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H.R.1215

H.R.1215: Future Logging Careers Act

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Introduced March 3, 2015
Latest Major Action April 29, 2015

Bill Sponsor

Raúl Labrador (R-Idaho)

Bill Cosponsors

21 (1 Democrat, 20 Republicans)

Jeffrey Duncan (R-S.C.)
Tom McClintock (R-Calif.)
Reid Ribble (R-Wis.)
Mike Simpson (R-Idaho)
Dan Benishek (R-Mich.)
Steve Pearce (R-N.M.)
Brian Babin (R-Texas)
Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.)
Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.)
Sean Duffy (R-Wis.)
Ralph Abraham (R-La.)
Louie Gohmert (R-Texas)
Frank Guinta (R-N.H.)
Austin Scott (R-Ga.)
Mark Amodei (R-Nev.)
Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.)
Bradley Byrne (R-Ala.)
Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.)
J. Randy Forbes (R-Va.)
Rick Nolan (D-Minn.)
John Moolenaar (R-Mich.)

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Introduced in House - March 3, 2015

Bill Summary

Future Logging Careers Act Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to make the restrictions on oppressive child labor inapplicable to employment of an employee age 16 or 17 by a parent, or a person standing in place of a parent, in a logging or mechanized operation owned or operated by that parent or person.

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Date	Description
April 29, 2015	Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
March 3, 2015	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
March 3, 2015	Introduced in the House by Raúl Labrador (R-Idaho)

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