POJA Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Garcia (TX)
Introduced
Summary
Extends ADEA protections to job applicants to stop employers from excluding or sorting candidates by age. It also orders a federal study of applicant claims to inform hiring best practices.
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- Older job seekers: Gains explicit protection when applying for work. Employers could not limit, segregate, or classify applicants on the basis of age.
- Employers and hiring systems: Would need to change job listings and screening practices to avoid age-based categories or limits in hiring.
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and policymakers: The EEOC must, within 1 year, study applicant age-discrimination claims since 2015, publish results, recommend best practices, and send the report to the House Committee on Education and Labor and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Age-bias protections for job applicants
If enacted, covered employers would be barred from limiting or sorting job applicants by age. Older job seekers could bring ADEA claims for biased hiring, not just on-the-job actions. The change would take effect upon enactment. The EEOC would study applicant age-bias claims since 2015 and publish best-practice recommendations within 1 year.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Garcia (TX)
TX • D
Cosponsors
Salazar
FL • R
Sponsored 9/19/2025
Scott (VA)
VA • D
Sponsored 9/19/2025
Obernolte
CA • R
Sponsored 9/19/2025
Espaillat
NY • D
Sponsored 9/19/2025
Carson
IN • D
Sponsored 9/19/2025
Tlaib
MI • D
Sponsored 9/19/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 9/19/2025
Larson (CT)
CT • D
Sponsored 9/19/2025
Bonamici
OR • D
Sponsored 9/19/2025
Frankel, Lois
FL • D
Sponsored 9/19/2025
Davis (IL)
IL • D
Sponsored 9/19/2025
Garcia (IL)
IL • D
Sponsored 9/19/2025
McBath
GA • D
Sponsored 9/19/2025
Williams (GA)
GA • D
Sponsored 10/8/2025
Mullin
CA • D
Sponsored 10/10/2025
Dingell
MI • D
Sponsored 10/14/2025
Gottheimer
NJ • D
Sponsored 10/17/2025
Johnson (GA)
GA • D
Sponsored 10/21/2025
Adams
NC • D
Sponsored 11/7/2025
Titus
NV • D
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Beatty
OH • D
Sponsored 12/2/2025
Fitzpatrick
PA • R
Sponsored 1/8/2026
Hayes
CT • D
Sponsored 4/2/2026
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