[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3601 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3601

To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
 to include breast pumps and other lactation supplies and equipment in 
                disaster relief and emergency response.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 8 (legislative day, February 3), 2022

  Ms. Duckworth (for herself and Mr. Tillis) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland 
                   Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
 to include breast pumps and other lactation supplies and equipment in 
                disaster relief and emergency response.

    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 ``Delivering Essentials to Mothers 
Amid Natural Disasters Act of 2022'' or the ``DEMAND Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. LACTATION SUPPORT PROVIDER DEFINED.

    In this Act, the term ``lactation support provider''--
            (1) means an individual who is a breastfeeding and 
        lactation educator or counselor, without regard to the type of 
        license or certification the individual holds, if any; and
            (2) includes--
                    (A) a lactation consultant;
                    (B) a breastfeeding counselor;
                    (C) a breastfeeding peer counselor; and
                    (D) a lactation educator.

SEC. 3. BREASTFEEDING SUPPLIES AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in 
consultation with the head of the Federal Interagency Breastfeeding 
Workgroup, shall designate the following items as items for which 
individuals and households may receive financial assistance under 
section 408(e) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174(e)):
            (1) Breast pumps.
            (2) Other lactation supplies appropriate for use in an 
        emergency setting.
            (3) Other equipment necessary to support the safe use of 
        breast pumps.
            (4) Services of lactation support providers.
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