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 public 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]
[H.R. 1174 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1174

            To provide a lactation room in public buildings.


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                    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

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                                 A BILL


 
            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 2017''.

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. 3317. 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
            ``(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:

``3317. Lactation room in public buildings.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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