Children Don’t Belong on Tobacco Farms Act

Introduced in the House of Representatives on May 13, 2025

Congressional Action

Ms. D E LAURO (for herself, Ms. C HU, Ms. S A NCHEZ , Mr. T AKANO , Mrs.
HAYES , Ms. N ORTON , Mrs. R AMIREZ , Mr. M CGOVERN , Mr. L YNCH , Ms. S
CHOLTEN , Mrs. W ATSON C OLEMAN , Ms. V ELA ZQUEZ , Mr. N ADLER , Mr.
MAGAZINER , Ms. J AYAPAL , Mr. P OCAN , Ms. S CHAKOWSKY , and Mr.
GARCI of Illinois) introduced the bill; which was referred to the

This Act may be cited as ‘‘Children Don’t Belong on Tobacco Farms Act’’

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE

This Act may be cited as ‘‘Children Don’t Belong on Tobacco Farms Act’’

SEC. 2. TOBACCO-RELATED AGRICULTURE EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN

Section 3(l) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(l)) is amended—

(1) in the first sentence—

(A) by striking ‘‘in any occupation, or (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘in any occupation, (2)’’;

(B) by inserting before the semicolon the following: ‘‘, or (3) any employee under the age of eighteen years has direct contact with tobacco plants or dried tobacco leaves’’;

(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘other than manufacturing and mining’’ and inserting ‘‘, other than manufacturing, mining, and tobacco-related agriculture as described in paragraph (3) of the first sentence of this subsection,’’