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S 1636 117th Congress Senate Labor and Employment Labor standards Labor-management relations Wages and earnings

Save Local Business Act

Introduced: May 13, 2021 Introduced by: Marshall, Roger Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 117th Congress (2021–2022) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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May 13, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 13, 2021
Introduced in Senate
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Save Local Business Act

This bill provides that a person may be considered a joint employer in relation to an employee under federal labor law only if such person directly, actually, and immediately (and not in a limited and routine manner) exercises significant control over the essential terms and conditions of employment. Such control may by demonstrated by hiring and discharging employees, determining individual employee rates of pay and benefits, day-to-day supervision of employees, assigning individual work schedules, positions, and tasks, and administering employee discipline.

What's happening now May 13, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 4
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  • HR 7194 Related bill Employee Rights Act
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  • HR 3185 Identical bill Save Local Business Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Republican 9
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Barrasso, John
Wyoming · Oct 4, 2021
 R
Hagerty, Bill
Tennessee · Sep 30, 2021
 R
Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Sep 23, 2021
 R
Cornyn, John
Texas · Sep 20, 2021
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Sep 20, 2021
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Sep 14, 2021
 R
Ernst, Joni
Iowa · Sep 13, 2021
 R
Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · May 13, 2021
 R
Scott, Tim
South Carolina · May 13, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1636: Save Local Business Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1636/
MLA
"S. 1636: Save Local Business Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1636/.
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S. 1636, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1636/.
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