Reorganization Plan No. 5 of 1952 and No. 3 of 1967, and is a partial return to the unsatisfactory administrative situation which existed prior to 1952, the Commissioner strongly objects to the enactment of the bill. If, however, the provisions of the bill which render it objectionable should be deleted, and the authority given to the Commission by H.R. 8589 be transferred to the Commissioner and to the District of Columbia Council, as appropriate and consistent with the Reorganization Plans, the Commissioner would have no objection to the enactment of the bill.

Sincerely yours,

GRAHAM W. WATT,

Assistant to the Commissioner. For: WALTER E. WASHINGTON, Commissioner.

92D CONGRESS 1ST SESSION

S. 1996

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 3, 1971

Mr. TUNNEY (by request) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia

A BILL

To amend the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the employment of minors within the District of Columbia".

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the employment 4 of minors within the District of Columbia", approved 5 May 29, 1928, is amended as follows:

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(1) Section 1 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 36-201) is 7 amended (A) by striking out "That no child” and inserting 8 in lieu thereof "Except as provided in section 6, no minor”, 9 (B) by striking out "boys" and inserting in lieu thereof 10 "minors", and (C) by striking out “17 to 24" and inserting 11 in lien thereof "15 to 21".

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(2) Section 2 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 36–202)

2 is amended (A) by striking out in the first sentence (i)

3 "17" and inserting in lieu thereof "14", and (ii) “nor shall

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any girl under eighteen years of age or boy under sixteen

years of age be so employed, permitted, or suffered to work 6 before the hour of seven o'clock in the morning or after the

7 hour of seven o'clock in the evening of any day, nor shall

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any boy between sixteen and eighteen years of age be so 9 employed before the hour of six o'clock in the morning or 10 after the hour of ten o'clock in the evening of any day" and 11 inserting in lieu thereof "nor shall any minor sixteen or

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seventeen years of age be employed, permitted, or suffered

to work before the hour of six o'clock in the morning or 14 after the hour of ten o'clock in the evening of any day, nor 15 shall any minor fourteen or fifteen years of age be employed, 16 permitted, or suffered to work before the hour of seven 17 o'clock in the morning or after the hour of seven o'clock in 18 the evening of any day, except during the summer (June 1 19 through Labor Day) when the evening hour shall be nine 20 o'clock", and (B) by striking out in the second sentence 21", and the hours when the time allowed for meals begins 22 and ends for said minors".

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(3) The proviso of section 3 of such Act (D.C. Code. sec. 36-203) is amended (A) by striking out "to 7" and 25 inserting in lieu thereof "through 6", and (B) by inserting

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1 immediately before the period at the end thereof a colon and 2 the following: "Provided further, That no investigation or 3 hearing shall be necessary when the order prohibits employ4 ment in any occupation found by the Secretary of Labor 5 under the authority of the Fair Labor Standards Act to be 6 particularly hazardous for minors under eighteen years of age or detrimental to their health and well-being".

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(4) Section 5 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 36-205) 9 is amended by striking out clause (1) and all that follows, 10 and inserting in lieu thereof "at operating any freight or 11 nonautomatic elevator, or in any tunnel or excavation."

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(5) Section 6 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 36-206) 13 is repealed.

14 (6) Section 7 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 36–207) 15 is renumbered section 6 and amended to read as follows:

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"SEC. 6. The Board of Education is authorized to issue

a theatrical permit to any minor under eighteen years of age 18 authorizing and permitting said minor to appear on the stage 19 of a licensed legitimate or vaudeville theater within the Dis20 trict of Columbia in any professional theatrical production or

act, or in a musical or dance recital or concert, or to partici

pate in a professional sports activity, circus, radio or televi

sion program, or to appear as a fashion model: Provided, That such minor shall not appear in more than two perform

ances in any one day, nor more than eight performances in

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any one week, and shall not appear in any performance after 2 the hour of eleven-thirty in the evening. Application for a the3 atrical permit shall be made by the parent or guardian or 4 agent of such minor to the Board of Education. The Board 5 may issue such a permit if satisfied that the parent or guard6 ian of the minor has made adequate provision for his educa7 tional instruction, for safeguarding his health, and for his proper supervision."

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(7) Section 8 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 36-208)

is renumbered section 7 and amended (A) by striking out

"his employer procures and keeps on file and accessible to

any attendance officer, inspector, or other person authorized 13 to enforce this Act a work or vacation permit" and insert14 ing in lieu thereof "he shall have obtained a certificate of 15 eligibility", (B) by striking out "children" and inserting 16 in lieu thereof "minors", and (C) by striking out "permit" 17 and inserting in lieu thereof "certificate of eligibility".

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(8) Section 9 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 36-209) is renumbered section 8 and amended (A) by striking out 20 in the first sentence (i) "The work or vacation permit

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required by this Act shall be issued only by the director of 22 the department of school attendance and work permits 23 created under the board of education according to the pro24 visions of the Act of Congress, approved February 4, 1925, 25 entitled 'An Act to provide for compulsory school attend