Yet today. we still permit the same conditions in our agricultural fields. The Department of Agriculture estimated in 1970 that some 800.000 children under 16 worked in the fields. including 375.000 between the ages of 10 and 13. At the same time. we have testimony from the migratory labor hearings to show that these children of migrants and seasonal farmworkers generally receive the least medical care as well as the fewest educational opportunities. For these reasons. the committee bill establishes a fine of $1.000 for violations of the child labor provisions. The new provisions prohibit the employment in agriculture of all children under 12. except on farms owned or operated by their parents.
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