H.R. 2685 · 115th Congress
Portable Benefits for Independent Workers Pilot Program Act
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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.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · May 25, 2017
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Portable Benefits for Independent Workers Pilot Program Act
Latest action (May 25, 2017): Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Policy area: Labor and Employment · Origin: House · Introduced: May 25, 2017
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.