    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 133, 116th Congress, 1st Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Public Law 116-30
    116th Congress

    An Act

    To provide a lactation room in public buildings. <>

    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 2019''.
    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. 3318. <>  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 members 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

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    ``(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 or
    portion thereof that the individual is not otherwise authorized to
    enter.''.
    (b) Clerical 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:

    ``3318. Lactation room in public buildings.''.

    (c) <>  Effective Date.--The amendments
    made by this section shall take effect 1 year after the date of the
    enactment of this Act.

    Approved July 25, 2019.

    LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 866 (S. 528):
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    CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 165 (2019):
    Feb. 6, considered and passed House.
    June 26, considered and passed Senate.