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.
Became law on Aug 6, 1996.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 2, 1995
- Committee actionJul 20, 1995
- Passed HouseOct 24, 1995 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJul 16, 1996 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesJul 25, 1996
- To the PresidentJul 26, 1996
- Became lawAug 6, 1996
Latest action: Aug 6, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-174.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1114.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 104-278 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on October 17, 1995.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 17, 1995 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/278
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1114, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hr/1114
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 29, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
45d3f697b1c552382cec27274dad351e8e8de4f710de715ab8e284705f265de7
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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.
- H.R. 436 (104th) Edible Oil Regulatory Reform Act
- H.Res. 551 (104th) Relating to early organization of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Fifth Congress.
- H.Res. 552 (104th) Providing for the printing of the revised edition of the Rules and Manual of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Fifth…
- H.R. 4102 (104th) Farm Transportation Regulatory Relief Act
- H.R. 3002 (104th) To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to exempt certain small lenders from the audit requirements of the guaranteed student loan…
- H.R. 2557 (104th) Agricultural Contract Sanctity Act of 1995
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.