To classify qualified locum tenens professionals and advanced care practitioners as independent contractors for the purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and the National Labor Relations Act.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8272.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OWENS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 65, April 14, 2026, Page H2886):
  Pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the United States, Congress has the power to enact this legislation.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 14, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  134 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8272, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8272

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  20b0f030ae33c211c68679781dd031786df69c98ad3a8b7ee0d7981a2821750c

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8272, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.