,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #dcb #aaith  
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #acbj
 ,report ,no4 #aai-ejf ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives          
,february #ac1 #bjbe,mr4 ,kiley of      
,california 7for himself and ,mr4       
,messmer7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,education and ,workforce  ,february   
#bj1 #bjbf;,additional sponsors3 ,mr4   
,kean1 ,mr4 ,carter of ,georgia1 ,mr4   
,owens1 ,mr4 ,onder1 ,mr4 ,grothman1    
,mr4 ,baumgartner1 ,ms4 ,stefanik1 and  
,mrs4 ,miller of ,illinois  ,february   
#bj1 #bjbf,reported with amendments1    
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed,strike
 out all after the enacting clause and  
insert the part printed in italic,for   
text of introduced bill1 see copy of    
bill as introduced on ,february #ac1    
#bjbe  ,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 person4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,modern ,worker ,security ,act4  #b4    
,prohibition on consideration of        
benefits  7a7 ,prohibition ,beginning on
 the date of enactment of this ,act1 for
 the purposes of any ,federal law1 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 individual4  
7b7 ,benefit defined ,in this ,act1 the 
term benefit includes-- 7#a7 a benefit1 
including a protection1 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 person2  7#b7 a benefit1 including
 a protection1 that is commonly provided
 to a full-time employee 7such as       
workers' compensation1 skills training1 
professional development1 paid leave1   
disability coverage1 health insurance   

coverage1 retirement savings1 and       
short-term savings72 and  7#c7 a        
contribution1 financial or otherwise1   
with respect to a benefit described in  
paragraph 7#a7 or 7#b7 that is-- 7,a7   
made on behalf of an individual by a    
person in connection with work performed
 by the individual for the person2  7,b7
 made by the individual2 or  7,c7 made  
through a combination of subparagraphs  
7,a7 and 7,b74  ,amend the title so as  
to read3 ,a bill to prohibit the        
consideration of benefits when          
determining whether an individual is an 
employee of a person44 ,february #bj1   
#bjbf,reported with amendments1         
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed