| 1 | 1 | | II |
|---|
| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
|---|
| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
|---|
| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 509 |
|---|
| 5 | 5 | | To exempt certain 16- and 17-year-old individuals employed in logging |
|---|
| 6 | 6 | | operations from child labor laws. |
|---|
| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
|---|
| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY11, 2025 |
|---|
| 9 | 9 | | Mr. R |
|---|
| 10 | 10 | | ISCH(for himself, Mr. KING, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. CORNYN, |
|---|
| 11 | 11 | | and Mr. S |
|---|
| 12 | 12 | | HEEHY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and |
|---|
| 13 | 13 | | referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions |
|---|
| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
|---|
| 15 | 15 | | To exempt certain 16- and 17-year-old individuals employed |
|---|
| 16 | 16 | | in logging operations from child labor laws. |
|---|
| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
|---|
| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
|---|
| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
|---|
| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Future Logging Ca-4 |
|---|
| 21 | 21 | | reers Act’’. 5 |
|---|
| 22 | 22 | | SEC. 2. CHILD LABOR LAW EXEMPTIONS FOR LOGGING OP-6 |
|---|
| 23 | 23 | | ERATIONS. 7 |
|---|
| 24 | 24 | | The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 8 |
|---|
| 25 | 25 | | 201 et seq.) is amended— 9 |
|---|
| 26 | 26 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:52 Mar 07, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S509.IS S509 |
|---|
| 27 | 27 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
|---|
| 28 | 28 | | •S 509 IS |
|---|
| 29 | 29 | | (1) in section 3 (29 U.S.C. 203), by adding at 1 |
|---|
| 30 | 30 | | the end the following: 2 |
|---|
| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘(z) ‘Logging operation’— 3 |
|---|
| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘(1) means— 4 |
|---|
| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘(A) a mechanized operation; 5 |
|---|
| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘(B) the bucking or converting of timber 6 |
|---|
| 35 | 35 | | into logs, poles, ties, bolts, pulpwood, chemical 7 |
|---|
| 36 | 36 | | wood, excelsior wood, cordwood, fence posts, or 8 |
|---|
| 37 | 37 | | similar products; 9 |
|---|
| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(C) the collecting, skidding, yarding, load-10 |
|---|
| 39 | 39 | | ing, transporting, or unloading of such products 11 |
|---|
| 40 | 40 | | in connection with the activities described in 12 |
|---|
| 41 | 41 | | this paragraph; 13 |
|---|
| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘(D) the constructing, repairing, or main-14 |
|---|
| 43 | 43 | | taining of— 15 |
|---|
| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(i) roads or camps used in connec-16 |
|---|
| 45 | 45 | | tion with the activities described in this 17 |
|---|
| 46 | 46 | | paragraph; or 18 |
|---|
| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘(ii) machinery or equipment used in 19 |
|---|
| 48 | 48 | | the activities described in this paragraph; 20 |
|---|
| 49 | 49 | | or 21 |
|---|
| 50 | 50 | | ‘‘(E) any other work performed in connec-22 |
|---|
| 51 | 51 | | tion with the activities described in this para-23 |
|---|
| 52 | 52 | | graph; and 24 |
|---|
| 53 | 53 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:52 Mar 07, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S509.IS S509 |
|---|
| 54 | 54 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 3 |
|---|
| 55 | 55 | | •S 509 IS |
|---|
| 56 | 56 | | ‘‘(2) does not include the manual use of 1 |
|---|
| 57 | 57 | | chainsaws to fell or process timber or the use of 2 |
|---|
| 58 | 58 | | cable skidders to bring the timber to the landing. 3 |
|---|
| 59 | 59 | | ‘‘(aa) ‘Mechanized operation’— 4 |
|---|
| 60 | 60 | | ‘‘(1) means the felling, skidding, yarding, load-5 |
|---|
| 61 | 61 | | ing, or processing of timber by equipment other than 6 |
|---|
| 62 | 62 | | manually operated chainsaws or cable skidders; and 7 |
|---|
| 63 | 63 | | ‘‘(2) includes the use of whole tree processors, 8 |
|---|
| 64 | 64 | | cut-to-length processors, stroke boom delimbers, 9 |
|---|
| 65 | 65 | | wheeled and track feller-bunchers, pull-through 10 |
|---|
| 66 | 66 | | delimbers, wheeled and track forwarders, chippers, 11 |
|---|
| 67 | 67 | | grinders, mechanical debarkers, wheeled and track 12 |
|---|
| 68 | 68 | | grapple skidders, yarders, bulldozers, excavators, 13 |
|---|
| 69 | 69 | | and log loaders.’’; and 14 |
|---|
| 70 | 70 | | (2) in section 13(c) (29 U.S.C. 213(c)), by add-15 |
|---|
| 71 | 71 | | ing at the end the following: 16 |
|---|
| 72 | 72 | | ‘‘(8) The provisions of section 12 relating to child 17 |
|---|
| 73 | 73 | | labor shall apply to an employee who is 16 or 17 years 18 |
|---|
| 74 | 74 | | old employed in a logging operation in an occupation that 19 |
|---|
| 75 | 75 | | the Secretary of Labor finds and declares to be particu-20 |
|---|
| 76 | 76 | | larly hazardous for the employment of children ages 16 21 |
|---|
| 77 | 77 | | or 17, except where such employee is employed by his par-22 |
|---|
| 78 | 78 | | ent or by a person standing in the place of his parent in 23 |
|---|
| 79 | 79 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:52 Mar 07, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S509.IS S509 |
|---|
| 80 | 80 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 4 |
|---|
| 81 | 81 | | •S 509 IS |
|---|
| 82 | 82 | | a logging operation owned or operated by such parent or 1 |
|---|
| 83 | 83 | | person.’’. 2 |
|---|
| 84 | 84 | | Æ |
|---|
| 85 | 85 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:52 Mar 07, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S509.IS S509 |
|---|
| 86 | 86 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB |
|---|