H.R. 4366

Summary

H.R. 4366, the Save Local Business Act, was introduced in the House on Jul 14, 2025 by Rep. James Comer (R) with 2 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Jan 13, 2026: Rule H. Res. 988 passed House.

Record

Text

H.R. 4366 has 2 co-sponsors.

119 HR 4366 IH: Save Local Business Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-07-14
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 4366  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   July 14, 2025   Mr. Comer  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Education and Workforce    A BILL
To clarify the treatment of 2 or more employers as joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Save Local Business Act  .
2.
Clarification of joint employment
(a)
National Labor Relations Act
Section 2(2) of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 152(2) ) is amended—
(1)
by striking  The term  employer   and inserting  (A) The term  employer  ; and
(2)
by adding at the end the following:
(B)
An employer may be considered a joint employer of the employees of another employer only if each employer directly, actually, and immediately, exercises significant control over the essential terms and conditions of employment of the employees of the other employer, such as hiring such employees, discharging such employees, determining the rate of pay and benefits of such employees, supervising such employees on a day-to-day basis, assigning such employees a work schedule, position, or task, or disciplining such employees.
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(b)
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Section 3(d) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 203(d) ) is amended—
(1)
by striking   Employer  includes  and inserting  (1)  Employer  includes ; and
(2)
by adding at the end the following:
(2)
An employer may be considered a joint employer of the employees of another employer for purposes of this Act only if each employer meets the criteria set forth in section 2(2)(B) of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 152(2)(B) ) except that, for purposes of determining joint-employer status under this Act, the terms  employee  and  employer  referenced in such section shall have the meanings given such terms in this section.
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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Rep. James Comer (R) sponsors H.R. 4366, and 2 members have co-sponsored it.

James Comer

Rep. · R–KY-1 · Sponsor

Introduced Jul 14, 2025

Kevin Hern

Rep. · R–OK-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 2, 2025

Robert Onder

Rep. · R–MO-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 17, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 4366 went before 1 committee: Education and Workforce.

Education and Workforce

Education and Workforce

Reported By · Dec 30, 2025 · 824 Bills

Reports

1 committee report has been filed on H.R. 4366, the latest H. Rept. 119-422.

• H. Rept. 119-422 — SAVE LOCAL BUSINESS ACT

Actions

H.R. 4366 has taken 8 actions since Jul 14, 2025, the latest on Jan 13, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 4366 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to H.R. 4366, as Procedurally related.

HRES 988Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2988) to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to specify requirements concerning the consideration of pecuniary and non-pecuniary factors, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2262) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude certain activities from hours worked, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2270) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude child and dependent care services and payments from the rate used to compute overtime compensation; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2312) to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revise the definition of the term ''tipped employee'', and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4366) to clarify the treatment of 2 or more employers as joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.Jan 13, 2026 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · Procedurally related

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Titles

H.R. 4366 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

• Save Local Business Act — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
• Save Local Business Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• Save Local Business Act — Display Title
• To clarify the treatment of 2 or more employers as joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. — Official Title as Introduced

Cost estimate

The Congressional Budget Office has filed 1 estimate for H.R. 4366, the latest on Mar 16, 2026.

• H.R. 4366, Save Local Business Act — 2026-03-16As reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on December 30, 2025

Lobbying

50 clients hired 44 firms and 317 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 4366 in 162 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, Transportation, Trade (domestic/foreign), Environment/Superfund, Immigration, Energy/Nuclear.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill. The 20 that filed most often, of 50.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 317.

Filings

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

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 4366 under Labor and Employment, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 3 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 4366’s is Labor and Employment.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 4366 carries 3 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Labor-management relations to Wages and earnings.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 4366, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 120 (Monday, July 14, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. COMER:H.R. 4366.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution[Page H3245]

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