HI SR81

Ratifies House Joint Resolution 184 (dated June 2, 1924), a proposed constitutional amendment authorizing Congress to limit, regulate, and prohibit labor of persons under eighteen years of age.

Proposed amendment grants Congress power to regulate child labor while allowing states to retain regulatory power except where federal legislation applies.

Amendment requires ratification by three-fourths of states to become part of the Constitution; as of 1937, only 28 states had ratified it, requiring 10 additional states for passage.

Hawaii is one of seven states with no prior record of action on this amendment; fifteen other states have rejected it.

Directs transmission of certified copies to the U.S. Archivist, U.S. Senate Majority Leader, Hawaii's congressional delegation, and the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations.