House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
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.
Sponsor: Rep. Sylvia Garcia D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 19, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 19, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5514.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. GARCIA of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 154, September 19, 2025, Page H4489):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 19, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 90 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5514, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5514
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of April 7, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
23 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 20 Democrats
3 of 23 cosponsors (13%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), André Carson (D-IN), Danny Davis (D-IL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Jesús García (D-IL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Henry Johnson (D-GA), John Larson (D-CT), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Robert Scott (D-VA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sylvia Garcia.
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- H.Res. 216 (119th) Condemning the Members of Congress constituting the leadership team of the House Republican Conference.
- H.R. 4664 (119th) Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.