[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7029 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7029

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify the definition 
  of employee as it relates to direct sellers, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 2, 2018

 Mr. Walberg 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 clarify the definition 
  of employee as it relates to direct sellers, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Preserving Direct Seller 
Independence Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 3(e) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
203(e)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
            ``(6) The term `employee' does not include any person 
        identified in section 3508(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code 
        of 1986.''.
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