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On the recordJune 14, 2021
I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. S. 2044 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as ``Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act''. SEC. 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 the 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,''. ______ By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Hassan, Mrs. Shaheen, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. King): S. 2047. A bill to ban the use of intentionally added perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances in cosmetics; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Jun 14, 2021

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