Preserving Direct Seller Independence Act

Bill: 116-hr-3522
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2019-06-26
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Self-employed
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-06-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p> <strong>Preserving Direct Seller Independence Act</strong></p> <p>This bill provides under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 that the term &quot;employee&quot; does not include any direct seller for federal tax purposes.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3522 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 26, 2019 Mr. Walberg (for himself, Mr. Gottheimer , Mr. Cuellar , Mr. Curtis , Mr. McAdams , and Mr. Gooden ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preserving Direct Seller Independence Act . 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. .