Title: Fairness For Breastfeeding Mothers Act of 2017
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Fairness For Breastfeeding Mothers Act of 2017
This bill requires that certain public buildings that are open to the public and contain a public restroom provide a lactation room, other than a bathroom, that is hygienic and is available for use by members of the public to express milk. The lactation room must be shielded from view, be free from intrusion, and contain a chair, a working surface, and (if the building is supplied with electricity) an electrical outlet.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1497 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1497

 To amend title 40, United States Code, to provide a lactation room in 
               public buildings, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 29, 2017

Mr. Daines (for himself and Mr. Merkley) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
                              Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 40, United States Code, to provide a lactation room in 
               public buildings, 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 ``Fairness For Breastfeeding Mothers 
Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. LACTATION ROOMS IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 33 of title 40, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating sections 3315, 3316, and 3317 as 
        sections 3316, 3317, and 3318, respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after section 3314 the following:
``Sec. 3315. Lactation rooms in public buildings
    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Appropriate authority.--The term `appropriate 
        authority' means--
                    ``(A) the head of a Federal agency;
                    ``(B) the Architect of the Capitol; and
                    ``(C) another official authority responsible for 
                the operation of a public building.
            ``(2) Covered public building.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `covered public 
                building' means a public building that--
                            ``(i) is open to the public; and
                            ``(ii) contains a public restroom.
                    ``(B) Inclusion.--The term `covered public 
                building' includes a building listed in section 5101 or 
                6301.
            ``(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--
                            ``(i) a chair;
                            ``(ii) a working surface; and
                            ``(iii) if the public building is supplied 
                        with electricity, an electrical outlet.
    ``(b) Lactation Rooms 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
            ``(2) new construction would be required to create a 
        lactation room in the public building and the cost of the 
        construction is not feasible.
    ``(d) No Unauthorized Entry.--Nothing in this section authorizes an 
individual to enter a public building or portion of a public building 
that the individual is not otherwise authorized to enter.''.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 33 of 
title 40, United States Code, is amended by striking the items relating 
to sections 3315 through 3317 and inserting the following:

``3315. Lactation rooms in public buildings.
``3316. Delegation.
``3317. Report to Congress.
``3318. Certain authority not affected.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.
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