Protecting Children Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3997 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3997 To protect children from oppressive child labor and unsafe workplaces, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 12, 2025 Mr. Scott of Virginia (for himself, Ms. Omar, Ms. Bonamici, and Mr. McGarvey) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To protect children from oppressive child labor and unsafe workplaces, and for other purposes. 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 the ``Protecting Children Act''. SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. Sec. 3. Effective date. TITLE I--IMPROVING ENFORCEMENT Sec. 101. Adjusting civil monetary penalties. Sec. 102. Enhancing criminal penalties. Sec. 103. Ex…