H.R. 2886: CARE Act of 2017
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H.R. 2886: CARE Act of 2017
115th Congress · introduced 2017-06-12 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2017-06-12 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
CARE Act of 2017
Plain summary
Children's Act for Responsible Employment of 2017 or the CARE Act of 2017 This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to redefine "oppressive child labor," for purposes of the Act's child labor prohibitions, as the employment of any employee who is: 16 or 17 years of age in any occupation found by the Department of Labor to be particularly hazardous or detrimental to such employee's health or well-being; 14 or 15 years of age, unless the employment is confined to periods which do not interfere with the employee's schooling, health, and well-being; or under age 14. The bill revises exemptions for child agricultural employment. The bill increases civil penalties for child labor violations and imposes new criminal penalties for repeated or willful violations of child labor prohibitions that result in serious illness or injury of an employee under age 18. Labor shall revise regulations to prohibit the employment of children under age 18 in duties involving the handling of pesticides.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40] · 41 cosponsors
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Mark Takano (D-CA), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), André Carson (D-IN), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Judy Chu (D-CA)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr2886.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>
Record fed-us-cong115-hr2886 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115