1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Children Act . 2. Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. Sec. 3. Effective date. Title I—Improving Enforcement Sec. 101. Adjusting civil monetary penalties. Sec. 102. Enhancing criminal penalties. Sec. 103. Expanding use of hot goods injunctions. Sec. 104. Enabling private enforcement. Title II—Strengthening Capacity to Protect Children Sec. 201. Increasing expertise for protecting children from unsafe employment and oppressive child labor. Sec. 202. Supporting implementation and interagency collaboration. Title III—Updating Standards to Protect Children Sec. 301. Improving process for updating standards on conditions of oppressive child labor. Sec. 302. Judicial review of rulemaking. Title IV—Increasing Research and Public Education Sec. 401. Coordinating research on child labor. Sec. 402. Developing a comprehensive statistical program. Sec. 403. Enabling training and public engagement. 3. Effective date This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall take effect on the date that is 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. I Improving Enforcement 101. Adjusting civil monetary penalties (a) Oppressive child labor Section 16(e) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 216(e) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)(A)— (A) by striking not to exceed— and inserting as follows: ; (B) by moving the margins for clauses (i) and (ii) 4 ems to the left; (C) in clause (i)— (i) by striking $11,000 and inserting Not more than $150,000 but not less than $1,500 ; and (ii) by striking violation; or and inserting violation, which penalty may be doubled where the violation is a repeated or willful violation. ; and (D) in clause (ii), by striking $50,000 and inserting Not more than $700,000 but not less than $7,000