[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5146 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5146

  To require the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a study on the gig 
economy and the impact the gig economy has on the United States overall 
   economy, including the impact that State laws have had on the gig 
                                economy.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 4, 2023

 Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. Pence) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a study on the gig 
economy and the impact the gig economy has on the United States overall 
   economy, including the impact that State laws have had on the gig 
                                economy.

    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 ``Advancing Gig Economy Act''.

SEC. 2. GIG ECONOMY STUDY.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Study required.--The Secretary of Commerce shall 
        conduct a study on the impact of the gig economy on United 
        States businesses conducting interstate commerce.
            (2) Requirements for study.--In conducting such study, the 
        Secretary shall--
                    (A) develop and conduct a survey of the gig economy 
                through outreach to entities participating in the gig 
                economy to--
                            (i) establish a list of industry sectors 
                        that participate in the gig economy;
                            (ii) review and briefly explain the impact 
                        the gig economy has on the United States 
                        economy, including any benefits or detriments; 
                        and
                            (iii) review the impact the gig economy has 
                        on innovation, startups, and small businesses;
                    (B) develop and conduct a survey of Federal 
                activity on the gig economy to--
                            (i) develop a comprehensive list of Federal 
                        agencies asserting jurisdiction over the 
                        entities and sectors participating in the gig 
                        economy;
                            (ii) identify all interagency activities 
                        related to the gig economy;
                            (iii) develop a brief description of the 
                        jurisdiction and expertise of the Federal 
                        agencies listed under clause (i) as it relates 
                        to the gig economy; and
                            (iv) identify all regulations, guidelines, 
                        or any other policy implemented by such Federal 
                        agencies with respect to the gig economy; and
                    (C) develop and conduct a survey of State laws 
                enacted on the gig economy to--
                            (i) determine the impact such laws have had 
                        on the gig economy, including in the 
                        transportation and mobility industry sector, 
                        the media and journalism industry sector, and 
                        any other industry sector impacted by such laws 
                        in each State; and
                            (ii) determine the impact such State laws 
                        have on the United States economy.
    (b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate a report that contains--
            (1) the results of the study conducted under subsection 
        (a);
            (2) any recommendations to--
                    (A) address duplicative Federal rules, Federal 
                regulations, or any Federal activity acting as a 
                barrier to the growth of the gig economy;
                    (B) develop and implement a comprehensive plan to 
                promote the growth of the gig economy; and
                    (C) develop policies that States can adopt to 
                encourage the growth of the gig economy in each State; 
                and
            (3) any recommendations for legislation necessary to 
        accomplish the recommendations made under paragraph (2).
    (c) Gig Economy Defined.--
            (1) In general.--In this section, the term ``gig economy'' 
        means, collectively, the activities conducted by entities 
        described in paragraph (2).
            (2) Entities described.--An entity described in this 
        paragraph is a business entity that--
                    (A) maintains an online-enabled application or 
                platform to facilitate the exchange of goods or 
                services by users of the online-enabled application or 
                platform; and
                    (B) does not require a person using the online-
                enabled application or platform to generate business to 
                accept any specific job request as a condition of 
                maintaining access to the online-enabled application or 
                platform.
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