[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5183 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5183

 To exempt breastfeeding women from jury duty, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 19, 2019

  Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
    Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 
Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To exempt breastfeeding women from jury duty, 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 ``Breastfeeding Mothers Jury Duty 
Exclusion Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. JURY DUTY EXEMPTION FOR BREASTFEEDING WOMEN.

    (a) Courts of the United States.--Section 1866 of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c), by inserting after ``Except as 
        provided'' the following: ``in subsection (h) of this 
        section,''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) An individual who is a breastfeeding woman summoned for jury 
service shall be excused by the court, or by the clerk under 
supervision of the court if the court's jury selection plan so 
authorizes, upon the individual's request.''.
    (b) Courts of the District of Columbia.--Section 11-1908(b), 
District of Columbia Official Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or (4)'' and inserting ``(4)''; and
            (2) by striking the period at the end of the first sentence 
        and inserting the following: ``; or (5) excluded by the Court 
        upon the request of the individual if the individual is a 
        breastfeeding woman.''.
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