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On the recordJune 12, 2017
I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 1341 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,''. ____________________
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Jun 12, 2017

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