POJA Act of 2025

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