United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 3486 (107th)
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify that Christmas tree farming is agriculture under that Act.
Introduced
13 December 2001
Last action
5 April 2002 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Sponsors
Rep. Ballenger, Cass [R-NC-10], Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6], Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC], Rep. Green, Mark [R-WI-8], Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9], Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC], Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3], Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5], GREG WALDEN, Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5], Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4]
Subjects
Agriculture
Source updated
23 March 2026
Summary
Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to include Christmas tree farming as agriculture under such Act.
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Timeline
13 December 2001
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
13 December 2001
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Source: IntroReferral
13 December 2001
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
5 April 2002
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 13 December 2001 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 13 December 2001
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 13 December 2001
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 13 December 2001
Sponsors
- Rep. Ballenger, Cass [R-NC-10] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Green, Mark [R-WI-8] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5] · I · Cosponsor
- GREG WALDEN · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Hooley, Darlene [D-OR-5] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] · R · Cosponsor
- · hsed00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3486
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3486
- us · 107-hr-3486 · source updated 23 March 2026