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HR 5592 116th Congress House

PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act

Official title: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to expand access to breastfeeding accommodations in the workplace, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 27, 2020 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Child healthEmployment discrimination and employee rightsLabor standardsWomen's employmentWomen's health
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Jan 13, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Jan 13, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 13, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act or the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act

This bill extends protections for a working mother who expresses breast milk for her nursing child to cover salaried employees and other types of workers not covered under existing law. The bill requires employers to pay a nursing mother who is paid on an hourly basis for time spent to express breast milk if she is also working.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3
COOPER, JAMES
· Mar 4, 2020
Herrera Beutler, Jaime
· Feb 13, 2020
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Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Jan 27, 2020
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Jan 27, 2020
 D
Underwood, Lauren
Illinois · Jan 27, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5592: PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5592/
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"H.R. 5592: PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5592/.
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H.R. 5592, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5592/.
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