US Congress Senate Bill 1251 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on May 25 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-05-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Portable Benefits for Independent Workers Pilot Program Act This bill requires the Department of Labor to award grants for FY2018, 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 eligible workers for eligible work 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. The Government Accountability Office must evaluate and report to Congress on the outcome of the grants awarded pursuant to this bill.

Portable Benefits for Independent Workers Pilot Program Act

Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]	Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Ben Sasse [R-NE]
Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]	Sen. Angus King [I-ME]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-25	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB2685 (Same As) 2017-05-25 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1251/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1251/BILLS-115s1251is.pdf