133 STAT. 1032 PUBLIC LAW 116–30—JULY 25, 2019 
Public Law 116–30 
116th Congress 
An Act 
To provide a lactation room in public buildings. 
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 ROOM IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 
(a) L ACTATION ROOM IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS.—Chapter 33 of 
title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 3318. Lactation room in public buildings 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY .—The term ‘appropriate 
authority’ means the head of a Federal agency, the Architect 
of the Capitol, or other official authority responsible for the 
operation of a public building. 
‘‘(2) COVERED PUBLIC BUILDING .—The term ‘covered public 
building’ means a public building (as defined in section 3301) 
that is open to the public and contains a public restroom, 
and includes a building listed in section 6301 or 5101. 
‘‘(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 a chair, a working surface, and, if the 
public building is otherwise supplied with electricity, an 
electrical outlet. 
‘‘(b) LACTATION ROOM REQUIRED.—Except as provided in sub-
section (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 
40 USC 3318. 
Fairness For 
Breastfeeding 
Mothers Act 
of 2019. 
40 USC 101 note. 
July 25, 2019 
[H.R. 866] 
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