[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5176 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5176

   To amend the National Labor Relations Act to prohibit States and 
  Territories from classifying self-employed individuals as employees 
                under State collective bargaining laws.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 2010

 Mr. Hoekstra introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the National Labor Relations Act to prohibit States and 
  Territories from classifying self-employed individuals as employees 
                under State collective bargaining laws.

    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 ``Family and Independent Business 
Protection Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CLASSIFICATION OF SELF-EMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS AS 
              EMPLOYEES.

    Section 14 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 164) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no State or 
territory may define or classify any person as an employee of the State 
or Territory for purposes of the employment, labor relations, or 
collective bargaining laws or regulations of that State or territory, 
by reason of such person's receipt of or eligibility for any payment or 
subsidy funded in whole or in part by the United States.''.
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