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H. Rept. 119-422 1 (2025-12-30)

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                     119TH CONGRESS                                          REPORT
                        1st Session  J HOUSE   OF  REPRESENTATIVES           119-422






                                      SAVE LOCAL BUSINESS ACT



                     DECEMBER 30, 2025.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
                                       of the Union and ordered to be printed



                      Mr. WALBERG,   from  the Committee  on  Education  and Workforce,
                                           submitted  the following


                                              REPORT

                                                together with

                                             MINORITY VIEWS

                                             [To accompany H.R. 4366]

                       The  Committee   on Education   and Workforce,  to  whom   was  re-
                     ferred the bill (H.R. 4366) to clarify the treatment of 2 or more em-
                     ployers as joint employers under  the National  Labor  Relations Act
                     and the  Fair Labor  Standards  Act  of 1938, having  considered the
                     same,  reports  favorably  thereon  with  an  amendment and rec-
                     ommends   that the bill as amended  do pass.
                       The amendment is   as follows:
                       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
                     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 AMENDMENTS.-Section 2(2) of the National
                     Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152(2)) is amended-
                          (1) by striking The term 'employer' and inserting (A) The term 'employer';
                        and
                          (2) by adding at the end the following:
                      (B) An employer may be considered a joint employer of the employees of another
                      employer only if each employer directly, actually, and immediately, exercises signifi-
                      cant control over the essential terms and conditions of employment of the employees
                      of the other employer, such as hiring such employees, discharging such employees,
                      determining the rate of pay and benefits of such employees, supervising such em-
                      ployees on a day-to-day basis, assigning such employees a work schedule, position,
                      or task, or disciplining such employees..
                      (b) FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938 AMENDMENTS.-Section 3(d) of the Fair
                      Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(d)) is amended-
                          (1) by striking 'Employer' includes and inserting (1) 'Employer' includes;
                        and
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