Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard's introduced of the Children's Act for Responsible Employment (CARE Act, HR 3564) bill in September 2009.
In September 2009 a panel discussion was hosted by Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and including Dolores Huerta of the United Farm Workers, filmmaker Robin Romano, Mark Lara from the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division, and other experts.