Fairness For Breastfeeding Mothers Act of 2017
- Last Action
- 3/8/2017
Actions
- 2017-03-08Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- 2017-03-07Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2017-03-07On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1550)
- 2017-03-07Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H1550)
- 2017-03-07DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1174.
- 2017-03-07Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1550-1553)
- 2017-03-07Mr. Barletta moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- 2017-03-07Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 10.
- 2017-03-07Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 115-24.
- 2017-03-07Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 115-24.
- 2017-02-28Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Discharged.
- 2017-02-28Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- 2017-02-28Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- 2017-02-17Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- 2017-02-16Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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CRS Summary
As of 2017-03-07 (36)
Fairness For Breastfeeding Mothers Act of 2017
(Sec. 2) This bill requires certain public buildings that have a public restroom to provide a lactation room, other than a bathroom, that is available for use by members of the public to express milk. The lactation room must be a hygienic place that is shielded from public view and free from intrusion and must contain a chair, a working surface, and an electrical outlet.
A public building may be excluded from such requirement at the discretion of the official responsible for its operation if:
- it does not contain a lactation room for employees and does not have a space that could be repurposed as one or that could be made private by using portable materials, at a reasonable cost; or
- the cost of new construction required to create a lactation room is not feasible.
Cosponsors (3)
- PETER DEFAZIO (D-OR)
- Henry Johnson (D-GA)
- Barbara Comstock (R-VA)
Subjects
- Child health
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
- Nutrition and diet
- Right of privacy
- Smithsonian Institution
- U.S. Capitol
- Women's health
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