American Franchise Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5267 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5267 To preserve the franchise business model. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 10, 2025 Mr. Hern of Oklahoma (for himself, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Ms. Van Duyne, Ms. Scholten, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Costa, Mr. Alford, Mr. Gray, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Moran, Mr. Bera, Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, and Mr. Mackenzie) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To preserve the franchise business model. 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 ``American Franchise Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) A franchise is a commercial relationship under which a franchisee acquires the right to operate an independent business that offers, sells, or distributes goods or servic…