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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
FAIRNESS FOR BREASTFEEDING MOTHERS ACT OF 2019
Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee
on Environment and Public Works be discharged from further
consideration of S. 528 and that the Senate proceed to its immediate
consideration.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
A bill (S. 528) to amend title 40, United States Code, to
provide a lactation room in public buildings, and for other
purposes.
There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the
Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
Mr. INHOFE. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read
a third time.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
Without objection, it is so ordered.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read
the third time.
Mr. INHOFE. I know of no further debate on the bill.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate?
If not, the bill having been read the third time, the question is,
Shall the bill pass?
The bill (S. 528) was passed, as follows:
S. 528
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 2019''.
SEC. 2. LACTATION ROOMS IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 33 of title 40, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating sections 3315, 3316, and 3317 as
sections 3316, 3317, and 3318, respectively; and
(2) by inserting after section 3314 the following:
``Sec. 3315. Lactation rooms in public buildings
``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Appropriate authority.--The term `appropriate
authority' means--
``(A) the head of a Federal agency;
``(B) the Architect of the Capitol; and
``(C) another official authority responsible for the
operation of a public building.
``(2) Covered public building.--
``(A) In general.--The term `covered public building' means
a public building that--
``(i) is open to the public; and
``(ii) contains a public restroom.
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``(B) Inclusion.--The term `covered public building'
includes a building listed in section 5101 or 6301.
``(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--
``(i) a chair;
``(ii) a working surface; and
``(iii) if the public building is supplied with
electricity, an electrical outlet.
``(b) Lactation Rooms 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 the
construction is not feasible.
``(d) No Unauthorized Entry.--Nothing in this section
authorizes an individual to enter a public building or
portion of a public building that the individual is not
otherwise authorized to enter.''.
(b) Technical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter
33 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by striking
the items relating to sections 3315 through 3317 and
inserting the following:
``3315. Lactation rooms in public buildings.
``3316. Delegation.
``3317. Report to Congress.
``3318. Certain authority not affected.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall take effect 1 year after the date of enactment of this
Act.
Mr. INHOFE. I ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be
considered made and laid upon the table.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
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