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H.R. 1319119th CongressLabor and Employment
Modern Worker Empowerment Act
Sponsored by Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-CA) · 23 active : 23 Republicans
Latest action: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 431.
Where it standsBefore the House63 representatives score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- House: next
- Senate: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govThis bill specifies a legal standard for determining whether an individual is considered an
independent contractor
rather than an
employee
for the purposes of federal labor laws that address issues such as the federal minimum wage, overtime compensation, and collective bargaining. The rights and protections provided by these laws exclusively apply to employees.
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Under the bill, an individual is considered an independent contractor if (1) another individual or entity does not exercise significant control over the details of how the individual's work is performed, without regard to any control the other individual or entity may exercise over the final result of the work performed; and (2) while performing such work, the individual has opportunities and risks inherent with entrepreneurship (for example, the discretion to exercise professional judgment).
The bill also sets forth factors that may not be used to determine whether an individual is an employee. Specifically, factors such as whether another individual or entity requires the individual to meet certain legal, health and safety, insurance, or performance requirements may not be used to make such a determination.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Education and Workforce · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Subjects
- Labor standards
- Self-employed
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
23 activeShow all 23 cosponsors
- Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5)
- John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5)
- John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2)
- Mark B. Messmer (R-IN-8)
- Thomas H. Kean (R-NJ-7)
- Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6)
- Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21)
- Eric Burlison (R-MO-7)
- Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12)
- Burgess Owens (R-UT-4)
- Robert F. Onder (R-MO-3)
- Michael Baumgartner (R-WA-5)
- Tim Burchett (R-TN-2)
- Julia Letlow (R-LA-5)
- Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15)
- Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1)
- Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19)
- W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17)
- Brandon Gill (R-TX-26)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
