HR 5742 118th Congress House Labor and Employment

TASK Act

Introduced: September 27, 2023 Introduced by: Moolenaar, John R. Republican · Michigan See on congress.gov

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Sep 27, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Sep 27, 2023

Introduced in House

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Training Assignments for Student Knowledge Act or the TASK Act

This bill excludes from the definition of an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 an individual who performs tasks and services required by a postsecondary vocational institution to obtain a recognized postsecondary credential.

What's happening now September 27, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5742: TASK Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5742/

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"H.R. 5742: TASK Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5742/.

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H.R. 5742, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5742/.

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