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S 2122 115th Congress Senate Labor and Employment Labor standards Wages and earnings Women's employment Women's health Worker safety and health

Supporting Working Moms Act of 2017

Introduced: November 14, 2017 Introduced by: Merkley, Jeff Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Nov 14, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Nov 14, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Supporting Working Moms Act of 2017

This bill 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 November 14, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3255 Related bill Supporting Working Moms Act of 2017
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 9 Republican 1
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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Dec 17, 2018
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Duckworth, Tammy
Illinois · Dec 12, 2018
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jan 18, 2018
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Nov 14, 2017
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Nov 14, 2017
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Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · Nov 14, 2017
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Nov 14, 2017
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Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Nov 14, 2017
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Nov 14, 2017
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Nov 14, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2122: Supporting Working Moms Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2122/
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"S. 2122: Supporting Working Moms Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2122/.
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S. 2122, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2122/.
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