{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-3110","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 3110","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to expand access to breastfeeding accommodations in the workplace, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to expand access to breastfeeding accommodations in the workplace, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text","title":"Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text","title":"PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-05-11","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2021-10-22","vote":{"id":"117-2021-h331","question":"On Passage","title":"PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act","result":"Passed","yea":276,"nay":149,"present":0,"not_voting":6,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll331.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 155.","date":"2021-10-26"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2021-10-22","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act","result":"Failed","yea":200,"nay":224,"present":0,"not_voting":7,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll330.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2021-10-22","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act or the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill expands workplace protections for employees with a need to express breast milk. Specifically, it expands the requirement that employers provide certain accommodations for such an employee to cover salaried employees and other types of workers not covered under existing law. Further, time spent to express breast milk must be considered hours worked if the employee is also working. The bill also extends from one year to two years the available time period for such accommodations."},{"k":"p","t":"Additionally, before making a claim of liability against an employer, an employee generally must first notify the employer that they are not in compliance and provide them with 10 days to come into compliance with the required accommodations."},{"k":"p","t":"Finally, the bill provides certain exemptions from these requirements for air carriers."}],"words":142},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require employers to provide break time and a place to express breast milk, with separate terms for air carriers.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3110/text/eh#H2F61823783264579BC49B4AC7A4B6042"}]},"core_areas":["Employer break time and space for expressing breast milk under the Fair Labor Standards Act","Application of the requirements to air carriers and crewmembers"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Adds a new section to the Fair Labor Standards Act requiring an employer to provide reasonable break time to express breast milk for 2 years from when the need arises, and a place other than a bathroom that is shielded from view and free from intrusion.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3110/text/eh#H2F61823783264579BC49B4AC7A4B6042"}},{"text":"Does not require an employer to pay for break time unless other law requires it, but treats the break as hours worked if the employee is not completely relieved from duty for the entire break.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3110/text/eh#H2F61823783264579BC49B4AC7A4B6042"}},{"text":"Exempts an employer with fewer than 50 employees if complying would impose an undue hardship, meaning significant difficulty or expense in relation to the size, resources, nature, or structure of its business.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3110/text/eh#H2F61823783264579BC49B4AC7A4B6042"}},{"text":"Requires an employee to notify the employer of a failure to provide an adequate place and allow 10 calendar days to comply before suing, with exceptions if the employee was discharged for a request or the employer says it will not comply.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3110/text/eh#H2F61823783264579BC49B4AC7A4B6042"}},{"text":"Applies the requirements to air carriers, but does not require that a crewmember be completely relieved from duty during in-flight breaks or given breaks during critical phases of flight.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3110/text/eh#H2F61823783264579BC49B4AC7A4B6042"}},{"text":"Requires the Federal Aviation Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, to propose regulations within 180 days on how air carriers can comply during flight time and to treat expressing breast milk as a physiological need.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3110/text/eh#H967D3FF8F6E241BC9AAEADBBBB2CAEB3"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3110/text/eh#H2F61823783264579BC49B4AC7A4B6042"},"heading":"Breastfeeding accommodations in the workplace","effect":"Adds a workplace break time and place requirement for expressing breast milk, and states that an employer with fewer than 50 employees is not subject to it if compliance would cause undue hardship.","amount":null,"quote":"An employer that employs fewer than 50 employees shall not be subject to the requirements of this section, if such requirements would impose an undue hardship"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3110/text/eh#H1255F4753541490DB70EBAEC6FBD776F"},"heading":"Effective date","effect":"Sets the main effective date at 120 days after enactment, but delays application of the new section to air carrier crewmembers until 1 year after enactment.","amount":null,"quote":"shall not apply to crewmembers of an air carrier, as defined in section 40102 of title 49, United States Code, until the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2021-10-22","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3110/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3110","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3110/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-3110.png","v":"9cc82f120bee","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 3110, 117th Congress: Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act. House: 276 Yea, 149 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 22 Oct 2021."}}