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118th Congress Labor and Employment

S. 1696: Portable Benefits for Independent Workers Pilot Program Act

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)May 18, 2023
  2. Passed Senate (not reached)
  3. Passed House (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in Senate, May 18, 2023

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

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Amendments

0 offered

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Cosponsors

5

Bipartisan support.

Who scored on this bill

6 points earned
  1. 1Mark Warner D-VA SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History

  1. May 18, 2023Introduced in the Senate by Mark Warner.
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  1. May 18, 2023Introduced in Senate
  2. May 18, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.