Empowering App-Based Workers Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6646 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6646 To promote transparency and accountability in covered digital labor platform work, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 11, 2025 Ms. Jayapal (for herself, Mr. Norcross, Ms. Omar, Mr. Goldman of Texas, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Norton, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Takano, and Ms. Tlaib) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To promote transparency and accountability in covered digital labor platform work, and for other purposes. 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 ``Empowering App-Based Workers Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Millions of workers in the United States report to work by logging on to digital labor platforms: software applications (commonly known as ``apps'') that allocate and manage work. (2) Businesses are using digital labor platforms in a wide and growing range of industries and occupations in the United States. While the most well-known businesses using digital labor platforms provide ride-hail and last-mile delivery services, businesses in a variety of sectors, including large- and low-paid sectors like retail, hospitality, warehousing, and food services, increasingly manage labor via digital labor platforms. (3) Platformed, or app-based, workers of all ages and every race, ethnicity, gender, and immigration status can be found in every State. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, app- based workers are disproportionately people of color, comprising approximately 42 percent of the app-based workf