House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Modern Worker Empowerment Act
Official title: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and the National Labor Relations Act to clarify the standard for determining whether an individual is an employee, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Kevin Kiley R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2025
- Committee actionJul 23, 2025
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 20, 2026 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 431.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1319.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-505 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on February 20, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 20, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/505
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1319, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1319
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KILEY of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 30, February 13, 2025, Page H711):Article I Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1319, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1319
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6f51ceb10870eb808f4dc1ccc2b81d3f117148ff9226f88f5e39e339d266f938
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
23 cosponsors — 23 Republicans
0 of 23 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Brian Babin (R-TX), Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Earl Carter (R-GA), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Brandon Gill (R-TX), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Julia Letlow (R-LA), Mark Messmer (R-IN), Mary Miller (R-IL), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Gregory Murphy (R-NC), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), Robert Onder (R-MO), Burgess Owens (R-UT), John Rutherford (R-FL), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), W. Steube (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kevin Kiley.
- H.R. 3495 (119th) Direct Seller and Real Estate Agent Harmonization Act
- H.R. 1320 (119th) Modern Worker Security Act
- H.R. 584 (119th) No Medicaid for Illegal Immigrants Act of 2025
- H.R. 863 (119th) National Human Trafficking Database Act
- H.R. 4889 (119th) To prohibit States from carrying out more than one Congressional redistricting after a decennial census and apportionment.
- H.R. 5194 (119th) Beautifying Federal Civic Architecture Act of 2025
Related bills
- H.R. 4154 (119th) Employee Rights ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.