HR 2758
112th Congress
House
Health
Child health
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Labor standards
Women's employment
Women's health
Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2011
Introduced: August 1, 2011
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 8, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 8, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Aug 1, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Aug 1, 2011
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1471)
Aug 1, 2011
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2011 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include lactation (i.e., breastfeeding or the expressing of milk from the breast) as protected conduct under such Act (specifically, an amendment to such Act commonly known as the Pregnancy Discrimination Act).
Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to extend the requirement that certain employers provide reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for her nursing child to bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity employees or outside salesmen who are exempt from federal labor laws that limit the number of hours in a workweek.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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