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Redesignates existing paragraph (10) as paragraph (11) and inserts a new paragraph (10) into subsection (k) of section 408 to provide rules treating certain independent workers as employees for purposes of simplified employee pensions, including participation, contribution, suspension account, and definitions.
Adds a new subparagraph (F) to 29 U.S.C. 1002(43) establishing that any opinion required by section 103(a)(3) with respect to a pooled employer plan shall relate only to the portions of the plan attributable to a participating employer for which such an opinion would be required if that portion were maintained as a separate single-employer plan.
Amends Section 202 of the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 to revise the auditing-opinion requirements for groups of plans by striking existing text and inserting two subparts that constrain the scope of such opinions and require them to be based on the same accounting principles used for pooled employer plans (29 U.S.C. 1002(43)) with specified caveats.
Allows independent (gig) workers to participate in employer-based pooled retirement plans and gives employers the option to treat such workers as employees for certain SEP retirement rules. The bill also updates audit and audit-opinion rules for pooled and grouped plans, and directs Treasury and Labor to run pilot programs (including round-down and automatic deductions) to test ways to help independent workers save for retirement.
The measure creates definitions and data-sharing permissions to enable enrollment, clarifies that participation won’t change an independent worker’s employment status, adds targeted tax-code rules for SEP treatment, revises auditor opinion requirements, and requires pilot program design and implementation by the Secretaries of Treasury and Labor.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced July 9, 2025 by Bill Cassidy · Last progress July 9, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in Senate