H.R. 5884

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5884 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5884

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that tasks and 
services performed by certain individuals in postsecondary vocational 
institutions not be treated as employment.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 31, 2025

Mr. Moolenaar introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Workforce

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A BILL

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that tasks and 
services performed by certain individuals in postsecondary vocational 
institutions not be treated as employment.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Training Assignments for Student 
Knowledge Act'' or the ``TASK Act''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF VOCATIONAL STUDENTS.

Section 3(e) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
203(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(6) The term `employee' does not include any individual who 
performs tasks and services required by a postsecondary vocational 
institution (as defined in section 102(c) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002(c))) to obtain a recognized postsecondary 
credential (as defined in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102)).''.
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