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                                                 Union Calendar No. 278
115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3441

                          [Report No. 115-379]

 To clarify the treatment of two or more employers as joint employers 
under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act 
                                of 1938.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2017

  Mr. Byrne (for himself, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Wilson of South 
      Carolina, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Thompson of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Rokita, Mr. Barletta, Mr. Messer, Mr. 
Grothman, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Allen, Mr. Lewis of Minnesota, Mr. Francis 
    Rooney of Florida, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Garrett, Mr. Smucker, Mr. 
     Ferguson, Mrs. Handel, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Kelly of 
  Pennsylvania, Mr. Barr, Mr. Perry, Mr. Rouzer, Mrs. Mimi Walters of 
  California, Mr. Collins of Georgia, and Mr. Correa) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                             the Workforce

                            November 1, 2017

Additional sponsors: Mr. Estes of Kansas, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Rodney Davis 
  of Illinois, Mr. Brat, Mr. Yoder, Mr. Marshall, Mrs. Comstock, Mr. 
MacArthur, Mr. Dent, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mrs. 
 Wagner, Mr. Moolenaar, Mrs. Walorski, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Ratcliffe, Mr. 
     Luetkemeyer, Mr. Dunn, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Upton, Mrs. Roby, Mr. 
  Sensenbrenner, Mr. Jody B. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. 
   Palmer, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. 
 Loudermilk, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Gallagher, Mr. 
  Flores, Mr. Womack, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Long, Mr. 
    Paulsen, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Aderholt, Ms. McSally, Mr. Harris, Mr. 
     Poliquin, Mr. Trott, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. 
Fleischmann, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Walker, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. 
Carter of Texas, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Coffman, Ms. Jenkins of Kansas, Mrs. 
   Brooks of Indiana, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Stivers, Mr. 
 Bishop of Michigan, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Curbelo of Florida, Mr. Sessions, 
  Mr. Huizenga, Mr. Young of Iowa, Mr. Budd, Mrs. Noem, Mr. Banks of 
 Indiana, Mr. Zeldin, Mr. Woodall, Mr. Comer, Mrs. Love, Mr. Holding, 
 Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Latta, Ms. Herrera Beutler, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. 
   Tiberi, Mr. Cole, Mr. Pittenger, Mr. Burgess, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. 
    Hultgren, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. 
  Crawford, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Babin, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. 
 Blum, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, and Mr. 
                                  Hill

                            November 1, 2017

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 
                               27, 2017]

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                                 A BILL


 
 To clarify the treatment of two or more employers as joint employers 
under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act 
                                of 1938.


 


    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 ``Save Local Business Act''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF JOINT EMPLOYMENT.

    (a) National Labor Relations Act.--Section 2(2) of the National 
Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152(2)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The term `employer''' and inserting ``(A) 
        The term `employer'''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(B) A person may be considered a joint employer in relation to an 
employee only if such person directly, actually, and immediately, and 
not in a limited and routine manner, exercises significant control over 
essential terms and conditions of employment, such as hiring employees, 
discharging employees, determining individual employee rates of pay and 
benefits, day-to-day supervision of employees, assigning individual 
work schedules, positions, and tasks, or administering employee 
discipline.''.
    (b) Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.--Section 3(d) of the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(d)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ```Employer' includes'' and inserting ``(1) 
        `Employer' includes''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) A person may be considered a joint employer in relation to an 
employee for purposes of this Act only if such person meets the 
criteria set forth in section 2(2)(B) of the National Labor Relations 
Act (29 U.S.C. 152(2)(B)).''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 278

115th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 3441

                          [Report No. 115-379]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To clarify the treatment of two or more employers as joint employers 
under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act 
                                of 1938.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            November 1, 2017

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed