S. 3170 · 116th Congress
Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Jeff Merkley
- Introduced
- 2020-01-09
- Latest action
- 2020-01-09 · Introduced in Senate
Summary
Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act or the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act
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.