S. 2228

Summary

S. 2228, the Modern Worker Empowerment Act, was introduced in the Senate on Jul 9, 2025 by Sen. Tim Scott (R) with 2 co-sponsors. It was referred to Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions, and last saw action on Jul 9, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Record

Text

S. 2228 has 2 co-sponsors.

119 S2228 IS: Modern Worker Empowerment Act
 U.S. Senate
 2025-07-09
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 2228  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   July 9, 2025   Mr. Scott of South Carolina  introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions    A BILL
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to harmonize the definition of employee with the common law.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Modern Worker Empowerment Act  .
2.
Amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to harmonize the definition of employee
(a)
Definition of employee
Section 3(e)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 203(e)(1) ) is amended by inserting before the period the following:  , as determined under the usual common law rules .
(b)
Definition of employ
Section 3(g) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 203(g) ) is amended by inserting  an employee  after  permit .

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A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to harmonize the definition of employee with the common law.

Sponsors

Sen. Tim Scott (R) sponsors S. 2228, and 2 members have co-sponsored it.

Tim Scott

Sen. · R–SC · Sponsor

Introduced Jul 9, 2025

Bill Cassidy

Sen. · R–LA · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 15, 2025

Kevin Cramer

Sen. · R–ND · Co-sponsor

Joined May 11, 2026

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Committees

S. 2228 went before 1 committee: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Referred To · Jul 9, 2025 · 747 Bills

Actions

S. 2228 has taken 2 actions since Jul 9, 2025.

Votes

S. 2228 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

S. 2228 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Modern Worker Empowerment Act — Display Title
• Modern Worker Empowerment Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to harmonize the definition of employee with the common law. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

23 clients hired 19 firms and 204 registered lobbyists who named S. 2228 in 83 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Budget/Appropriations, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Retirement, Trade (domestic/foreign), Government Issues, Environment/Superfund.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill. The 20 that filed most often, of 23.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 204.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 2228 under Labor and Employment, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 2228’s is Labor and Employment.

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com