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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1320 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To ensure that the provision of portable benefits to an individual is not |
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| 6 | 6 | | considered in determining whether such individual is an employee of a person. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY13, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. K |
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| 10 | 10 | | ILEYof California (for himself and Mr. MESSMER) introduced the fol- |
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| 11 | 11 | | lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Work- |
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| 12 | 12 | | force |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To ensure that the provision of portable benefits to an indi- |
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| 15 | 15 | | vidual is not considered in determining whether such |
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| 16 | 16 | | individual is an employee of a person. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. BENEFITS TO NOT BE CONSIDERED. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | (a) I |
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| 21 | 21 | | NGENERAL.—In determining whether an indi-4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | vidual is an employee of a person for the purposes of any 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Federal law, such a determination shall be made without 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | considering whether such person provides to the individual 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | a portable benefit. 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (b) D |
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| 27 | 27 | | EFINITIONS.—In this Act: 9 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •HR 1320 IH |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) PORTABLE BENEFIT.—The term ‘‘portable 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | benefit’’ means a work-related benefit that is pro-2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | vided to an individual for work performed for an-3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | other person in a manner that allows the individual 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | to maintain the benefits without regard to whether 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | the individual continues to perform work for such 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | person. 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) W |
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| 39 | 39 | | ORK-RELATED BENEFIT .—The term 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘work-related benefit’’— 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (A) means benefits, including protections, 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | of a type that are commonly provided to full- 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | time employees, such as workers’ compensation, 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | skills training, professional development, paid 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | leave, disability coverage, health insurance cov-14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | erage, retirement savings, income security, and 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | short-term saving; and 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (B) includes contributions, financial or 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | otherwise, to such benefits— 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (i) made on behalf of an individual by 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | a person in connection with work per-20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | formed by the individual for the person; 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (ii) made by the individual; or 22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (iii) made through a combination of 23 |
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| 55 | 55 | | subparagraphs (A) and (B). 24 |
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