# 119-hr-1193: Future in Logging Careers Act

119-hr-1193, Future in Logging Careers Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2] (D-ME); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1193
- Congress: 119
- Title: Future in Logging Careers Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-11
- Sponsor: Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2] (D-ME)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-06-11

## Summary

This bill would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to change how child labor rules apply in logging. **It would allow most 16- and 17-year-olds to work in timber harvesting jobs.** - Young workers and families: 16- and 17-year-olds would be permitted to perform most timber harvesting tasks, but the Secretary of Labor could still restrict occupations the Secretary declares "particularly hazardous." - Employers: The bill creates clear definitions for "timber harvesting employer" and "mechanized timber harvesting employer" and lists mechanized equipment like whole-tree processors, feller-bunchers, excavators, and log loaders that fall under the rules. - Regulators: The Secretary of Labor retains authority to identify and apply child-labor protections to specific hazardous timber occupations for 16- and 17-year-olds. - Family-run operations: Work for a timber employer owned or run by a teen's parent would be treated differently and would not receive the same protective application described above.

## Cosponsors (7)

- Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] (R-PA), 2025-02-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2025-02-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fulcher, Russ [R-ID-1] (R-ID), 2025-02-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3] (D-WA), 2025-03-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large] (D-VT), 2025-06-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-5] (R-FL), 2026-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Goodlander, Maggie [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2026-06-09T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More teen logging jobs, with limits: mixed, low. If enacted, this would let 16- and 17-year-olds work for logging employers unless the job is labeled hazardous by the Labor Secretary. Hazardous logging jobs would still be off-limits, except when the employer is owned or run by the teen’s parent or a person acting as a parent. The bill would defin…

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- 119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act
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## Sources
- [119-hr-1193 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1193)

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- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2102)
- [119-hr-6766: Essential Caregivers Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6766)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-2048: Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2048)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1193 (as of 2026-06-11).