Harmonization of Coverage Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3825
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2017-09-25
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor standards
Latest action: action_date: 2017-09-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-09-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Harmonization of Coverage Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 with respect to the definition of employee to harmonize it in accordance with the usual common law rules for purposes of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3825 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 A BILL To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to harmonize the definitions of employee with the common law.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Harmonization of Coverage Act of 2017 . 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 .