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HR 5419 116th Congress House Taxation Employee benefits and pensions Employment taxes Self-employed Wages and earnings

Gig Is Up Act

Introduced: December 12, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Dec 12, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Dec 12, 2019
Introduced in House
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Gig Is Up Act

This bill requires employers to pay employer and employee portions of Social Security and Medicare taxes when they contract with at least 10,000 independent contractors and gross at least $100 million in a calendar year.

What's happening now December 12, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 11
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Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
New York · Mar 3, 2020
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Escobar, Veronica
Texas · Dec 12, 2019
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Huffman, Jared
California · Dec 12, 2019
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Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Dec 12, 2019
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Dec 12, 2019
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Dec 12, 2019
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Dec 12, 2019
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Dec 12, 2019
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Dec 12, 2019
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Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Dec 12, 2019
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Dec 12, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5419: Gig Is Up Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5419/
MLA
"H.R. 5419: Gig Is Up Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5419/.
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H.R. 5419, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5419/.
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[H.R. 5419: Gig Is Up Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5419/)
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