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H.R. 5514 119th Congress House

POJA Act of 2025

Official title: To amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to prohibit employers from limiting, segregating, or classifying applicants for employment.

Introduced: September 19, 2025 Introduced by: Sylvia R. Garcia Democratic · Texas See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment
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Sep 19, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Sep 19, 2025
Introduced in House
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What's happening now September 19, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 3

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • AARP
    for AARP · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • AARP
    for AARP · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
  • AARP
    for AARP · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

A filing lists the bills it worked on and the parts of government it contacted in separate sections, so these are the bodies those filers named anywhere in the filing, not a per-bill breakdown.

 Cosponsors 23
All 23 Democratic 20 Republican 3
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Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Apr 2, 2026
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Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Jan 8, 2026
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Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Dec 2, 2025
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Titus, Dina
Nevada · Nov 20, 2025
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Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Nov 7, 2025
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Oct 21, 2025
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Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Oct 17, 2025
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Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Oct 14, 2025
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Mullin, Kevin
California · Oct 10, 2025
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Williams, Nikema
Georgia · Oct 8, 2025
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Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Sep 19, 2025
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Carson, André
Indiana · Sep 19, 2025
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Sep 19, 2025
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Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Sep 19, 2025
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Frankel, Lois
Florida · Sep 19, 2025
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García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Sep 19, 2025
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Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Sep 19, 2025
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McBath, Lucy
Georgia · Sep 19, 2025
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 19, 2025
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Obernolte, Jay
California · Sep 19, 2025
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Salazar, Maria Elvira
Florida · Sep 19, 2025
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Sep 19, 2025
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Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Sep 19, 2025
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5514: POJA Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5514/
MLA
"H.R. 5514: POJA Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5514/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 5514, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5514/.
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[H.R. 5514: POJA Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5514/)
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