POJA Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5514 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5514

 To amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to prohibit 
  employers from limiting, segregating, or classifying applicants for 
                              employment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 19, 2025

 Ms. Garcia of Texas (for herself, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Scott of Virginia, 
 Mr. Obernolte, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Carson, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
 Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. 
Davis of Illinois, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, and Mrs. McBath) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education 
                             and Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to prohibit 
  employers from limiting, segregating, or classifying applicants for 
                              employment.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protect Older Job Applicants Act of 
2025'' or ``POJA Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST LIMITING, SEGREGATING, OR CLASSIFYING 
              APPLICANTS FOR EMPLOYMENT.

    Section 4(a)(2) of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 
(29 U.S.C. 623(a)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``or applicants for employment'' after 
        ``employees''; and
            (2) by inserting ``or as an applicant for employment'' 
        after ``employee''.

SEC. 3. STUDY.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission shall conduct a study to 
determine the number of claims pending or filed with the Commission 
since 2015 under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 
U.S.C. 621 et seq.), including claims in closed cases, by job 
applicants who may have been adversely impacted by age discrimination 
in the job application process. The Chairman of the Commission shall 
submit to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions of the Senate, and shall make available to the public, a 
report that contains the results of the study, including 
recommendations for best practices to prevent, combat, and address age 
discrimination in the hiring process.
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