[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3825 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3825

    To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to harmonize the 
              definitions of employee with the common law.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 25, 2017

  Mrs. Black (for herself and Ms. Stefanik) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
                               Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to harmonize the 
              definitions of employee with the common law.

    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 ``Harmonization of Coverage Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938 TO HARMONIZE 
              THE DEFINITION OF EMPLOYEE.

    (a) Definition of Employee.--Section 3(e)(1) of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(e)(1)) is amended by inserting 
before the period the following: ``, as determined under the usual 
common law rules (as applied for purposes of section 3121(d) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986)''.
    (b) Definition of Employ.--Section 3(g) of the Fair Labor Standards 
Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(g)) is amended by inserting ``an employee'' 
after ``permit''.
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