Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act
Latest action · May 6, 2010 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-1122.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 6, 2009
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 6, 2009 to Jun 23, 2010; 16 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Al Franken | Original | Oct 6, 2009 |
| D-PA | Arlen Specter | Original | Oct 6, 2009 |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | Oct 6, 2009 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Oct 6, 2009 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Oct 6, 2009 |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Original | Oct 6, 2009 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Oct 6, 2009 |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Original | Oct 6, 2009 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Oct 6, 2009 |
| D-DE | Edward E. Kaufman | Original | Oct 6, 2009 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Original | Oct 6, 2009 |
| D-WI | Herb Kohl | Original | Oct 6, 2009 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Oct 6, 2009 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Oct 6, 2009 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Oct 6, 2009 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Oct 6, 2009 |
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Oct 28, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Nov 5, 2009 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Nov 30, 2009 | |
| D-IL | Roland Burris | Nov 30, 2009 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Dec 1, 2009 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Feb 22, 2010 | |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Apr 20, 2010 | |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Jun 23, 2010 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Oct 6, 2009Hearings May 6, 2010 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 6, 2010Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-1122.
- Oct 6, 2009Introduced in Senate
- Oct 6, 2009Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S10313 | Tom Harkin D-IA | Oct 8, 2009 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S10164 | Patrick J. Leahy D-VT | Oct 6, 2009 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 111-666 | U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS, REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS, PUERTO RICO, AND POLITICAL STATUS PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS136 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | May 19, 2010 |
| S. Hrg. 111-1122 | ENSURING FAIRNESS FOR OLDER WORKERS81 pages | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | May 6, 2010 |
| Serial No. 111-61 | H.R. 3721, THE PROTECTING OLDER WORKERS AGAINST DISCRIMINATION ACT56 pages | Education and Workforce Committee | May 5, 2010 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3721 | Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act | Related bill | Jun 10, 2010 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to clarify the appropriate standard of proof.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 6, 2009Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
