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Union Calendar No. 10 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1174 

[Report No. 115–24] 

To provide a lactation room in public buildings. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 16, 2017 

Ms. NORTON (for herself, Mr. DEFAZIO, and Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

MARCH 7, 2017 

Additional sponsor: Mrs. COMSTOCK

MARCH 7, 2017 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To provide a lactation room in public buildings. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fairness For 

5 Breastfeeding Mothers Act of 2017’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LACTATION ROOM IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 

7 (a) LACTATION ROOM IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS.— 

8 Chapter 33 of title 40, United States Code, is amended 

9 by adding at the end the following new section: 

10 ‘‘§ 3317. Lactation room in public buildings 

11 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 ‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY.—The term ‘ap13 propriate authority’ means the head of a Federal 

14 agency, the Architect of the Capitol, or other official 

15 authority responsible for the operation of a public 

16 building. 

17 ‘‘(2) COVERED PUBLIC BUILDING.—The term 

18 ‘covered public building’ means a public building (as 

19 defined in section 3301) that is open to the public 

20 and contains a public restroom, and includes a build21 ing listed in section 6301 or 5101. 

22 ‘‘(3) LACTATION ROOM.—The term ‘lactation 

23 room’ means a hygienic place, other than a bath24 room, that— 

25 ‘‘(A) is shielded from view; 


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1 ‘‘(B) is free from intrusion; and 

2 ‘‘(C) contains a chair, a working surface, 

3 and, if the public building is otherwise supplied 

4 with electricity, an electrical outlet. 

5 ‘‘(b) LACTATION ROOM REQUIRED.—Except as pro6 vided in subsection (c), the appropriate authority of a cov7 ered public building shall ensure that the building contains 

8 a lactation room that is made available for use by mem9 bers of the public to express breast milk. 

10 ‘‘(c) EXCEPTIONS.—A covered public building may be 

11 excluded from the requirement in subsection (b) at the dis12 cretion of the appropriate authority if— 

13 ‘‘(1) the public building— 

14 ‘‘(A) does not contain a lactation room for 

15 employees who work in the building; and 

16 ‘‘(B) does not have a room that could be 

17 repurposed as a lactation room or a space that 

18 could be made private using portable materials, 

19 at a reasonable cost; or 

20 ‘‘(2) new construction would be required to cre21 ate a lactation room in the public building and the 

22 cost of such construction is unfeasible. 

23 ‘‘(d) NO UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY.—Nothing in this 

24 section shall be construed to authorize an individual to 


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1 enter a public building or portion thereof that the indi2 vidual is not otherwise authorized to enter.’’. 

3 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

4 at the beginning of chapter 33 of title 40, United States 

5 Code, is amended by inserting after the item related to 

6 section 3316 the following new item: 

‘‘3317. Lactation room in public buildings.’’. 

7 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

8 this section shall take effect one year after the date of 

9 the enactment of this Act. 


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Union Calendar No. 10 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1174 

[Report No. 115–24] 

A BILL 

To provide a lactation room in public buildings. 

MARCH 7, 2017 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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