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This bill strengthens protections for children in the workplace by enhancing enforcement, expanding research, and improving standards related to child labor. The legislation increases civil and criminal penalties for employers who violate child labor laws, with particularly severe consequences for violations involving children under 18. It establishes a National Advisory Committee on Child Labor to provide expert guidance, creates a dedicated Child Labor and Safety and Health Fund to finance research and enforcement efforts, and requires more comprehensive data collection and reporting on child labor and workplace injuries involving young workers. The bill mandates periodic reviews of hazardous occupation orders to ensure children are protected from dangerous working conditions, and introduces new requirements for public education, training programs, and annual reporting on child labor issues. Key provisions include significantly higher monetary penalties for child labor violations, more stringent criminal punishments for employers who knowingly endanger young workers, expanded research capabilities to understand and prevent child labor, and increased transparency through mandatory annual reports detailing enforcement activities and workforce statistics related to children and employment.

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