Future Logging Careers Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 509 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 509 To exempt certain 16- and 17-year-old individuals employed in logging operations from child labor laws. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 11, 2025 Mr. Risch (for himself, Mr. King, Ms. Collins, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Sheehy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To exempt certain 16- and 17-year-old individuals employed in logging operations from child labor laws. 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 ``Future Logging Careers Act''. SEC. 2. CHILD LABOR LAW EXEMPTIONS FOR LOGGING OPERATIONS. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended-- (1) in section 3 (29 U.S.C. 203), by adding at the end the following: ``(z) `Logging …