[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1523 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1523

    To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to harmonize the 
              definition of employee with the common law.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 2, 2021

Ms. Stefanik (for herself, Mrs. Steel, Mr. Norman, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Cole, 
Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, Mrs. Rodgers of Washington, and Mr. Hern) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to harmonize the 
              definition of employee with the common law.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Modern Worker Empowerment Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938 TO HARMONIZE 
              THE DEFINITION OF EMPLOYEE.

    (a) Definition of Employee.--Section 3(e)(1) of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(e)(1)) is amended by inserting 
before the period the following: ``, as determined under the usual 
common law rules''.
    (b) Definition of Employ.--Section 3(g) of the Fair Labor Standards 
Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(g)) is amended by inserting ``an employee'' 
after ``permit''.
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