# 119-hr-4366: Save Local Business Act

119-hr-4366, Save Local Business Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Comer, James [R-KY-1] (R-KY); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4366
- Congress: 119
- Title: Save Local Business Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-07-14
- Sponsor: Rep. Comer, James [R-KY-1] (R-KY)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-11-01

## Summary

**Narrows the joint-employer standard** to require that each employer directly, actually, and immediately controls key employment terms. The Save Local Business Act would change both the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act so joint-employer status applies only when each employer has immediate, significant control over essential terms like hiring, firing, pay, supervision, schedules, positions, and discipline. - Workers: This bill would make it harder for employees to hold multiple firms jointly responsible for labor violations because joint-employer status would require direct, day-to-day control by each employer. - Businesses that share workers: Companies that use another firm’s staff or contractors would face a narrower risk of being treated as joint employers, which could limit joint liability and reduce overlapping compliance obligations. - Agencies and courts: The bill would align the FLSA joint-employer test with the NLRA criterion and set specific definitions for "employee" and "employer" when applying that test, creating a single control-based standard for enforcement and litigation.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1] (R-OK), 2025-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Onder, Robert F. [R-MO-3] (R-MO), 2025-11-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New joint-employer test for businesses: mixed, high. If enacted, this bill would narrow when two firms count as joint employers. It would change the NLRA and FLSA tests so each firm must directly, actually, and immediately control key job rules. Examples include hiring, firing, pay and benefits, day-to-day supervision, schedules, and discipline. If p…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act
- 119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
- 119-hr-987: Fair Access to Banking Act
- 119-hr-404: Hearing Protection Act
- 119-hr-2126: FOCA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1301: Death Tax Repeal Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-4366 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4366)

## Related
- [119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9298)
- [119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-21)
- [119-hr-987: Fair Access to Banking Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-987)
- [119-hr-404: Hearing Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-404)
- [119-hr-2126: FOCA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2126)
- [119-hr-1301: Death Tax Repeal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1301)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4366 (as of 2026-11-01).