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Union Calendar No. 91 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3992 
[Report No. 117–127] 
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 
JUNE 17, 2021 
Ms. GARCIA of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor 
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 
Additional sponsors: Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. WILD, Mr. JONES, Mr. GRI-
JALVA, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. SABLAN, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. 
WILSON of Florida, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. RUSH, Mr. BEYER, Mr. 
GARCI´A of Illinois, Ms. NORTON, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. MFUME, Ms. 
JAYAPAL, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. WATERS, 
Ms. ADAMS, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mr. 
GREEN of Texas, Ms. DEAN, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. ROSS, Ms. NEWMAN, Mr. 
CA´RDENAS, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. YOUNG, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. CASTRO of 
Texas, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. MRVAN, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. COSTA, Mr. 
EVANS, Mrs. AXNE, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. 
TAKANO, Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. LEVIN of Michi-
gan, Mr. COURTNEY, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, 
Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. ROYBAL- 
ALLARD, Mr. POCAN, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. SOTO, Mr. 
ALLRED, and Mr. PAPPAS 
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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 17, 2021] 
A BILL 
To amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 
1967 to prohibit employers from limiting, segregating, 
or classifying applicants for employment. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protect Older Job Appli-
cants Act of 2021’’ or ‘‘POJA Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST LIMITING, SEGREGATING, 
OR CLASSIFYING APPLICANTS FOR EMPLOY-
MENT. 
Section 4(a)(2) of the Age Discrimination in Employ-
ment 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 employ-
ment’’ after ‘‘employee’’. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to amend the 
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to pro-
hibit employers from limiting, segregating, or classifying 
applicants for employment.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 91 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3992 
[Report No. 117–127] 
A BILL 
To amend the Age Discrimination in Employment 
Act of 1967 to prohibit employers from limiting, 
segregating, or classifying applicants for employ-
ment. 
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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