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Established minimum ages of employment and hours of work for children, setting a precedent for federal regulation of child labor.

Created the Children's Bureau which investigated and reported on child labor conditions, contributing to policy and helping to reduce child labor.

Increased federal minimum wage which impacted the labor force including working minors, indirectly affecting child labor by changing the work conditions.

Allowed for the regulation of working hours for children by industry through collective standards, but was invalidated by the Supreme Court in 1935.

Imposed a 10% tax on net profits of companies employing children, overturned by the Supreme Court in 1922 as an improper use of Congress's tax powers.

First federal law regulating child labor. Prohibited the interstate shipment of goods produced by child labor, but was declared unconstitutional in 1918.