As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on March 6, 2024
By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars
2024
2024-2029
2024-2034
Direct Spending (Outlays)
0
17
42
Revenues
0
*
*
Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit
0
17
42
Spending Subject to Appropriation (Outlays)
0
5
not estimated
Increases net direct spending in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2035?
< $2.5 billion
Statutory pay-as-you-go procedures apply?
Yes
Mandate Effects
Increases on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2035?
< $5 billion
Contains intergovernmental mandate?
No
Contains private-sector mandate?
No
* = between zero and $500,000.
The bill would
Provide the Department of Labor (DOL) with the authority to spend certain civil monetary penalties without further appropriation
Prohibit federal agencies from contracting with entities that have violated the child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and failed to take corrective action
Require DOL and the Government Accountability Office to report on child labor violations
Estimated budgetary effects would mainly stem from
Allowing DOL to spend penalties collected for violations of the FSLA’s child labor provisions
Providing information and training to federal contracting officers
Requiring additional reports on child labor violations from federal agencies
Summary
S. 3139 would prohibit federal agencies from contracting with entities that have violated the child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and have failed to take corrective action. The bill also would allow the Department of Labor (DOL) to spend, without further appropriation, civil monetary penalties collected for such violations. Finally, the bill would require DOL and the Government Accountability Office to report on federal contractors’ violations of child labor laws.
