H.R. 3495 · 119th Congress

Direct Seller and Real Estate Agent Harmonization Act

Introduced on May 19, 2025 by Kevin Kiley (I-CA-3). 31 cosponsors, 11 of them from another party. Latest action (Sep 8, 2026): Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Education and Workforce, H. Rept. 119-494, Part II.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
May 19, 2025
Cosponsors
31
11 from the other party
Policy area
Labor and Employment
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

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.

Subjects

  • Labor standards
  • Self-employed

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Reported to House, Feb 11, 2026). Public domain.

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.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Kevin KileyI-CA-3Sponsor

Democrats · 11

Republicans · 20

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. May 19, 2025Introduced in House
  2. May 19, 2025Introduced in House
  3. May 19, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
  4. Sep 17, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. Sep 17, 2025 · HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 16.
  6. Feb 11, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-494.
  7. Feb 11, 2026 · HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-494.
  8. Feb 11, 2026 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 420.
  9. Sep 8, 2026Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Education and Workforce, H. Rept. 119-494, Part II.
  10. Sep 8, 2026 · HouseSupplemental report filed by the Committee on Education and Workforce, H. Rept. 119-494, Part II.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. ALTICOR, INC.5 reports
    $775K reported (all issues)
  2. CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS5 reports
    $313K reported (all issues)
  3. DIRECT SELLING ASSOCIATION5 reports
  4. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS4 reports
    $56.9M reported (all issues)
  5. USANA HEALTH SCIENCES, INC3 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  6. doTERRA International LLC2 reports
    $30K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.