H.R. 2637 · 110th Congress
Child Labor Protection Act of 2007
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WoolseySponsor6 cosponsors · 4 D, 2 R
4 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
- House Introduced Jun 8, 2007
- House Passed Jun 12, 2007
Child Labor Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase civil penalties for violations of: (1) child labor requirements and prohibitions; and (2) minimum wage and maximum hours requirements.
What it does: CRS summary · Passed House without amendment · Jun 12, 2007
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Child Labor Protection Act of 2007 - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase civil penalties for violations of: (1) child labor requirements and prohibitions; and (2) minimum wage and maximum hours requirements.
Increases from $10,000 to $11,000 the maximum employer penalty for each employee who was the subject of a child labor violation.
Establishes a $50,000 civil penalty for each such violation that causes the death or serious injury of any employee under age 18. Allows the doubling of such a penalty where the violation is a repeated or willful violation.
Defines "serious injury" as permanent: (1) loss or substantial impairment of one of the senses (sight, hearing, taste, smell, tactile sensation); (2) loss or substantial impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty, including the loss of all or part of an arm, leg, foot, hand or other body part; or (3) permanent paralysis or substantial impairment that causes loss of movement or mobility of an arm, leg, foot, hand or other body part.
Increases from $1,000 to $1,100 the civil penalty for any repeated or willful violation of specified minimum wage or maximum hours requirements of such Act.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Child Labor Protection Act of 2007
Latest action (Jun 13, 2007): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Policy area: Labor and Employment · Origin: House · Introduced: Jun 8, 2007
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- House Introduced Jun 8, 2007
- House Passed Jun 12, 2007
No recorded floor vote found.