Advancing Skills-Based Hiring Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4050 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4050 To establish a voluntary compliance assistance initiative at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regarding the usage of employment tests and selection procedures by employers. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 17, 2025 Ms. Stefanik introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish a voluntary compliance assistance initiative at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regarding the usage of employment tests and selection procedures by employers. 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 ``Advancing Skills-Based Hiring Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. PURPOSE. It is the purpose of this Act-- (1) to empower employers to adopt a skills-based approach to hiring through a voluntary compliance assistance program regarding the appropriate use of employment tests and selection procedures, and (2) to enable employers to proactively submit validation information to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for review to ensure use of such tests and procedures is job- related for the position in question and consistent with business necessity within the meaning of section 703(k)(1)(A)(i) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-2(k)(1)(A)(i)). SEC. 3. REVIEW BY EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION OF INFORMATION VOLUNTARILY SUBMITTED BY EMPLOYERS. (a) Voluntary Submission and Review of Employer Information.--The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (in this Act referred to as the ``Commission'') shall-- (1) establish a process for employers-- (A) to voluntarily submit vali