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House passes McIntyre legislation to preserve youth involvement on farms
Story Date: 8/1/2012
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Source: PRESS RELEASE, 7/30/12
Editor's Note: The bill passed the U.S. House of Representative by unanimous voice vote.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation cosponsored by U.S. Congressman Mike McIntyre to prevent the U.S. Department of Labor from implementing rules to raise the working age on farms. The Preserving America's Family Farms Act passed with strong bipartisan support and establishes the important role that youth labor plays in the American agricultural system by instilling values of hard work and respect for the land among young Americans in North Carolina and throughout the country.
“Young North Carolinians have for centuries worked on the farm to help our state provide the nation with food and fiber,” said McIntyre. “There is no reasonable justification to limit young Americans ability to roll up their sleeves and pitch in to grow crops in the field or tend to livestock. I am pleased that the House has passed this important legislation to prevent misguided regulations on farm labor from being implemented.”
In April, the United States Department of Labor announced that it had reversed its decision to implement new rules to raise the allowable age for farm employment in response to calls from McIntyre and others in Congress to halt the new regulation. McIntyre wrote to U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis in December to express his opposition to the rule and to ask for a reconsideration of the decision.
Preventing burdensome regulations on the farm is one of Congressman McIntyre’s priorities in Congress and is a pillar of his Vision for Farm and Rural Policy. He is a senior member of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee.
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