# 119-s-4817: CHILD Labor Act 119-s-4817, CHILD Labor Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] (D-WA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-03). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4817 - As of: 2026-10-03 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-s-4817 - Congress: 119 - Title: CHILD Labor Act - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2026-06-17 - Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] (D-WA) - Cosponsors: 11 - Policy area: Labor and Employment - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-10-03 ## Summary **Redefines "oppressive child labor."** The bill broadens which jobs and worksites count as dangerous for minors and tightens rules that protect teens from hazardous or schooling‑conflicting work. - Protects children and families by banning employment of minors in listed hazardous industries like manufacturing, mining, meat processing, demolition, trenching, and explosives and by tightening limits for 14‑ and 15‑year‑olds; the Labor Secretary must issue rules within 180 days and update them at least every 5 years. - Holds businesses and federal contractors accountable by extending liability across all supplier tiers, allowing prime contractors a good‑faith written‑assurance defense, and imposing procurement penalties including $20 per day in liquidated damages per child and a 3‑year bar from federal awards for breachers. - Strengthens enforcement and victim relief with longer Hot Goods authority, physical tags on unlawfully made goods, stop‑work orders that can require pay for displaced workers, expanded legal damages, and much higher civil penalties of $160,350 per worker and $728,760 for death or serious injury, with possible doubling under listed criteria. ## Cosponsors (11) - Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD] (D-MD), 2026-09-29T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL), 2026-06-17T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] (D-PA), 2026-06-17T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA), 2026-06-17T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] (D-CT), 2026-06-17T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA), 2026-06-17T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] (D-RI), 2026-06-17T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (I-VT), 2026-06-17T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN), 2026-06-17T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (D-MA), 2026-06-17T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR), 2026-06-17T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - Training, victim help, and reports: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require the Labor Department to fund or run education and training programs to spot and prevent child-labor violations and to train professionals who serve children. It would also require the Secretary, working with HHS and state agencies, to collect data on injuries, ill… - New federal contracting safeguards: cost, medium. If enacted, federal contracts and some federal aid would require contractors to promise they and all subcontractors do not use oppressive child labor. Contractors would need to train suppliers and set up labor-management committees. Breaches could trigger $20 per day in liquidated damages per child… - Stop-work and anti-retaliation rules: mixed, high. If enacted, the Labor Secretary would be able to issue stop-work orders to persons found violating child-labor rules. Orders can cover one or more worksites and stay in place until the Secretary is satisfied. Employers must pay workers who cannot work because of the order at their regular rate, and… - Broader child labor protections: mixed, high. If enacted, the bill would widen what counts as "oppressive child labor." It would bar people under 18 from working in listed dangerous industries like mining, meat processing, demolition, and explosives. The Labor Secretary would have 180 days to write rules naming other dangerous jobs and must re… - Large fines and victim damages: mixed, high. If enacted, the bill would create very large civil penalties and damages for child-labor violations. Civil fines could be $160,350 for each affected employee and $728,760 for each violation that causes a death or serious injury, and those amounts may be doubled in serious or repeated cases. It woul… - Supply-chain bans and product tags: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would bar offering into commerce any good or service tied to a contract where a contractor at any tier used oppressive child labor. It would extend the "hot goods" enforcement window from 30 days to 180 days and require purchasers claiming they had no notice to show they took m… ## Related bills - 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026 - 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026 - 119-s-2823: FAMILY Act - 119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act - 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act - 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026 ## Sources - [119-s-4817 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4817) ## Related - [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066) - [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990) - [119-s-2823: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2823) - [119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3869) - [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51) - [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4817 (as of 2026-10-03).