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To amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to prohibit employers from limiting, segregating, or classifying applicants for employment.
Summary
The bill amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to explicitly prohibit employers from limiting, segregating, or classifying job applicants based on age. Currently, the law applies to employees; this bill extends the protection to job applicants in the hiring process. The bill also requires the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to study age discrimination claims filed since 2015, including closed cases involving job applicants who may have faced age discrimination during hiring. The EEOC must submit a report to Congress and make it available to the public within one year, including recommendations for best practices to prevent and combat age discrimination in hiring. The report will provide information on the scope of age discrimination in the job application process and recommendations for addressing it.
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Sponsor (1)
23 cosponsors
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC)
- Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC)
- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH)
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR)
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN)
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL)
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI)
- Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13] (D-NY)
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA)
- Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22] (D-FL)
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL)
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ)
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT)
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA)
- Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] (D-CT)
- Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6] (D-GA)
- Rep. Mullin, Kevin [D-CA-15] (D-CA)
- Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-CA-23] (R-CA)
- Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27] (R-FL)
- Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] (D-VA)
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV)
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI)
- Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] (D-GA)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Sylvia R. Garcia’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- HILLCO PARTNERS LLC $9,900
- THE GOODMAN CORPORATION $6,800
- LANIER LAW FIRM $6,609
- ARNOLD & ITKIN LLP $6,600
- MEM &ASSOCIATES, INC. $6,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Sylvia R. Garcia → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Sep 19, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
- Sep 19, 2025 Introduced in House
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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
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. <all>
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