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H. Rept. 119-506 1 (2026-02-20)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaibd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED r U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 4 119TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-506 MODERN WORKER SECURITY ACT FEBRUARY 20, 2026.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. WALBERG, from the Committee on Education and Workforce, submitted the following REPORT together with MINORITY VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 1320] The Committee on Education and Workforce, to whom was re- ferred the bill (H.R. 1320) 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, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with amendments and rec- ommends that the bill as amended do pass. The amendments are as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: 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 pur- poses 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 ben- efit 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 develop- ment, paid leave, disability coverage, health insurance coverage, retirement sav- ings, 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; 69-006