H.R. 1174: Fairness For Breastfeeding Mothers Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-02-16 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-02-16 · official record
Who proposed it: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Fairness For Breastfeeding Mothers Act of 2017

Plain summary

Fairness For Breastfeeding Mothers Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill requires certain public buildings that have a public restroom to provide a lactation room, other than a bathroom, that is available for use by members of the public to express milk. The lactation room must be a hygienic place that is shielded from public view and free from intrusion and must contain a chair, a working surface, and an electrical outlet. A public building may be excluded from such requirement at the discretion of the official responsible for its operation if: it does not contain a lactation room for employees and does not have a space that could be repurposed as one or that could be made private by using portable materials, at a reasonable cost; or the cost of new construction required to create a lactation room is not feasible.

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Official text

Fairness For Breastfeeding Mothers Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · 3 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1174, Fairness for Breastfeeding Mothers Act of 2017 (2017-03-07)

Cosponsors on this site

Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] reported raising $53,775 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr1174.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr1174 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115