POJA Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3992
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2021-06-17
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Age discrimination

Employee hiring

Employment discrimination and employee rights
Latest action: action_date: 2021-11-15
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-06-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Protect Older Job Applicants Act</strong><strong> or the POJA Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits employers from limiting, segregating, or classifying job applicants based on an applicant's age.</p>

action_date: 2021-09-23
action_desc: Reported to House
text: <p><strong>Protect Older Job Applicants Act of 2021 or the POJA Act of 2021</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits employers from limiting, segregating, or classifying job applicants based on an applicant's age.</p>

action_date: 2021-11-04
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p><strong>Protect Older Job Applicants Act of 2021 or the POJA Act of 2021</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits employers from limiting, segregating, or classifying job applicants based on an applicant's age. It also requires the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to study and report on claims received from job applicants involving age discrimination.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3992 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 A BILL To amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to prohibit employers from limiting, segregating, or classifying applicants for employment.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Older Job Applicants Act or the POJA Act . 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 .

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 91 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3992 [Report No. 117–127] 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. Grijalva , Mr. DeSaulnier , Mr. Sablan , Mrs. Hayes , Ms. Bonamici , Ms. Wilson of Florida , Ms. Lee of California , Mr. Rush , Mr. Beyer , Mr. García 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. Cárdenas , 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 Michigan , Mr. Courtney , Ms. Williams of Georgia , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Ms. Barragán , 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 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Older Job Applicants Act of 2021 or POJA Act of 2021 . 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 .

Amend the title so as to read: A bill to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to prohibit employers from limiting, segregating, or classifying applicants for employment. .

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

tv_txt: IIB 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3992 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 15, 2021 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions AN ACT To amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to prohibit employers from limiting, segregating, or classifying applicants for employment.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Older Job Applicants Act of 2021 or POJA Act of 2021 . 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 . 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.

Passed the House of Representatives November 4, 2021. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk

tv_txt: IB 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3992 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to prohibit employers from limiting, segregating, or classifying applicants for employment.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Older Job Applicants Act of 2021 or POJA Act of 2021 . 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 . 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.

Passed the House of Representatives November 4, 2021. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk.