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<title>Protecting Independent Contractors from Discrimination Act of 2019</title>
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<action-date>2019-09-06</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Protecting Independent Contractors from Discrimination Act of 2019</b></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p>This bill requires that independent contractors be treated as employees under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008. </p>]]></summary-text>
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