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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. 
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 Penn-
sylvania, 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 Ala-
bama, 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 Geor-
gia, 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. CAR-
TER of Texas, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. COFFMAN, Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, 
Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. STIV-
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ERS, 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. HER-
RERA 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] 
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. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 in-
serting ‘‘(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, actu-
ally, 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 employ-
ees, 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— 
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