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H.R. 5514

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 5514, the POJA Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Sep 19, 2025 by Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D) with 23 co-sponsors. It was referred to Education and Workforce, and last saw action on Sep 19, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Record

Text

H.R. 5514 has 23 co-sponsors.

hb5514/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 5514 IH: Protect Older Job Applicants Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-09-19
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 5514  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   September 19, 2025   Ms. Garcia of Texas  (for herself,  Ms. Salazar ,  Mr. Scott of Virginia ,  Mr. Obernolte ,  Mr. Espaillat ,  Mr. Carson ,  Ms. Tlaib ,  Ms. Norton ,  Mr. Larson of Connecticut ,  Ms. Bonamici ,  Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida ,  Mr. Davis of Illinois ,  Mr. García of Illinois , and  Mrs. McBath ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Education and Workforce    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 2025   or   POJA Act of 2025  .
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.

Tracker

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  1. Introduced2025-09-19
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

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Introduced in House Sep 19, 2025

hb5514/introduced-in-house.md

Shown Here:
Introduced in House (09/19/2025)

Protect Older Job Applicants Act of 2025 or the POJA Act of 2025

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.

Sponsors

Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D) sponsors H.R. 5514, and 23 members have co-sponsored it, 13 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 5514 went before 1 committee: Education and Workforce.

Education and Workforce
Education and Workforce
Referred To · Sep 19, 2025 · 824 Bills

Actions

H.R. 5514 has taken 2 actions since Sep 19, 2025.

ChamberAction
Sep 19, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Sep 19, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.Education and Workforce Committee

Votes

H.R. 5514 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 5514 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

  • POJA Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • POJA Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • Protect Older Job Applicants Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to prohibit employers from limiting, segregating, or classifying applicants for employment. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 25 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 5514 in 3 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Agriculture, Budget/Appropriations, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Consumer Issues/Safety/Products, Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Family issues/Abortion/Adoption, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Health Issues.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
AARP—District of Columbia13—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
AARP13—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 25.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ANDREW DONNELLY113
ANDREW SCHOLNICK113
APRIL CANTER113
BEVERLY GILYARD113
BLAKE KELLY113
BRENDAN ROSE113
CHAD MULLEN113
CLARK FLYNT-BARR113
CORALETTE HANNON113
ELISA WALKER113
FERNANDO RUIZ113
GIDGET BENITEZ113
GLEN FEWKES113
HOLLY BIGLOW113
JENNIFER JONES113
JOHN CUMMINGS113
JOHN HISHTA113
KATHLEEN FORD113
LAUREN RYAN113
LEIGH PURVIS113

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
AARPAARP2025 fourth_quarter$5.3M4th Quarter - Report
AARPAARP2026 first_quarter$3.8M1st Quarter - Report
AARPAARP2025 third_quarter$3.8M3rd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 5514 under Labor and Employment, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 5514’s is Labor and Employment.

hr5514/policy-areas.txt
Labor and EmploymentAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 5514, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 154 (Friday, September 19, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. GARCIA of Texas:H.R. 5514.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article I, Section 8.[Page H4489]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com