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H.R. 3721: Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act

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H.R. 3721: Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act

111th Congress · introduced 2009-10-06 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2009-10-06 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Subcommittee Hearings Held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act

Plain summary

Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to declare that a plaintiff establishes an unlawful employment practice if the plaintiff demonstrates by a preponderance of the evidence that: (1) an impermissible factor or authority was a motivating factor for the practice complained of, even if other factors also motivated that practice; or (2) the practice complained of would not have occurred in the absence of an impermissible factor. Specifies the types of: (1) evidence that a plaintiff may utilize; and (2) relief and damages available to a successful plaintiff.

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Official text

Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] · 45 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Gary C. Peters (D-MI)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong111-hr3721 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111