United States Code

29 U.S.C. § 215

Prohibited acts; prima facie evidence

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Bills that would change it 118

  • HR 5267 American Franchise Act Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 9458 Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act Amends 215(a) · introduced · 119th Congress
  • S 4919 Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act Amends 215(a) · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 9347 CHILD Labor Act Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • S 4817 CHILD Labor Act Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 9216 Double the Wage for Overtime Act of 2026 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 8980 Holiday Pay Act Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 9008 Worker Rights and Support Act Amends 215(a) · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 8663 Fair Pay Act of 2026 Amends 215(a) · introduced · 119th Congress
  • S 3525 American Franchise Act Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 2299 Ensuring Workers Get PAID Act of 2025 Amends 215(a)(3) · introduced · 119th Congress
  • S 3867 Holiday Pay Act Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • S 3396 Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act Amends 215(a) · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 6066 CARE Act of 2025 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 5048 Don’t STEAL Act Amends 215(a)(2) · introduced · 119th Congress
  • S 2267 Ensuring Workers Get PAID Act of 2025 Amends 215(a)(3) · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 3997 Protecting Children Act Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 3971 Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act Amends 215(a) · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 17 Paycheck Fairness Act Amends · introduced · 119th Congress
  • S 1115 Paycheck Fairness Act Amends · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 2219 Salary History Question Prohibition Act Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • S 920 Preventing Child Labor Exploitation in Federal Contracting Act Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 2007 Salary Transparency Act Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • S 509 Future Logging Careers Act Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 1193 Future in Logging Careers Act Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 8911 Worker Rights and Support Act Amends 215(a) · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 8732 Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act Amends 215(a) · introduced · 118th Congress
  • S 4038 CARE Act of 2024 Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • S 3947 Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • S 3163 CHILD Labor Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 6079 CHILD Labor Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 5960 Opportunity to Compete Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 5502 FABRIC Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • S 2817 FABRIC Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • S 2769 Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act Amends 215(a) · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 5402 Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act Amends 215(a) · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 5053 Wage Equity Act of 2023 Amends 215(a)(3) · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 4836 Professional Images Protection Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • S 728 Paycheck Fairness Act Amends · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 4440 Protecting Children Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 4046 CARE Act of 2023 Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 2956 Combating Child Labor Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 1598 Fair Pay Act of 2023 Amends 215(a) · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 1600 Pay Equity for All Act of 2023 Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 1599 Salary Transparency Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 17 Paycheck Fairness Act Amends · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 1397 Future in Logging Careers Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • S 671 Future Logging Careers Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • S 637 Child Labor Prevention Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 1332 Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress

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The law today

From the official United States Code, current through Public Law 119-121.

(a) After the expiration of one hundred and twenty days from June 25, 1938, it shall be unlawful for any person— (1) to transport, offer for transportation, ship, deliver, or sell in commerce, or to ship, deliver, or sell with knowledge that shipment or delivery or sale thereof in commerce is intended, any goods in the production of which any employee was employed in violation of section 206 or section 207 of this title, or in violation of any regulation or order of the Secretary issued under section 214 of this title; except that no provision of this chapter shall impose any liability upon any common carrier for the transportation in commerce in the regular course of its business of any goods not produced by such common carrier, and no provision of this chapter shall excuse any common carrier from its obligation to accept any goods for transportation; and except that any such transportation, offer, shipment, delivery, or sale of such goods by a purchaser who acquired them in good faith in reliance on written assurance from the producer that the goods were produced in compliance with the requirements of this chapter, and who acquired such goods for value without notice of any such violation, shall not be deemed unlawful; (2) to violate any of the provisions of section 206 or section 207 of this title, or any of the provisions of any regulation or order of the Secretary issued under section 214 of this title; (3) to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee because such employee has filed any complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this chapter, or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding, or has served or is about to serve on an industry committee; (4) to violate any of the provisions of section 212 of this title; (5) to violate any of the provisions of section 211(c) of this title, or any regulation or order made or continued in effect under the provisions of section 211(d) of this title, or to make any statement, report, or record filed or kept pursuant to the provisions of such section or of any regulation or order thereunder, knowing such statement, report, or record to be false in a material respect; and (6) to violate any of the provisions of section 218d of this title. (b) For the purposes of subsection (a)(1) proof that any employee was employed in any place of employment where goods shipped or sold in commerce were produced, within ninety days prior to the removal of the goods from such place of employment, shall be prima facie evidence that such employee was engaged in the production of such goods.
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