Future in Logging Careers Act

This bill proposes amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, specifically addressing child labor regulations within the timber industry. It introduces new definitions for "Timber harvesting employer" and "Mechanized timber harvesting employer," which detail various logging activities such as felling, skidding, processing, and transporting timber, as well as related road or equipment maintenance. The legislation adds a new provision to the FLSA's section 13(c), which typically outlines exemptions from child labor laws. This provision states that child labor laws will apply to 16- and 17-year-olds working in occupations deemed particularly hazardous within timber harvesting. However, it creates an exception: these child labor provisions will not apply if the 16- or 17-year-old is employed by a timber harvesting entity owned or operated by their parent or a person standing in place of a parent.