117th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to prohibit employers from limiting, segregating, or classifying applicants for employment.
June 17, 2021
Ms. Garcia of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor
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,
This Act may be cited as the “Protect Older Job Applicants Act” or the “POJA Act”.
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”.