PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act

Bill: 116-s-3170
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2020-01-09
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Child health

Employment discrimination and employee rights

Labor standards

Women's employment

Women's health
Latest action: action_date: 2020-01-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-01-09
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act or the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act</b></p> <p>This bill extends protections for a working mother who expresses breast milk for her nursing child to cover salaried employees and other types of workers not covered under existing law. The bill requires employers to pay a nursing mother who is paid on an hourly basis for time spent to express breast milk if she is also working.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3170 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 9, 2020 Mr. Merkley (for himself, Ms. Murkowski , Mr. Booker , and Ms. Duckworth ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to expand access to breastfeeding accommodations in the workplace, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act or the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act . 2. Breastfeeding accommodations in the workplace (a) Expanding employee access to break time and space The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 13 ( 29 U.S.C. 213 )— (A) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting (except section 7(r)) after and 7 ; (B) in each of subsections (b), (e), (h), (i), and (j), by inserting (except section 7(r)) after provisions of section 7 ; (C) in subsection (d), by inserting (except section 7(r)) after 6, 7 ; (D) in subsection (e), by striking provisions of section 7 each place where the term appears and inserting provisions of section 7 (except section 7(r)) ; and (E) in subsection (f), by striking 6, 7, 11, and 12 and inserting 6, 7 (except section 7(r)), 11, and 12 ; and (2) in section 14(d) ( 29 U.S.C. 214(d) ), by inserting (except section 7(r)) after 7 . (b) Clarifying remedies Section 16(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 216(b) ) is amended by striking 15(a)(3) each place the term appears and inserting 7(r) or 15(a)(3) . (c) Clarifying application of unpaid break time provision to hourly and salaried workers Section 7(r)(2) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 207(r)(2) ) is amended— (1) by striking (2) An and inserting (2)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), an ; (2) by striking work time spent and inserting time spent during the work day ; (3) by inserting , unless otherwise required by Federal, State, or local law before the period at the end; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (B) In the case of an employee who is compensated on an hourly basis, the employer shall compensate the employee for reasonable break time under paragraph (1) if the employee is not entirely relieved from duty during the break. . 3. Effective date (a) Expanding access The amendments made under subsections (a) and (b) of section 2 shall take effect on the date that is 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act. (b) Remedies and clarification The amendments made under section 2(c) shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.