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House vote: H.R. 3110 // October 22, 2021

PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act

Sponsor: CAROLYN MALONEY (D-NY)

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.

Labor and Employment Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Yea

276 votes, representing 163,004,144 people63.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

149 votes, representing 88,906,222 people34.5%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 2.3% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon27663.2%
NayLost14934.5%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken02.3%