118th Congress Labor and Employment
S. 1696: Portable Benefits for Independent Workers Pilot Program Act
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Summary
This bill requires the Department of Labor to award grants for FY2023, on a competitive basis, to states, local governments, or nonprofit organizations to support broad innovation and experimentation with respect to portable benefits.
Portable benefits are work-related benefits that are provided to workers who are not traditional full-time employees in a manner that allows the worker to maintain the benefits upon changing jobs.
The grants must be used for (1) the evaluation, or improvement to the design or implementation, of existing models or approaches for providing portable benefits; or (2) the design, implementation, and evaluation of new models or approaches for providing such benefits. The grants may not be used for a model or approach that provides only retirement-related benefits.
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The Government Accountability Office must evaluate and report to Congress on the outcome of the grants awarded pursuant to this bill.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Michael Bennet D-COOriginal
- Kevin Cramer R-NDOriginal
- John Hoeven R-NDOriginal
- Angus King I-MEOriginal
- Todd Young R-INOriginal
Who scored on this bill
- 1Mark Warner SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Mark Warner.
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- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


