The Bush administration's budget proposal for fiscal year 2006 includes recommendations
for Congress to raise the penalties for child-labor violations.
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Download NowThe administration wants civil penalties for child labor law violations that
result in the death or serious injury of a youth to increase from $11,000 to $50,000.
The budget also proposes that civil penalties for repeat and willful violations
rise to $100,000.