House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Future in Logging Careers Act
Official title: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt certain 16- and 17-year-old individuals employed in timber harvesting entities or mechanized timber harvesting entities from child labor laws, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 11, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1193.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOLDEN of Maine, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 28, February 11, 2025, Page H645):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1193, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1193
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
397f40eff6dae86d6198d96067d9c0ed83e55417b0c6c0771626e79862f54eef
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of June 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
7 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 4 Democrats
3 of 7 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Becca Balint (D-VT), Russ Fulcher (R-ID), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Marie Perez (D-WA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), John Rutherford (R-FL), Glenn Thompson (R-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jared Golden.
- H.R. 2550 (119th) Protect America's Workforce Act
- H.Res. 432 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2550) to nullify the Executive order relating to Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management…
- H.R. 3762 (119th) Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act
- H.R. 3509 (119th) Supporting Our Surviving Spouses Act
- H.R. 7735 (119th) Improving Mental Health Support for Servicemembers and Veterans Act
- H.R. 4665 (119th) Loggers Economic Assistance and Relief Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.