S 256
107th Congress
Senate
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Breast feeding
Families
Labor and Employment
Sex discrimination against women
Sex discrimination in employment
Women
Pregnancy Discrimination Act Amendments of 2001
Introduced: February 6, 2001
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 6, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 6, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1078)
Feb 6, 2001
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Pregnancy Discrimination Act Amendments of 2001 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include breast-feeding (including expression of milk by a lactating woman) within the definitions of "because of sex" or "on the basis of sex" for purposes of the discrimination prohibitions of such Act.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1