,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hcha  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bd1      
#bjbj,ms4 ,garcia of ,texas 7for        
herself1 ,ms4 ,wild1 and ,mrs4 ,hayes7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,education and ,labor  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
prohibit employers from asking the age  
or date of birth of an individual before
 the completion and submission of an    
application for employment by such      
individual4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,protect ,older    
,job ,applicants ,act or the ,,poja     
,act4  #b4 ,prohibition against asking  
the age or date of birth before the     
completion and submission of the        
application for employment ,section     
#d7;a7 of the ,age ,discrimination in   
,employment ,act of #aifg 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4
 #fbc7;a77 is amended-- 7#a7 in         
paragraph 7#b7 by striking the or at the
 end1  7#b7 in paragraph 7#c7 by        
striking the period at the end and      

inserting 2 or1 and  7#c7 by adding at  
the end the following3  7#d7 to ask the 
age or date of birth of an individual   
before the completion and submission of 
an application for employment by such   
individual4  4  #c4 ,prohibition against
 limiting1 segregating1 or classifying  
applicants for employment ,section      
#d7;a77#b7 of the ,age ,discrimination  
in ,employment ,act of #aifg 7#bi       
,u4,s4,c4 #fbc7;a77#b77 is amended--    
7#a7 by inserting or applicants for     
employment after employees1 and  7#b7 by
 inserting or as an applicant for       
employment after employee4  #d4 ,damages
 for requesting the age or date of birth
 at the time of application ,section #g 
of the ,age ,discrimination in          
,employment ,act of #aifg 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4
 #fbf7 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection  
7b7 by inserting 1 except where a remedy
 is provided in subsection 7g7 after of 
this section1 and  7#b7 by adding at the
 end the following3  7g7 ,the amount    
owing to an applicant for employment for

 a violation of paragraph 7#b7 or 7#d7  
of section #d7;a7 shall be #e1jjj in    
lieu of any other amounts owing under   
this ,act for such violation4  4  #e4   
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
this ,act shall take effect #a year     
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act4