[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4439 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4439

 To amend title 40, United States Code, to require that certain public 
   buildings contain a lactation room for public use, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 2016

  Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 40, United States Code, to require that certain public 
   buildings contain a lactation room for public use, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fairness for Breastfeeding Mothers 
Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. LACTATION ROOM IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

    (a) Lactation Room in Public Buildings.--Chapter 33 of title 40, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section:
``Sec. 3317. Lactation room in public buildings
    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Appropriate authority.--The term `appropriate 
        authority' means the head of a Federal agency, the Architect of 
        the Capitol, or other official authority responsible for the 
        operation of a public building.
            ``(2) Covered public building.--The term `covered public 
        building' means a public building (as defined in section 3301) 
        that is open to the public and contains a public restroom, and 
        includes a building listed in section 6301 or 5101.
            ``(3) Lactation room.--The term `lactation room' means a 
        hygienic place, other than a bathroom, that--
                    ``(A) is shielded from view;
                    ``(B) is free from intrusion; and
                    ``(C) contains a chair, a working surface, and, if 
                the public building is otherwise supplied with 
                electricity, an electrical outlet.
    ``(b) Lactation Room Required.--Except as provided in subsection 
(c), the appropriate authority of a covered public building shall 
ensure that the building contains a lactation room that is made 
available for use by a member of the public to express breast milk.
    ``(c) Exceptions.--A covered public building may be excluded from 
the requirement in subsection (b) at the discretion of the appropriate 
authority if--
            ``(1) the public building--
                    ``(A) does not contain a lactation room for 
                employees who work in the building; and
                    ``(B) does not have a room that could be repurposed 
                as a lactation room or a space that could be made 
                private using portable materials, at a reasonable cost; 
                or
            ``(2) new construction would be required to create a 
        lactation room in the public building and the cost of such 
        construction is unfeasible.
    ``(d) No Unauthorized Entry.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to authorize an individual to enter a public building that 
the individual is not otherwise authorized to enter.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 33 of title 40, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after the item related to section 3316 the following new 
item:

``3317. Lactation room in public buildings.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--This Act and the amendments made by this Act 
shall take effect one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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