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H. Rept. 119-494 1 (2026-02-11)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaiar0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 119TH CONGRESS 2d Session j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORT 119-494 DIRECT SELLER AND REAL ESTATE AGENT HARMONIZATION ACT FEBRUARY 11, 2026.-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. 3495] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Education and Workforce, to whom was re- ferred the bill (H.R. 3495) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify the definition of employee as it relates to direct sellers and real estate agents, and for other purposes, having con- sidered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends 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 Direct Seller and Real Estate Agent Harmonization Act. SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF EMPLOYEE. Section 3(e) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(e)) is amend- ed by inserting after paragraph (5) the following: (6) The term 'employee' does not include any direct seller or qualified real estate agent (as such terms are defined in section 3508(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986).. 69-006 AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 4