House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law

Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act of 2021

H.R. 2062Introduced Mar 18, 2021Policy area: Labor and Employment

Where it went

IntroducedMar 18, 2021
Committee actionMay 26, 2021
Passed HouseJun 23, 2021 · 247–178
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jun 24, 2021 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2062.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2062, Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act of 2021” on June 16, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor on May 26, 2021”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 16, 2021 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57307
CBO publication date
June 16, 2021
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2062, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2062
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-63 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on June 17, 2021.
Source: Congress.gov, reported June 17, 2021 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2062, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2062
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 2026
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 51, March 18, 2021, Page H1584):
Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 18, 2021 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2062, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2062
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 2026
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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

112 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 98 Democrats

14 of 112 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.

Alma Adams (D-NC), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Cori Bush (D-MO), André Carson (D-IN), Sean Casten (D-IL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Danny Davis (D-IL), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL) and 82 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Scott.

Sponsor’s state and district

Virginia in Congress · VA-3 district

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