I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2062 
To amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 and other 
laws to clarify appropriate standards for Federal employment discrimina-
tion and retaliation claims, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2021 
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. 
BONAMICI, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. KATKO, Mrs. AXNE, Miss 
GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N, Ms. NEWMAN, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. 
GROTHMAN, Ms. WILD, and Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 
1967 and other laws to clarify appropriate standards 
for Federal employment discrimination and retaliation 
claims, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Protecting Older 
Workers Against Discrimination Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. STANDARDS OF PROOF. 
(a) AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 
1967.— 
(1) CLARIFYING PROHIBITION AGAINST IMPER-
MISSIBLE CONSIDERATION OF AGE IN EMPLOYMENT 
PRACTICES.—Section 4 of the Age Discrimination in 
Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 623) is amend-
ed by inserting after subsection (f) the following: 
‘‘(g)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, an 
unlawful practice is established under this Act when the 
complaining party demonstrates that age or an activity 
protected by subsection (d) was a motivating factor for 
any practice, even though other factors also motivated the 
practice. 
‘‘(2) In establishing an unlawful practice under this 
Act, including under paragraph (1) or by any other meth-
od of proof, a complaining party— 
‘‘(A) may rely on any type or form of admis-
sible evidence and need only produce evidence suffi-
cient for a reasonable trier of fact to find that an 
unlawful practice occurred under this Act; and 
‘‘(B) shall not be required to demonstrate that 
age or an activity protected by subsection (d) was 
the sole cause of a practice.’’. 
(2) REMEDIES.—Section 7 of such Act (29 
U.S.C. 626) is amended— 
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‘‘(B) shall not award damages or issue an order 
requiring any admission, reinstatement, hiring, pro-
motion, or payment.’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘Any’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Subject to subsection (b)(3), 
any’’. 
(3) DEFINITIONS.—Section 11 of such Act (29 
U.S.C. 630) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(m) The term ‘demonstrates’ means meets the bur-
dens of production and persuasion.’’. 
(4) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—Section 15 of such 
Act (29 U.S.C. 633a) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(h) Sections 4(g) and 7(b)(3) shall apply to mixed 
motive claims (involving practices described in section 
4(g)(1)) under this section.’’. 
(b) TITLE VII OF
THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT
OF 
1964.— 
(1) CLARIFYING PROHIBITION AGAINST IMPER-
MISSIBLE CONSIDERATION OF RACE, COLOR, RELI-
GION, SEX, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN IN EMPLOYMENT 
PRACTICES.—Section 703 of the Civil Rights Act of 
1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–2) is amended by striking 
subsection (m) and inserting the following: 
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‘‘(m) Except as otherwise provided in this title, an 
unlawful employment practice is established when the 
complaining party demonstrates that race, color, religion, 
sex, national origin, or an activity protected by section 
704(a) was a motivating factor for any employment prac-
tice, even though other factors also motivated the prac-
tice.’’. 
(2) FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES.—Section 717 of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 2000e–16) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) Sections 703(m) and 706(g)(2)(B) shall apply 
to mixed motive cases (involving practices described in sec-
tion 703(m)) under this section.’’. 
(c) AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—Section 101 of the Ameri-
cans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
12111) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(11) DEMONSTRATES.—The term ‘demon-
strates’ means meets the burdens of production and 
persuasion.’’. 
(2) CLARIFYING PROHIBITION AGAINST IMPER-
MISSIBLE
CONSIDERATION
OF
DISABILITY
IN
EM-
PLOYMENT
PRACTICES.—Section 102 of such Act 
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(42 U.S.C. 12112) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(e) PROOF.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Except as otherwise 
provided in this Act, a discriminatory practice is es-
tablished under this Act when the complaining party 
demonstrates that disability or an activity protected 
by subsection (a) or (b) of section 503 was a moti-
vating factor for any employment practice, even 
though other factors also motivated the practice. 
‘‘(2) DEMONSTRATION.—In establishing a dis-
criminatory practice under paragraph (1) or by any 
other method of proof, a complaining party— 
‘‘(A) may rely on any type or form of ad-
missible evidence and need only produce evi-
dence sufficient for a reasonable trier of fact to 
find that a discriminatory practice occurred 
under this Act; and 
‘‘(B) shall not be required to demonstrate 
that disability or an activity protected by sub-
section (a) or (b) of section 503 was the sole 
cause of an employment practice.’’. 
(3) CERTAIN ANTI-RETALIATION CLAIMS.—Sec-
tion 503(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12203(c)) is 
amended— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘The remedies’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the remedies’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) CERTAIN
ANTI-RETALIATION
CLAIMS.— 
Section 107(c) shall apply to claims under section 
102(e)(1) with respect to title I.’’. 
(4) REMEDIES.—Section 107 of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 12117) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(c) DISCRIMINATORY MOTIVATING FACTOR.—On a 
claim in which an individual demonstrates that disability 
was a motivating factor for any employment practice 
under section 102(e)(1), and a respondent demonstrates 
that the respondent would have taken the same action in 
the absence of the impermissible motivating factor, the 
court— 
‘‘(1) may grant declaratory relief, injunctive re-
lief (except as provided in paragraph (2)), and attor-
ney’s fees and costs demonstrated to be directly at-
tributable only to the pursuit of a claim under sec-
tion 102(e)(1); and 
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‘‘(2) shall not award damages or issue an order 
requiring any admission, reinstatement, hiring, pro-
motion, or payment.’’. 
(d) REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Sections 501(f), 503(d), and 
504(d) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 
791(f), 793(d), and 794(d)), are each amended by 
adding after ‘‘title I of the Americans with Disabil-
ities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12111 et seq.)’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, including the standards of causation or 
methods of proof applied under section 102(e) of 
that Act (42 U.S.C. 12112(e)),’’. 
(2) FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES.—The amendment 
made by paragraph (1) to section 501(f) of the Re-
habilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 791(f)) shall be 
construed to apply to all employees covered by sec-
tion 501 of that Act (29 U.S.C. 791). 
SEC. 3. APPLICATION. 
This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, 
shall apply to all claims pending on or after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act, an amendment made by 
this Act, or the application of such provision or amend-
ment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconsti-
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tutional, the remainder of this Act, the amendments made 
by this Act, and the application of the provisions of such 
to any person or circumstance shall not be affected there-
by. 
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