[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 344 Introduced in House (IH)]







                                    


104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 344

To amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to reinstate 
an exemption with respect to the employment of individuals as State and 
            local firefighters and law enforcement officers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 1995

 Mr. Pickett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
          Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to reinstate 
an exemption with respect to the employment of individuals as State and 
            local firefighters and law enforcement officers.

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

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT.

    Section 4 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 
U.S.C. 623) is amended by inserting after subsection (i) the following:
    ``(j) It shall not be unlawful for an employer that is a State, a 
political subdivision of a State, an agency or instrumentality of a 
State or of a political subdivision of a State, or an interstate agency 
to fail or refuse to hire, or to discharge, any individual because of 
such individual's age if such action is taken--
            ``(1) with respect to the employment of such individual as 
        a firefighter or law enforcement officer and such individual 
        has attained the age of hiring or retirement in effect under 
        applicable State or local law on March 3, 1983; and
            ``(2) pursuant to a bona fide hiring or retirement plan 
        that is not a subterfuge to evade the purposes of this Act.''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect on the first day of the first month that 
begins after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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