United States · Bill · S
S. 541 (116th)
Portable Benefits for Independent Workers Pilot Program Act
Introduced
25 February 2019
Last action
25 February 2019 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sponsors
Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA], Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN], Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND], Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE], Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO], Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME], Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS], Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Portable Benefits for Independent Workers Pilot Program Act This bill requires the Department of Labor to award grants for FY2020, 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. The Government Accountability Office must evaluate and report to Congress on the outcome of the grants awarded pursuant to this bill.
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Timeline
25 February 2019
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Source: IntroReferral
25 February 2019
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 25 February 2019 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] · I · Sponsor
- Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] · D · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/541
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/541
- us · 116-s-541 · source updated 5 December 2025