S4010-119

In Committee

21st Century Worker Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 5, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, 21st Century Worker Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor, Healthcare, Finance.

Who Benefits and How

workers, employers, and labor regulators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the 21st Century Worker Act.
  • Section id4F8A13247BBA4F1693111E13D20A1F63: 2. Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
  • Section id5ad2a0cd419e4ff6aa2680d66f9bc759: 101. Definitions In this title: The term bona fide sole proprietor means a service provider payee who— has entered into a written contract governing the terms...
  • Section idc8a2e13b7cba4ff097ab4809a9ab2a11: 102. Classification For purposes of this title, a service provider payee shall be classified as either an employee or an independent contractor in accordance...
  • Section idc1a725824b2b4a49a928fa5217f1892b: 103. Mandatory independent contractor classification A service provider payee shall be classified as an independent contractor if the service provider payee—...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, 21st Century Worker Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Key Policy Areas

Labor, Healthcare, Finance

Primary Purpose

This bill, 21st Century Worker Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Policy Domains

Labor Healthcare Finance

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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workers, employers, and labor regulators:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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federal implementing agencies:
workers, employers, and labor regulators:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 5, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mar 5, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Mar 5, 2026

Mr. Lee introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Labor Healthcare Finance
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_labor"
→ Secretary of Labor

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"covered Federal law" §id35ec3bef2f204caa895b4feb165cb96b

each of the following: The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 621 et seq.), including subsections (b) and (f) of section 11, and section 15(a), of such Act (29 U.S.C. 630(b) and (f)

"substantial economic relationship" §id5ad2a0cd419e4ff6aa2680d66f9bc759

an economic relationship between a service recipient payor and a service provider payee where— the service provider payee is a natural person

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