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HR 2758 112th Congress House

Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2011

Official title: To amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect breastfeeding by new mothers and to provide for reasonable break time for nursing mothers.

Introduced: August 1, 2011 See on congress.gov
Health Child healthEmployment discrimination and employee rightsLabor standardsWomen's employmentWomen's health
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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
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 Latest action September 8, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1463 Identical bill Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2011
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 4
LEVIN, SANDER
· Sep 12, 2012
WOOLSEY, LYNN
· Feb 2, 2012
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Aug 30, 2011
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Aug 19, 2011
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Aug 5, 2011
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Aug 1, 2011
SERRANO, JOSE
· Aug 1, 2011
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2758: Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2758/
MLA
"H.R. 2758: Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2758/.
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H.R. 2758, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2758/.
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