Would empower the federal government to limit, regulate and prohibit child labor. Proposed June 2, 1924, and still before the states. Pending since June 2, 1924. Latest ratification took place on February 25, 1937. The Child Labor Amendment (CLA) is a proposed and still-pending amendment to the United States Constitution that would specifically authorize Congress to regulate "labor of persons under eighteen years of age". The amendment was proposed on June 2, 1924, following Supreme Court rulings in 1918 and 1922 that federal laws regulating and taxing goods produced by employees under the ages of 14 and 16 were unconstitutional. Wiki link