Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act of 2021
Policy Area: Labor and Employment
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] (D-VA)
Latest Action (2021-06-24): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act of 2021 This bill revises the evidentiary standard for age discrimination by establishing an unlawful employment practice when the complaining party demonstrates that age or participation in an investigation, proceeding, or litigation related to an age discrimination claim was a motivating factor for an adverse practice, even though other factors also motivated the practice (thereby allowing what are commonly known as mixed motive claims). The bill (1) permits the complaining party to rely on any type or form of admissible evidence, which need only be sufficient for a reasonable trier of fact to find that an unlawful practice occurred; and (2) declares that the complaining party shall not be required to demonstrate that age or retaliation was the sole cause of the employment practice (thereby rejecting the Supreme Court's decision in Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc., which requires the complainant to prove that age was the but-for cause for the employer's decision). The bill applies this evidentiary standard to other employment discrimination and retaliation claims, including claims under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. In a claim in which age discrimination is shown, but where the employer demonstrates that it would have taken the same action absent the motivating factor of age, the bill authorizes courts to grant declaratory and injunctive
Subjects: Age discrimination, Civil actions and liability, Congressional oversight, Disability and health-based discrimination, Employment discrimination and employee rights, Evidence and witnesses, Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management, Government studies and investigations
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How members voted on HR2062. 291 total positions across all roll calls for this bill.
| Member | Date | Question | Vote | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert B. Aderholt (R-Alabama) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Jake Auchincloss (D-Massachusetts) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Mark E. Amodei (R-Nevada) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Alma S. Adams (D-North Carolina) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Pete Aguilar (D-California) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Rick W. Allen (R-Georgia) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Jodey C. Arrington (R-Texas) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Sanford D. Bishop (D-Georgia) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Cliff Bentz (R-Oregon) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Stephanie I. Bice (R-Oklahoma) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Florida) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Vern Buchanan (R-Florida) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Not Voting | Passed |
| Suzanne Bonamici (D-Oregon) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Andy Barr (R-Kentucky) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Julia Brownley (D-California) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Ami Bera (D-California) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Brian Babin (R-Texas) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Donald S. Beyer (D-Virginia) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Mike Bost (R-Illinois) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Brendan F. Boyle (D-Pennsylvania) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Don Bacon (R-Nebraska) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Jim Banks (R-Indiana) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-California) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Jack Bergman (R-Michigan) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Andy Biggs (R-Arizona) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Delaware) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Ted Budd (R-North Carolina) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Troy Balderson (R-Ohio) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| James R. Baird (R-Indiana) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Tim Burchett (R-Tennessee) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Not Voting | Passed |
| Ken Calvert (R-California) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| James E. Clyburn (D-South Carolina) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Kat Cammack (R-Florida) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| John R. Carter (R-Texas) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Tom Cole (R-Oklahoma) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Ed Case (D-Hawaii) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Jim Costa (D-California) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Emanuel Cleaver (D-Missouri) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Kathy Castor (D-Florida) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Not Voting | Passed |
| Yvette D. Clarke (D-New York) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Steve Cohen (D-Tennessee) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Joe Courtney (D-Connecticut) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| André Carson (D-Indiana) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Judy Chu (D-California) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-Arkansas) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Nay | Passed |
| Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
| Katherine M. Clark (D-Massachusetts) | 2021-06-23 | Yea-and-Nay | Yea | Passed |
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