3.0.0 1463 2023-01-11T13:22:30Z 2023-01-11T13:22:30Z Senate S S 2011-08-01 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-08-01T22:59:39Z Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2011 112 2758 HR 2011-09-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS 2011-08-01 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2011-08-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2011-08-01 True B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2011-08-01 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2011-09-06 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2011-09-07 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2012-09-10 False Health Child health Employment discrimination and employee rights Labor standards Women's employment Women's health Health 00 2011-08-01 Introduced in Senate 2011-10-17T19:31:12Z 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.

]]> Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2011 Display Title Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill 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 in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2011 Introduced in Senate 2011-08-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1463is/xml/BILLS-112s1463is.xml 2011-08-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.