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H.R. 3394: “Children’s Act for Responsible Employment and Farm Safety of 2019

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H.R. 3394: “Children’s Act for Responsible Employment and Farm Safety of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-06-20 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-06-20 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

“Children’s Act for Responsible Employment and Farm Safety of 2019

Plain summary

Children's Act for Responsible Employment and Farm Safety of 2019 or the CARE Act of 2019 This bill revises labor provisions for protecting child workers, including those employed in agriculture, and increases the civil penalties for violations of such provisions and imposes new criminal penalties for violations resulting in the death or serious injury or illness of a child worker. Specifically, the bill revises the definition of oppressive child labor to prohibit the employment of children under 14 years of age and imposes new employer reporting requirements for work-related injuries or deaths of agricultural employees under the age of 18. The Department of Labor must analyze, collect, and report on data concerning children under the age of 18 who are employed in agriculture and each work-related injury, illness, or death of any such child. Labor must also revise regulations to prohibit the employment of a child under the age of 18 as a pesticide handler.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

“Children’s Act for Responsible Employment and Farm Safety of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40] · 41 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Judy Chu (D-CA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD)

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Words on this page, explained (2)
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr3394 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116