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House bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-174

To authorize minors who are under the child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and who are under 18 years of age to load materials into balers and compacters that meet appropriate American National Standards Institute design safety standards.

H.R. 1114Introduced Mar 2, 1995Policy area: Labor and Employment

Became law on Aug 6, 1996.

Sponsor: Rep. Thomas Ewing R-IL
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Where it went

Latest action: Aug 6, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-174.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1114.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1114, last updated March 23, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 29, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

142 cosponsors — 118 Republicans, 23 Democrats, 1 independent

27 of 142 cosponsors (19%) are from the other party.

Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Bill Archer (R-TX), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), James Barcia (D-MI), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Peter Blute (R-MA), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Sonny Bono (R-CA), Bill Brewster (D-OK), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Richard Burr (R-NC), Dan Burton (R-IN), H. Callahan (R-AL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Charles Canady (R-FL), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Dick Chrysler (R-MI), Mac Collins (R-GA), Larry Combest (R-TX), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Philip Crane (R-IL) and 112 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Thomas Ewing.

Sponsor’s state and district

Illinois in Congress · IL-15 district

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