Supporting Working Moms Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3255
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2017-07-14
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: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Supporting Working Moms Act of 2017</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 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3255 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 14, 2017 Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York (for herself, Ms. Norton , Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico , Mr. Lowenthal , Mrs. Napolitano , Mr. Cooper , Mr. Levin , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Cárdenas , Mr. Khanna , Ms. Lofgren , and Mr. Connolly ) 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 2017 . 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 in the matter preceding paragraph (1) 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) .