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<dc:title>119 HR 3495 IH: Direct Seller and Real Estate Agent Harmonization Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-05-19</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 3495</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250519">May 19, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="K000401">Mr. Kiley of California</sponsor> (for himself and <cosponsor name-id="C001063">Mr. Cuellar</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HED00">Committee on Education and Workforce</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify the definition of employee as it relates to direct sellers and real estate agents, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H5F6065B9BB574F2D86121A2C29E16772" style="OLC"> 
<section id="H119BA45697D3454A8CBC1129E5EE1E45" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Direct Seller and Real Estate Agent Harmonization Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="H23A8E5B6B6CD4254B2AB08A7A7CBF982"><enum>2.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3(e) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/203">29 U.S.C. 203(e)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H66BFC81D719748718BDC11687A51B6C8" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>employee</term> does not include any direct seller or qualified real estate agent (as such terms are defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/3508">section 3508(b)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> </legis-body></bill>

