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 100 STAT. 3342

PUBLIC LAW 99-592—OCT. 31, 1986

Public Law 99-592 99th Congress Oct. 31, 1986 [H.R. 4154]

Age Discrimination in Employment Amendments of 1986. 29 USC 621 note.

An Act

To amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to remove the maximum age limitation applicable to employees who are protected under such Act, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the "Age Discrimination in Employment Amendments of 1986". SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO MAXIMUM AGE.

Ante, p. 171.

Ante, p. 171.

(a) COVERAGE UNDER GROUP HEALTH PLANS.—Subsection (g)(1) of section 4 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 623(g)(1)), as added by section 116(a) of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, is amended by striking out "through 69" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "or older". (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Subsection (g) of section 4 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as added by section 802(b)(2) of the Older Americans Act Amendments of 1984, is amended by striking out "(g)(1)" and inserting in lieu thereof "(h)(1)". (c) REMOVAL OF MAXIMUM AGE LIMITATION.—Section 12 of the Age

Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 631) is amended— (1) in subsection (a) by striking out "but less than seventy years of age", and (2) in subsection (c)(1) by striking out "but not seventy years of age,. SEC. 3. EMPLOYMENT AS FIREFIGHTER OR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. State and local governments.

29 USC 623 and note.

(a) GENERAL RULE.—Section 4 of the Age Discrimination in

Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 623) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(i) It shall not be unlawful for an employer which is a State, a political subdivision of a State, an agency or instrumentality of a State or a political subdivision of a State, or an interstate agency to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual because of such individual's age if such action is taken— "(1) with respect to the employment of an individual as a firefighter or as a law enforcement officer and the individual has attained the age of hiring or retirement in effect under applicable State or local law on March 3, 1983, and "(2) pursuant to a bona fide hiring or retirement plan that is not a subterfuge to evade the purposes of this Act.". (b) TERMINATION PROVISION.—The amendment made by subsection (a) of this section is repealed December 31, 1993.

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