TASK Act

Bill: 118-hr-5742
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2023-09-27
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2023-09-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-09-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Training Assignments for Student Knowledge Act or the TASK Act</strong></p><p>This bill excludes from the definition of an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 an individual who performs tasks and services required by a postsecondary vocational institution&nbsp;to obtain a recognized postsecondary credential.</p><!--tinycomments|2.1|data:application/json;base64,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-->

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5742 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 27, 2023 Mr. Moolenaar 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 provide that tasks and services performed by certain individuals in postsecondary vocational institutions not be treated as employment.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Training Assignments for Student Knowledge Act or the TASK Act . 2. Treatment of vocational students Section 3(e) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 203(e) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (6) The term employee does not include any individual who performs tasks and services required by a postsecondary vocational institution (as defined in section 102(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1002(c) ) to obtain a recognized postsecondary credential (as defined in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3102 )). .