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H.R. 3283: Securing America's Next Generation of Safe Loggers and Truckers Act

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H.R. 3283: Securing America's Next Generation of Safe Loggers and Truckers Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-07-29 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-07-29 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Poliquin, Bruce [R-ME-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Securing America's Next Generation of Safe Loggers and Truckers Act

Plain summary

Securing America's Next Generation of Safe Loggers and Truckers Act This bill 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 exclusively by a parent, or a person standing in place of a parent, in a logging operation owned or operated by that parent or person. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall establish a test program to allow states to enter into interstate compacts with contiguous states, approved by the governor of each state, to standardize the requirements for operators of commercial motor vehicles in interstate commerce. A commercial driver's license issued by one state participating in a compact shall be recognized as valid in every state participating in the compact.

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Official text

Securing America's Next Generation of Safe Loggers and Truckers Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Poliquin, Bruce [R-ME-2] · 5 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Tim Walberg (R-MI), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Glenn Thompson (R-PA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr3283 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114