I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2878 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 12, 2017 Mr. Cicilline (for himself, Mr. Beyer , Mr. Blumenauer , Mr. Capuano , Mr. Cartwright , Ms. Clark of Massachusetts , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Gutiérrez , Mr. Hastings , Mr. McGovern , Ms. Norton , Mr. Pocan , Ms. Roybal-Allard , Mr. Schiff , and Mr. Takano ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit employment of children in tobacco-related agriculture by deeming such employment as oppressive child labor.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Children Don’t Belong on Tobacco Farms Act . 2. Tobacco-related agriculture employment of children Section 3(l) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 203(l) ) is amended— (1) in this first sentence— (A) by striking in any occupation, or (2) and inserting in any occupation, (2) ; and (B) by inserting before the semicolon the following: , or (3) any employee under the age of eighteen years has direct contact with tobacco plants or dried tobacco leaves ; and (2) in the second sentence, by striking other than manufacturing and mining and inserting , other than manufacturing, mining, and tobacco-related agriculture as described in paragraph (3) of the first sentence of this subsection, .