US Congress House Bill 2758 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17)
Status: Introduced on August 1 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-09-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2011 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include lactation (i.e., breastfeeding or the expressing of milk from the breast) as protected conduct under such Act (specifically, an amendment to such Act commonly known as the Pregnancy Discrimination Act). Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to extend the requirement that certain employers provide reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for her nursing child to bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity employees or outside salesmen who are exempt from federal labor laws that limit the number of hours in a workweek.

Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2011

Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-09-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
2011-09-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
2011-08-01	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
2011-08-01	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1471)

SB1463 (Same As) 2011-08-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2758/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2758/BILLS-112hr2758ih.pdf