Supporting Working Moms Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-4113
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2015-11-19
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor standards

Wages and earnings

Women's employment

Women's health

Worker safety and health
Latest action: action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-11-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Supporting Working Moms Act of 2015</b></p> <p>This bill 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.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4113 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 19, 2015 Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York (for herself, Ms. Lee , Ms. Moore , and Mr. Cárdenas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 regarding reasonable break time for nursing mothers.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Supporting Working Moms Act of 2015 . 2. Reasonable break time for nursing mothers Section 13(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 213(a) ) is amended by striking sections 6 (except section 6(d) in the case of paragraph (1) of this subsection) and 7 and inserting sections 6 and 7 (except sections 6(d) and 7(r) in the case of paragraph (1) of this subsection) .