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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="8442" measure-id="id117hr8442" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2022-07-20" update-date="2023-08-17">
        <title>Worker Flexibility and Choice Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr8442v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2023-08-17">
            <action-date>2022-07-20</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Worker Flexibility and Choice Act</b></p> <p>This bill allows employers to offer prospective workers flexibility arrangements that the individual may voluntarily enter before work begins. Under such an arrangement, a worker generally would not be considered an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</p>]]></summary-text>
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        <dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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