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PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act

Introduced: January 9, 2020 Introduced by: Merkley, Jeff Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Jan 9, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jan 9, 2020
Introduced in Senate
 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.

What's happening now January 9, 2020

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

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