Keating–Owen Child Labor Act

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United States federal law child labor law

The Keating–Owen Child Labor Act was a 1916 U.S. federal law that sought to curb child labor by prohibiting the interstate commerce of goods produced by factories and mines employing young children.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Keating–Owen Child Labor Act canonical	3
Keating–Owen Child Labor Act of 1916	3

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal law ⓘ child labor law ⓘ
affectedIndustry	manufacturing industry ⓘ mining industry ⓘ textile industry ⓘ
aimedAt	regulation of child labor through control of interstate commerce ⓘ
appliesTo	factories ⓘ mines ⓘ
constitutionalIssue	limits of federal power under the Commerce Clause ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateEnacted	1916-09-01 ⓘ
decisionCitation	Hammer v. Dagenhart ⓘ surface form: Hammer v. Dagenhart, 247 U.S. 251 (1918)
declaredUnconstitutionalBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
enforcementMechanism	denial of access to interstate markets for goods produced with child labor ⓘ
followedBy	Child Labor Tax Law of 1919 ⓘ
hasImpactOn	federalism debates in the United States ⓘ subsequent child labor legislation in the United States ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Progressive Era ⓘ
influencedBy	Progressive Era reform movements ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
keyCourtCase	Hammer v. Dagenhart ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Commerce Clause ⓘ surface form: Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ
legislativeType	regulatory statute ⓘ
locationOfEffect	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
namedAfter	Edward Keating ⓘ Robert Latham Owen ⓘ
policyArea	child welfare ⓘ labor law ⓘ
precededBy	state-level child labor laws ⓘ
prohibits	shipment in interstate commerce of goods produced by certain child workers ⓘ
prohibitsEmploymentOf	children under 14 in factories producing goods for interstate commerce ⓘ children under 16 in mines and quarries producing goods for interstate commerce ⓘ
purpose	to curb child labor in the United States ⓘ
regulates	interstate commerce of goods produced with child labor ⓘ
relatedTo	Fair Labor Standards Act ⓘ surface form: Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
restrictsEmploymentOf	children under 16 working at night ⓘ children under 16 working more than 8 hours a day ⓘ
signedBy	Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
signingPresident	Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
sponsor	Edward Keating ⓘ Robert Latham Owen ⓘ
status	struck down as unconstitutional ⓘ
subject	child labor in manufacturing and mining ⓘ
yearDeclaredUnconstitutional	1918 ⓘ
yearEnacted	1916 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Woodrow Wilson administration → notablePolicy → Keating–Owen Child Labor Act ⓘ

Progressive Era → significantEvent → Keating–Owen Child Labor Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Keating–Owen Child Labor Act of 1916

Hammer v. Dagenhart → struckDown → Keating–Owen Child Labor Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Keating–Owen Child Labor Act of 1916

Hammer v. Dagenhart → relatedToStatute → Keating–Owen Child Labor Act ⓘ

64th United States Congress → enacted → Keating–Owen Child Labor Act ⓘ

National Child Labor Committee → influenced → Keating–Owen Child Labor Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Keating–Owen Child Labor Act of 1916