# 119-s-509: Future Logging Careers Act

119-s-509, Future Logging Careers Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] (R-ID); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-509
- Congress: 119
- Title: Future Logging Careers Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-11
- Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] (R-ID)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Lets certain 16- and 17-year-olds work in defined mechanized logging operations while keeping hazard-based safety limits.** The bill would add precise definitions for “logging operation” and “mechanized operation” and keep restrictions for jobs the Secretary of Labor declares particularly hazardous, while carving out parental employment in those hazardous cases. - Families and young workers: Would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to take mechanized logging jobs that do not involve manually operated chainsaws or cable skidders, opening new teen work opportunities in forestry. - Employers in logging: Would permit hiring teens for tasks done by specified mechanized equipment, like processors, feller-bunchers, forwarders, and loaders, subject to the law's hazard rules. - Regulators and parents: The Secretary of Labor could still identify particularly hazardous logging occupations for 16- and 17-year-olds, but that prohibition would not apply when the youth is employed by a parent who owns or operates the logging business.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] (I-ME), 2025-02-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] (R-ME), 2025-02-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] (R-ID), 2025-02-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (R-TX), 2025-02-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT] (R-MT), 2025-02-11T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New work rules for teen loggers: mixed, medium. If enacted, this bill would change rules for 16- and 17-year-olds working in logging operations. It would add legal definitions for "logging operation" and "mechanized operation." The Secretary of Labor could declare certain logging jobs particularly hazardous for these teens. If declared hazardous…

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- 119-s-1404: Combating Organized Retail Crime Act
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- 119-s-1547: America the Beautiful Act
- 119-sres-913: A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former United States Senator for the State of Kansas.

## Sources
- [119-s-509 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/509)

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- [119-s-1404: Combating Organized Retail Crime Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1404)
- [119-s-1032: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1032)
- [119-s-1547: America the Beautiful Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1547)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-509 (as of 2025-12-21).