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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1320 Reported in House (RH)]
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Union Calendar No. 432
119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 1320
[Report No. 119-506]
To ensure that the provision of portable benefits to an individual is
not considered in determining whether such individual is an employee of
a person.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 13, 2025
Mr. Kiley of California (for himself and Mr. Messmer) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and
Workforce
February 20, 2026
Additional sponsors: Mr. Kean, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Owens, Mr.
Onder, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Baumgartner, Ms. Stefanik, and Mrs. Miller of
Illinois
February 20, 2026
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on
February 13, 2025]
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A BILL
To ensure that the provision of portable benefits to an individual is
not considered in determining whether such individual is an employee of
a person.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Modern Worker Security Act''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CONSIDERATION OF BENEFITS.
(a) Prohibition.--Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act,
for the purposes of any Federal law, a determination of whether an
individual is an employee of a person shall be made without considering
whether such person provides a benefit to the individual.
(b) Benefit Defined.--In this Act, the term ``benefit'' includes--
(1) a benefit, including a protection, that is provided to
an individual for work performed for another person that the
individual may maintain without regard to whether the
individual continues to perform work for such person;
(2) a benefit, including a protection, that is commonly
provided to a full-time employee (such as workers'
compensation, skills training, professional development, paid
leave, disability coverage, health insurance coverage,
retirement savings, and short-term savings); and
(3) a contribution, financial or otherwise, with respect to
a benefit described in paragraph (1) or (2) that is--
(A) made on behalf of an individual by a person in
connection with work performed by the individual for
the person;
(B) made by the individual; or
(C) made through a combination of subparagraphs (A)
and (B).
Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to prohibit the
consideration of benefits when determining whether an
individual is an employee of a person.''.
Union Calendar No. 432
119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 1320
[Report No. 119-506]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To ensure that the provision of portable benefits to an individual is
not considered in determining whether such individual is an employee of
a person.
_______________________________________________________________________
February 20, 2026
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed