Direct Seller and Real Estate Agent Harmonization Act
Official title: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to clarify the definition of employee as it relates to direct sellers and real estate agents, and for other purposes.
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Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Education and Workforce, H. Rept. 119-494, Part II.
Direct Seller and Real Estate Agent Harmonization Act
This bill excludes a real estate agent or a direct seller of consumer products from the definition of an employee for the purpose of applying the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA). Workers who are considered employees under the FLSA must be paid the minimum wage and are generally eligible to receive overtime compensation for hours worked in excess of a 40-hour workweek.
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- Reported in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
- MICHAEL BEST STRATEGIES LLC
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS
- CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS
- ALBA CONSULTING
- ALTICOR INC.
- VAN SCOYOC ASSOCIATES
Bodies those filers lobbied
- SENATE
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
- Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3495: Direct Seller and Real Estate Agent Harmonization Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3495/
"H.R. 3495: Direct Seller and Real Estate Agent Harmonization Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3495/.
H.R. 3495, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-3495/.
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