[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5929 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5929

  To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to require 
     employers to provide menstrual hygiene products for employees.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 2016

   Ms. Meng introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to require 
     employers to provide menstrual hygiene products for employees.

    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 ``Menstrual Products for Employees 
Act''.

SEC. 2. MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS.

    Section 6 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 
U.S.C. 655) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) The Secretary shall by rule promulgate a requirement that 
each employer with not less than 100 employees provide menstrual 
hygiene products free of charge for employees of the employer.''.
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