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Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit employment of children in tobacco-related agriculture as oppressive child labor.
Summary
- Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act to prohibit employment of children under age 18 who have direct contact with tobacco plants or dried tobacco leaves.
- Classifies employment of children in direct contact with tobacco as oppressive child labor under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
- Extends child labor protections in agriculture to include tobacco-related work, aligning with existing protections in manufacturing and mining sectors.
AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.
Sponsor (1)
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![Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]](https://media.civicgate.org/people/d/politicians/D000563.thumb.jpg)
Sen. Durbin, Richard J. (D-IL)
4 cosponsors
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![Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]](https://media.civicgate.org/people/d/politicians/B001277.thumb.jpg)
Sen. Blumenthal, Richard (D-CT) -
![Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]](https://media.civicgate.org/people/d/politicians/M000133.thumb.jpg)
Sen. Markey, Edward J. (D-MA) -
![Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]](https://media.civicgate.org/people/d/politicians/R000122.thumb.jpg)
Sen. Reed, Jack (D-RI) -
![Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]](https://media.civicgate.org/people/d/politicians/S000033.thumb.jpg)
Sen. Sanders, Bernard (I-VT)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Richard J. Durbin’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- SIMMONS HANLY CONROY LLC $19,133
- THE GORI LAW FIRM $18,300
- CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES PC $17,750
- POWER ROGERS & SMITH LLP $17,300
- MAUNE RAICHLE HARTLEY FRENCH & MUDD $14,638
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Richard J. Durbin → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- May 13, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S2897) · senate
- May 13, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 13, 2025
Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. Reed) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit employment of children in tobacco-related agriculture as oppressive child labor.
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 (as described in paragraph (3) of the first sentence of this subsection) tobacco-related agriculture,”. <all>
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