U.S. Campaigns

Child Labor campaigns

Legislation

  • Children's Act for Responsible Employment (CARE Act of 2007)

Children’s Act for Responsible Employment (CARE Act of 2007). On June 12, 2007, Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) introduced the CARE Act (H.R. 2674).  The CARE Act addresses the inequities and harsh conditions faced by the estimated 500,000 children currently employed in agriculture in the U.S.  The bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) by bringing the age and work hours standards for children working in agriculture up to the standards set under FLSA for all other forms of child labor.

  • S. 1157

A Senate bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 will eliminate the consumptive demand exception relating to the importation of goods made with forced labor. On April 19, 2007, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Co-Chairman of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, introduced legislation (S. 1157) to stop the importation into the U.S. of products produced with slave adult and child labor. The Tariff Act of 1930 currently prohibits the importation of any product or good produced with forced or indentured labor.  Harkin’s bill closes the loophole that currently permits a product made with forced or indentured labor into the US if the product is not made in the United States and there is a demand for it.

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