for children employed in agriculture. Such Act does not limit the number of hours per day or week that children can work in agriculture, nor does it place limits on when that work occurs outside of school hours (i.e., children may work in agriculture for any number of hours per day or week, and at any time during the day or night). (3) Historically, children have been permitted to work in agriculture at younger ages, for longer hours, and under more hazardous conditions than other working children. Like most other agricultural workers, children remain excluded from basic protections provided to workers in other industries under Federal employment laws. Even where protections exist under Federal law, Federal agencies lack sufficient resources to conduct investigations and hold employers accountable for violations. (4) Allowing children to engage in agricultural work from a young age can result in long-term negative consequences, especially when the child worker is not employed on a family farm where family members take precautions for their children and family members. Working in agriculture as a child can result in an early end to childhood, and long hours worked at unfair and unlawful wages can pose risks to their overall health, education, and lives. (5) Child farmworkers suffer work-related fatalities at more than 4 times the rate of other young workers and, according to a 2018 report by the Government Accountability Office, more than half of all work-related child fatalities are in the agriculture industry, often because exceptions are made that allow farmworker children to operate heavy, dangerous equipment and to be exposed to other hazards. Yet, great efforts have been taken to strictly limit the possibility of children in other industries from engaging in dangerous work activities or jobs. The demands imposed by doing agricultural work, coupled with the low pay and poor working conditions, result in shocking drop-out rates from school for child farmworkers. Aside from these risks, farmworker children are