S.Amdt. 3876

SA 3876. Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Young, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Sasse,
Mr. Hoeven, and Mr. King) submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R.
6157, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
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30, 2020; and
(3) notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), $20,000,000
shall be used to establish and carry out a Portable Benefits
for Independent Workers Pilot Program, to award grants to
States, local governments, and nonprofit organizations--
(A) as a means of--
(i) promoting State, local, and nonprofit experimentation
concerning portable employment benefits delivery to
contingent and independent workers, and

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(ii) providing an opportunity for States, local
governments, and nonprofit organizations to fund innovative
ways to attract talent and support an entrepreneurial
economy, and
(B) specifically for the purpose of--
(i) the evaluation, or improvement to the design or
implementation, of existing (as of the date of the award)
models or approaches for providing portable benefits, or
(ii) the design, implementation, and evaluation of new
models or approaches for providing such benefits.
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