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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 115 (Thursday, July 1, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS:H.R. 4297.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution[Page H3601]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Supporting Working Mothers Act </strong></p><p>This bill extends protections for a working mother who expresses breast milk for the employee's nursing child to cover salaried employees and other types of workers not covered under existing law. Further, time spent to express breast milk must be considered hours worked if the nursing mother is also working.</p> <p>The Government Accountability Office must report on the implementation and expansion of the workplace accommodations under this bill.</p>]]></text>
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