023
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Original	Oct 26, 2023
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Oct 26, 2023
D-IL	Lauren Underwood	Original	Oct 26, 2023
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Original	Oct 26, 2023
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez	Original	Oct 26, 2023
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Oct 26, 2023
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren	Original	Oct 26, 2023
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Oct 30, 2023
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García		Oct 30, 2023
D-VT	Becca Balint		Nov 1, 2023
D-HI	Jill N. Tokuda		Nov 1, 2023
D-NM	Melanie A. Stansbury		Nov 1, 2023
D-TX	Veronica Escobar		Nov 1, 2023
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Nov 6, 2023
D-CA	Judy Chu		Nov 6, 2023
D-FL	Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick		Nov 6, 2023
D-KY	Morgan McGarvey		Nov 17, 2023
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		Dec 22, 2023
D-TX	Greg Casar		Jul 5, 2024

Committees 2

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 Oct 26, 2023
House	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Referred Oct 26, 2023

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 26, 2023Introduced in House
Oct 26, 2023Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Congress with the power to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.'' The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would update civil penalties for child labor violations, strengthen the Department of Labor's ability to enforce the FLSA, expand child labor provisions to hold suppliers and subcontractors responsible, and allow children who have been seriously injured to be compensated by their employers.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 177, October 26, 2023, page H5175.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 3163	CHILD Labor Act	Identical bill	Oct 30, 2023
S 4817	CHILD Labor Act	Cross-Congress related bill	Jun 17, 2026

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To strengthen protections against child labor violations, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: CHILD Labor Act; Children Harmed In Life-threatening or Dangerous Labor Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

Labor and Employment

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Oct 26, 2023Introduced in House

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