119 HR 5514 IH: Protect Older Job Applicants Act of 2025 U.S. House of Representatives 2025-09-19 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 5514IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESSeptember 19, 2025Ms. 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. García of Illinois, and Mrs. McBath) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and WorkforceA BILLTo amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to prohibit employers from limiting, segregating, or classifying applicants for employment.

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Short title

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

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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.

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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.