S. 5010 explained  ·  119th Congress  ·  Pending in Congress

NO BOSS Act

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Cosponsors: 4 (2 D, 2 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-14

Introduced: 2026-07-16

Latest action (2026-07-16): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Self-Employment Assistance State Flexibility Act of 2025

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To encourage states to offer self-employment assistance programs (SEAPs) to unemployed individuals, allowing them to start businesses while receiving unemployment benefits, by modifying federal tax rules that govern state administration of such programs.

Bipartisan rationale: Democratic priorities honored: supports entrepreneurship, reduces unemployment, provides federal funding for state workforce innovation. Republican priorities honored: preserves state flexibility, no federal mandates, voluntary participation, limited federal oversight, sunset provision to prevent permanent expansion.

Funding: General revenues of the United States Trea $500 million per fiscal year f Sunset 5y Oversight: Secretary of Labor, through th Enforcement: Recoupment of grant funds from state
→ Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States) → Tenth Amendment (The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people)

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