Future in Logging Careers Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 1193 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1193 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt certain 16- and 17-year-old individuals employed in timber harvesting entities or mechanized timber harvesting entities from child labor laws, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 11, 2025 Mr. Golden of Maine (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Ms. Pingree, and Mr. Fulcher) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt certain 16- and 17-year-old individuals employed in timber harvesting entities or mechanized timber harvesting entities from child labor laws, and for other purposes. 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 in Logging Careers Act''. SEC. 2. CHILD LABOR LAW EXEMPTIONS FOR TIMBER HARVESTING ENTITIES AND MECHANIZED TIMBER HARVESTING ENTITIES. 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)(1) `Timber harvesting employer' means an employer engaged in-- ``(A) the felling, skidding, yarding, loading and processing of timber by equipment other than manually operated chainsaws and cable skidders; ``(B) the felling of timber in mechanized operations; ``(C) the bucking or converting of timber into logs, poles, ties, bolts, pulpwood, chemical wood, excelsior wood, cordwood, fence posts, or similar products; ``(D) the collecting, skidding, yarding, loading, transporting and unloading of such products in connection with logging; ``(