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Breastfeeding Promotion Act

Introduced: January 30, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Mar 15, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Feb 14, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Jan 30, 2001
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 30, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Breastfeeding Promotion Act - Title I: Amendment to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Pregnancy Discrimination Act Amendments of 2001 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include lactation (including expression of milk) within the definitions of "because of sex" or "on the basis of sex" for purposes of such Act.

Title II: Credit for Employer Expenses for Providing Appropriate Environment on Business Premises for Employed Mothers to Breastfeed or Express Milk for Their Children - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to allow a limited credit to employers for expenses incurred in enabling employed nursing mothers to breastfeed.

Title III: Safe and Effective Breast Pumps - Safe and Effective Breast Pumps Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services: (1) to put into effect a performance standard for breast pumps irrespective of the class to which the breast pumps have been classified under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; and (2) to issue a compliance policy guide which will assure that women who want to breastfeed a child are given full and complete information respecting breast pumps.

Title IV: Definition of Medical Care in Internal Revenue Code Expanded to Include Breastfeeding Equipment and Services - Expands the IRC definition of medical care to include qualified breastfeeding equipment and services.

What's happening now March 15, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 8 Independent 1
D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jul 26, 2002
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Jun 27, 2002
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Aug 1, 2001
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · May 3, 2001
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Apr 3, 2001
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Mar 20, 2001
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 13, 2001
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 13, 2001
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 13, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 285: Breastfeeding Promotion Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-285/
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